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capital. >> brown: in terms of who did it, who carried this out, we heard secrcr on north korea's

part, and they have some kind of test. >> that has been the pattern in the past. the message from the security council was with an unanimous and forceful, that it would be extremely unwise for them to pursue that pattern again, because we are ready and we are agreed on the necessity of additional tough measures should they do so. >> ok, ambassador susan rice. thank you for joining the program. >> good to be with you. >> the extremist accused of carrying out norway's worst mass murder cried as he went on trial. when prosecutors showed the anti-muslim videos anders behring breivik had made, he showed no remorse for the attacks, saying he made them in

self-defense. the families of the victims were in court as the prosecution showed in detail how breivik planned and carried out the massacre. >> the mastermind of norway's suffering was handcuffed. he seemed relaxed, eager. he always wanted this, a chance to present his views in public. he started with a salute to the far right. no remorse. and for the first time in court, we heard the voice of the killer. >> i acknowledge the acts, but i do not plead guilty. i was doing it in self-defense. >> he says the bomb in oslo that killed eight and his massacre on the nearby island of utoeya were the opening shots in a war, war against multiculturalism,

against political parties that support immigration. the prosecution named every one of his victims'. it took them almost an hour. slightly less time than it took him to kill 69 people on the island. among them -- breivik shot him three times, twice in the back of the head. and a 16-year-old girl. a bullet through her brain. for the first time today, we saw tears from anders behring breivik, but not, it seems, for his victims. the court was shown a video he had made to justify his one-man wore. this 10-week trial inside the courtroom is being very carefully managed. the most disturbing and sensitive evidence will be given only once the television cameras

are switched off, and breivik's appearances will also be limited so as not to give him a platform for his views. he says that amounts to courtroom propaganda. prosecution showed us the room he lived in in oslo, the car he drove to get to the island, the uniform he was wearing their. is steady progress across the summer camp -- his steady progress across the summer camp, at each red dot another death. and the this phone call to the police. [speaking foreign language] >> then, for just a few minutes, breivik's lawyer spoke and

defended his client's right to have his say in court. >> it will be hard for the victims to hear him. but it is his right. it will be the most important evidence in deciding whether he is legally sane. >> among the survivors in court, and edith. >> i think it is good to see -- because it is definitely closure. >> are you still afraid of him? >> no. because he is going to be locked up no matter what. >> but it will be a long, drawn- out process, and breivik takes the stand tomorrow. >> remembering a terrible day in norway. this weekend, a brazen taliban

offensive across afghanistan provoked a withering assessment of afghan and nato intelligence services by president hamid karzai. he said they failed in their effort to detect the attack, which are being blamed on the terrorist network. and true north was in the capitalan -- drew north -- andrew north was in the capital. >> the heart of kabul this morning. of gunbattle -- a gun battle between insurgents and afghan security forces. the taliban call this the new spring offensive with the british embassy one of its targets. a coordinated attack across afghanistan. soldiers mounting a desperate effort to end the siege by scaling the building.

the fighting lasted 18 hours in what is almost a carbon copy of an attack last year on the u.s. embassy. president karzai saying that nato intelligence failures are to blame for this embarrassing reprieve. but afghan troops were celebrating when they finally regained control. >> if they come back again, we will be more than ready to give them a strong answer as we did yesterday. in one day, we have rappelled all 66 of them who came here. >> on every floor, we saw the corpses of dead insurgents, evidence of how fierce the battle had been. >> there is a general feeling that they did a lot better this time than in the past. but need a backup was still a central. and we understand from afghan security sources that british

special forces were also here in this building, and they played a decisive role in bringing things to an end. once the fighting was over, americans were on the scene, gathering evidence. what worries afghans is if insurgents can do this when nato troops are still here, what will happen when they leave? bbc news, kabul. >> a very worrying weekend in afghanistan. you were watching "bbc world news america." -- you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come -- american jim yong kim is picked for the top post at the world bank. anbar rao has -- are rao has broken out among the iraqi -- a row has broken out among the iraqi government about an oil

pipeline. >> the crumbling bricks were part of the once-magnificent territory of a kaine. more is buried underground. they are worried undiscovered treasures are at risk. according to the antiquities department, behind me there is the wall of the ancient city of babylon. it goes down this way, where the oil pipeline goes into the city. the newly-constructed pipeline will carry oil products from the self to baghdad. -- from the south to baghdad. >> that have nothing in that area. when they lay the oil pipe, they find nothing. than find nothing. >> the antiquities officials

consider the pipelines a threat to what they say are fragile ruins underneath. they want them diverted. >> there is another problem. the board of antiquities worked hard on that side. the pipelines could prevent that from happening. >> the lion of babylon has survived almost intact. is symbolizes the babylonian warriors protecting their city. today, it is the floor of oil that could prove impossible -- the lure of oil that could prove impossible to resist. bbc, babylon. >> today, it became official that dr. jim yong kim will

become president of the world bank. it was almost a foregone conclusion once he was tapped by president obama last month. i spoke a short time ago to shaun cassidy of "the new yorker." it has been awhile since we have had a rock star head of the world bank. is he that man? >> if he is, he has been hiding his stardom. all we know is he is an expert in world health. he has spent the last few years in new hampshire where no one has seen him. the obama administration has really pulled him out of obscurity. the most we know about him is how little we know about him at this stage. >> he seems to have faded in public view compared to the international monetary fund, which has gotten so much spotlight. it means that shot in the arm, does it not, the organization at

the moment? >> it certainly does. now that the imf is involved in things like the european crisis, the financial crisis, 10 years ago the world bank was quite prominent when people like tony blair and president bush were talking about development goals. that has all been relegated. you are exactly right. it needs a leader to come forward and bring it back into public consciousness right around the world. it really remains to be seen whether he can do that. >> but isn't this more an existential question about is the world bank the relevant organization it once was? in the next 12 years, you say the bank will lose more than half of its traditional customs? does that matter any more? >> it does matter for the very poor countries, particularly in africa. what we see in these countries like china and india, get on

their own two feet, and in a few years, they will not need the world bank anymore. but the places in sub-saharan africa, they definitely need all the help they can get. the question is, how do we reach to live for this new world where it still has an important -- how do we re-tool list for this new world where it still has an important role? he does not come from an economic background. he comes from a public health program. he will have to be learning on the job. it is not clear whether he has the leadership skills or the intellectual ambition to drive this forward in the coming years. >> what will be your benchmark? what is the one thing you will look for to see if he is a successful leader that will revitalize the organization? >> the role of the world bank president is to raise money. you need to persuade world governments to put more money in the pots that you can lend out to the poor asian countries,

african countries. there were rumors that some countries around the world did not want to contribute any more. that has not happened. but there has not been a big financial ground for a while. then you go to places like the u.k. -- just keep the institution going, but find it. that is what i will be looking to see. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> the economy is dominating elections around the world, and next weekend, france will go to the polls for the first round of the keenly-anticipated pull their. nicolas sarkozy and francois hollande have been contesting their. we went to a town that has a remarkable record for predicting the right results.

>> they are sold and some of the most expensive stores in france. 20 people in the village rely on the cache of the made in france label, but the heavy cost of labor puts jobs at risk. and the much cheaper chinese competition. >> it promises -- they do not have so much chance reflects theierre national mood. the candidates would do well to listen. this village has an uncanny knack of predicting which way the political winds are blowing. in key elections since 1981, france has voted left, right, left, right, right, left, and

right again. and the people of this village have voted in the exact same pattern as the national average. in 2007, they placed all 12 candidates in the first round of the ballot in precisely the same order as the rest of the country. he and his wife cecille are testing public opinion with this homemade survey that attacks -- that detects important themes and the candidate's best suited to address them. >> even if sarkozy would be better to do that or that? >> i do not go with surrogacy -- sarkozy. >> there is no strong tide of opinion for either candidate.

he thinks that abstentions will be high. >> it is a new phenomena and. the candidates are annoying people. they are not talking about the issues. >> the political landscape could yet be shaped by the final few days of this campaign. if form runs true, it is this rural community in burgundy that holds the vital clues to sunday's first round results. bbc news. >> clearly a beautiful village. that brings today's show to close. remember, you can get updates on that story and others on our website. you can also reach me on twitter. i am @kattykaybbc.

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