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>> the moment of the blast. the bomb at moscow's busiest airport. 35 people killed. many more injured. russia's president called for strict security at airports across the country while they track down the bomber. protesters took to the streets in lebanon over efforts by has blood to form the next government. welcome to "bbc news," protest and around the world. coming up later, on trial for attempting to assassinate an american congresswoman, jared loughner pleads not guilty. a woman survives in buenos aires after a 23-4 drop. -- 23-floor drop.

russian president dmitry medvedev has vowed to crack down on security holes behind the suicide bombing at domodedovo, which killed 35 people and injured more than 100. the russian terrorism committee blamed insufficient security at the airport. there is urgent debate in the parliament. >> smoke, dust, and dazed survivors. the immediate chaotic aftermath of what appears to have been a suicide bomb at moscows busiest airport. domodedovo was full. several international flights had just arrived. hundreds of people were waiting to meet the passengers. russian investigators say british people are among the dead. fires were still burning as the injured were loaded onto stretchers and luggage carts.

the explosion seemed to be in the area where relatives and to drivers with four passengers to come through customs. -- where relatives and drivers wait for passengers to come through customs. suddenly, there was a huge explosion. the whole building shook. the screaming started. everyone knew stripped away -- straight away it was a bomb. >> everything was flooded. the hair and the legs -- they were laying over the trolleys. i think one of them was dead. >> terrible. i never wished i had seen this. >> what a shock. >> 1 british airways passenger had a lucky escape. >> we were walking up to the exit of the arrivals area,

toward the car. there was an almighty explosion, a huge bang. my colleagues and i said, "that sounds like a car bomb." the noise literally shoved you. >> domodedovo is around 20 miles from the city center, but is the capital's busiest airport. our rivals is that the eastern end of the building. that is where the bomb went off. domodedovo is the choice of major international airlines like british airways and emirates. the first indication, said dmitry medvedev, was that this was a terrorist act. they will introduce additional security at all airports and stations connecting to airports. russia has experienced multiple bomb attacks linked to islamists

in chechnya and other causes republics. -- other caucasus republics. >> the you, u.s., and u.k. were among those who condemned the attack. american secretary of state hillary clinton offered support to bring the perpetrators to justice. >> i want to express a strong condemnation of today's terrorist attacks 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 has more. >> president obama was briefed

by his top counter-terrorism adviser, john brennan, on monday morning as 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 pretty strongly worded press statement from the president's press spokesman, who said barack obama has strongly condemned this outrageous act of terrorism, expressing solidarity with and condolences to the russian people. echoing hillary clinton, barack obama said, "we stand with you in a common plight against those who use terrorism for the political goals." the stress was on the shared fight against terrorism. american officials will pay attention to 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, u.s. officials and government are telling the american media that they need not be concerned, that there are visible and invisible checks taking place at all times in this public part of american airports. >> earlier, i spoke to a senior research fellow at the heritage foundation in washington. >> the modus operandi th-- we he seen many terrorist attacks in moscow, including one involving the domodedovo international airport in 2004. in that year, two suicide female bombers bribed security, got on two different plans, and blew themselves up with all the passengers. 90 people died in that attack. the metro was blown up last year

with 40 dead. you remember before that a school in beslan and other soft targets were the sights of horrible massacres in russia. but there is a broader and bigger problem here. that is that the putin administration failed to develop a foolproof anti-terrorism strategy. they have a security service that is more preoccupied with chasing pro-democracy activists and dissidents. they have a legal system that is corrupt. they have a northern caucasus local authorities that are self- serving and played with corruption as well -- played in -- plagued with corruption as well. after the school massacre in which 330 civilians died, these

harsh measures seem not to be working. >> more leaked documents relating to the middle east process have been published by al jazeera. palestinian leaders were willing to compromise on key issues as part of peace negotiations with israel, including the right of return for refugees. postilion leaders -- palestinian leader said cummins had been taken out of context for effect. -- said comments have been taken out of context for effect. then he moon has been condemned for not doing enough to speak out against human rights violations. president obama is former chief of staff, rahm emanuel, is not entitled to run for mayor of chicago. he fails to meet necessary criteria. rahm emanuel says he will appeal

the decision. at least five people have been killed in 2 you a separate attacks on christian villages in nigeria. the attacks happened on sunday night, south of jos. it was likely in retaliation for the new year's eve attack on muslims that left at least eight people dead. supporters of the lebanese caretaker prime minister saad hariri have taken to the streets to protest efforts by the militant hezbollah to form the next government. the accused has lot of trying to install an american billionaire -- the accused hezbollah -- they accused hezbollah of trying to install an american billionaire. >> the government disintegrated in a failure to reach agreement about a u.n. tribunal investigating the assassination

of mr. hariri's father. many blame has a lot in that killing. there is deep anger -- many blamed hezbollah in that killing. there is deep anger. supporters of saad hariri are taking to the streets out of fear has below will be seen as the winner. we will see -- out of fear hezbollah will be seen as the winner. we will see hariri supporters blocking the highway between damascus and syria, one of the backers of has a lot in the region -- of hezbollah in the region. there is a sense of impotence. they are talking about staying on the streets until their demands are met, but there is not a clear path we anybody can

see for saad hariri to avert this. >> 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 president elect of ivory coast called for an export ban. >> the political stalemate could threaten the export, with no sign of an end to the power struggle. alassane ouattara has issued a call for all exports of cocoa and coffee to stop for one month. he hopes the temporary ban can cut off funds that his rival laurent gbagbo uses. this sent the price of cocoa on international markets soaring as worried traders rushed to buy.

prices have been volatile since last november's election. then, a ton of cocoa bought for delivery two months ahead was around $2,800. the cost is now above $3,300, a rise of 22%. 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 donna 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, with the certainly see substantially higher prices. -- we could certainly see substantially higher prices. >> foreign chocolate producers

may come under pressure from their own governments to stop buying. the u.s. food giant has already said it will comply with the export ban. others could follow. the price of cocoa is likely to remain as paula tile as the political situation in ivory coast -- as volatile as the political situation in ivory coast. >> you are watching bbc news. here are the headlines. the bomb attack that killed 45 people at moscow's busiest airports is called a lapse of russian security. protests in the streets of lebanon against plans by hezbollah to form the next government. the man accused of the arizona shooting attack that killed six people and wounded 13, including a u.s. congresswoman, pleaded not guilty to charges. jared loughner was church with the attempted assassination of representative gabrielle giffords and two aids.

>> little fanfare, he was driven away after the short hearing in phoenix. he pleaded not guilty over a gun attack that shocked america. just like the custody photo many fund chilling, the 22-year-old was seen smiling again at the end of the courtroom, in an orange prison jumpsuit and shackles. he denied 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, ms. laurent gbagbo was -- ms. giffords was moved to a specialist facility in texas. she could recover well. also getting stronger, run barber, shot in the face and legs. he is reliving the attack. >> i cannot help but continue to

see the shooter brushed past me and should congresswoman giffords/ -- the shubert brushed past me and shoot congresswoman -- the shooter brush past me and shoot congresswoman giffords. >> he could face the death sentence. he will appear in court in march. >> every year, almost 2 million children around the world died from pneumonia. now there is hope, a new vaccine being offered in african countries and others throughout the world. kenya is one of the first countries to use the pneumonia vaccine. our medical correspondent since this report from the country's capital, nairobi. >> imagine this was your child playground. no wonder disease thrives, amid the squalor and malnutrition of the slum in nairobi.

it is pneumonia which kills more children worldwide than aids, malaria, and measles, combined. this nairobi hospital is packed with pneumonia cases. some children are right to late to get the and bill texting need -- the antibiotics they need. 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," says her mother, purity. beatrice's son died of pneumonia three months ago. now she is bringing her daughter to have a vaccine against the bacteria. >> i am the mother. >> the woman being handed the

orphaned 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 pneumococcus vaccine. the chance they will get pneumonia here is very high. month i think about that, i try to think about a child living because of that vaccine. >> a pneumonia jab is far cheaper in africa than europe, but the cost is still too high, according to charities. >> a jebb costs 2 pounds 20. that is already discounted. compared to other basic vaccines out there, it is still very

expensive. we really need pharmaceutical companies to work as hard as they can to 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, vaccination will play a key role. >> pneumonia has been called the forgotten killer. new vaccines could prevent at least half a million deaths a year. put another way, that is the lives of three children saved while you have been watching this report. fergus walsh, bbc news, nairobi. >> let us go back to our main news, the bomb attack at the moscow airport. we spoke to the deputy director of the russia program at the

carnegie program in washington. you saw what is taking place in moscow. >> this is a great tragedy. it is hard at this point to feel anything other than empathy for the victims. there have been quite a lot of them. i think the next steps called for the russian government to reassure the russian people that this is not going to happen again, that they are taking adequate steps to pursue the planners and organizers of this attack. if it was a suicide attack, obviously the direct perpetrator is not available. basically, reassure the russian people. the start to deal also with the broader consequences. is this: to have an impact on russia's economy? is it -- is this going to have an impact on russia's economy, their trade? this is striking at the heart of an airport that is central to

international connections in moscow. >> what strikes me is as far as security is concerned this happened in a public area, the international arrivals hall. a bomb could be placed in any international arrivals hall in any airport around the world. >> it is something that those of us to travel internationally and a lot think about as we stand in line. the russian officials will be charged with solving this problem, never having stood in line themselves. no matter where you put the security checkpoint, there is quick to be in line somewhere. it will be pushed farther and farther outside, but there will still be a line. "think this will perhaps mean that airport travel will become even more difficult -- >> do you think this will mean airport travel will become even more difficult, which security checks before you get into an airport? >> it already does mean that for a little while in russia as a result of this attack

domodedovo -- at domodedovo airport. throughout moscow, they will improvise security measures. i doubt it will last a long time, unless there is another attack immediately afterwards of a similar nature. it is not sustainable to impose that level of heightened scrutiny and still have functional travel and commerce. if you look at russia today, that is something president medvedev has put at the center of his presidential vision for the country. it is about modernization. it is about engagement with the west, bringing smart business people over from western europe, north america, and asia. domodedovo was a major gateway for that and still is. i do not think you can cram down entirely and do that security- freedom trade-off without killing the freedom. >> police in argentina are investigating how a woman fell

23 stories and survived. she is thought to have jumped from the roof of a luxury hotel in the center and buy us aires. her life was saved by a taxi on the street below. -- the center of buenos aires. her life was saved by a taxi on the street below. >> the young woman was hurt but alive. she was up here, on the roof of the hotel. she was acting strangely and attracted the attention of some on the street below. >> i looked up and i saw a girl who was climbing over the security fence while another person was talking to her. she walked to the edge, walked back to talk to the other person, turned around, and jumped. >> from the rooftops bar, it is 23 stories straight down. as she landed on the road, the fall would have surely killed her.

but fate blew her on to this tactic, which had just pulled 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 at the time because he saw the jump. he got out to see what was going on. when he realized, he quickly stepped back. >> in such split seconds, lives can change. though badly hurt, the woman survived and is being treated in hospital. outside, her family wait patiently for news. they and police now face the task of piecing together what happened before the fall. but what happened afterwards was a moment of extraordinary good luck. bbc news. >> britain's prince william and kate middleton go to the altar in april.

but will people notice that the souvenirs' marking that day are likely to be made in china? >> butting an opportunity is something chinese entrepreneurs are -- spotting an opportunity to something chinese entrepreneurs are famously good at. for 10 pounds a day, people are hard at work, although some are not sure whose image they are fixing to the plates. "i heard it is for the wedding of a prince and princess. i am not sure which country they are from." "it is the british prince and his princess. they are a good match. she is beautiful. he is handsome." within days of the engagement, deals were being struck here in china. the company was approached by u.k. designers because it makes the finest bone china in china at prices competitors in the west cannot match.

the commemoration plates cost just over a pound to make. in had to squeeze this order in because the ovens are busy firing exports four giant retailers in europe and america. there are also high-quality souvenirs' for rich chinese buyers. this is what they are used to making here, a special commemorative plate of the chinese president, given as a gift of one senior communist official to another. yuca designers ordered 100 dozen. the factory can only make half that number. -- u.k. designers ordered 100,000. >> the bomb attack that killed people in moscow's main airports called attention to lapses in russian security. thanks for being with us.

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