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>> the third time i'm lucky, there is still the government for greece. jennifer hudson sees the man that killed her mother, brother, and her nephew found guilty of murder. welcome to "bbc world news" broadcasting to our viewers on pbs in the u.s. london's answer to the eiffel tower. the new olympic landmark is officially opened. the president of greece is expected to call of the political leaders for an emergency summit in a final

attempt to form a new coalition government. the president papoulias will be attempting to accomplish what other leaders have not been able to accomplish. >> could this be the next prime minister? he is riding high. his popularity resulted from his promise to put an end to austerity. the polls suggest he would win 28% of the vote. that is one reason why he rejected at the inf treaty by the socialist leader to join him and other parties. he is unimpressed. >> erik prince and petty party politics with a view towards elections are not suitable at this critical moment.

-- arrogance and petty party politics with a view toward elections and not suitable at this critical moment. >> they have been trying to come up with a deal. all of this has failed to produce a lasting relationship. call it a lack of chemistry, the bailout is the biggest issue of all. >> the bailout has been denounced by the greek people with their vote. no government has the authority to impose it. we're making irresponsible call of the leaders to stop ignoring the issue. -- we are making a call to the leaders to stop ignoring the issue. >> it is possible to renegotiate the bailout and stay in the euro but that is not with european leaders are saying. the commission has warned greece does not get to stay in the euro club if they cannot abide by the rules. greece has a decision to make,

what do they fear more -- austerity or falling out of the euro? >> joining me from washington, d.c. a former member of the executive board and now with this think tank, the brookings institute. what do you make of the position taken by those political parties in greece that are anti austerity? is this a viable solution? >> well, it will be very difficult to carry out a fiscal adjustment when the economy is shrinking. the greek economy this year will be the worst performing economy in the eurozone with a contraction of about 5% of gdp. unless of course, this is the first year. you do expect the fight over the distribution will become harder, stronger, and we are in a new

chapter of the greek crisis where the economic disruption is now fading. it is the basics of the social and political aspect of the country. >> how close do you think we are to the eurozone country saying, we have had enough, we are going to did you? >> we might be closer than we were before but that would be a tragic mistake. at this point, they do need greece within the euro. it would cost relatively little to keep them within the euro. it is important that there are not spillovers from greece to the rest of the euro. this could jeopardize the efforts that are very adverse circumstances that the spanish government is pursuing. clearly, this is key to the stability of the eurozone.

if the crisis and uncertainty escalates to italy and spain, the larger but also the other weaker sovereign members of the eurozone, the crisis could once again become systemic. >> do you think that the imf and the eu should renegotiate the rescue package with greece? if you think that, how likely is that to happen? this is a very very harsh package. >> it is clear that the program is not working. as i mentioned, greece is going to be the worst-performing economy in the eurozone this year and quite frankly there is no light at the end of the tunnel. they have longstanding structural problems and the only way to address those problems is through a medium term program of reforms. so far, the conditions are essentially imposing the renegotiations quarter after

quarter and this is escalating the short-term of the overall approach. in europe, there seems to be now a little bit more sensibility towards the importance of growth announcing measures. it is possible to carry out fiscal in judgment in the fiscal economy. there is no way that this is going to ever be feasible. at some stage, more stability on the european partners. and a greater commitment from the greek authorities would be needed. >> thank you very much for your time. >> thank you for having me. >> the u.s. jury in chicago has convicted jennifer hudson's former brother-in-law of murder of her mother, brother, and a nephew. he carries a life sentence for the murders. the verdict follows three days

of deliberations by the jury. we go to washington with the background of the case. >> william balfour, who was married to jennifer hudson's sister, was facing three counts of first-degree murder. the prosecution alleges that he went to the family home in chicago south side one morning and killed jennifer hudson's mother, her brother, and kidnapped her seven-year-old nephew, before killing him in the back of the car towed to the prosecution said that he did that as an act of vengeance. -- and kidnapped her seven-year- old nephew before killing him in the back of the car. the prosecution said that he did that as an act of vengeance. she was seeing another man and that is allegedly what led him to commit these crimes. there is no physical evidence that ties him to the scene but mobile phone records show that

he was in the area at the time of the killings, and gun residue was found in the car and on his jacket. jennifer hudson wept and looked at her sister before smiling. she gave evidence early on in the trial and had been there every day since it started. >> the lead prosecutor said that jennifer hudson had assisted police in pinpointing the time of the murder. >> she helped set the time of the crime. her mother would always text for the first thing in the morning. that day, there was no text. it usually came between 9:00 and 11:00, florida time. when she woke up and there was no text from mom, that was odd. in addition, whenever they did tax back and forth, mom would respond automatically.

when mom did not respond, it was clear that this crime was over at 10:00 a.m. penn. >> william balfour's defense attorney says there will be an appeal. >> there are several legal matters that we have for the appellate court to look at. there was some continuances that were not granted that affected our ability to be fully prepared. there were things on the motion to squash arrest. there are other issues and we will have to take our time to look at all of them. >> the party that has ruled algeria for 50 years has won a big majority. the national liberation front won almost half of the seats with the prime minister's party coming second. the islamist coalition came in a distant third. >> it was an election that had been billed as algeria's alternative to the arabs spring.

an opportunity for voters to choose a new parliament. but results showed the party of the president's sailed through the polls taking almost half of the seats. they came out well ahead of an islamist coalition which has been expected to do well. the greek alliance has disputed the results, saying that it was fraudulent and dangers for the country. -- the green alliance has disputed the results. a few bothered to turn out. >> they promised many things, then they don't anything for us. >> some say that had been pressured into voting. >> when the voting day gets closer, they look for you everywhere. right after your vote, for them, they avoid you completely. >> the interior ministry said

turnout was 42.9%. some observers say that figure is hugely inflated. algeria has a host of social problems including high unemployment and poor housing. but 10 years of civil war following a botched parliamentary poll in 1991 has left most algerians with little appetite for the uprisings bases and other parts of the arab world. >> this is "bbc news" still ahead -- two men are charged with attempted murder after they are accused of trying to bury alive a baby girl. in just 70 days to go before the start of the london olympics. prince william has paid tribute to the athletes that will be representing great britain.

the duke and duchess of cambridge had been attending a dinner and celebration of the games. >> naturally, i was asked to compete for the team gb in every sport, but sadly i was told that there are london pigeons with more athletic prowess than me. if you see me in a pair of speedos, shoot me. >> the southwest of england, the midlands, parts of your sure are no longer in drought. the environment agency that they will be unlikely to impose hose pipe bands. other parts of england are still in drought. this is "bbc news," these are the headlines. the latest attempt to form a

government in greece has failed. there are talks of forming an emergency to administration. the former brother and lot of oscar winner and pop star jennifer hudson has been found guilty of murder. in india, police in a northern town have arrested two men and charged them with attempted murder after they were accused of trying to bury alive a baby girl. they were allegedly following the advice of a spiritual guru who told them to sacrifice the child in order to protect the lives of the other children. >> barely two months old and very lucky. a close encounter with death is something she may never know. her father and uncle allegedly tried to bury her alive, sacrificing her to help protect the other children. both men are in jail and face charges of attempted murder.

strongly's mother denies the accusation. it is all a lie, a set up. tell me, which mother would want to kill her own child? but at the graveyard, a different version. >> the caretaker describes how he chanced upon the two men digging his grave. they had it on the with them, he tells me. a dead girl they said they wanted to bury. but they could see that she was alive and immediately called the police. you can't make out of the remains of the half dug grave. -- you can make out the remains of the half dug grave. we have been told this is not an isolated case. at least three similar cases have been reported in the past month alone.

>> i have covered dozens of similar stories and in almost all cases, it is due to poverty and illiteracy, the result of which is the reliance on superstition. >> her family lived here in extreme poverty. they have already lost one child to of this. clearly, they did not want to suffer this fate. this is located 100 kilometers from new delhi. culturally and socially, they are far apart. hear, superstition and prejudice prevail, especially among those who are desperately poor. >> and syria, and large explosion has been reported in aleppo. it came hours after syrian state television reported that the army had foiled an attempted suicide bombing on the same city. members of the syrian opposition

appeared divided over whether al qaeda was involved in bombings in damascus which killed 55 people. the lithuanian president has visited the former ukrainian prime minister two days after she ended her under strike. the president said that he warned the ukrainian president that he was courting isolation by the eu 3 the treatment of the former prime and mr.. -- through the treatment of the former prime minister. a relative of one of anders victims through a shoe at him. >> it has been a very thematic day and tension has been building all week as they heard gut-wrenching evidence about the victims, about what they were like as people, what their hopes and dreams were, and how they

died. throughout the trial, proceedings had been very calm and dignified. today, the testimony got to be too much. a police officer in charge of security told me what happened. >> i heard from my men that there was some screaming and shouting from the main court room and that something was thrown at the defendant. afterwards, we got to know it was a shoe. we have plenty of people within the court room and they quickly led him out into a neighboring room. >> we found out that the man was the brother of an iraqi asylum seeker who had come here at the age of 16 to escape the violence in iraq to. the brother traveled to attend the court proceedings. she was killed by what one survivor called the terrible

efficiency of anders breivik. they spoke about how anders breivik wasted no ammunition. he was apparently extremely calm and even said that he had ducked down to escape a bullet. >> i always think that i will survive this. i could not see myself. it was another thing that kept me alive and get me able to help, the people that were surviving. >> the survivors have all been incredibly composed as they gave their testimony. it had been heroin, what of the court had heard. this make it even harder -- it was harrowing, what the court has heard. >> 74 days ago, two men protested against their

detention without trial has now spiralled into one and a half prisoners -- one and a half thousand prisoners on hunger strike. this is a new tactic adopted as the peace process fails. >> in the west bank city of have drawn, and your at the -- in the west bank city of hebron, anger. the growing deadlock has taken time to reach the streets. but it will now. a few days earlier, a meeting to support one of the hunter strikers, was only sparsely attended. his mother told me of her disappointment at the turn out on that day. like the other prisoners, her son is refusing food, but sometimes excepting vitamins and other nutrients.

that makes it hard for both the israeli authorities and his supporters to know when his health will become critical. some of the prisoners were detained without trial, without knowing the evidence against them. most were convicted of deadly crimes against civilians in courts. >> it is difficult when you're dealing with someone who wants to commit suicide. they're prepared to blow themselves up. in this tactic, if they think that they want to kill themselves, it is a challenge. >> the palestinians have seen no benefit so far from the arab spring. thunderstrike need -- the hunger strike is searching for a new tactic. israel built these farms in the jordan valley on land captured

on the 1967 war. international law says they are legal settlements. palestinians want an international boycott of this food. they have had successes. the court recently expanded its measures against such produce. the farmers feel the effect, but they will not force them out. >> we learn to live with it, if we just make the government feel us and other places. >> this is near a palestinian prison. this came after friday prayers. the situation outside of the prison walls here depends on the health crisis unfolding within them. >> a venezuelan crossword compiler has been questioned by

diligence offices over accusations that he hit an encoded message in a puzzle. the crossword puzzle had the words kill, gunfire, and the name of hugo chavez's brother. >> innocent puzzle or coded message? this cross word got its compiler into a lot of trouble this week. venezuelan state television said a group of mathematicians, psychologists, and others had studied at the crossword and concluded it was a coded assassination plot. >> these kinds of messages were used frequently, they were famous -- de gaulle's messages were famous when they were coded. >> he said his work had no political dimension.

behind thesion presidential elections. both sides have warned of plots to destabilize the country, leaving the public to puzzle over which accusations might be true and which false. >> at the olympic, and the u.k.'s largest sculpture has been officially unveiled. it is 370 feet high. it is called orbit. it consists of a twisting tower. our arts editor is having a look. a london's latest landmark, tangle of red steel. it looks like a helter-skelter but is actually a sculpture. it doubles up as a visitor attraction. this is what it looks like from the ground. over here is the entrance. you can walk under this canopy

which they hope he finds site be intimidating. you then walk around the corner and into one of the left's. it takes you up 80 meters and then you step out onto one of two glass platforms and taken the view. the artist behind the project said the compromises had to be made that he is happy with the results. he is most unhappy about the 15 pound price that visitors will have to pay. >> really it is a shame. >> i understand this has to be paid for but i am hoping that once we are out of the olympic mode and into whatever legacy it is, that they will find a way to make it free. >> the mayor of london thinks that the price is right.

>> i insisted that it should be cheaper than the london i. people want to come and see the view and also to enjoy the amazing mrsa -- amazing mirrors. >> the project got off of the ground when boris ran into a steel magnate at a cloak room. it is not without its supporters. >> you have to come here to get it because it is a completely different experience than looking at the photographs. >> intention was for the orbit to be london's answer to the eiffel tower. the team behind this building would not mind a repetition of that piece of history. >> this is "bbc news."

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