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we take a look inside the sri laa campas e u.n. says it cannot continue to fund them. welcome to "bbc world ws." coming up later, south africa rallies around caste semenya. testing seems tsuggest that she hs both male and female characristics. there is an apology to a worl war ii gius who was persecuted because he was gay. ♪ >> eight years after the 9/11 attacks on the uned states, there have beeneremonies remember t victims, almost 3000 of them. president obama used the annirsary to make a pledge that the.s. will neverfalter in itsattle against al qaeda. h big a teat is al qda at

eightears on? our correspondent h been investigatg. >> in new york, they gaered in the morng rain at the place r the towers felt tremember those lost. the presidt chose to speak at e pentagon, the oher side th al qaeda attack, and t place wher muchf the response from 9/11 has eanated. >> we renew our resolve against those who perpetrated this barbaric act and sill plot against us. in defense of our nation, we ll never wer in theursuit of al qaeda and its extremist allies. >> it haseen eight years since al qaeda carrieout its most audacious attac killing 3000. some believe its capaty for terroray haveiminished. >> one thing that has improved

enormously is the capability of the people reonsible for such things to monitor al qaeda activityand undermine it. >> osamainaden may nohave been caught, but t leadership of al qaeda has been put und pressure recentl cia strikes have killed many of the second tier of leaders an made it harder for ose lt to communicate and orgize. there are so sis that the appeal of e al qaeda idlogy may be diminisng, limiting the ow of recruits. moderate and some extremist muslims are disasciating themselv from its violee. >> the vement against al qaeda as a result of the bloody violence pertrated by al qaeda, i particular again civilians. >> 9/11 was masterminded from the se haven of afghanistan.

eventing its retur is the justification for the british trps fighting there now. al qaeda was pushed out of afghantan and went over the border into pakist where it is nofacing pressu. groups connected wital qaeda are shong signs of strgthening in places li somalia,emen, and parts of north africa. they could beme sanctuaries in the future, but ty are not yet aafe haven that afghanistan on was. eight yea on, tre may be cautio optimism. just as no one predicte 9/11, one can rlly be sure what will come next. >> they will see ahird trial for the men accusedf being part of the plot to ow up trantlantic airliners. the jury was not able to reach a vdict in the tals of those charged with conspiry to murder. >> britisholice are

investating allegations tt senior officers collude in the torture and terrorism spects. they say tha the intelligence office referredhe casetself to the pice. >> vladimir putin has dropped a clear hint that heay run r t russian presidency in 2012 he served two consecutive rms, the maximum allowed by russian law. as primeminister, h still hugely influential over the day- to-d running of the coury. > where was the pme minister of israel when he droppedut of sight for mo of the day is week? the strong suestion is that h was on a secret trip to moscow, possibly connectedo arm sales, iran, ana disaparing cargo ship. we have this report from jerusalem. >> i is the latest twist in a storyorthy of a spy nov. it now concer the israeli prime minister. is russiamuggling arms t iran?

the answers to these qutions start with a much spler question, where w the israeli prime minister on moay? earlr this wk, netanyahu went missing. even officials in his own office for id not to know his whereabouts. he military adviser put out a statement saying thate was visiting a security installaon. according to the israeli media, slipped out of the country on a private plane heading for secret talks that the krlin. the russians ised a classic non-denial deni. >> atually, i cannot tell you anything at the ment. i am rely not in a position to discusthat. we are talking about aheadf the government >> any tas may have been about the arctic sea. isrli intelligence apparently lieves that the vessel was

smuggling russian anti-aircraft missiles io iran. the russians say there is no evidencof that. there e only two possibl sources for the missiles. one is the faory in moscow, the other is fromussian units in the field. the ruian governmt would have to ow aboutny sales. what concerns israel ishat iran wouldse the missiles to prott its nuclear facilities. >> i can tell you that from the israeli standpoint, iran having a nuclear capability is unacceptable. theyould prefer that iran' nuclear capability be pvented usg therolitical or diplomatic means. if none ofhose were, i have no doubt that this government of israel would use militar means pvent denuclearization of iran. >> israeli jetsre on exercise. nothingbout the arctic sea

afir is know for certain. raeli gornment's dermination to stop iran from tting a nuclear weapon is beyond doubt. if that means a militar strike, at isra would be trng very hard now to make sure anti-aircraft weaponsre not se to iran. the supre leader of iran has waed opponents of the government that they face harsh tion if they resort to violence or spread lies and rurs. he was speang at iday prayers in tehran. our bbc rrespondent has this report >> it wathe first time he led friday prayersn tehran since june. that was just after the presidential elections. on that occaon, he said the deated presidential contende would be held accountable for thstreet protests going on at the time. tod, there wasnother clear warning to the oppositiono toe the line.

>> to confront theuling system to confront the principles of t islamic stem, to sta up and take the swordgainst the system, ey will face a harsh response. >> hisermon was the most part restrained. he said the authorities would be torant toward the oppositio as long as they behaved lawfully, did not resort to violence, d did not spread es and rumors. the backgrounto this is the continuing crackdo on the position by governmenhard- liners and new of arres of activists. the supreme leader did not single out opposition leaders by name to de. it appears this was of the liberal message in advance of the daof support for the palestinians next weewhen there could be opposition protests in iran. >> thehas been a first exange

of fire across the israel- lenon border. two rockets were fired from lebanon in northern iael. minutes later, israel respoed by firing shells into lebanon. no casualtiesre reportedn either incent. at least ree people have en killed in a cond day of rioting in the capit of yangon. --f the gonuganda. >> nigeria has staed a big operation dredge te river of ger. e project costs $2 million anwill remove hundre of miles ofiltrom the lonst river in aica. >> the governmenof sri lanka is under pssure as never before to releas civilians it ha been hoing in camps since the civil war eed in may.

around 2000 were releasedoday. human-rights groups estimatep to 250,000 are still prented from going home. the u.s. has warned it will stop fuing the main mp unless those insider given freedom of movement. the bbc has nobeen all around -- allowed to the camps since y. >> the of the rst pictures the sri lkan camps made available to the bbc since the ghting ended in may. journalists e banned. little is know aut how they are run except that the people inside are not allowedo leave. the person whoilmed this spoke disease, t sick and elrlydying, claims alsoade by internaonal aid agencies. more than 40,000 are believed to be livinin this camp. more than 25000 are living in

similar campsn northern sri lanka. the vernment is uer ineased international pressure. it hasromised toet 80% of them go home b the endf the year. >> weannot cntinue proding indefinitely fundingif the site remains osed as itoes. whenhat point is, i think it is hard toay. we he to workn the agreement come to an agreement. the best solution is to let as many peopl leave as soon as possible. >> we have allowed youngers and people over 60 to go. many do not go because the amilies want to stay togethe we have allowed 12,000 oer people to leav only 50 went. today, the natnal peace counl of sri lan has sd not to make pple go unless they're willing to go. we willtand by that. considing the cnditions under which they live, i think ey are very happy. >> it has be announced that

10,000 are allowed to go free. some attended the ceremony mark the occasion held by the government to ow reconciliation after 25 years of wa th troops have a fine balancing act between scening out those who supported the now defeated tal tiger insurgency and civilians simply caught up in the war. >> my son and s-in-law both died in a shell attack. when the war ended, we cameo the camp. 'm going back to my homefter 18 mons. i am sad that i lost my family mbers, b i am happy to go back home. >> the handlingf criticism about the camps has been internatially condemnednd prompted reats of sanctions. the camps have become symbolic and a stark reminderhat sri lankmay have woa military victory, but it still hasuch to do to forge a lasting peac so that it can look forward and

ecome a mern asian democracy. >> stay with us, if you can. coming up, shelived to be 115. we wl look back at the lif of the world's dest person. >> the former present of taiwan has been seenced to life in jail for crruption. he wa charged with forgery, monday -- mey lndering, and bribery it worth mlions of dollars. s fe was also convicted and got the same sentence. >> from the ti the former leader was first arresd, this case has grbed the attentn of the 23 llion pple in taiwan. the arrest antrial of the formeleader was unprecedented in the shortistory of the iand as a democracy. the first president ected from the opposition party, he had vowed to root out decades o

corrtion but w lateraccused of corruption himself. nearly one year after his arrest, the court handed him the heavie penalty. >> chen was found guilty on six chges. he was sentenced to life imprisonment. he was fine 200 mlion taiwanese llars by the court. [screaming] >> dons of his supporters protested angrily outsidehe courthouse, demanding his release. they said the ce amounts to political persecution and that he has been unfairly singled out. his critics see the casas a sign of progress that iuch a young democracy, even forme presidents cane held to accoun mr. chen says he is iocent and that t case against him is a witch nt by the current government aimed a pleang

beijing. his wife was also sentenced to life in prison. anothe12 defendants, includi his children d former sff, were convicted and sentenced to life terms. inn act of defiance, he boycted the hearing. he is expeed to appeal th ruling. >> see t news unfold. to bbc.co/ne it is easy to watch the one- minuteworld news video summary. you can read the latest headlines, but at e top stories fr around the globe, and played the video reports. discover me about the subjects that interest you. find outhat issues the worl is talking about right now. for bbc news onne, go to

bbc.com/news and watched the news unfold. >> it isood to have you with on "bbc world news." he are the latest headlin. on the eighth anniversary of e 9/11 attacks, silence rked the moment the first plane hit t world tradcenter. speculion is mounting in israel abo the atic sea container ship anhow it was stoppefrom delivering missiles to iran. e sports minister south africa says he is disgued by dia reports claiming that caster semenya has both male d female sexual orns. bbc and understands that the women's world champion may have what is known as annter- gender condition. >> steremenya is a south african sensation. this was hr homecoming just a fortnight ago after winning the gold in berlin.

the myique about her gender wi not go away. early reports veal internal male sex organs ando wom ministers here are shocked. >> this disgting and unethica we strongly believe that r governmentnd all well-meaning cizens should protest. prect her rights and interests. >> it was this stunning victory at theerlinchampionship that put r in the international spotlight. her masculine build led revelations of t sport's governing body and called for geer tesng normally kept confidential. her coach resigned earlier this week and said at they let her wn. >> we should have antipated because of her wderful performance before the world

championships at questions woulbe asked. thereere already rumors oating around. we shod have acted in a much etter way. >> it was a very dferent caster semenya that adorned the south africanagazine earlier is ek. it was clearly desned to ke a int. the front pages now show this. even though newspape reports at she is a hermaphrodite have noteen confirme they're boun to bring issuesf racism. she has whdrawn from a marcompetition tomorrow. this i more than just the future of the ung athlete. e credibility of athletics are at stake. there is a major fensive to prevt it from sliding fther to controversy. e athleticody says it is unlikely she will be stripped her gold mal. south africa minesteadfastly behi her. -- remains steadfasy behind

her. they said any attemp to ep from competing could trigger a third world war. the daughterf the antilles prime minister has come to his dense. e said that her father has been lynched by theedia. yesterday, m blusconi denied ever ying for sex and denied reports that could resign. we have this repo from rome. >> he is showing the anish primeinister around sardinia in his usually playfully combate mood. heays that some of the journalists e good and some are bad. it is all said with a smile. the italian lead has been forc to defend himself against re lurid allegations. the latest is leaked from an ongoing corruption inquiry. it suggests that women at parties hosted b him were paid.

prosecutors s the prime minister willot face criminal harges because he d not know that a number of t women were prostitutes. that is someing heas been claiming all along. opinion polls hint that his support ebbing away, iluding that from catlics. around half ofitalians still have faith in him. many say tt even a private fe must have lims, especially for a head of governnt. he isuing some ofhe newspapers andlaying do the rift with thvatican. where does this lea him and italy? ponents say that the reputations of th are in tatter because of the stories. yet his public supportontinues to holout. why? simply because there is no credible political alternate and also becse enough's italians stl cling to the belief thate wi improve thr lives. he is one of th.

that is rd to beathen you are in hh political office. >> alan turing was famous for his wk on breakinghe enigma code and realing the secrets of nazi germany. he ha a sret of his own. heas homosexual at the time it was a criminal offense. he was prosecuted and committ suicide two years later. the prime ministerf britain ha apologiz for the apalling way thate was treated. robertall has this report. >> his brilliance make him a rtime hero. recognitio came later for ala turing. like theledge the park was far om the glamour depicted by hollywood. the debreakers lived and worked in high secrecy away fro the view of the public. even then alan turing was cognized as akey playern the opation crack the germanodes. this is the egma machin now

displayed. it is capable ofreating millions of code combitions. alanuring led the team that uilt the distant ancestor of computers. by 1940, they had beg to break the codes d turn the fortunes of war. alan turing may be publicly recognized as the man tteat the anin my machine. the who rked with him recalled an eccentric. he w undoubtedly genius, recogned now as onef th great mis behindhe first computer >> anyone who turns on a computer the days even side i an alan turing machine. he had profnd affect on our everyday lives. >> he had his own secret. he was homosexual. in 1952, he was convicted of an

act of gross idecency. he wasn effect tried for bein gay. he was fced to undergo a rm of chemicacastration. heommitted suicide atis home in manchester two yearlater. t prime minister has now admitted that he wastreated inhumaly. he adds that the treatmt was utterly unfair ani am pleased to have the chance to say how deeply rry we all are for what happened to him. we felt that he was treated really badly it towards the en of his life. he was hounded. we're very greful for this ology. i just wish that muncle could be ave tay to be aware of it. >> hisork he andin the develoent of computers after the war wasimply exaordinary. at last, hs country has given him theratitude and the ology that he deserved. >> she puher longevi down to

stinence and religion. the world's oldest person died today in california. gertrude baines was 115. we have this report on her remaable life. >> television had not bee invented when she waborn. she turned 115 in april. she credited clean living, religion,nd the occasional bit of crispy ban. >> i am going to the oldest pers >> she was born in 18. your father -- her father was the son of slave >> voted for him. thatan up tre. >> arthrit at 100 fced her to live in this nursing home. she bame annspiration to others. >> it makes me feel go. i ay that i will be able e a part of . > gertrude ines has been

witns to history. no and wondered 14-year-old in japan has the title of the world's oldest living person. -- now 8 114-yearold in japan has the title of thworld's oldest living person. >> president obama s pledged that the unit stas will never falter ithe battle agnst al qaeda. in ceremonies across the uned states to remember the victims ofhettacks, almost 3000 of them. one wa orshadowed by miaken report of the shooti on the potomac ver. ank you for being with us on "bbc world news funding was made possible by the freeman foundationf n york, stowe, vernt, and honolu. the newman's own foundation. the jo d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank.

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