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disrupti across south aica, protests by government woerers. welcome to "bbc world news." comi up lar for you, a spectacular site -- sight, but a climate change disaster. greeland plays hosto the northern hemisphere fastest collapngglacier. whicwitch will get the job? they will make a pitch for what isrobably the most unusual work in britain. >> nigeria is no stranger to ethnic andeligious tnsion. buthe violence that has flared up the past t days in t predomintly muslim north is some of th worth for a while nw. at least 150 people ha been lled as the militarywas

ordered tose all necessary means end violence sparked by islamic militant the milints have attacked t police and gernment office protesting against the weste education and danding their law. nigerian presint said armed surrection will not be tolerated. we have more. >> the attac on pice buildings an government offis began onunday. but tension had been rise fog some tim northern niger has aong history of ethnic and religious differences. this time the violence is blamed on group of islamic militants. the security forcesre said to be looking for mohammed yusuf. in a clime of suspicion and fear, the autrities have now stped up security acrs the rth ofhe country with road blocks and occur fuse. thareas affected by the

unrest he been seral. but so of the worstiolence has been in the citof maidugur although mill tans is said to be declining. >> they are anti-government and ti-people. we don know what they are planning yet. we are out to identify and arst their leaderand also to destroyheir enclave. >> thishas been theeadliest second taryne violencen nigeria since late last year when seval hundred ople were killed in direct clashes between christians d mlims. nigeria's rurn to cvilian rule in 1999 ushered in a period opolitical liberalization, but i has allowemilitants from religious and ethnic groupso

express their frustration mor freely. the introduction of shaah law in northern areas has caused problems and competition for scarce resourc. nigerians oen looko their immense oil wealth to pullthem out of poverty. but few have benefited traden stolen oil h led t corruption in the delta. poor curity and a shaky inastructure contie hamp increased productio and that is noless a challen for president yar'adua's government as the troublesn the north. "bbc news." >> amazingly different. those are the words that robert gates used to dcribe iraq on an official visit there. he praised the official security situation after seeing w security forces ar apting to their new role.

from bhdad, we he this report >> rert gates came to ira to hear firs hand how the 130,0 soldier stilin iraq were adapting to their new suppting role in theountry, taking the cue from iraqi commanders, shifting their focus fr combato tining. >> between now and 2011 when all u.s. tros of scheduled to far iraq,e have a number of importanmilestones to achieve, including a fair and clear eltion, the sating of a n national government and the contied draw-down of u.s. forces, leading to otherchange of mission in august of 2010. >> august of 2010 is wh the pentagonants a complete ed to u.s. combat missions iraq. robert gates hailed the progre towas a mre secure existence since his fit visit

to the country as defense secretar and well he might, bause tat was 2006 at the height of the secondaryne vlence tha nearly -- the volence that to place. violence still take place today in many towns and cities. u.s. troops still patrol ceain areas. kuistan is one of the regis in th north. arabs ankurds are at odds over how to dide the revenue from the oil rich province. the rds claim it the fea is that unless the hue is resolved whe the amecans are still in iraq, ad the dispute could slide into conflict once they leave then therere potentially lucrative arms deals to negotiate.

the iraqi government saiit is interested in buying 23-1s to help protect iraq from outside threats. th wouldn't solve the cotry's many internal problems. to the amerins, all this boildown to essentiallyne qution. how to get 130,000 troops out of iraq by the end of 2011 witht the security situatio getting any worse? "bbc news," in baghdad. >> the iranian authorities hav released 140 opposition supporters seized inhe aftermath of last mth's disputed presential election. the detainees were heldt an's main evin prison. federal agents have been searchinthe las vegasome of chael jackson's personal door. officials from the drug enforcemen administration searched d conrad murray's home as partof aanslaughter

investigation in the singer's death. president barack obama's choice to fill aacancy ithe sueme court now seems to be appred. the sete judiciary committee has vted to approve t nomination. sonia sotomayor i expectedo be the third woman to serve i the role. she is expected to ce full vote in the senate next week. >> police firedubber bullets in south africa gathered protest against pousg conditions and the delivery of basic services. clhes have taken placen seral townships in rent weeks, where largeunions have gone on strike. in east johannesburg, he is our reporter. >> 15 years ago in the death throes of par tie the state and angry residents clashed in these streets.

that state is w a democracy, but it has changed little from south rica's dark days and the peop are fed up with waiting. in thend, the pice fired rubber bullets to disperse the denstrations. it h been alash point throughout this winter of rest. there have been regul clashes betwee the police and demonstrators. you can see the mess on the ground. it inot hard to work out why there have be the demonstrationss well. look athe houses here. no water orlectricity. some people have been waing for a new house to be built for 15 ars. >> we have no water, electricity o toilet >> th pele feel they have been promised mething that never came. >> as long as w get wateand electricity in the houses, w will be fe. >> w should your government giveou that?

>> we dd vote them in. >> we voted. >> go insi, go iide. please two insi. >> as the search continues for ring leaders from the morning's clash,t is clear this is a problem being containeand yet to beolved. >> t only thing we want is a certain level. we won't stop until they give what we want. >> w won't stop until they give us what we want. >> with the a.m.c. having won itsfourth consecutive election earlier this year, the even of the lastew monthsee just how many south afcas see violt demonstrations as their only way of beg heard. >>here are new warnings aut the impact of global wrming on the northern hemisphere's greatestass of ice, the grnland ice sheet. gliceyers are retreating faster

thant an time since records began. have been to the ice fjord in wtern greenland to find out more. >> it takes a steady nerve to sale into this ice fjord. these wares are littered with icebergssome weighing miions of tons. the vast blocks of icetell a disturbing story. thereenland ice sht is in retreat. this is where the icebergs are formed. you can see the steep drop where the iceheers off the acier front. it has retreated mo than 10 les in a dade, the fasst since records began. >> we ud to tnk that ice sheets likehe green land ice sheet would reactn a very long time scale.

t we are sing things happen in oneo two years, not in hundreds ofears. so something is rely pushing this thing. >> the ice melt threatens ring stheast and temperatures as the planet absorbs re heat. joined a team of scientists bound for one of the most remoteesearchtations in the world. their aim, to dede the message cong from withinthe ice. at the camp, the ice is a mile and a lf thick. at bottom, hundreds o thousands of years old. they a drilling samples from the oldest ice, which predates the last great warming of the earth. they are concerned that greenhouse ges have set off a clime reaction which will be hard to stop. a lot will depend on e next f years. we havto act very soon. if we delay i any more we are

gointo find it much harder to mitigate the changes that we are -- that e already occurrin >> this month, the world's environmentinisters came to greenland for talks in the run up to the scieificsummit. consensus says industrialized countries mu cut greenhouse gas emission 40% by20/20" to avoid e worst of global warming. politically, that looks impossib. the search for compromise gs on. >>ou can't build up expectatns now and the pressurenpoliticians and vernments worldwide so that they have to act. the whole trk is toake the price soigh that they donot dare noto deliv. >> the message that is coming from all of the scnce being down here could not be clearer. the wming effect is dratic, and its speeding up. the politians know it, but

th are still arguing about how to respond. the disnnect between the scnce and theolitics is growing. "bbc news," northegreenland. >> you are watching "bbc world news." still to co, tough times for detroit's black middle-classes as the mor city faces a medown. >> the british government i ing ed over its alleged ro inthe c.i.a.'s program known extraordinary rendion. a chairity group is bringing the action on behalf of someone. he ss he was tortured in ypt after beg taken there ton a pne refued in brirk territory. >> now home from guantanamo bay, he say he was justn trip to sit relatives in indonesia when he was arrested

by u.s. efficiency. his first flight opped where he was aware ofis photo being taken. >> we landed there for lf a ur. i feel a lot of flash of the cameras. a lotf people come and take picture me, and i feel the ash of the cameras. >> the program five on four no suggest the stop was on the british territory. although f years,ritish officis said no terrorts laed there. he says was ttured, and he saysthe medical treatment w held. >> the cia would show mey fe like this. if you cooperate wit us, you wi get your medical treatmen if you don't cooperate, you a not going to get your medic treatment. the rgeon from the american theysay we don'tsee you as a patient. we see you as the enemy. we are nota dr. we are soldier. lam is a peace religion.

is not akilling religion. i feel sad for any people who died in 9/11. >> y condemn the atcks on 9/11? >> yes. >> they were a wrong thing to do? >> yes. >> there is no way t say ether this man is iocent or guil. there is no way now to have a fair tal. what i clear now is he was toured, and he does apar to ve landed on british soil duringis captivity. >> this is t "bbc world news." these e the top stories. bloody clatches in northern nigeria btween a racal islaist group and security forces havleft 150 peoe de. and fense secretary robt gates sa iraqi security has improved amingly. >> back in the 1960's, the booming amican car industry was one of the factors drawg

african-americs away from their home and tothe north. it was the birthf an african-american mdle-class. 40 years o prospects are rath different for the car kers. we report from detroit on wt that means f the livelihos which depend on them. >> ok, ware going to bow our heads and bless the food. lord we cometo you today thanking you for ts thering. >> they might also give thanks for th ford mot coany. king cars has made the granger family a comfortable livi. roy is retired afte36 years onhe payroll. his wife, jane is still there, 31 years and counting, as all fo of their sons. >> when i first starte i was mang about two dollars and something an hour bk in 1966. i think wednesday up to about92 $29 an hou-- went up to about 29 an hourhen i rered. for an uneduted guy, it

provided a goolife for me. >> and it was a similar story for tens of thousan of afcan-americans over the pa few years. drawn to the car plants. ford l the way are the first of the big threeo hire africaamericans on the same wages whites. >> we have wha we call here a blue collar middle-class, hh wages th enabled th to secure aome in the suburbs, tw cars, the boat, the cabin upnorth, and educing their children that was true f the black communy in particular. all right,uys. we can start our meeting now. >> jane granger and her sons may still have jobs, bu this is a very different industry. nationally, 20,000 black auto workerhave been eitr laid off or taken buouts. >> i was ver dappointed at losing the house. >>arrell is still i his hous butnot for much longer. he lost his job at general motors after 26 yars. his searcs pay, just $20,0.

darrelis heading for california he needs a job and a place to live. it is aove he never imagined having to make. >> general motorwas t number one automaker in the world. who would have ants tated tt in 2009 they wod be bankru? i never figured that would happen. >> the grarninge family is holding up well. they got far enough ahead in the good years. roy is now retired and ford has kept his pension benefits largely iact. ne still brings ia good wage. their ns a making half of whatheir parents once made, and the pay doesn't comre. >> i want them to do better than we areoing. bumy kids, i don't think they will do as good a i have done. >> these plants manufactured e good life. troit's african-ameran good lifeows with the car industry. and unlesstherell-paying

jobs aear fast, they will foul with the car indtry. >> timothy geithner says two days with talk wi top inese officia have produced reements on measures for revitalizing gbal growth. both countries will treat foreign firms equally in governmentrocurement deals. china says it will st up domestic demd. the u.s. has long called on china to reducetsxports to furowth. >> good progress has bn made on reviving e middle eas peacprocess during talks with benjamin netanyahu some of the biggest film studios in hollywood are suing the swesh file sharing site, pirate bay, becau they say it is still allowing internet users to illegally download

their flms. >> earlier thisear, a swedish court stenced four peoplto pris for breaking copyrigh laws. >> there were some big gains r right pares in last month's european elections. it tk hard lineapproach to minorities in the country, particular the roma or gypsy polation. dominic uston has been to hang area to find out wre the ght wing support is coming from. >> meet theung aaron guards. theyay ty want to se proper law enforcement. others believe they are rig wing extremists. [speaking in nive tongue] >> ts is not true. aren't against anythnic minoty. but the hunrian guard is much

more than that. means we are invved in almost all areas of life. >> but the hungarian right is making progress in the parliame. une, three members of e party aociated with the hungarian guard were elected as m.e.p.s. theyelieve the internatial media are obsessed with e party beg anti--rom but still alle roma cripe is a big platform. >>apes commted by gypsy youth, one or t or three of them, gang bangs, ng rapes, killings murders of elderly peopleduring a robbery i their own house. what we see is that the level of vlence has been increasing, and the pice have been unable t put and en to it. >> butn a run-dn roma housing estate outse this

town, the rise of the hungarian guard is viewed withrowing concern. conditions herere grim. the pele are already o the margs of socty. and a series of usolved murders against romaave left communities acrs the country nervou about wt will happ next. [speaking in native tong] >> yes there an atmosphere of ar, and it inot just a little. there is fear in us because eryone is scared for their lis. so we have organid guards to keep watch so ere won't be y trole. >> they ble the economic collapsehat hit hundd gary hard. the far right in hungary is move away fromhe anti--roma rhetoric. are they citens who want t see law and der prorly forced, or are they member

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calami carla. >> i knew it, i kne it, knew it >> the judges said they liked her naughty side. and she comes perfectly alified. until no she has been an estate ant. "bbc news." >> a reminder of our main stories so far. the nigeria militaryas been elling the headarters of a radical islammisroup. at least 150 peop were kille afte the military was ordered to u all necessary means to end violencesparked by islamic militants. the litants have attacked lice and government offices protting against a western education system and demanding sharia law. >> funding s made psible by the freeman fodation of new yo, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, the newman own foundation, the john d.nd catherine macarthur foundation and union bank.