>> and now bbc world news. >> ts is bbc world news eric reporting from washinon. i mattfrye. rebels a govnment forc continue to ght out in liby e engame in the oryoast, thincuent present to give itp. virgin galactic rocket ship will soon be rdy t make iteal. we have an insideook. we have six passengers sitting free on each side of the vicle. the wi be able to looknto the blacess space.

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formeraster been he fw in ndon yeerday and is no in a safe location, where h is bng debrfedy btish officials. >> his resignati sho tt th deduct the regime, which has already seen significant defections -- that the gadha's regi, whh has already seen significant dsectiondefections,s crbling from whin. >so who isoussa kssa? he wento wk for lib's inteigen service, becoming the hd in 199 in 29, he wasppointed foreign minier. he is a man wh a past and kns libya's secret. the bombing of pan am 103 over ckerbie w the deadlie example of libya eaust --

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>>e is an olman. he has serious heah problems. his bodcoul not take th pssure we uerstd that. weive himermissionto live -- to leave libya. >> wn he was first here earsago, he was an agitator for the good door rine. nohe has returned crying-- r thgaddafi rege. now has returned. >> of the skies o libya, nato is taking le command - ave the ies of lib, nato i takingo coand of them. today, theebel libyaas suffered ather setba. after kingignificant gns over t wkendit is forced to retreat firing continues to mizrat

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out. doctors say the rebels have st 4men here in e past two eks. >> w have madeistakes, said abdallah. we are figing for freedom there's no control, no plan. we'reust ting. these latest ptures show an airsike by a belgi-16. but nato hasuled out sending arms to the rebs. that will a bl to a n like this who has been fighting r cnge r the past month. >> we want democracy a goo govement, he ys. and weo no wan libya to be in the third world. this is a rich country. we wa to vance. >> but the new libya is not cong as fasts theebel hoped. and thmoodow is subdued. e freedom fighters hav had a uisi few days. ey dranthe sweing into

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tsuni. buthe race to contain th nuclear csis is farrom over. the sea wter radiation around the damaged fushi pnt is now more than fr taliban -- 4000 timeshe lal lim. more international experts a bein called in. but e cotry could have been better prepared. >> the people here 0 the lives to the s walthat protected their town -- the people here ow the liv to theea wl thatroteed their town. today, the sea is tranquil and the wall is unscathe thisan was retrieving his rpeny stock been his businesso the sea w destroyed. but he gotff lightly.

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thastronauts will begin their joney here. it is the world's first purpose- filled cmerclpacort. it is under cstruction in the new mexico dest. there will get thredaysf traing bore heading to space. the tripomes in two parts. first, thilane carries the spaceship up to 50,000 feet, higher tn aormalplan before droppi itn mid-air. thspace ship then fires its rocket could in lesshan a minute, it will be traveling at two 0.5 -- 2,50mileper hour. each spaceship in a pilo >> it is nothe actual flyin of t vehle. it iantipating what cld g wrongecau of one-of-a-kind airplane. >> the wi be ler carbon emissions per psenger an a transatltic ight. >> 5 years, ere s been clos to 500eople who go to

ace. in the first year or o of this ogram, it may be thousands of people going to space. it is game changer. everybody will know sebodwho ha been to space in the next0 years. tickets e not cheap. a seat in hewill cost you 125,000 pounds. but more than 400 peoplhave already booked. the wo goi on in this but doesn't warehse is likely t lead -- in thi desert wahous is liky toead to competing ventures. we are here to talk with richard live inalifornia's mojave desert. the listf people whoan blow toundred thousand dollaron five minut of weightlessness isrettyhort >> i tnk wcan surmise that the typef cuomers who paid are those with plty ospare sh aund.

yohave to have thaknocking arnd and be prepared to ow itn what is, i total, two hour trip. about 415 to a 420 peopl ve already boed. th have a refundable depot of $20,000. someave paid aepos. someave paidhe etire money up front. guess theare very,ery ke. they may be on the very firs flig for theaying public. >> rhard when aronas go in space, they have years of traing. what abo these people? >> there will bebout three da of training. th are waiting for regulator approval. the that -- a lot of it wl b mentalathethanhysil. ey dnot think that the ysical demands will b

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