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here are our top stories. parliament has called for one man to step down. and it intensified. welcome to bbc world news. and a prime minister -- the the exit polls put his party ahead in the election. china vows to do more regarding the rising prices as inflation hit its highest rate. thank you for joining us. a report that an armed man have taken a number of school church and hostile -- hostage at a nursery school in france. he is believed to be 17 years

old and honored. 20 children were taken hostage initially monday morning. five have been released. the teacher is thought to be held as well. so reports of an armed man taking around 20 children hostage in a nursery in france. the man is believed to be 17 years old and is armed. five children are reported to have been released. we will have more in a few moments. who was the man who bombed the swedish capital of stockholm? that is the question that police in europe have been trying to answer. no explosives have been found. islamist have claimed that they were linked to it. here is more.

>> this is the man believed to be behind the swedish terrorist attack. this is a page from the website born ins said he was iraq and moved to sweden. page with facebook, which was taken down said he went to high school in sweden. the prophet mohammad was named as one of the subtle. he said there was a home where he lived for a while with his father. this woman said he was a nice looking boy. she spoke with him a few times. she cannot imagine that he would have done this. police are working on a theory regarding him trying to do the bomb and then killing himself before a second last a few yards

away. he's they say it could affect catastrophic -- they say it could've had catastrophic consequences. he spoke in english with an english accent. [unintelligible] on his face but page, there are pictures of him in the middle east. he says the picture was not for business. that is what he told his wife that it was ford's yacht. -- jihad. >> thanks. chinese figures are high and there is a major concern about that. >> absolutely. november, inflation rises.

a 28 month high. it is a real problem for beijing. it puts food price controls, the main staple crops, they hold more money in capital reserves. it is a real problem at the moment. a few years ago when china implemented a stimulus package, that is what started this story to inflation. everybody went there to raise interest rates. when you have inflation, the tools are raising interest rates. everyone is speculating about that.

cracks in bangladesh, some unrest regarding the minimum wage. >> absolutely. this is a very important industry. >> it is 80% of exports. $12 billion. in july, the government agreed to back off pressure from companies that were blamed for exploiting some cheap labor. they put pressure on the bangladesh government to increase minimum wage. now the workers say the factory owners are not implementing that increase. it went to $42 a month. not a lot of money. we will cover all of this in the world business report in about

20 minutes. >> thanks. and the apparent hostage taking of nursery children in france. our correspondent is in that area. what do we know at this stage? >> most of the children if not all have been released from the school. we were told a hostage takeover occurred earlier this morning. the suspect is 17 years old. he was caring two knives and possibly some swords. they wear able to get children out of the building. others are released as well. no news on the teachers.

there was a special intervention force regarding this hostage negotiation. it seems to have come to a quick conclusion, which is good news. >> very optimistic with 15 children released. only five left. the person is believed to be 17 years old. >> that is what we heard as well. he seems to be someone who might be disturbed. they are talking about an they were trying to strike up a telephone conversation with him.

they were trying to get someone who knew him at the school to talk him down. most of the children have been released. that is the good news. we will continue find of what happened with the remaining children. >> thanks. we will be back with you for more on this. thanks very much. let us return to the bomb attack in sweden over the weekend. they have been searching a house north of london where the suspected bomber used to live. i am joined by our correspondent. more details are beginning to emerge about the suspect suspected in the suicide attack. >> that is right. this is the house behind me

where he is thought to have lived. we know that a search warrant was executed here late last night. no arrests were made here. no hazardous substances were found. neighbors are waking up to the surprising news that the man who lives here is suspected of being involved in a suicide attack. many -- describe him as a good neighbor. they had little idea of what may have been going on behind closed doors. and the islamic center has said that to the man who lived there was in 2007 was confronted at the mosque about extremist views. they say the views distorted islam.

during that confrontation, we are told that he stormed out. the neighbors in this area say they had no idea, of the man living here and may be involved into a suicide attack. >> this is a town north of london with a large muslim population. >> that is correct. 20,000 or so muslims living here. this community was mixed. it had a large number of moslems here. a number of the neighbors are also muslim. one of them said this morning that he is very sad and to hear this. this is something that the muslim community needs or wants

to be associated with. there has been a lot of attention earlier this year between certain courses of the community here. and it may be the indigenous white british population. those tensions have boiled over into trouble on the streets. anything like this, it causes concerns in the community as there may be tensions that will fire up. >> thanks very much. let's check on sport. >> it depends on which satz you look at and believe. what ever is, it is a great concern. $240,000 a week. he says he will give it all up.

the score is allegedly in argentina or maybe brazil. he has made a great achievement. without him, people believe they will not be able to compete probably in the same level. he says he is not going anywhere. >> surprising. it looks like a cd i effect. it is incredible. there must have been tons of snow there. about 60 centimeters fell on saturday. the vikings will have to play now in detroit against the new

york giants. >> thanks so much. you are watching bbc world news. some beaches open soon after a sharp attack, but how safe are they? and sex shops in london are receiving backing from an unlikely source. some may want to the venues closed down. others have accused the council of wrongly trying to impose a moral code. >> this has four strip clubs in the parish. one is across the road. sunday afternoon, the council

has suggested closing the club for the sake of harmony in the community. one reverend is fighting to keep them open. this has been offered for 30 years. the closure would be bad. >> it has been a long time. many in the area and visit it and it affects the cafe and businesses around the area. there was support f anglican priest. if they are out lot, the business will go underground and under the control of criminals. >> many prostitutes will sell a

sexual encounter. >> the church faces a dilemma. they do not deal with the fictional black-and-white moral code could look for a compromise. it is controversial. some say this is how the world should be. some people want to change its others object. women and children fear walking past them. the confrontation is justified according to some. >> there is lots of evidence of people saying we do not want these here.

>> although they have been criticized in defending it, some have confirmed it. the church can expect more of these choices in the future. bbc news >> still here, the headlines. an armed man has taken at least 15 children hostage in france at a nursery school. a man believed to be behind bomb attacks in stockholm. they believe he lived in england with his wife and children. an italian prime minister is ahead of a vote that could bring down his administration.

they said it would be damaging for the country regarding the financial turbulence. scandals involving his private li could make him a liability. the. >> he is saying that an alternative would be political folly. he says there is no alternative. if he were to resign, it would create political instability which could affect of the irish were greek economic crisis. it is almost untypical. his back is against the wall. he comes out fighting. that was missing. he needs the support of

senators but also of those in the lower half of parliament's he was very calm. he said there is an alternative. and you need me. it will affect them economically and politically. >> talk about how we got to this stage in what lies at the heart of it? >> a group of them split away thereby taking away the majority. some are fed up with him. there are allegations of wrongdoing with young women. he has wild parties with teenage women. those are the accusations. and he does not like the those comments.

he says, it is better to buy a beautiful women and then being gay. but some say that will bring their reputation down. for all of those reasons, they have to change the direction without him in power. >> a roadside bomb has a spot alongside a school bus in pakistan. it is in an area where there are previous blasts. a couple have been killed in two children have been injured. that is breaking news from pakistan. a roadside bomb exploded alongside a school bus. it killed the driver and injured two children.

a prime minister has declared victory in the country's general election. exit polls say his democratic party is clear of its rival. here is this report. >> for a prime minister who is going through uncharted waters, it was a low-key moment, watching tv in his office. as the exit polls were announced, he had a small gesture. >> this is about europeans, a referendum on the government's. it is a votes for democratic

reforms. out on the street, those who hold him der have a celebration. 6% ahead of his rival. >> a convincing victory. congratulations. you are the greatest. congratulations. unlikely jubilation in the minority -- minority population. they refuse to accept the independence for a moment. >> we will not vote. it only recognizes the fate of serbia. we live here because we have to. i will not recognize the state of kosovo.

>> someone to boycott the polls. elsewhere, the turnout was good. nationwide, more than 60%. the leaders of kosovo hope to join a stable election. joy for his supporters. he helps to be the ruling coalition after the official results are out on monday. some of you countries still failed to recognize kuntsevo as a eu country. -- closing bell as an eu country. as an eu country.

>> a 69 year-old collapsed during his meeting with hillary clinton. a company running the new zealand mine where seven men died say that it has been an opel -- unable to open and is in a precarious financial situation. it is unlikely there will be any more survivors in south korea. people have been confirmed dead. others were rescued from the crew. egypt had a series of shark attacks. a german woman was killed and four other tourist were injured on the beach from these shark attacks. they want to have new safety

measures to protect swimmers. >> they are putting in a number of safety measures to have people controlling the beaches and swimming areas will be restricted. they will have watchtowers with and people divers with binoculars looking out for this. but they cannot have the sharks responsible for these attacks. it is unfortunate that a fatal attack happened. the shark expert said that he believes it is multiple sharks involved. there is this question of behavior and protection. -- protection. the question is whether the

terrorists will feel reassured? will they still come back and have questions about why this happened? >> that is what the sharks team and experts who have been here are looking at. a lot of tourists go to different areas. they brought in international exports. they hope to have protective measures. if it is unusual to have them venture so close to shore in an attack like this. >> thanks. you can always get the very latest on our website. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories from around the globe and click to play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert

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