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afterç. welcome to bbc world news. broadcasting on pbs in america and across the globe. coming up, safeguarding the stockpiles. leaders from over 40 countries gather at president obama's nuclear summit. a celebrity love match -- india and pakistan sporting stars that tied the knot in spite of a few last-minute hitches. >> the body of the polish president's wyck has now been identified following saturday's plane crash in russia in which she, her husband's lech kaczynski, and dozens of senior polish military and civilian officials were killed. it had been hoped her body could be repatriated tuesday.

some of the 96 victims are still trapped under wreckage at the site of the crash. the president's body will lie in state as the country absorbs the shock of a plane crash that claimed almost an entire generation of highest ranking politicians and military personnel from poland. here is duncan kennedy. >> in silence and great numbers they queued up to sign of book of condolence. thousands of people wishing to show their respect of the late president, waiting president in the spring sunshine. the initial shock us -- saturday's disaster, replaced now of -- but the more philosophical mood of reflection. this was not just the passing of the president of loss of many noted public figures as well. remarkably in moscow, there was a shared sense of bereavement as president medvedev came to the polish embassy to lead russian public tribute.

he later stood before a photo of president lech kaczynski, in the symbolism of russia and poland friendship, setting aside decades of mutual suspicion and mistrust. the russian prime minister vladimir putin has been praised and poland for his quick and compassionate response to the disaster. >> the state commission is working and of course we will do everything we can to make the investigation objective and complete. of all the reason for this air crash will be found out. >> remarkably and anotherñr sign of easing tensions, russian television has shown this film -- it catalogs the massacre of thousands of polish military leaders in 1940 at an hands of soviet secret police. lech kaczynski has been on his way to russia to mark the 70th anniversary of this when the airplane came down. among the and this film are get more gestures of reconciliation

between the two nations, appreciated by polish commentators. >> there is a sum much sympathy and a continuous reaction, not only people on the street but politicians. they demonstrated -- extended feelings toward polish nation. and i suppose that will probably produce something positive. >> at the crash site in western russia and the investigation is continuing. there have been claims the pilot was put under pressure to land -- possibly by presidents lech kaczynski himself. but at a news conference in warsaw, both claims were played down. paul and's chief prosecutor said there was no evidence of such pressure -- poland's's chief prosecutor. >> there were surely be a detailed examination aimed at amplifying the background noise in order to determine if other people made suggestions toward the pilot. we want to determine all grounds for the pilot's decision.

>> these have been a remarkable few days for poland and also russia as well. could the dynamics of politics be changing in central europe? possibly. it may have taken a tragedy to unlock a relationship that for so long had languished with hatred and alienation. duncan kennedy, bbc news, warsaw. >> this is the worst political violence in thailand for nearly 20 years, the weekend fighting on the streets of the more than 20 people dead. thai prime minister's party has also been accused by the editorial position of "financial irregularities. airport from bangkok. >> violence on the streets of bangkok. these were the last pictures don't buy a japanese cameraman and a moment before he was killed. shots fired apparently both sides. troops fled from the detectors.

the standoff " over into violence. he died to a gun inside -- gunshot wound. the demonstrators, wearing their trademark red shirts carried one for every protestor killed in the violence. they showed no signs of giving up. still demanding the government steps down and cause new elections. it is hard to know what happens next. traffic has been blocked. still thousands industry and military is nowhere to be seen. more than 200 were here in the hospital. have suffering the effects of tear gas that they fired and others more seriously hurt. he he was shot in the leg. i was armed with nothing but a stick and the shield, he said. i had no idea it would be that

violence. the army commander said today dissolving parliament might well be the answer. but the prime minister disagrees. making it clear he has not step down. the protesters being strengthened by forcing the military retreat. the government has been weakened. the survival depends on restoring law and order in the streets without any loss of life. bbc news, bangkok. >> at least 11 people have been killed in a train crash in northern italy. the train was derailed by a landslide in the town of merano close to the austrian border. more than 20 people injured, some seriously. the railroad track is thought to be one of the most modern in italy. the vatican clarified its position on reporting of sex abuse cases involving members of the roman catholic clergy. it has posted on its web site at

guidelines spelling out that bishops or other high-ranking clergy -- clergy shouldw ret any sex abuse is to a police. this say this has been the policy for some time. in iceland -- former prime minister and other officials or accused of showing extreme negligence. the meltdown threaten the deposits of hundreds of thousands and savers and strained iceland tossing international relations. a senior russian judge who sentenced numerous far right extremists for racially motivated murders has been shot dead and outside of his home in moscow. eduard chuvashov is reported to have received death threats. here is our moscow correspondent. >> this is the apartment block in central moscow where the judge was shot dead as heón left for work in the morning. now sealed off by the police, the investigation gets underway into what officials believe was

a contract killing. prosecutors say the gunman fired at least two shots and that the murder was probably linked to the judges' work appeared call the past two months, the senior judge eduard chuvashov had secured convictions of some of russia's most notorious and neo- nazis. these gangs of teenage skinheads, who until quite recently had acted with impunity, have now been given long prison centers -- prison sentences. this mobile phone footage shows the kind of vicious attacks then neo-nazis have been carrying out on immigrants here, in which the judge had been helping to stop until today. now in a crucial development, investigators are reported to have obtained cctv footage of the gunmen entering the judge's apartment block and opening fire. it should make it much easier to track down the weather is responsible for this murder.

-- whoever is irresponsible. >> as world leaders gather in washington for a major summit on nuclear security the white house announced that the ukraine will eliminate its stockpile of highly enriched uranium by 2012. it leaders from 40 countries are attending the talks. the biggest international meeting hosted by the u.s. since 1945. president barack obama called the summit to address what he described as the growing threat of groups such as al qaeda obtaining nuclear materials. the bbc's -- thomas is at the washington convention center with the leaders are meeting and she is explaining now why mr. obama called this unprecedented summit. >> a huge gathering of leaders and a very ambitious agenda to try to lock down all of the potentially lose nuclear material. president obama says it is the most immediate and urgent threat there is to global security. but as bring in our guest, mike hammer appeared you obviously at the national security council are looking at the danger of --

the immediacy of the dangers. you are already putting out practical steps. the ukraine said we are taking steps as a result of this summit as a cure some of that material. >> we have 47 nations gathered to discuss a very critical issue that president obama but at the top of his national-security agenda, which is to secure and safeguard and lockdown nuclear materials so it cannot fall into the hands of terrorists or those who want to do us harm. now that the bilateral the president had with the president of ukraine, have announced an agreement whereby ukraine would do away from all of its highly enriched uranium and it is quite significant because the material is the equivalent of several nuclear devices. here we are having really an important gathering. the sunday announcement that she lay made in terms of its atu, and national commitments of different sorts -- the sunday announcement that chile made.

>> you need a concrete commitments, don't you, because the danger you had it is definitely the global talking shop. >> having you will see some. but generally what is important here is we created some momentum in terms of bringing the international community together. those countries that are most critical and advancing the agenda are here. we are working together in a very positive way. tomorrow -- you will see quite some achievements have been made and forward momentum that president obama's leadership was brought to the issue will be shown tomorrow as we conclude a summit. >> that was u.s. national security council spokesman mike hammer appeared -- my camera. bonanza markets responded favorably to send a positive agreement by european finance ministers to provide $40 billion in emergency lending to greece if it asks for it. interest rates oni] greek government debt fell. the euro gained against the dollar and share prices rose on

the athens stock exchange. the chinese coal carrier that ran aground in the great barrier reef has been successfully re- floated. maritime officials had to move it urgently before the area was hit by bad weather. the government in australia intends to prosecute those responsible. a british expedition have discovered the world of the best ball can events. these enormous under she chimneys -- under seat gemini's support a wide variety of life. the crew of the research schip says they found the speech -- species in the caribbean 5 kilometers underwater. we asked the man in charge in of the sudan's electoral board. britain's governing labor party launched its manifesto for the general election. prime minister gordon brown unveiled a policy pledges and assisting labour as a plan for

the future. from what spinster, our political correspondent. -- from westminster. >> after 13 years in power of the labour party knows it has to summon up as much energy it can to look and sound like it still has a stream of fresh ideas. gordon brown is trying to put aside his usual glum persona, the is a beat as possible about the future. >> a few days ago someone asked where does new labour stand, what business are we in, past or future? our answer is as clear as the question was then. we are in the picture business. business, building a future fare for all. [applause] >> so what is in this manifesto? there is a pledge there will be

no rise in income-tax rates. there will be more restrictions on foreign takeovers of british companies. oflowing kraft's takeover çcadbury beard and more english language test for migrant workers in public-sector jobs. it is not just the labour party that does not want to talk about the sheer scale of the cuts required to balance the books. later this week the two main opposition parties will unveil their manifestos, but they are also not likely to offer much more detail on what is required. in short, the british voter will have to wait until after polling day to find out what the painful medicine will be paired -- will be. bbc news, westminster. >> this is bbc world news. these of the headlines. poland marking a week of mourning -- mourning over the

death of its president and a hundred others in an air crash saturday. rauch it is also observing a day of mourning. thailand's prime minister blames what he called terrorist for inciting violence that left 21 people dead saturday. the dissident republican group the real i.r.a. says it carried out a car bomb attack on the headquarters of british intelligence michigan in northern ireland. one man was injured. the attack came just after midnight -- midnight when the assembly formally took back assembly -- authority for policing and justice from the london government and the assembly also elected the first justice minister in charge of policing since 1972. >> a car bomb was designed to cause maximum damage. to this army base and also to the peace process. the device exploded in the boot of a silver skoda, parked close the hundreds of houses. the bombers didn't care.

>> very, very loud. >> to do something like this -- to have told people taken out of their homes. >> police were still trying to clear the area when the bomb exploded. the army base includes the headquarters of michigan in northern ireland -- mi-5 in northern ireland, to coincide with the transfer of powers from western after to the assembly. another milestone in the peace process. dissident republicans were hoping to disrupted but they failed. >> order, order -- >> american samoa plant in new northern ireland justice minister was elected, the first time in 38 years. >> this is a significant day for northern ireland. a step forward in the peace

process, the political process, and in ensuring the institutions which had been in place are formally -- firmly affixed. >> back in 1972, northern ireland seemed to be falling apart. that is why policing and justice powers were taken off local politicians, in spite of their protests. 38 years later, so much has changed in northern ireland. rather than power is being taken away, they have now been given back. it is a vote of confidence in politicians here, as they battled to rid northern ireland of the shadow of violence. marcus and senate, bbc news, a belfast. >> sudan's election commission asked extended voting for two days after technical problems affect at the start of the poll. the landmark poll, the country's first multi-party election in 24 years, began on sunday and they were scheduled to run for three days.

in charge of political relations for the governing7-mi national congress party was is possible for the drawing of saddam's election lot and overseeing the creation of the national elections commissions. we ask them what is the point of holding a presidential election given the main opposition parties have pulled out? >> only five days before the polling day -- that does not mean anything now. there are still some contending for the presidency. most of them also have their own popularity. but in spite of the pulling out of some of the serious contenders, there is still present bashir's+>ln chances of winning was already better. >> opponents of the ruling national in -- said even before the voting started the authorities were reading from the registration procedures. >> they were talking about --

police, army, security officers in the area. the challenges that one man, one vote. one-person, one-vote. a person should not vote twice. something i think the national election commission -- their own reservations to allow that not to happen. >> what happens after these elections? the president is still in power, business as usual? >> note, in fact the -- all of our hierarchy, if we win the presidency -- if we win at any state government, our own institutions -- we will try to go toward why their government with a broad coalition. >> in what way does the indictment of president bashir

in international criminal court has an impact on these elections? >> whenever associate indictment with icc with presidential election. -- wheat never associate the indictments with the election. president has been appointed according to the agreement -- now he is legitimate president. will he be elected? this is nothing to do with the icc. >> it is big business. turkey's second international islamic fashion show. 150 countries -- companies from world wide, clothing for muslim women who want to cover up. it is a trade worth tens of billions a year and turkey, already the world's third largest exporter of clothing and textiles, is hoping to cash in.

>> haute couture with a religious twist. the fabrics on display are modern, look jurymy is, and colorful. but all the designs are intended to meet the conservative muslim requirements to cover up. the bathing suits, though, are not the typical of tyre -- typically a tire of cocoa bought up. at least not yet. but the designers here think they are tapping into a new and lucrative market. with more than 1.5 billion muslims in the world, there must be a substantial number of women, they believe, that would like to use mixed beaches or swimming pools watching -- wearing something colorful, perhaps figure-hugging, but still concealing. buyers have come from all over the world.

turkey now has a reputation for producing the most cutting edge islamic style. pushing the boundaries for what is acceptable, conservative dress. all this represents a tremendous business opportunity for turkey, already one of the biggest players in the global clothing industry, because there are tens of millions of muslim women, many with money, hungry for new styles that combine modesty and glamour. the head scarf, of course, is a potent political symbol in turkey. but the balance of secular and religious values is still contested. but it does not mean the wearers to not want to look attractive. >> muslim women want to be covered, but to still feel they are women. if you wear red lipstick, black eye makeup and a red head scarf, you would notice. read it is sexy, wherever you wear it.

>> the conflict in the concept of islamic dress as sexy probably will not go down well everywhere. many of the items on show here will still be rejected by more conservative women as to flamboyant or revealing. there is certainly a lot more choice than it used to be. bbc news, stumbled. >> former pakistan cricket champion mary indian tennis star in the southern indian city. their families brought theu! day of the wedding forward. the wedding finally made possible when he divorced his first wife last week. >> one used to be pakistan's cricket captain. the other is india's most famous female tennis player. they are now the subcontinent's most famous cross the border couple. indians and pakistanis have been following every move of this dramatic love story.

it has all the ingredients of a bollywood movie. it was only last week he divorced another indian woman who initially claimed he had never met. on monday, though, it was a day of celebration as she prepared for her wedding. >> this is a very personal thing in their life. we hope you respect of the sentiment of their families. she is going to be a bride now. please respect the fact that she is a bright for a day. @> marriages between indiansd pakistanis are rare. the restrictions and tensions between the countries make relationships difficult. in maybe sometime before the drums beat for another high- profile wedding like this. >> environment -- reminder of the top story. the body of the polish

president's wife has now been identified after the plane crash in russia in which she, her husband lech kaczynski, and dozens of senior polish political and military officials were killed. a government spokesman said that was hoped her body could be repatriated on tuesday. some of the 96 people who died are still trapped under wreckage at the crash site. and the white house said the ukraine agreed to eliminate its mystockpile of highly enriched uranium by 2012. it comes as world leaders gather in washington at a nuclear summit called by president barack obama. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank.

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