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>> and now "bbc world news." >> gun fire on the streets of kingston. gangsters to fight a state of emergency in jamaica as they tried to prevent authorities from arresting their leaders. south korea announces sanctions against the north for a torpedo attack. great britain's coalition government slashes $8 billion from its spending bill, but more painful surgery lies ahead. welcome to "bbc world news." coming up later, abortion advice is shown on tv for the first time. poland is hit by severe flooding with 14 people killed.

>> two police in the jamaican capital are reporting two officers are shot dead. the man was said to be a major drug dealer. troops are storming his stronghold and more casualties. a state of emergency was imposed on sunday to make it easier to arrest christopher coke to the united states. he faces drug and weapons charges. >> this will be a turning point for the nation, to confront the powers of evil that have penalized the society in the current us the label of one of the murder capitals of the world. we must confront this criminal element witte determination and resolve. >> jamaica's prime minister there.

let's speak to our correspondent in kingston on the line. what is happening right now? >> it has been clear major operation started in jamaica. it is focusing on west kingston and i was driving through the city i could see many soldiers driving in a convoy down from a military camp towards downtown west kingston, the stronghold where it is believed christopher coke is hiding. people have been reporting loud explosions. some people have seen bodies in the streets. you have to bear in mind that this community as back-to-back. even though the soldiers -- they are trying to reduce to get into the center. they will have to literally go house to house in an attempt to bring control to the streets.

>> i'm sure a lot of people from outside might be finding it hard to understand why there is an uprising in support of someone who has a reputation as a gangster. >> it is a reputation he may have for some, but i remember going into the area a year ago and people saying christopher coke -- nothing happened, he provided a sense of safety. he basically fills a void which devastates left behind. even though some say he is a criminal, some people support him to the death. >> nick, thank you very much. let's turn to some of the other international news. iran has notified the atomic energy agency of the agreement to send enriched uranium to turkey in exchange for fuel.

western powers question the value of that deal. brazil is also a partner. there is a feeling it does not address the demand that iran holds all in richmond. sanctions are still a possibility. ethiopia's party looks for a landslide in the national election. sunday's poll has been condemned by a group as theater. it says the ruling party of the prime minister intimidated people into voting for it. bp has pledged $500 million to study the impact of the oil spill on the gulf of mexico. the chief executive says his firm is committed to doing all it can to lessen the impact. south korea has announced sanctions against the north over the torpedo attack that sank one of its warships. this includes any north korean

ships from south korean waters. there are some signs china may exert new pressure. the u.s. will join an anti- summary of excise -- anti- submarine exercise. >> how to respond without risking further escalation. here is what he plans to do. >> south korea will ban all north korean ships from its waters. we will suspend all trade links and refer incidents to the u. n. the warship was split in half by an explosion that hit without warning at the end of march. it has been salvaged in two parts and an international team has completed the investigation. they concluded the ship was sunk

by a north korean torpedo it designed to explode in the same way as this test conducted by the australian navy. remains were found close to the wreckage. military retaliation was never an option because of the obvious risk, but the response it has decided on, cutting trade links and banning ships, will have an impact. trade between the two halves still makes up a sizable chunk of north korea's economy. >> speaking on a visit to beijing, hillary clinton said america is standing firmly behind its allies. >> our support for south korea's defense is unequivocal. president obama has directed military commanders to coordinate closely with their counterparts to deter future aggression.

co>> evidence will be taken to e un security council. america and south korea are looking for a tough international action. >> the british government ministers will be expected to take public transport to many of their meetings. civil service recruitment will be floated. britain's finance minister has unveiled $8 billion of public spending cuts. it is the start of a program to slash the budget deficit. >> the department of transport $683 billion. the home office , $367 million. >> really -- real cuts to real

budgets. it will save 6.2 billion pounds this year. the men said they wanted to shop -- send a shock wave. >> this is the first time the government announced difficult decisions. it will not be the last. i want people to know that we do this not for its own sake but in order to improve the quality of people's lives. >> the government will spend 1.7 billion pounds less on supplies and less first clas train travel. $600 million less for [unintelligible] there will be less for low priority spending.

320 million pounds will be saved by scrapping new child's trust funds. it will be stopped entirely next january, but extra savings have been found to protect the school's budget and international development. a few weeks ago the liberal democrats oppose cuts. >> these are only the first absolute money to take to put our public finances back in shape. there will be many more tough decisions. we believe the british people understand his choices can no longer be ducked. >> if george osborne wants to cut 6 billion pounds they should have spelled out in detail what is the tale will not do in the future. people need to know details because only then will you need to know what it means in terms of growth.

>> the focus of the cuts has been here, up recruiting if your staff and walking the streets like the rest of us. some of these savings will be re spent, so only 5.7 billion will be cut. this is only the beginning. >> it might have been human error that caused a plane crash that killed almost 160 people in india. the aviation minister said weather conditions looked normal. investigators are looking for the black box titter recorder. -- black box data recorder. the airline says flights from

london airports are not affected. it is expecting half its services to operate normally. a british doctor who suggested a vaccine for measles and mumps was linked to optimism has been found guilty of medical misconduct. he was acting in an irresponsible way. great britain's duchess of york says she is sorry for the lapse of judgment that led to her being caught on camera apparently offering to sell access to her >> husband. the duchess said -- her ex husband. >> a regular in the royal calendar, the quenn at the

show this weekend if former royal daughter-in-law was on the other side of the atlantic for a charity event. she is said to be in a fragile state. she knows she has damaged her own reputation. this was the duchess in the tabloid sting. next [inaudible] >> [inaudible] [inaudible] >> in princeton nine and eight -- the prince denied any knowledge of this. >> he has always been an excellent ambassador. he has gotten a lot of support for u.k. businesses, but when there is intrigued or a question mark, then he is

damaging himself and also for britain's ability to export. >> in it is her personal finances which are the root of this. she says she gets 15 baskin pounds a year from her divorce settlement. she could command 45,000 pounds for giving a speech. the duchess of york was at the heart of the royal establishment for a decade. it is nearly 15 years from her divorce. but his mother said she will always have a connection with the royal family per -- the royal family. she always said they want when she did well as bring up her girls. she feels she has let friends them can -- let friends down. >> sarah ferguson gave her first public reaction to those

revelations. >> when i got on the flight from london i thought, quite a heavy debt. -- quite a heavy day. [laughter] [applause] >> but when the children's choir came out and i saw their little faces in the went, in know what? to hell with that. in it is about the children. this is about making a difference. i hate groups and i love children. thank you so much. >> sarah ferguson and los angeles. you are watching "bbc world news." why thousands of people will descend on london.

japan is well known for its high speed trains, but one of the most spectacular as a top speed of 20 kilometers per hour. he can run only in summer. >> nothing can match for a rail rate through japan's new train for views. simply gorgeous, she says. keeping the train going is a tough job for the maintenance crew could take customer service very seriously. they make sure the tracks are clear. at the start of the saar the team travels of line that was built to transport materials. this is one of the few real race that has to be rebuilt every year. s. one of the few railway

>> our work begins at putting them back together. pulling the tracks out of the tunnels. the men must balance to put them back together. one slip could be disaster. it has to be finished in time for the summer season. the work is not done current every night there is maintenance to keep up with. -- not done. >> sometimes we work through the early hours of that morning. >> they seem to be appreciative of the men that keep japan's most spectacular railway running year after year.

clarke's latest headlines for year. there is gun fire on the streets of kingston. gangsters had defied a state of emergency to prevent authorities from arresting one of their leaders. there are sanctions against north korea for a torpedo attack. the first time tonight on british tv, an advert offering abortion will be shown. many fear this could turn abortion into a consumer service. >> 30 seconds prochoice groups will drive abortion out of the shadows, asking are you late? it tells the story of three women with unplanned pregnancies. one group says many women don't know where to turn for help.

>> if you are pregnant and not sure what to do, we can help. >> but anti-abortion groups are angry, accusing them of selling termination's like cars. >> abortion is not something that should be taken lightly. to advertise it as it were like any other service is concerning. >> it is aimed at people like anna. ] she felt frightened before actually having an abortion. >> i had to make some really serious decisions. i did not know how to make them. not to be able to talk to people about it. >> in the 1980's taves may -- aids made things life and death. pro-choice groups hope the

adverts will help confront the issue. if it does so, it will help them win the struggle over whether and in what circumstances abortion can be carried out. >> where should the add to t hese students. a lot of >> it should not be advertised in a light town. >> it is good is opening people's minds up. >> until last year the number of abortions have been rising. the latest figures are out tomorrow. >> emergency teams and poland are trying to shore up river banks. the homes of 100,000 people are at rest. desperate attempts to stop a

flood with much of the low-lying countryside in the path of the floodwaters. across portland -- across poland, this has reached river banks in several places. the human cost is being felt would several lives lost. here the risk was so great soldiers had to blast a hole in the embankment to prevent the river from flooding more houses. many people have been driven to desperate efforts. >> i came to help out, even by laying a brick to contribute to the effort. >> the bulk of the water is moving away from the southern areas of poland, but where they are beginning to recover,

downstream up to 100,000 people risk having their homes flooded. now the problem may be taking on a european context, with anxious community is in germany pricing themselves for a flood waiive. >> australia is expelling an israeli diplomat. four australian passports were for urged link to a murder -- they were forged. >> one man was killed by what the authorities are 99% sure was a hit team from an israeli source. it merged with four australian

forged passports. they were the victims of identity theft. following an investigation by the federal australian police which visited israel, there was no doubt israel was behind the counterfeiting of the passports. as a result, the foreign affairs minister asked israel to withdraw as diplomats. >> this constitutes a direct breach of confidential undertakings between australia and israel. this is not what we expect from a nation we have had a supportive relationship with. >> australia and israel have been close allies. the government said it enacted out of sorrow. >> we regret that this incident

has occurred. renown need to rebuild the confidence and trust -- we now need to rebuild. >> we regret this decision by the australian government. it is not in line with a policy of the relationship between our countries. >> passports from france and britain were used in the operation. the british government expelled an israeli diplomat from london. the israeli government said there is no proof it was behind the killing, but it is clear where the government lays the blame. >> how about a garden sparkling with precious stones worth $30 million tax two of the attractions of the -- $30

million? these are two of the attractions at the chelsea flower show. ♪ >> no matter how hard the winter, the flowers always managed to be perfect. they rebuilt an entire lock from the liverpool canal. this has diamonds in it. also this year, scruffy is here. >> it is probably about 500 pounds for the whole carton. >> i found him -- for the whole garden. it is not typical of chelsey, but he and fellow workers are

not typical. >> five years ago i was living on the streets in the was basically dying. now i am standing here having built a garden with my team of gardner's filling a wonderful. >> perhaps not the previous flower had a new name. it is a celebration of bio diverse city. this is immortality having something named after you. >> in it is, demoralized -- immortalized in plant form. >> there is nothing wrong with having parts of the garden edible. >> it is fantasy andy also an attempt to provide inspiration to all types of gardner. >> more anytime you want it on

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