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>> and now "bbc world news." >> we're here from singapore and london. the headlines. this is the moment, the international peace process should come into effect, but no end to the violence. can britain extradite six terrorist suspects to the united states. the european court is set to rule. >> mass celebrations in north korea to the countdown of the 100th anniversary of its founder's birthday. and the titanic stop in ireland of the memorial cruise. it's 11:00 in the morning here in singapore. >> 4:00 in the morning here in london, broadcasting to viewers around america on pbs. welcome to "news day."

the deadline for syrian government troops to begin withdrawing from towns and cities has passed. violence continued across the country in the run-up to the u.n. brokered deadline with activists saying 100 people died in attacks that included the use of helicopter gunships on monday. eyewitnesses on the border with turkey saying refugees are trying to flee the country. a television cameraman was shot dead at the border. fears that the peace plan put in place is close to collapse. from turkey, jonathan head reports. >> the violence building up just inside syria spilled over the borders today. refugees who thought they had reached safety in turkey either fired on or caught in crossfire.

it was the last straw for this man. the killing, he cried, just come and see all of the dead. you, the world come and watch. they're slaughtering them with knives. they're bombing the houses. you people help us. there were at least 20 injuries treated in this hospital and for the first time some had been shot on the turkish side. international diplomacy to stop the fighting has been a crushing blow for refugees who have been waiting many months to go home and more so for those driven here in the past week when the peace plan was supposed to be gaining momentum. the helicopter gunship swooped down on our village recalled this man, who arrived three days ago from the now destroyed village. bullets hit two of his sons who are now in turkish hospitals.

the kofi annan peace plan being part of syria's last great hope and the people arriving at this camp brought increased suffering. in short of a diplomatic miracle over the next 24 hours, they believe they'll have to fight for their freedom. the turkish hosts are now inclined to agree. the annan peace plan is the only one endorsed by the u.n. security council including china and russia. it calls for the government to begin withdrawing its forces and stop using heavy weapons in population centers. for the opposition to commit to stop fighting and calls for all parties to ensure humanitarian assistance reaches all areas affected by the fighting and to implement a daily two-hour humanitarian pause. the syrian government has escalated its attacks on opposition held areas and now is attaches impossible conditions to its promised withdrawal.

this is a village today that has been pulling people out of what is left of their homes after another bombardment. people are believed to have died here including women and children. the peace plan is unraveling. if it fails, what then? there is no alternative plan at the u.n. and little likelihood of another agreement there to end syria's agony. jonathan head, bbc news on the turkish syrian border. >> the union secretary-general has condemned syrian's cross border attacks. violence leaves the peace plan. >> the security council is syria. diplomats here have said all along it's time for him to take the time and space he needs to try to get the plan to work. they say it's his call in terms of assessing whether the

government is keeping its promise or not to end its military operations by the deadline of tuesday, april 10, now given the fact that the violence has been escalating and given the fact that the government has come up with the new conditions for keeping its commitments, it seems unlikely that that deadline will actually be kept, but we do know that mr. annan hasn't given up on the plan. he is very actively working the diplomatic channels and is in contact with syria's allies to put pressure on the regime to comply with its commitments. it's not clear what the next steps would be diplomatically if in fact it becomes very obvious that the plan has completely unraveled. on the one hand, mr. annan obviously cannot ignore government violations because that means his credibility is at stake, but on the other hand, i think he would be reluctant to fully declare the plan a failure because that would men an end with talks of the government and the rising spector of civil war. that is manager that concerns

everyone here. the security council is also waiting to hear what he might recommend for further action. >> reporting from the u.n. now a look at some of the day's other news. in yemen, 33 people including nine soldiers have been killed in a suspected al qaeda attack on army barracks. eight fighters were also killed in the clashes where islamist control significant territory. a team of american experts is helping pakistan search for survivors after an avalanche. more than 120 soldiers and 11 civilians were buried on saturday which the after -- avalanche hit. police are searching for a costa rican diplomat who was kid mapped on sunday night. he was abducted in his diplomatic car from outside his home. a ransom has been demanded for

his release. the european court of human rights is today ruling on whether britain can extradite six terrorism suspects to the united states where they could face long sentences in solitary confinement. the men argue the conditions will amount to ill treatment. the accused including a radical cleric. june kelly has more. >> a typical tirade, exalting his followers to kill. the notorious preacher has been convicted in the british courts of inciting murder. years in a top security jail here, he has been fighting extradition to the united states. his power base was at a mosque in north london. in the late 1990's, he worked as a police informant inside the mosque gathering intelligence. he says he realized he was the key figure in a circle of

extremists. >> >> i describe him as a terrorist, very dangerous person. >> but that wasn't how the british authorities viewed him. >> he was seen at the time as a clown, a big mouth and it is a part of freedom of speech. >> he was eventually evicted from the mosque and since then it's been under new management, but he continued to preach and lead prayers outside. in 2004, he was finally arrested. interviewed by the bbc in prison is one of a group of other terrorist suspects also fighting u.s. extradition. a key day for all of them as they battle to stay in the u.k. june kelly, bbc news. >> celebrations taking place in north korea. tell us what it's all about. >> well, north korea had begun

what it says will be the biggest celebrations in the nation's history and they are to mark the 100th birthday of kim sun ill. and one of the group of journalists who have been invited to the usually closed country to witness the events. >> a sea of faces. they are acting on cues. every single one in a crowd perhaps 100,000 strong. it's the start a week of celebration and emotions almost sound exaggerated. the north korea's two dead dictators, the kims, father and son, are worshipped like gods and its people are urged to give thanks for the way their nation, they're told, has been turned into a prosperous land.

>> few would recognize it as powerful for process prows. it's a personality cult built around the kim dynasty and a system of totalitarian control. >> as the crowd dispersed, we were told we could not talk to any of them. instead we were brought to this model silk spinning factory. it has never fired a single worker, i was told. apparently it's all done to the generous guidance of the two kims, the founding president, always grinning in every image and his less smiley son kim jong il. under their watch, the workers get interactive instructions in mathematics, physics, and english. this birthday celebration for kim she says is the biggest national event in our country. i'm going to celebrate by working even harder. they have spent nearly 30 years laboring here.

like everyone, she sticks to the same script. the kims, father and son, deserve the credit to everything. when they were alive, they instructed us to provide clothes for the people, she says. this year we have exceeded our annual quota in just three months. this is a highly controlled visit. the ladies we just spoke to, well, as soon as we stopped talking to them, they stopped work. now outside, there are glimpses of different north korea that flash past which we would like to stop and see, but we can't. they are hints of a less perfect world, the gray monotony of the city, long patient queues to the morning tram, the uniformity of it all, the land of the kim is not quite a socialist paradise. >> to south korea where they're preparing to vote for a new parliament and the general election due it take place on

wednesday is seen as the current president highline policy towards the north and on clampdown at home. we report from soul. >> when you just renamed yourself the new frontier party, you have to deliver a few surprises, not quite what their conservative supporters are used to, but this election is all about getting in touch with the people or rather their children and grandchildren. so the new frontier party has come up with a new party image and some fresh new candidates. he is aiming to become the first north korean to win a seat in south korea's parliament. but at a time when north korea is planning to launch a long range rocket over asia, how easy is that going to be? >> people are very surprised when they learn i'm from the north and that i'm trying to

enter korean politics. it's something that would be unimaginable in the past, but people see that those from the north and south can work together for reunification. >> north korea and even the economy have had to fight for space in this election. most of the main tv news networks are facing high profile strikes by journalists who complain they're not allowed to report bad news about the government. this has made people think about how unfair news can affect national events, this union leader told me. our strike will help boost voter turnout. those who have been uninterested in politics are realizing that to change the system, they need to make themselves heard. striking reporters have begun broadcasting their stories on the internet, which many south koreans believe is the only real source of news anyway. and with the two main parties

here currently running neck and neck, it could be that new generation of voters who decide this election. six months ago, a political novice with no party affiliation run control of seoul government on the back of young voters and a grassroots internet-based campaign. that has shaken established politicians here, but the stakes this time around, how to run the national economy, how to deal with north korea are much higher. lucy williamson, bbc news, seoul. >> and you're watching "news day" on the bbc live from singapore and london. is yale university coming to singapore or is it? what is threatening to spoil the deal. >> and a new designer. quickly what is making front page news around the world for

you, the times in britain along with many international papers this morning meeting with the war in syria spilling across the borders into turkey and lebanon. government troops withdraw from opposition areas has come into force. the business world, the financial times flashes the billion dollar buy-out of instagram and the business section of the gulf news that u.s. share markets have pulled back sharply in the first trade since disappointing job figures were released last friday. there is a rise in popularity of france's far left presidential candidates who is running just ahead of the far right. and hong kong's rich hesitate to have babies. the majority of childless or otherwise plan not to have more children because of financial considerations.

>> this is "news day" in singapore. >> and in london. remind you of the headlines this hour, the deadline of the international peace plan for syria has passed. there is no immediate sign of the syrian government complying with its demands. >> the european court of human rights is due to rule later today on whether britain can extradite is six terrorism suspects to the united states where they could face long sentences. the opening of a new university campus here in singapore is proving to be highly controversial. yale wanted to set up a joint campus with the national university of singapore, but professors in the united states have expressed concern about human rights in singapore and the faculty's exclusion of the planning of the venture. for more on this situation, i'm joined by a former student at

yale who has taken part in a panel on what students should expect from yale's singapore campus. ken, thank you so much for joining us. are you worried that many yale professors are concerned about the human rights situation here in singapore? >> i think that i would be worried if they didn't express any concern. i think it's a good thing that it has come up. it's good they have raised some concerns. as a result of that, there has been a lot of discussion about the progressiveness of what we're trying to do here by bringing yale into singapore. >> are there concerns in way or another about singapore justified? >> no, not really. i think some of the professors would do good if they came down to singapore themselves and saw the progress that has been made. singapore itself is a work in progress, just like the united states are themselves. i think we're making big steps, especially in the last couple of years, the government now is very consultive. they know what they're going to be getting by getting top, if

not the best academic institution here to singapore. >> ken, in that yale meeting. 200 professors attended and 100 professors were for the resolution expressing concern about freedoms and liberties in singapore. will the yale singapore campus be short changed of top professors because there are 100 professors who may not want to come to the city state? >> there are professors that are actually working hard to create the contacts for yale and have voted for the resolution because they wanted to have on record their hope that we create the academic freedom here in singapore for this academic institution to exist. i think that's fine. i think a lot of the work has to be done to convince folks that some good is being done here. >> this yale and u.s. campus will be opening in singapore mid 2013. everybody knows yale apart from

harvard has one of the largest endowment funds. why open up in asia? why open up a campus here? >> i think there are two reasons here. one -- well two aspects. one, the academic institution itself is not for profit. two, it's not so much what yale benefits from it, from what i see. i think the students attending yale will benefit greatly. there is a demand in asia for liberal arts majors and education. yale is the only liberal arts academic institution in all of singapore. it will create for well-rounded individuals that will prepare them for job opportunities that now exist for liberty arts majors that is a hole that cannot be filled now. >> ivy league education right here in education. a yale undergraduate, thank you for joining us. other news in egypt, the muslim brotherhood has warned to a return to revolution if the

country's former spy chief succeeds in a bid to become president. suleiman was a key leader with mubarak. it was an insult to the egyptian people. the first round of the elections is scheduled for next month. in purru, nine miners have been trapped for five days now inside an illegal copper mine. rescuers are in contact with the workers and the government has appealed to mining companies for experts to help free them. it seems greece has come up with a novel and somewhat controversial way of raising money to battle its massive debts. police officers are available to rent along with patrol cars and police helicopters. in case you were tempted, a police officer can be hired for $40 an hour to be used for security. >> let's just take you to the scene live in tokyo in japan where the british prime

minister david cameron is set to arrive. we believe that is the plane he is onboard alongside a number of british delegates that are coming to japan for part of a major trade mission to southeast asia with a pledge from the british prime minister david cameron to drum up business for britain, as he puts it. this is his first stop to japan, of course, part of this trade mission, a visit that was actually scheduled for last autumn, but was called off, postpone amid the u.n. crisis which caused a lot of problems for the chancellor also in the u.k. alongside david cameron. that trip was scheduled for autumn, but it's now acting at this precise moment in time and talks are set to take part with mr. cameron's counterpart to seal a number of trade agreements, particularly defense agreements and trade

agreements with companies such as b.a. systems and roles recognize. that is a -- rolles royce. we'll be keeping an eye on that for you. the leader of the recent coup, the captain, has held talks with the speaker of parliament who is supposed to take over as interim head of state. however, it's unclear what the captain, what role would play in the future and what transfer of power would take place. >> life in this part may appear relaxed. it's an unsettling time for many here. trying to sure up security, they are taking on new members. these are new recruits. they have been in charge since the coup three weeks ago. this man, a hotel owner, says he has confidence in this army. he is reassured because he says

the army is setting up a base in the north, but the population has been worried about the rebels, he says. the military may be in charge in the south, but the north is increasingly lawless. one northern rebel group has declared independence, though few outside recognize it. these are some of the islamists vying for power there. god is great, this man chants. there are new fears that members from the islamists responsible for a wave of attacks in nigeria may now be in the northern part of the country. religious leaders fear the islamists want to impose law and no muslim should take up arms against his brothers. earlier on monday, the leader of the military coup met the man who is supposed to replace him wearing a sweet and a smile, he is due to be interim leader, but it's not clear when power will be handed over.

and elsewhere ordinary people say they will take matters into their own hands. this student says he and others will use money and weapons to get their land back. the future of the country is unclear. its cherished peace and democracy under threat. >> expectant and ready. this is a scene live in tokyo where a number have grader hoping to greet the british prime minister david cameron as he arrived in tokyo as part of a significant trade mission to southeast asia. this is stop number one of his official tour of the region where he is hoping to secure a number of very high profile investments with some trade companies and nuclear trade companies as well between himself and his counterpart.

we are hoping he is going to make an appearance and descend those stairs from the plane there in this international airport in tokyo. he has a very busy schedule ahead of him. he is hoping to secure deals on a number of trade plans amounting to some 200 million pounds of new japanese investment in britain said to be creating about 1,500 jobs and safeguarding thousands more. he is also expected to visit nissan headquarters wednesday where the car giant is to announce a significant investment in plants in the north of england to produce a new nissan hatchback in 2014. a very important meeting and we're all hoping that he is going to come out. is he going to come out? possibly not, but we will, of course, bring you the very latest as soon as he does make an appearance in a very bright and sunny afternoon there in tokyo.

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