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>> and now, "bbc world news. >> two western journalists killed in the syrian city of homs as they tried bring the world the truth about the government's crackdown there. the city is still under fire and activists report more than 100 killed in the past hours. >> it's another demonstration of another representation that's more and more intolerable >> welcome to c.m.t. i'm david eades. also coming up, violent clashes in afghanistan over tensions from the burning of the koran. and it's midday near london.

7:00 a.m. in new york. 2:00 a.m. in syria where confirmation has come in the last hour that two western journalists were killed. marie colvin, a veteran war correspondent and remi ochlik. under a sustained assault by government forces. we get more from our war correspondent emily buchanan. >> the bottom bardment of baba amr. it appears from these latest pictures to be relentless. throwing the spotlight, they

are now becoming the victims. this is the makeshift media center apparently hit by a shell. the bodies of two foreign journalists were found inside. one has been confirmed as the "sunday times" war correspondent marie colvin. >> i watched a baby die today, horrific. a 2-year-old hit. they stripped it and found metal went into the left chest. his little tummy kept heaving until he died. that is happening over and other and over. no one here can understand how the international community can let this happen. >> the other foreign journalist killed was the french photographer remi ochlik. the french foreign minister paid tribute to him. >> it's another demonstration of the representation in syria.

>> these deaths come after a prominent syrian journalist was also killed on tuesday. >> the victim was from the journalist and yesterday we have one man. he is also a journalist, but he is -- he was getting the device. his name was remi and also killed by this shooting. >> it's not clear if the killing of these journalists is part of a strategy to stop the world seeing what's going on in homs but its effect is only going to intensify the look at the government. emily buchanan, "bbc news." >> i'm joined now on the line in beirut from jim muir, a friend of marie colvin. jim, marie was no stranger to

violent situations and many would describe her as fearless. even she realized she was in a pretty harmful position. >> i saw her many times before she went to homs. she passed through beirut. i would say she was nervous about this trip but a very courageous person. she told me very bad things are happening and we have to tell the world about it. we have to report it. >> am i right in saying ineffectively what was an international media compound, however makeshift it was? >> yes. it seemed to be a makeshift media center hit by several shells. we had been praying the bodies we were seeing were not her but the evidence is now mounting that it was. and it's very hard to deny it

now. but as i say, she was no strange tore danger. marie was really courageous. she wore an eye patch, because she lost an eye in sli langa and had post traumatic stress syndrome so badly that she had to have therapy afterwards. >> and she was one of these people, jim, who held no punches in her reporting. >> no. she wanted to tell the world of the terrible things happening and now the world's attention is now all the more focused on the bad things that are happening, because she has done that job so well. >> i have to ask you the situation goes on, doesn't it? the violence continues. more of the same today? >> yes. in fact, more shelling. about an hour before we heard

the news about marie, i sent her a an email saying i hope you're safe and i lent her my long johnson because it was cold and i said i bhaint long johnson back. unfortunately that will never be. a mu humanitarian troop said aid can be gotten into homs but i think there's pressure for -- to do things about this intolerable violence. >> thank you jim. in a very difficult time, but it brings it home even to us. we talk about these stories da day after day but this brings it home. this is a desperately ridiculous place to be reporting from. >> if we are going to be faithful to the journalist

marie stood for is that we should pay tribute to what she has described as violence sometimes reporting under fire and sometimes in difficult and dangerous situations. we're still not sure how many syrians died in that makeshift clinic where she was reporting from. and the pictures across the arab world were extraordinary from remi ochlik and he of course went in with marie and both of them lost their lives but more than a dozen syrians lost their lives in that attack and they have been losing their lives for days and months. a lot of reporting about marie is talking of her as a war journalist. she was about the courage, determination, bravery, the passions of people around the world. i have been with marie in many,

many situations for decades now, and she was a very sensitive person. and that was 2 character of her reporting. she really wanted to hear about the lives of people and that's why often with the headlines, marie stayed on after the headlines left. and sadly she stayed too long this time. >> that could have been said perhaps many times. in grozny she really did put her life on the line and her last words on facebook were that she felt helpless and the reports of my survival could be exaggerated. that gives a sense of how desperate and helpless things were there. >> for many months because of the bravery and commitment of what we call citizen

journalists. remi one of the first citizen journalists died and it was said he uploaded 831 videos on websites for the rest of the world to association so there has been a cry for help from homs where the government can now say our people are dying as well and one after another foreign journalists have been going in to try to tell the story and everyone is acutely aware of the risks. we're still mourning the death of anthony "the new york times" reporter who wrote with a grace and el against that he will be sorely missed as well. around the world all journalists are going to say we don't want to be the center. we want to report on the center of attention.

but i think for many years you lose many good friends but the world also loses the eyes and ears that are telling us the stories that matter. >> thank you very much. right now in the last few minutes we heard from the british prime minister david cameron who has been paying tribute to marie colvin. in the house of commons. >> the foreign correspondent of the "sunday times" marie colvin has been killed from the bombing in syria. this is a desperately sad reminder of the risks journalists take to report what is happening in the world and our thoughts should be with her family friends a. >> david cameron. some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. at least four people have been killed and dozens more injured in afghanistan. protesters were angered by what nato called the inadvertent burning of copies of the koran.

officials apologized profusely for the offense and their message has had very little basket so far. andrew north is following the latest. andrew, more protests. more violence. what is the latest on the situation? >> that's right, david. some serious protests have been in kabul. we were surrounded by protesters and at least one this has died of injuries sustained during clashes with the security forces. this in fact happened, and the man who died, died in a hospital where we were and just trying to find out what happened, talking to the injured. the doctor said that man died. and we really felt sense of the anger that was spreading not just towards the americans but to all foreigners in general. the man i was talking to said

he wanted to punch me in the mouth and was calling to the doctors to quote get these dogs out of here. and we have also now heard of serious protests outside kabul in which four people have been killed and another i heard of in which another demonstrator has been killed, so there's a sense -- the angry mood and fury over what the americans have done despite their apologies is spreading. >> sometimes these are sort of moments, andrew, when something significant has changed or shifted. is there a potential for this to be one of those moments? >> i think there is. at the same time we should say it's also too early to tell. but i think it was telling how quickly the americans came out with their apology when news broke that their forces burned

these korans in an incineration pit. they realized how damaging this could be and that's what afghan officials are saying that even those who know are not sure how this could happen with other religions being disrespected in the past and also coming under the pressure of the night raids. when americans came here years ago they were largely welcomed but the mood has changed and this can only make it worse. >> thank you. still to come on g.m.t., ahead of an international conference, how real is the threat from al sha bad militants? let's have a look now at some of the main stories in newspapers around the world.

the times of london from the front and middle pages reporting on syria reports the syrian army acquiring sophisticated weaponry. the paper came out before news that marie colvin had been killed in homs. there could be a new conflict in the horn of africa. according to britain, other e.u. nations are considering air strikes against pirates and islamic militants in somalia. and the irish times says ireland's leader is traveling to berlin to discuss the long-term future of the euro zone with angela merkel. an anger in afghanistan featured in the tribune focusing america's attempt to apologize over the islamic text at the bagram air base.

this is g.m.t. from "bbc world news" i'm david eades. the headlines, the french government stays american journalist marie colvin and french journalist have been killed in the city of homs. a prominent citizen journalist has also reportedly lost his life. four killed and dozens injured in afghanistan over the inadvertent burning of the koran by nato troops. time now to get business news. juliette is here with the extraordinary ipad story. >> yes. in china they are trying to work it out as we speak and the case is being closely followed. one chinese company and its accused apple of trademark infringement and claimed their company owns the ipad name and

apple claims that pro view is simply trying to make a soft buck. our correspondent has been following the story and says it looks as if neither of these two companies are willing to compromise because their views are entrenched. >> apple said it fauth the trademarked name from pro view but pro view said the deal didn't include the rights to china. of course in the southern city, they have ruled in pro view's favor and while apple appeals that, they are trying to force retailers to remove the ipad from sales. >> it's worth a footnote that apple bought the rights for around $55,000. but again, we don't know how long lit take to have this case.

>> it will run. lawyers are always happy. >> what is it the market is so interested with hewlett-packard's numbers? >> it's under the new c.e.o. meg whitman. she is the woman credited with making ebay the company it is today. they are her first numbers. they are using smartphones and tab lets making it hard to cell computers and they had to close some of the companies that thailand because of sluggishness. they had to get rid of their chief executive because he said he was thinking of dismantling the business and she's got to prove to investors she is preparing the company for the world ahead. we spoke to one who said one thing that will help meg is the strength of the hewlett-packard

brand name. >> it's an iconic brand and was an original silicon valley startup from a garage. it's been around for 70 years, so there's a lot of history there. >> and those h.p. numbers will be released after the close of business. >> thank you. australia's governing labour party is in turmoil after the resignation of kevin rudd. recently the prime minister and now it's reported he's going to challenge julian gillard for that position once again. >> the truth is, i can only serve as foreign minister if i have the confidence of prime minister gillard and her ministers in recent days minister crane and a number of other face les men have publicly attacked my integrity

and therefore my fitness to serve as a minister in the government. when challenged today on these attacks, prime minister gillard chose not to repudeyate them. i can only reluctantn'tly conclude that she therefore shares these views. >> kevin rudd now the foreign minister of australia. the atomic agency said it failed to come to terms with iran over disputes concerning their nuclear activities. they were stopped from visiting machinery in tehran. the trial of the former egyptian president hosni mubarak is suspected to end after six months of hearings. he is accused of being responsible for the deaths of hundreds of protesters and

faces charges of corruption. he denies everything. >> conditionday plans to lodge a complaint against europe over a plan to label a country's oil highly pa luting. it would single out canada's oil as more harmful to the environment than other parts of the world. >> british prime minister david cameron is warning of a demreat in somalia and warns radicalism in the country is of primary concern and the threat of al sha bad is real. >> two decades of conflict and chaos. sew ma'amya, the country has no fuppings of the central government. the government relies on the protection of an african union

peacekeeping force in the capital of mogadishu. that government ends in august. that government mandate ends in august. it is suggested within the international community, too. >> it meshes with the rest of the world. and while the problems are very deep and the challenges are very great, i do see some signs of progress. >> that may be so, but the challenges are still great. somali is driven by violence, most of which is inspired by the militant group which has recently announced its links with al qaeda. al shabad emerged in 2006 to back the weak interim government. six years on, it's now in control of much of the center and south of the country but in mogadishu, african peacekeeping

unions say al shabad has been driven out. but there are fears about the influence of the group outside of somalia. particularly in the u.k. >> i think the security threat is real, substantial, and it encourages violent acts. there's a terrorist threat to these places today. >> the power vacuum has also allowed pirates to attack international merchant ships off the east african coast which is why the u.k. has taken steps to put armed guards on ships. >> somalia hasn't been a functioning state. there hasn't been a rule of law or proper governance or proper

livelihoods for people so we've got put in place all of these building blocks. the somalian people have begun doing that themselves. >> in the u.k. david cameron knows to make real progress in somalia, the citizens themselves need to be engaged. but at home -- "bbc world news." >> women suffering from a heart attack may not experience the same classic chest pains that men do according to a new study carried out in the united states. this could account for much higher death rates for young women suffering heart attacks as they may not be getting the right treatment. >> when a heart attack strikes, time is vital. delays in treatment can make the difference between life and death. but for particularly younger women, it can be more important. a woman under the age of 55

having a heart attack is more likely to die compared to the men of the same age. symptoms displayed by women is the reason according to studies in the united states. looking at hospital admissions, they found there were none of the classic symptoms in 42% of women compared to 30% of men. but death rates were higher. more than 13% of women compared to 10% of men. >> while younger women may not have heart attacks more often, but they may not present. with such things as chest pains an a cold morning. >> women sometimes don't have the same symptoms as men. the british heart foundation has already warned women that heart attacks can cause severe pain or nothing more than mild

heaviness but can be overlooked by inexperienced medical staff particularly on the rare occasions when a heart attack strikes a younger woman. >> i want to bring you back to our main story here on g.m.t., that is the reports of deaths of a french photo journalist and marie colvin. we've had a statement from the editor of the "sunday times" in the last couple of minutes in which john witherow reports i want to report the sad shock of the death of marie colvin. we've had reliable reports she was killed and with paul conroy a freelance photographer. he was injured but without knowing the full stents of his wounds, they are suggesting they are not as serious and doing what they can to get he and marie's body recovered and

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