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>> and now, "bbc world news." >> welcome to newsday on the bbc. i'm in singapore. >> i am in london. here are the headlines. calls from wall street are still defiant. movement vows to keep on this by the disbursement of protesters. more bloodshed as bashar assad faces more calls to step down. >> and the new leader of the italian government says the country can overcome its financial crisis. it is 10:00 a.m. in singapore. >> 2:00 a.m. in london. broadcasting to viewers on pbs in america and around the world, this is newsday. ♪

>> hello and welcome. a new york court has ruled that clearance of the quality occupy movement in manhattan -- of the " b occupy movement in manhattan is legal. people are making statements are regrouping and continuing with their protests, despite a ban on setting up camp in the area. during the pre-dawn clearing corp., 200 people were arrested. .et's get more from new york >> 7 sudden flashes -- a sudden flashes of flair all day, the police are now seen as the

bankers in new york. it started here and went global. to the authorities, it had become unsanitary. >> there was a big group of us. the woman in front of me, had a bunch of people behind her and could not back up. the police started beating her with batons. i went to help her and police started spraying us with pepper spray. >> in oregon and protests have moved into the streets after occupy portland's camp was cleared. police in new york have set up a barricade from a freshly scrubbed square. some good humored as they went around the square. some curious. believing police were ignoring a court order to let them back in. >> if we do not get back in, we will put up a fight. they will know who we are.

>> amidst anger and frustration, almost a corlette atmosphere. they're wondering if it is having any impact on america. >> the men and women building the tower four at ground zero have watched the protesters for weeks. everyone i spoke to was pleased to have the park cleaned out. >> i like to have a cigarette in a park and at a soda. i cannot do that because they are sinking of the joint. >> equally, the protesters had a point. >> now we can have our lunch in a park like human beings. >> and what do you say about what they were saying about the bank? >> oh, that israel. -- that is real. >> but protestors method does strike a chord with the politicians and big business.

>> turkey has stepped up its pressure on neighboring syria over the crackdown on protests by the governor -- the government. the prime minister of turkey said no regime could survive by killing and jailing its civilians. the arab league has suspended syria's membership. >> running for their lives under fire in syria, protesters take cover. these unverified pictures show that the violence continues. this month may be one of the bloodiest times of the uprising so far, with hundreds of syrians, security forces and opposition, believed to have been killed. president assad remains defiant, but outside the syria, the pressure is growing. the arab league has already suspended syria and the foreign ministers will hold more talks.

but more and more, old friends are slipping away. prime minister verdoorn of turkey and king abdullah of jordan are both critics. both appear to be encouraging a post-assad era. but so much depends on what is happening in syrup. the violence seems to be growing in intensity. there are signs that syria may be slipping toward civil war. the pressure is on the arab league to find a solution before that happens. >> smoke in rome at last. >> that is right, positive news from the italian prime minister designate. mario monti will meet the country on wednesday morning to confirm he can form a new government. and mr. monti says he is convinced the country can

overcome its financial crisis. >> a day three in the corridors of power for mario monti, and it seems he is starting to read some success. after what must feel like a never-ending schedule of meetings and talks, the new italian government finally beckons. >> i will be able to present the conclusions of this work to the president of the italian republic. clearly, out of respect, i cannot anticipate the contents of it, but i would like to confirm my absolute serenity and conviction in my country -- in my country's ability to overcome this difficult phase. >> since he was asked to form a new administration on sunday, mario monti has meanthat tireley with various groups. >> we are working for the national interest with a commitment to achieve the instruction of a new government. in view of the facts and of our last talks, we believe the

attempt will be successful. >> we have encouraged mr. monti to proceed, to continue with determination and speed. we did not set any terms for the government in the discussions. >> despite this political disagreement, there are already been protests against the new administration. these civil servants feel they will beef unfairly hit because of outside bodies like the you. -- the european union. on tuesday, the benchmark rate for italian government borrowing again passed the critical 7% level. that is what forced other eurozone countries to take bailout. later on wednesday, monti will meet president nepolitano to receive his new cabinet.

>> authorities in the philippines have presented -- have prevented president gloria oroyo from leaving the country. she is being investigated for federal corruption, but she says she needs medical attention abroad. but the government is concerned she will not return. growing tension in the south china sea is a subject between the u.s. and australia. -- between the u.s. and asia. and pres. barack obama is due to arrive in australia in a matter of hours. the u.s. is concerned about china's increasing prominence in the region, and mr. obama is expected to announce that more u.s. troops will be sent to train in australia.

our correspondent has more. >> partners for 60 years, the two countries could not be closer. not everyone gets the presidential shoulder treatment. with an age of rent of only two months, julia gillard and barack obama share a world view. what really bind them our strategic ties, like this joint exercise. no one says publicly is to impress the chinese, but washington needs the likes of australia in a part of the world where american influence is not always on solid ground. >> countries around southeast asia wanted the americans involved because they want to do something about china. they do not want to have a military confrontation with china. that would be disastrous for the region. but they do not want to be dominated by china. they want another big country involved as the center around whom they can use in their own relationships with china.

>> american and australian military links were at their closest in the vietnam war, as these photos show. rick was one of the diggers who spent a year in vietnam. now retired, he believes both sides still need each other, even if the partnership is not exactly equal. >> i like to think it is a very good insurance policy. you have got to have someone who has the resources to meet any potential threat. that is one thing the americans have gotten with a navy fleet, quick response. our equipment is designed to fit in with their needs. it is a logical choice to rely more on them. >> australians killed in vietnam and other conflicts are remembered at war memorials like this one in sydney. australia and the united states eventually signed a treaty to seal their military alliance. and a mutual respect continues to this day.

>> australian and american strategic relations are not just based on the treaty from the 1950's. they began in the second world war. the victims are remembered here at this memorial. but president obama is not here to dwell on the past. he is much more concerned about the potential dangers in the future. >> hands across the table, bonds across an ocean. it may not be the atlantic, but the relationship is still special. >> you are watching newsday on the bbc, live from singapore and london. still to come from an exclusive report from inside burma on the difficult road from dictatorship to democracy. >> and 10 months after the shooting, gabrielle giffords says the road to recovery could take her back to congress. the former head of the u.k. board, britta clark, has told --

pretty clark, has said he did not go beyond his limits at the airport. he is accused by the secretary of destroying his reputation and said he was not a rogue officer. our correspondent has the full story. >> our national border is meant to look like and to be a barrier to prevent the wrong people from entering the country. but today, we learned how many times the normal checks have been suspended. who is to blame? the home secretary insists that the man who was the head of the u.k. border force acted without her permission. brody clark had a chance to answer back. telling mps at first, at least, that it simply was not true. what went wrong on the border has descended into a blame game. theresa has insisted her story was defied. she had allowed border officers

to do fewer checks on certain groups, as -- such as children, but refused to suspend a fingerprint checks. berdych clark admitted that controls were relaxed, including fingerprint check in, 50 times in just three months. he said under another policy, airport safety pauses -- bosses could wait checks to avoid the weighting of -- could wave checks to avoid the weighting of passengers in crowded airports. >> shafter pass all of the information, including instructions to the border agency. >> and brody clark is not going to go quietly. therese the main is fast learning that hell hath no fury like an official scorned. bbc news, westminster. >> this is newsday on the bbc.

i am in singapore. >> i am in london. a judge in new york has a rejected an attempt by anti- will street demonstrators to restart their camp in a park in a financial district. they were evicted tuesday morning. >> and syria is facing increasing diplomatic and economic pressure to step down after thousands are left dead. >> joining me from new york's is an activist who has been part of the occupied wall street demonstrations for the past two months. can you tell me, were you read it to buy new york police in the early hours of tuesday morning? -- where you'll be evicted by new york police in the early hours of tuesday morning? what have you seen? >> we were actually writing an op-ed based on the eviction

processes when they actually eviction happen. we rely given any type of prior notice. we were just using about eight -- musing about a two month anniversary. it was extremely unexpected. it is expected in terms of the fact that, again cannot we are a movement -- again, we are in movement. we are occupying for social justice. but the same time, we were not given any type of formal warning. the helicopters came. the police came. the barricades came. the riot gear came. and people were forcibly evicted. i work with occupy wall street, but i have my apartment here, which i'm actually opening up to some of the other people who do

actually occupy. they're welcome to stay in my apartment tonight. that is the system that we have going on right now to ensure that no one is this place. and they are definitely not disenchanted be there. >> they are definitely does placed in the sense that they can no longer -- displaced in the sense that they can a lumber camp. >> it is now 9:16 p.m. our time. the general assembly said at 7:00 p.m. -- started at 7:00 p.m. most general assembly's asked -- last around two hours or three hours. again, we are part of a democracy whereby every voice is heard. we are empowered in the fact? -- in the fact that as a body of people devoted to this movement, we will come up with solutions

tonight. .nd it will be on our website all of the notes will be on that website. all of that information will be available. it is 9:17 p.m. now. i'm sure it is still happening as we speak. >> still early days. thanks for speaking to bbc news. back to singapore for more news. and an exclusive report from burma. >> that is right. for the first time in a generation, britain's international development secretary andrew mitchell is in burma for a visit. he has told the bbc he is cautiously optimistic about government reform. but he urged burmese authorities to do more. here's this exclusive report from inside burma. >> burma opposing military dictators built themselves a 20- lane-burma's military dictators

but themselves a 20-lane highway at the heart of the capital. no one uses that much, no one but the civil servants forced to move up over night when the government moved. it is a shame for grandeur -- a shameful grandeur for the people. >> we have a democracy now. we have the parliament. and things can be discussed for the political, the economic all the matters for the good for the country. >> it all began with a new president sworn in march, has surprised his country with change. >> no one would get call this a democracy, but there are signs that that was just a rubber stamp for a military dictatorship is turning itself into a real parliament. britain is burma's largest donor

and this is a chance to test reform qualities. in parliament, he met the speaker, one of the key architects of reform, and active as the future president. speaking to a foreign journalist for the first time, he told me there was no turning back. >> the reform process is genuine. is it reversible now. >> but it will take more than better debate in parliament and better read mediation for trade unions. hundreds of political prisoners remain behind bars and ethnic conflicts rage on the borders. >> but i think this is a country where judgments are taken on the action they take rather than the words they give. but again, it underlines the point that there's plenty of grounds for optimism, but still a long way to go before the international community will be able to signal that the progress

has been made. >> the workers wait for a sign that things are getting better after half a century of cruelty. >> it was less than a year ago that u.s. congresswoman dicaprio giffords was shot in the head during a campaign event in arizona -- gabrielle giffords was shot in the head during a campaign event in arizona. now she is describing her or to recovery. >> this was gabby giffords a few weeks after she was shot in the head. and this is her today. >> how do you feel? >> pretty good. >> at heart, this is the story of one woman's slow, painful recovery. >> difficult. >> just difficult. >> strong, strong. >> but she is also a u.s. congressman, and the attempt on her life and her struggle back

to health has captured the popular imagination. she was attacked during a meeting with constituents last january. six were killed, 13 injured. giffords was critically wounded. tissue from her brain and part of her skull had to be removed. it was weeks before she was well enough to be told exactly what had happened. that so many had been injured and killed. >> sad, oh, sad. a lot of people died. but for the last 10 months, she has had to learn the basics of life again, captured on film by her husband as she learned how to walk and how to talk. songs have been used to help her recover her speech. >> ♪ oh, girls just want to have fun ♪

>> but it has been a long, difficult process. >> [crying] >> i would say, gaddy, you have not been beaten. you have just been beating up. you will get through this and come back stronger than ever. >> her progress has been remarkable, but she still struggles to put thoughts into full sentences. >> um, i, oh. >> she wants to get better. >> better. >> she is answering a question about whether she wants to return to congress. but for now, she and her husband are focusing on her trying to get well again. it could take years and there is no guarantee she will ever make a full recovery. >> doctors in london have secured a baby of a life- threatening disease that had destroyed his liver. they had provided a temporary

new liver. now the research could have far reaching consequences. but need a medical marvel. -- >> need a medical marvel. it is hard to imagine, but six months ago he was close to death. a virus was destroying his liver. now it is working normally. his parents say that their only child has been given back to them. >> it was great. once he had the treatment, immediately after 48 hours, things started slowly to get better and our hope came back. we are very proud of him. he is brilliant. he is a merkel boy. -- miracle boy. >> what saved his life was not a transplant, but deep frozen human liver cells. scientist coated the cells with a chemical found in al;gaeent hg

them. and you can see the code itself at the bottom of this jar. instead of going on a waiting list for a transplant, he was given a single injection -- a single injection of liver cells. the protection was porous. the sellout toxins to flow in, the process, and wait -- waste products and pertains to flow out. after two weeks, his liver had started to recover. a key benefit over a liver transplant is that he will never need anti-rejection drugs, immunosuppressed cents. doctors are delighted. >> we think that we have given him another chance at life. and seeing him now six months down the road, with a nearly

normal liver without a transplant, it is remarkable. doctors caution that this might be a one-off. a large clinical trial is planned. >> they are bringing academic research and clinical treatments together. the next step will be to see whether this technique could be used to treat other patients with failing lovers who currently a transplant. -- failing laborers who currently need a transplant. >> many patients have died waiting for transplants. it is hoped that this procedure will help save many others. >> you are watching news day from the bbc. >> a reminder of our main news -- a judge in new york has refused to allow anti- capitalist protesters to reestablish their camp near wall street.

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