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hello, and welcome. ahead of libya's transitional government has told thousands of cheering supporters of the country will avoid extremist ideology and promotes moderate islam. he gave his speech of the same place previously used by colonel gaddafi. >> they came in by the thousands to the square. this is where colonel gaddafi used to give some of his speeches, but now there is a new leader. he is laying out plans for the future. there is a reminder that the future remains uncertain. >> we are a muslim country.

you are our weapon against whoever tries to hijack the revolution. >> he emphasized the need for a democratic state and now. they face huge challenges to rebuild and reunite the country after decade of authoritarian rule. they also face claims that colonel gaddafi's forces are not the only ones accused of crimes. >> many war crimes, possibly crimes against humanity, but also abuses on behalf of the fighters who opposed colonel gaddafi. that includes people who have clinched soldiers and also in the following weeks. >> the new government says it will investigate allegations, but now it faces more pressing

challenges. supporters of colonel gaddafi are still holding out in some areas, and there is no sign of the former libyan leader himself. until colonel gaddafi it is captured or killed, this battle for libya will not be over. >> outside one of the last strongholds, the resistance is continuing. nato has confirmed its planes have hit targets and residents of the desert town are trying to flee the fighting. our correspondent gave this report. >> the last few miles is a dangerous stretch of road, but today, anti-gaddafi fighters agreed to take us to the town. take a good look. this is the first glimpse. it is like one of those faceless frontier towns in cowboy films, small, dusty, and arid.

there is no plan worth fighting for. no oil either. >> this is the edge. we are on the northern side of the town. this is the front line for rebel position, and we believe gaddafi's troops are just down a road. it is unsafe to go further. what is interesting is whereas the rebels' demands to take the capital in less than one day, this is weeks old. >> it is a reminder the mission is not over, that this town matters to both sides. for colonel gaddafi, it is a potent symbol of resistance. for his opponents, it is a reminder they still have not won the war, but a threat from the old regime remains. now we have what some of the family's escape.

they say there are few civilians left in the town. the conditions sound thabad. those left behind are locked inside their homes, scared, tired, and hungry. the commander says he does not want to push further, hoping the people will rise up and liberate themselves. it may be wishful thinking. his fighters are likely aren't new -- are lightly armed, and their numbers are few. now you get the sense there is little appetite for more fighting and death. >> of least 120 people have died after a petrol pipeline explosion and fire in kenya's capital nairobi. the blast took place in the industrial area. police cordoned off the area as firefighters battled flames in a surrounding slum.

seven reports to your guns -- kevin reports. >> staring into the face of death, they count their losses. the monday morning fire killed their young, old, friends, family, and neighbors. >> it was too big. we could not control it in the beginning. we have to wait for some time. >> rescue has been coordinated by the red cross. they are providing a 10 cent counseling to the residents, many of whom have been -- providing tents and counseling to the residents, many of whom have been left with nothing. we are standing on what used to be people's homes. we have to walk over beds. we have to walk over mattresses and homes to assess the extent of the damage is caused.

quick to consult is the prime minister. -- to console is the prime minister. he promised the victims impulsiveness the victims accommodation. good -- he promised the victims accommodation. >> it is terrible, terrible, terrible. >> police say dozens of people have died, but it is feared the death toll will only rise. the cause of the fire has been attributed to a cigarette butt thrown into an open sewer. city hospitals have been inundated throughout the day and have called for blood donations. many recount what they saw.

>> i just heard a big blast, and that is when i started seeing people on fire. all around me, there was fire and people on fire. >> the survivors have escaped with their lives, but many lost their homes. the through the rubble, they find what they can to help them start again. >> once again, markets are getting jittery over the greece. >> our fear has dominated financial markets. now investors have a real prospect of a greek default. despite a rally in the united states, european shares are volatile, with french shares hard hit because they hold so much greek debt. >> if greece is the epicenter of this financial crisis, it is

more than in paris. today shares of french banks were sent tumbling as concerns grow the exposure to get in spain, greece, and italy, and threats of a downgrade by moody's. some say it suddenly smells of 2008, the market's pricing in the need for government intervention. it is premature speculation, said the finance minister. >> there is no emergency for bakes. they have plenty of means for response, and the central bank said they will provide liquidity, and the european central bank said there is 5 million euros available for breaks. >> the french banks holding billions of euros worth of french bonds, and investors fear even a partial default would

sharply received the value of those assets. american banks lent heavily to french counterparts, and they have begun pulling back on loans. the second-biggest bank was forced to respond today, announcing a new round of cuts worth 4 billion euros, and not to call -- enough to counter. thus we have to recognize how much money we spent and how much more we may still have to put into the banking system. the key question is how much this will cost european banks in the end. >> today and jean-claude trichet gave assurances they could provide european banks with short-term lending should they need it, but if french thanks are downgraded, it may underscore once again that despite two packages, european governments are limited in the ability to defend and a king and

financial sectors. every day -- to defend banking and financial sectors. >> currencies are hanging onto slight gains in midmorning trade. australia and singapore are currently up just slightly by 26 points and 25 points respectively. investors remain focused on the eurozone debt crisis. news that italy could get support from china improving sentiment today. wall street bounced back after trading most of the day in negative territory. that is the latest in asian markets. let's move to developments in britain. an independent commission has recommended the most radical overhaul in decades. they call for separating banking sectors by 2019. the idea is retail operations

would be protected if speculative backers find themselves in trouble. president barack obama has announced he will send his jobs proposal to the u.s. congress on monday. he called on voters to recommend congress passed the bills quickly. as the reelection prospects appear to hinge on how this plan, republicans have responded cautiously. a bank of america is planning to cut jobs. the bank said the reductions, which represent 10% of its work force, would be carried out over the next few years. you are watching live from singapore and london. still to come, hundred dead. thousands displays. officials -- thousands of displaced. bonn officials say the worst is to come. >> and challenging the u.s.

government. there is still no word about the fate of a british woman kidnapped at a beach resort in kenya by an armed gang who shot and killed her husband. the kenyan army has joined police in the search for judith, who was taken from a safari village, possibly by a gain from somalia. -- by a gang from somalia. >> an ideal excepting with thatched cottages on the beach, it attracts tourists who want to get away from the crowds and lives a quiet life for a few days. the website dose of around the clock -- the website boasts around-the-clock security. the group of men killed a british publishing executive, shooting him in the back, and then they abducted his wife, who is still missing.

you can see a yellow tape is set up around the room, and it is one of those rooms where they were sleeping when the attackers came during the night. that is a crime scene, but of a question is what happened to judith. she was taken in a speedboat, apparently headed to somalia. police are searching, but they may be out of reach. the somali border is just 90 minutes away. in this village along the beach, and people complain banditry has been a problem for some year. they are worried the latest attack will keep the tourists away. one man told me a gunman for the canyon to lead them to the hotel. now reinforced -- told me a gu nman forced a kenyan and to lead them to the hotel.

>> i am in singapore. >> our headlines this hour. the head of libya's national transitional council has appeared before and dubious crowds in tripoli to outline plans for the future. waxman and explosion near the kenyan capital has claimed more than -- >> an explosion near the kenyan capital has claimed more than 120 lives. officials in pakistan have been warned the humanitarian crisis caused by weeks of non floods and who is getting worse. more than 5 million people have been affected. pakistani authorities say 199 people have been killed, and more rain is forecast over the next three days.

the acting head of the international federation of the red cross described the scale of the problem and the number agencies are trying to cope with. >> the pakistan red cross says about 5 million people have been affected by the latest flooding. >> what is the scale of the aid effort required to help everyone in need as a result of this deadly flood? >> the urgent need right now is to provide some kind of shelter for the people, providing tens or whatever shelter we can get. in addition to that, clean drinking water, and there is of a concern about the health situation, because of the water.

in the relief camps, the health situation is of great concern >> in other news, gunmen in iraq have shot dead at least 20 she of pilgrims. they appeared to have been forced of have shot dead at least 20 - have shot dead at least 20 shia pilgrims. that one person has been killed and four injured in an explosion at a nuclear plant near marcoule. the fire was quickly brought under control. moving to japan, where it has been six months since the massive earthquake and tsunami, which brought such widespread destruction. almost 1600 people are known to have died. nearly 5000 more are still

missing, and there are fears the worst hit town may never recover. our correspondent filed this report. >> the water you would think for a tsunami survivor would be terrifying. six months ago, he was swallowed by the waves. he saw more than half his swimming team swept away, but today she is back in training and says it holds no fear. when japan's earthquake unleashed a tsunami, or her team was swimming near the seashore. this is news footage of that day. under the water, their town lies submerged. the building with arches is where she was trapped. after the disaster, she showed how she survived. the mark on the wall shows a tiny space she thought she could

grieve. of her team -- a tiny space she found where she could breathe. the water tore them apart. >> when i am alone, i cannot stop thinking about my friends who died. i really long to see them again. >> account and is trying to move on, -- the town is trying to move on, too. we now know 1500 people died when the town was washed away. 2000 more have since pack their bags and gone. getting on with rebuilding is an urgent priority. they have even started drawing up new plans. they fear is nothing -- if nothing is done, more people

will leave the town, and it will wither and die. the plan is to rebuild a town. japan's government promised a huge emergency budget for reconstruction, but nothing has happened. the ranks of prefabricated house more than 2000 families. her father has lost his oyster- fishing business, and her grandfather is one of 200 people from the town presumed dead and of whom no trace has been found. >> what do i think about now the government? not much. our politicians have been fighting over who should be prime minister. this is not the time for that. >> her school was destroyed, so every morning she travels an hour of the coast. all she wants is a new school

and a new home. in the meantime, it is her swimming that keeps her from dwelling on the memories of a tsunami. >> when i am swimming, i do not have to think about anything. i just empty my mind. that is why i like it so much. >> an fbi agent has been speaking about the 9-11 attacks. >> agent who worked at the heart of the american campaign against all kinda has told the bbc he was prevented about -- against al qaeda has told the bbc he was prevented from telling the truth. he is challenging official accounts and spoke to the bbc security correspondent.

>> stepping out of the shadows, appearing for the first time on camera, a former fbi agent with an eye witness accounts some people do not want him to tell. >> they are trying to stop me and others from telling the world what really happened over there. >> he believes huge mistakes were made with devastating consequences. born in lebanon, he immigrated to america as a teenager. he was one of the only arabic speakers in the fbi and was picked up by his boss to be deployed across the world in pursuit of out--- al qaeda. >> this is the facility where bin laden got his official

breeze. >> he was in yemen, where he had been investigating the bombing the previous year of the u.s. warship. he had been trying to unravel the spider's web of the outside the -- of the al qaeda network. he found details of two of the 9-11 hijackers, which the cia failed to pass on. >> what makes you so sure it would have made a difference? >> we were looking for them overseas. they were here. people in our government knew they were year. >> it still makes you angry? >> absolutely, and i will be angry until the day i die about this. >> after 9-11, the u.s. began to capture top al qaeda suspects. one was taken to a secret cia site, where ali was able to

interrogate him. >> we were getting intelligence. this intelligence has the possibility of saving lives. >> some believe he knew more. he was about to become the guinea pig for what the cia called enhanced in derogation -- enhanced interrogation techniques. >> we are seeing things that if it happened in america people would be arrested. it is abuse of the prisoner. >> he threatened to arrest the cia contractor leading the investigation. the fbi told him to come home. he was water boarded 83 times. >> interrogation's were used on hardin's terrorists after others had failed -- used on hardin's terrorists region o-- on hardened terrorists after

others have failed. >> are you saying dick cheney lied? >> i know some information was obtained because of his techniques. some of it we got while we were on the ground over there. >> he has a book published today. the cia demanded heavy cuts. it is part of a wider attempt to control the official account of 9-11. >> in response to the allegations in this report, the cia has issued a statement saying any suggestions that the cia purposely refused to share critical lead information on the 9-11 clocks with the fbi is baseless. the suggestion that the central intelligence agency has asked for reaction is because it lacks content is ridiculous.

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