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>> hello and welcome. >> confusion over the euro zone debt deal. greece wants to hold a referendum on the new austerity measures. the u.n. says libya must do more to prevent its weapons stockpile from falling into the hands of extremists. >> why china is aiming for the stars of the new rocket launch. >> is 11:00 in singapore. >> it is 3:00 in london. we're broadcasting to be worse on pbs in america and around the world. -- on viewers and pbs in america

and around the world. >> the latest deal to tackle the igorot debt crisis has been thrown into doubt with a surprise announcement that greece is to hold a referendum. the prime minister said the greek people would have the final say on the euro zone deal, which is a sign to bring down greek debt. >> it does not look like much of a gambler, but the prime minister has raised the stakes. the greek prime minister once the bailout deal to be put to a vote of confidence in parliament. and a nationwide referendum. >> we have a duty to give priority and highlight the role

and responsibility of the citizen. chillon are respect and also our fundamental thinking that the citizen is the source of our strength. this is the referendum. >> it is protests like these that have forced his hand. many are angry about the bailout and the austerity measures that go with that. an overwhelming note to the deal could lead to more turmoil and the euro zone. the fresh euro uncertainty it falls on world stock market on monday. the global economy is on the verge of a new and deeper recession. by a large american investment fund, filing for bankruptcy protection. attention now turns to the french city where preparations are underway for the g-20

meetings later this week. >> i spoke to the chief economist, he said a greek a vote against the package of austerity measures is unlikely to change an already unstable situation. >> we have very much escalating political risk a run this whole bailout attempt. the fundamental problem is that the economy is a basket case. the referendum goes against the european bailout package. one way or another, we are heading down the same road. it was already pushed up to 50%. it looks like it will be higher one way or another. the greek economy cannot take that kind of debt burden right

now. >> the italian and spanish bond yields are soaring. >> 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 find over the long term. the ecb continuing to buy their bonds and keeping the yield lower. >> could a referendum and a vote against the austerity measures put to the euro -- but the survival of the euro in debt -- in doubt? >> there is a lot of core countries that are very much committed to keeping the euro. it escalates the question of greece's participation in the euro zone. there are question marks about that in the longer term now.

that does increase the risk of a much greater default. >> the court martial of the american soldier accused of killing afghan civilians for sports has begun in washington state. the army staff sergeant is accused of beating a troop of renegade soldiers. if convicted, he could face life in prison without parole. >> staff sgt, the unit commander and the man accused of leading what they called a killed team in afghanistan. the renegade troops used the chaos of fighting insurgency in southern afghanistan to target civilians.

specialist item when field turned witness and testified to army investigators about the kill team. >> did you say kill team? what did he mean by that? are we talking about enemy combatants? >> [inaudible] >> specialist admitted three counts of murder and said gibbs planned the attack. >> we would identify a guy. [inaudible] >> he has pleaded not guilty to 16 separate charges. he faces life in prison without parole if convicted. >> a major breakthrough by the

u.s. against a drug cartel. >> it was a network run by mexicans in arizona. a total of 76 suspects have been arrested. they used backpackers and vehicles to smuggle marijuana, cocaine, and caroline. -- heroin. >> operation pipeline express has been going on for the last year and a half. over that time, there been three major busts. a total of 76 arrests, more than 30 tons of marijuana, more than 100 fire arms. it was all focused on the border between arizona and mexico. those border towns where they entered the united states. they were using backpackers, a vehicle's and safe houses are

around the city of phoenix. this operation is said to live made something like $2 billion in profits over the last five years. a huge operation. >> this would be seen as a victory for u.s. officials. the problem of drug smuggling is a large one for the authorities in america. >> it is being seen as a huge success against this particular cartel. it is considered to be the most powerful of the mexican drug cartels. some of the authorities in arizona are concerned about this. they do not want the city centers of arizona to be the focus of the mexican drug trade. they are determined to continue this crackdown. it extends much further than arizona.

>> united nations security council has expressed concern over the face of the massive stockpiles built up by colonel gaddafi. the council called on libya and its neighbors. many weapons were destroyed in nato airstrikes. officials say it is not clear how many are still in circulation. nigeria's ambassador to the united nations said the resolution drafted by russia and adopted unanimously is about mopping up weapons in post- conflict libya. >> the resolution 2017 is about mopping up weapons in post- conflict libya. the danger and the threats posed by the proliferation of weapons

in libya has been recognized by the council and this resolution is to pursue this mopping up strategy, especially small cars and light weapons. >> nato has announced that its mission in libya has formally ended. they describe the operation as one of the most successful in the 62-year history of nato. he stressed the mission, was in support of the u.n. mandate, protect the civilian population. >> the gaddafi regime, a real threats against the civilian population. we've mandated to protect civilians against the threats. that is the reason why we targeted gaddafi regime military facilities. >> if the mission was to protect the civilians, why was nato --

where was day to when it came to sirte? >> the fact is that the ntc forces did all they could to protect civilians. i have no evidence ntc forces deliberately attacked civilians. the fact is, and remnants of the gaddafi regime forces were still fighting in sirte, and they also used as human shields. my point is, it was the gaddafi regime and later on the remnants of the gaddafi regime that was the threat against civilians. >> what can nato member states

offered libya now in concrete terms? >> for nato, operation unify and protect will be terminated by midnight today. i do not foresee a major nato role thereafter. >> we are live from singapore and london. the use of drought attacks and civilian casualties in pakistan. -- drone attacks and civilian casualties in pakistan. >> this does storms have left more than 3 billion homes without power. >> russian billionaire has been defending himself at the high court in london against accusations that he betrayed a business rival. the allegation comes -- he said

he was bullied by bthe billionaire. >> he arrived in court looking relaxed and confident. the 45-year-old as the third richest person in the u.k. he bought chelsea football club in 2003 and has the ear of the russian prime minister. suing him is the 65-year-old, is believed he is worth 500 million pounds. although politically powerful and the 1990's, he fell out with vladimir putin and lives in exile in britain. their argument is over a russian oil company. he claims that he threatened him into selling its share for a fraction of their value. he is suing for breach of trust and contract. he denies the allegations. he says the two men were never

business partners, but he paid him as a sort of power broker. this is a case about two men who got extremely rich after the collapse of the soviet union. it is also about the power struggle in modern russia. he is usually a very private, a publicity shy person. here in court, between his cross-examination and the publication of all of this witness statement in both english and russian, his life is being shared. he is expected to give evidence for several more days. >> greece will hold a referendum

on a new european union aid package intended to resolve the debt crisis. >> the u.s. as libya must do more to secure its weapon stockpile. >> china has launched an unmanned spacecraft as part of its plan to build a space station. a rocket blasted off from the desert in northwestern china. admission is planned for next year as part of a program to build a permanent space station by 2020. we were in beijing with this report. >> it is trying to build a space station, which it hopes to have an orbit sometime between 2020 and 2022. in order to do that comedies to practice a certain maneuver. one of those maneuvers, that is

what this particular mission will disappearthe shenzhou 8 has blasted off. within the next 48 hours, it will dock with a capsule that was launched about a month ago. that is the key thing, a practicing the docking technology. so that they can build a space station in 10 years' time. >> in pakistan, survivors of the u.s. drone strike are planning legal action in the country supreme court. the cia is estimated to carry out more than 300 strikes since 2004, killing more than 2000 people. the majority are suspected militants. >> a rare glimpse of a remote-

controlled killer. a pilot's-less us drone in the skies over pakistan. the targets are suspected militants and many senior taliban and al qaeda commanders have been killed. washington refuses to admit it is using the missiles here. opponents claim what is happening as murder. these men have lost8 relatives. the data were guilty of nothing, they say, except living in the wrong place. he also lost both legs, one eye, and his hopes for the future. i wanted to be a doctor, he told me. but i cannot walk to school anymore. when i see others going, i wish i could join them. the route from a drone, any man

can look like a target. >> taliban or non-taliban would be addressed in the same way. every person carries a weapon in that area. anybody could be targeted. >> the british legal charity is gathering evidence about the atom victims of this covert war. predict the hidden victims of this covert war. >> but really tugs at my heartstrings, it was most certainly the missile that killed a small child. i have a three-year-old son myself. >> protesters have taken to the streets in islamabad. to clamoring for justice.

the message here is that as well as killing innocent people, the attacks are counterproductive. they warn that they generate more radicalism, more hatred of the west. they said the strikes or a taliban recruiting tool. washington will probably be on moved by all desperate -- unmoved by all of this. >> millions of people without power on america's east coast. >> more than 3 million homes are without electricity in the northeast of the united states. a heavy snowstorm has blanketed the region with 11 people being killed. some states are warning it could be days or a week before people have electricity again. one of the worst affected states is massachusetts. >> the governor of massachusetts

has declared a statewide state of emergency. he has 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 the massachusetts without power. that number is beginning to trend downward. as of right now, we are at 430,000 customers without power. " give us an idea of what kind of emergency calls you have been responding to. >> we have been seeing a lot of request for debris removal crews. we're also seeing request for backup generator power for critical and the structure. things like hospitals, nursing homes, police and fire stations. we're working with our local

public safety officials to make sure they have all the resources they need to appropriately respond. >> the russian maternity home page to families compensation for accidentally switching their daughters at birth 12 years ago. the story has captivated russians and made headlines when the mistake came to light recently. the girls do not want to swap parents. there are readjusting to their new situation. the families are planning to use the compensation to buy homes close to each other. in the city of london, protesters outside st. paul's cathedral had been given a 48 hour work mellitus to move on. -- notice to move on.

if the demonstrators refused to leave, an injunction will be saw. the dean of st. paul's resigned over the way the camp has been handled. >> yesterday, only hours from his resignation, the deans body language betrayed the enormous pressure he was under. visibly uncomfortable as the as protesters to -- >> i find it difficult that you assume that i did not hold the same views as he is simply because i do not use the same methods of expressing my views as you. >> today, the news that shocked the whole church. a statement from the dean, read by a colleague, saying that he was going. >> it has become 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. >> of the activists insist they never wanted the dean's resignation. >> everyone here is really shocked. what we want to do is get back to the issues. >> in times where there a certain amount of pressure going around, in some cases, it is a good show of honor to of resigned. >> the dean has ultimate responsibility for st. paul's. he chairs the chapter made up of the registrar and cannons and they control of day-to-day management of the cathedral. the important task of fund- raising belongs to the foundation, on which the team

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 is saddened and shocked. he insisted that there has never been any influence from financial institutions. >> i would also like to refute very strongly the suggestions that what is behind all of this is money. that has been repeatedly said in reporting this situation. i think it is unfortunate that that impression has got around. >> whatever the pressures, the dean of england's principal cathedral has been forced out of office by a public protest. there is no sign tonight that

the protesters will leave. the dean's departure might do little to ease st. paul's agony. >> two 400-year-old ships may have belonged to sir francis drake. in international team of marine archaeologists have been exploring the vessels. scientists hope the discoveries will now help them locate his body. >> you have been watching 'newsday." >> the latest deal to tackle the european debt crisis has been in doubt by a surprise announcement that greece is to hold a referendum. more on that to come. thank you for watching.

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