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thethe puppies show me that, that it is all right to help someone. >> reports of gunfire and more civilian deaths. this is the capital of guinea. security forces opened fire on about 50,000 demonstrators. the opposition to save 157 were killed. the army has been condemned for shooting indiscriminately. the country has been plagued by instability since last year. here is our west african correspondent. >> the full scale of the violence has emerged as the

organization's count their dead. it seems as if there security forces killed and injured at will. among those that are those -- the true number of victims may never be known. the demonstration began with a sense of purpose fall optimism and ended with people running for their lives. addressing the crowd, one opposition leader said the argument was no longer about whether or not they will stand in next year's election people of guinea want him to leave. it is not about being a candidate or not. he must go and the people will ask for it until he leaves.

but capt camara has given his answer. the international community has condemned the killing. the african union is talking of sanctions. the question is whether the opposition will rise again. >> a powerful earthquake that struck and the pacific off of the samoa islands as reported generated a tsunami. the earthquake measured 8.3. the earthquake hit 190 caliber southwest of the samoa. -- 190 kilometers southwest of the samoa. rescue workers are pulling more bodies from mudslides and swollen rivers as they struggled with the landslides that came with typhoon ketsana. at least 240 people are known to have died. around 380,000 are living in

makeshift shelters. >> a covered basket, one of hundreds of makeshift refugee centers. the survivor's share presage shelter with the dead. more than 50 people died in this community. they say 100 or more are still missing. with their homes gone, there is little they can do except wait for help to come. at least for now, this child is safe. many of those killed were children, swept away by the floods. peter was at work when the storm hit. his wife was doing the laundry. she rushed the children upstairs. >> for four hours, his family held onto the roof of their house. then the building collapsed and his wife and children were pulled under.

a 5-year-old drowned. her body was found a way downstream the following day. things are starting to get desperate as it even basic aid supplies are struggling to make it to those most in need. in those homes nearest to the river, there is little left to salvage. the government and agencies say they are overwhelmed by the amount of help that is needed. international assistance is on its way. but for now, small community groups are doing what they can to give out the basics. there are many people like this all over as a groups try to provide aid to those who most need it. it is a huge logistical challenge of trying to get help to everyone that needs it. >> i think there is a much still yet to be done. we still need a lot of help.

>> hundreds of thousands of people are preparing for another night as more rain is predicted. there is a number of people dead or missing and it continues to rise. >> for now, this extreme weather is moving across vietnam towards laos. typhoon ketsana has forced 170,000 to flee their homes. >> vietnam had been bracing itself for this. the full force of typhoon ketsana. by the time it reached vietnam's fourth largest city, it had been upgraded to the more potentially destructive typhoon status. authorities canceled flights and closed the airport. schools were also shot.

tens of thousands of people were evacuated from coastal areas. world heritage status was little protection against the power of a typhoon. traveling inside the city was hard enough, leaving it was all but impossible. more than 1000 people were trapped at a main railway station. roads were cut off by floods. >> this morning, water has been rising quickly. we need help from the authorities. we have lost everything. >> at least there has been some time to prepare. world vision says people have been given sufficient warnings about the tycoon and local authorities were well placed. >> and afghan-born man has pleaded not guilty to allegations he plant a bomb attack in the united states.

he is accused of plotting an attack in new york city using common chemicals. a federal judge has ordered he be held without bail. at least 30 people including 10 children have been killed in afghanistan. a bus carrying civilians hit a land mine. a local official has accused the taliban of planting the device. pakistan is security officials say at least 12 the taliban and militants have been killed. five insurgents died when a missile had the home of a commander. in his first meeting with president obama, the new nato secretary-general has promised the alliance will remain in afghanistan as long as it takes to finish its task. he said the war in afghanistan

was not just america's responsibility alone. paul adams is in washington. >> i think he came here very much anxious to say to the americans that while you debate, and this is a very serious debate in america, whether or not to send more troops, don't forget this is a coalition operation. others are fighting and dying there, too. certainly president obama when they met was a message that he clearly understood and he repeated. i think it was worth noting that mr. rasmussen stayed clear of getting involved in this heated debate in america about whether or not to send more troops. the winner of the american general on the ground who is a nato general, too, has put a request for more troops. the u.s. administration has only

begun to hold a whole series of high-level meetings which are going to play out in the next couple of weeks to decide what their revised strategy is and then what resources they need to throw at it. >> he is not a politician anymore, but politicians have the public opinion problem. >> public opinion it is definitely a problem. public opinion is on the wane here in afghanistan. when mr. rasmussen spoke about staying as long as it takes, reporters later asked robert gibbs whether america was planning to stay as long as it takes, and he rather pointedly refused -- avoided that phrase. americans are worried about the scale and duration about the conflict in afghanistan, which is what the administration is weighing up.

>> two days before multi-party talks in geneva, the head of iran nuclear system is speaking out. other officials say they will not allow a discussion. the government has said it will soon announce a timetable for u.n. inspections. a lawyer has asked swiss authorities to release the suspect on bail. the actor was arrested on saturday, wanted for sentencing in the united states. he has admitted to having sex with a 13-year-old girl 30 years ago. a lot is being supported that would allow police officers to open fire on on the criminals. south africa is one of the world's most violent countries. around 50 people are killed every day.

the united nations human rights council has been debating the report that accuses palestinian militant and israeli troops of war crimes. the judge that wrote it wants to hold both sides accountable. t>> it is one of the most critical reports ever presented to the u.n. human rights council. its chief author defended the investigation into the gaza conflict, but israel has always dismissed this report. >> the authors of this report had little concerned with finding facts. the report was instigated as part of a political campaign and its present a political position directed against israel and every stayed. >> the descent of politics is that the authors say exactly

what they want to avoid because the civilian victims of war deserve better. >> i would like to see a transparent and open investigation into the findings made it into the report both in israel and in gaza. there are many, many people in israel and in gaza who deplore the violence to which both sides have been put in for which they are responsible. >> richard goldstone says there were war crimes committed by both sides, among them indiscriminate targeting of civilians in gaza and rocket attacks on southern israel by hamas. while this report has been welcomed by many human rights groups, the u.n. human rights council itself is widely regarded as spending far too much time criticizing israel.

meanwhile, the united states and european union say they can't support all of the report's findings. once again, the human rights investigation may be destined to drown in politics and bureaucracy. >> still to come, your noodle. indonesian police have been giving details of evidence that last july's deadly attacks on two luxury hotels in jakarta were carefully planned and executed. officials believe that despite the death of southeast asia's most wanted man, many militants who worked with him are still at large. our indonesian correspondent has an update on what the police have been saying.

>> indonesian police they say this video footage was found on a laptop which they seized when they raided a house two weeks ago. it shows two suspected suicide bombers attending to exercise in front of the marriott hotel in jakarta weeks before the luxury hotels were hit by two deadly blast. the attacks killed nine people including the two suspected bombers. >> this video was made when the two suicide bombers survey the area before the bombing. >> the police say the july attacks were not the only ones that were planned. >> after the last attack, they planned new attacks. we found there would be serial attacks. >> the unit has been under pressure to produce results in the investigation into the july jakarta of bombings.

earlier this month during a raid, they killed one of southeast asia's most wanted men and three other suspected militants. it was here when the laptop containing the video footage was found. police believe he masterminded the suicide attacks on the two luxury hotels and was believed to be behind a number of attacks in the country over the last several years. >> the latest headlines for you on bbc world news. a human rights group in guinea is saying more than 150 people were killed on monday when security forces opened fire on protesters. a massive relief effort is underway in the philippines as typhoon ketsana continues its course of destruction. saving the global banking

system, but the ratings at home for britain's prime minister are nothing short of disastrous. he has been addressing the labor party before the next general election. >> the labor party was in real need of a confidence boost after months of the press and opinion polls. before taking to the stage himself, mr. brown wanted his best assets, his wife sarah for a quick testimony. >> he is messy, noisy, he gets up at the terrible hour, but i know he wakes up every morning and goes to bed every evening thinking about the things that matter. i know he loves our country. [applause] >> then it was the prime

minister's turn to boost his case. he argued his party was on the right side of the arguments on the economic crisis hit last year. mr. brown did acknowledge difficult choices had to be made to get the public finances back in shape. >> when markets falter and banks fail, it is the jobs and homes and the security of the squeezed middle-class that are hit the hardest. it is the hard-working majority, the person with a trade, the small business owner, the worker in the shop, the builder on the side. >> he ended with a rallying cry to his party not to submit to defeatism months before a general election. >> now is not the time to given, but to reach inside ourselves for the strength of our convictions. because we are the labor party.

our guiding duty is to stand to fight, to win, and to serve. >> the activists got what they came for. they needed to hear he could say they can win the next general election. the most important audience remains as the british public. >> let's bring you up-to-date on some of the main international business news. consumer prices in japan fell nearly 2.5% in august compared to a year earlier, the sharpest drop on record. inflation could undermine the economic recovery. france telecom is promising changes that in working practices, practices prompted by the latest employee suicide. the company said workers will not be moved to different jobs every three years.

23 employees have committed suicide since february of last year flights have been canceled because many pilots have called in sick. as japan struggles with unemployment, many people have been changing their career entirely, hoping to be the recession. many are heading for the food industry. our correspondent from tokyo explains. >> in japan, it is polite to eat noodles with a slurp. at a technical training school, and they teach the skills to make the dish. this year with unemployment at record highs, they have more -- they have had more applications

than ever before. >> we believe the biggest reason is the lack of employment opportunity. >> 15 noodle chefs began the course. when the recession hit, the numbers of customers fell and his employers began to struggle. he decided to make a career change. >> during a recession, companies are in an unstable position. this is my life and want to take charge of my own future. >> learning to make the noodles is difficult, particularly getting the dough at the right consistency for the prized chewy texture. students can take inspiration from those who have done the course before and now run their own restaurants. >> i know my goal is to serve the best tasting noodle.

>> becoming a chef is an attractive option in a country where all the time jobs for life are hard to come by. >> i hope everyone's dreams of opening a restaurant come true. >> japan's economy is still stumbling after its worst post- war recession, but there will always be demand for new goals. >> -- demand for noodles. >> they 500 carat white diamond, making it one of the 20 biggest ever. it was found in south africa. it could be worth about $20 million. puppies behind bars, it sounds like a fluffy hard luck story.

this is a success story. in the state of new york, high- security prisoners are being recruited to raise puppies for law enforcement. our special correspondent reports. >> dogs being trained to sniff out explosives. most of their trainers are inside for murder. now they are serving the forces of the law that put them here. >> what do we do to begin training them? >> the program has provided nearly 400 dogs, some for the bomb detection, some as a guide dogs, and others as service

animals for wounded veterans. it has transformed daily life. once men are accepted, it is a 247 commitment. some of these men have been behind bars for decades. the program gives them responsibility, love, and most importantly, the dogs are not judging these men for the crimes that they have committed. they live with them for as long as two years before the dogs move on. the facilities newest recruits have been assigned to a veteran. christopher stewart has spent 32 years inside. >> you have to change your whole schedule. you have to change your whole life. if you have a high energy puppy, and you are a laid-back individual, you have a problem. >> i pay taxes.

my taxes are paying their room and board. they can either spend their time pumping iron and watching tv and get out with no schools, probably angrier than when they were locked up, or what they are incarcerated, they can do something to contribute to society and feel better about themselves. >> i just don't want to be the bad guy anymore. the puppies show me that it is all right to be a person, all right to express myself, all right to want to help someone. >> in many ways, it is a program that gets results. >> time to share with you the revelation of what it is to put the gee whiz in your food. it really is the bubbles that gives champagne its flavor.

there are many more flavor- enhancing flavors in the bubbles rather than the drink. thank you for being with us. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york. the newman's own foundation. the macarthur foundation. and union bank. union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you?

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