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>> the south korean defense minister resigns. the prime minister suddenly has 30 days to form a new government. it will be 50 degrees the outside but football will be played in cool stadiums. welcome to "bbc world news," broadcasting to our viewers on pbs in america. there is more to life than money, how the british prime minister plans to calculate the happiness of the nation.

the political shock waves from this week's exchange of artillery fire between north and south korea have now claimed the jobs of the south korean defense minister. he has been heavily criticized for his handling of the situation. his successor will be named on friday. the attack on a local island killed two soldiers and sent the tensions soaring. >> it looks like these are tranquil enough waters but they are dangerous. behind the gunboats and the haze is north korea. this disputed island is little bit more than a rocky outcrop. the special forces and troops are being brought in.

south korea moving fast to reinforce their hold. the civilian population have mostly gone. a car is tossed on inside and damage from one of north korea's rockets. it was this place, that is how long the rocket was. the soldiers took that away. you can see there. almost 200 pepper to the island this week. people ran to the harbor to escape the first explosion. another salvo was fired. hiding behind the sea wall was the only way that we could survive, she said. rockets went right over us. it sounded like popcorn.

here, the north korean munitions' might have -- must have planted in the middle of these houses. north korea saying if there is any more warmongering by the south, they will do this again to or even three times. south korea responded. the targeting of its civilians said that the rules of engagement will change. if this happens again, they will hit back hard. america is sending the most potent symbol it can, the uss george washington, to take part in joint naval exercises starting on sunday. the bodies of two civilians who died in the moment were returned to the mainland today. failure to prevent the attack has forced the defense minister

to resign. many here would like to strike back. enter mixed with grief -- anger mixed with grief. however, this could create a wider conflict. >> iraq has moved a step closer to ending their act political stalemate. talabani has asked the current prime minister to form a new government. that means that mr. maliki has 30 days to distribute a ministerial post among the political factions. . it has been a long time coming and we're not quite there yet. >> this ceremony did bring iraq one step closer to actually forming a government. there president reelected early this month to a new term by parliament officially asked the caretaker prime and mr. to form a new administration.

>> i call upon all iraqi people from across the whole spectrum to work together and exceed and overcome the differences of the past that results in previous conflicts. >> march had gone to the polls for only the third democratic national election in the country's history. what people got was more than 8 months of stagnation during which the differences in tension were allowed to fester. meanwhile, the many pressing issues, security and basic services, would not addressed. there are still plenty of pitfalls along the way as mr. maliki prepares to distribute the ministries among the territory's the divided faction. -- among the divided factions.

they have 30 days to put together administration. what did the voters would like is a government, any government, that start to solve the problems of the country. never mind that the president and the prime minister looked very much like the old ones. >> we hope that maliki will she is competent and professional ministers who are not sectarian. -- will choose competent and professional ministers. >> the people have had to wait a long time for this day. the credibility has been strained by the deadlock. a resolution with go a long way towards gaining the trust of the electorate. >> police in brazil have deployed armored vehicles in a poor area of rio to stem violence that has killed 28 people.

six vehicles full of heavily armed police have gone to the north of the city. clashes erupted five days ago between security forces and suspected drug traffickers. the european union will ban baby bottles containing this and all a -- containing the compound bpa > they fear that it can cause tumors in fetuses. canada was the first to declare the compound toxic in september. three teenage boys lost on a boat in the pacific ocean for 50 days have been found alive. they had been given up for dead after an unsuccessful search. the new zealand prime minister has promised an investigation into the death of 29 miners at the pike river mine. the men were declared dead on wednesday when the second explosion ripped through the

shaft where they were trapped. the prime minister says that the nation needs answers. >> what could have been done to prevent a the explosion. did we run in the rescue effort properly? also the issue that you raised about the conditions there. we have mines in operations that have very similar characteristics like the pike river. spring creek has been running for years. >> a day of mourning has ended in cambodia for the hundreds of people killed in a stampede at the annual water festival which is uniquely one of the happiest occasions in the country. flights were at half mast and all entertainment venues and nightclubs or asked to close. panic broke out among crowds on

a bridge. >> on monday night, the sounds of a pop concert blasting across this area, now the music has taken a far more solemn turn up. government ministers lined up to pay their respects at the start of the national day of mourning. hundreds died in a crash. this is the saddest week in many years and the ceremonies are low-key and somber. this is a simple buddhist ceremony to honor the souls of the dead. the prime minister is a strong man with a self-proclaimed iron fist. now he seems to be overcome by grief. he has described this as cambodia's biggest tragedy since the days of the khmer rouge. the questions as to why

hundreds of people died has been answered, at least buy preliminary investigation. this blames panic caused by this claim action of the suspension bridge. that might not be enough to satisfy survivors and relatives of the victims. some have already have vast -- have asked why as many as 8000 people were allowed on the bridge. they should have had crowd control measures. now there are encouragements to give cash to the victims' families. small comfort in the worst of times. >> we will discover which country will be staging football possibly this tournament, the world cup in 2018 and 2022. there are allegations of corruption and backroom deals between competing countries and

fifa. among the contenders is a mold- making briid from the middle ea. >> qatar is small, low in the rankings. temperatures here can knock on 50 degrees. this is the answer. banks with solar panels which will help to power fully air- conditioned stadiums. football not just be feasible but also carbon neutral. >> we have an abundance of solar energy in this part of the world. harnessing the energy and using it, bring it on. how much energy do you need? we have it from the sun. >> how much money do you want, might be the next question. on this night, they have lured

argentina and brazil to play a game. what to they are doing is displaying that they are already a clear. -- they are already a player. they are hosting some of the biggest rivals to make it seem routine. bring in the world cup to the middle east might be novel but it is not unimaginable. >> it is not just about what you will do during the tournament, it is also about is what is left behind. qatar has brought in high-level support for their plans to dismantle stadiums and relocate them in poor countries. >> we are transporting these two countries. >> they are one of the gulf states and whose new streets are

seen as in bad taste. the world cup in the middle east could hold the clash of civilizations. >> we would like to the have the world see it for what it truly is. this allows the middle east to interact with the rest of the world. this also ends the conceptions about people in the middle east. >> this is a grandiose ambition. this tiny country has a huge sense of itself. >> coming up for you on "the bbc world news," from a right to revolutions, more than two centuries since the storming of the best deal. they are now giving up their secrets. -- two centuries since the storming of the bastille.

-- may carry some important lessons for a future queen. >> no one knows better how to combine the elements of being royal than she does. at once so familiar but sometimes rather distance. there are some hints for a perspective granddaughter in launch on joining the ranks of loyalty. first, keep smiling. there were men waving camel sticks and girls tossing their hair. keep a sharp eye on your husband. they had been known to wander off and put their foot on it. the head, keep a tight hold of your hat. the queens was tied on with a gold head scarf. prepare yourself for a lifetime of these, new buildings to be studied intently, armfuls of

flowers to be accepted graciously. if you do all of that, perhaps even half as well as elizabeth windsor, perhaps you will be a success. queen elizabeth is the example for all of the royals to follow. >> 85 years old, she is inspiring and she is living a full list of life and it is realty, even for a canadian. >> what she represents is britain for a lot of the world. >> there is scarcely a country she has not visited, scarcely a leader that she has not met. those who would eventually follow her to buckingham palace, this is the life that beckons. >> the latest headlines at this hour.

the south korean defense minister has been heavily criticized for his handling of the artillery exchange with the north on tuesday and he has resigned. after months of political instability, the iraqi prime minister suddenly has 40 days to forming a government. -- 30 days to form a new government. it has been to a hundred years since it was stormed by a revolutionary mob, the bastille prison is a symbol like no other. there is an exhibition which reveals some of the prisons secrets. >> in the 18th century, this fortress became the symbol of the kings absolute power. a prison stratas secrecy, feared and loathed in equal measure. it hid it and be sworn enemies, writers, prisoners, traders, men and women who are turned anin.

>> there were many well-known characters. they were here in solidarity. no one was just before that they were put here. -- no one was just before they put them in here. the cloak of secrecy has been lifted up. it never had more than 70 prisoners at one time. those with money had their own servants and paper from which to write. the marquis the sought -- the marquis de sade was freed rate before the storming of the prison.

perhaps the best known in may to is the one we know practically nothing about. he was the man in the iron mask. he arrived at the prison in september, 1698, dressed in a black velvet mask with orders that he be killed if he spoke to anyone. this is the last original present document which makes reference to him. this record his deathbed know where it hot records his name. it is the storming of the bastille that holds the fascination of the french public. the governor who was a man played by fatal in decision. she opened fire on the mont or city open the gates? in the end, he folded, and then

relented, and then was be headed as a traitor. in the days later, they demolished the monarchy and the prison. on the future king was later asked if this was a revolt. no, sir, came the response. this is a revelation. -- revolution. >> every year, there are rewards for those who risk their lives to take pictures in the world's most dangerous places. this year's winner is from afghanistan. he filmed extraordinary footage with insurgents before they suspected him of being a spy and then he had to flee for his life. >> afghan insurgents are planning an attack.

>> i saw many people. their aim is to fight nato. >> he films the routine of daily life as the insurgents prepare for an operation. then, he accompanies them on the attack and learns the target is the main road used by u.s. and nato forces. >> i feel very nervous because but -- >> for the insurgents, not everything goes as planned.

when their bond sales to detonate, they fire a rocket. -- when their bomb fails to detonate. >> i was really happy that the bomb did not blow up. i thought maybe i am lucky today because i thought it was going to be really dangerous. several people or killed here. a classmate and probably. they were blaming each other. >>[speaking foreign language]

[speaking foreign language] . >> back to the insurgent camp, the chilling moments as the fighters start to suspect he is a spy. [speaking foreign language] >> the next morning, he flees for his life carried with him his unique pictures of the insurgency. >> the u.s. government has designated a huge coastal area in alaska which is a critical habitat for all the bears. the carrier lost the area is

nearly half a million square kilometers is a place where oil companies would like to drill. the new designation does not ban will exploration but it doesn't include a necessity to prove that there will be no harm to the habitat. david cameron is launching a project is to calculate how nation this is. he says gdp is no longer up to the job. a similar attempt was done in bhutan in the 1970's. >> the government would like to know how britain defines well- being. is it how different we are, is it the fulfillment that comes from family life and friends or is it about spirituality and meaning.

a public consultation on this might shape the way that we are governed. we will start measuring our progress as a country, not just by how our economy is doing but how our lives are improving. >> the prime minister is an evangelist for new ways of measuring social progress. not just what puts money in our pockets but joy in our hearts. >> this is sweet but insubstantial. will this change people's lives? >> i think it will change the debate. >> he insisted that a measurement of well-being might prove to be politically uncomfortable. >> we would challenge the politicians views about quality or taxation but that is all for the good. we should only be frightened of having it -- we should not be frightened of having a debate. >> this agenda will alter the

machinery of the state. here at the treasury, the so- called green book, the bible of policy analysis, is to be written incorporating well- being. happiness is being inserted into the dna of our government. in the midst of the worst economic crisis since the second world war, do people think it is the government's job to make us richer or make us happier? >> they are not making us richer and by not making us richer, they are not making us happier. >> happier. not about money. >> i would rather be happy than rich. >> the government's job is to make us feel poor. >> a consultation is underway to find a definition of happiness. the government hoping that the collective wisdom of the british

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