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>> care at moscows biggest airport. 35 killed, many more wounded. russia's president bows to track down the bombers and restrict security at airports across the country. anti-hezbollah protests rocked by the non. -- rocked lebanon. they encouraged -- they accused the military of carrying out a coup. he is charged with attempting to assassinate an american congresswoman. jerry lee -- jared lee loughner pleads not guilty. a woman survives in buenos aires after a 23-floor drop.

i am alistair gates. a bomb attack at moscows biggest -- busiest airport killed 35 and injured 18. the explosion happened at the international arrivals hall at domodedovo. it was caused by a suicide bomber. daniel sanford reports. >> smoke, dust, and dazed survivors. the immediate chaotic aftermath of what appears to have been a suicide bomb at moscow's busiest airport. several international flights had just arrived. hundreds were making -- were waiting to meet the passengers. carnage was inevitable. british people are among the dead. fires were still burning as the injured were loaded onto stretchers and luggage trolleys.

eyewitnesses said the explosion seemed to be in the area where relatives and drivers wait for passengers to come through customs. i witnesses told us it was just before 4:30 in the afternoon. the baggage hall was packed with people waiting for luggage. suddenly, there was a huge explosion. the hallway shock. screams started. everybody knew straight away it was a bomb. one man who was there describe what it was like when the dust cleared. >> everything was covered -- the hair, the legs. i think one of them was dead. >> i wish i had never seen it. >> i am very shocked. >> 1 british airways passenger had a lucky escape. >> we were walking up through the entrance of the arrivals

hall, towards the car. there was this almighty explosion, this huge bang. we did not know it was an explosion at the time. my colleague and i thought it was a car bomb or something. the noise literally shoved you. >> domodedovo is 20 miles from moscow city center, but has become the capital's busiest airport. international arrivals is at the eastern end. this is where the bomb went off. domodedovo is the airport of choice for international airports -- airlines like british airways. the first indication, said russian president dmitry medvedev, was that this was a terrorist act. the will introduce extra security at all airports and stations connected to our ports. russia has experienced numerous -- numerous bomb attacks linked

to islamists in chechnya. they fear this was another, a symbolic strike at the airport favored by the world's biggest airlines. bbc news come at domodedovo airport. >> u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton condemned the bomb attacks, speaking in mexico. >> i want to express a very strong condemnation of today's terrorist attack at the moscow airport. we stand with the people of russia in this moment of sorrow and grief. we offer both our condolences and our very strong solidarity as they continue the struggle that so many of us face in combating and eliminating this international terrorist threat. >> our washington correspondent says the americans are very concerned.

>> president obama was briefed by his top counter-terrorism adviser on monday morning, as the news of the attack came through. the united states has offered assistance to russia. it is not clear what form that assistance will take or whether the offer has been taken up by moscow. there was a strongly worded press statement from the president's press spokesman, who said barack obama strongly opposes this outrageous act of terrorism, expressing his solidarity and condolences to the russian people, and echoing hillary clinton. barack obama said "we stand with you in our common fight against those who use terrorism to pursue their political goals." american officials will pay attention to what appears to be the method used by the bombers, targeting the public side of the airport, before security checkpoints. that is a big fear of airport

security officials in america as well, that you would see a similar attack here. tonight, for example, u.s. officials and government are telling american media that the public may not be concerned. there are visible and invisible checks taking place at all times in the public part of american airports. >> earlier, i spoke to the senior russian hellenist -- analyst in london. i asked whether the terror attack showed that security checks are not stringent enough at the airport. >> it seems, judging by what president medvedev said himself, that a number of regulations that have been introduced will tighten up security, not only at airports but generally, after the attacks in moscow last year. they have not been implemented to the fall. -- to the fall. -- to the full.

>> the worry this time is that they impact the international arrivals hall. does that mean that whoever is behind this is trying to spread the message? >> this is a very interesting attack, compared to last year's, and previous ones against russia. it probably leaves a message of sort of proposing this attack as part of a more international fight, as they see it, by the extremist islamic fringe movement, the global jihad movement. it is an interesting development, one that is probably deliver it. >> in your experience at control risk, would you say the international community needs to be concerned? >> international investors are concerned about the terrorist risk in russia. certain investors are more

exposed than others. certain areas of russia are more exposed than others. moscow is clearly one. obviously, the north caucasus is a high-risk situation. but other parts of russia are arguably much less threatened by this threat. also, certain targets are more strategic, like the transport infrastructure, and presumably energy assets. >> an analysis of the middle east peace process has been published by al missouri -- al jazeera. palestinian leaders say that comments have been taken out of context. the united nations has defended

the secretary general against accusations that he has failed to speak out on human rights issues. mr. ban has been criticized by human rights watch, who say he has not done enough to condemn a person in china, burma, and three months. president obama is former chief of staff, rahm emanuel, is not able to run for mayor of chicago. rahm emanuel says he will appeal the petition. at least five people have been killed in two separate attacks on christian villages in central nigeria, on sunday, south of jos. this may be in retaliation for attacks on muslims that left at least eight people dead. supporters of the lebanese caretaker prime minister have taken to the streets to protest efforts by the militant hezbollah movement to form the next government. the accused hezbollah of eight

coup to install the next prime minister. >> the latest bout of political maneuvering during the crisis in lebanon -- the government disintegrated when has below walked out over disagreement in how lebanon would handle the investigation into the assassination of mr. hariri's father. there is a deep sense of anger and dismay among saad hariri's forces. if he should emerge as a loser, his supporters would take to the streets. hezbollah is corn to be seen as the winner. we have seen hariri supporters on the streets, burning tires and blocking roads in some parts of the state, and symbolically blocking the main highway that

connects to damascus in syria. syria is one of the main power groups in the region which backed hezbollah. anger and dismay among hariri supporters. but talking about a day of rage -- they are talking about a day of rage. they are talking about staying on the streets until their demands are met, but there is not a clear pathway for hariri supporters. >> the man accused of the arizona -- arizona shooting that killed six people and injured a u.s. congresswoman has pleaded not guilty. he entered pleas this afternoon. >> with little fanfare, jared loughner was driven away after the short hearing in phoenix. he pleaded not guilty over a gun attack that shocked america.

just like the custody fight to many fund chilling, the 22-year- old was seen smiling again as he exited the court room in a prison jumpsuit and shackles. he denies trying to kill a u.s. congresswoman and two of her aides. six people died in the rampage in tucson. 13 people were wounded, among them congresswoman gabrielle giffords, the target of the attack, shot through the head. last week, she was moved to a specialist clinic in texas. she is in intensive care. doctors say she could recover well. also getting stronger are a number of alleged victims. ron barber was shot in the face and legs. now he is reliving the attack. >> i cannot help but continue to see the shooter brushed past me and shoot congresswoman giffords. then he started spraying all of us with bullets.

>> there are likely to be more charges over the gun attack in this arizona shopping center. jared loughner may yet face counts of murder, which carries the death sentence. he will appear in court again in march. >> still ahead, saving young lives in africa. kenya tackles the world's biggest killer of children. a power struggle in the world's largest cocoa producer has caused the beans price to spike higher. the cost of chocolates key ingredient jumped nearly 7% after the ivory coast president elect demanded an export ban. >> the political stalemate in ivory coast could not threaten its biggest export. with no sign of an end to the power struggle in the west african country, alassane ouattara has issued a demand for all exports of cocoa and coffee

to stop for a month, to cut off funds for his rival, laurent gbagbo. worried traders rushed to buy. prices have been volatile ever since last november's election. a ton of cocoa bought for delivery two months ahead was around $2,800. the cost is now above $3,300, a rise of 23%. what is not clear is how effective any export ban would be. cocoa could be smuggled over the border to fellow cocoa-producing countries like madonna before continuing its journey overseas. many observers believe higher prices in the short term are likely. >> the key point to make is that the ivory coast is the world's largest producer of cocoa beans. if there was to be a disruption to exports, and not just because of the ban but because of political issues as well, we

could see substantially higher prices. >> the impact of a ban could depend more on the reaction outside ivory coast than in it. foreign chocolate producers may come under pressure from their own governments to stop buying. the u.s. food giant carvel has already said it will comply with the export ban. others could follow. the price of cocoa is likely to remain volatile as the political situation in ivory coast continues. >> you are with bbc news. these are the headlines. the bomb that killed 45 -- 35 people at moscows biggest airport has led to calls for increases in security. protests on the streets of lebanon against hezbollah. every year, almost 2 million children around the world died from pneumonia. now, there is hope with a new vaccine being offered in many

african countries and other countries around the world. kenya is one of the first countries to use the pneumonia vaccine. our correspondent since this report from nairobi. >> imagine this was your child's playground. no wonder disease thrives amid the squalor and malnutrition of the slum in nairobi. it is pneumonia which kills more children worldwide and aids, malaria, and measles combined. this nairobi hospital is packed with pneumonia cases. some children arrive too late to get the antibiotics they need. blessing is 3 months old. her rapid breathing is a sign of severe lung infection. she has already been here two weeks. "blessing started vomiting and

then choking. she could not breathe. i just want her to get better." beatrice fifth son died of pneumonia three months ago. she is now bringing her daughter to have a vaccine against the area which cause most of the deaths. -- the bacteria which cause most of the deaths. the woman being handed a baby is melinda gates, wife of bill, founder of microsoft. they have given away $23 billion of their fortune to fund health care, especially new vaccines. but she gave a stark warning. unless governments around the world pledged more money for immunization, children will suffer. >> it means they die, children like a saw here today. beautiful children got this vaccine. the chance to get pneumonia is very high in a country like this. 3000 people in this country die every year from pneumonia.

when i think about that, i try to think about a child living because of the vaccine. >> a pneumonia gem is cheaper in africa and europe, but the cost is still too high, according to charities. >> it cost 2 pounds 20. that is already discounted. it is still very expensive. we really need pharmaceutical companies to work as hard as they can and find ways to drive the price of this vaccine down even lower. >> every year, 8 million children worldwide never make it to their fifth birthday. most of those deaths are preventable. world leaders have set a target of cutting child mortality by two-thirds. if that is to be achieved, and vaccination will play a key role. pneumonia has been called the forgotten killer. the new vaccine could prevent at least half a million deaths a

year. put another way, that is the lives of three children saved will you have been watching this report. bbc news, nairobi. >> flooding is again causing chaos in australia, not in queensland, but in the southern state of victoria. 75 pounds were affected. when hundred thousand people were forced to abandon their homes. it is spreading north of the state capitol, mel bourne. waters are expected to peak later this week. >> over 50 miles long and 20 miles wide. this is the inland sea that is threatening royal communities in the northwest of victoria, a state which at this stage of the summer is normally on wildfire alert rather than continuing -- been contending with flooding. the rising waters are threatening the community of swan hill, 200 miles away from

the state capitol. they have already affected more than 75 pounds in victoria, with over 1700 properties hit by some kind of water damage. with floods not expected to peak until the middle of the week, several hundred local residents have a back door to their homes. others have stayed in town, with the hope of limiting the destruction. the queensland cleanup operation is still continuing in brisbane. 28,000 homes suffered water damage. the reconstruction bill will run into millions. the country's prime minister, julia bill lord = gila -- julia gilard, is considering a one off flood tax to help with the bill. >> we have to be very clear here. the government is going to step

up and do everything we need to do to rebuild queensland. >> with all the muddy water and debris flushed into the ocean, there are fears for the great barrier reef, queensland's main tourism attraction. sediments pose a threat to the coral. bbc news, sydney. >> shares in british airways and iberia, now merged into a single company, fell. consolidated airline's stock dropped just over 1%. the firm is bigger than air france but smaller than lufthansa. prince william and kate middleton, as most of the world knows by now, go to the altar soon. many admire the world couple end will splash out on royal and knickknacks.

will they notice that hidden on the souvenir are the words "made in china"? our correspondent reports. >> bucking an opportunity is something chinese entrepreneurs are famously good at. the average salary at the ceramics factory is 10 pounds a day. they have been hard at work, though some are not sure whose image they are fixing to the plates. >> i heard was for the wedding of a prince and princess. i am not sure which country they are from. she is beautiful. he is handsome. >> within days of the engagement, deals were being struck here in china for royal souvenirs. the company was approached by u.k. designers, who can make

bone china in china at competitive prices. the commemoration plates cost just over a pound to produce. it had to squeeze this order in because it is always busy firing exports for giant retailers in europe and america. but there are also high-quality souvenirs' for rich chinese buyers. they are used to making a special commemorative plate of chinese president hu jintao, likely a gift from one communist party member to another. the u.k. designers ordered 100,000, only half that number. the demand might outstrip supply. >> police in argentina are investigating how a woman fell 23 stories and survived. she jumped from the roof of a luxury hotel in the center of buenos aires, but her life was saved by a taxi which pulled up below.

the car helped broker fall. -- break her fall. >> scribbled in the steel embrace that saved her life, the young woman was hurt but alive. moments before, she had been up here, on the roof of the pan americana hotel, but she was acting strangely and it even attracted the attention of those on the street below. >> i looked up and saw a girl who was climbing over the security fence while another person was talking to her. she walked to the edge, went back to talk to the other person, turned around, and jumped. >> from the rooftops bar, it is 23 stories straight down. had she landed on the road, the ball would surely have killed her. but fate blew her on to this taxi, which had just parked up. the damage hints at the force of the impact.

>> it was like an explosion. it was very powerful. the taxi driver managed to get out of the car in time, because he saw the girl jump. he got up to see what was going on. when he realized, he quickly stepped back. >> in such a split seconds, lives can be changed. though badly hurt, the woman survived and is now being treated in hospital. but said, her family waits anxiously for news. they and police face the task of piecing together what happened before the fall. both already know that what happened afterwards was a moment of extraordinary good luck. bbc news. >> just an update for you. 35 people have been killed in a bomb explosion at the busiest airport in moscow. russian officials say the blast at the arrivals hall was caused by a suicide bomber. that is our world news.

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