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corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news." >> president obama pays his respects at ground zero just days after the 9/11 mastermind, osama bin laden was killed by u.s. forces. bin laden's youngest wife tells all, detailing life in the come pound. as tanks roll into the suburbs of damascus, they are accused of 10 days of massacres in the out of the country. >> coming up a little later for you. pledging more aid to the rebels in libya. the u.s. says the finance could go raised from libya's $30 billion in frozeen assets.

>> welcome once again. four days after american troops killed osama bin laden, president obama has visited ground zero in new york. he laid a wreath in memory of the victims of the 9/11 attacks in 2010. president spoke privately to relatives of victims. here is our report. >> it is president obama's first visit to the hole in the heart of manhattan, but he came in somber triumph. this is where the twin towers stood until bin laden ordered the attack that killed more than 3,000, that hurt souls. >> the president isn't making any speech or remarks here. his spokesman said his action in honoring the dead is more powerful than words.

the more he appears to rise before application, the more benefits he can reap. >> 15 firefighters from this mid town station on 9/11, and here the president did speak, saying in pakistan this weekend, justice was done in the name of their brothers. >> what happened on sunday, because of the courage of our military and the outstanding work of our intelligence sent a message around the world and here back home that when we see we will never forget, we mean what we say. >> the promise that he kept was made by another president at ground zero just three days after the attack. >> i can hear you. the rest of the world hears you. [cheers and applause] and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon. >> not that soon.

with the frustrating wait, the revenge is sweeter here. outside the country there is disquiet. the archbishop said bin laden was a war criminal, but he was hesitant about the killing. a five from boston who -- firefighter from boston who sent eight months here going through the rubble, has no doubts. >> he killed 3,000 people. that should not be an issue, the way he died. >> we found them laying wreaths for two people who died 10 years ago. >> we had this black cloud hanging over the world, because bin laden had been killing people all over the world. >> charles' wife died when the twin tors were hit. he met the president down and thanked him for ordering the killing of the man behind the

attack. >> we got sucker pumped. and then we went in there with our men, our equipment, and our method of doing things, and we got the job done. >> one visit, one death, does not heel a wouldn't so profound, but it feels better about itself. "bbc news," new york. >> matt has been talking to some of the rescuers who were on duty at 9/11. he heard their reaction to the end of the 10-year hunt for osama bin laden. >> it was on a day just like this that the unthinkable happened here. ever since ground zero has been a wound, defining america for almost a decade. today the bulldozers are busy, finally, and planes above new york are no longer fear as missiles. but the wound has been slow to heel because justice has been

to slow to come. this is an eerie reminder of how slow it has been. the victims became the most celebrated heroes of 9/11. this was used as the medical station on the day. today, firefighters and construction workers treat it as a canteen. but the wallace are still full of aching memories. we found these who lost their son. what has the death of osama bin laden changed for them? >> it restored some of our american pride. we are a strong country and nation. it sends a message to the terrorists. whether it is one year or nine and a half years, we are going to track you do not and kill you. >> there is no closure when you

lose a child. we are different now than we were before this happened. our son is gone, and no mat matter what happens, he will still be gone. >> i hope my grand chirp and their children don't live in the kind of world we have now. >> for some, the pain will never go away. but america has had a cathartic week. the president found a voice many thought he never had. many have found the hard way that the war against extremism has many unintended consequences. >> the pakistanis say they may stop cooperating with the united states if they do it again. more information is emerging. one of bin laden's wives who

was injured in the attack has been striving the conditions in which they lived. >> sealed off and silent. bin laden as compound, long a place of secrets. but more details are emerging from one of his wives, who is now in pakistani custody. she is alleged to have told interrogators that bin laden had left his room here for the past five years. she is yemeni born and was bin laden's youngest wife. when the navy seals attack, she tried to defend him and was shot. pakistani officials say she has revealed weaknesses in al qaeda. it has split in two and is having money problems. they say evidence found at the compound backs this up. the army's ordered an inquiry into the intelligence failures that let bin laden set up home here, but the government

continues to insist there was no collusion. >> it is easy to say that the interservices sben generals or elements in the government were in cahoots with the al qaeda. this is a false hypothesis. >> the military claims it gave the americans the key lead. information about a phone call from here last month to saab rain asking -- saudi arabia asking for finance. the dilemma is what to do with this compound. to open the doors and let the cameras in or to blow the place up. there is concern that if it is left standing, it could become a kind of monument to osama bin laden and perhaps a propaganda tool. it is already a local tourist attraction. it is now a play for family day out, much photographed and much

debated. though many locals don't believe this was home to the world's most wanted. more of the inside story could come from bin laden's relatives and the other our -- survivors of the raid. americans want to question them, but so far it is not getting the chance. "bbc news." >> from pakistan let's return to north america. andrea north described the mood in the united states. >> for new york and also across the u.s., definitely the mood we have picked up that people feel that the revenge they wanted has now been achieved. i think that is very much the kind of sense that i have picked up from talking to people this week. it is a kind of catharsis. these scenes of jubilation have

left people outside the us uncomfortable. others who have been slightly worried about this sense of triumph about it. what this tells you is just how much osama bin laden traumatized this country. >> the fight against terrific of course continues. this news that we are getting from pakistan that the intelligence services there are getting information from one of osama bin laden's wives, they will be wanting to share more of that, but they won't be tell the public because the issue of trust between the united states and pakistan is very crucial? >> well, that's right. there are a lot of things we don't know and that we are probably not being told, and of course there has always been the issue of the account of what happened shifting. so it is quite difficult to assess all of this. we have also had thoughts that the americans wanted to try and

extradite this wife of osama bin laden to try and interview her themselves. still a lot of questions out there to answer about what happened. >> and for more on the killing of osama bin laden and its implications, visit our website. there you will find a breakdown of pivotal moments from the 9/11 9/11 attacks to the raid on his compound. this is "bbc news." a row of pay involving polish miners turns violent. >> an executive of jaguar cars has forecasted a radical shake-up for the company. it is thought they will increase production over the next five years. sarah reports. >> the jaguar xj, possibly the best luxury car in the world at the moment, and it gets 40 miles to the gallon.

it is that combination of elegant design and mileage that has lifted them them. they have gone from survival to unbridled ambition in three years. >> i was saying years ago, i was saying make these cars cattish. now they are horny cars, and they are selling. >> all a spokesman will confirm is over the next five years there are to be 40 product actions. anything from a new engine to a new car. >> they need a new car that can compete in the three series, maybe a crossover and a four-while drive. and many would like to see a two-seater sports car. >> the big cat has been out of sorts.

global sales in 2006 had dropped. after the x type was fazed out, sales dropped further still to just over 50,000 last year. what of the future? some experts say that as jaguar cops traits on the key markets of india, china, russia and america, they have the potential to quadruple their sales to over 200,000 cars a year. and a possible new plant, morale is high. >> this is "bbc news." the headlines. president obama has laid a wreath in memory of the victims of 9/11 at ground zero in new york just days after osama bin laden was killed by u.s. special forces. in pakistan, more details have been emerging about life side the fortified compound where the commando raid took place.

>> let's get some more news from pakistan. a senior security official has given details of interviews carried out with one of osama bin laden's wives. she was shot in the leg in the u.s. operations. here is more. >> well, it is feg towards dusk, so people are starting to leave this site. but over the last couple of days, hundreds of people have streamed to this area just to get a look at the osama bin laden compound. even though they have been moved back by security forces, there are still lots of people milling around. they are like this all the way around the compound. a lot of men, but a lot of women, too. whole families have come down, young people taking footage with their mobile phones. what they have come to see is this sight behind me. that large white building, that is where osama bin laden spent his final days and where he was ultimately shot. occasionally the security

forces shut down the area and seal it off and tell us all to move back, and that includes not only locals who are curious, but a lots of the world media. you can see media here and another bank of people just to the side. as well as the intrigue, there is a lot of serious discussion going on among the crowds who gather here each day, and still a lot of discussion about whether they belief this operation happened or not. opinion here seems clear. they want to see the picture of osama bin laden's dead body if they are to believe this operation did take place. ebay though their own gift has said to, and the taliban say they are going to take revenge for this death. there are some who want to have conspiracy theories. other people are feeling a sense of embarrassment that

osama bin laden, the al qaeda leader, was found here, not by their own forces, but killed by an american force. they feel this has humiliated them and undermined their government. >> a human rates organization has accused the syrian government of carrying out 10 days of massacres. they say snipers and anti-aircraft machine guns have been used to fire on unarmed civilians. outside the capital damascus, hundreds are said to have been arrested. 0 report from the jordan border. a warning, you may find some of the images distressing. >> a peaceful protest. hundreds of civilians march down a city are street demanding reform. the shaky video it impossible to vare recent. suddenly there is panic.

some escape. others are killed outright. a few of the injured desperate try to call to safety. hours of video and mobile phone clips from across syria show how this six-week-old up rising is spreading, and in some places being brutally crushed. they have lost all sense of fear. hundreds have been killed, and still they come out on the streets demanding changes. in recent weeks some horrific images are being seen. as far as we know. internet and mobile phone services are not being blocked. perhaps the regime wants people to say what it is capable of. it is difficult to see how the president can retain support with such things going on. the bbc has someone inside the

border. >> if you believe human rights groups, up to 8,000 people may have been taken in. and we have had information that people often get very badly treated. they are torre turretted, including pulling out fingernails and beatings. >> the president has ignored calls to show restraint. syria is a powerful and pivotal country in the middle east. many analysts say it has gone beyond the point of no return. more violence is going to happen. "bbc news" on the jordan-syria

border. >> the international contact group on libya has agreed to create a temporary fund to help rebel groups. the fund should be exrational within weeks. the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton said the u.s. was trying to free more than $30 billion it had frozen in assets. >> this is a sight they have been waiting for here for nearly a week. listing slightly to star board, the red star one finally made it into ben gaudin, its decks crowded with refugees. there are libyans here, too. more and more of them are trying to escape to the east. standing with his son on the upper deck is this man. minutes later, reunited with

his brothers on the deck below. the tears are of relief. finally they are safe from qaddafi's rockets. >> it was really bad. a lot of shooting and shelling. there was not one minute of peace. >> if anything, the african migrants have had it even worse. camping out in the open court while they survived shellings. thrst four were killed. drive south, and you will find the burned-out remains of qaddafi's army littering the roadside. >> the nato air strakes that did this have been extremely successful at presenting qaddafi's armored troops from advancing. but at the same time, the rebels don't seem to have any capacity to come back up this road and take on qaddafi's

forces, and that is a problem for nato. this front line has been stuck here for had nearly a month. there doesn't seem to be any strategy for how to break this deadlock. further on we see a an ambulance. the doctor inside confirms. >> what is the situation down there there? >> up to now the situation is peaceful. there is no fighting. there are all these different lines. >> the ambulance leaves, military jeeps come racing toward us. they are not happy at our presence so far forward. what no one here wants to admit, is that after two months of fighting this rebellian is no closer to removing colonel canada if i from power. "bbc news." >> getting to the top of mount everest is the goal.

think about doing it nine times. this man has reached the summit once again and is currently on his way down after being right on top of the world. we can talk to him. mr. kenton poole, congratulations. what was this time like compared to the other eight? >> absolutely amazing. we are just literally down from the summit. we had the most amazing 360 of the world. it is justifies absolutely breathtaking. there is no one up here aare part from myself and my colleague sebastian. it is unbelievable. it really is. i don't have the words. >> can you describe what the view is like up there? >> it is almost impossible, i

am afraid. over one shoulder i can see the fourth and fifth highest mountains in the world. over the other shoulder the sixth highest mountain. i can see into chinese tib tench. it is just absolutely unbelievable. i'm at a loss for works. today is very, very special. >> everybody will be congratulating you on doing it nine times, but surely everybody will be asking why nine times? >> well, this time it was to prove something which you guys play the news on. back in australia last year the bbc website went live saying the 3-q may be possible from the top. we proved that was correct. we got a really week 3-g signal

from a samsung phone. can you believe that? that is why i went this te poss and we proved it is correct. it is literally amazing. the world is just getting smaller and smaller. we got a 3-g signal on the summit of everest. how incredible is that? >> we want to keep talking to you, but i am a bit worried you may be running out of oxygen because you are so excited. tell us about the assent. is it the most difficult part every time, or does it differ? >> we leave about 10:00 at night, and we climb throughout the night. our bodies face this climb up in a small beam of light from

our head torches, and nothing else is around us. that is really, really hard. we just have to keep going to this spot called the balcony, and hopefully when the sun starts to rice. the view is amazing. it is six hours until the sun breaks. when the sun breaks, without. i am literally just down from the summit, and i keep on about this view, but it is incredible. i can see hundreds of miles in every direction. it is absolutely awe-inspiring. but you can't take away from hillary in 1953. he stepped that last little bit -- >> we have to leave it there. i am very, very sorry.

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