they didn't want us to film it. colonel gaddafi has real support in tripoli. his opponents are staying low. the regime has always been defiant. now it's sounding confident, too.

>> a former official of the ministry will also be at the meeting in dehar. he told me what the contact meeting hopes to achieve. >> the meeting tomorrow, i think the national council will make sure to emphasize our position, which is we are looking for a resolution to stop the bloodshed. burr any political solution has to have -- gaddafi has to step down. this is the number one priority for us. >> there are no signs at the moment that gaddafi will step down. how do you see, therefore, a proposal like a cease fire taking hold?

>> protection of civilians by all necessary measures. equal to saying now the regime -- trying to cut off the supplies from the sea. so i think the resolution should be protected by all necessary measures. and this has to be by all necessary measures. one of them is the coalition filming. should be doing more of it. and to arm libyan people first. >> the former libyan foreign minister is also traveling to

doha to attend these talks. how significant do you think his presence will be there? >> i think he is the regime. he knows the regime inside-out. how is the best and quickest way to remove the regime. >> you talked a moment ago about nato not doing enough. nato general said today that they thought they were doing a great job. how do you think the current military strategy is progressing there? >> just two days ago, they were

not doing what is necessary to protect the libyan people. in some areas, the regime is still there. they should be taken out. this is their job as part of the operation. >> from the national council in libya. he will be traveling to that contact group meeting in doha. hosni mubarak has suffered a heart attack. he was said to have fallen while being questioned by

prosecutors. a correspondent in cairo has the details. >> the former president is being kept in the intensive care unit of the hospital. we understand egyptians say television has been quoting medical sources. quite interestingly, which say that the president, since he heard two days ago that the public prosecutor wanted him for questioning, the public prosecutor is investigating corruption allegations, also the killings of hundreds of protestors during egypt's popular protests. now, mr. mubarak we understand since then has not even -- not eaten or drunk anything. there have been rumors of him suffering health problems before this heart attack that's being reported. we also understand that mr. mubarak is already in his first session with investigators at the public prosecutor's office

when he started having these heart problems and was rushed to the v.i.p. session of the hospital along with his bodyguard. now, mr. mubarak's two sons remain at the public prosecutor's office where they're continuing to undergo questioning. it remains to be seen when mr. mubarak will be able to return to questioning himself, but certainly this is something that protestors in egypt have been demanding. there was a mass rally here on friday with hundreds of tens of thousands of people in tahrir square, demanding that mr. mubarak stand trial. >> dozens of people are reported to be injured by gunmen in a syrian village. residents said troops sealed off the area. on sunday, 13 people including nine soldiers were reportedly killed in clashes during anti-government demonstrations in the nearby port city. united nations have said that

the former president of ivory coast who was arrested on monday remains in the country's main city. the united nations announced earlier that he had been moved out for his own safety. president obama has called to congratulate him on assuming the presidency of ivory coast. chinese government says it's unhappy with the way foreign countries are treating the detained artist as a hero. a foreign ministry spokesman says the artist was a criminal suspect who would be punished according to the law. he is being investigated for alleged economic crime. the japanese prime minister has said that produce is safe to eat despite continuing radiation leaks. he said radiation levels were now dropping and consuming food from the area was one way to show support. japan has reclassified the nuclear threat to be the highest level on an

international scale. our correspondent explains. >> as we look at the severity scale used by the authorities, you can see that before today, the leak was put at level five, an accident with wider consequences. it's been raised to level seven. after an assessment of the total radiation leaks so far. the other crisis was at cher noble. the first crisis happened the day after the tsunami. the cooling systems failed and spent fuel rods overheated. the authorities say upgrading to level seven was because the impact of raid yation had been widespread on the air, vegetables, and the ocean. workers still don't have the situation under complete control. yesterday they had to run for safety after a powerful aftershock.

small amounts of radiation are still being released. the authorities say the risks of another major leak have receded. most of one of the major threats to human health will have decayed away. c-3137 has a half-life of 30 years. but the total radiation release so far is about 10% of that from chernobyl-25 years ago. >> the comparisons are misleading. firstly, it appears that the releases have been significantly lower, and secondly, the response has been much more rapid, so there were still people playing in the streets in the town next to the power station in the day or two after the accident. >> by contrast, in japan, the authorities were quick to set up a 20-kill meter exclusion zone.

more than 30 kilometers from the plant ought to be evacuated. a japanese minister has made a very public despay of eating a tomato in the region to mark the ban on the sale of the vegetables in the area. the government is encouraging a return to normal life just as severity has been upgraded. some are puzzled. >> if they do something like that, they should do it in something not so alarming. saying it's the same as chernobyl, of course people will be uneasy. >> the long-term risks of human health are small in comparison. >> the latest car maker to make production cutbacks resulting from the japanese earthquake, the firm closing a total of five plants in the u.k.,

turkey, france, and poland. this follows similar closures by general motors. still ahead, close encounters of the super kind. why did this air bus clip a commuter jet at j.f.k. airport? bombing on the minks metro that killed 12 people. the president said he did not rule out foreign involvement in the attack. opposition activists have said the authorities may use the incident as an excuse to further curtail liberties. >> one day later, minsk is a city in mourning and shock. they paid tribute to the victims of what authorities are calling a terrorist attack. the bomb was packed with nails and ball bearings and placed

under a bench in the station. the interior minister said it was supposed to kill as many people as possible. the blast has caused confusion and fear. people are at a loss to explain why it happened. the station is located just 100 meters from the government offices. the president promised a swift and powerful response. >> strength and security measures to their limits, do not do this for the sake of appearance. strengthen them in practice. be resolute in your actions. i think people will understand us. >> security forces are now on high alert. belarus is already europe's strictest authoritarian government, however. the west has imposed sanctions against other top belarus yan officials for their suppression

of the opposition after presidential elections last year. now opposition leaders fear a further political tightening of the screws. he has promised to turn the country inside out to find those responsible. david stern, "bbc news," minsk. >> the headlines for you this hour, the french and british governments have complained of fellow members that the nato alliance are not doing enough to support military operations in libya. egypt's ousted president hosni mubarak has been admitted to hospital after falling ill during a meeting with officials investigating alleged corruption. officials in mexico say they have discovered another 28 bodies in mass graemes bringing the total found in the past week to 116. the mexican government said the drug cartel is behind the

killings. julian is in mexico city. he gave us more details on where the body were found. >> the excavations have been taking place near the town of el fernando. it shares the borders with the united states, with texas. these excavations have unearthed 116 bodies that are believed to belong to those kidnapped by the drug cartel, one of the most powerful cartels here in mexico and later killed. we still don't know their identities. very few of them have been identified and we still don't know why these people were targeted. it's hard to imagine how a drug cartel would want to target passengers of long-distance buses. we have to remember that they expunded their buzz -- they are not only in the business of drug trafficking, but also in the business of kidnapping and extortion. it seems from what authorities

are saying that it points that these people were kidnapped and being demanded an extortion fee. >> 35,000 people reported to have been killed in this drug-related group in mexico. is there a sense that the president's strategy of tackling drug-related crime is working? >> there is. if you may remember just less than a week ago, there were some massive demonstrations around mexico to protest against the government's strategy in fighting the cartels. this decision to fight the military to deploy the streets in many mexican cities and to try to counter the violence that they generated. many think it has actually fueled the violence, that the clashes have increased since. and just the discovery of the bodies is going to be cited by many evidence that the strategy

doesn't seem to be working, that it's happening in exactly the same place as last august where other migrants were found. they deployed more troops after that incident, and seven months ago, we have an even more serious incident. there is concern for the integrity of the state, but the governor says the events signify a threat for those who live there and also for mexico's general interior security. there is an increasing concern of the spiral of violence that seems to have no end. >> an investigation is under way after the world's largest passenger aircraft clipped a much smaller plane at j.f.k. airport. the paris-bound plane clipped it, spinning it like a toy as passengers sat in both planes.

>> monday night at new york's j.f.k., the largest passenger aircraft in the world is taxiing for takeoff. then this happens. the huge wings of the air front's air bus clip a regional jet that's just landed from boston. it's enough to spin it around like an empty tin can. the pilot quickly contacts air traffic control. >> we've been hit by an aircraft. >> there are 66 crew and passengers onboard. incredibly, no one on either aircraft was injured. >> the plane shaked very, very violently. the next thing we knew was, hurry out of the plane. >> just a crushing noise. it sounded like smashing jars or something. like something broken. >> it's so big, many airport can't handle it. this one has now been impounded. is it too big even for new york's main airport? an investigation is now under way. andrew north, "bbc news,"

washington. >> russia has been celebrating the 50th anniversary of the humans' space flight. president medvedev said the flight opened a new era in history and promised that russia would continue to give priority to investments in space exploration. our moscow correspondent explains the cold war atmosphere in 1961 has been replaced by one of cooperation between nations in space travel. >> he claimed he wasn't nervous at all, but he was about to go where no human had gone before, strapped to the top of a rocket that would blast to the stars. it was a propaganda coup for the ussr. the soviets had beaten the americans into space. >> the whole of moscow came out to greet him when he returned.

suddenly, our country was famous. soviet man had gone into space. >> the soviet spaceman became a globe-trotting superstar. manchester loved him. >> number one honorary man and gave him a gold medal. >> they're better prepared than he ever was for working in space. today they can spend up to seven years training, but he had just a few months to prepare. such was the race to get into space. but old rivals are partners now. today, president medvedev sent his best wishes to russian, american, and european astronauts working together on the international space station. >> my congratulations to you

and your colleagues and i wish you great success in space. >> and he promised that space remained a priority for russia. trouble is, russia has been slow in developing new spacecraft, and right now, it has no clear vision of where it should be flying to in space in the future. that's why many russians seem to be losing interest. even here, the local hero isn't a star in the eyes of these children. denise told me he wants to be a policeman when he's over -- older. ruslan dreams of being a soldier. an ya a circus artist with her pet rabbit. he will always be the first, but russia now needs new dreams, new journeys, further from our planet, to reignite excitement about space.

steve rosenburg, "bbc news," moscow. >> being hailed as the u.k.'s latest exhibition is about to open in london. hundreds of thousands of visitors are expected to see the major works of these spanish artists. the sheer numbers wanting to visit are making it impossible for some to enjoy the world's greatest art. >> the paintings, the graphic style distinctive. the surreal images grotesque and comical. behind much of it lies a deep political anger. this early painting was owned by earnest hemmingway. and it is likely to prove another big draw for a public whose interest in major modern art exhibitions is booming. but these so called blockbuster exhibitions are becoming

victims of early success with victims complaining of overcrowding or being squeezed by passengers on a commuter train. only being able to glimpse the famous paintings like a distant film star at a glamorous movie premiere. this modern problem even has its own name. gallery rage. >> it was too busy. >> everyone was sort of crushed in looking at something. and then you can't actually get a feel for a picture. and also, i think a lot of pictures need to be seen from a little bit of a distance. >> they were criticized for the crowding, and a few months later, they're confident that they've learned their lesson. this is a problem. a publicly funded museum are obliged to encourage many people to visit as possible. unless they dramatically increase ticket prices, their only real choice is to make some tweaks to the existing

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