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corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news." >> revenge for the death of osama bin laden. at least 80 people are killed and two suicide bombings in pakistan. the libyan government dismisses reports that colonel gaddafi has been wounded in a nato air strike. more violence in syria as thousands take part in anti-government protests after friday prayers. welcome to "bbc world news" broadcasting to our viewers on pbs in america and also around the globe. coming up a little later, a random attack at a shop. 62-year-old british woman is beheaded. the actress sienna miller accepts thousands of pounds in damages over the news of the world phone hacking scandal.

>> welcome once again. pakistan's parliament has called for an end to u.s. raid strikes on its territory and for an independent commission to probe the raid of u.s. troops that killed osama bin laden. the call came after a joint sitting of parliament which lasted more than 10 hours. earlier on friday, at least 80 people were killed and more than 100 injured when two suicide bombers targeted a military training center. the taliban says they carried out the attacks to avenge bin laden's death. >> rushing survivors to hospital after a devastating assault. a brutal early morning strike by two suicide bombers. militants here had promised retaliation for the killing of osama bin laden. it didn't take them long to deliver. hospitals crammed with the

wounded and their worried relatives. most of the casualties were young recruits to the par military police. they just finished their military training. said was one of them, with his best friend who died by his side. >> i am grieving a great deal that he's gone. he was supposed to be leaving at that moment. he was going to his home. i was going to mine. >> and this was the scene outside the training center, where so many lives were ended in seconds. one of those killed was a 10-year-old boy found clutching the carton of milk he had been sent to the shops to buy. the pakistan taliban, militant allies of al qaeda said this was their first revenge for bin laden. the area here is still littered with damage. on the ground in front of me is broken glass and someone's shoe.

when the attack took place, the cadets were relaxed. they were boarding these mini buses to go home for a few days break. some of them were already sitting in inside. others were still loading their luggage, but you can see from the debris here how powerful the explosions were. the vans are punctured with these marks caused by nails and ball bearings. they were packed in with the explosives to cause the maximum possible loss of life. sitting inside here, didn't stand a chance. two people died beside mohammed zubir in the first blast. he started to run, but then he heard cries for help. >> somebody shouted, come back. once again, another blast, stronger. with this, a lot of people just killed. >> tonight, there are new dead to mourn. scores of young men who wanted

to protect their country. many here feel pakistan is a victim twice over. blamed by america for not catching bin laden and bombed by the militants for doing washington's bidding. >> libyan television broadcast a brief recording of what it said was colonel gaddafi's voice, claiming they couldn't kill him. government officials dismissed reports he'd been wounded in an air strike, saying he was unharmed and in good spirits. christian frazier has the latest. >> two further strikes tonight in tripoli. we've not had any confirmation yet as to what was hit. it is almost a nightly event as nato steps up the pressure trying to dismantle colonel gaddafi's ability to speak to his forces at the front line. as for the whereabouts, we've had an audio message broadcast

on state television. unusual for him not to appear in person, which might well raise speculation that he is injured, and that's why they're not showing us the pictures on this occasion. but he does refer to current events in his speech. he talks of a nato attack on thursday evening on his military compound, and he says in it that nato will never find him or kill him because he is in the heart of millions of his loyal supporters. earlier in the day, though, we did have a statement from the italian foreign minister who said he had information from the bishop of tripoli who is still here that he may have been injured and may have left the capital. meanwhile, we are getting reports of an attack that has killed 11 clerics in the east of the country. it's a town still under loyalist control. we are told that a group of 150 tribal leaders and imams have gone there to broadcast to the nation pleas of unity and reconciliation. after that broadcast, reportedly they had gone to a guest house

that was hit at 3:00 in the early hours of the morning. we know from nato that they did strike a control and command structure. we know that 45 people were injured, but nato say they weren't speculating what happened until they looked at their intelligence. very difficult on all these counts to confirm what is true and what is not. our movements here at the hotel are very tightly confined. i think the best thing we can say tonight is that the spirits, the defiant spirits of the libyan leader are still very much intact. the rest of it is all an unknown. >> christian frazier. the egyptian authorities have ordered the wife of the ousted president hosni mubarak to be detained for 15 days while fraud allegations against her are investigated. she was questioned with her husband for the first time yesterday about claims the couple illegally acquired millions of dollars in assets. mrs. mubarak has since been admitted to hospital with a suspected heart attack. and still in the middle east, thousands of people have again taken part in anti-government

protests across syria. reports say six people were killed during demonstrations in two cities and also in a suburb of damasscass. -- demasscass. our middle east editor has sent this report from make lebanon. more protest marches were happening in syria. the regime's forces were using live ammunition. these pictures were an attempt to rescue a wounded man. protesters say the regime cannot return life in syria to the way it was after so much bloodshed. the tipping point may have been president assad's speech on the 30th of march. he was expected to make

concessions, but did not. now that's looking like a last chance to make a deal with his own people. according to syrian dissidents here in beirut. >> his speech was a disaster. look, the people with the regime does not present a big share of the population. the biggest share are the silent majority sitting there. he lost the silent majority then. he became part of the problem, not part of the solution. >> here in lebanon, they're worried that syria is once again part of their problem, too. upsetting the delicate balance between communities. this is tripoli on the road north to the syrian border where for years sunni muslims have been having occasional gun battles with alwites who live up the hill. they are a sectarian group that assad led in syria. they've got big posters of

president assad with their locals. they were very hostile and they took our videotapes and they've just escorted us out of the area. we drove up to the border where syrian towns overlook lebanon. families were crossing the river that marks the frontier, more than 100 in the last few days, locals said. over in syria, the soldiers seem bored, but people leaving spoke of a pervasive fear of the security forces. the reason this man gave for coming over to lebanon. she said her father had been shot dead. >> my father didn't do anything wrong except go out to demonstrate. they were shooting at little children. what's happening in syria makes western governments nervous because syria is at the center of all the big issues of war and peace in the middle east. in the last five years or so, president assad has made himself

very influential. but he's isolated now and syria's future isn't just look uncertain. it's looking dangerous. jeremy bowen, "bbc news," on lebanon's border with syria. >> we will remain with syria. one of the focal points of anti-government protests with human rights activists reporting that three more people were killed during demonstrations there on friday. can you describe what happened on friday? where were the demonstrations and what was the reaction of the authorities? >> actually, today they were demonstrations all over syria. six people died in syria today. three of them here. thousands of people went to the street, women also. the army. they start shooting on people. in spite of yesterday, the

government said bashar al-assad has ordered not shoot and still they shoot us. they are arresting people. they are killing people. i have two of my friends arrested. they weren't protesting, and people are missing. they are killing us. i think the government is lying to us. they don't allow us to demonstrate or to protest. and every neighborhood, you have between 5,000 to 10,000 demonstrations. they weren't allowed to join together. they separate each neighborhood from the other. and still people don't have any fear today. they broke the wall of fear. we want to take our rightful demands, we want to take our peace, we want to take our

freedom and we will refuse the government -- the government is lying to us. >> would it have made any difference if the president had made any concessions? does his national die log mean anything? >> we don't believe him anymore. he had his chance to negotiate with us. but no, he lied to us and people lost any trust in him and the government. so really we don't think he'll do anything. he's just lying. i think he is lying. >> all right, thank you very much for your time. >> you're welcome. >> you're watching "bbc news." still ahead, the politics of

creating -- why nationality matters just as much as musical ability. funerals have been taking place in the spanish town for the nine people killed in earthquakes this week. more than 300 people were injured in the quakes. thousands still can't return to their homes because they're too badly damaged. sarah has been covering the events. she has sent this report. >> a final farewell to the victims of the lorka earthquake. a crowd of several thousand gathered for mass in a hangar on the edge of town. the churches here are too badly damaged, too unsafe to use. the dead were all killed outside on the streets, when the quake sent debris crashing down on them. one of the victims, raul, was just 13. a young woman who died was eight months pregnant e. they were here in the congregation to show their

solidarity and pay their respects. the members of the royal family and the spanish government here, there would normally be a private family affair. it's not just people here being remembered, but online people who lost their lives. there were two earthquakes on wednesday. the most powerful structure, before 7:00 in even thing. the deadliest since spain in decades. 80% of all local buildings have been damaged. several collapsed completely. the quake was very shallow. that's why its impact was so great. now teams of inspectors are going house to house to see which, if any, are safe to return to. the quake has turned thousands of local residents into refugees, living at camps like this on the edge of the town. >> there's also been an earthquake of magnitude 6.0 rocking the capital of costa

rico san jose. eyewitnesses reporting bricks and tiles falling off buildings, but there have been no reports of major damage. this is "bbc news." the headlines, pakistan's parliament has called for an end to u.s. strikes on it. the taliban carried out a deadly double suicide bombing at a military training center if the northwest of the country. colonel gaddafi has denied he's injured. he says he's in a place where nato bombs can't reach him. we have more on libya. the international criminal courts has said it will be seeking arrest warrants for three people considered most responsible for crimes against humanity in the country. diplomats say muammar gaddafi is likely to top the list. the news comes as the united states has told libyan rebels after talks with the white house on friday that they're a legitimate an credible lock with

the libyan people. the director of the international justice program at human rights watch in new york, i asked him how likely it is colonel gaddafi will end up in the dark? >> of course, the i.c.c. ironically does not have a police force to carry out its arrest warrants. i can't predict the precise chain of circumstances by which he would be arrested, but i think it's instructive to remember that melosovich never thought he would be put on trial in the hague. charles taylor, then president of liberia, never dreamed that he would actually be tried by the special court for sierra leon. so i can't predict the precise way this will unfold. i think we are seeing now increasing numbers of heads of

state accused of these kinds of crimes winding up in the dark. >> the two cases you mentioned, they both appeared before the i.c.c. after the troubles in their country were effectively over. bashir of sudan, he's still there. the i.c.c. would like him. he's been charged on various counts. but the fact is that surely it depends on what happens with the conflict in libya, doesn't it? >> well, i think that's a fair point. the other trials, if these were not i.c.c. trials. they were other international courts. but i think the point is that these individuals increasingly in today's world, if accused of the most serious crimes, have a way of finding themselves in the dock. i think if there are arrest

warrants issued and this is a judicial process, and up to the judges to weigh the evidence and decide fairly whether or not to issue the warrants, but if they are issued, i think the trend is despite the uncertainty or unpredictability increasing numbers of leaders are winding up at trial. do you think -- >> do you think there's a danger in that colonel gaddafi might think, ok, we will now fight to the death because if i lose this, i'm going to end up in front of the i.c.c.? should the i.c.c. possibly consider issuing arrest warrants like this after events are sorted out? >> fair question. but i think the conventional wisdom really -- the conventional wisdom you cited about wait for things to sort out, etc., it just doesn't hold up to close scrutiny.

again, charles taylor was charged when the liberian civil yar was at its most gruesome peak. and actually the warrant for his arrest facilitated his departure from monrovia and into that conflict. so i see justice as important in its own right in honoring victims, but i think it also does help in times to isolate bad actors and perhaps others in libya in the gaddafi circle will take note of this and separate themselves from the current leadership. >> u.s. special envoy to the middle east george mitchell is to resign. he has led the failed effort to restart direct negotiations between israel and the palestinians for the past two years. his departure coincides with the announcement that mr. obama will

give a long-awaited speech on the middle east next thursday. a 62-year-old british woman has been beheaded in a apparently random attack in a shop. spanish officials say the attack took place in the south of the island. the man believed to be a homeless bull garr yan has been arrested. daniel griffiths has more. >> the attack happened in broad daylight in this shopping center. shocked onlookers watched as the police carry out the gruesome task of removing the body. according to eyewitnesses, the man is reported to have walked into the shop, seized a knife, and decapitated the 62-year-old woman. this local counselor said there was no obvious motive for the attack. he says after the incident, the man went outside where he was wrestled to the ground and arrested. the suspect is thought to be a homeless bulgarian an investigation is now under way into a killing that stunned both residents and holiday

makers on this popular tourist island. daniel griffiths, "bbc news." >> the british actress sienna miller has become the first celebrity to settle a claim for damages against the world of the news newspaper since it admitted phone hacking. she'll accept 100,000 pounds in compensation after the tabloid admitted liability and agreed to hand over all the information it had gathered on her, all by listening to her phone messages. our correspondent daniel berger was in court. his report does contain some flash photography. >> sienna miller had already been offered 100,000 pounds by news international. that figure hasn't changed. but her lawyer said her primary concern was not about the level of compensation but to know exactly what the extent of the phone hacking was at the news of the world. the actress will now get information and disclosure from the paper after it admitted liability to the claim she made. she also wants a statement in open court. the formal judgment is expected next week. >> sienna miller will get her

vindication. she's going to be paid compensation for the breech of her privacy, and going to get access to the records. she'll see exactly what they had seen of her private correspondent. but the news of the world is going to win in this case. >> sienna miller's claim was to be one of four test cases against news international to be heard later this year along with those of interior designer kelly popin, sports presenter andy gray, and agent sky andrew. there could be at least 91 celebrities and public figures with claims for alleged hacking, and news international has set around 20 million pounds for damages. but after this first case, it still doesn't know how many more people it will eventually have to make payouts to. news international says it's pleased it's brought this case to a satisfactory conclusion and also that it hopes to resolve others swiftly. but what exactly will that mean for those still pursuing claims against the news of the world?

publicist max clifford, who reached a substantial out-of-court settlement with the newspaper himself believes the payment to sienna miller will show others to limit of what compensation they might expect. >> i'm aware of plenty that were expecting to get hundreds of thousands of pounds, and most of those, their cases probably weren't as strong as sienna miller that i'm aware of. so it's been a positive day for the news of the world. >> other potential claimants are still coming forward, though. this evening james hewitt's lawyer says he's to start proceedings against news international next week. but sienna miller's case is the first to be resolved. that settlement, when finalized, will be studied by others before deciding what they do next. daniel berger, "bbc news" at the high court. >> final preparations are under way now for one of the biggest tv events of the year, the euro vision song contest. more than 150 million are expected to watch this year's show.

previous winners of the contest have used it to launch international careers. so this year's 25 finalists will certainly be hoping to hit the big-time. the contest isn't necessarily just about musical ability. >> ♪ congratulations and celebration ♪ >> in its early years, there was no doubt that it was seen as a serious musical contest. top selling artists like cliff richard were keen to take part. and wings on the night launched the careers of acts such as abba. but the influx of new countries challenged western europe's domination and coincided with a loss of credibility. in part, due to voting patterns that rob them being based on musical achievement were transapparently political,

culminating in russia's 2008 win, a victory in no small part, due to support from their newspapers. >> russia. >> russia! >> in 2009, in an attempt to restore credibility, a change was brought in, with each country's vote being decided equally between the public and a panel of experts. and while some say the problems with the system haven't been completely eradicated, winners in the last couple of years have been seen as succeeding on their merits rather than because of political voting. >> a reminder of our main news again. pakistan's parolment has called for an end to u.s. strikes on its territory and for an independent commission to probe the raid by u.s. troops that killed osama bin laden. the call came after a joint sitting of parliament which lasted more than 10 hours. there's plenty more on the "bbc

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