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expertise for work for a wide range of companies. >> good evening. from singapore. >> from london. the headlines, united nations saying that being referred to the common court. and there is talk reducing greenhouse gases. >> as the troops leave iraq, president obama says they are leaving with dignity and their heads held high. and in noon singapore. >> welcome to news day.

the united nations human rights chief says she believes that more than 5,000 people have been killed in syria and anti-government protests. she estimates that 40,000 syrians have been detained and more fled to neighboring countries. >> and it's based on the evidence and the widespread nature of the killings, the torture, i felt that these were crimes against humanity. and i recommended they should be referred to the international common court. >> as one colleague said it was the most horrifying briefing we have had in the security council over the last two years. she cataloged more than 5,000

people killed. a situation that is deteriorating with a military build up in homes. tens of thousands of rapes and more. >> and from the united nations and the security government press and with local elections despite the situation. and we have this report from neighboring turkey. >> syria is a country divided between those who voted and those who are still fighting. and then those who chose to protest. with elections mocked by holding one of their own. and in hammer they protested in a more conventional way.

here almost everything is shut. the likelihood of any voting taking place in neighborhoods like this is not high. and these pictures from homes and 10 people are reported to have killed in the past 24 hours. a local election has little relevance here. but in government strong holds like damascus, people did come out to vote. and this is the first step in its own reform program. they are free before and will give more power to local associations, and the president is the only one to provide reform and stability. but with a country wracked by violence and this exercise is impossible to judge. for the millions who turned

against president assad, reform under his leadership is now an impossibility. their protests have cost up to 5,000 lives. and but they won't stop and once over the power in the country will resume. >> let's bring breaking news out of burma, and we have report of legalizing the party of the leader. and in the government news party, the party known as national league of democracy, was banned in burma in national elections. and get the latest report. rachel, and now this party to rejoin mainstream politics? >> it will eventually, technically what happened today the authorities see nothing that

will ban the nld now from reapplying as a party in the official burmese. and then the next stage for the trapping of the parties and the names and symbols, and some things may be predicted. but the party would be called their name and these steps have to be gone through before the nld is an official party. >> is so steps to take but no blocking by the military rulers in place? >> technically there aren't military rulers in place in

burma, this is a military-backed country, there are senior military figures that remain in burma. and we should not forget that 25 seats in parliament are reserved for the military officers. but this is a new military government and critics say it's new only in name and some don't trust this. but these moves are the latest sign. >> a technical step indeed, and thank you rachel for clarifying for us. from bangkok. the british prime minister gave his account of what happened in brussels. vetoing a new treaty setting tougher rules on taxing.

because it wasn't in the national interest. and this statement made to a packed out of commons, although the deputy minister chose not to attend. >> france and germany said in their letter last week thatut -- that the euro zone should provide safeguards, and i make no apology for them. and i have to tell the house the choice was a treaty without safeguards or no treaty, and the right answer was no treaty. >> how can the prime minister persuade anyone else when he can't persuade his deputies? >> he has chosen the party interest, we will rule the day when this prime minister left britain alone, it's bad for

business, bad for jobs and for britain. >> that's the leader of the labour party in u.k. and we hear of canada leaving from the k yokyoto. >> yes, and this announcement comes after talks and what the agreement and what will take place when kyoto will resign. >> there were clear signs this was coming but now canada has pulled out of kyoto accord. >> this cannot work and it's clear that kyoto is not a path

forward with the climate change but an impediment. >> canada signed the agreement that required them to cut emissions to 1990 levels by 2012. they were way off target and 7% off 1990 levels. and after talks in durbin, canada came under heavy opposition under kyoto and explaining that past. >> striking a blow the day after you get back from durbin and canada negotiated in bad faith and not telling other countries what their plans to withdraw.

>> in part canada's decision is related to tar sands to the west of the country. tar sands could guarantee the future for this area the environmental ministry says that canada remains on path forward set out in durbin. but some believe that the decision to take out of kyoto was in the interest of tar sand industry and not for future generations. >> the troops are coming home but leaving with dignitiy and their heads held high. that was president obama's message as he stood marking the end of the military interaction in iraq, on december 31, the last troops will leave the

country. >> prime minister asked to come to arlington national cemetery, where millions are buried. he and president obama honored the dead. and for mr. obama today a warning for iraq's powerful neighborhood, iran. >> we are partnering for regional security, as iraq has pledged not to interfere with other nations, and other nations must not interfere with iraq. their sovereignty must be respected. >> and the president said that this must be acknowledged. and that we should not allow others to interfere. president obama has kept promise in iraq, and the troops are

nearly all home, about 6,000 remain and will be leaving soon. and with a mass remaining behind in iraq, with aid and training programs galore. but otherwise americans are leaving behind this fragile area. and just weeks ago there was action in a nearby city. will this provide by others that bequeathed in trainers.

america wants an oil rich ally and iran wants help in the middle east. does iraq stop others meddling in their affairs, and what has iran got in mind? perhaps a power game over iraq's future starts now. >> and you are watching news day on the bbc, live from london. still to come, spanish scandal, the king's son-in-law faces charges. >> and we will look at how a city has changed. >> the british prime minister, david cameron has held reforms after the government's depression of protests early this year.

and king hamad hold the bbc details. >> a controversial visit by a king from a country wracked with violence. seeking help and advice on reforms, and cameron suggested for opposition and they are look for real change. >> we are looking from dictato dictatorship to democracy, and we move forward from the military institution, and that's what we are looking for, and we are willing, the prime minister of the united kingdom to discuss this issue with the king. >> bahrain the protests and clashes with police and villages continue, many want an end.

but large parts of the population do not. the head the party said he can live this and can dialogue with the king. the king told the bbc he plans to invite in personal advisors from all parties including the institution, but most remain sk skeptical. and this gulf state is deeply divided from the sheer opposition and those who support their government. >> this is news day on the bbc. >> the headlines this hour, u.n.

rights say that they should not provided for the protests. >> and canada brought in discussing protocol for reduction in greenhouse gases. >> in spain the partners are being investigated for invasion of public funds, he's been relieved of duties but denies wrong doing. >> the son-in-law of the king has put scrutiny on the royal family, and they have removed mr. urdangarin, who is married

to the king's duchess has not been charged of crime. however alleged that he removed public funds from a group that he chaired. the royal family said today his behavior had not been exemplary. mr. urdangarin is a former hand ball player, the couple live with their four children in washington, d.c. where he works for a telecomfirm. the spanish royal family has a mostly clean image, however in this crisis, revelations about the son-in-law are going down badly. >> in other news, demonstrations have tried to locate a number of

major ports across the united states in protests for inequality. in oakland, and san francisco about a thousand people march on the dock for disputes. and in seattle the police had to use pepper spray against the demonstrators. and with some protesters at the state capitol and after replaced in singapore, and the man who replaced him was illegally appointed. mr. o'neill has refuse to step down. the week of the last employment issues is a global issue. and it seems that southern india is not immune. >> that's right, and in the

educated state of a literacy race of more than 90%, producing engineers but failing to keep them because of lack of jobs. and this our special week series of the young and jobless. and we travel to find how some skilled graduateds are turning their hand to find jobs. >> reaching for opportunity. mohamed is one of the newest coconut pickers. but it's not what he expected after graduating as an automobile engineer. >> there are not a lot of well-paying jobs in the auto sector, i am better picking coconuts. >> learning news skills over traditional ones is one way that they are trying to stay at home

and work at home. and even the best and brightest are having to adapt. >> the reality of a skills mismatch is even dawning on those who have yet to venture in the workforce. in caroller, there are not many jobs in sectors like engineering. to get work many students will have to accept doing some different or moving away from home. and now the government and the business are hoping for a new dawn. they are trying to match the right professionals with the right jobs. here they are building new business ports to generate employment. >> tourism and logistics and then i.t., and electronic hardware and gap-based industries. and engineering. across these sectors the idea is

to create 5 million employment industries. >> new jobs may be in the offering, but for now their local airport remains busy. since the 1990s, millions of educated have boarded planes to other india states and abroad in search of opportunity. and they are trying to reverse what has plagued the economy, and stop more of their best and brightest leaving through these departure gates. >> and the city of delhi is working to commemorate a landmark, and they will have a year long events to begin in january. and joining me from delhi is a

professor, thank you for joining us and tell us why this celebration is largely ignored by indians? >> i don't know that i say that, there are a lot of fun events happening by the delhi government. but there is admittedly a slight kind of sense of the announcement to make it the capital and colonial event with making a queen president. so celebrating it in what is called coronation park in delhi, has not been carried through as originally intended. i think that the sense that delhi has grown in the last 100

years is not so much to do with the fact that the capital was transferred. but the consequences are partitioned because the growth of delhi has been largely because of the very large migration of people from what became pakistan. and subsequently all the government departments shifted and so on, has made it in a city that i don't think they quite visualize when did they made it a winter capital in 1911. and you must remember most of the time the government of india functioned from shilma. >> let's now take a look at this selection of rare photos of what delhi looked like over a century ago, and at the landscape and

castles and the vegetable market and the cities. and this is beautiful. and we are viewing the fasade of the delhi bank, and there is delhi in ruins and the king's palace, please tell us how was delhi changed over the last 100 years? >> well, you know those photographs are really much older, they are 1858, and these were taken by one sent to express the sites of what was called the mutiny. and many of these fasades have changed from earlier. delhi has changed amazingly and it's grown in size to no other extent that other cities in india have.

and the growth of delhi in a short period of time has been amazing. it has swallowed all villages near it, and today no fields of mustard and cauliflower and so on, they are gone. and what you are concerned -- many buildings -- >> professor. >> which are official he protected by the government. >> professor we will have to leave it there , we would like to thank for joining us on bbc news day. you have been watching news day from the bbc. >> before we go, just a quick look and sneak through some pictures of the scotland's favorite new residents, two giant pandas that arrived from china. and came out for viewing the first time. see you soon.

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