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>> lydia's -- libya's muammar gaddafi said he would rather die than give up power. >> iç will die a mortar at the end. >> there are fears of an all-out civil war. new zealand's darkest day. 75 people are confirmed dead in the christ church earthquake. dozens more are still trapped. ç>> welcome to "bbc world news" broadcast in the u.k. and around the world. having lost control of large parts of libya and protesters

still calling for his overthrow, muammar gaddafi has given his first major speech since the demonstrations began. in a defiant television address, he vowed he would never stand down. çwe report on all the latest developments, but first to the east of the country. our correspondent is one of the first foreign journalists to enter the region. he sent this report. >> delirious scenes of joy in easternç libya where the opposition is in control. they are flying a new flag. they have even defaced muammar gaddafi's picture. this is frites libya. it is completely free here. there are no soldiers here. we found a series of opposition

militias in control and it is the same story for hundreds of miles around. çanyone associated with muammar gaddafi have fled. even the police have abandoned him. on the egyptian side of the border, it is almost as crazy, but these are egyptians, thousands of migrant workers escaping from the mayhemç of libya today. >> to see a massacre. the shock of what you see. you cannot even go outside to get food. >> back inside libya, local people express their fury against muammar gaddafi. >> he is a killer. gaddafi destroyed libya. help us please. >> everyoneç believes muammar gaddafi is finished, but they fear he will have terrible vengeance before he is finally

forced from power. >> let's get more on the day's events including gaddafi's defiant address on television. ç>> their defiance is bewildering. they have been shot at, perhaps even bombed. hundreds may have died and yet here they are still ready to take to the streets. what they want is a new government and the chance to earn a decent living. but muammar gaddafi seems ready for a fight to the death if necessary. he appeared in the ruins of his old barracks,ç a symbolic site for a speech as long as it was defiant. >> i cannot leave the hon. country. i will die a martyr. as for tomorrow security, it

should be established through the police and army. the police [unintelligible] çall roadblocks should be removed tomorrow. chase them everywhere. >> one hour later with the darkness falling, he finished as defiant as he has always been. a stage manage performance unlikely to convince many outside a loyal few. it is impossible to know how many still support the government. certainly they have managed a daily appearance in the state media. but the picture emerging is p a government facing more resistance than it has ever known. this is home to what passes for parliament. the symbolism of what has happened is striking. details of what is happening are hard to come by.

videos aneç reports suggest a heavy military presence in the capital, some suburbs close off and the horrific stories of violence. >> i am a medical doctor. i am working in the hospital. i see a lot of people dying in front of me. they forced us to treat the regime first rather than our people. there is alive of people. it was a massacreç especially yesterday and the day before. >> the death and unrest seemed to have only spurred a protest on. it is unclear gaddafi's order for the police to take control tomorrow will even be heeded. çinformation about what is happening is coming from those fleeing from border crossings like those here. the picture they paint is pretty grim. tonight there is a curfew which

means nobody can come through this crossing. their leader has made it clear he would rather kill his own people and give them the freedom they crave. >> a state of emergency has been declared in new zealand in the wake ofç the devastating earthquake in christchurch. rescue teams have been coming through the rubble and to find survivors. the prime minister said this could reach death and destruction on a dreadful scale. manyç more are still missing. >> rescued alive nearly a day after the earthquake struck. a survivor pulled from the rubble by rescue teams who have worked tirelessly through the night. >> the focus overnight has been with the rescue teams using the urban search and rescue team.

people have been extracted from the tvtr&ding alive and well. there are also people trapped in that buildings but they are waiting to recover them. >> the earthquake has left many parts in ruins. for the relatives of those still missing, itç is and anxious wa. >> i have two wonderful kids. i think we just want to hire them -- we just want to find them. just remember that [unintelligible] and we hope for the best. >> the earthquake struck on christchurch was at its busiest. it is the second earthquake to hit here in six months.

it is new zealand's worst natural disaster in decades. as the search and rescue operation continues there has beenç support from around the globe. >> we have teams from australia and britain and the united states and taiwan. >> a state of emergency has been declared in christchurch and it is feared the death toll could rise. >> a little earlier new the latest on the rescue operation. he says it is likely the death toll will grow. >> it is a very difficult environment. the level of destruction of propesdy is extreme. the effects have been so much bigger partly because so many people -- so many buildings were

damaged and unstable than they should have been. teams have been working through the night. we are joined by our australian friends earlyç this morning. we have more teams coming from australia. we are very appreciative of the support we have had from the united kingdom. i have a call from william haig last night. accept your offer. we are very pleased we have experts from your country on their way here. they will be here-time to help during that narrow window at the front end of a tragedy where you have the best chance of saving people. the death toll is estimatedç at 75. the bad news is that number will

almost certainly grow. >> we have been seeing pictures from christchurch, natalee devastating over the last 24 hours. -- utterlyç devastating. our rescue teams reaching people? do you have an idea of how many people are still trapped? >> we have been trying to put a number on the number of buildings that require that level of search and the number of people who could be in those buildings. itúiz complicated by the fact that the greatest destruction was in the center of christ church where we have many hotels. while it is relatively straightforward to establish who isç missing amongst new zealanders, the number of tourists who might have been caught up in this tragedy is harder to determine. we are still working through

that. i will say that there is a certainty about this in addition to many new zealand lives being lost there is the certaintyç tt some of our visitors possibly will be caught up in this as well. >> we heard from the defense minister saying the country was çjust recovering from the evens that occurred in september following the massive earthquake. how long do you anticipate it will be before new zealanders will be able to get back on their feet? >> this is going to be a long- term project. i was in christchurch before the çearthquake and we had been talking about the fragility of people's news -- the ongoing aftershocks. secretary of foreign affairs.

while we were talking, there was another aftershock. you can i imagine after all of this going back to september of last year, we still have the shakes coming and debris falling from buildings. it means that the rescue work is çdangerous. we have plenty of military people close by the scene that are not able to get fully involved in the search and rescue process. we need specialists. otherwise we will end up with more people being caught up in this process. it makes it important we have people with the skills and equipment in addition to the uk we had the u.s., australia, japan and taiwan also sending a

skilled people care. we will needç all of them. >> newseum and's prime minister they're speaking to me earlier. let's go to christchurch to speak with television newseum and reporter bill has been in the center of christ church --ç the reporter who has been in the center of christchurch. rescuers have pulled a woman from rubble within christchurch after more than 24 hours of being buried there. i am not sure if you can confirm that for us. >> i have seen that report come through. çunfortunately that is a buildg across the other side of town so i did not see that. i am standingç just across town from that billing -- from that building.

the rescue operation has been abandoned and all the people inside -- they are now all freed. in front of me it is hard to explain. çit is a crisscross of bricks d what can be described as [unintelligible] on the horizon i can seeç one f the features of the hotel grand chancellor, which has twisted itself and is sinking into the ground. the area and around that hotel has been a no go zone. we are just waip'g and watching for that building to fall. >> thank you very much for that

update. just a reminder, a little more information coming rescuers in christ church have pulled a woman from the rubble from the pgg building in christchurch alive. she was greeted by her husband. we will bring you more on that as soon as we get it. you are watching "bbc world news." çoil prices have risen across britain and the u.s. after the unrest in libya and worries about the impact on the crude exports. libya is the world's 12th largest exporter of oil. çthere are concerns growing tensions could hurt oil production. spillover into other big producers is another concern which could affect energy prices. the big worries many investors have is the possibility of future protests elsewhere.

>>ç as the violence continues n libya, exports of gas and oil are being hit. it is the third largest producer of oil in africa. but reports on tuesday suggestç the oil terminals were blocked and halted production. libya exports more than 70% of its oil to europe coming driving up the price in london. >> 1.6 million barrels is nothing, especially in a world whereç oil demand is growing b2 million barrels a year. >> but oil is not the only worry for investors. libya also has a gas pipeline to italy. protests in algeriaç could threaten gas supply to much of southern europe, but the big worry is protests that have not happened yet. it is estimated liviu will be the largest oil producer that

could see its demand suffer for a long amount of time. that is what sent it to its current level. it could go much higher without breaking a sweat if thereç are big protests. protests in bahrain and yemen could spread elsewhere, but for now there is more oil, not less. ç>> you are watching "bbc world news." the headlines for you, muammar gaddafi has brushed aside international pressure and threaten to purge libya house by house. ç75 people are confirmed dead n new zealand's earthquake and dozen still feared trapped. let's get more on our main that is the situation in libya.

hillary clinton has condemned the events and although the obama administration is watching the situation, the violence committed against protesters are completely unacceptable. >> the u.s. continues to watch the situation in libya with alarm. çour thoughts and prayers are with those whose lives have been lost and their loved ones. we join the international community-strongly condemning the violence. ç-- join the international community in condemning the violence. this bloodshed is completely unacceptable. it is the responsibility of the government to respect the universal rights of their people. >> secretary of state hillary clinton metç with eight securiy council where they condemned the

use of force against libya calling for those responsible to be held accountable. the u.s. has stopped short of calling for action. log for some kind of action from the security council would have been disappointed. the libyan deputy ambassador who called for the meeting wanted the council to impose a no-fly zone over libya. that was not mentioned it in the statement. that was not even brought up in discussions. the statement did notç ask forn investigation into alleged atrocities in the east of the country which would have been a request for concrete action. i think the statement was quite weak,ç but council members fel they had done quite well, especially western nations who wanted to push for a strong statement as possible.

they thought they did the best they could given that they were able to bring on board russia and china. they have been opposed to any reference toç the arab revolts. they see these as things do that threaten security in the region, which is what they say the un possible should address. but they did agree to go along --ç which is what they say the un's see should address. the council felt they come up with the best under these circumstances. >> we had ban ki-moon saying bennie to hold those responsible to account and gets those words -- get those wordsç are at the top of the agenda. the accountability of the regime. >> i think some of the nations would have preferred to say we should authorize a request and investigation to find out who didç this.

that is something that has been called for by un officials not on the council. the un commissioner for human rights as called for an investigation, but they did that get agreement on that and still managed to get that wording in to the statement that those who are responsible for the atrocities should be held to çaccount. the deputy ambassador himself expressed some disappointment. he said the statement could have been stronger, but he felt it would send a tough message to muammar gaddafi. >> our tí correspondent in new york. earlier i was joined by a journalist on the middle east. i began by asking her how the protests in libya compared to other protests across the region. >> it is different but also similar in many ways. what you have to see about libya is it is on a continuumç of ths

freedom rally. they showed it was possible to overthrow a dictator. egypt showed it was possible to throw a very entrenched dictator who was an american friend out. çlibya is showing what a dictator can do to his people when they overthrow him. they will overthrow him. you saw a very desperate man speaking today. this is teaching the region even when there are people who want freedom have words thrown at them and more than 500 killed,ç they will continue to fight for freedom. it is not about oil for the region. the rest of the world might be worried about oil, but the region -- knowing that they will overthrow gaddafi< >> there is a stark difference between the three which is the role of the military and how they have reacted in tunisia and egypt, very much not turning on

their people. but-libya this is a different situation. -- but in libya this is a different situation. >> çthey even fired the head of the army. in egypt, we heard military police have arrested and tortured people but they refused to open fire on democracy demonstrators. whatç we have seen in libya is- and countries in africa but also the alliance says he has bought using libya's oil money. they bought out basically tribal loyalties. we are seeing people from the armed forces refusing to open fire on libya. çthey themselves are suffering. but more importantly, we are hearing of tribes cannot -- drives turning against gaddafi.

>> for -- four americansç on board a yacht had been killed by the somali captors. the crew was negotiating with pirates when a shooting broke out. >> scott and jean adam had been on and around the world voyage. their two passengers were also killed. the 58 -=q yacht was hijacked by somali pirates last friday. it was then trailed by the u.s. navy. it says negotiations were under way for the hostages' release but the pirates shot first, >> immediately after the gunfire often -- also erupted. several pirates moved up to the bow with their hands in the air. u.s. forces closed in and did

the job. as they responded to the gunfire, u.s. sailors discoveredç hostages had been shot. >> u.s. officials said the lives were callously lost aboard the yacht. >> we would like to say in our condolences to the other families. it is very importantç that they know they are in our hearts and prayers. we are terribly distraught and devastated over this news. >> this incident will reenergize debate on the use of force when dealing with pirates holding hostages. almost two years ago the u.s. navy successfully rescued the captain of a vessel heldç captive. one of the pirates involved was sentenced to 33 years in prison. despite the presence of international warship's, hijackings have increased.

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