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this is newsday. >> hello and welcome good world leaders, a senior officials, and leaders of the transitional council has been discussing the future of libya. the conference in paris hosted by the french president sarkozy and by the british prime minister david cameron have representatives from 60 countries and nato. >> president sarkozy and david cameron are proud of the risks they took. the two men drove international support for the libyan rebels andrews air force pilots still lead the libyan campaign. but this was the arrival of the day that really counted. this is the rebel leader now on the verge of government that will rebuild the libya.

he previously testified to the dictator and then defected to head the uprising. around the conference table, he was in part being tested. can libya's people to achieve unity and reconciliation? after the key players make clear that a new libya can succeed. >> enormous difficulties lie ahead, course, but the libyans are showing the world that courage, their spirit, and their resilience. they're coming together to tackle shortages of water and power. hospitals are reopening. the mtc leaders have been clear and consistent in warning against reprisals. >> the transitional leader said he was speaking directly to the libyan people. >> now we also have to make sure that we fulfill our part of the deal appeared we have to make sure we have stability and

security in libya. tolerance, forgiveness, they must be implemented. the state of law must be respected. >> did they hear the words they exactly wanted to hear from the libyan rebel leader. pointing the way to the future appeared to assure libyas future, the conference accepted that nato airstrikes will continue for as long as colonel gaddafi remains a threat. they pressed for a un mission to help rebuild the state and the leaders will request that all libyan assets be unfrozen. but libya needs a push start. the delivery by the royal air force overnight of millions of libyan bank nasa had been frozen in britain under u.n. sanction, that was a dramatic breakthrough. that should mean that libyans besieging the banks and desperate for unpaid care and sellers will soon have money in their hands again. but today, in paris, there are political losers as well as winners.

germany's chancellor refused to back the libyans early on. the big loser is colonel gaddafi himself. today marks 42 years exactly since he seized power in a coup. of course, now he is a fugitive. his capture remains another piece of unfinished business. tonight, in paris, there's a feeling that the war against gaddafi, although not over, is all but one. the challenges that libyans, with outside help when they wanted, can win the peace. >> colonel gaddafi himself has made another audio address in hiding. he gave no sign of backing down and pledged to fines from his supporters. >> a rifle with bullets -- let bullets speak. let it be a long battle where

we show to them that they cannot overthrow the libyan people. they cannot subjugate our armed tribe. let it be a long fight until our victory >> meanwhile, many -- our victory. quick>> meanwhile, a prison useo maintain the opponents of the gadhafi regime, as well as islamist to extremist transferred to libya from western governments. >> the name of the gel was so frightening that libyans avoided saying it -- the name of the jail was so frightening that the libyans avoided saying it could torture was routine.

sometimes, prisoners disappeared. and now you can just walk in. after the guards and disappeared, libyans broke open the cells to let the prisoners out. even here, one inmate did not hide his defiance and signed his name muhammed and alamein -- mohammed bin al amin. but this prisoner is scared because he is from a place where the colonel is from. >> i thought that my life was cut when they took me. the guards told us that our existence meant nothing. i felt that i could be killed at any time. >> someone has been trying to destroy the evidence of what happened here. the ashes in this room are still hot.

these libyan lawyers are removing the less -- the rest of the archives while they still can. they may be produced in court if colonel gaddafi and his associates ever face trial. >> thousands have lost loved ones in this place and in many other places. it is important that families know all the facts about what happened to them. >> 42 years of frightened faces are stored in fruit boxes. pictures of some prisoners children, too, taken from letters from their families. the lawyers think they founded a mission from 1200 prisoners who were killed here in a massacre in 1996. >> he died in 1996. >> and your father knew him? >> my father knew him. >> the fear of being sent here

was used by the libyan regime to control people, to deter them from making trouble. but what happened here at the heart of the security state might turn out to be at the very least highly embarrassing for western governments. as part of extensive security cooperation in recent years since the war on terror, they sent suspected g hottest -- suspected jihadists here. cooperation with britain and america continued until the uprising started on the 17th of february. >> there were two driving concerns between the west and libya over the past five years. one was cooperation on the war on terror and the other was of oil and business, a vast market. those two issues overrode the human rights concerns. >> some of the secrets have been extracted from this pain-ridden

place. a new libby will not be possible until they're all uncovered. -- a new libya will not be possible until they are all uncovered. >> let's turn to some other news. the u.n. is ready to release its report on a raid on a turkish- led flotilla. >> a copy of the report says that united nations has concluded that blockade of the gaza strip is a legal and the raid was excessive and unreasonable. nine turks were killed in the raid last year as the flotilla tried to break the blockade of the gaza strip. it had been labeled illegal and one body -- and one body and says that it was legitimate. -- and one un body says that

it was legitimate. >> the report will satisfy israel more than turkey. the panel found that the naval blockade of the gaza strip is legitimate because it is aimed at stopping the smuggling of arms by sea. it is legally benefit happens in international waters. that is something that the turks had disputed. they did say that they used excessive and unreasonable force during the raid. it was quite hard on the flotilla organizers who said they had behaved in a reckless manner. they also said the turkish demand could have done more to persuade them to avoid a confrontation with the israelis. more than the conclusion of the report has been this issue of whether israel and turkey could mend relations. that was one of the bulls won the secretary-general set up the paddle -- set up the panel

appeared he thought he had quite -- that was one of the goals the general set up for the panel. it refused to apologize. it said it acted in self-defense and to apologize would mean to admit guilt or weakness. the report may further aggravate relations rather than repair them. that is a matter of concern to some constituencies in both israel and turkey. the two had been strategic allies and people feel that the last thing they need is to be confronting each other at a time of arab of people in the region. it is also a concern for the americans because israel and turkey are both crucial allies. at this time, it does not help their policy in the region. it complicates it to have both countries at odds with each other. ministers new prime

has named a cabinet to help tackle the country's first earthquake recovery and economic malaise. the finance minister will be charged with pushing through tax and social security reforms to rein in the huge public debt. we know this is not the only can you tell us about the new ministers and some of the challenges they are faced with? >> some by japanese standards are strikingly young. the new finance minister is 49 years old, a spring chicken in japanese cabinet terms. he is -- his views on the yen, which is running record highs against the u.s. dollar, frangipanis exporters, the likelihood is that the new prime minister wantwas the finance

minister up until now. he has been in charge to responding to the nuclear disaster in fukushima. he will keep that job and become the environment minister. his job is crucial. local communities are reluctant to allow reactors outside of the affected area to be restarted. japan could end up abandoning nuclear power. that means power shortages. >> the role of the finance minister will take charge of japan's currency, fiscal policies as well, add a very challenging economic time. -- at a very challenging economic time. he was not the first choice, was he? >> no.

the first was a high-profile foreign minister. no reason has been given for why he turned it down. but he has been saying that, after being in charge and negotiating between the governing party and the opposition, he needed a rest. that is why he is not taking the job. the critical thing as well for this government will be their first challenge. they need to come up with some sort of third emergency budget to really kick start the rebuilding on the northeast coast that was hit by the earthquake and tsunami. but they need to try to do that without adding too much to japan's enormous public debt that is already twice the size of the economy and getting larger. that is something that the new government needs to rein in and something that previous administrations have failed to get a grip of. >> we will leave it there. you are watching news day on the bbc, live from singapore and london. still to come, a glimpse into

north korea. the communist state is trying to kickstart its tourist industry. and a protest at the prom. protests of the israeli philharmonic orchestra led to it being closed. >> a fascinating distant past, the country is scattered with ancient ruins. >> six months of brutal conflict, everybody is now understandably concerned about libya's future. this is also a country with an absolutely glorious past. this is so rotten -- this is sabrata and this is it's wonderful amphitheater. this city was first developed by the phoenicians.

its glory day is to the romans. in the vacuum after conflicts, this place will be plundered by art thieves and by looters, just as happened in iraq and afghanistan. even though this is a unesco world heritage site, a few dedicated italian archaeologists have been here to help preserve the site. but redeveloping these wonderful places to tourism will be very much a part of building a new libya. thankfully, security guards are already in place stopping any potential plunder. >> health authorities in guatemala say that legal american experiments in the 1940's involved nearly twice as many people as previously thought. over 2500 guatemalans prisoners,

psychiatric patients were injected with experimental drugs. half of them are believed to have died. >> you are watching bbc news day from the bbc in singapore. >> i am in london. these are the headlines this our peer leaders and senior officials from 60 countries have met leaders of the libyan transitional council in paris. >> a un report says that israel's raid on gaza was legal, but used excessive force. north korea has begun marketing cruises to the resort that lies

just inside the border. operations were suspended three years ago. now the country is offering the world a glance inside. ->> the port holes are rusty and the meals are not much to write home about. you have to leave your mobile home behind. destination mount come again, north korea. -- mount kungan. it was a ridgeley created as -- the project was suspended three years ago after a south korean tourist was shot and killed nearby. since then, the idea of cooperation between the two nations has faltered.

north korea said it was seizing an opportunity to open the resort. >> they unilaterally halted the resort. >> it was mainly south korean tourists who came here, levers, families, even schoolchildren on class trips. now north korea, increasingly desperate for income, is trying to attract people from further afield. >> we feel like this country is a very secretive country. we ask them many things and they say, sorry, that is a secret and we can tell you. >> like any country on earth, you have to deal with what their laws are. i was interviewed at the border by the army. that was very good. >> but across the border with

south korea, within eyesight of the resort, there is fierce opposition. the government says that the north seized assets illegally and will ask for the nation to boycott the trips. >> the international criminal court has started examining charges of crimes against humanity facing such prominent kenyan is accused of post- election violence. about 1200 people were killed and more half a million were displaced. >> the chief prosecutor at the international criminal court will be trying to convince the judges that he has the evidence to put these men on trial. the first hearing involves the former ministers as well as a radio presenter. later in the month, the focus will be on three avid prominent canyons, including a current

prominent finance minister. they're all accused of crimes against humanity, murder, and displacements. they have denied any wrongdoing. the icc prosecutor says update targeted key instigators of the violence, which left more than 12 people -- 1200 people dead and more than half a million displaced. the international court only stepped in because, here in kenya, the politicians stifled all efforts to set up a local tribunal. now canyons are experiencing an extraordinary -- now kenyans are experiencing an extraordinary sight. the suspects can call two witnesses each. in november, the judges will announce where the -- whether the trusts are to go ahead. that decision will have a big

impact on kenyon's political scene. political scene. we may still be in the pretrial stage. the six accused's battle to stay out of jail has already begun. >> concert in london have been halted by protests. >> the interruption meant a library transmission of the performance by the israel philharmonic orchestra had to be taken off air. ♪ >> outside the royal albert hall, pro-palestinian demonstrators held flags and occasionally burst into song. the protesters made it clear before the concert took place that they intended to boycott

the israeli musicians inside. security was set up to deal with that. but several did manage to get inside. ♪ this is known as a great conductor and worldwide. he has been part of the israeli film are in it for the past 15 years. each and every time he stood up to start a piece on thursday night, a small group of protesters tried to stop the music. [yelling] the demonstrators were eventually removed by security staff. but those who paid to see the orchestra were deeply disappointed. >> it is upsetting. the israelis have come to play

music. and this is something that they were not involved in. >> the man himself says that he sees music as a way to bring people together. his main aim is to find talented musicians, regardless of where they're from. >> freedom is to take into consideration any sort of taboo at all. we have palestinian pianists. i had an egyptian composer. this really philharmonic itself does not have a taboo over its positions. >> with protests inside and outside the building, bbc radio 3 was forced to take its live coverage of the air for the first time ever. >> i do not know about the

protest, but love the music. >> just enough time to give you a quick reminder of our main news. world leaders, senior officials, and leaders of the libyan oppositional council are discussing libyas future, saying that the top priority at the moment is to provide water, food, fuel, and medicine. the conference in paris was hosted by france's president nicolas sarkozy and the british prime minister david cameron. this involved representatives from 60 countries as well as the united nations and nato. meanwhile, colonel gaddafi made another audio message saying that he will fight. much more on all of those stories on our website. you can also get in touch with us on twitter. for the moment, from london and

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