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>> union bank has puits financial stngtho work for a wi range of companies, fm small business to jor corporions what can wdo f you? >> and now, "bbworlnews." >> colon qualified aears on libyan television fr the fst me in two weeks asreshir strikes hit the capital ta and machineun fire in the ciof homs ashe deadl cracown by t syrian government conties. at lea eight dead as -- an earthquake rocks th soheast ofpain. weome bbc new broadcasting on pbin aerica and aroundhe gbe. ming up later, aone-time ll seet billionaire kron -- coicted ofinsiderradi and he cld face 20 years in gelf. and so long, seve --the

ssing of a legend. welcome once again. a series of nato strikes appears to havee targeting the libyancapital of tripoli overnit. we canho y the test pictur fro troli. after the strikes the sound of spding ambance waseard. it wasn'immeately clear whathe strikes had hit. reporters aren't alloweo leav thei hotels without governmentinde. earlier srikehit a sructe used by rliant. eaier stateictus showed ctur of colonel qualied

in a meetingnd sid it was from wednday. it can't b independently firmed -- confirmed b it uld the first time the libyan ldersas been seen in blic nce a natrike killed one of his sons in april. >> libyanebels say th have capturedmisra and there are portof celebrations on the stets mista. a governmenspokman, hower, denied the rebels' clai of success. >> rightow thereedom ghters have managedto take contl over the airport and forced qualified'sorcesto thtree to th south. hi forces just ctrol one area. that's awesome the harbor is under thefreemights'

corol butt's not safe comptely bause atany moment we are pose to a lo-ran weapon attack by gaddafs foes. >> thousands of students have stag a demotratn in alpo, syria's sondarge city. reports sayhe scuri forces ed batoto dispersehe otesrs. earlier rorts suggestthe syan army has been shelling residential aas i the city of ms and st gunfighters attk residentsther journalists are bned from reporting inside s isia. mui sent thisepo from nehboring lebanon. >> the latestflareup in homs, several da in hah crackdown by troops and tanks on syria's third biggest city. th authoritiesay they he kill or wounded a number of what they called armedrefts.

here'sow one locaesident o asd not to be ned deribethe situation >> fromhe early moing, 5:00, we have the shooting gu andanksouthwestf homs. it w continuousfor abou the hours and no is surrounded. there is nowhere for people to out to theospital. this denstre was staged on tuesday. onof the few foreigners abl to visit homs, mainletcr fromhe "times" posing as a touris was hmselfpicked by syrn surity. >> i was takeno a ndowless basement detention sbentein a nondescript aparent ock -- and sawcores of yung me huded in that roo i was detained fr aboutix hours and more yng menere brought in. clearly tre were wholele

restfny male of a certain e gog onn that city. >>hey were sti protesting in theity two at o of several is towns near the epenter of the rerolet since it b --egann mid march. troops and tanksreeported to have ved into the town in th night. several people we rorted killed, othersnjur. deraa itsf was invaded by troops and tanks mor than tw wes agwith dozens kled and hundrerresd. the governme sa it'sow undecontrol andack to normal. it'shown piuresf some partsf town on state tv but the u.n. sllhave not been able to get a prised hunitaan mission in there d is increasingly concned about e whe stuation. >> havbeen uin him to listen carefully and enga in dialogue wh the people.

and again, i urged hi toake a bold an disive measu before it too late. >> the predent -- bt present assad andis associat shod no sign of chgingourse. they belve a hsh crackdown is thenly wayo bring things back under contr and so fa they show no sigof flinchg, whatever se outsiders my -- may sa >> so in the middle east, security forces inyemen have opened fire on anti-goverent protesters in the capal of sanaa. thousands ofroteers have been marching toward te cabit building in their latest efforto force the president from power. will grant rept. >> as they mared on govement buiings, the protesters reate their call for endo the president's 32-year le. the security forces rpond th the crk ofunire and water canno.

at lea one protesteras killed in the capital sanaa, and dozens more precut -- were iured. tw more were kill later. r mo an three monthsnow, anti-gernmt protestersin yemehave pushed forhe president to ste down, hopg to emulate the ptest elsewhe inhe arab wor but the presiden has resolutely held on, saying ife lves por it couldllow al qaeda to move in. but wi the spitalsagain inundated with casualties, the preste are again fa sing patnce. >> so ma people were hity llets. so my pele were killed this regimoesn't know percen-- mercy. i call for a resolution tat deroyshis reme. >> as e protestcontue and the president bomes more defiant. th diplomacy is getting haer. efforts by the gulf natis to brokern acrd appeared at e stage t hav been acepted is by both sidesut now i's

becoming cle that nther t proteste nor president sal arerepad to give grod. >>early 300 worrs he been sacked at ba a's state oil compy for-- baain's state oil company forakin pa i cent anti-government profertse there. membs of parliamentare dending the comny make loyalty to the government key component of eloys >> and american autrs o research say attacks onomen in theongo are happening 4 evy ho. >> at least eighteople have en killeds a magtude 5. earthquaoppduildings in southe spain. there wamajo damage in lorca

and the govnment ha sent in army rcue its. >> thisas the impact ofhe earthqua in lorca. it brght the ll tower of the to chuh crashg to the grou. it all lded just meters fro a lalreporter live o tv the time. the there were two quas almost two hourspart the second is mos powerful measured5.2 on the richter scale. it sent a sher o bcks and debr raining down om ildings. that's what caused mosfhe taliesere. it was just fore 7:00 inhe evening and e streets were fuf people. those inside wen theuake hit rushednto openpac where ey gathered, clearly shocked and dispresse -- distressed. offials say at least,000 residentwere unableo retn to their homes tonight and most will sleep outside fosafety. an emergen resnse teamrom the military has ben orded therea to help. this is th most deadly

earthquake in spain for over five decades. one whose trersere felt hundredsf mis aw her in drid. but is orca tonight that residents armostervo, worrd the could be more ques to come. bb new madrid. >> a lcal resident spo to us from lorca. >> inn openpacehere the severalars e pard and ople are spending the night outside r fe of ruer-ung to our homes. live verynearere in one the edg of the city. >> havyou en told to move away from buding yeah,the mayor, thecity mayo s remmend people not to retn to their homes >>nd anydea when youmight be able to goack? >> we'veeen kneeling aftehockall through the evening a th night, and i

guess things ll have t settle down a little and then the dage on severaluildgs willave to be assessed. i really don't kno i he we can rern home tomorrow. >> do you have any ideaow de the aea of destruction is? is it que dispersed or is it ite coentred? >> fm what i've heardrom frnds ours it' maiy ntered in the neighborod of the town that is --has been st affected because of the type of terrainhere. apparently that amplifies the seismic wave but for instance inhe building aoss our street, there's a -- there arack at goes all theay from th toto the boom of the builng s i i don't know.

our building looks fine, b we'll have to se >> a you gtingny reports of pple ill missing? >>we have conducted -- contacted all of our friends and they a all safe, so we are thankful for that i feel this are ill work crews working on buildinghat ve clapsed so i appears that theight be still peoplenderome of those buildings, under debs. >> ts is bbc ns. still ahea aew contract with amica? newt gingrich has frmally announcethate will be running for present. scuffle have brenut near t greek parliament in

athens as thousands of youth activis ha called a446 - 24our strike. this reporis from thereek catal. >>heir aim was to brg greece to a grindi halt. day'general strike largy achieved that. is te public serve woers wereoined by their private sector counterpts. stores and officesere shutteredor the day as tens of ousas of workers marched on the parlient to te the governnt to thi agai about yet anotheroundf aughtert meases -austerity measure whichavelready forced the company ep io -- cession is andorced employees to take 25% payuts or work longerours police responded th tear g

and peer spray. for e greek government th timing of theeneral stke s unfortunate. e.u. and i.f. officials h just arrived tosee if greece has ne enough to receive the next crge of baiutunds. the nancl markeremain convinceit a won't still be enough andgree may still ha to default onits sove is rinebt if europe decides not to ld it more. the signals from its euroan panersn recent days have is not been omisg. nieg cassidy, bbc ns, in athens this isis bbc news th helines. byantate tevisn has shown footage of colone

gaddaf it appears to be the first tme he bee seen inublic since is apl. the cradown inyria spread to t city of homs. the are reportsof machine gun fire. >> the united states the one-me bilonaire andedg fund manageraj raratnam face nearly two yearsn prison. e ca was closely watchedy ll seet. >> raj rajarnam emerg oking dazed. hi lawyers say they will fit on. >>ood aftnoon we'rgointoake an apeal from this conviction. hetart out with 37 stocks, we dowto 1 so the sre is, you know, 23-14 inavorf the defense. >> aft an eig-week trial

the jury found raj rajatnam guty o coaxing a circle o corruptnsidsto give him stock tipoffs he isaid to ve madeore than $60 milon in e of the biestnsider tringases in two dades w the founder of the galleon grp hee fund faces9 years in jail. 53-year-d rarajaratnam was oncea well-knowwall street me, running one of the world's biggest henl fundsbut he's now been foduilt on all countsy a jur here in manhatta insid trading. yet hiseam say theyill appe -- appl the conviction. his defense argued his per hand came frosolid research but the verct is victory for the vernnt who based thr ca on hursfecrly taped one conversations it could reset the bar for wall

stre. >> i thi a ne generation hedge fund traders willow regnize that insider trading is a vy dgerous game which sooner or latfou repeat it will get you detecd, caht, d youraree ruined. >>and 21 other pele ha pled guilty toharg late tohis case. some tesfiedgainst raj rajaratnam. prosecors say this guilty verified sws white collar lao apply to everyone, eve e super wealthy. >> more on libya now. we' heard tere apear to have been fresh nato ai strikes on t pital of troli overnight. overnight to ss 's de 6,000 rai sin e bombing campaign began. but without troops onhe ground, howxact is nato ableo choose it targets? r correspondent i th ver first broaastournalist apaw depaushed allowed to be

ableo rert on board. >> on the sentinelaircraft, sensitive radar equipment tt n scan thsand of square kiloeterin minutes. theissiononight? to scan and bld up a picre what is happening on the grou. inteigen passed on tonato commande, enrcing the no-f zon this is the fir timethat a camera cw has be alled to film on board one ding an opatiol mission. bu there are stillense actitieso we can't sho you backcourt -- exactly what is i these scrnsere or give youtoo ch detail abo what th are loong at contue-- on the ses e mission looks athat to targetnd jt as crucially, what not to rgethe

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other forc. so we catake action on tha >> tse plane ar due to be rered rly toave money in 2015, a mere eig yes afte they came into service. yet t sntinels are orating ght and day in libya and afghanistan, pvidi vital formion that c sav lives in the airnd on the ground. >>he bbc cn reveal that th long-rningindustrial dispu volvg britishirws bin cr and managemen isn the vee ofeing settled. our industry crespondent ga the latest from lond athr airport. >>'ve learned tonight that the tks ve now conclude to the satisfaction of bh parties a that union representative ithe talks are saying th tey are contenwithhat haseen reed that meanshat tomrow the w dl will be commended to

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