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>> and now "bbc world news." >> hello, and welcome to "newsday" on the bbc. i'm in singapore. >> i'm in london. the headlines -- >> confusion over the ozone debt deal. now greece wants to hold a referendum on the new austerity measures. on trial, the american soldier accused of killing afghan civilians for sport. three others plead guilty. >> capitalists at the cathedral, and now the resignation at st. paul's. china sets its sights high. beijing launches another unmanned vehicle into space. >> it's 9:00 in the morning here in singapore. >> it's 1:00 in the morning here in london, broadcasting on pbs in america and around the world. welcome to "newsday."

>> the latest news, the european debt crisis has been thrown into doubt, with a surprise announcement that greece is to hold a referendum on the new package of austerity measures. the prime minister said the greek people would have the final say on the euro zone deal, which is assigned to bring down greek debt. here is diane griffiths. >> he doesn't look like much of a gambler, but he has dramatically raised the stakes in the euro zone crisis. he wants the blowl deal to be put to a vote to confidence in parliament and a nationwide referendum. >> we have a duty to give priority to and highlight the role and responsibility of the citizens, showing in practice not only our respect, but also

our fundamental thinking that the citizen is the source of our strength and of our very existence. this, dear colleagues, is the referendum. >> it's protests like these that have forced his hand. many greeks are angry about the bailout and the austerity measures that go with it. an overwhelming no to the deal could lead to more turmoil in the euro zone. the first euro uncertainty led to falls on world stock markets on monday. investors were also spooked by a warning from the international labor organization that the global economy is on the verge of a new and deeper recession, and by a large american investment fund m.f. global filing for bankruptcy protection. so attention now turns to cannes, where preparations are under way for the g-20 meeting. can they finally get to grips with the crisis in the euro zone

and the broader global economy? daniel griffiths, "bbc news." >> talking to me now, a chief asia economist. thank you for very much for joining us. a lot of uncertainty now into the markets. would a greek vote against the austerity measures be disastrous? >> we are much escalating around this bailout attempt. the fundamental problem is the greek economy is a basket case. so if the referendum goes against the european bailout package, one way or another heading down the same road. the writeoffs of the greek debt are going to have to be greater than what's already agreed. it now looks like it will be higher one way or another. because the greek economy simply cannot take that kind of debt burden right now. >> as a result of this

referendum, we saw italian and spanish yields soaring, which prompted to buy back the debt. >> they have to, because the only way to prevent the problems of the italian sovereign debt and spanish sovereign debt escalating further with rising bond yields, which they cannot fund over the long-term, is by the e.c.b. continuing to buy their bonds and keeping the yields lower so that it's fiscally sustainable. >> so could a referendum and a vote against the austerity measures put the euro -- the survival of the euro in doubt? >> i don't think about the survival of the euro. i think there's a lot of core countries that are very much committed to keeping the euro. it certainly again escalates the question of greece's participation in the euro zone. i think there's certainly question marks about that in the longer term now. and certainly there's a referendum where the greeks

unilaterally want to pursue their own fruitions. and issues about their participation. >> the united states has just been a victim of europe's debt crisis, which is m.f. global holdings. do you think this is just the tip of the iceberg and could there be more failures? >> i think we also have to remember that the bank problems in belgium just a couple weeks ago, if we look in the context of that, it's clear a number of final institutions are having difficulties. i think when we look at the issues around dexia, it highlights the need for substantial recapitalization in the european banking system. and the problems we're seeing with m.f. global highlight the problems with risk management. has that been governed properly and has there been sufficient improvement in risk management. >> thank you so much for your

views. meanwhile, the court-martial of an american soldier accused of killing afghan civilians for sport and keeping victim's fingers as war trophies has begun in washington state. calvin gibbs is charged with leading a troop of renegade soldiers. if convicted, he could face life in prison without parole. now a report from los angeles. >> staff sergeant calvin gibbs, the unit commander and the man accused of leading what they call a kill team in afghanistan. the scissors were allegedly used for cutting off fingers of his victims. one, a teenage boy. specialist adam winfield turned witness and testified about the self-styled kill team. >> did you say kill team?

>> yeah. >> what did he mean by that? >> he meant that he would kill people. one way or another. >> are we talking about enemy combatants? >> enemy or -- >> not then? >> yes. >> specialist jeremy morelock was known as gibbs' right-hand man. he admitted three counts of murder and said gibbs planned the attacks. >> he was like hey, you guys want to wax this guy or what? >> calvin gibbs has pleaded not guilty to 16 separate charges. he faces life in prison without parole if convicted. >> anti-capitalist protesters are spending another night camping outside st. paul's cathedral in london. what more can you tell us?

>> this shows no sign of letting up at the moment. it has been an interesting development, because those same protesters are to be given a 48-hour notice to move on. the city of london corporation and the authorities of st. paul's cathedral say they will hand over a legal notice shortly and that if the demonstrators refuse to leave, a court injunction will be sought. earlier on monday, the dean of st. paul's resigned over the way the camp has been handled. >> yesterday, only hours from his resignation, the team's body language portrayed the enormous pressure he was under. visibly uncomfortable as he asked protesters to give st. paul's the space to pursue social justice in its own way. >> i find it quite difficult that you assume that i do not hold the same views as you simply because i don't use the same methods of expressing my views as you.

>> then today, the news that shocked the whole church, a statement from the dean read by a colleague saying he was going with immediate effect. >> it is becoming increasingly clear to me that as criticism of the cathedral has mounted in the press, media, and in public opinion, my position as dean of st. paul's was becoming untenable. >> yesterday, protesting about the effects on the poor of an economic crysays they say was created by banks, insists they never wanted the dean's resignation. >> i'm extremely saddened that he had to step down or felt that he had to. we want to get back to the issues. this is what he and the bishop said on sunday. >> in times where there's certain amounts of pressure going around, i think it's a very good show of honor to

resign. >> but the dean has ultimate responsibility for st. paul's. he chairs the chapter made up of a registrar and cannons and they control day-to-day management of the cathedral. the important task of fundraising belongs to the foundation on which the dean has a seat. six of the other nine trustees have links with the world of banking and finance. the bishop of london will take over the dean's duties. he says the resignation was tragic and has saddened and shocked him. but he insisted there had never been any influence from financial institutions. >> i would also like to refute very strongly the suggestion that's what's behind all this is money. i mean, that's been repeatedly said in reporting this situation. i think it's very unfortunate that that impression has got

around. >> those built of human flesh and those built of stone. >> whatever the pressures, the team in england's principal cathedral has been forced out by a public protest. the issues he faced were insurmountable and there's no sign tonight that the protesters were leave. the dean's departure might do little to ease st. paul's agony. >> the f.b.i. has released video it says shows russian agents under surveillance in the united states. america says the 10 spies spent years in the united states as sleeper agents. in an apparent bid to get close to power brokers and learn their secrets. in july last year, they were exchanged for four russians who were jailed on charges of spying for the west. from washington, adam brooks. >> what you're seeing now is a rare glimpse into the world of counterintelligence. the woman shown here in a coffee

shop is, says the f.b.i., anna chapman, the new york estate agent and russian spy. she's under f.b.i. surveillance, captured on a secret camera. here, we're told christopher conducts a brush-past. a stealthy exchange of a package between spies on a street. and here, michael recovers something from a dead drop in some bushes where it's been hidden by another agent. all these videos were released by the f.b.i. there were more than 10 people working to russian intelligence. for years, they lived here in the states, they built their identities, they built lives for themselves, they raised kids, they supported american sports teams. and supposedly, moscow had ordered them to cultivate contacts in america's power elite that could seek out sources of intelligence. and we now know that for years, chapman and her co-conspirators

were under f.b.i. surveillance. they were all deported last year. back in moscow, anna chapman became an instant celebrity, a model and tv presenter. the bbc asked her about her secret past. >> who trained you as an agent? >> i will never deny and never confirm the fact. >> the american authorities maintain that the spying never gleaned much, if any, useful intelligence. but the f.b.i. material tells us just how far counterintelligence went in hunting them down. >> let's take you live to bangkok now and show you the scene there at the moment. they are still struggling to deal with the severe flooding that has engulfed provinces across thailand. the capital has largely remained unscathed but as we can see,

people are struggling to navigate their way around the capital, knee-deep there in water. it's affecting transportation and abilities for people to get to supplies and essential food supplies there, with of course the risk that many of the authorities have been notifying residents of water-born diseases. this is the situation at the moment, live in bangkok. of course, heavy monsoon floods in july caused widespread flooding across three quarters of thailand's provinces, killing more than 370 people. we'll have more on that to come. >> you're watching "newsday" on the bbc live from singapore and london. a special report on what's the g-20 can learn from economic growth. >> we'll have the late frest the u.s., where snowstorms have left more than three million homes

without power. the mission in libya has formally ended. the organization secretary-general has described the operation as one of the most successful in nato's 62-year history. he was speaking in an bbc interview. he stressed the mission was in support of the u.n. mandate. >> the gaddafi regime constituted a real threat against the civilian population. and we were mandated to protect civilians against that threat, and that's the reason why we targeted gaddafi regime military facilities. >> if nato's mission was to protect the civilians, where was nato when it came to sirte? the civilians who lived in the city came under regular bombardment. >> yeah, but the fact is that the n.t.c. forces did all they

could to protect civilians. i have no evidence that n.t.c. forces deliberately attacked civilians, but the fact is that remnants of the gaddafi regime forces were still fighting in sirte, to a certain degree maybe they also used human shields. so my point is that it was the gaddafi regime and later on the remnants of the gaddafi regime that constituted the threat against civilians. >> what can nato member states offer libya? >> the unified protector will be terminated by midnight today.

i don't foresee a major nato role there after. >> this is "newsday" on the bbc. >> good of you to be with us. let's give you a reminder of the headlines this hour. greece will hold a referendum on a new european union package intended to resolve the country's debt crisis. >> the court-martial on an american soldier accused of killing afghan civilians for sport. china has launched an unmanned spacecraft as part of its plan to build a space station. the rocket blasted off in american china. a mission is planned for next year as part of a program to build a permanent space station by 2020. michael, what is china trying to achieve by launching the space

module? >> it's trying to build a space station which it hopes to have in orbit around the earth sometime between 2020 and 2022. in order to do that, it needs to practice certain maneuvers. one of those is docking, because the space station will be sent up in part and put together in space. that's what this particular mission will be. it has blasted off successfully, according to chinese scientists. and within the next 48 hours, it will plan to dock for a capture, which was launched about a month ago. that's the key thing. practice in the docking technology so that technique -- so they can build a space station in 10 years time. >> are the chinese catching up with the established space super

powers, the americans and the russians? >> well, you could say that. china came very late to the space race. it was only in 2003 that it had its first manned mission into space. it was only three years ago that it carried out its first space walk. so it's come very late, but it is catching up. it is trying to do things that the americans, the russians and others have done previously. but it is doing them. when the international space station is -- runs out of time and that mission ends, the only nation on earth with a space station in orbit around the globe. certainly it's catching up, but they have a long way to go before it catches up fully with what the americans have already done. >> michael brings toe in

beijing, thank you for the update. the leaders of the world's richest nations, the g-20 will gather in france with the prospects for economic renewal. hopes are pinned on the so called brick nations, brazil, russia, india, and china, whose economies are seen as powerful engines of global growth. india is on track to be the biggest on earth. andrew norris has been finding out. >> the numbers are overwhelming. each month, india's population grows by another 1.3 million people. it could be a curse. yet some think some many young indians entering the world could have benefits, too. india is on course to have the world's largest population. could it also have its largest economy? we're going to find out and take a journey in one of india's icons. our first stop is another icon,

but this one now far from home. india has become the biggest market in the world for britain's j.c.b., and it has its largest factory here. could others match its success in india? >> the opportunities are tremendous. and what's important is perseverance, staying on the ground, staying committed. >> india is already the world's fourth biggest economy, behind only the u.s., china, and japan. it's growing at 8% a year. only china is faster and it's the third-biggest investor in the u.k. its ace card is its young population, more than 600 million under 25, if it can harness their energy and drive. next stop, a place where younger indians are already helping build the foundations. designing houses in delhi for people in dover. the owner grew up in britain, but saw better opportunities here. >> as a studio, we've adopted an

outsourcing model. we're outsourcing from india to the u.k., and from the u.k. to india. we're creating jobs in the u.k. by having a studio in india. >> but india still has its own way of doing business. big retailers have found it's not quite sure it wants to let the whole world in. corruption and infrastructure keep other investors away. that's the thing about the indian economy, some investors say. it's a bit like this old ambassador carr. the makers have kept it going for more than 50 years, adapting it as much as they can. but it can only go so far and so fast without falling apart. one more baby born in india. this one named today as the seven billionth in the world, a blessing that could help it become an economic super power

or the burden that holds india back. andrew north, "bbc news," delhi. >> still millions of people without power on america's northeast. >> that's right. more than three million homes are still without electricity in the northeast of the country. an unseasonably heavy snowstorm has blanketed the region. at least 11 people have died. some states are warning it days or even a week before people have electricity again. well, joining me now from one of the worst affected states, massachusetts, is scott mcleod from the state's emergency management aid agency. i can imagine it's been an extraordinarily busy time for you. just tell us what's happening on the ground where you are. >> well, the governor of massachusetts, governor patrick has declared a statewide state of emergency. he's also requested presidential assistance from president barack

obama to respond to this disaster event. at the peak of the storm, we had more than 670,000 customers across massachusetts without power. that number is beginning to trend downward. as of right now, we are at 430,000 customers without power, but it will be likely not until the end of the week until many of those folks are fully restored. >> this unseasonal weather definitely caught these people by -- in a state of shock almost. do you think the teams like yourself responded quickly enough? >> well, certainly an historic storm of this nature this early in the winter season for us presents challenges, but we have response plans and operational plans in place in coordination with our local communities to make sure that we're taking appropriate steps to protect the public safety of our residents. >> give us an idea of what kind of emergency calls you've been responding to. >> we've been seeing a lot of requests for debris removal

crews, chain saw crews to, get in and get debris off of the roadways so that the utility companies can come if and do the important work of power restoration. we're also seeing requests for backup generator power for critical infrastructure, things like hospitals, nursing homes, pump stations, and police and fire stations. so we're working with our local public safety officials to make sure that they have all the resources and assets that they need to appropriately respond. >> thank you so much. scott mcleod there from the massachusetts emergency management. >> you've been watching "newsday" from the bbc. >> a reminder of our main news this hour. the latest deal to tackle the european debt crisis has been thrown into doubt with a surprise announcement that greece is to hold a referendum on the new package of austerity measures. more to come. stay with us.

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