familiar theme. a funeral for a young man. he was shot in the back by the police. the second death in as many days in bahrain. what he wanted was a new constitution for this country, the release of political detainees, and an end to the rule of a privileged elite. >> our demands have changed. because they killed people. if this is their answer, we have to raise our demands. >> the recent history, anything that happens in egypt will affect all arab countries they call each of the mother of the world. >> -- they call egypt the mother

of the world. >> this region is usually important to britain and america. not just for its oil, but as a strategic military hub. this is the man they chant about. he has apologized for the death, promising swift action and more reform. tonight, the government says it is willing to talk with the opposition. once again, a street protest at another arab capital. they have seen what has happened in tunisia and cairo, and are hoping to replicate it. this may not look like a new arab world taking shape, but as they get into the night, these protesters represent a serious challenge to a family that has ruled them for nearly two centuries. what happens here could shake the rest of the gulf.

>> as protest. between anti-government rallies across yemen for a sixth day, government loyalists confronted anti-government protestors at the university in the capital. protesters demanding the resignation of -- purports to libya suggest that close to 40 people have been wounded in demonstrations. police and supporters of the government clashed with hundreds of protesters. this address has been triggered by the arrest -- the rest of a human rights campaigner. in iran, hundreds attended a funeral of a student killed on monday. the chief prosecutor has declared that those behind the protest should be punished. to be will have been killed. -- two people have been killed. the state tv in egypt has given the death toll as 365 and there

are still serious concerns for 100 people were missing. some seem to have vanished. >> it has been almost three weeks since he disappeared. his family have been waiting and wondering. >> perhaps he has been killed. he has been injured. not conscious. he has been detained. >> he is a graphic designer with the cairo opera. an artist, not much interested in politics something important was happening and his sister suggesting that he should go. >> should i do this? he was not really caring about that. i have a guilty feeling that maybe i encouraged him to join

this. >> he came here to the mosque on the edge of the square on friday, january 28. he came with a friend. the square was packed with demonstrators and it was the day they were attacked by pro- mubarak supporters. his friend left him for a couple of minutes. we came back, he was gone. -- when he came back, he was gone. they were chaotic days. plainclothes officers hitting back. hundreds were arrested. human rights activist or trying to keep track. most of those detained were released last week. at least 100 remain in military camps. around 50 are still unaccounted for. >> i think -- how many people

are in the camps in egypt. >> with the army in charge, there are real concerns that all -- -- the old regime habits remain very much alive. >> it is very worrying that the military is still involved in this. at a time when the military should be sending very clear messages of a clear break with the oppressive past. >> until that happens, his family waits and hopes for all the nagging fear. he chooses to be helpful. >> -- hopeful. >> democracy, democracy, democracy. >> you can keep up-to-date on all of that and the protests across the middle east on our website. you will find a minute to minute coverage across the region.

israel had claimed that iran was sending two warships for the suez canal. the suez canal authorities say it is not yet been informed. it will be the first time iranian warships have use the canal since 1979. israel described it as a hostile action. an american court has sentenced a somali man to more than 33 years in prison for piracy. abdiwali abdiqadir muse and three other products held a crew captive in 2009. the three others were killed by u.s. forces. in brazil, at nine police officers have been arrested of suspicion that they are part of a death squad, said to have killed least 40 people. high-ranking officers formed vigilante groups in the aim of killing criminals.

president obama has expressed his condolences to the parent of american immigration customs agent shot dead in mexico on tuesday. government attacked at his car. a second agent was wounded. >> the roadside scene which signaled a new phase in mexico's drug wars. this summer pleaded car with two u.s. special agents. it was an ambush by gunmen, linked to the cartel. the special agent died after being shot five times. the second a it was shot twice in the leg. his condition is stable. he has been moved back to the united states. washington is done, but standing by its mexican ally. >> the government has stepped forward very courageously in recent years.

they are with the united states help, taking aggressive action against the perpetrators of this kind of violence. clearly, this was a horrible act. we express our deepest sympathy to the families and colleagues of these agents. >> the u.s. and mexico has been in step. it is a war that has claimed a 35,000 lives in the space of four years. last year, relations were strained when hillary clinton referred to the cartel's as an insurgency. for americans, at this scene brings the drug war is much closer to home not for 25 years has there been such a brazen attack on u.s. agents in mexico. is it was indeed a targeted killing, at that raises

questions about where the gunmen got their information. corrupt officials on both sides of the border are a recurring feature of the drug wars. they provide traffickers with vital intelligence. they're stepping to confirm that that cost the lives of the agent, but as the investigation began, both governments expect quick answers. >> the u.s. and its -- the u.s. senator john kerry is in pakistan. raymond davis worked with the u.s. consulate and said his actions were in self-defense. senator kerry says mr. davis has diplomatic immunity, but will face a criminal investigation at home if released. >> under interrogation, a high- profile suspect teamed to get away. this is agreement davis, a u.s. embassy official, accused by

pakistan police of cold-blooded murder. last month, he killed two pakistan a men, shooting them dead from inside his car. he is a crack shot and allegedly a former u.s. special forces. davis said the men tried to hijack him at gunpoint and it was self-defense. the case is like a spy drama gone badly wrong. a third man was run over and killed by a backup car. this is the busy intersection where the shooting took place. the bullets fired here have created a legal and diplomatic and political crisis. america and pakistan are not at loggerhead. both nations have accused -- have huge amounts at stake, but neither show signs of backing down. u.s. senator john kerry has been meeting pakistani leaders at an attempt at damage control. president obama insists that pakistan cannot but davis on

trial because he has diplomatic immunity. >> if our diplomats are in other countries, they are not subject to that country's local prosecution. >> fears that davis will be freed haunt the family. they say, mohammed was a 17 per cent his young widow has already taken her own life. other relatives told us they are ready to do the same. >> if we see justice looking away, we will kill ourselves, one by one. first was my sister in law. we will all did the same if raymond davis is released. >> freeing davis could inflame the streets here. anti-american sentiment is already close to boiling point. islam a bad knows that u.s. aid could be tough. it may have little choice but to

give way. >> stay with us. still to come, we will take you back to barcelona to catch the latest on display at the mobile technology expo. japan has suspended its annual will hunt in the antarctic because activists have made it unsafe. the been chasing the mother ship to disrupt the month. it is in the remote waters of the arctic about the standoff has been taking place. between japanese whalers and -- intent on tearing down their annual hunt and environmentalist determined to stop them. the group says it has pursued the fleet right out of the swelling ground toward the southern tip of south america. japan's government has suspended the hunt. >> the mother ship of the

wheeling police -- wailing fleet has been killed since february 10. we have suspended the operation. we find the harassment extremely regrettable. the activists are being can -- have been confronting the fleet for years. one of their boats collided and sank. the boat's captain was brought to tokyo to face trial after later boarding a japanese ship. he was given a suspended sentence and allowed to go home. wells have been protected from commercial hunting for over a century bred -- century. japan has continued, that needs to kill whales to research their impact on fish stock. much of the meat is sold an insect in supermarkets or in a restaurant dinner plates. -- sold or in up in supermarkets.

you eat it regularly. tons of oil meat is set to beat stored in warehouses. many people object to what they say it is unwarranted foreign enter parents and a japanese cultural position. >> thousands of anti-government demonstrators have been held for a third day in bahrain. they have -- there also been protests in yemen and libya. dozens of protesters have been held in military camps in egypt. final day of campaigning in uganda for friday's presidential elections. the president has been in power for 25 years. today he dismissed a claim that

you down debt is a ripe -- ripe for a egyptian style change. for them, this is the first piece time poll. -- peacetime poll. >> northern uganda has changed. the laughter is back. rebels and a long-term haunt this land and children are free. for the first time in their lives, they do not need food aid here. free from the squalid camps, you can hear their happiness. these women hold onto painful memories. her relatives were killed in front of her. the lord's resistance army took away her brother, forced to join the rebels, and he has been missing for more than 10 years.

>> i only hear rumors about him. some people have escaped from the rebels say he is alive. others report that he has been killed. >> during more than to kill a decade at war, the rebels. terror, torched villages, and murdered with guns and machetes. the attacks left more than a million people displaced. tens of thousands of children were abducted and forced to fight. girls were raped and then kept as sex slaves. every evening, children left their homes and walked to the relative safety of the towns. with the rebels now gone, the streets are back to normal. people are preparing for an election which is being held. imad patrick, abducted as a teenager, he spent two years with the rebels working as a bodyguard.

>> patrick told me his greatest fear was another win for the incumbent president. it could lead to some former rebels returning. >> the president has been hugely unpopular here in northern uganda for many years. largely because of the lengthy civil war. but now that peace has come to the region, he is hoping that there will no longer be an opposition stronghold. but the drumming -- but they are drumming hold a different -- but they are driving home a different message great enthusiasm -- a man who blames him for the decade of suffering in the north. >> our people do not trust the president kurt -- the president. the war is not yet over.

the memories of the brutalities of the government. nicolette, failing to protect us. imposing misery on our people. >> the memories of the suffering run deep here. the dramatic turnaround of support seems unlikely. too many? somebody loved ones were lost. >> north korea has been celebrating the birthday of its dealers leader. state media said he turned 69. other sources suggest that he is 70. either way, the capital has seen pageantry. >> children wave into light on this apparently happy day. north korean state tv showed presence for the dear leader been delivered to remote parts of the country by air. it is impossible to say where

this gratitude was heartfelt. >> are glorious leader sent gifts to my two kids. he is just like our father, she says. >> there is a carefully staged display of affection across the country. people may look contented, if they are lucky enough to live in the capital, but conditions are less harsh. elsewhere the shortages are acute. in neighboring south korea, they were filling balloons, but not in birthday celebration. the attached anti-kim messages to them and looked over the border. >> we are sending a message to the north to fight the dictatorship. just like the people of egypt. there's not much chance of a.

with tight controls on the internet, and very few north koreans will ever be aware of the uprisings elsewhere in the world. instead, it is syncretized swimming displays to glorify their leader. the man himself was not filmed in public today. this helps me not be what it was. there is every expectation that this time next year, north korea will once again be putting on celebrations, but this time for his son. >> chances are you can barely remember the days when mobile cell phones just make calls. syncom that date -- there might be almost nothing a telephone can do. he is investigating what the future might hold. >> these days, mobile is more than just funds. they're not connecting homes, just about everything. let's have a look.

you want to use your phone court may be a computer to control your home. start here. you have a home in germany, -- >> from an ipad or a smart phone or from any device, i am able to control my home. here is an example where we have a home in the germany. we are year in barcelona. i am able to turn the lights on. if i want to put the blind down, think in terms of security or breaches of security, i now have access. >> you can control your helmet using a mobile network. what about other media? show me what you can do. >> i ever got -- i have got my adnroid phone here.

i can play things on my connected game console. i can also access might internet content. i can take my facebook photograph. i can select where i want to place them. i can select which photograph i want to play. up it comes on the television screen. >> the south koreans will lead the way in this technology. you're a couple of robots aimed at children. they have all sorts of embedded mobile technology. here is a card with a chip in it. they put it on there. now we have a video conversation going on between the robot and this fund. your mobile phone can talk to the child's robots.

you want to send it in a nursery rhyme? just press here. out comes this song. ♪ >> britain's prince william and his fiancee make their first overseas trip to canada in early july. the prince last visited the country in 1998 when he was 15. prince william is directly in line to become canada's king after his father, prince charles. the rocket has taken off with supplies for the international space station. it marks the beginning of the 200 mission of the european space program. the launch was planned for

tuesday, but it was called off. it is carrying oxygen, water, food, and spare parts. at least 50 animal rights groups in china have urged tv stations not to air a performance involving synchronized swimming by goldfish. it was due to be repeated on thursday. some chinese suspect the man in charge of this uses magnets to control the gold fish. that could harm them. he refuses to say how it is done. thank you for being with us. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories from around the globe and click-to-play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank.

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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. egypt-style anti-government protests spread to more arab nations today. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight. we have the latest on the demonstrations in libya, iraq

and elsewhere in the middle east. and margaret warner examines the turmoil in the tiny muslim nation of bahrain, home to the u.s. navy's fifth fleet. >> lehrer: plus, jeffrey brown explores how egypt's government blocked the internet during the uprising. >> woodruff: then, we have two budget stories. we get a liberal's view of the president's blueprint from vermont senator bernie sanders. >> lehrer: and we look at the political battles over cutting defense spending. retrenchment brought about by cu >> woodruff: and from juarez, mexico, bill neely of independent television news reports on the bloody war against the drug cartels. >> three more killings here and already. this year is on course to be even deadlier than last year, when more than 3,000 people were murdered in this small city.