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the orchestrator. he was given 30 months in jail. >> the government of greece in political turmoil today as the prime minister faces open revolt from ministers in his own party. greek prime minister george papandreou cost shock waves when he announced earlier he called a referendum on the bailout deal aimed at solving the debt crisis. now his finance minister has said he will not support the vote and the prime minister has called an emergency cabinet meeting. world leaders are at the g-20 meeting. >> yes, at the g-20 it is absolutely pouring with rain. somehow, that is foreboding for an agenda that keeps being

moved every few hours. it's been adjusted by events that are happening not just in cannes, but also outside in athens and in rome, not to mention the financial markets. the political disarray has shocked those who even by last night hoped there would be some way forward, a referendum for greece on whether it should stay in the eurozone. the question is, will the referendum take place? >> french president nicolas sarkozy arriving at the summit this morning, appearing to bear the weight of the crisis is hanging over the global gathering with relative ease. his expression graphically giving away the scale of the task ahead of him and the fellow g-20 leaders. behind the welcome, the hopes

of boosting a global recovery cannot afford to be totally distracted by the greek crisis, but there is a severe risk of that. >> the most important aspect of our task over the next two days is to resolve the financial crisis in europe. french president nicolas sarkozy has shown extraordinary leadership on this issue. i agree with him that the eu has made some important steps toward a comprehensive solution and that would not have happened without his leadership. at the g-20, we will have to flesh out more of the details about how the plan will be fully and decisively implemented. >> [speaking foreign language] >> i wish to pay tribute to the united states for understanding all the issues we will be discussing over the next 48 hours. in particular, the issue of the

greek crisis. the euro is facing the need to be hand in glove with the united states. >> in the deepening greek drama, now a new twist from no less a figure than the greek prime mets -- prime minister. finance minister evangelos venizelos said this cannot be put in doubt. this achievement cannot depend on the referendum. in greece, much is desperation. the crisis is now unfolding since greek prime minister george papandreou made the shock announcement that he would hold a referendum on the greek bailout deal that came about only last week. >> [speaking foreign language] >> this is a disaster for our country. all of europe has the euro. no one will survive. >> [speaking foreign language] >> we have become accustomed to it. >> the future of the greek

government itself now appears to be increasingly in doubt. the deepening drama in athens is even more likely to influence events in cannes. >> without some sort of certainty about the political situation in greece, the eurozone crisis is beyond resolving. that is the key thing going forward. the other two are shoring up europe's banks, where that might be necessary. france is a country where it has been suggested it is most certainly necessary. also, stopping the contagion, which is the purpose of the so- called stability facility. that cannot be extended unless we have an answer for greece. now let's go straight to athens where mark lowen joins us. >> things are moving very quickly here in athens.

let me take you through the developments from this morning. a lot has happened. this morning, four ministers, including the finance minister, have expressed their dissatisfaction. they say they do not approve of the referendum plan. three governing party mpshave said they will not vote with the government in the confidence vote that will happen in the parliament video -- parliament building behind me. george papandreou has lost his majority in parliament. he now has 149 mps supporting him. he may need the support of some additional mp's. it's now looking increasingly unlikely that george papandreou will win the confidence vote. within the last few minutes, one of his mp's has called for a national unity government to be called involving two main parties to both through the

bailout deal agreed upon in brussels last week. greece is in an intense period of political instability, all caused by this referendum. >> referendum then be taken off the table? is there the prospect that we might get some sort of resolution as to where greece is going? >> i think it is now very unlikely that the referendum will go ahead. if there are earlier actions, it could be within 23 days. it could possibly be delayed. i think the chance of a referendum in january is now very unlikely. german chancellor angela merkel and french president nicolas sarkozy made it very clear that greece will not receive any more money from the bailout deal. there's a lot of pressure from

germany and france to scrap the idea of the referendum. behind in parliament, an emergency cabinet meeting is taking place. i was just down at the entrance watching the ministers arriving. that's a last-ditch attempt to save the government. what we may get out of the cabinet meeting or out of a parliamentary group meeting later on today is the decision to go back on the referendum idea. that would leave george papandreou extremely weak. new democracy, the opposition party, has never hidden its dissatisfaction with the austerity measures that the government is pushing through. they have always said they wanted a renegotiation of the bailout terms. if they are brought into government in a government of natural -- of national unity, that could throw the bailout deals and the eurozone debt crisis into further disarray. it would create another period

of intense instability as we are trying to go through this crisis. >> thank you very much. that was mark lowen joining us in athens, highlighting the possibility that we will see several more weeks of uncertainty. that presents the danger that's known as contagion in the financial markets. if you are worried about greece, you might also start to worry about other countries that you perceive to be weak. one of those is italy. this is the third largest economy within the eurozone. its debt needs to be refinanced. it's becoming more expensive by the minute. it's also a large percentage of the economy. it is 20% of the economy. a large amount of debt is appreciating in value and damaging banks. let's join allen johnson in rome. the contagion is really settling

in in rome. >> the threat of contagion is lean very heavily on mines -- is weighing heavily. the prime minister has promised sweeping reforms that will counter exactly that. he talked to his ministers in rome late into the night hoping to secure a cabinet decree that would effectively fast-track some of those reforms. he failed to secure that agreement. instead, his office said there would be amendments to existing bills already going through parliament, but not a great deal of details. there are more indications of tension within the coalition and a sense of more talks rather than concrete actions or dramatic steps forward. >> he does not have a great deal of political muscle remaining,

does he? that would also be a source of concern. >> absolutely. not just an economic crisis, but now very much a political crisis. he is in serious difficulty. he faces daily calls for his resignation from all kinds of forces. he is struggling to get his way in cabinet. he just scraped through a confidence motion several days ago in parliament. the doubts over his political muscle to drive through those painful reforms are being reflected on the bond markets, which is where italy goes to borrow money. it is now being forced to pay rates that are beyond 6%. analysts have said all along that that is simply unsustainable in the long run. >> thank you very much. events outside cannes, elsewhere

in rome, athens, and in paris to some extent, france is also having to pay quite a bit more for its debt -- are moving faster than the leaders at the g-20 could possibly hope to catch up with. they're not moving in a positive direction. they are deteriorating very fast. >> thank you very much. we will have much more from cannes throughout the day on "bbc world news." there's also much more on the web site. let's move on to some of the rest of the day's news. three top pakistani cricket players have been jailed for their role in a betting scam. the former captain, salman butt, was sentenced to 30 months in prison. two of his teammates were also jailed. the agent received the longest prison term. our correspondent is in pakistan. has there been any reaction yet? >> there certainly has been on

social media. a lot of pakistanis are shocked by the sentences. if you can imagine what it is like for some of your biggest stars to go abroad and be found guilty of cheating and then to be sent to prison. the former captain was sent to prison for two and a half years. earlier today, i spoke to his sister, his eldest sister. i spoke to her a few moments ago on the phone. she was too upset to talk. earlier in the day, we managed to sit down with her. she said it has had a huge impact, of course on the family. she said her youngest sister was to be married in a couple of weeks, that will be cancelled. salman butt's wife gave birth to a child just a few moments before he was given a sentence.

she described this like a feeling of a death in the family. >> my mother is not well. they have the baby. they have not been eating. there's tremendous stress. there's a lot of tension. it is quite natural, of course. he is my only brother. he is my mother's only son. he means everything to us. he is in a foreign country. he is all alone. it is quite painful. >> we have heard from the families of the other players, as well. asif's father is still insisting that his son is innocent. we also heard from the mother of the youngest of the three players. she lives in -- he has the most lenient sentence of six months. she acknowledged that her son

had done something wrong. she has been praying that he would get as lenient a sentence as possible. >> among the cricketing authorities, was their surprise over the jail terms? >> we have not heard anything yet. off the record, i spoke to some officials in recent days. they thought they would get custodial sentences. now they have a much bigger issue on their plate. during this trial, a lot more names came up. especially yesterday, there was some very damning temps money -- there was some very damning testimony from the agent. he mentioned another ring. he also mentioned there were other problems. he said that he knew bookmakers that were working with players outside the pakistan, as well. it's not just the pakistani authorities, but the cricket authorities. >> thank you very much.

you are watching "bbc world news." thousands of protesters in america, coming up. >> the pilot who was forced to make an emergency landing after his landing gear did not open has been talking about his experience for the very first time. it was a bowling -- boeing 767. >> it came in on its belly and skidded along the runway with smoke and flames on the aircraft. it had circled the warsaw airport for one hour to burn fuel before it landed. as soon as it came to a halt, evacuation doors were open and passengers spilled out onto the tarmac.

they had been warned before the emergency landing that they would have to get out as quick as possible. the pilot said he was thankful they all arrived safely. >> [speaking foreign language] >> i felt a huge relief when the head flight attendant told me one minute after we landed that the plane was empty. >> emergency crews continued to douse the plane with water to make sure there were no embers left. no one was injured in the incident. the captain is not taking any credit for that. he said he was just doing his job. >> [speaking foreign language] >> it's too much to say in a national hero. i'm sure any of our pilots could have landed the plane and the result could have been the same. we train for situations like this on simulators. >> the plane was checked before it left the u.s. and no faults were found. the authorities say a thorough

investigation will now be carried out to determine why the landing gear got stuck. >> much more on that and all our news stories at the website, bbc.com/news. >> this is "bbc world news." the prime minister of greece faces a political revolt as some members of his own party say they will not support him in a confidence vote tomorrow. three pakistani cricket players have been given jail terms for their involvement in a betting scam. thousands of protesters in the u.s. protested against corporate greed have disrupted the fifth biggest port in oakland near san francisco. the director of the port says the harbor was effectively shut down by the wall street movement.

our correspondent has been following the developments from los angeles. >> they are starting to disperse, from what we can gather. there were about 3000 protesters that had made their way from the city center to the port. the spokesman from the port authorities said they basically shut down what they were doing for a period of time. that is still the case. it is still shut down until it is safe to reopen. basically, this is the latest of the demonstrations that have been held under the banner of occupy wall street. oakland is an area with high unemployment. it is an area where there have been these protests. it was an area that was the focus of attention last week. police went to move some of those that have been camping outside. they used tear gas. in iraq veteran was hit in the

head with something. the protesters say it was a tear gas canister. he was badly injured. that really led to a greater demonstration for the people. there's a call today for a general strike and to act on an march on the port, which is what we have seen. >> now let's get more on that cricket story, a big story in london. james pierce was in the court. what was their reaction when the sentences were handed down? >> not a vast amount of reaction, to be honest. they all carried on and looked straight toward the judge. he had his head bowed, as he did yesterday. let me go through the sentences. the man at the heart of this, majeed, has been given two years

and eight months in jail. salman butt, the man who the judge said was the orchestrator with the players, was given two years and six months in prison. asif was given one year in prison. amir was given a sentence of six months. he was told he got a slight sentence because of his guilty plea and because the judge held salman butt responsible for having gotten him involved. >> the judge has said they could be released halfway through if they behave properly. is that right? >> that is right. he said they will be released halfway through their sentence. the lawyers stood up and said his client intended to appeal.

he did not believe each of them should go to prison in the case of amir, because of his young age. the judge said the sentences were necessary. he said there had to be a deterrent. he said the integrity of the game, which is now a business, has been damaged in the eyes of all. >> he also said future cricket matches will forever be tainted by the scandal. i suppose the question has got to be, will this court case change anything in the world of pakistani cricket and the industry in the world? >> it raises as many questions as answers. yes, three players have now gone to jail and have been punished for their crimes. that will clearly be a deterrent. anyone who has sat through the evidence for the fast -- for the past few weeks will note this is

not only these people who were involved. the agent film about six players that were involved. it does appear there's a much wider issue than that. we were told yesterday by majeed how salman butt initially had him get involved because he was so jealous the money other players were making. the judge is right within pakistani cricket, and perhaps more than that, as well. >> thank you very much. >> militants have launched a suicide gun and bomb attack in western afghanistan at a construction company. security forces have still been fighting at the insurgents. the chief prosecutor has told the un -- called upon all states to prevent any plans by muammar

gaddafi's son who has been indicted by the icc. the flooding in bangkok has not caused radiation or any leaking from a research nuclear reactor. the nuclear reactor has not been affected. thailand is suffering the worst flooding in decades. humans were apparently living in england as long as 44,000 years ago -- far earlier than previously thought. scientists have analyzed a jawbone excavated from a prehistoric cave. our science correspondent reports. >> tens of thousands of years ago, these caves were home to early humans. early humans were a nomadic people. many of them left africa, across europe, and decided to live in

these caves. but when did the first humans come to britain? this fragment of a human jawbone holds the answer. a study published in "the journal nature" shows that this was one of the first places in europe that humans settled. >> i think this is exciting. it shows humans were in modern europe and even western europe more than 40,000 years ago. they are associated with the stone tool industries. they are contemporary with the man a thralls -- with the the end of thralls. >> they inexplicably died out. a new high-tech dating of the jawbone shows that they lived side-by-side in southern england. it is suggesting that our species might be responsible for their demise.

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