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welcome once again. serbia's president has told the bbc he believes ratko mladic will be extradited to the hague to face charges of war crimes. a court in belgrade has ruled mr. mladic is fit to be tried in the netherlands. however, mr. mladic's son said his father's first needs hospital treatment. from belgrade, here's our europe editor, gavin hewitt. >> this is the first image of 69-year-old ratko mladic in custody. for 16 years he was the most wanted man in europe, accused of masterminding genocide in the balkans. he was visited in a belgrade court today by his wife and son darko. he said that his father was not well enough to stand trial. >> we are focused at this time on his health, his condition and we are calling for independent experts to verify his condition. >> the judge, however, ruled that he could be transferred to

the hague. and later, president boris tatic confirmed questions over his health would not delay his extradition. >> no, we do not have any problem in that respect. he's going to deliver -- to be delivered in the hague tribune over the next few days. this is the only procedure we have to respect. >> and we learned later from inside the court that ratko mladic had requested a tolstoy novel, novels and a game of chess. he was found 60 miles of belgrade. several houses were raided. mladic was found at a relative's home about to go for a predawn walk. he was alone at the time and offered no resistance. ratko mladic had been living in some small farm house for at least a couple of months. when the police came here they found a couple of weapons but they also found an expired i.d. with his real name. clearly didn't expect that he

would be found here. >> say something. >> one of his relatives, a nephew, was at the property today and reacted angrily to our being there. >> hey! >> it turned out a policeman lived just four doors down the street and other neighbors were equally hossty. you didn't know he was living here? zorko lives across the road from the house. she said she didn't know general mladic was hiding inside. >> i'm shocked. i come here every day and i never saw him, never, never, never. most people around here think the best of him. >> the people, like many in this community, doesn't accept ratko mladic was responsible for the massacre of thousands of civilians in places like sarajevo and srebrenica. it's all politics, he said, he was only defending his people.

even after he was indicted, ratko mladic was able to turn up to a wedding party. or even a soccer match. he later went aground but there is no doubt he was protected by powerful networks and the serbian president has promised a full investigation. ratko mladic's lawyers will appeal against his extradition. but the expectation is that izz some time next week he will be on a plane to the hague. gavin hewitt, bbc news, belgrade. >> nato air strikes targeted several parts of the libyan capital tripoli friday night into saturday morning. the fifth consecutive night of attacks, although it's not clear exactly what was hit. for the first time since the conflict in libya erupted, russia has joined cause for the libyan leader colonel qaddafi to step down. leaders at the g-8 summit in france also announced a multibillion dollar program to support economic and political reform in the middle east and north africa.

>> a triumphant end for this year's g-8 summit. the egyptian prime minister and his colleague from tunisia. both invited to ziss a multibillion dollar aid package to support their fragile economist and keep alive hopes for the springs. help from multinational banks could top $23 million over the next three years but $109 million over four years from britain up to $250 million offered by france, and from the u.s. a pledge of $2 billion. all to the evident satisfaction of the tunisian's finance minister. >> we got what we wanted. we got a very strong statement of support on the part of the g-8, individually and collectively and we were extremely pleased with the commitment that was very clearly declared. >> but in egypt today, protesters staged a day of rage,

a reminder that they're still worried about their new ruler's commitment to democracy and want to be sure any new g-8 pledges, the conditional on reform being delivered. alongside the help for tunisia and egypt, there's also a surprisingly strong statement to ramp up the pressure on libya. colonel qaddafi lost all legitimacy, it says. he must go. and that's significant because even russia has signed up to it. >> now there are signs that the momentum against qaddafi is really building. so it's right we're wratchetting up the military, economic and political pressure on the qaddafi regime so we can enforce resolution 1973. >> but it's the scale of the g-8 am politicians to help north africa that may be what the summit is remembered for, whether they will be able to deliver giving the extent of the challenge is a test that's still to come. bridget candle, bbc news, g-8

summit in france. >> well, there's been a noncommital reaction from libya for the russian call for president qaddafi to leave power. the libyan deputy foreign minister has told a news conference in tripoli he didn't believe moscow supported western military action. >> russia is one of the traditional friends to libya for more than 40 years now. we don't think that russia will -- will sway its position to be fighting with nato, and we think russia can play very good through the african une en initiative since the libyan opposition is not to sideline the initiative adopted by the african union. now the -- our position is to anyone who wants to come up with the proposal, initiative, the idea, it has to come through the

african union. >> in yemen the tribal leader who has been fighting with government sources announced a cease-fire in front of a huge anti-government protest. he was fully backing the protest movement and he wanted it to remain peaceful. but he said if the president wanted war, he would have war. six italian soldiers had been wouned by roadside tpwhom southern lebanon. it exemployeded while they were driving apart on the convoy on the main road. so far no group said it carried out the attack. travelers will be able to pass freely across the border for the first time in four years. gaza has been under block aid by ziptreerl since 2007. egypt's transitional military government said last month it

attended to open the crossing permanently following the resignation of the ousted president hosni mubarak. football's world governing body fifa announced it's going to investigate its own president blatter amid-claims of corruption signed the organization. he's reported by the man challenging him in next week's presidential election. he himself is under investigation and denied accusations of bribery. >> for more than a decade as president of fifa, sepp blatter always distanced himself from the claims of corruption which have dogged world football's governing body. but now his presidential rival, who himself is facing allegations he tried to buy votes in next week's election, has accused blatter of turning a blind 'to bribery. in a statement t. fifa said its ethics committee was now investigating whether jack warner would have informed fifa president sepp blatter in

advance to alleged cash payments to delegations attending a special meeting of the care buchanan football union. the claim was yet another blow to fifa's reputation. and its most senior official is now seen to accept change is needed. >> you have good guys, bad guys. >> fifa's ethics committee must attempt to handle the claims and counterclaims before next week's vote but can the election go ahead? >> fifa has two problems, two candidates are accused of corruption. so they have to sort that out before the electorate can vote. secondly, there's the whole question of whether they now have the moral authority to control world football in any

meaningful sort of way. by far the best thing is postpone the election indeed anything else until the allegations have been fully investigated. >> fifa's mission statement statement is act for the good of the whole game from the world cup and grass roots in young players like this. but this unprecedented crisis has prompted a civil war inside the organization. and raised serious questions over whether fifa is fit to run world football. more problems for fifa as the faa handed in its own inquiry into corruptions made by the former chairman. with the number of officials under suspicion growing all the time, fifa's reputation is at an all-time low. david bond, bbc news. >> the air france flight which crashed into the atlantic two years ago hit the surface of the water 3 1/2 minutes after it had stalled. accident investigators pieced fogget the final terrifying moments of the disaster in which

all 228 people on board were killed. our transport correspondent richard scott reports. >> it's nearly two years since the air france flight plunged into the atlantic but only now are we getting an insight into the final moments inside the cockpit. it's coming from these, the plane's black boxes which were recovered earlier this month. after taking off from rio de janeiro, the plane left before zill's radar coverage and headed across the atlantic. during turbulence, the plane's air speed indicators were not working properly. that led to the autopilot disengaging and one of the co-pilots taking over. but despite storm warnings from the plane, he kept edging his nose upwards. it climbed to 38,000 feet but was in a position where the wings could no longer provide lift. that caused an aerodynamic stall, even though the engines were still running. >> when the aircraft stalled, it would have required a very positive lowering of the nose,

something like this, 10, 20 degrees, perhaps as much as that to reduce the angle of attack so the air flow re-established the wings and aerowait the way and be recovered and that's what the crew didn't do. they had not been trained to do the full stall recovery. >> the plane dropped like a stone at more than 120 miles an hour, hitting the ocean tail first just 3 1/2 minutes later. when the crisis began, the most senior member of the flight crew, the captain, was away from the cockpit on a legitimate break. 45 seconds after the autopilot disengaged, one of his co-pilots called 4i78 back but it was another 50 crucial seconds before he returninged. by then they had less than three minutes left. it enwas an unusual set of circumstances. and today's update doesn't a portion blame or draw conclusions. a final report expected next year may make recommendations for extra training to make sure it doesn't happen again. richard scott, bbc news.

>> this is bbc news. still to come -- tough talking in pakistan. hillary clinton expects a frank exchange of views after the killing of osama bin laden. the former head of children's surfaces and london burrow who was sacked following the death of baby peter won her appeal for unfair dismissal. however, the government plans to appeal. here's social affairs correspondent allison holt. >> sharon shoe-smith, then the director of children's services in north london, has always claimed she was made a scapegoat. today the court of appeal ruled when she was sacked, she didn't get a fair hearing. >> my sorrow at the death of peter connelly while i was director is something which will stay with me for the rest of my life. but as the judges said making a public sacrifice of an individual would not prevent

further tragedies. >> peter connelly was being monitored by several workers from the department. after three people were convicted of causing his death, the minister in charge ordered an inspection of hairingey children's services. >> overall the findings were devastating. >> sharon was removed from her post. she didn't see the findings or have a chance to respond. >> the court held mr. balls acted in a manner which was intrinsically unfair and unlawful. >> i had no choice but to make that report public. i had no choice but to be very clear in the decisive action i was taking. i thought about this very hard the last two years. toughest thing i have done but would make the same decision again. >> her employees then dismissed her. the judge said that was also unlawful. the court wasn't looking if she failed in her role, only how she was sacked. since then she said she

fashioned public solicitation and death threats. it will be for another court to decide on compensation for miss shoesmith. but both the government and haringey council said they hope to appeal the decision. >> this is bbc news. the headline, mladic has been ruled medically fit to be extradited to the hague to face charges of genocide during the 1990's bosnian war. russia takes a stand against colonel qaddafi. colonel medvedev told other leaders it's time for the libyan leader to stand down. the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton said the relationship between her country and pakistan has reached a turning point. mrs. clinton was speaking during a visit to islamabad, her first after relations deteriorated shamply in the wake of the killing by u.s. forces of osama bin laden. we frort islamabad.

>> the americans knew killing osama bin laden without first informing the pakistanis had its risks. it did leave the leadership here feeling humiliated and angry. hillary clinton assured them they were not being cornered. >> there is absolutely no evidence that anyone at the highest levels of the pakistani government knew that osama bin laden was living just miles from where we were today. and we know that al qaeda has been a source of great pain and suffering to the leadership that has been in every way attempting to eradicate the threat that is posed. >> secretary clinton said the cia has ban loued access to bin laden's compound and behind the scenes swhow have asked for much more.

there are many in washington who wanted to be even tougher. but a lot of mack stanies want to see government take a tough stance. because they aligned themselves in america's so-called war on terror that the country is facing so many problems. it does feel like a critical juncture in this relationship. the pakistanis grappling with just how close they should be to the u.s. and americans on how much pressure they should apply. while what they i've decide to ko have a profound impact on the global fight against militants. >> president obama is impoland on the final laying of his european tour. he had talks saturday with his polish counterpart, the white house saying they will focus on national security issues and energy. will grant reports. >> this is a visit heavy on both symbolism and diplomacy. in warsaw, president obama has been careful to make gestures

which would have been welcomed in poland, elsewhere in eastern europe and perhaps with a nod to his bid for re-election by domestic u.s. audience, too. the day began with a wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier, as mr. obama paid homage to those pols who lost their lives in the second world war. poland is a country whose national identity has long been shaped by his destruction of nazi germany and subsequent decades of communist rule. and after chatting to world war ii veterans, mr. obama crossed the city to another significant landmark. the monument to the warsaw ghetto uprising in 1943. here he met holocaust survivors and jewish community leaders promising to return again with his daughters when the national jewish history museum is completed. tpwhut visit is important diplomatically, too. poland is a key nato ally for thes but mr. obama's decision to

halt the bush administration's plans for maisel defense system here turned relations frosty in recent years. still, the white house has stressed the two presidents would be discussing the u.s.' role in poland's national security during bilateral meetings on saturday. as guest of honor at a meeting of central and eastern european leaders, the u.s. president sought to reassure his hosts. >> we have taken great inspiration of the blossoming of freedom and economic growth in this region and were tchaffed will continue and we want to be a part of that process of strengthening your democracy and strengthening your economies and be a full partner because we think that will be beneficial to the united states as well. >> a small protest was held outside the presidential palace as mr. obama arrived. but most pols appeared to have

welcomed his visit. the country gearing up to take over the e.u. presidency its voters hope will usher in closer bilateral ties. >> parties in greece failed to agree on measures aimed at tackling the country's debt crisis. the opposition leader rejected prime minister george pap endro's proposals saying they would destroy greek society. the president has been trying to get cross f backing for further cuts. mean tpwhile spain, anger over their country's dire economic situation prompted thousands of people to fill barse lena's famous plaza. it follows an attempt to break up an anti-government protest camp there. authorities said they needed to enter the square, popular among football plans a. head of tonight's champions league final. that's between barcelona and manchester united in london. but from barcelona, we have this report. >> this is the platter in

barcelona. normally when they're playing in the final, this where a huge crowd would gadge tore follow the match on big screens. this year, though, the square is backed with protesters. there has been a crowd camping here almost two weeks protesting about the government's economic policies, matter on unemployment and about political corruption. on friday morning, the police moved in saying they needed to clean the square ahead of the football match. dozens were injured in clashes and now, there was a fairly small protest has turned into a huge demonstration of support. >> all of us has been demonstrating peacefully but there's an excessive use of violence, way too excessive. >> they were even hitting the people trying to inform. all we're trying to do is show what's happening here. >> we agree totally there was a need to carry out a cleanup operation. but the way it's been done, we do not think is correct.

>> there are people of all ages here, people with young children, and come carrying flowers with their hands painted white. that's because they're here to resist peacefully. but they say all the police action has done is make them more determined than ever to protest and stay here. >> reporting from barcelona. up to 300 million football fans around the world are expected to tune into saturday's european champions league final. between them the club that's london's wembley stadium, they certainly have some of the game's very best players. but they also have two highly successful managers. dan rowans report does contain some fast photography. >> he's manchester uning ted's man for all seasons. as he oversaw training tonight, ferguson may have reflected on a quarter of a century of triumph and no little turbulence. having tried to ban a report earlier this week, ferguson appeared more composed but the familiar desire remains in tack.

>> this is a big game and i like big games. and none bigger than the european final. the thing that's easy for me to be motivated is the club. >> at a time managers come and go, ferguson has become most successful british manager ever. his belligerent style may have polarized opinion but it none can depee nigh his most remarkable record. no football's eldest statesman comes up against the latest quarry in the form of barcelona coach. how do these two different managers compare? aged 40, he's significantly younger than his scottish rival. ferguson's 37 years of coaching experience far outweighs the short tenure at the new camp. while the barcelona boss has a long way to go to catch ferguson's remarkable haul of 47 trophies. the spaniard came out on top when the two sides met in the champions league final two years ago and ferguson will now be intent on revenge.

>> never rest on his laurels. never think after one championship, that's it. i completed it. never feels like he's got to the top of the mountain. always feel like he's got to go further and higher. incredible really. >> standing in sir alex's way is the genius of lionel messy and arguably one of the greatest the game has ever seen. >> when you play in the final in barcelona want to play and one team respects the ball and one attack for the rest of the world, you can imagine it will be a good final. >> ferguson stands on the verge of a third european cup triumph but could face the greatest challenge of his long career. dan rowan, bbc news, wembley. >> before we go, we have breaking news from beijing. in the chinese capsule, the american citizen eddie jund, held in north korea for proselytizing for trying to religiously convert people, has been released by the pyongyang government. he's now in beijing.

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