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>> and now "bbc world news." >> security officials say that recent drones are an attempt to disrupt a terror plot in europe. the sentence the men who tried to blow up times square. hungary says it will take more than a year to clean up the damage from toxic sludge from a burst reservoir. welcome to "bbc world news" broadcasting to america and the -- around the world. the man who almost bankrupted one of france's biggest banks is jailed and ordered to repay almost 5 million euros. charged with genocide, members from cambodian party are

tried and a tribunal. western security officials have confirmed that the campaign of u.s. missile strikes by unmanned drones in pakistan was an attempt to disrupt a plot in europe. five german nationals were killed by one of the drones. our security correspondent reports. >> at al qaeda video from earlier this summer schilling german-speaking militants training for -- the german- speaking militants training for jihad. they claim to be preparing for an attack on a pakistani army position. this was part of an attempt to disrupt an al qaeda plot against europe.

>> there has been a plot to try to attack multiple times in europe. there should not be any panic. european and intelligence services are working together. a lot of people have come on the radar screen. that needs to be dealt with. >> germany provides one link to the plot. a dozen disappeared from hamburg in 2009. some attended a mosque. over in a afghanistan, one of the germans was arrested this summer. he told u.s. officials of plans for commando-style attacks in europe. many of these were this -- aimed at disrupting a plot. an early attack killed a britain. germany, france, and britain are all possible targets. there may be differences between europe and america about

how soon to attack. >> germans are thinking, we will let this develop more. clearly, they are still over in pakistan. let's see what happens. the americans were saying, let's stop this now. maybe there are people in europe already. >> in london, they say a serious investigation is underway at mi5. officials were saying that the investigation was not specific and did not imply an imminent threat. today, france moved against two jihadist networks. nobody can be short if the plot has ben reed directed for sure. >> a terror suspect killed by a drone aircraft last month was a british man. a pakistani security source has

said that he was the leader of a new group to be called the islamic army of great britain. a reporter says that he died in the northwest of the country in september. >> a security source has given us a lot of information. his name within the public domain after september 8 in the pakistani press. were very few details about his life. we are concerned that he is a british citizen. he had a british wife. he was living in pakistan. three months ago, he traveled to north west waziristan for a meeting with roughly 2200 al qaeda and taliban militants. they were discussing the notion

of him forming a new al qaeda splinter group which would be called the islamic army of great britain. it was aimed to carry out precisely this kind of mumbai attack in great britain. >> the man who tried to set off a powerful car bomb in new york has been sentenced to life in prison. faisal shahzad, a 30-year-old american said the seven left a car in a spot in may, prompting a manhunt. he says that this has only begun. >> this is the pakistani-born uss sen -- a u.s. citizen. >> i wanted to join my brothers ever since 9/11.

>> he was in the border regions of pakistan, where he received on training. his travels ended here inside of this manhattan court to spend the rest of his life in jail for trying to set off a bomb in times square. he says that the tax on the u.s. will continue until the u.s. leaves -- attacks on the u.s. will continue until the u.s. leaves muslim lands. >> the judge said he wanted him to think about whether the karan wants him to kill lots of people. >> a key measure the crowds at different times of day, wanting his explosion to cause maximum carnage. on a warm may evening, faisal shahzad try to set off a bomb in his car. he

used petrol tanks, fire works, and this alarm clock as a timer. he was dramatically captured on the runway at john f. kennedy airport. he confessed and pled guilty to all of the charges against them. u.s. officials set off a replica withisal shahzad's bomb the detonators that actually worked. this was the result. what radicalized him? the financial analyst with a young family and living in connecticut, he seemed to have it all. he had money troubles and was disillusioned with life in the west. >> the whole religion is for allah alone. >> faisal shahzad he went to wait pakistan taliban training camp. he was angry about the u.s.

drone attacks in afghanistan and was against the u.s. troops in iraq and afghanistan. he is now starting his life behind bars. >> the united nations says that it has arrested and a con golese leader. you was -- of the un mission captured lt col mayele of the mai mai cheka militia. rapes were committed about by 200 rebels. they are denying that they tried to get a rebel group to take responsibility for bomb attacks. the former head of the movement

was arrested on terror charges low in the bombings. hungary says it will take more than a year to clear up the damage caused by toxic sludge, which came from a reservoir on sunday. four people were killed. he sent this report from the town where the torrents were 2 meters deep. >> it was about a kilometre wide in these communities. the painted everything in its path and dark red. there was little or no warning. the rescue and repair work has begun. there are new debt -- there are new dangers. the sludge has a high heavy metal content. many of the injuries are

burdens on parts of the body that -- burns all parts of the body that came into contact with the sludge. >> the firm had a contingency plan that allowed for 200-300 thousand cubic meters. our question is, how could it happen with a lower amount than calculated in the official plans? that will be the objective of a future investigation. >> a massive clear up operation is under way. the first problem is to collect and dispose of the sludge. the second is to limit any further damage. large amounts of clay have been poured into the rivers to limit

the heavy metals before they reached the river danube. the cost has been put that tens of millions of dollars. >> at this point, there is some news just coming in. they have set fire to four tankers in afghanistan. this is according to a report. a driver of one of the tankers was killed. a rogue trader who almost bankrupted societe general has been jailed and ordered to repay the billions of euros that he lost. from paris. >> the rogue trader, the man who

portrayed himself as a victim of a banking system that thrived on risk. jerome kerviel was found guilty today. for his lies and deception, he was sentenced to three years behind bars. he left a debt of 4.9 billion euros. >> if he had made a profit, he will not be here today. they punish the man, not the system. >> he never made the covering bets. by 2008, he had staked nearly 50 million euros. >> he had been sent home to buy 10 tons of strawberries and instead came home with 100 tons of potatoes. every day, they went through the warehouse and said nothing.

his promotion from the back office meant that he had the expert knowledge of the computer system to hide the bets he was placing. the managers could not have known or suspected what he was upto to. >> they are not guilty of promoting a general environment where risk-taking is a good thing. >> the deal is already underway. he is working as a consultant earning less than 30,000 euros a year, his enormous debt is a lifetime sentence. >> there is more ahead. trapped miners, will be going underground with the men who risk their lives for a chance at making a fortune.

there is the question of paying a child benefits to families. >> normally, papers have reacted with fury to the news. the higher rate taxpayers and the stay at home moms could lose at least 1,000 pounds per year and perhaps more. >> if you are carrying out cuts, you have got to do things that seem to be fair. you have a family on 44,000 a year that is by getting child benefits. >> i suggested to david cameron that he underestimated the reaction to the child benefit cut. >> there is small change here and small change there and it makes a huge difference to them. the question i have to ask, as we deal with this appalling mess, what is fair in terms of

making everybody make a contribution, which they should. asking those who are relatively better off to make a bigger contribution. >> you can see why he only wants to deal with one thing at a time. this week, he promised to cut job benefit by a billion. on thursday, there will be published reports of making workers pay more for their pensions. they will increase tuitions for those going to university. they will finalize cuts to the fence, schools, transports and other budgets. this is all to be announced in the comprehensive spending review on october 20. it is enough to give him sleepless nights. he was having them anyway, thanks to the arrival of baby florence. >> you are with us here at abc

news bank." western security officials -- bbc news bang." western security officials have a confirmed a plot to disrupt terror plot in europe. the man who tried to blow up times square has been sentenced to life in prison. flash flooding has forced 30,000 people to be evacuated in vietnam. at these 50 people have been killed by rising waters. >> treetops and rooftops, the only sign that beneath the waters there was once a village. rising waters have flooded lives. 30,000 people have been evacuated. many more homes are flooded. those who cannot escape are stranded on the only parts of

their homes above water. this woman returned to her home after fleeing. >> i had to move to another place for a couple of days. there are no clothes to change into. >> supplies are getting through. the sheer level of water is a challenge. roads and bridges are badly damaged. >> this is the second time since 1985 that the water level has been cut too fast. all of my belongings were slapped the -- swept away. >> in this remote region, heavy rains also unleashed flash floods. villages were engulfed by water. homes were destroyed and roads flooded. with supply routes under water and bridges damaged, dozens had to be evacuated by helicopter. for many, it could be weeks

before they return home. >> the u.n. tribunal in cambodia are indicting surviving members of a party for genocide. they could be responsible for the deaths of nearly 2 million people in the late 1970's under the regime led by pol pot. >> the village key -- a village chief is most respected in the community. some of them are building a new hen house. we have a good life. it may be fun and games here now, but he used to be a soldier

for one of the world's most feared armies. he said that this magic tattooo protected them from the enemy bullets. >> the deal that families like this would be accepted back into society. some even joined the government or the military. the u.n.-backed tribunal has charge their former leaders with genocide. for some, there is a sense of the trial. -- betrayal. >> and now our country has peace. they should release the leaders. they are getting old. they should be free. the officials from the tribunal have some explaining to do as far as the people are concerned. a public forum draws a capacity

crowd. >> there are also concerns. >> the prime minister does warned that too many trials might plunge cambodia back into war. the prosecutors say that they are essential for reconciliation. >> it is important to recognize the scale of what happened in this country. we are speaking of over 2 million deaths in three years. almost half of those were violent deaths. that has to be eliminated, not just for the sake of this country, or the international community. >> there is plenty for the colleagues to chew on. some are mortified, others are outraged. >> they were true independence fighting for the country. >> it is only the losers that

are held responsible. the only storm coming are the ones responsible for the crops. people have been through too much to want to fight again. they are happy to live with peace, even if they are on the receiving end of winter's justice. >> tim has traveled south to visit a pair of self-employed miners and friends of the trapped men. they are living up their dream of making their fortunes. >> we found the one andhere. it is beautiful, it is remote. we have come to find the it small-time miners working for themselves. let's go have a look.

they live here monday to friday. they are looking for gold. about 20 kilos of rocked produces about two grams of gold. they are here all week long trying to make their fortune. here is pablo. i am asking him what he is doing at the moment. >> [speaking foreign language] >> he is down there hacking away at the rock. this rock has gold in it. he needs 20 milligrams of this.

he is just saying that they used to work together at the same plant many years ago. he is saying that all of his older brothers and younger brothers worked as miners as well. he is saying that mario gomez had many accidents. he is 63 now. he is missing three fingers. wendy rock -- when the rock is hard, they use the explosives.

it is pretty basic conditions as they search for gold. >> the fossil of a penguin that the 36 million years ago has been unearthed in peru. it is much bigger than its modern relative and a different color. >> for scientists, this is an amazing discovery. the remains of a penguin that waddled the earth tens of millions of years ago. >> this has preserved the feathers and the scales, something completely unusual in fossil record. >> the ancients gallatin had been protected by a blanket of sentiment -- skeleton had been protected by a blanket of sentiment -- sediment when the

earth's temperatures were at their highest. >> we have done studies on the color of the feathers, which indicated that the animal had brown feathers, completely different than the callers that modern pat once have. -- colors that the modern and when have. >> they say it was much bigger. nearly 1.5 meters tall. the fossilized penguin has been named pedro after a character on a colombian television series. other discoveries are further evidence of a giant penguin species. >> officials are increasingly linking monday's u.s. drone

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