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crossing the border in search of a better life. we have a special report for you. and the first african -- to reach the world cup finals. >> well, thank you for joining us. a desperate rescue is taking place off the australiain' coast after a boat carrying my grants -- migrants. it crashed into jagged rocks on christmas island where refugees are housed in a detention center. >> locals said they feared the boat was in trouble when they heard the screams of children. these are hellish scenes off the coast of christmas island
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as the vessel packed with the seekers smashed against the jagged rocks. these are the most turbulent seas locals have seen in months. and these are the fractured remains of the boat a few minutes later. men, women and children who set sail for australia looking for a future, fighting for survival. residents held ropes and life jackets from the cliffs. navy speed boats were also quick to arrive on the scene. >> there was a woman and child amongst the seven and unfortunately a very large wave with lots of debris knocked her off. it was a massive wave. well, it's really to have seen what went on, it defied belief. it was like a horror movie in slow motion. >> the sea conditions were so bad in the area that a navy ship has been unable to reach
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harbor on the island. it's believed this boat was crewed by people smuglers and was carrying some 70 people. asylum seekers from iraq and iran. dozens are feared dead. nick, bbc news, sydney. >> a little earlier if you told me christmas island has been a frequent target for those traveling. >> that boat got so far. normally these people smuglers operating out of indonesia which bring these asylum seekers don't reach christmas island. that's australian territory. they are usually intercepted by the australian navy before they get there. so it's somewhat of a surprise that this boat actually managed to get so close to the shore of christmas island and my understanding was it was supposed to be trying to dock at a place which is the only
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place you can come into harbor at christmas island but ironically there's a navy boat that was able to intercept a my grant boat but they can't get into the shore because of the turbulent seas. and some of these people smuglers operate these flimsy boats and you see how easily it is broken apart. >> a report by the council of europe's investigator suggests a man was once the boss of a criminal underworld involved in killing people for their human organs. he used to run the kosovo liberation army and his army is alleged to have committed a string of abuses. our correspondent nick, reports on a case he, himself, has investigated. >> hasim the current prime minister of kosovo and wartime
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leader of the liberation army is named no less than 27 times in the reports 27 pages. he led within the kla is accused of involvement in organized crime including drug trafficking and the trafficking of human organs. evidence is also presented of the organized crime activity continuing up to the present date. the government has dismissed the draft report as baseless and defamatory and warned legal steps against what is described as slanderous. >> these have been investigated several times by local and international prosecuters and it was found there were no facts. >> in april, 2009, the special bbc investigation presented evidence of the cross border transfer of both serb and
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albanian prisoners of the kla where they were mistreated and in some cases killed. the report is due to be presented to the legal and human rights committee in trassburg on thursday. nick, bbc news. >> i expect nick a -- i spoke to thick a short while ago and asked if the government suggested this was politically motivated? >> yes. they are repeating a line they have taken over the past years that reports of this kind although this is the most far-reaching yet that this is coming out of serbia and part of that kosovo declaring independence from serbia in 2008. >> we're looking at spain again but their credit rating about to suffer further? >> well, moody's, the international credit rating agency has come out and said
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today they have put spain's credit rating under review. they are not saying they are going to change it or downgrade it. but for the market that's enough. they already downgraded spain in october and now they are citing the big worry of the mounting debt and the amount of funding that spain is going to need next year. we're talking about $221 billion. spain is going to need that to raise next year just for the regions within spain, the local got to the and on top of that $120 billion just for the banks. we're talking close to $400 billion which spain needs to see itself through next year. and that's a big worry to raise that kind of money on the international market. i just had a quick look 5.56%. >> so all this coming just before the those meet in
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brussels for their summit where the bailout funds and scare of it. >> and there's a lot of criticism that the euro zone officials are handling this debt crisis by patch work if you will and that they need one big solution to this and that there's big talk and the german opposition party are talking about that germany should support this pan european bond. not individual government bonds but one euro zone bond. more on the world business report in about 20 minutes time. >> thank you. >> now some senior kenyan politicians are to find out shortly if they'll face prosecution before the international criminal court. after more than 1,200 people were left dead. it was agreed that the perpetrators of the violence would face justice either in kenya itself or in front of the criminal court in the hague.
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reporting from nairobi. >> it was meant to be democracy in action. but the real winner of the 2007 election was never known. when the incumbent president was hastily sworn in, kenya descended into turmoil. rival supporters took to the street and the country split along tribal lines. as communities turned on each other, more than 1, 200 people were killed. fleing for their lives, half a million were made homeless. >> we do have -- >> it took international mediation for the weapons to be put down and kenya to be brought back from the brink of civil war. rivals were to share power. they agreed that the perpetrators of the violence must face justice either in
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kenya or at the international criminal court. with no trials taking off at home, louis mohr rain yo campo stepped in. >> i selected the war incidents and collected evidence about what happened, how they were committed and according to it would describe who is responsible for the crimes. >> kenyans are about to find out who are the six people that are wanted in the hague? among them, senior politicians. >> it is possible that this long-awaited announcement could prompt an angry response from supporters of those named. but the whole feeling is this whole process is vital, because it will help chip away at the culture so deeply rooted in kenya. >> let's have a look at the sports. african focus maintained at the moment. >> the if i havea world cup has been going on for 10 years.
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never before has it had an african team. now it will. the brazilian side international were beat. they won this competition in 2006. they beat them 2-0. here are the goals. this is the second five-minute placer. two great ones. >> in fact, in style really. >> they did. they were massive goals going into this, and they certainly know how to celebrate. never tire from seeing that. [laughter] >> wow! >> a bit of konga around the stadium as well. the first african side to line up in the finals. they'll now face either the european champions in saturday's final. >> we'll look forward to that. we've got another big event about to kickoff. >> crucials for england and
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australia. the first later on today. of course,, if england wins, australia's really been a torrid series so far and they've really run the changes. they've made five changes to the 12-man scaud that lost so emphatically. soit really is now or never -- so it really is now or never. as a fan -- i -- [laughter] >> we know what you want. thank you very much. you're watching bbc "world news." coming up in the program. out on patrol with gentleman bugey's coast guard as they try to stop the illegal trafficking of refugees from smolya. it's going to be a tough day for britain's royal air force. one of the greatest technical achievements, the hair yet jump jet is being retired early. >> it's been a british icon for
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more than 40 years. now fallen prey to the defense cuts. >> right turn. >> back in the 1960's, the aircraft was a sensation. >> stealing the show, the p- 1127 in the air that just doesn't seem possible. >> john farley was one of the early test pilots after a short break of just 27 years and six months, we put him back in the cockpit. >> it's the best job in the u.k. im, i just couldn't believe my life. ha ha. here we are. riding along. what a pity the politicians are -- the air force [inaudible] >> is it fun flying it?
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>> is it fun? >> yes. >> o',, yes. one of the better video games, isn't it? >> let's show you what makes the hair yet so unique is pretty much that that big thing there. the rolls royce peg us is. a lot of people describe the harriet as an engine with a cockpit stuck on the front and some wings to help it fly. >> the hair reth -- harriet may look the same but underneath that body is a modern fighter plane. that's why the decision to retire it early was a bit of a shock. >> the rumors had been circulating around for the months prior, and overall i think just massive disappointment being the main thing. we all feel really, really privileged to be flying this aircraft and doing the role we did with the jet, particularly with afghanistan. >> it's going to be an
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emotional day for james and the crew, but trolling through the archives i found this. >> the jump jet fighter may be condemned too. the whole british aircraft industry seems more than the nation can afford. >> anyway, move over. time for the experts to have a go. [laughter] >> richard, bbc news. >> this is bbc "world news." the headlines this hour. at least 27 people tried to migrate to australia are thought to have been killed
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after their boat was dashed to pieces on christmas island. in a report the prime minister of kosovo has been accused of once being the boss of a criminal underworld involved in killing people for their organs. reports coming from southern iran say there have been a number of fatalities after twin suicide blasts targeting worshipers celebrating the religious celebration. john, can you give us some extent of the scale of this? >> yes. state news agencies in iran now saying there may be 38 people killed. so huge death toll from what they are saying was a twin suicide attack on progressions close to a mosque close to the border of pakistan in iran a very troubled region which has
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been plagued by an insurgence as i mainly a -- group. we've heard no official word from them or the government either. the suicide bombers targeted an ash rey procession. these are often very spectacular progressions that celebrate one of the holiest days in sheer muslim. and they two suicide bombers attacked this procession where there was women and children as well as the members of the procession. i think this will be blamed on ju in dalla trying to show it is still active despite capture of its leader and his brother. for their part the iranian government have blamed foreign powers. they blame britain, the united states. and they say they support this group although it was denied by the countries.
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>> john, thank you, very much. >> two weeks ago on bbc news we reported live from mowing dish issue on the conflict raging between the federal government and the militia with their links to al qaeda. now we look at the human cost to it. in the second of our reports we have been given rare access to neighboring jabuti. others risk their lives to cross the gulf in the rich arab states beyond yemen. >> somalis fleing the violence further south travel light to get here, arriving with little else but hope. the tiny state of jibuti has become a major spring board for su molly refugees. at the border, a group of new arrivals from mowing dish issue. every day dozens of smaly
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refugees -- somali refugees arrive here. others try their luck crossing the gulf. this man said a shell landed on his home killing his whole family. os took pity on him and paid for his bus ticket to jibuti. the young man is likely to end up here. 14,000 refugees live at alley addie camp in jabuti, most of them from smolya. the government of jibuti is praised by the governments for hosting the refugees. >> what is your open door policy? >> somalis are our brothers and sisters.
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they are recruited to be workers and -- >> so you find -- [in >> and this is corrupting also our people. >> jibuti is a bridge between africa and the arab world and the u.n. backs its attempts to prevent so mallies from being smuggled into yemen. >> these watters are patrolled but up against a network of smuglers that carry around 500 every week to yemen. the human traffickers charge $100 u.s. dollars per person for a journey that can take up to six hours. >> as these pictures in the u.n. refugee agency show, some simply never make it. so wretched are their lives after years of conflict that somalis still knee in their hundreds every week, leaving a
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precarious past to venture into an uncertain future. bbc news on the gulf of aidan. >> now hamas is marking its 23rd anniversary. the group seized gaza from forces of abbas leaving the palestinian governing only in the west bank. well mahmoud al zahar has been speaking to the bbc television service and asked why hamas doesn't try to make a truce with israel. >> israel is speaking about more aggression against palestinian. and they are speaking about self-defense against any aggression from the israeli fighters.
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>> does hamas think about how can they put an end to all the crisis with israel? >> there is the bhock aid -- the escalation on the ground [inaudible] hamas refuse any -- negotiation with israel. [inaudible] this is a missile. what is the [inaudible] israel concerning this decision? israel is not ready to give us our basic demand. israel is not ready to stop [inaudible] and confiscation of our right. israel is still speaking about war [inaudible] against syria. against no country from -- are safe from aggression. syria. egypt. palestinian side. these are really -- we are the victims of this -- which is a
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[inaudible] against the region. >> but against the negotiation? >> negotiation is a missile. >> but -- >> no. well we have to follow the same process. negotiate with israel. very -- since 1991. since that time who is the -- you have a clear position that they are going to leave jerusalem and [inaudible] or just speak about -- positively. anybody can go and negotiate. but now the type of -- is no, and you have to come and sit down -- [inaudible] >> mahmoud as a whole zahar. south korea has been holding its civil defense after an artillery attack killed four
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people. the purpose of the exercise is to speed up the country's response after such another incident. fighter jets flew over major citys to simulate air strikes. bbc's correspondent took part. >> well, the siren has just gone off. the schools have been evacuated. all these children have been told to find an underground shelter, somewhere that would be safe in the event of an attack. subway stations like this are perfect. all across people are piling into shelters like this. fighter jets are flying overhead simulating air strikes and people here used to say they didn't take these drills very seriously. now this is the largest south korea has ever known. all designed to keep its people safer. lucy williamson. bbc seoul
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>> an armed robber made off with less than he bargained forwhen he sold more than half a million in chips. the robbery took place at the bellagio hotel but it may have been a worthless venture as reported. >> casino security cameras caught the heist. he snatched more than 1.5 million from a gaming table but what he got away with was not cash but plastic casino chips. different gambling tables are if ited with devices but in this case the bhodge yoen on the famous vegas strip is about the only place the robber can cash in the high-value chips and they are looking for someone posing as a big winner. cameras snapped him rehearsing. this time his luck ran out.
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