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>> a tribute to dan wheldon who died in a high-speed crash at an indy 300 race in las vegas. it is midday here in london, 7:00 a.m. in the york into o'clock p.m. in the yemeni capital sana'a, the site of fierce overnight fighting between troops supporting president saleh, and those opposed to his rule. following a weekend of violence when demonstrators marched from the square toward areas of the capital controlled by his fourth as. our world affairs correspondent. >> this is what kept yemen's capital sign-off from sleep sunday night. four hours of fighting between pro-government forces and rebels. firing here was aimed toward opposition strongholds. on sunday, anti-government protesters and the dissident army units marched. since january, they have been

calling and yemen's presidents saleh to step down. he has been in power for more than 30 years. protesters were met by gunfire. shots are fired from a window. >> forces fiercely attacked opposition targets, residential offices. the square where the youth are protesting. it is more of an unleashing everything on everyone because they feel the u.n. security council is finally serious indignant -- getting rid of this regime. the last attempt to stay in power by using force. >> saleh himself held a meeting sunday at his palace with a senior army and police officials. it is not immediately clear when and even if he is prepared to give up any measure of power. the president that he injured

opponents were taken to a field hospital to an opposition encampment -- in an opposition echidna. >> we received 25 injured people. four have died from head wounds. >> the violence comes as the united nations security council prepares to discuss the resolution on yen and later this week. james reynolds, bbc news. >> let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. for more than four years the arms organization eta has fought a violent campaign in northern spain and southwest france. now a conference being held in spain could pave the way for the basque separatist group to disband. eta is expected to make an announcement this week that could allow the political wing to lead a peaceful -- toward independence. the president urged militants to end the campaign which has claimed more than 800 lives. our reporter joins us from

madrid. at sarah, who is attending this conference? >> there are six international figureheads, if you like. coffee and non, former secretary-general of the u.n. -- kofi annan, and those from the northern ireland peace process -- gerry adams, and also tony blair's former chief of staff. they are coming, according to the organizers, to amend their experience to the process of peace, as being described, in the basque country. not organized in any way but the spanish government but and independent organization in the basque country who called these international figures to the region to try to move the process forward. it is because of the profile of those people who are involved, more coming, that there has been lots of speculation that this would be the opportunity for eta to announce its end in some way. we don't know it for sure, of

course, this seems to be the way things have been going in the last couple of years. eta has declared a cease-fire, declared it back in january, a permanent and verifiable sees five. it has done it before and has broken cease-fires before. since then we have seen some 700 prisoners calling on eta to end the violence. and also the political entourage the past couple of years denouncing violence and setting the only way to achieve independence is through democratic means. there have been lots of changes in the basque uncut -- basque country and lots of expectations. >> i am sure if we get an announcement you will bring us up-to-date. thank you. the news in brief. pro-gaddafi delaware is in china confirmed the death of the pose leader youngest son. they say he was killed at the end of august with it -- in a battle with the national transitional council -- council fighters. kenya pausing --

i witnesses say kenyan armored vehicles and helicopters entered somalia on sunday. an election being a love for the countries top judges. early results suggest the tarp -- majority of voters boy of their ballots in protest to the government. many people complained the candidates were picked by congress which is controlled by the president's party. news of a tragedy ended motorsports -- motorsports, dan wheldon has died after a motor car pileup. nearly half of the other cars competing were caught up in the crash. the remainder of the race was canceled. he was 33 years old and had won the prestigious indianapolis 500 twice. >> dan wheldon was racing for a

$5 million prize. starting in the back he had to go over case -- overcome every indy car in the race. he was moving of the field when this happens. >> oh, multiple cars involved. >> a collision at 200 miles an hour became a catastrophic crash in just a few seconds. almost half the cars were involved. dan wheldon's car flew through the air, flipped, and burst into flames. paramedics were there immediately and the 33 year old was airlifted to hospital. but the news came two hours later. >> indycar is very sad to announce that dan wheldon has passed away. our thoughts and prayers are with his family today. indycar, drivers, and team owners, has decided to end the race. >> the remaining cars the five laps of honor in his memory.

it has been five years since the last indycar driver was killed, and dan wheldon was one of the best. the crash, one of the worst in recent memory, affected the crowd and the drivers alike. >> i lost one of my best friends, one of my greatest teammates. i don't know what to say. >> you know, one minute you are broke -- joking around before the driver intros and the next, dan is gone. member earlier this year he won the indy 500, for the second time. this was only his third race of the season. the $5 million las vegas challenge. tributes to dan wheldon's raising skill has been coming from across the world. he leaves a wife and two young

children. los angeles. >> i am joined now by the bbc that a motor racing commentator. jonathan, it begs the question -- is this safe? >> all motor racing is dangerous. every ticket you buy will say exactly that. you have incidence and all sorts of different threat -- around the world. 18 months, mike conway, another british driver, had a similar accident on the last lap of the indy 500 when he was catapulted into the air and into the fencing and came away with a broken leg and he had his back in a brace for three months. he survived. here, i think the circumstances were different. and this was a tighter, shorter course. and in the banking -- it was quite difficult. therefore, the cars going to

london 20 miles an hour, there were that much closer and that much quicker -- cars were going 225 miles an hour. if anyone slightly deviated, got to close to someone else, and they are a couple of inches apart, if there is any problem, there is trouble. >> where there too many cars on the track? >> those with allegations. there were 34. the indianapolis speedway, in the 500, normally there are only 33 and it is a long course. the previous races have been 26 i think was the top number. eight more, and therefore it was a lot more crowded. more cars on the grid. it was a smaller tract. more crowded, and therefore more potential to have accident we have. >> should we be comparing the safety record of indycar racing with formula one, where it seems the technology is more advanced, the safety standards perhaps a more stringent? >> at a formula one had a very rude awakening because that proved -- and you will --

everyone knew him and everyone knew about his achievements and his death. that was a real shock to formula one. suddenly, if they could lose a champion like this, someone seen above everyone else, then everyone was at risk. they have upped the game ever since then. not to say in the car is just a ramshackle series -- they have not had an incident like this for five years of formula one does pride itself on greater technology, being the pinnacle of motorsports. it is a different type of motorsports. and normally they have got away with it. but italy because of the circumstances, this was an axe and waiting to happen. >> should this spark a review? t>> it is was suppose to be a show stopping event. and it all went wrong. >> thank you very much. it is a story that has deeply unsettled millions in china.

posen troubling questions about whether 30 years of economic of the land and has left a moral backing in its wake. these edited pictures show a two-hitter as of girl who was run over by a van. no less than 18 people walked past the top without helping. she is even run over a second time before a woman collecting rubbish stops to help. our correspondent is in beijing. he told us about the reaction to that video. >> as you say, absolutely horrendous pictures. when i first saw them i thought it was some terrible hoax. they seemed so incredible that so many people could walk by a toddler laying on the side of the pathway. this happens in a city in what appears to be an indoor market. people walk by and not do anything about it. as soon as the surveillance video was shown on television, a local television station in the province in the south of china it and visited literally millions of responses on the

internet, blogging cites an internet chat rooms. people saying how on earth could this happen in the country? how could so many people walk by and not seem to care about what is going on in this market? what has happened to this little girl? >> still to come -- the capital bangkok has been scared so far but outlying areas are hard hit after defenses gave way. over the weekend, thousands of people in asia and europe took part in an decapolis protesters inspired by the occupied wall street movement which began in new york more than a month ago. in london, activists said up a makeshift camp site close to the stock exchange. our correspondent went there to sample the atmosphere. >> it is quite lively here. what i want to show you is this

is the square behind us, the entrance to the london stock exchange. this morning, police are guarding it and only workers who had their passes and improving our can get in and out. let us just move around and i will show you what is going on. st. paul's cathedral behind me. loads of tents. estimated -- estimated around 250 people spent the night last night camped out as part of the occupied london stock exchange. good morning to you. so many people, around 45,000 people protesting. it is continuing. i want to bring in the linda, one of the protesters. good morning. why is it you are here? >> we are here because we want an equal distribution of wealth. we want minorities to have a voice. we want the corrupt system to be changed. >> how long are you prepared to stay here? you can see there is a real effort. >> we hope to build a community

there and stay there as long as possible until some change comes about. >> thank you for joining us. just to say, we have heard from st. paul's cathedral this morning. services apparently were able to take place as normal this weekend but they say the last few days have not been without challenges. the chief concern is a pause cathedral be allowed to operate as normal as possible and all of the people to be respectful. it looks as if st. paul's cathedral as saying as long as it remains peaceful and it does not prevent people coming and going they will allow it to continue. >> this is "gmt" from bbc world news. here are the headlines -- heavy fighting overnight in the yemeni capital sana'a between troops loyal to the president and forces opposed to his rule. in international backed conference being seen as a possible prelude to the

solution -- militant basque group eta, is taking place. to check -- catch up on business. jamie is here and it is all about the eurozone. >> particularly portugal because it is the latest eurozone country under the spotlight. the government presents its latest package of spending cuts and tax increases to parliament. the announcement goes further than the country's $70 billion bailout demand and it has only served to anchor the public. tens of thousands took part in an anti-austerity protests this weekend. allison roberts reports from lisbon. >> marches took place in nine portuguese towns and cities on saturday against austerity, economic injustice, and what many see as a tax on democracy. in lisbon it ended in a rally outside the parliament building where the government will submit its budget for 2012 monday.

a full details are to emerge only later. but a prime investor himself outlined elements of the unexpectedly large -- harsh plan thursday, including two-year suspension of most public-sector workers, holliday, and christmas day, equivalent to two months' salary. speaking after an all the cabinet meeting, he said this and other measures were needed in what he described as a national emergency. >> we should never have reached this point. when i was elected prime minister i never thought i would have to announce to the country such tough measures that are hard to accept. >> of portugal is struggling to regain its credibility but investors, after it admitted in april it could not pay debts without help from international institutions. the finance minister clearly hopes to differentiate portugal from greece by going further than required by the country's loan deal from the european union and international monetary fund. but there are doubts whether the

fund behind that bailout is large enough to solve the eurozone's problems. saturday, leaders of the g-20 group called for next weekend's european summit to come up with a decisive plan. back in portugal, there was resignation but also anchor at the latest harsher than expected measures. >> i think this is awful. at the situation has no solution. it is all the same people who have to pay for the crisis. >> forget about it. this one is to forget. mr. prime tester is mugging us all. >> the coalition government has a majority and has no problem getting it passed. portugal's fate is likely to be decided elsewhere. allison roberts, bbc news, lisbon. >> the world's biggest lighting maker philips is cutting four --

four and a half thousand jobs. it has to save 800 million euros. the cut comes as they reported a 85% drop in their profits in the three months to september. >> 40% is healthcare, 35% is likely. and we see a lot of opportunities for the future in these areas. however, to achieve that, we have to make the company more agile, step up investment and innovation and market penetration it is inevitable that we have to reduce our rather heavy overhead and support costs. this is what the announcement is all about. >> one of the world's biggest investment group says it will vote against the reelection of rupert murdoch to the board of news corp. at this week's annual general meeting. caplers is concerned about the power held by him and other members of his family. revelations continue to emerge about a phone hacking scandal and the u.k., and "news of the

world" was closed down earlier this year. morgan is buying del paso, making it one of the biggest deals in energy this year. it will create the biggest natural gas pipeline network in the u.s. pipeline companies are investing in natural gas as because of demands. european markets -- they have come off their highs. ftse had been up -- it is coming down a bit and the dax is continuing to fall as well. optimism about the eurozone and the fact that some kind of conclusion might be reached the end of this week. however, a lot of economists and analysts are skeptical. very much an ambiguous feelings. that is the biggest -- business

news. >> thank you very much. in thailand, weeks of flooding has now resulted in the death of more than 300 people, forcing tens of thousands to leave homes. hopes are growing that the capital may be scared. but a huge industrial estate just to the north had to be abandoned after defenses gave way. our southeast asian correspondent reports from bangkok. >> water as far as the eye can see. one-third of thailand's's province is now look like this. temporary loss to the floods. the army has been tasked with surveying is now unfamiliar landscape. we went with them, heading north after bangkok. the capital is safe for now. but just 50 miles out, this province has been hard hit. this community has been completely cut off. the army off lows some basic provisions and makes a note to return.

>> the further north we go out of bangkok, the worst of the situation is. you can just see around here, a complete seal of muddy brown flood water. as we have been flying over uc a few rooftops, the tops of factories, trees. but everything else is flooded. even if it was to stop raining now it would take several weeks for the water to recede. the bad news is there is another storm system coming. >> the government has made protecting this huge industrial estate a top priority. there are more than 200 factories here employing tens of thousands of workers. volunteers tried to reinforce defenses. the message went out that more sandbags were needed. this, the response -- response. >> we are all in this together so we have to help. i live nearby and i work here. of this place floods, everything would be gone.

>> it is all in vain. water seeps in under the embankment. frantically they stop -- tried to stop the flow but it is no good. the evacuation order is given. this particular battle has been lost. but there may well be more to come. rachel harvey, bbc news, bangkok. >> cuba has finally relax its ban which stopped people selling their own old cars. he will still be prevented from buying new cars -- cars from the soviet era still dominate the street. >> during the time of the former soviet union, this car was a symbol of power in cuba. the communist island and poured it them at a subsidized price and they soon became the most

popular car and cuban roads. favorite --uba's old american cars and excellent condition like this 1962 oldsmobile. but they are outnumbered by the hundreds of thousands of russian cars which is a reminder of soviet times. in fact, according to official figures, there are 250,000 of these cars on the road. simple engineering and durability make them popular not only for personal use but also as taxis, ambulances, or police cars. >> for me, it is like a wartime. it is a car that has been able to adapt to the city. >> but the automobile boom ended with the collapse of the former soviet union in 1991 and the input of spare parts and new cars stopped. during those years, cuban ingenuity was the key to keeping these cars running.

>> for example, the buses -- they filled in when we cannot get new ones and that is how we solve the problem because we had no other means. >> now it has returned to the business in cuba but the russian company has lost its dominance. >> we now buy less of them for various reasons. chinese cars a more comfortable, better value for the money and there are plenty of spare parts available. >> 20 years after the collapse of the former soviet union, this car no longer represents more than a day and innovation but they still moving reminder of the link that united the ussr with this caribbean island. havana, cuba. bbc news. >> let us remind you of the top story. reports from yemen say there has been heavy fighting in the capital overnight between troops loyal to the president and forces opposed to his rule.

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