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>> and now, "bbc wld ns." >> a esident obama hails the teamhat killed osama bin laden, al qaeda finally acknowledges theeath of its lead. the white houscondns the use of bre force asyria suffersnoth dave deadly vile -- day of deadly violence. weome to bbc ne to our viewers on bbc america and ound the world. coming up, jtow abt pablo picasso end upn thstateof virginia? an eibitioneatu fering hundds ofhearti's bestnown works.
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welcome once again. president oba hamet the miliry team atkill oma biladeand praised their mission as onef thereatest militaryperations in our nation's histo. meanwhile, al qaeda ha apparently given its first response t monday's killing o bi lad. a statement posted on militt b sis acknowledgede was deed dead and wentn to threat retiation. >> the whi house has tried t limit thfanfe srounding the killing of osama n lan. >>ello, rt campbell! >> bu befor an adience of mped hp up soldiers,his was testosterone ment. >> thanks to thencredible courage and skill of couless ddle -- milita iividls er my years, the terroris o stck ouration on/11 will never threaten eric
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again. >> theresint was speaking after ariva meetingith th entire asslt teamof navy seals andhelicopter pilotswho had caied out the historic raid. >> it was a chae for me to say on behalf all americans an people arouhe world, job well done. [applause] job well done. >> but there is muc more to be done if america is defeat al qaeda and its talibanllies in afghanistan wherehesu.s. troo were on cautious patrol this week, for en as the president prepares to order home thefirsamerican soldrs, the taliban have threatenedewmpetus to their ght. the i.a.s attemptg t unck areasure trove o intelligen seizedrom the bi den's pastan compound. the u.s.peci forces ca aw wit computer rd drives and mory stks. first analysis suggest a
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qaedaas consiringn attk on the.s. railetwork but say ere no evidence a detailed plan o targets the is suggests too that osa bin laden remned at e het ofdditn mingnd was not the fureea some have portrayed him as pside a qaeda acknowledg the kill've s leader and vowed revenge. >> "e wa street journal" is reporting that te u. launched a drone strike in yemen aed at killing anwar al-laki, the americanern cleric acce. ofplanning attks othe uned stes. with bin laden's death, some offials now believe al-u alalky a his gup now present the bigges thrto
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the united states. dhe white house ndemned what it called therute force usedgain demonstrators i syria. human rights activists saat least 21 pple were killed iday when fcespened fe on anti-government preste. >> justutside dara, the place whe thprotests starte men d children joined the last mches resigned to take the ris of being shot. oncegaincross is country and in damascus, demonstratns foltd the noon prayer. the bbc i relying on amateur ctures and information coming ouof syria. like oth newsrganizations, have not been allowed to sendeams io theount.
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demonstrats we sh in homs in central syria. offials reported that soldrs and polemen were alsoille bywhat it call terrorists b han rights grps a n buying the clms tt it's facg arm sur ion. >> what it lks likis a systemat attack on aiviln population, a plitical adtion- decisiono shoot to kill unarmed demonstrators d th could very wle a crime ainshumanity. on syrian tv tod president assad was ill looking like the man who dpen 11 years in pow prosing reform but in the worst csishe's faced, hes cosing repression. >> britis voters overwhelnglyejected a oposal to chae the way membs oparliament are elected. %astheir ballots in the
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rer endum voting no chsing to stick with theirst pst the st stfment maj setbk for the liral democrats, who a par of the coalition govementnd comes on top of heavy losses in th local eltion our politicaditor nick binson reports. if you thought it was all ov, it is now. by well ove t tone, britain ted not change i voting system,eaving the coalitn to tryndpatch up its divisions. >> this is a tter blow for l thos peopleike me wh believe in theeed for political reform buthe answer is clear and the wider jobof e governmentandhe liberal democrs inovernment will continue. it was always goi to be ffict mont f a coition when you have tw partiein aoalition campaigninon dferent des of a referendum. but wve had that debate and the endhe british publ arthe ss andtheye given
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absolutely cear and resounding awer at settles the question. >> 24 hoursof election resul produced utcome few h fore seen,withonseences ich are totall unprictable. itas arim night for the beral docrats. heads were down -- ne counselors fired by the electorate. in hull, disbelief - 10 lost their jobs. in derby, some eve wep as even more got marching orders. up and down the country local libdems lost power, the pce for the national leaders gaining it. it was their wst loss ever. >> we are seeing a repeat pattern oforthnities ere theiberal democratsre losing n jusne or two but allheir representation. >> the gloy libdems agreed wh the problem was - th ectote had punishe the for being too like the toes. >> we have t stiff up and
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not ke i ying dow >> if t perction is th liberal democrs ar like tories we will lose. >> we don't need to be so collegiate as we haveeen over the last yr in the nex four years. 'reentitled t sh our differencein publi >> alitnifferences were on show. one partnerelebrating surpse gains with th tories piing up councs and unsers but the libdems to a batting. as dawnroke over downing stre it s clear that the alitn had a problem. they'd come togeer, ey said, take paiul decisions, but only one side was feelinthe pin. -- pain. >> wre clearly gtingthe unt the blame. for my families inhose parts ofhe country escially, there a also ve strong mori of what lif was like under thatcherism in e 1980's and somehow a fear of -- tha thats what are retuing to. >> m -- that messa aimed
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those feho say he should pa wi his job. >> i'm i favor o the coalition t hs runt very badly andin his view shod resi immiately. >> the best way he thinks he can help isnot sipping down downing stet a certainly not crowing. >> i'm absolutely cmitt to thake- ma thi coition vernnt that i believe is good for arbrate -- britain work for theull ve years of the te an it's ththat think the cliti will be judged and it' work by the electorate. but i pay tribute tthe work it hasegun and --done and will g on dog to work hd r th people of btain he scottish nationalists made stunning gavenlts h sta first minist for another fe years butow has a majority committed inpendence. i'm notsure. i'm certainly no going to be tempted into giving one but
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do kw harold wilson was once ked if he knew whatas going on and i think he replied "i know wt's ing , i'm gog and at let for the te beingouitter get used to ." >> labor had bteret used to th idea that scotland is no loertheir stronghol but in waleshe party made gains and thewill stay fir minister. the symboli prize? sheffield. what mattersf coursehoug is winning in t sou and he knows he nes to win in many moreplac like gravesham >> i know hav more to go to win back the fort. but it's about popleand ople have sent a ry ear messe to the lib demoats and theonservative govnmen abouwhat there doing a have said you don't ha
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permission to be suerti conservative priorities >> the peoe have spoken. zum -- cong ne? the nseqnces. nick robinson,bc news, westminster. >> delays in the ergen seicesesponse to t july 7 mbings in london did n caus thdeaths of y of e peoe killed, according to the coroner whhas nsidered detailed evence over the pt 19 weeks. butheusti criticized laps in the security forces anuled that the victims had been unlawfully killedasune kelly rerts. thissummer sees the xth annirsarof the london bombings. these inquests ard five months of edence from over 300 witnesses. they tolthe story of the 7th of july. 62 were murdered. today t coroner sai they had been unlawfully klled ina dreadful actf rrorism. th inquest lookedt how
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london, for so of e victims, their adopt city, sponded to a ng-fred attacky ismic fanatics. the reav families have to taken the -page report, culminating in a cluh of recommendations. >> whatever's bn said wll helpeople in the fure, we hope buto me ty help me not at all. ey do not bring my son back. >> maj part othe inqut focud on the emergency service response. e coner highlighted delays in dpatcng fe crs. >> thewere bravend prided fantastic care. bushould we ha h me sours to the scenes? yes, is he -- deshoul >> on blance, theyaidach of the deceed wld have cide wtever timehe emerncy svices hadache -- reached and rescued them.
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john's daughr was one o did nodie stantly. >> could ty've been saved? ll, kerry might not have been sad. but s should havead the chan. so should all the res of em. >>he oer big role of the inqut was the role of the serity service, v and ether theattas could have been prented two of them hadome on to m.i. s rar more than a year bere ty set off t cmmit mass mder. prr to the 7th o july, a surveillance pho of the pair was cropped to this.i.v is just one area wherehe curi svice come for criticism in the corer. . also aused of failing to e -- corct eors found by the curity committee. they sd it's esntiathat
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they receive accurate reports om t service so the pme minier c hold them accountable. >> i and my goverent colleagues will nowe conserinvery carelly the coroner's report a recommdatis. >> and the families ar appealing to the home secrary act on the recommdatis. >> it's not acctabl that she'llconser themnd then noing to happen. thes recommendations he not been me lightly. it wasthe worst terrorism attackn british sil. the emergencserves and m.i. both say they've made provements andearn lessonfrom the 7th ofuly. ne kelly, bbc news. >> still com why the peonalollection ofpabl picasso has landed in a mewhat unlikely place. >> hing again -- thatas t news on t u.s. jo front lt
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moh as the mberoppe predictions. however, athe sameime the unemployment ratenched up rds. it' been agood week for the presidt, he arring in indianapolisnd thi friday brought more good ws -- americanmployersik allis tranission where hevisited are creatingjobs even wh t gher price of pot rol. >> we just nt through one of the rst recessions in our histy, wst inur lifetimes. e worst sinces the great pression. t th enomimomentum that's taking ace re at lison isaking pla all a cross thecouny. >> anotr sot ishis factory in brookl whe they to with is he been tking on new staff. e saw a nice uptick i business in e pa nine months a i've beenortute enough to d sme saff. >>early six million americans wereut of work inpril.
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r this m the job search is overut h knows what the feeling is like. >> eight months i was looking for aob, t line, at t employmentente >> manufacturers i tis indurial part ofrookn likehe rest of the country are taking on more staffut th're not the oy sector o e economy that adding jobs. fast food giant mcnald's is servg up more tn burgers and fries last mth it went a super-sizehiri spree, taki on 62,000 ne staf i one day this wasone of more than a miion applicants it the tough out the right now. >> the rern ofoubs- jobs to t private sector is weome but with the se in the unemployment rate, th recoveryn ameri's bor markettill has a long way to go. michelle fley, bbc ne, new yo.
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>> this i bbc news. the headlines, as president oba hails the team that killed osa bin laden, al qaeda finally ackwledges the death of it leader a dief dianc in sria. ousands demonstrate despite heavyecury and activis y at least people are killed the now, southeast aia leaders having their smit in karta but a body border spute between thailandnd cambodia threatenoovershadow the lks. innesiis trying to forge a greater le a a peace broker in t region the as a bl, what can asean d to resolve the sput beten camboa and thailand? or is it the talks othe bri frie of theummi that make the differee? >> it' a lite biof bo.
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the chaian hs benrying to play that ro of negotiate a and mediator, tryingoring thtwo sides closer togher but as of ythers en no incati that those talkeds about -- will aualltake placever the next tw days at theummi some he sgested both sides e ructa to bring thisp. one said friday that what has be agreed is tha a team of observersrom indonesia is like to arriv at the border to t and lp with the negotiio process, but most alys do sayt's very unlikely any resolution wi be rehed er the nextoupl of days at the summit. agn th is certainly testing the mto, theandatef the a sean blocf being a regio withoutulletsnd it's been que a big embarrasent r the group as ty try t presenan unified image to the
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world. >> what abouthis issue o burma chairing in 20? human rights groups sayhat would be tantamount to warding burmaor e alleged human rights ases. >> exactly. the report cameut friday saying exact that. rma has been lobbyino try an get the chairmanship o asean 2014,ndits leader has prented that aption --ption to iones, the crren chair. the dication we're gettg is at the debatwill connue ov the next couple of dys, t ain it's not clear whetr or not the decision granting the airmanship to burma will be decided over the next two days atheumet-- suit. we have astatent by the indonesian forgn mister at a team will be ging to
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burma invtigate whether or not it is rey, and those are his wds, wther it ready d capable of hting the suit in 2014 and wilbe discoveringhether or not the decision will be de over the next few days. >> and as asetself willut itit wl tryo ease economic diarities across borders. tell me what sort of economic disparities thetate find itself in while eure and te uned states is going through e economic smp? >> this region is extremely namic. indosia sthea asia' largest econy an se of the most vibnt, with populations ve yog, economic growth rates in the six perceage points and really growing qui quicklas yay icom pason -- comparison tthe uned stes and europe. thprobm is the region has real ver wide disparits in
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e member statesand it's sch a bi topic ting get an tregrated econom uni by 2015 that'she visn aan has d moving toward thatoal that's -- has proven to be quite challengg escially given the fa that there are these chleng between the member states. >> tnk y very much indeed. >> well, in the hearts of paris you will fd ause which contains pab picasso's personal art collection. well, uslly you wouldut at the moment thebuilng is renovated so tastpieces ar traveling arnd t world until a revamp isompled and ght w the exhition is in the u.s. state of virginia. the director o theirginia museum of fine as in richmond has been telling us how he's en gingig city museums a run for thr money. >> when john buchan afine ts of san francisco clede with the opptunity for this cassshow wemmedtely leaped at i andaid, gotto
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do it. iginly this exbition was supposed to be in new york city. bu the w york institution wavere that's when john bhanan call me and said, ax, i've got an portity. hetook it ev furer and said i'm going t lay thisut for you and i need a answer in 24 hos. i dn't needo spend an time thinking. great mast pss o picasso? e esy answer s y. i told joh dote callnyby else. -- don't ca anybody else. first thinwe had to dohen was go to rusabecause the keeper of e mus picasso, the cator for this exhibition,as openi this at the shkin ithe middle of february. we litellyent right to the ailane president next week, ernit flight, land in
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moscow in the middleof th worst snow stormhey had had in moscince 1966. we oy had 39 hours on th ground to see her,se th exhibition,and convince he that it should come to viinia. she ew aut our museum sh knew autur new wing. we had thebily to shcase greacollections from around e world much t sce, e gnificent of a new meum, but also aaudience he richmond, virnia, and als r tat matter a up and down the east ast for -- who was ger for something lik the picasso. but sometimesust showing up mas a fference. inhis exhibition, whichof urse is just 5% of the musee
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casso's collection andou get to seetn thi wonderful, wonrful sinuous way, following his career in a chrological far, the visitor real get to uerstand pisso d hisorldnd his fe ia way tha even traditionally the mus picasso you haven't en able to do. the firswork of artn thi hibion comes at e vy beginninof the 20th ceury. the lastork comes in the very benning of 91970's -- t 70's. so y haveight decades represented, the entire sweeping spectrum oficao's care. his great phra, which i love, ive a museum d iill fi it, there is a compassion rely y find in from work of ar to work of t that if there i a threadt's about the heart of the man, which i have to say that you don't reallyee i major colltion
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ofis works in other museums or in soe ofhe srs, the masterpies tt are kno about picasso. thiss a ry persol collection. it's the colctiohe kept to represent the greate works of art of what he condered toe the greatest aist of al pime -- te, plo picass i think taking awa from the sh the on thingeopl wl haves forhemsves a grter passion f life. th's wt art cano, allow you to not just too -- to ok, but to see. somemes we don't really se at all e viinia museum offine arts is now one of the 10 largest comehenve museums inmeri so we can pla with the big guy our motto is quite simple. we're bringing th wod to rgin. ♪ >> if you want to see tt exhitionn virginiat wi behere until the15th of th
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mont it's $20 to get i. afterwar it' visiting san francisco. th is bbc news. >> hello and welme. sethe news unfold, get the top stories fm around the globe andlick t play video reports. >>undi was made possible by the freeman foundaon onew york, owe,ermont, and honolu. newman's own foundatn, t john d. d caerine t. cartr foundation, and unio bank. ♪ union bk haput its
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