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>> and now "bbc world news america." >> cyrian uprising that claimed dozens more lies. activists say more intuitive people have been killed. after the biggest week, the u.s., -- army says bradley manning will face a court- martial. many victims have been homeless people living on the streets. welcome to bbc news. coming up a little later, law enforcement agencies to intercept a compensation concerning cyber crime.

syrian activist say at least two other people have been killed or in the city of homs. homs has seen some of the worst violence. mortar fire hit a district. diplomats in new york say the united nations security council is expected to vote saturday on a resolution aimed at helping to end the crisis. we spoke to an anti-government activist who told me what he could see. >> security forces are outside this area. they are shooting. >> are they shooting into a residential area?

are they shooting into a residential neighborhood? why are they doing that? is there somebody in there they are trying to target? >> no. we do not know the reason why. quite has anything happened on friday that has brought the security forces there to justify why they are shooting? >> oh, my gosh. i cannot hear you. >> i was just wondering, did anything happen on friday to mean that the security forces have come to shoot at that neighborhood. has something happened on friday? >> no. the usual demonstrations on friday like usual.

two hours or three hours ago, it started the shelling. there is nothing unusual this friday. >> are you getting any protection from the three syrian army. that is what they say they will do -- protect civilians. >> we do not have any army. >> that is an eyewitness account from the city of homs from just a few hours ago. from london, demonstrators at gathered outside the syrian embassy. one of those protesters joins me all the live from outside the syrian embassy. thank you for your time.

every minute at 4:00 in the morning. what is going on there? >> we are in front of the embassy. [unintelligible] there are around 500 people. many are asked to go to the front of their embassy. some people i attacked them. at 1:30 a.m., they broke a window.

>> you say of people actually gained entry into the embassy. the metropolitan police say there were five of them. did you see that happen? >> yes. i saw it. >> they were arrested, were they? >> yes. >> you say there are places for the protest to take place. who was making those calls? >> [unintelligible] we are waiting for the news outside of syria.

the people want to do everything to protect themselves. i do not know exactly why this huge amount of people being killed. we do not know the message they are trying to send to us and syria. today there is a revolution. [unintelligible] syrians all around the world are angry. they are trying to make their voices heard. they are telling everyone to stop the bloodshed in syria. >> i presume you have family and friends in syria. we keep hearing that communication is very difficult. how do you get information from

your friends and family in syria? >> twitter and some calls. it is difficult to get calls from inside syria. >> speaking to us from outside the syrian embassy where there is a protest going on in london. washington, stockholm, and other cities around the world. let's get more on the un resolution that is expected on saturday. this resolution is aimed at helping stem the crisis in the country. it has the backing of the arab league. that these plan calls for bashar al-assad to step aside in favor of a deputy. barbara platt said as there is hope this new resolution could be passed.

>> momentum has been moving over the last couple of days. there was a high-level meeting on syria. high level because haitians on the draft resolution. the resolution backed the arab league peace plan which would be bashar al-assad ceding power to a deputy. and i lie on the pot -- council has objected to certain parts of the latest draft. he said it did not submit formally any amendments. late in the afternoon on friday, 8 vote was called to be held on saturday morning. it is still not clear how russia will vote. it has vetoed a resolution on syria before in october. there is some hope this time things could be different. the text has been revised several times to meet russian concerns, particularly concerns of this could legitimized for

military intervention and regime change. hillary clinton is speaking about the resolution by telephone and is supposed to meet on saturday to talk about it. perhaps the pending vote will help to focus their minds on this issue. it is certainly adding to the sense that the month-long debate over syria and the security council is coming to a climax. >> in egypt, waters are morning after 17 people died after a football match in the city of port said. the home side won the match, but as the whistle blew, the forces stormed the pitch. officials say at least 1000 people were injured in the violence. libyan authorities are investigating the death of a former ambassador who was detained by an armed militia groups in tripoli.

human-rights watched says the man was tortured to death. the government has vowed to look into allegations of torture. from tripoli, jonathan head reports. >> burying his father is not what he expected to do in the new libya. his father turned up two weeks ago after being detained by an armed militia groups in tripoli. >> he was a former ambassador. he had eight children. >> she knows her father passed away. she does not understand what happened. >> she had no reason to fear when she was summoned for questioning. 24 hours later, the family found his body 100 kilometers to the south. >> signs of torture all over his body. he was beaten by differnet

ways. given my medical background, i assumed it was a metal object. his nose was broken. signs of bruises all over his body. nails removed from his hand fingernail off as well as toenails. >> the brigade that help in the war of gaddafi -- what would they want to kill him? >> they are taking the role of the police, judge, injury. they make the decision based on rumors and they take people and they killed them. i am thinking that my father is not the only one. this has to stop. torturing people to death after gaddafi's passed away, it is unbelievable. >> the task of protecting law

and human rights in libya calls to the people who live in this shabby building. it is the new ministry of justice, but in a country still ruled by armed militias, it's a party does not run very far. authority does not run very far. >> on the streets of the capital, the government still rule. accountable to no one but themselves. >> the united states army confirms private bradley manning will face a court-martial for releasing military details. the former intelligence analyst is accused of selling documents to wikileaks.

>> bradley manning, the u.s. army intelligence analyst, now facing a military court martial for his alleged involvement in the leaking of hundreds of thousands secret u.s. documents to wikileaks. he was arrested in may 2010 while serving in iraq. the week at this classified a video showing an incident in baghdad where american forces killed civilians. the footage and hundreds of thousands of secret documents and videos were made public by wikileaks. the detailed abuses in iraq and afghanistan and top-secret opinions of u.s. diplomats around the world. it was the biggest leak of classified information in american history. mr. manning's lawyers portray him as a for agile and mentally unstable young man, and able to be open about his homosexuality in the army.

supporters have denounced the conditions under which he was held. no date has been set for the court-martial. if convicted, bradley mining -- bradley manning could be imprisoned for life. >> also in the united states, federal prosecutors have started an investigation into lance armstrong. no reason was given for the investigation. there are allegations armstrong and his teammates used spot to ship money for the u.s. postal service to bite performance enhancing drugs. -- sponsorship money from the u.s. postal service to buy performance enhancing drugs. three british prisoners have died in southern spain. the old debt were in their '70's.

nine other britons have been treated and hospitalized. several victims have returned home to the u.k. the number of cancer cases in the u.k. rose by 30%. an aging population, higher levels of obesity, and less exercise are the main factors on the rise. ireland will have the biggest rise of 72% it is predicted. the chairman of the royal bank of scotland admit that bankers have been paid too much for too long. the chief executive turned down a bonus worth nearly 1 million pounds. this is a bbc news. these are the headlines. syrian uprising claims more

lies. activists say more than two of the people have been killed in homs. after the biggest leak of classified documents in american history, the u.s. army says bradley manning is to face a court-martial. more than 100 people have died of hyperthermia in the ukraine. the temperature got to -32 degrees celsius. eight people have died in the past 24 hours. it is the coldest week in 27 years. the cold weather has led to a shortage of russian fuel supplies in eight countries. >> know, this is not the arctic. this is europe. a white world of snow and ice has descended across most of the continent. in ukraine, temperatures fell below minus 30 degrees celsius. many countries have been reduced to a crawl. roads, railways, airports all

affected. in serbia, delays and frustrations and. >> i had a lot of difficulties in traffic. it took me 45 minutes to cover a distance i would usually cover in 10 minutes. >> so far, nearly 200 people have died. many of them in committees that were cut off. it has been a huge challenge. several areas have no electricity. in neighboring russia, icebreakers are being used to reach some towns. further south, italy is experiencing the coldest week in 27 years. snowstorms in rome delighting many of the tourist. >> i am come from detroit, michigan. it is snowing in rome.

>> amid the chaos, some plan to enjoy the snow in germany. for millions, the freezing weather has brought misery and it is expected to continue well into february. >> the fbi and the metropolitan police have launched a criminal and litigation after some hackers and dissected a conference call in which officers were discussing hacking. the phone conversation gave details of joint operations and dates of planned arrest. >> a supposedly secure conference call last month between crime detectives. >> hello? >> hello. how are you doing? >> specialist talking to fbi agents in los angeles and washington, discussing their highly sensitive ideas to track

down internet hackers. while the very brief they are hacking, anonymous packed into the conversation and published it on the internet. >> i saw the information about the conference in sheffield. >> the detectives have no idea that adversaries will hear this. they discuss specifics and current cases. >> we have stepped back further west until we know what is happening. we have to factor sometime in that will not look suspicious. >> no operational rest have been identified, but it is still embarrassing. how could this happen? the lawyer for one suspect police and fbi agent recorded it and sent it as an audio file to

an e-mail that was then intercepted by the packers. >> it is frustrating that the people that are supposed to be prosecuting hacking allegations have been hacked themselves. >> members of the group of anonymous were seen among the many different protestors at the occupy london protest. who are they? they are a loose gathering of internet hackers, activist, and free speech defenders. they wreak havoc on their enemies over the atlantic. the u.s. department of justice, the cia, a corporate giant sony. they are causing headaches in high places. this is part of a massive government investment in private security. for all of their resources,

sometimes they can be outsmarted by the very people they are trying to catch. >> thousands of people are expected to take part in a big rally in moscow today. vladimir putin is seeking reelection. there of the allegations of widespread fraud in december of the parliamentary elections. daniel simpson reports. >> there has been no backing off of the of the new year in the battle to clean up russia's elections. this -- hundreds of signatures were being forced on the nomination of a presidential candidates. with the presidential election only a month away come up thousands of volunteers are trendy to be a election observers. many of them fired up by stories of outrageous corruption.

stories about students who were approached to join a group of young people to go around illegally voting again and again for vladimir putin. they made sure the whole thing was secretly filmed by undercover journalist. >> we would go into each polling station and show our passports. >> when the person saw the apple sticker, he knew exactly what to do and they both a paper with the usual explanation about how to vote. >> this is one of the many polling stations where the young couple voted that day. there are over 40 in this area along with a were told they could safely go. it gives you an idea of the scale of these institutional conspiracies to rig the election. although he was an official observer, pavel walked

tirelessly as his polling station was changed after the count. the ruling party gained 800 votes. the other parties got 40 votes each. >> it was much worse than i expected. i was so upset. all the night before the election i took time on writing the report. >> it was these examples of blatant fraud that brought tens of thousands of protesters out on the streets of moscow in december and will again this weekend. some estimates suggest that letter putin's party stole 10% of the vote. he is still russia's most popular politician and little can stop them returning to the kremlin. >> the search is underway in the

sea of mexico for a british man who fell from eight liner during a caribbean cruise. he was spotted on closed-circuit television from the balcony of a state room on the 11th back of the ship. he has not yet been named. john terry has been stripped of the english captaincy. the made racial remarks against another player. manchester united says he does not want to be captain. >> i am -- i have been captive before. it was taken away from me. i am happy playing good football for manchester united. if i am selected for the squad, but i will be delighted.

playing for your country is a great achievement. i always feel privileged to be selected. if that comes around again, i will be happy 100%. >> a reminder, syrian activists say at least 200 people have been killed during the shelling in the city of homs. homs has seen some of the worst violence. overnight, protesters gathered outside syrian embassies in berlin and london. later on saturday, diplomats in new york say the united nations security council is expected to vote on a resolution to help end the crisis. u.s. secretary of state, hillary clinton, has spoken to the russian prime minister to try to get the russians on side. you're watching bbc.

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