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>> prosecutors in haste and thoma -- prosecutors in haiti ce jean-claude duvalier. the government is -- like the message is coming loud and clear to the street. the government is not good enough. the rallying cry is here. >> welcome to bbc news. coming up, staying under wraps. lessons between -- letters between tony blair and george bush will not be testified into

the iraq war in korea. whiskey that has been buried in the south pole for more than 100 years. >> prosecutors in haiti have charged the former leader jean- claude duvalier for misappropriation of funds during his 15-year-old that ended in 1986. he is also known as baby doc. he was detained and charged. they have to decide if the case will go ahead. >> he is known as baby doc. jean-claude duvalier is no longer a young man. he is a reminder of a dark past.

they wear occurs student accused of torturing political opponents urging they were accused of torturing political opponents. he may finally face justice. he has been formally charged with corruption comment that, and other crimes. it is a move that will be applauded by human-rights groups across the world. why have they returned now? hon>> it is adds to the birdmen. >> he has arrived at a sensitive time.

the dictators say he is there to the people of haiti. >> the chinese president has been attending a private dinner with president obama. it is the start of a state visit. hu jintao will hold talks with its american counterparts on wednesday of the issue of trading. a white house officials describe it as corporative but competitive. explain to me the importance of this. >> there is an arise of

china some say. there is an inevitable partnership between the two. that is the big picture. more narrowly, over the past year, the relationship has deteriorated by damp there have been disputes on a number of brands -- deteriorated. there have been disputes on a number of fronts from cyber hacking and so on. the list goes on. it adds it to a rather tense relationship. it has calmed a little bit in the past month or so. >> how has it turned? correc>> the important thing ist they see it classified as a state visit. he is giving honor to a visiting

leader. it is not a full statement. that is the matter, the critical element. in return, the officials will want something practical particularly in terms of trade in the opening up of the chinese market. there is a lot of hostility. there are manipulating the currency in driving american competitor companies out of business. >> i am just wondering if there had been m many protests. >> i was down there some hours ago. they have human rights defenders. it is currently in prison.

barack obama is the host. >> to stay with us. we will be getting the view from beijing in about 10 minutes i am happy that the roles have been given it. police have had to break of

demonstrations in the area. >> >> today is started small. >> this is the message that is coming loud and clear from the street. the government is not good enough. the rallying cry is that the old guard must go. >> they come to a halt outside the symbol. >> passions are running high. the march is peaceful. the army stands back. then the riot police arrived in the mood shifts. the guard moves in between them. the crowds rejoiced. they ask them to retreat. the protesters then shift direction, moving toward the

center. the more they march, the bigger this get. other protesters joined in burda the tension mounts. >> they keep trying to scatter the investors. every time they reassess, they grow louder and larger. the message remains the same. >> the response does not change either. teargas spills in the street. everyone is racing to escape the fumes. >> now another protest has been broken up by the police and the army. the streets are now filled with crowds. the protesters are running and wiping their eyes. police are taking up positions.

>> the protesters soon return. >> the move onto the street. it works today. they are certain to return. >> the inquiry into the iraq war has resumed into the most civil senior servants. they are blocking the messages between tony blair and george bush. the chairman said he was disappointed that the cabinet secretary has prevented it from releasing the classified comments. >> >> the chairman wrote to the

cabinet secretary. they are seeking permission to extract from the letters. he wrote the material requested provide unique insight into his thinking and a commitment that he made to president bush which are not reflected in other pages. certification john was told that they cannot publish the blair letters. he expressed frustration. >> the query is disappointed at the fact that you is not able to do the request. they may not always be able to publish as fully as it would wish.

nick, i spoke out against document being withheld. -- nick clegg spoke out against the document being withheld. >> the strength will rest in the acceptance by the public. it is an understanding of why you went to war. that is why i believe the cabinet office should think again. how potentially revealing are the contents of the note? we had a clue when they rejected it. >> some say this will be easier. >> it would be much easier. >> he mentioned the private letters. it is enough to do this.

>> what next? the committee is making it clear that they are determined to ask him about the letters. the committee has seen this. they have ruled the british public may not. >> police in pakistan say a bomb has exploded outside a school killing at least one person and wounding 11 others. officials say it was planted outside the school in a residential area. >> you are watching bbc news. >> they are stepping up efforts to defuse a crisis in lebanon. some fear a new civil war could be happening. >> an earthquake of a magnitude and more than seven has struck in pakistan.

they are in no immediate reports. initial reports are in several provinces. >> >> the aftermath of the earthquakes, this is seen across pakistan as people realize what happened. a strong quake in the middle of the night. the epicenter was in the province near the rural area which is sparsely populated. the homes are not designed to do this. it is understood that the united states marine corps uses this purported the operation into afghanistan there is the death of the quake. experts believed it was near the earth's surface. it could have been expected. it now proves to have been deeper. >> it is deeper than we

originally thought. that may help to minimize the destruction a bit. >> it is a very seismic area. part of its are quite complex. the subcontinent is being pushed and carried on a plate in the persian northward into what the agents say. >> and kill more than 70,000 people. although this event seems to have been weaker, and the lack of communications means a you not notice the true extent of the damage. >> the government of chilly has reached a deal to in protest over hiking natural gas prices. he proposed 17% increase. it is being revised down to an increase of 3%. you are watching bbc news.

let's bring you a reminder of the headlines. prosecutors in haiti have charged jean-claude duvalier with theft and misappropriation of funds during his 15-year rule. the chinese press hu jintao is sent has arrived in washington for the start of a -- president hu jintao has arrived in washington for the start of a four-day tour. we have business in trading at the top of the summit agenda. cultural differences are very much under the spotlight. we go live to beijing to get the viewpoint with our correspondent. perhaps a slice of america. this was immortalized. we of all the market. >> >> last night we were there.

it is an exact replica of that. a group of chinese students are watching this. if you look across my shoulder, you can perhaps see pictures of american films in the cast of "friends. american culture is incredibly popular here in this copy shop. there has been tensions between america and china on a range of issues including trade and currency as well as how to handle north korea. president hu jintao stressed in an interview that this trip was about finding common ground between the two countries. he went on to say that neither china nor the u.s. would benefit from any confrontation. >> it does seem to lie they are watching "friends."

how less china managed to be so successful when it comes to trade negotiations and the economy? this seems to be the word internationally. china appears to be very dominant at the moment. quite the chinese economy is built on the export model. it can produce the goods which can then sell cheaply to america and europe. going into the future, china does face a problem. it is becoming more competitive in china. what the government wants to do is see a greater investment in technology. what they want china to start producing is high in technology in order to raise the standards.

going into the future, this is the model. for now, has built this on exports, are to yearly to american and european union. that has caused friction, particularly in america. some believe the chinese currency is too low. it gives chinese companies and export advantage. he will be raising that issue among others. >> thank you very much. >> international mediators are stepping up. there is a confrontation about who assassinated him [inaudible] some say a new civil war could

be brewing. they have defended the indictment. there are rarely seen in public. his latest enemy is believed to charges man with the assassination of the former prime minister prepare his message "if you think he can use the indictments to target this coming your making a very bad calculations." the accusation that share muslim hezbollah might have killed a sunni muslim prime minister could lead to something much worse. no wonder international mediators are flying in.

check out the implications. what happened here create ripples. does that complicate matters? it sure does. top of the news is acting prime minister, america's ally. so far he is risking huge pressure to cut dealings with the tribunal. they entertained audiotapes of the testimony to tribunal to investigators after his father was killed. >> if you ask me how and why it happened. >> on the tape, he alleges that the brother and brother-in-law of the president were behind the assassination. hezbollah accuses israel and anyone blaming its men or its

iranian allies is and is released to it. >> it seems a much more than an investigation into the killings that happened in 2005. it is about much more than you controls lebanon. the fallout from this is much more of the latest in a big confrontation in the middle east. >> lebanese are good in the crisis. they are used to them. there is no way out of this. this vacuum is being filled with some dire memories of the violent past. >> the irish prime minister has devised a competent vote in his leadership.

they forced into resign over the economic crisis. he publicly opposed the prime minister. he resigned. >> ireland's financial crisis was always likely to lead to a political resignation or two. tonight there was a resignation. it is not the irish finance minister. it is the irish finance minister. he resigned after a week of political in-fighting. he said it is time for change. i think we need a new party leader. the issue went to a vote tonight at the irish parliament. the irish prime minister survived. after that, with an minutes and was a point of-term.

he had a turbulent year months. he is not how many days left in government. an election year is scheduled sometime within the next hundred days or so. there will be a countrywide election on march 25. it is a weaker so after st. patrick's day. in spite of winning tonight's vote, it would be a huge surprise if he is reelected come the spring time. >> what about this over a century old? they belong to ernest shackleton. they went on then expedition to

the south pole. they are back in scotland where the story began. >> it was a long, long winter. they called this home. when they left in 1909, they fail to reach the south pole. they left behind precious cargo, five crates of whiskey, brandy, and port. at one time it was brought back to life. at last, mckinley has made it home to scotland. >> this is been there for over 100 years. it has been kept constant. we feel the whiskey is being prepared -- preserved. we will not know that until we see it. it is so delicate. >> they will use a syringe to get at the whiskey. >> they will then analyze the

liquid to see exactly how it was made. >> eventually, it will recreate shackleton's whiskey. experts wonder if it would fit in on the shelves. >> it is a retraction of a style of whiskey has been lost. you go through history in the chemical recipe books and how they are put together and what ingredients were. they have very little record of what the whiskey tasted like. >> now that all remains is to take next -- is to taste the scotch which spent a history on the rocks. >> just a reminder of our headlines. prosecutors in haiti have charged jean-claude duvalier with that and misappropriation of funds during his 15-year rule which ended in 1986. plenty of more on that. to stay with us.

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