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>> the greek government has survived a confidence vote in parliament. a crucial step needed to avoid a default on their debt repayment. more than half of the members of parliament voted in support of the government. if the government fails to get the necessary parliamentary approval, it would not be able to pass the austerity bills. this has been set up by 80 monetary fund. -- this has been set up by the international monetary fund. >> they have back to the prime minister for now. with nothing less than the economic future estate, there was fierce debate inside of the chamber before a crucial vote of confidence. in the end, it was the result which the prime minister had wanted and one which is government needed to survive.

outside, the news was met with anger, protestors tired of austerity measures and massive unemployment turned out and forced to show their discontent against the latest austerity plan needed to repay billions of euros and fresh bailout funds. >> we needed to tell everyone that we cannot stand it anymore. we cannot stand any other financial measures. >> greece is dependent on another bailout to settle their date. -- settled their debt. greece is in deep turmoil. some protesters say the answer is to default on the debt and leave the euro altogether. the eu is adamant that if the cuts are passed last week, the funds will be approved. >> europe will deliver. there is a plan and i urge

everyone to now act upon it. i think it is better to act than to talk. >> the prime minister has achieved the first steps towards that plan. any further cuts which would see a large-scale privatization and many more thousands that have to work have to be avoided. that is said to be closer and more intense than this vote is set for next week. >> reports from syria say seven protesters have been killed between pro and anti-government protesters. syria has banned most foreign journalists from the crackdown and the past few months. the bbc has managed to spend a week undercover speaking to activists in the capital and

this is her exclusive report. >> the road to damascus, i am traveling without permission from the authorities to meet with the protesters. syria is a dangerous place to be, particularly for those demanding a change in regime. nearly all of the activists i have spoken to or in hiding. >> i found a 26-year-old and journalist in hiding in a friend's apartment. just released from prison after criticizing the president, he was riding his will. >> the experience was terrifying. after they tortured me, they put me in solitary. it was so small. i could not sit down. baby with the electric batons. >> the syrian president is -- to criticism. when he took over, he asked the

for advice onmp's reform. when they asked for -- when they set for more democracy, he had them arrested. >> this does not belong to the assad family. if they should have been stopped. this is enough. >> of life in syria is now dominated by the weekly friday protests. lugo? who will be killed? -- who will go? >> it is a thursday evening, the eve of what has become protest day. people are rushing home before the road blocks are set up. the last thing that authorities wanted was for people to converge on the city recreating

the equivalent of tahrir square. people here say that a mass demonstration in damascus would not be like egypt, this would be like africa. a syrian soldier explained what happened. >> they give us the orders to fire heavily on our nine people. we were told to shoot randomly, no distinction between women, children, on on demand. many people were killed. all were civilians. >> this is the biggest protest yet. hundreds turned out to pour scorn on the latest attempts at reconciliation. the barrier of fear has been broken. >> as the president seeks to tighten his grip and syria,

colonel gaddafi still is clinging to power. that is despite the campaign against him. his forces keep the pressure. rebels are in console of misrata but they are struggling for control. andrew harding is there and from there he sent us this report. >> a rare moment of silence and the front lines outside of a place called -- some of these rebel fighters have families trapped inside of the town. i have not in there, he says. i have 13, i have six. they are highly motivated but there are also worried about their faces being filmed. that was close.

>> for the fallen tears, this has become something like trench warfare, a deadly and deadlocked. the front is barely inching forward. a lot of rockets and artillery fire. there are a few kilometers before they reach them. the trouble is that it is proving very difficult for them. >> gaddafi is pounding us with rockets, says this man, but we just have light weapons. the result is a chaotic stalemate. the rebels claimed nato for a have handed bausch half-hearted campaign -- the rebels blamed they go for a

half-hearted campaign. from our base in the nearby city of misrata, it is a struggle to get any news. we have secured a late-night call with the rebel leader in hiding. >> it is and drew from the bbc. can you hear me? >> yes. there is nothing good. >> the rebels have run out of ammunition and supplies. >> what are the forces dealing in the city? are they in complete control? >> they are arresting people. they're using public places for military purposes.

>> in the fields outside of town, more of the same. a frenzy of skirmishes, no hint of a break through. another surge of casualties. >> several hundred people have been bombed in a second night of violence in belfast. they fired several plastic bullets as they try to bring the city and control. two men have been injured there. we are and belfast. >> by the grim standards over the years, this was not a huge riot but it was a serious disturbance at one stage involving 700 people. the worst that the violence got, it started off with some sticks and stones and the pictures you

have just seen of men appearing in all cobblers and throwing stones at the police and throwing stones at what is a catholic part of east belfast. the pictures we're looking at are in the mainly protestant part of east belfast. the most serious development came at about midnight when gunfire was heard in the area and in fact one man was hit. he was part of our media contingent who was following and reporting on the situation.

>> we have more details of ban ki-moon's second five-year term. >> the appointment had been widely expected and was approved unanimously by the u.n. general assembly. the south korean diplomat has declared climate change is his first challenge. reflected on his reappointment. >> as you said, he was reappointed by acclamation and i actually asked him a little while ago why he thought that was. he said it was because he had worked hard at being a bridge builder and seeking consensus and try to connect countries and their interests. i think he is widely seen by diplomats as someone who is very hard-working and very serious and very diligent and determined. crucially, he has managed to keep the support of the five members of the security council because he needs the endorsement

of all of them in order to get a circuit -- second term as secretary general. he has come under some pretty harsh criticism from some u.n. officials and those who follow the u.n., the men's rights workers who watch what it has done. -- the human rights workers who watch what he has done. there is a weakness that maybe his inoffensiveness is something that is a weakness. he is too timid to challenge the big powers and the big human rights abusers. that is a criticism he has been getting. >> you are watching "newsday," on the bbc live from singapore and london. we had a report from the chinese megacity that is getting bigger every day. >> mashel meets mandela, the

first lady pays a visit to the former president of south africa. a british teenager is suspected of involvement in a computer hacking group has been arrested after a coordinated investigation by scotland yard and the fbi. detectives will question the 19- year-old about security breaches against the cia and the u.s. senate. >> and repeated attack over the internet. intelligence agencies bombarded with messages in an attempt to stop them functioning. now the police believe they have caught it possible ringleader. late last night, they rated it this property and arrested a 19- year-old man. it was an intelligence led operation following a tax on businesses and intelligence agencies.

they seized a significant amount of material. the man has been named as ryan clearly. the cia is just one of the number of realizations coming under cyber attacks from the internet. the crimes unit say they believe the suspect is linked to those attacks. they've also been searching his computer for any data link to other recent attacks on sony corp., however is to blame, these attacks are real and potentially wholly damaging. >> this is a room with no doors and nothing gets switched on. as soon as you introduce technological interaction, then you introduce -- >> the police will have up to 96 hours to charge or release their suspect. the battle to protect organizations from attacks will continue regardless.

>> a this is "newsday," on the bbc. >> the headlines for you this hour. the greek government has released -- has survived a crucial confidence vote to push through austerity measures needed to get a bailout. >> several hundred people have been involved in the violence in the capital of northern ireland. china has more than 160 cities with over a million residents. on top of that, there is a further five urban areas and more than 10 million people and let the cities is -- with a population of 30 million people and is expected to rise by 5 million over the next decade.

we have been finding out how locals are dealing with all the new arrivals. >> this is one of the fastest- growing cities in china. this is a dynamo of development. it began as a port. for centuries, fishermen's routines have barely changed. they man their nets before heading out to sea. all around them, the rising as rapidly changing. often the distance, a city has reached the shores. -- all around them, the horizon is rapidly changing. >> i feel shocked about the changes. used to have old houses. now we have skyscrapers. >> a this is a magnet for migrants as a major industrial center. the officials want to make sure that it remains a livable place.

that means developing the city at breakneck speed. >> they are building one of the biggest railway stations in the world which is all part of a grand plan to develop the city with millions of new arrivals expected in the next decade and authorities want to be absolutely sure that the city can cope. >> the rushed to the cities is putting an enormous strain on china's resources. there might be a solution. they are building a city designed to use less water and electricity than the other developments. >> officials hope this will serve as a blueprint for the chinese future organization. >> it is model and operation is successful and more importantly economically viable, it could be

replicated to the other parts, especially the developments in china. >> this is a place where the trains never sleep. this is one of the most important cities. how it develops will be watched by the rest of china. >> keep up today to as this continues on line and we will have plenty of features and in- depth analysis from across the region as we shined a light on all aspects of asian business and society. in other news, the australian airports are starting to resume flights following destruction by the volcanic ash cloud from chile. some services that are begun.

the cloud from the volcano has been looping the southern hemisphere over the past two weeks. the pakistani army has detained a senior officer working at its military headquarters with linked to a band hard-line group. the breeder is said to have an administrative post and lead to an internal investigation. his lawyer says that the brigadier was being victimized following the killing of osama bin laden. mexican authorities say they have arrested one of the main drug traffickers. he was the head of the cloth and melia cartel based in western mexico. -- he was the head of the la familia cartel based in western mexico.

a maritime control stick has stopped in singapore. china has been pressing its territorial claim almost over the whole south china sea. there has been confrontations with vessels. singapore brokers violence on the issue asking china to clarify their position. michelle obama has made an unscheduled visit to someone special. >> america's first lady has gone to a week-long visit to south africa and one of the highlights has included a meeting with nelson mandela. we have a report from so we go. >> michelle obama, the wife of the first black president and the first black president of south africa, nelson mandela.

mrs. obama and her daughters savored the meeting that they thought might not happen. the frail 92-year-old rarely sees visitors. this a visit kickoff with a history lesson. nelson mandela's wife guiding the obama family through his personal archives. the struggle against white minority groups is the backdrop to mrs. obama's visit. that is where they clashed with protesters, many of them young children. the church offered sanctuary to men and women feared the police. >> there was police everywhere, there was teargas everywhere. >> people come here as a place of refuge.

>> this is a living monument to the pas that michelle obama will deliver the address. michelle obama will walk the same streets as nelson mandela and desmond tutu. this was their political battleground. this is firmly focused on the future. mrs. obama is keen to champion the rights of women. she has already met young leaders in johannesburg. she is an important role model for many here in the country with very few will models of its own. >> we back to you. we have more details on the power of asia. >> one of time nepos major

cities continues to grow and grow and this is about urban development and progress. joining me now from beijing is -- thank you for joining us. what affect is the rapid urban development have enough resources like water? >> we are talking about the massive migration of chinese people into the city. china will move as many of the population in the u.s. in the next two decades. obviously there will be more demand for energy, there will be in need to build more pleased to accommodate their people. you need a transportation. there's going to be a huge environmental challenge for china. it depends on how china is going to build their city and how they will move the people. >> i wanted to find out,

greenpeace is basically lobbying for china to have -- and to improve enforcement. has there been any progress? >> i think we're getting some attention to the issues. we have tested the fish from the rivers and showing how much pollutants are. we are asking for change in the industry. certainly the government is paying more attention to the issues we are raising. >> he is from greenpeace asia. >> stay with us.

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