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>> and now, "bbc world news." >> welcome. here are the headlines. three days of violent clashes in cairo, now the egyptian cabinet offers to resign. western powers queue up to sever financial ties with iran as the pressure mounts over the country's nuclear program. >> and deadlock in washington as the so-called supercommittee fails to agree measures to cut america's vast deficit. >> and on the sticky wick et, the nuclear power plant in the indian state and the local protests against it. >> it's noon here in singapore. >> it's 4:00 in the morning here in london, broadcasting to viewers on pbs in america and around the world. welcome to "news day."

>> welcome to the program. let's take you live to the egyptian capital of cairo and tahrir square where

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>> omar protesting there in tahrir square. the united states has announced a new set of sanctions againstx iran, targeting its petrochemical industries and financialxd sector. and the u.k. and canade>v are cutting financial ties tojf tehran, all thisok aimed wn÷ stopping what they suspect is program. iran insists all its nuclear work is directedg power, not arms. james reynolds reports. >> iran's pursuit ofht nuclear power and perhaps all >qq goes with it worries the rest of the world. the country's government insists that its ambitions are purelyt( peaceful. a claim doubted by the west. so the united states alonáp wit the u.k. and canada have now taken steps to cut off the nuclear program. >> the treasury department isjf formally identifying irançó as jurisdiction of primary money

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since the y were driven from power. four years since the dividends were taken into custody. what the judges have done is they've actually split up this massive trial which was meant to be the biggest trial, war crimes trial, into smaller chunks precisely so they can get through this more quickly in the hope of gaining convictions because these three men are all elderly, they've been in ill health and the real fear is that one or more of them may die before the end of the trial.

>> we'll have to leave it there. actually, we've got one more question. we know that the trials are joint enterprises between the u.n. as well as cambodia. they've been heavily criticized, though. why is that? >> well, partly it's the time that it's been taking and also we've had all sorts of problems on the ground here, political interference from the came bodian government. that produces the resignation of one of the investigating judges who was in turn accused of judicial incompetence and there was a financial corruption scandal here as well. the u.n. in particular has been accused of being sue pine in this -- supine in this. it hasn't really been particularly vocal in defending the cause of independence. many people would like to see them doing more on that front to ensure the credibility of this tribunal. -- tribunal. >> and in deed it's fair to have just three people on trial for the deaths of 1.7 million

people. >> some would argue not. the tribunal was set up with very specific aims, one of which was that it would try the most senior certificate vivinging leaders and those most responsible for the worst atrocities. that's actually now boiling down to the three men that that courtroom right now and the one person who's already been convicted who was the head of a notorious detention center. he's going to end up with perhaps four people being held responsible for all the crimes and prosecutors would like to see more people in the dock but it seems there's a great deal of reluctance on the part of the cambodian authorities and perhaps evens the judges here for the tribunal to move forward with that. >> all right. we'll leave it there. you're watching "news day" live from singapore and london. still to come on the program, testing times for india's government, we'll be speaking to a political analyst in delhi about the recent corruption

scandals. >> and villages across the indian state stage hunger strikes against a proposed nuclear plant they say will destroy their livelihoods. >> the red cross is after libyan authorities to let them visit people in prison and expect the visit to take place very soon. bbc has made contact with the doctor who first examined colonel gaddafi's son following his capture in the mountains on saturday. >> main hospital and it was from here that on sunday a doctor was called to go and visit al-gaddafi. that doctor is a ukrainian surgeon. how did you find him? >> i found him in good condition, physically and mentally. maybe he was a little scared

about the situation. and i found two wounds and two cut fingers on his right hand. it was old wounds and his wounds were information, his wound is inflamed. yes. >> did he tell you how the got the wounds? >> he told me that he got the wounds during a bombing of nato. nato attack. >> and do you believe him? because as you know, some libyans are saying that he was captured previously and then let go but that his fingers were cut off by revolutionary fighters. >> i don't think so because got wound by knife or by some sharp thing, it's a clear wound, you know? but this wound was broken bones. i think it's some explosion, maybe not missiles because after bombing, after big

explosion, might be another injuring of body, not only hand. it's impossible to wound only hand without injury to all the other body. >> the headlines for you this hour. the egyptian cabinet has offered its resignation following a third day of violence between riot police and protesters in cairo. >> u.s. joins the u.k. and canada in announcing new sanctions on iran because of concerns about the country's nuclear program. >> indian politics is back in the spotlight following a number of recent corruption scandals on the opening day of the winter session parliament is set to debate crofrle measures to tackle the program -- troferinge measures to tackle the -- crofrle measures

to tackle the program. joining me is our political analyst and chief of bureau at the behinduestan times. welcome to the show. it's being dubbed the most important legislative session of the government's five-year term. will the corruption bill dominate? >> yes, certainly the government's intention will be to bring in and pass the legislation that will create an object budsman to punish corruption in the government. it's a priority for the government. but it's not going to be very easy for the government given the really hostile and an tig miss it tick position -- and antagonstic position. >> now, do you see it being a watered down bill? how likely, for instance, will it give the ombudsmen power to investigate the prime minister, for instance? >> well, by no standards it's a

watered down bill. it may not be meeting the standards of some of the activists' demand wizz have included sweeping powers for the ombudsmen to bring in a servicing prime minister under its purr view. that proposal has been widely opposed not only by political parties which are represented in parliament but also from some of the i understandian judiciary, former chief justices, so on and so forth. without any writers an without any exceptions. so except that provision, there again, the prime minister's not exempt from the ombudsmen's am by the but only that the prime minister would come under its investigative powers that perhaps certain areas of the prime minister's operation would be outside its purview and also considering a proposal that a prime minister should be brought under its purview only

after he's quit its office. the prime minister of india will be under the ombudsman in some form or other. >> bill that is likely to come under the final drafting has been done which is currently under way, one could safely assume that it is going to be a much, much stronger bill than before the protest groups actually hit the street and made it stronger. it is going to be a much stronger bill. >> ok. i'm afraid we'll have to leave it there. thank you so much for injure insight of -- your insight of that. india is growing rapidly and to keep development on track it needs electricity and plenty of it. over the coming years the government wants to build energy production hubs in pockets of south india but in recent months plans for a nuclear power plant have prompted protests and hunger strikes.

>> protesting against india's development drive. these people are fighting the production of electricity in their patch. they know there's a great and growing need but they do not want the place they call home to be used to power india's future. >> we need to reclaim our land, our water, our sea, our seafood, our land and all this, this is more important than electricity. >> these villagers are gathered to protest against the nuclear power plant that's set to come online not far from here in the coming months. plans for nuclear power to come to this area in south india have been going since the -- [inaudible] now these villagers say they're taking a final stand and they're going to fight to the end for their futures and their livelihoods.

when florence anthony fears the worst. a local fisherman, he depends on these waters. but he says a nuclear power plant here in the coastal area of -- area will raise sea temperature, damaging fish stock and local trade. >> we cannot do our jobs and we will be forced to leave our homes and our land. but we can't do that, we will end up becoming refugees in other places. >> it's a stark reminder of india's thirst for power. the government insists that once operational the nuclear power plant will help to solve the area's energy problems. local companies suffer from regular electricity shortages and power cuts and the chance to keep the lights on for

longer is being welcomed by local industry. >> across the state they have to stop production for us every day because of power outages. if this problem can be solved with a nuclear plant, things will improve and so too will government earnings. >> for now children in the area enjoy village life. but the landscape around them is changing. many coastal areas like this one have been earmarked for major energy projects but the challenge the government faces is convincing local people of the benefits of playing a part in india's growth story. >> you've got more on events in syria and turkey. >> that's right. the president of turkey has told the bbc that its country

does not want to intervene in neighboring syria. he says a change is clearly needed and is preparing for the worst. the president was speaking to our diplomatic correspondent on the eve of his state visit to britain. >> syria cannot remain under this regime forever. in this age. the people are -- [inaudible] everything. and people are seeing what's happening and all the fear has gone in the region. >> do you think that president assad should resign? >> it's not one person, it's not the president, you see. it's the change of the regime. so, that's fractured, first of all, should be changed. so therefore it's problematic. >> we have seen in egypt this

weekend new clashes between the police and demonstrators. do you think there's now military threat to democracy in the new egypt? >> i think egyptians know that an authoritarian regime won't be accepted by the egyptian people. after the revolution, egypt, i was the first president who went there and i shared all my feelings and my thought with the military leaders there. i told them that it's not you that you run the country. >> how far do you think turkey can act as an inspiration, a sort of democratic model, for these countries which are now seeking to become democratic? >> this turkey became real

source of inspiration for many arab countries. they're leaders, they're intellectuals, they're youth, they've questioned themselves. they succeeded. where we are now. >> there are some people who say turkey wants the great power in the region, the ot monday empire and maybe the time has come begun if -- again for turkey to be the center of this part of the world. >> look, these -- this was there, of course. but we are very much realistic now. we don't have an agenda in the region. >> are you worried about turkey getting drawn into syria's conflict? there was a report today of a bus of turkish pilgrims who were attacked by syrian police in syria. does this worry you? >> we don't want to interfere in the syrian domestic issues.

i mean, if the syrian people -- but since this is happening in our neighborhood, since the syrian people are friends, they think we cannot be indifferent so therefore we clearly made our position that we are together with the people of syria. >> turkish president there speaking to us. a russian spacecraft has safely touched down after a mission to the international space station. it was bringing back three astronauts who spent more than five months in orbit. u.s. astronaut, japan and a russian spent 165 days on the international space station. their replacements, two russians and an american, arrived at the i.s.s. on the first last wednesday. thanks for watching.

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