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>> and now "bbc world news." >> the italian prime minister, silvio berlusconi, has warned italy could be plunged into economic crisis if parliament passes the votes of no confidence. >> we need to have the capacity to decide. we need everything except a crisis in the dark. >> expelled from of british mosque for being too radical. the bbc investigate the background of the stockholm suicide bomber. loyal to the old president around the headquarters of the man internationally regarded as having won at the ballot box. welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast to our viewers on pbs in america, also around the globe. coming up later for you -- out of the country, out of office. iran's long serving foreign minister is that while on in to

work of africa. >> ♪ i found my thrill on blueberry hill ♪ >> and singing to the stars. is there no end to the talents of russian prime minister vladimir putin? now, it has been a day of speechmaking and persuasion by the italian prime minister silvio berlusconi as he intends to win over two key parliamentary votes of confidence. he says it would be on -- it would be madness to unseat him now. critics say his policies have been failures. this report from our europe editor it does contain flash photography.

>> silvio berlusconi arrived at parliament today. he smiled and waved. but he is fighting for his political life. he knows if he loses at the no- confidence vote tomorrow, he will have to resign. yet his supporters applauded, but he is accused of having bought his own party. he predicted he would survive. threatened, he would go to the people if he lost >> if it does not prevail, in certain the italian people that gave this government a mandate will have the proper response. >> the prime minister has been weakened by defections from his coalition. the latest scandal -- a girl called ruby, also known as the heartbreaker. she was an 17-year-old dancer. her age was not the only problem. when she ran into trouble with

the law, mr. berlusconi called the police himself, claiming he -- indirectly she was a relative of the egyptian president. at one time, his allies deserted him, saying he was damaging the reputation of italy. >> because of his way of life, in italy and even abroad, it is not a good image of our institutions. >> inside and outside of parliament, silvio berlusconi is making the case that italy needs him. >> he should remain in power because he is good for this country. emily is showing the world the best way to get out of the economic crisis -- italy is showing the world the best way to get out of the economic crisis. >> i asked what she thought about the young girls attending the prime minister's parties. >> berlusconi is a typical italian male.

he likes women. >> in the bars and restaurants around the chamber, awash with rumors. one party leader said it was like a cattle market. an official investigation has been launched. there are still reasons why it silvio berlusconi might survive. the opposition is seen as a peek at without a strong candidate. then there is the crisis in the eurozone p re-ed it makes it easy for silvio berlusconi to claim that stability is what the region needs. what ever happens tomorrow, elections are the most likely outcome. bbc news, rome. >> swedish officials believe they have identified the man who set off two bombs and in stockholm saturday. they say they are 90% certain he

is taimour abdulwahab al- abdaly. he was born in iraq, grew up in sweden, and he studied in an english town. here is our security correspondent. >> the face of the swedish bomb plot. taimour abdulwahab al-abdaly, and then he's been close to a decade in britain. today, questions what may lay behind those facts. a car registered to him exploded on a busy street in stockholm. moments later, he was found dead following a second explosion. a suicide bomber, but one who failed to kill anyone else. police raided his house in lt. -- louton last night. neighbors had not seen him for nearly a month. >> i was shocked. i came home and saw the media around.

>> at a local mosque, they remember him attending three years ago. when al-abdaly tried to spread extremist views, they confronted him and he stormed out. they did not inform the police. >> we could not categorize him as a terrorist, but initially when we look at what he was saying, it could have been his political views. part of me does question -- did i spend enough time with them? should i have exposed him publicly and made him storm out? maybe i should have spent more time with him. >> neighbors talk about an ordinary family man, but the security services will be investigating how and when he might have been radicalized, and crucially, the loyalty might have been in contact with. so, what do we know about taimour abdulwahab al-abdaly? he was born in iraq and in 1981. and in 1992, he attended school

in sweden. in 2001, he studied at the university of bedfordshire and settled in louton with his family. shortly before the bomb went off, he sent an e-mail saying he was protesting the treatment of swedish troops in afghanistan. he also said, and never went to the middle east to work or make money. i went for jihad. prosecutors are trying to determine whether he was working alone. >> we should suppose there were others behind him, if they are accomplices or just had inspired him to some religious way or something else. >> al-abdaly expressed extremist views on his facebook page. today a jihadist website posted

an unverified claim that he had fulfilled a pledge. whether it that claim is true, will be one of the priorities for investigators and in sweden in -- in sweden and britain in coming days. bbc news. >> a u.s. judge in the u.s. state of virginia has declared the health-care law has unconstitutional. it is the first time a case against the reform has been upheld. two other judges previously ruled in their favor. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has welcomed a decision by the u.s. to abandon the call for a freeze on israeli settlement building. it is the first public comment since the u.s. changed their policy on friday. the latest u.s. diplomatic cables released by wikileaks

claim the irish republican leaders were in the military ira as recently as five years ago it also stated that both men would know about of $40 million bank robbery. both men said the claims are untrue. in our show of force, troops in ivory coast khalil to the presidents have today temporarily blocked access -- loyal to the president have today temporarily blocked access. united nations and the african union have conceded that he has won the elections. our reporter in the main city, don james, said this report. >> government soldiers take up positions close to the hotel. this is the man most world

leaders say one last month's election. here, and in the main city, the army is loyal to the man who has been in charge for the past decade. the decision to move closer to the un-protected hotel provoked a tense standoff. but candidates have declared themselves the winners and set up parallel governments. >> the situation is especially sad for our country, which for 10 years has been plunged into a crisis situation. we thought with these elections will leave the crisis behind. but unfortunately, it seems we've gone deeper into it with this divide-headed government. >> at the european union, along with others in the international community, said hundreds of millions of dollars providing funding for these elections, one of the world's most expensive

ever held. too much money to sit back and watch someone cling to power after the independent electoral commission announced the opposition candidate as the winner. >> we also moved it to adopt without delay targeted restrictive measures against those obstructing peace and reconciliation and the outcome of the electoral process. these measures will include of these abandoned and assets freeze targeting those leading figures the refused to accept the democratically-elected president. >> the blockade has been lifted. but little negotiation going on, and both sides arm, there are fears that today's attention will not dissipate quickly. bbc news, ivory coast. >> now the iranian foreign minister, manouchehr mottaki, has been sacked. a statement from mahmoud ahmadinejad thank him for his

service but gave no reason for his dismissal. manouchehr mottaki is currently on an official visit to senegal. he has been replaced by the head of the atomic energy committee. >> manouchehr mottaki has been fired. news of which may come as quite a surprise to him. he is currently on an official trip to africa and he now heads home without a job. manouchehr mottaki was iran's foreign minister for the last five years. last week he was in greece for talks, but he did not go to geneva for a recent round of the nuclear talks. for that reason, his dismissal may not change the approach of iran. >> week emphasized that the talks, which started in geneva,

will continue and the different political configurations in iran will not lead to disruptions in the talks. >> here is the man who fired the prime minister -- the foreign minister. president ahmadinejad wants to show he is a new command of the iran's conservative establishment. getting rid of his foreign minister is a fairly dramatic way of making this point. and this is the man who takes over as caretaker for the foreign minister. he has been in charge of iran felt atomic energy organization. he recently welcomed the first shipment of yellowcake, a material needed to enrich uranium. james reynolds, bbc news. >> you are watching "bbc world news." still to come -- playing a dangerous game. we have a special report on palestinian children growing up

and in the heat of an ongoing conflict. they spent two months trapped underground and cannot as international bureaus. now the 33 miners from the mine in chile has been meeting their heroes from the world of soccer. david guest reports from the united home ground. >> when sir alex ferguson makes a stunning, there is usually pretty -- plenty of interest. he and his colleagues have become celebrities and their own right. they spent two months trapped inside a chilean mine. the captured the world's attention. when they emerged, they were hailed as national heroes. today they arrived at manchester airport with a reception normally reserved for pop stars.

this miner said that life changed for him and his colleagues to complete even emerged. but everyone loves how brave they were. and if you get the opportunity to thank them -- this is that. >> so, united and one of their sponsors arranged for the men to visit. one said it was an honor to be in of place he had only previously seen on tv. earlier today, adding that the players and had an opportunity to go autograph hunting. it is not clear exactly how many of the miners are die-hard reds, but it seems there are more than a few potential footballers in their midst. in fact, one of the men at joked last night -- we have a high enough to make up a tree. perhaps -- make up a team.

perhaps we could take on united. next year, perhaps. bbc news. >> this is "bbc world news." i am peter dobbie. silvio berlusconi warns of an economic crisis if he is ousted from power tomorrow. demand thought to be the stockholm suicide -- the man thought to be the stockholm suicide bomber has emerged. he was expelled from a mosque for being too radical. there are claims that the israeli police are breaking vermont by detaining palestinian children, some as young as 7, and interrogating them. this comes during a tense time in east jerusalem. we have this from our middle east correspondent. there are some pictures you may find disturbing from the beginning. >> these palestinian children

are playing a very dangerous game. and it is all about to go wrong. the gray car is being driven by a jewish settler. terrified, he flees the scene. the child is mercifully not badly hurt. a few days later, this 12-year- old and her parents -- and his parents are at home meeting with their lawyer. >> i want him from getting involved in this. but the kids -- sometimes it is getting to that. it is fun for them. they do not realize how dangerous it is. >> look closely, and you can clearly see a rock thrown by a child barking toward police. -- arcing toward police. that is a good example of what happens here all the time. the police drew up behind me here.

immediately the children started signalling to each other and the stone-throwing began. >> this 11-year-old oday is a veteran of the conflict. he has been arrested four times. the last time, he was severely beaten. >> they hit me and drag me along the floor. they handcuffed me what tight plastic handcuffs. i was scared. only when my father arrived did they stop. >> the israeli police flatly deny such treatment in place. the israeli police told us all teenagers question that are escorted, with their parents, and questioned by police officers who are specially trained and speak arabic. >> there is mounting evidence of young children and their families who say the police have really miss handle them come out whether it is being arrested, using violence, coming to the --

to their homes and in the middle of the night and arresting a. and also interrogation. but the children are being arrested at a rate of nearly one a day. the results, say human rights groups, it is that a number of them show symptoms of post- traumatic stress disorder. bbc news coming easter risen on. >> the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton says the special representative to pakistan and afghanistan richard holbrooke is an unstable, but critical condition. he fell ill on friday during a routine meeting with mrs. clinton. he is best known for the peace accords that ended the war in bosnia. an initial results from the parliamentary elections in kosovo suggest that the prime minister's party has won the big

money coalition partners to govern. opposition parties have demanded a rerun. french police have ended a hostage siege at a nursery school after a youth armed with two swords or least four children and their teacher. earlier, the 17-year-old had taken 22 children hostage. most were released as the police moved the site of the world's worst nuclear accident, chernobyl, has built its first official chores for next year. they are working out safe routes through the areas so they can learn more about the explosion from 1986. in the past few weeks, but japan and south korea have conducted large-scale joint military exercises but the u.s. china calls this an attempt at american containment in an area

that beijing sees as its responsibility. a correspondent giant the american aircraft carrier uss as george washington of the coast of okinawa in southern japan. >> id is a formidable picture of american military power in china's backyard. and menacing forced reaching off the coast of japan. the u.s. has been wargmaing with japan for 50 years, but never on this scale. a confident china has started to flex its muscles. here are the disputed japanese islands the chinese claim are theirs. a coastguard ship from japan and controller from china collided in september, damaging

relations. china claims this whole stretch of the south china sea, despite protests from the neighbors. and tension with korea has created even more problems with america. but conflict is a very long way off. >> there is competition between china and the u.s., but there is no danger of a military clash between the two countries. think of the u.s. and the soviet union during the cold war. no matter what happened, the dutch troops never shot at each other. >> these are reserves of oil and gas. >> no national interests here. vital national interests. -- we have national interest here. certainly others have national interest. freedom of movement, freedom of trade. the ability to grow and prosper. >> shouting about your military

might is one way to engage the peace. [unintelligible] it is this kind of display that reminds that america and its allies still have power and as part of the world. asian countries like the wealth a stronger china brings, but they are also intimidated by it. that is why america is still an important ally. bbc news, aboard the uss george washington, off japan. >> he is one of the most powerful men in the world, and his cv includes a kgb agent, prime minister, and president of russia. so not many people would expect him to pop up singing "blueberry

hill." he is not the first politician to take to the stage. >> always expect the unexpected from vladimir putin. whether he is bare chested or in the boxing ring, russia's prime minister loves the limelight. but there is one thing he has never been brave enough to do in public until now. >> ♪ i found my thrill on blueberry hill ♪ >> please welcome, vlad the vocalist, or the kremlin crooner. at a charity concert in st. petersburg, he sang his version of "blueberry hill." the hollywood stars and in the audience had never heard anything quite like it. and neither had the russians. this is a side of the prime minister russians have never seen before. but vladimir putin is not the

first international statesmen to swap the political stage for the world of songs. boris yeltsin. bill clinton played the saxophone. and hugo chavez loves the sound of his own voice. but do russians make of this? >> he was super. really cool. >> but not everyone thinks up. >> i like a politician when he is resolved and governs under the rule of law, and putin does not do that. >> and one more surprise. putin, the one-and a pianist. from the former kgb officer, one of his favorite tunes. a famous russian song about spies. bbc news, moscow.

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