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reaching isel. protest in hondura thorities declared a state other emergency. the cleanupegins after devastatg floods in the ilippines. 14 people died. dozens are missin >> when the flood came it came quickly. you canee the damage. still, the rain is comi down. >> angela merkel emerges victorious, promisinto pull germany ouof recession. very warwelcome to "bbc world news," broadcast for ouriewers on pbs in erica and aroundhe globe. i am of mi embley. coming up later for you -- we will -- d the british navy sink at this at boat? and at very different sort of talent. ukrainian arti to move it judges to tears. -- the ukrainian artist who moved judges to tears.

hello to you. daysfter world lears urd iran to demonstrate its peaceful intentions, it has test fired some of its longest rang missiles, but to be capable of reachin israel, turkey, and american bes in the gu. international condemnation has been swift. irannly recently admitted to a second uranium enriment plant. but russ is urging rtraint. we have this report. >> the tests may he bee -- plant, but the message is unmistakable. -- may have beenong-plned, the mesge is unmistable. iran is not going to caveo international essure. this is the shahab3, and is

sold at easily puts israel within the range. they also tested the sjjii missile for the fir time they say tt thmissile tes are purely defensive. they insisted therwas no connection with th nuclear program. but the nightmare scenario for tehran's opponents is an iranian nuclearomb on to of long-ran missile. the latest test has proved an expressionf concern from the european uon and foriegn pocy chief. ove all, f iran this is an exercise in deterrence, case th current crisisspirals into an attack on e republic. c news. >> and two hundred media organitions have be closed by tops, hoursfter

authories declared a state of emergency suspendingkey civil liberts. manuel zelayaeturn to honduras last week. american dipmats describe him as "irrespoible and foolish" r returning home before an agreement was reached. we have ts report. >> soldiers ca at dawn. they were heavi armed and determined to close down of broadcaster critical of th terim government in honduras some say they wereorced to use fire escapes to avoid arrest. their uipment wa confiscated. it was the sa story at channel 36 where the gvernment declad a state of emergen and room serviccertain so rights. as thtandoff - th government dlared a sale -- a state of emergency and suspended certain civil rights.

as the standf continues, manu zelaya has called onis supporterso take to the streets drying criticism from a senior u.s. diplomat. s return is call responsible and foolish." it has been three months sce he was removedrom power by gunpoint. he stamate continues. thcrisis hasaralyzed the enti cntry and left ordinary citizens scared d uncertain abouthe future. bbc news. doctors in guinea are staying at least th50 people has been killed during an opposition prott in the pital. supporters had used teargas and -- teargas d baton charge is. the captain said he would not run in preidential election

plan for january, but noweems likelyo stand. the former president oferu, alberto fujimori, has p guilty to brery and illegal wiretapping. he is on trl for the fourth me. he has now admitted to paying of and bugging oosition politicians, businesseople, and jourlists. one diplomat says his palestinian rivals are ready to tell the ut ending the bitter two-ar feud between hamas and his organization. authoritie are asking for internationahelp for the philippis where massive floods have devastated large are of the country. 14 people have beekilled. hundreds of thousands have been forced from their homes. nearly all of it is unr water. our correondent is there. >> ter the big storm, the big

cleanu is underw. a thick layer of mud le behind by the recedi flood water and a lot of damage. whenhe flooding came, it ca quickly. you can see in theamage. you can see the vehicles in this area. still, the rain is coming wn. hundds of thousan of people fd their homes. today, some were drifting back to theirusinesses and houses to see whawas salvageable. >>this is what used to be my living room. this family went up to the second floo as the water level rose in minutes. >> i was so scary. you really had to run for your life. this was not alace to be living. sowe had to flee this >> this ishat they survived. id which of water that swept everhing away. -- a deluge water that's what

everythi away. it came without warnin tens o thousands of people a crammed into shelter at lst they can be given food and clean water. as they fled the rising flood, th lost everything except the clothes they we wearing. nodisease a worry. the search and rcue has bcome a race toet eight out to those wh need it. the scale of the disaster is ovwhelming the governmt. >> we are trying to pu -- to get beat supplies -- to get th supies to the people accepted. >> there are me many stores across manila, like this famy with their fo cildren who lost everythg. and as they try toet back on thr feet, there are stl more storms underway. bbc news, manila. >> angela merkel has describe

her victory in germany and its general election as a tremendous te of trust. analysts are calling it a dream results for her. the lumbertruggling with the coalition's of t right and left, e has pledged a partnership with the free democrats to lead the country o rmany out of its worst recession since rld war ii. >> the caaign posters came tumbling down. for angela merkel, this habeen a topsy-turvy election. her christian democrats he scored their lowe figure since 1949, but they stillanaged to win. today,'d try and then ent -- hancellor laid out our plans for the new governnt. >> we kow we want to make use of this possibility during an economically-dficult year to crte new jobs and push foard growth even more decisivy, as we ve repeatedly made clear

during the election campaign. >> this will be the cancellor's new coition. the pro-business free decrats. they put in their best election performance ever. they are the real winners of this electio in no doubt o the losers are. germy's social democrats nets to make sens of election morning. there were flowers d aew brave smil. t spd had net is worsresults off sincthear and had been -- had met its worst rest since the war and had been ejected from wer. in times i n coalition. angela merkel remains chancellor. but at kind of chancellor wl she be? for the st several years, she has always dread t mide path. i new coalition partner has --

her new coalitio partnerill be pushing hard to report. will angelmerkel be transforming herself into a urney -- to a german rgaret thatcher 's the free decrats get their way, th newovernment will slash taxes, cupublic spendingand push ahead wi reforms of the welfare system and e labour market. at means less jobs secury, the kind of policies which could spark angern thetreets, and erode chancellor merkel's popularity. o f, she says she was to be the chancellor all the people and has dismied the ea of cutting spending soon after a recessn. for no her priority is firefighting the economic doturn. germany has a dget deficit that is boomg and unemploynt is rising. if she fails to sbilize the economy, she will strugglto persuade the jump -- the german

publicor further reform. bbc news, berlin. >> 51-year-old father is the 24th memr of staff to take his wn lifeince february of last year. he left a note before jumping to his deh from a viaduct. tradenions have blamed stress, job losses, and have ofred to esblish a hot line for workers to break an infern spiral. he has pled n guilty to crimes against humanity. the internaonal forwanda has charged hiwith responsibility for the deaths of 2000 tutsis. the south korean governme says north koa has reviv its constution, dropping all references to cmunism.

at the sa time, it has bolstered the power of i leaderfor the fir time describing him as "the preme leader." the biggt dgs haul in britain. the warship maybe disvery of the cot o coloma where the coine was found buried i concrete in secret compartmes on a fishing boat. whave this report. >> blasted out of the water by royanavy gun power. the crew had been taken off, and drugwere confiscated. >> she was some to avoid endangeringthershipping in the ribbean. atll the previous day and night, she had been searched as seat in a jot operation between the royal navy and the u.s. coast gua. it took hours to findhat they

were loong for -- a record 5.5 ns of cocaine. the drugs had been expertly dden. the crew put up no resistae. >> ented many, many hours befo we found hidden compartments which were right down low in the villages of this vessel -- bilges of this vessel. it was in a layer of concrete we brokee aware of concrete. ey were right there, and we foundhe cocaine. >> comrtment boats in the caribbn come in different shap and sizes. this wasan intelligence-led operation. the cocaine is produced i south amica. it is tn shipped to consumers in the u.s. and europe when it crosses the atlantic, a favote entry point of spain and west afra. the effects are aeady being

felt. it was it pt quiet to exploit any intelligce gleaned. now they a looking for informers. for the royal navy, this was the laest ever drub al in 20 years patrolling the caribbean -- largest ever dr haul in 20 years of patlling the caribbn. the dgs are in u.s. custy. bbc news. >> this is "bbc wod news." the headlines for you is hour. world leaders ar expressing concern. urgent need russia has urged constraint. iran has test fired long-range missiles. it seems scientis are suggesting catastrophic obal warming could have been far fast than previously thought. a new udy by the neological office in britain says average temperatures could --

meteorological officin britain's erage temperatures could rise much faster. we have thisreport fom david fisher. >> in the philippines right now -- you cannot linit to climate ange. this ithe kind of extreme weather scientis say weill see mo of thearmer the world gets. >> this is much more thann the arctic. 7,000 miles ay, inxford, investators are looking at at happens to the wor if climate negotiations fail. according to a stu unveiled here, the argers could rise or sooner than expected. >> -- temperature could rise as far sooner than expand -- pected. >> we could see a rise in temperatures becau of the intensity of th rning of fossil fuels and also the fact that the world's natis the better taking part in the atmosphere may not continue to

so. >> what is your reaction to that " my reaction to that is -- ot, frankly. -- shock,rankly. >>the temperatures could rse in this ntury ifonditions remain as ey are. we cld get a rise of four degrs in morning just by the end of the century, o even by the middle of it. >> what does a four-degree rise in temperature mean? it cld lead to widespread nger. hundreds o millions of people running short of water. others suffering from oods. many species being thatened if they are unable to adapt. these forecasts rely on a lot of assumptions. howan they be trusted? this shows the rise in into mergers over the pas50 years. critics pointto the las10 years. it looks like there has been oling. how the science answer that?

>> look at what is relevant t the evidence. decades and cades of temperatures -- we are seeing tempatures rise decaden beckett, ectly as predted. decade on a decade, exacy as prected. >> scientists say the ne is gent, in negotiations cou not be slower. bbc news. >> silda, on "bbc world ns." still to co on "bbc world news." marshes are parchedy two years of drought. first thgh, if you already run aw to the surface, where y go then? this week, the canadian found of a worldamous circus will be headi to space as the next private passenger for the internationaspace station. he has paid $35 million for his

voyage. our corrpondent reportsn a final preparatioin kazakhst. >> he is the founder of a ccus roupe who is about tobecome the fit clown in space. for 12 days aboard the international spac station, canada's first space toist has spent monthin training, spent millions dollars, an setimes hadun. >> every futuri have, everyone has been so geners of transmitting kwledge. and also how i shouldrepare myself. >> tree planting is classi cereny all astronauts undertake befor launching into spac the crew members and the nadian aerospaceompanion were in a joking mood.

apart fom bringing reun into the orbing station, e canadian millionaire hopes that thevent willaise awareness of drinking water proems around t world. he ito become the last private paying tourists visit the station for someime. now the space shuttle program is expected to din010 and astronau will have to rely on russians to useockets to g to and fm the international space statn. there will be no ro foraying guests until t americans are launched their next space prram. bbc news. >> the site of te fabled biblical wonder, the garden of eden, is in dang o becong a dust ball. iraq is facin be disastrous fectsf a two-year drought.

waters in the tigris d euphrates are at lw levels. iraqis have been driven fr their hes in search o clean drinking water. from baghd, we have this repo. >> it looks blushed and lycal. is farm is in baghdad, clo to the city ceer. there'a strong smell of fresh min herbs grow between the tre. there has bee no harvest at all this year. >> the drought is so bad,hey only get dat ery two years now. the last time there is any serious rainhere, that was si months ago. >> in the past two years, iraq h a lo less of its normal rainfall. three-quaers of the world's --

flowing through baghdad, e tigris rer is sinking away from its banks. the tigris and euphtes to the west e 70% lower than a rk 10 years a. -- en they work 10 years ago. this is a dramat back line here. this is the average level of the tigris. no problem. t this is the tigriand now. well below the average. whys the tiger is so low? [unintelligible] >> for howany ars as the rain been so bad? >> 08 and now. >> really poor rainfa? >> yes. >> oficious circle. hardly any raineans farm land turns to dust.

t that traditionally i tord eight indos dust storms a year. now therere more than 30 storms like this >> it is veryery danger to me and to the pple, to e life of the people. >> is a danger. iris are impoing large amounts of ri,heat, and baey. is a real serious disaster according to one farmer. bbc news,aghdad. >> a young artist from the ukraine whoraws pictures i san is becoming an iernational star. sheon hurt countries tv tower show, -- she won her country's tv talent show. she has 3illion hits on utube. she is planning worldwidtube -- to work.

-- sh is planning a worldwide tour. >> as yosee the world in a grain sand. her remarkable talent has moved d nation. a nation. about 13illion ukraians watched her winning performance the studio audien, en the judges wept roughout. r opening scene shows up pair of lovers under a starry sk but e od turned to tragedy. warplanes appear. the nazisn dade. -- invad the ukrae lost o in fou of their populati in world war ii, the large of any country.

it is an evt deeply scarred and to the nation'psyche. -- into the nation'ssyche. back in her home, on the blk sea, andhe spoke of a speci relationship to the medium of her art. for me, sand is not a material. i am not a mistake. to an extt, yes soya a physicist. sand is pattern in my wo. it is very real, like conversation partner. some kinds its a physical chacter. it a depends ony hands. >> 7 now, an international tour that ends. london, vienna. there is even talk of taking her

tale of ukrainiantragedy to las ves. bbnews. >> astoshing stock. finally, as you in northern geany has been showi of a baby that has come cle to its epers. the new rhino was bn sunday, but zoo offials decid to separateim from the mother after she showed aggression. now e female keepers are caring for the calf around the clk. it is always in need of physical contact. thank you for bein with us on "bbc world news." anything -- much more news all y onbc.com. >> fundi was made possible by york, stowe, vermo, and honolu. e newman's own foundati. the john dand catherine macarthur undation. and unn bank.

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