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share prices up across asia are continuing to plummet. investors worry about the state of the global economy. the state -- the head of the economy fund are narrower now than at any time over the past three years. they have announced members are ready to prevent -- take action to prevent a banking crisis. let's take a look at the markets now. this is indeed in cheering asia this friday morning amongst the markets that are open. australia scaling down the losses that it made earlier.

this indicating that asian investors are rattled among the global economy as their counterparts in the west. on wall street the dow jones hit a 12 month closing low. down 3.5%. for more on this, we are expected to hear from our guests he will give us more insight. now, the most senior military officer has accused pakistani intelligence service for supporting the group for conducting last week's attack on the u.s. embassy in kabul. the group is effectively an arm of pakistan's intelligence. >> last tuesday, the target is a u.s. embassy .

now america says it was plotted with the help of its ally pakistani. 25 people were dead. the united states is blaming the network which says has helped from pakistan's intelligence service. america's top military man, one of the president's most senior adviser has never been so blunt. he says the terrorist organization is an arm of pakistan. the use violent extremism as an instrument of policy. >> the have eroded their internal security. have undermined their international. only a decision tugrik with this policy can pave the road to a positive feature. >> they operate untouched from within pakistan. are linked to the talent and sympathetic to the aims of al

qaeda. it has been accepted that are armed and trained within the pakistani intelligence. have met the pakistani interior minister to interact. the government denies any leaks. >> if you fear -- i categorically deny we have any policy to attack or to aid a tax to pakistani forces or through any pakistani assessment. >> a america's patience seems to have snapped. the relationship has been up and down ever since 9/11. tense the killing of osama bin laden, things have been worse. >> the drumbeat is a0 growing. officials are telling pakistan it is imperative to act on the border.

no more excuses. it is not quite clear what america will do but ignore. >> former cricket star who has led the last 16 years has been talking to the bbc about the network. they asked him how seriously u.s. allegations could damage relations with pakistani. >> first of all, this myth being spawned at 4000 at taliban as the reason the u.s. is not succeeding. the greatest military machine in history is not succeeding because of these 4000 fighters, does that make sense? >> do we have a right in terms of self-defense to pursue these people if the pakistani will not pursue them?

>> are we not allowed to criticize american policy? >> we have a right of self- defense. these people will not be brought up and detained, does the u.s. not have a right to do it? quest not the pakistani government not have any semblance of sovereignty in our country? the be-as were 30,000 people have died. cannot find it in their own way? >> that brings us back to the quota of david cameron last year. they have looked both ways on the issue of terrorism. >> if i was the prime minister of pakistan i would have told them, we will fight this our own way. we do not want interference or your money or your age. it does not mean cutting the relationship. it means we will find our own way. >> it takes two. if you had your way, the americans with fight the relationship with pakistan.

>> pakistan has lost $70 billion in this war. this is published by our own. this aid is destroying us. i would tell the americans, what do they want? there should be no terrorism. that is all they should want. we will do it our way. >> you have news of what could be days for pakistan at the un? >> the president will put forward a bid for palestine to be given full membership of the united nations on friday. despite opposition from the united states and israel, the president has pressed ahead with his campaign. the merits states has said it will veto any bid that comes before the council. our correspondent is at the end of the stations at new york.

>> the palestinian president says in a few hours time asking that palestine be accepted as a member state of the united nations. have already said it would veto such a move. the peseta has been trying all week to change his mind. mr. obama said in his speech the only way to stay to it is through direct negotiations, not to statements or revolutions at the un. the palestinians believe this move would strengthen their hand in any return to negotiations. kasich it is necessary because two decades of a peace process has failed to and in the israeli occupation. the stage is set for a confrontation. there are quite alarmed by the spirit there are afraid of the americans vetoed a palestinian membership, that would cost out rates in the middle east.

they are trying to broker a compromise which would see a return to peace talks within one year. those attempts will probably continue even after he admits his application. i think you can say this is really the only start of a process that would lead into the membership for the palestinians in the united nations. >> the opposition candidates in the zambian election. he has been declared the winner beating the governing party which has spent 20 years in power. 95% of the votes counted, they say the incumbent president could not catch up. >> the magnitude 6.2 earthquake has shaken tonga and samoa and the south pacific. they were halfway between the

tips of ireland and relatively shallow. there were no reports for the sewer money or injuries. of course, italy is set to hear the closing arguments in an appeal against her conviction for the killing of the british students. they are expected to rule on her appeal at the end of this month. in afghanistan, there are growing calls for a full investigation into the circumstances of the country's top peace negotiator, a former president was killed on tuesday by suicide bomber posing as a a caliban peace envoy. >> security in the capital has been tough all week. many streets will be closed to traffic on friday.

he is in very close to this house or he held a meeting on tuesday when he had been searching for peace but lost his life. president cars i has revealed -- >> he said it was not a message of peace, it was a trick. using the name of religion was a trick. even before former president is buried, his political allies are demanding a full inquiry. why did he have to be pulled back to uphold it? >> we need in that answer could our people need that answer. but cannot blame the president for the debt. i am asking him to answer to the people why is it? who have told him. who are behind this project to treated this circumstance that

he would call him to come back quickly urgently and attend the meeting that led to his assassination? >> as the hours pass, questions are mounting up as to what happened. what was it so important to that the president called to the president to back from abroad to hold at this meeting? >> still to come on the program, protests in chile. students' class after destinations demanding educational reforms. do scientists say they have discovered particles traveling faster than the speed of light. doctors are being allowed to carry out europe's first clinical trials carrying u.s. stem cells.

the bbc spoken exclusively to the team. >> from this distance know. >> ever since charles levitt, she had been living -- losing her sight leaving her with only a peripheral vision. there is hope of an effective treatment for the disorder. 12 patients with the condition will have and britain all cells from stem cells injected into the back of the eye. here is the procedure being and carried out in california by the biotech reform act who has now linked up. >> there is an excitement and distance off therapies may be a

banats to these people who have no hope of improving the gentry press the trials will check the safety, but patients help -- hope that larger doses could reverse a slight loss. scientists have made them in the supply of these dellums -- stem cell. they have treated paralyzed patients but in small doses. those found in bone marrow have been transplanted four decades. adult patients on stem cells that have been used to grow a new windpipe. there has been a lot of hype, doctors are urging caution, not wishing to raise hopes without proof that the science actually hopes. >> our headlines this hour --

the g-20 groups of nations will take strong action to preserve financial stability as a global stock markets have plummeted. >> senior military officer has accused pakistan's intelligence of supporting and attack on the u.s. embassy in kabul. >> let's get more now on our top story and that is spheres of the new global recession. the leading economies have announced that members are ready to take action. we are joined from by for more on that. the g-20 has pledged to take strong action. have not seen that much reaction on the asian markets which are still falling. what will this do in terms of sentiment? >> the statement is a statement ' it is the worst thing meant to express and its par for the

course. i think where the markets have been challenged over the past few days is to see that being translated into specific actions. the confidence is low, and that is not going to be a it walked up talk. this is a very good top step. all these countries are to come together in a very concerted matter to recognize there is a bit of a preference out there. we have to bring the world back to normalcy. where it makes things difficult is you are confronting some of these issues in the context of an overall recession the of the world. normally markets would help some of these pre markets are challenged by a number of these issues. yes, it is a positive statement to make.

that has to be very quickly back to buy specific actions that markets are getting implemented. they take that into account as the price rose. >> briefly, they include the bricks nations. these are brazil, russia, asian and south africa, many looking to them to solve this crisis. is that i brought it? >> i guess the starting point was a minister from brazil. in a funny way, blame it on real. clearly, they are not one homogeneous entity. i would look at them separate from china. china is the only one with the kind of reserves required to act. historic plea if you look at their investor factor, they have

been given the historic regions and and that our country to country specific. the challenge in the context is, negotiations have to be done to the e o. with respect to -- with respect to them trying to do something, -- >> i am afraid we will have to read -- and to route to. thank you for joining us from gateway house. and of the news, tens of thousands of demonstrators turned out for a protest in chile. the latest in a four month campaign for free public education. >> these are some of the biggest and and greece protests on the streets of santiago. it began as a peaceful demonstration.

when the marches reits to the city center, the right police moved in. dozens of students have been detained with efforts to negotiate the government's collapse. there are calling for sweeping reform including a fund to ensure the poorest can ensure a university degree. they have been responsive to the students' demands. >> the government is committed to preserving the education. the young people themselves have to do their part to appeal the are completely committed to each and every children. >> he is facing his biggest crisis in 18 months. parents, teachers, and of course the children themselves are furious that the government has been insensitive to the

government. reforms are in front of congress. the protesters said they do not go far enough. it continues to bring people out to the streets, education dominance -- dominates politics to come. >> by pricking the universe is altman speed limit, the breeding 7 astounded researchers at the organization of nuclear research or concern. nothing is supposed to move closer to light. scientists are asking others to verify the measurements before claiming an actual discovery. among those who will be trying to replicate the experiments is

the head of the theoretical physics department and illinois. this is so commenced to grasp. just explain what you think of these findings. >> if they are true, they are truly monumental in the sense that we will have to revolutionize our understanding of the way nature works. it is very difficult for us to have a theory in which particles travel faster than the speed of light. it is hard to make those consistent. if this holds of, we have to do a lot of work and try to understand what nature is really telling us. >> the man behind all this has described the results as crazy. the consequences can be very serious. where are the implications in terms of daily life? >> probably not a great deal.

at least we know at the moment people said that about einstein's theory of relativity. people who use gps use that every day. 100 years from now, who knows. >> you are going to plan to try to find if these results yourself to replicate what happened. are you happy? are you convinced he would get the same level of results? >> i should correct too lightly. i don't do experience myself. there are people who will redo this experiment. they made to the measurement not a couple of years ago without a particularly precise instruments. they hope to do this trip precision of what people have done. but what they find or do not find or depend on what nature is

telling us. nature has already chosen what the answer will be. we have to find out what it is. >> great stuff. thank you very much for talking to us. now, the internet giant facebook and google are locked in a new battle for dominance of the social networking market. facebook is promising its users a host of new services allowing people to share music and video friends like and recommend pitted is the biggest of grade since facebook was launched. the goal is responding. >> google and facebook of squaring off in a battle over the future of the web at. >> i think most people see that social networks will be a ubiquitous tool and -- >> in san francisco tonight, the

world's richest twentysomething said, cymbeline people used facebook last week. >> you can see that four of my friends recently watched movies with johnny depp and then. >> he explains how he wanted his site to be a big media player. >> i can chocolate on the link bandit watch pirates of the caribbean right there. >> it started as the facebook back in 2004 and has been through all sorts of the persons to end up looking like this. each time it has changed, many users have expressed displeasure. facebook feels the need to move on forward when one of its biggest powerful neighbors is living right into its territory. >> google+ is the latest attempt to prove it can beat facebook at

its own game. where is at stake here? >> upheld we have spent most of our time in a box personal lives. that is what the battle is for. >> the skull past, it rolls up all the things in your life. >> mark zuckerberg wants to to put your life on his side. facebook and gould those billions are at stake. >> all the years of my life, right here. >> you have been watching news date from the bbc. >> there is much more on our website. for the moment from london and singapore and myself, a very big thank you for watching newsday.

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