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>> and now, "bbc world news." >> on armed but resisting, more details emerge from the moment that osama bin laden was shot dead. -- unarmed but resisting. how much did the pakistani snow about what was going on? >> it is a easy to understand why the americans are asking similar questions. >> there is praise for president obama, even from his opponents. welcome to bbc world news. mass arrests and syria, hundreds are rounded up as european countries talk about imposing sanctions. $150 billion bailout for portugal. the agreement could depend on

the finish nationalists saying yes. -- finnish nationalists saying yes. two days after u.s. forces killed osama bin laden, new details of the operation are merging including the fact that he was unarmed when commandos shot him. pressure is mounting on authorities to explain how pakistani authorities did not know how he was hiding in the shadow of a military complex. >> hiding in plain sight, in a house towering above all the rest in a military town. this was osama bin laden's window on the world. inside the compound, a scorched roof, a sign of the struggle here. the u.s. claims that bin laden

might have lived in this fortress for as long as five years. pakistan's powerful spy agency says that they raided the place in 2003 but then it dropped off the radar. they told us today that they were embarrassed by their failure. this local man insisted that security forces left no one. this year. >> all these people when they came in at night to their houses, they were asked for their id cards. where you live, which house you live. most of the time they ask you the question in the evening. we are right -- >> we are right beside the compound. the house where bin laden was living is clearly visible. you can see how conspicuous this is. it is easy to understand why the americans are asking some any questions. they want to know how bin laden

managed to live here. they said he must have had a support system. they are wondering how far that went. the pakistani premier academy is just a few hundred meters away. these images from the pentagon showed the outline of the property. the compound has expanded over the past five years as new walls were built. some of them were 18 feet tall. a balcony was shielded by a privacy wall. on one side of the building, the windows were covered and the rubbish was never left outside the burned in said. the white house said that osama bin laden was unarmed when he was shot dead that he had resisted capture. he did not use his life as a human shield. she rushed at the assault team and was shot in the leg. another woman in the compound was killed in the crossfire.

bin laden's family members are getting member -- are getting medical treatment. if needed, they will be returned to their home countries. pakistan insists they played no part in the operation. with the bin laden dead and gone, they want to turn the page. >> the issue of osama bin laden, this is history. i think we do not want to get us mired in the past. pakistan has sacrificed immensely in this campaign against terrorism. >> police keep watch here now after the event. the army and the isi stand accused of gross incompetence or collusion. >> at the white house, they are considering whether to release a photograph of osama bin laden's body as proof of their success. the press secretary has called the picture grissom and potentially inflammatory.

they have released photos of president obama and his senior staff monitoring the situation. -- the present jury has called the picture gruesome. >> surrounded by his cabinet, a wide grin from the man who is not been so praised since he was first elected. this is the team watching the moment that the commandos attacked. faces etched with attention. the president took a huge risk. he ordered a raid rather than a cruise missile strike. hillary clinton stairs as though she cannot believe what she is saying. then a message from the forces, the enemy killed in action. the gamble had paid off. the president told his team, we got him. the details had changed. there was no human shield.

he resisted but the firefight was very one-sided. >> bin laden's wife was shot in the leg but not killed. bin laden was shot and killed. he was not armed. >> even political enemies are praising the president. there was a white house reception for members of congress. he wanted to make a point about national pride and unity. >> last night, as americans learned that the u.s. had carried out an operation that had resulted in the capture of osama bin laden -- [applause] >> he was interrupted by standing ovation. previous high-profile helicopter raids have ended by disaster. in 1980, jimmy carter's attempt to free hostages in iran ended with 8 american dead. 19 u.s. servicemen died in somalia in 1993. the incident inspired the film "blackrock down -- black hawk

down." >> president obama deserves credit for this but it was not just him. they have been using intelligence for a long time. this was a long-term effort. at this moment of decision, he had to decide to do this or just take the easy way out and just on the place. >> some say that this is the moment that president obama was assured of reelection. the world is not work like that. this will not loom so large in a year and a half's time. he has established himself as a tough, courageous, and successful commander-in-chief. >> our correspondent has the latest details on the debates over whether or not the white house will release the photo of bin laden's body. >> the cia chief, leon panetta,

has given an interview in which he believes that a photo will eventually be released. the white house responded quite quickly saying that no decision has been made. what we do know and what we have been told is that the photograph they have is quite gruesome. there are plenty here who fear that if it was released it could inflame feelings and that is something that will weigh on their minds. at the same time, there are many forces outside of the u.s. who are questioning whether the americans really did kill bin laden. >> there has been more information filtering in about the operation. bin laden was unarmed. many people have said that the u.s. operation was a kill mission rather than capturing him alive. >> that's right. the debate of the photo plays into this because if it turns

out that there was not much resistance, i think that that might increase the criticism and lead to more tensions over this. as you say, not the whole issue as to how he was killed, there are conflicting accounts of this. two atomic cent -- to some extent, the first reports turn out to not be the case. it seems as though the white house has been changing its story. >> there is a political impact for obama. yesterday, we saw president obama receiving unified bipartisan respect for the decision he made. how does he stand to benefit politically from this mission? >> you can already see it in the opinion polls. he is getting a much higher approval rating, somewhere around 40%.

this has boosted their view of him. his toughest opponents like the former vice president have praised him. in the u.s., it has done him a lot of good. he is seen as a much stronger commander-in-chief. >> the british prime minister has told the house of commons that britain must be more vigilant in the wake of osama bin laden's death. he says the threat of al qaeda remains. we assessed the potential threats. >> braced for a backlash. intelligence agencies are warning that there could be revenge attacks for bin laden's death. inside of and my-5 headquarters --mi-5 headquarters, they have been advised to keep the threat level from international

terrorism severe. little has changed since the weekend. this afternoon, the prime minister briefed the comments. >> clearly, there is a risk that al qaeda and its affiliates will want to demonstrate that they are able to operate effectively. of course, there is always the risk of a radicalized individual acting alone, a so- called loan will attack. we must be vigilant. we must maintain this for some time. >> there is a small but noisy minority of people calling for osama bin laden's death to be avenged. we should distinguish between aspiration of threats and the far more serious operational ones. that is what jihadists are actually capable of inflicting. the distant deserts' of yemen, where al qaeda has its new middle east days, might be a long way from europe but the group has a long reach.

for this is the group's ideologue, he upload his violent messages in english on to the internet. this is the aftermath of the attack last may on mp -- the woman who stabbed him was inspired by in the internet messages. this is likely to inspire large crowds and demonstrations. >> what they're asking for is additional awareness of what is going on around you. various groups associated and affiliated with al qaeda have threatened to conduct attacks of revenge against bin laden's death. >> those attacks might never come. counter-terrorism has vastly improved from 10 years ago but historically al qaeda's biggest clients have come when least

expected. >> you are watching bbc news, still ahead. what difference would the death of osama bin laden make in afghanistan? since the devastating earthquake in haiti just over a year ago, people there have been relying on handouts from aid agencies in order to survive. now they have a new dilemma, as global food prices skyrocket, there is pain in the price of imports. >> the markets at port-au-prince are buzzing and there are plenty of people passing by the stores looking at what is on offer. there are bags of rice and beat bolten at the seams but there's clearly no shortage of food. very few customers are tempted to part what -- with what little money they have. the problem is that haiti imports most of their food and

that means it is more expensive. >> the food prices have increased and haiti is dependent on imports. we see an import price increase. >> in the aftermath of the earthquake, 8 was born into haiti so food is cheaper. now, they are scaling back their operation. they are trying to fend for themselves. this woman is doing just that. she at set up her store by the roadside where she crushes peanuts into a paste, spread it on bread, and sells the sandwiches at 12 cents apiece. she is having to spread the peanut paste dinner so she does not lose what profit she makes. -- thinner so she does not lose profit on what she makes.

people might be tempted over the produce at the capitol. for now, buying is not an option. >> you can find out more details and the difficulties facing haitians by visiting the bbc news side. >> the white house says osama bin laden was unarmed when he was shot by u.s. forces but he resisted efforts to capture him alive. the head of the cia said that america did not tell pakistan about the operation because they feared that information would lead to him. -- leak to him. afghans have reacted positively to the death of osama bin laden but many question whether it will bring peace to the country. >> business is good.

hundreds of thousands of fresh troops have been thrown at the fight against the taliban. osama bin laden is the cause of the current troubles, they say. they are glad he has been killed. osama was the reasons for thousands of afghan deaths, he says. people are still being killed because of him. i hate him. he was a killer, says this man. every day, we walk in fear because of him. he was not a good man. most afghans seem to approve the killing of osama bin laden. the media coverage has been pretty positive. one group of afghans whose opinion really matters are those fighting or might choose to fight international forces. getting rid of osama bin laden will not end the war in

afghanistan. the taliban is often a local insurgency with you really is to al qaeda. some worry that the international community will start to withdraw from afghanistan now that the al qaeda leader is dead. >> and we are definitely warning against such a possibility. bin laden was a person. al qaeda is bigger than a person. al qaeda has allies both in afghanistan and pakistan. cutting and running is not going to solve any strategic interest of security. >> from the president to the man at the corner cafe, many afghans accused pakistan of orchestra in the violence in our country. >> the problem is not in afghanistan, this is out of afghanistan. our people in afghanistan want to finish the fight.

this is like a cancer for afghanistan. every day, afghan people have died. >> afghans are weary. they want the long war to end. that is the hope, not the expectation. things still look very different to them post bin laden. >> the united states has condemned syria using force against protesters saying that the deployment of tanks amounted to barbaric measures. 400 people have been killed or injured in the recent days. opposition groups say they will hold more demonstrations. our journalists are banned from entering syria, we have a report from the jordanian border. >> given the stories emergence from syria, the man shooting

this footage is either very foolish are very brave. he shouts, it is peaceful, peaceful. the world wants to know what is happening in deraa. this shows uniformed troops and the secret police advancing on draa -- deraa. the authorities went from house to house arrest in every male age 15 to 40. this shows that president assad is in no room to compromise. -- no mood to compromise. the situation is far from normal. international journalists are refused entry. the picture emerging is increasingly desperate. as the regime gave a window of a key weeks and amnesty to

surrender themselves and their arms, this footage also came out of the secretive country. it shows people with their hands bound, face down on the ground. soldiers keeping them there at gunpoint. the international red cross demanded immediate and restricted access to all detainees and all those injured in the fighting. -- immediate and unrestricted access to all detainees and all those injured. the regime is using brutal methods to end the rebellion. the president and his generals show little sign of weakness. the protesters are taking extraordinary risks and they will not back down and they demand fundamental reform. the situation is increasingly dire. >> several leaders are appealing for up to $3 billion in international loans. they say the money will stave off economic collapse after

almost three months of conflict. the loans secured against colonel gaddafi's frozen assets. the swiss governor has recovered money in the name of the leader. members of the bahrain medical profession are to be charged with acting against the state. 23 doctors and 24 horses are accused of promoting aphorist to topple the government. human-rights groups have accused the bahrain authorities us targeting medical staff. -- 23 doctors and 24 nurses are accused of permitting protest against the government. there will be a formal ceremony and in the rift. benjamin netanyahu has urged -- to cancel the deal and to pursue peace with israel instead. around 80 people suspected of having links to the mafia had

been detained in two regions of italy. 40 people accused of extortion and drug smuggling between italy and spain were arrested. the rest were picked up in a series of -- in the south of the country. police have raided a south korean offices of google and another company. they are investigating claims that private information was collected without permission. hard drives and other equipment were also taken. the company spokesperson says they will cooperate fully with the authorities. portugal's interim government has agreed to a financial bailout packages with the european union and the international monetary fund. this amounted to $115 billion and it still needs the agreement of the opposition party.

>> after two weeks of negotiations with imf and eu officials, the prime minister addressed the nation. he claimed his team had secured a good deal of the country. >> this is a deal that defense portugal. naturally, there are no financial programs that are not demanding. if -- the times that we live in continue to imply a lot of work. >> portugal is getting an extra year to get its budget in line with european rules. >> this is a program for three years. the reduction will be more gradual. the 5.9% of gdp next year, 4.5% in 2012, and 3% in 2013. >> greece might have to restructure their debt even after its bailout. >> at a recent gathering in

washington, a top imf officials expressed concern that excessive austerity my stop economies from growing. portuguese officials say the plant now agreed includes funds to capitalize the country banks. there are public sector redundancies and pay cuts. last week's made a demonstration showed the hostility of many trade unionists to any imf intervention. tens of thousands of workers are to strike against austerity. >> the israeli argentine conductor has led a rare concert in gaza. ♪ ♪ >> the concert was attended by hundreds ofof them schoolchildr.

this is the first time that -- was able to perform in the gaza strip. he said at the concert was designed to show the people living there that the world cared about their situation. >> we are musicians who care about humanity. we are musicians to care about the problems of people all over the world. they have difficulties to come here. you and i will never be able to tell the much we appreciate them. -- to tell them how much we appreciate them. >> osama bin laden was not armed when he was killed by u.s. forces. he resisted attempts to capture him. the u.s. has not decide whether

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