>> and now "bbc world news. >> european report. the kosovoan prime ministerffic human organs. he calls this baseless. >> many feared dead. wikileaks founder remains in custody in london pending appeal by swedish prosecutors. welcome to bbc news. later in the program, criticized for refusing to low dissidents to collect human rights awards. >> argentina's unwanted underclass. squatters have set up camps in bainose airies -- buenos aires.

>> a jobs report has accused the prime minister of kosovo of having trafficked in human organs. a kosovoan spokesperson dismissed this as irresponsible and untrue. our report now from belgrade. >> the report contains serious allegations of the mistreatment of civilians during and after the war. these are serb and albanian civilians. these include organ trafficking. what has been done in the draft

report is he's presented a lot more evidence than was gathered before, and although he cannot prove, for example, the most serious allegation of organ trafficking, he goes further than anyone has before. he suggests also that this was part of a pattern of abuses against prisoners of war and, indeed, of civilians, serb and albanian by senior k. l.a. kosovoan militia during and after the war. in the 20 pages of this report, the prime minister of kosovo, who was at that time the political leader of the k. l.a., is mentioned no less than 27 times in relation to these, what are called, what are referred to as "mafia-like activities ." they have reacted initially with outrage. they have called all the allegations in the report slanders and they have promised or warned rather of political and legal consequences. we're not sure what those will be, but clearly a standing

present government in kosovo stands accused of awful human rights abuses. another aspect of this report is that criminal activity is referred to as having continued some parts of it right up to the present day. >> a court in london has ruled julian assange should be released on bail. he was arrested for suspicion of sexual assault. he denies these accusations. this report by tom simons contains some flash photography. >> julian assange's twuns nomadic international lifestyle is now confined to a prison cell. the man is described by some as a free speech philosopher,

captured briefly through its windows. the information continues to flow through the wikileaks he founded. defending the media frenzy was bigger than last time he appeared in court. and there is what is becoming a red carpet of celebrities arriving to support him, including socialites. julian assange faces sexual assault allegations in sweden, but today he was battling again for bail and the right to move from prison to the surving mansion of -- to the suffolk mansion of a friend while the exdrigs -- extradition process. finally after two hours we've heard the swedes won't abide by the umpire's decision, and they want to put mr. assange through yet more trouble, more expense, more hurdles. they clearly will not spare any expense but to keep mr. assange

in jail. and there is another hitch. assange still needs his growing list of well heeled friends to occur 200 pounds to pay the security to the couror him to help with his lawyers to prepare a case. he's requested to have a computer so he could research the case. that was denied. he's only been allowed three visits, and he's only been allowed three phone calls. >> his lawyers need access to assange so they can build a case against extradition to sweden. a hearing is expected in january in which they are likely to claim pursuit of him it slit cally motivated.

-- is politically motivated. there may be charges from the u.s. on espionage. the prosecution insists he's not back in prison tonight because of wikileaks. their case is slowlyly to do with the sex allegations made against him. but the defense wants him out of prison as soon assible. tom simeons, bbc news, westminster magistrates courts. >> disputed presidential election in haiti. the recount has proposed after days of street protests by opposition reporters who set barricades on fire and threw stones at police scompun unpeacekeeping forces. last month's election was widely voter intimidation. >> police in panama city say a gunman that opened fire at a

himself. winds say the gunman woked up to a podium, sprayed a red v on a wall and started firing. >> shooting at a california shopping center has left one mother dead and people wounded. it started in sacramento and moved outside to the car park. the mother was shot while putting her son into a car. police say they don't know what prompted the shooting. >> authorities in cuba have refused to allow a dissident to collect a human rights prize. he was awarded the prize by the european parliament and was due to collect it this week. our correspondent told me more about mr. falinia. >> a well known political activist, earlier this year he

launched a prolonged hunger strike to announce the plight of criminal prisoners. he was on a drip when rau castro -- raul castro released people. he was awarded this prize by the european particle many. it is named after the late soviet dissident andre sakarov. in cuba, you need a permit to leave the country, and while he applied for one, it never arrived >> there is a last-minute plea to let him come, but that fell on deaf ears. once again there will be an empty seat at a human rights award.

>> ironic that cuba appears to be doing exactly what mr. farinias is accusing them of all this time. >> yes, there is an irony of this. it is not the first time that cuba has refused to allow well known opposition figures, well known dissident voices to travel abroad to collect prices. there is quite a well known blogger here who over the last couple years has won a whole string of international awards from spain right through to new york, and she has never been allowed to abroad to collect her prizes. it's on one level it was an unprecedented move. this agreement to release political prisoners and so many of them were seen as a major concession in many ways by the cuban government, which is why farinias got the prize for his part in this.

but there are still a lot of unresolved issues, and of those 52 prisoners, for example, 11 of them say they don't want to go into exile in spain like the others have. they want to stay at home. and they haven't been released yet. there are still a dozen of prisoners who remain in jail. >> dozens of suspected asileyum seekers are -- aylum seekers crashed into rocks on christmas island in australian territory in the indian ocean. let's get the latest now. joining me from sidney is our correspondent. nick, what are you hearing? >> well, it is what we are hearing and seeing. the pictures are horrific. they show a boat that's been smashed against jagged rocks in the one place on christmas

island where you can bring boats ashore. the seas are very treacherous, and the boat is in absolute smith reasons -- smitherenes. it looks like it was made out of plywood. there is a desperate rescue underway right now. i understand 40 people were on that boat. i understand the local meet media -- the local media are reporting 41 people have been rescued. they are throwing ropes over the cliffs to haul people in. they are throwing lifejackets. there are a couple australian naval vessels that have joined the search and rescue operation now. it is frantic because those seas are treacherous, and these people are being buffeted against jagged rocks. >> some harrowing eye-witness accounts to go with the pictures you are seeing. >> yeah, there are harrowing eye witness accounts, and they

describe william ask children, babies being among the dead. this is an awful situation. anyone who has seen people at christmas island and taken to australia's main detension center would have seen how unseaworthy many of these boats were, and the sea conditions, as i understand it, around christmas island, have been absolutely awful. people saying it is the worst stormy sea conditions they have seen for many months. this is an awful situation. as i say, it is ongoing. we don't know, for instance, how many people have died, but it does seem 40 people have been rescued, and the search is on. >> what are the authorities telling you about their response to this. >> well, they are not saying a great deal at the moment, to be honest. it hasn't happened that long. it only happened 4.5 hours ago. they are scrambling to get four

resources there if they can. and the navy has three boats. we understand there is one small naval boat and one speed boat. it is all hands on defpblgt we have heard reports of local people dashing to those cliffs and hurling these life jackets, everybody trying to get involved in the rescue oprage after being woken this morning by the most awful screaming and realizing something was terribly amis. >> thanks very much for the moment. nick bryant in sidney. >> the irish government mass published a new law to stablize the country's troubled banking system. the bill will force some investors to share a bigger burden. it also gives the government the right to veto bonuses at banks that have been bailed out. this report.

>> in an age of austerity, huge bank profits and stark bonuses create much resentment. allied banks have been bailed out to the toon of $4.6 billion. the irish government now owns 18%. it is due to pump billions more into the firm which could see its stake baloon to 90%. the irish finance minister's methods are clear. >> i think the taxpayer is entitled to see that if a substantial investment must be made by the taxpayer's particular fibble financial institution. the culture obtained in the banks of the past are clearly stamped out. >> the bank argued it had contractual obligations to pay $53 million in bonuses to 2,500 staff. they gave back to 2008 before the global financial crisis. >> we had all been working to

try to find some form of resolution to this. i would have to say, that the general mood at the board, which was unanimous in its decision, was wuven substantial relief and that -- was one of substantial relief that a way to not pay pay bonuses had been found. >> the irish government is looking to draft special legislation to ensure no bonus feses are paid. in a further move, the government is proposing a 90% tax on any future staff bonuses. >> a draft european report has accused the kosovoan prime minister of having trafficked in human organs. >> a boat carrying asylum

seekers has capsized off christmas island in the inian ocean. many are feared dead. >> silvio berlusconi narrowly survived a confidence vote. gavin hewitt reports. >> even as parliament was voting on silvio berlusconi's future, angry crowds were setting fire to vehicles in some of rome's best-known squares. prodecemberers built bare cades, and over 60 police officers were injured. they replied with volleys of tear gas, and the rioting lasted for over five hours. >> we are here because we don't want anymore silvio berlusconi here in our parliament. >> parliament was rigged with police wagons.

silvio berlusconi has dominated italian politics but he has been weakened by defections and scandals. close to the chamber, protesters were shouting, you are buying votes like you buy your women. even m.p.'s who were heavily pregnant turned up for this crucial vote, every member declaring publicly whether they were for or against the italian reader. then incorrectly word reached the streets silvio berlusconi had lost the vote and celebrations began. it was a mistake. inside the chamber, there were scuffles. the true result was that silvio berlusconi had survived by three votes. his supporters clapped, but the mood was bitter and partisan. back on the street, the mood changed. this crowd believed for a second that berlusconi lost the vote and today marked the end of a berlusconi era.

now they have heard the news that he's going to survive. soon after protesters ghana tacking banks -- protesters began attacking banks and trying to start fires. violence spread through the center of rome. it is the first time in years the eternal city has suffered unrest like this. the rage was directed against the italian prime minister but it was also directed like an increase in student fees. despite the allegations of corruption and lurid stories of the faltalyn prime minister helping a 17-year-old student dancer, he survives. the fact is, he remains the choice of many to survive the economic crisis. >> i think the big problem in italy is thatted reason he -- is

that they lack a clear alternative to him. >> despite the hold he has over the italian media, silvio berlusconi only just got the votes he needed today, and he left the chamber a weakened leader. bbc news, rome. >> an f.b.i. team has arrived in the swedish capital to help investigate the bombing there saturday. the bomber and two people were killed in the attack. >> in the picture postcard winter wonderland of sweden, a suicide bomber was the last thing they expected. on saturday night, first one explosion, this in a car, and then another, a short distance away, on a busy shopping street, changed all that. today at the scene of the first attack, we found a small group of investigators examining the minimal damage caused by the blast. officials here say the bombs were designed to kill as many

people as possible. an f.b.i. team has now arrived here in stockholm. its job is to try to determine the exact type of explosives used by the bomber. that should help local investigators piece together some of the events leading up to the attack and possibly tell them whether anybody else was involved. we now know that temor alabdabi traveled, he said, for jihad. but who trained him? and did anyone else help out? in recent elections an anti-immigration party here won its first ever seats in parliament. could this attack by an iraqi born swedish citizen fuel support for them? >> i would think so. we have a positive stand on immigration. as soon as the election is open, we are going in the wrong direction, and this may make it

worse. >> i think today, we don't think so much about it. >> at the taxpayer-funded college for immigrants today, many were reluctant to talk openly. but some are worried about the fall-out from the attack. >> it will have some affect. a lot of people will not understand that the iraqis are different. all iraqis will be like this. we will try to do our best to show that iraqis are against this thorough attack. >> sweden is far from alone. attitudes toward immigrants are changing across europe. with every attack, islam's place in society is slowly being redefined. matthew price, bbc news, stockholm. >> spain has been forced to offer a sharp increase in interest rates to persuade investors to buy its debt. the sprish treasury raised 2.5

million euro-s. they are up. >> a tornado has ripped through a small town in the u.s. state of oregon leaving a trail of destruction some 72 kilometers south of portland. it brought down trees and power lines. several people are thought to be trapped in their cars. there are no reports of serious injuries. >> the u.s. state department has echoed south korean's suspicions that north korea may have more uranium enrichment plants than the one disclosed last month. the evidence seen by american delegation suggests pyongyang has more uranium capacity. >> yahoo set to lay off 5% of its work force. they said the stark cutbacks are necessary in order to streamline

costs. those eliminated included the e-mail office. >> the king's speech has received the most nominations for the golden globe awards. it faces competition from "the dream drama inception." from l.a., our report. >> the story of how king george xi overcame a stamper could win best film for its three main stars, including colin fir. >> you're peculiar. >> i take that as a compliment. >> i need the algorhyth. the other story is "facebook." it has six nominations, including best many actor by eisenberg as the founder.

the boxing drama "the fighter" also has six chances to win big. mark walberg and three other stars are nominated. >> break his hand! >> johnny depp finds himself nominated twice as best actor in a musical or comedy for his roles in "alice in wonder lndland" and the romantic thriller "the tourist." >> it is always nice and sweet to be acknowledged for your work. i certainly didn't expect whatever, two nominations in the same category. but that's what they saw, that's what they saw. i'm very touched. yeah, i'm very touched. >> depp's co-star is also

nominated for "the tourist," her first in a comedic role. >> i think you are right. >> really? >> there is competition for angry lienia. -- angelina. other films with nominations include "black swaun" and the fantasy thriller "inception." "the golden globes" are handed out next month and are usually a good indicator for the oscar. bbc news, los angeles. >> breaking news at this hour. dozens of suspected asileyum -- assylum seekers are feared to have died after their boat crashed on christmas island in the indian ocean.

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