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>> pakistan says it can be trusted. and there could be a joint interim government in another area. syria opposes crackdown on protesters had been branded as barbaric. they arrested thousands of people. welcome to bbc world news. we will have insight into the u.s. navy seal teams that carry out america's most dangerous missions. and entering the reactor, new video taken by robots inside japan's fukushima nuclear power plant.

pakistan has rejected suggestions from the united states that it could not be trusted in advance with sensitive information about the raid to kill osama bin laden. the head of the pakistan foreign ministry told the bbc he felt the american comments were disquieting, but said there was no time to enter into recriminations. first, owen reports from is, bad in the pakistani capital. >> pakistani security personnel guarding the compound where bin laden lived. when he was behind these walls, the pakistan army says it did not know what was happening. pakistan and the u.s. both say that washington did not give islamabad any advance warning. the pakistanis have recovered documents from inside the compound missed by the americans who were on the ground 40

minutes. some images from inside have been getting to the press, revealing a little about how he lived. and the u.s. has not decided whether to release the picture showing his dead body. for the americans is a case of celebrating a victory, telling stories about how it was done. the latest news from washington is that bin laden was not armed when he was killed and that his wife tried to protect him. >> she rushed to the u.s. assaulter and was shot in the leg. she was not killed. >> the wife and some other relatives are in pakistani custody now. according to the main intelligence agency in pakistan, the isi, the americans also took one of his sons in addition to bin laden.

oneask bin laden's body well as one of his sons. >> pakistan says that the suggestions are disquieting and that pakistan had shared intelligence with america. >> this location was spotted by our intelligence quite some time ago to the u.s. intelligence. of course, they have much more sophisticated equipment to evaluate and to assess, but it is a fact that most of these things that have happened in terms of success in global anti terror has been a pivotal.

-- a pivotal tool. it is disquieting when we hear things like this. >> are you saying that pakistan gave intelligence on this compound? >> we had indicated this compound as a possible place not particularly for any other purpose. the whole issue of locating osama bin laden had been a priority for everyone in the world, including a pakistani intelligence. now that it's done and over with, i don't think this is the time to enter into recriminations. >> there's more on our web site, bbc.com/news. and we will get more on the story as it continues to unfold in the next few minutes. the leaders of the two main palestinian factions will meet in cairo shortly. there will finalize an agreement

to end more than four years of conflict. it calls for the setting up of a unity government that would run the gaza strip and the west bank and prepare for palestinian elections within one year. it was brokered by the new egyptian leadership. however, israel opposes the deal because hamas has not renounced violence. our correspondent is in kuathe area. >> the events in the arab world are important, having repercussions across the region. mubarak accused hamas as an ally of the muslim brotherhood, who are now a successful party in egypt, but regarded by him as an enemy. all has changed. hamas is much more comfortable dealing with the current

egyptian government. hamas is very nervous about what is happening in the region, particularly the hamas leadership in damascus. and their own people have been pushing hard for this deal. the whole environment has changed. but for egypt this is a big feather in the capit. in just three months the new government has a deal. >> how much bitterness will they have to overcome if this is really going to work? >> it goes back four years. life has been lost and blood has been spilled. i spoke with a woman yesterday. her husband was killed. he was a is a , supporter killed in prison. she alleged that a it was tortured and beaten to death. i asked if she welcomed the unity deal and she said yes, but she could not forgive and was pretty skeptical about whether it was going to last. i think most palestinians

welcome this, but they say it's one thing to have a deal in place, but let's wait and see whether it works in practice. >> has the israeli government now having to recalibrate the bread loaves from here? -- recalibrate where it moves from here. having to recalibrate relations is the egyptian government with israel. it will open the main border crossing into gaza on, effectively ending the blockade. but israel is also having to deal with what is happening in syria. so many foreign policy challenges. i imagine they are working every hour at the israeli foreign ministry right now. >> thank you. now to the business news.

the big european story is the portuguese government finally getting its hands on the money, not quite yet. it has to get the european agreement. the finns might put a block in the way of $78 billion that would help portugal to get bailed out. the prime minister, the caretaker prime minister through the elections in june, this is what he said about the deal that man is to achieve. >> there are no financial assistance programs that are not demanding and that do not apply much work. that does not exist. the times we live in continue to apply efforts and a lot of work, but no one doubts that.

>> unemployment figures out as well for spain. it's been a bad year for spain. 60,000 of 4.5 million, 64,000 better in terms of employment. >> that's not the best you can hoped-for. >> >> 1.3 million households have nobody working in them. 30% of immigrant population without jobs, a serious situation. >> thank you. the chief prosecutor for international criminal court has reasonable grounds to charge some senior libyan leaders with crimes against humanity. campos says some charges could include murder, unlawful detention, torture, and persecution. he intends to apply for the

first arrest warrants within the next few weeks. security forces have arrested dozens of people across the country of syria and have i intensified their crackdown. it is according to the u.s. state department barbaric. at a coal mine in mexico three men were killed underground. the blast happened in a northern state. a quarte, a 14-year-old boy worn the surface lost both of his arms because of the force. now to some football. >> celebrating this morning after defeating rail madrid -- real madrid. there had been animosity between the two sides.

it was football that took center stage last night, thankfully. they took the lead when this man, pedro, scored. real fought back. and this was fired in from close range. capped off by their defender. he was diagnosed with cancer in february. now they will need manchester united. >> it has been one of the best seasons of all. [unintelligible] recreating teams and teams and winning and winning and rising in the finals. >> pretty confident.

united plays tonight and taking a 2-0 lead from the first. the only thing that stands in the way is a bit of complacency. >> thanks. i will talk to you later. still to come, a crackdown on protesters in syria, branded as barbaric. security forces have arrested thousands. border controls could be temporarily reimposed as a last resort in europe in the passport-free area. it follows concerns about the arrival in italy of thousands of migrants from north africa. plans to reform the arrangements which govern that area are due to be finalized at the european summit next month. now from brussels, this report. >> they have been arriving on

italian shores. 25,000 north african migrants so far this year. italy's neighbors, especially france, say it's not doing enough to stop them dispersing across europe. that is because italy has given many of the migrants residency permits and freedom to travel. they are in day shangan area, 25 european countries which have abolished internal border controls. for hundreds of millions of europeans, this is the reality of crossing the border today. no restrictions on the moment of people or goods. it is one of the signature achievements of the european union. but the rules could be about to change. the european commission will propose that in what it calls truly critical situations, temporary border controls could be reinstituted. the idea, to isolate countries

which are struggling to police the external frontiers and keep illegal migrants out. it will be controversial. some argue that the freedom to travel should not be up for renegotiation despite the challenges it creates. but the rise of populist anti- immigrant political parties in many countries has sharpened the focus on what the area should really be about. bbc news, brussels. >> you are watching bbc world news. i am peter daraa be. pakistan has suspended its secured record following american comment that it cannot be trusted with sensitive information and head of the raid in which osama bin laden was killed. -- pakistan has defended its record. hamas and fattah will be

signing a reconciliation bill, paving the way for joint interim government. seal team 6 is an elite secret u.s. naval team dispatched to carry out america goes the most dangerous commando missions. they will be remembered as successful bringing a 13-year manhunt piccata to an end in just under an hour. >> a seaside town, but virginia beach has a unique claim to fame. it's a home of the need the special forces that killed america's most wanted greedy elite special forces. they are u.s. navy seals, the equivalent of britain's's special boat services. they were performing a helicopter dropped. that is how they invaded osama

bin laden's compound. the pentagon did not discuss its mission. the team lives and trains here on the outskirts of town. the home base of seal team 6 is the other side of those trees across the lake. everything they do is highly secretive and highly classified, whether it is iraq, afghanistan, or osama bin laden. what we know is that it's a unique fighting force, an elite within the elite. don shipley served as a seal and 20 years. he says today's generation was uniquely qualified to face bin laden and to minimize when they lost a helicopter. a guarantee they wondered what if we lose a helicopter in their briefings and they had another plan. it's either zero or hero. >> hero it is.

the blood stains. the legend is being toasted at this virginia beach hotspot. >> phenomenal, awesome. very proud of the goalboys. >> he was more like a figurehead. we need to stay on our toes even more now than before. >> it is the end of the bin laden era. i am sure there is something else to come, but this chapter is closed. it's overpower. >> pride indicate seals is discreet and they know the fight is not over -- the pride in the seal is discreet. >> why is the narrative about what actually happened changing almost by the hour? >> it's interesting, some of the details about whether bin laden

was armed and whether he used his wife as a human shield and whether she was killed. buchanan contribute you can attribute them to the confusion in the moment, but that maybe they are significant in the moment. what's happening now is the u.s. is trying to punch a myth of bin laden. america will try to control the narrative of what happened and say the changes are a bit embarrassing for washington. >> when a navy seal team went into the compound, was its a capture and kill mission at that point? >> there have been conflicting reports about this. at one point it was said by an american official that he would have been given a chance to surrender. in a sense, i think the outcome

of him being killed is always going to happen. the chances of not wanting to go live were always there. he's always told his bodyguards that he wanted to be killed rather than captured alive. for the americans as well, capturing him alive would be quite awkward. where would you put him and how would you put him in trial and how would you prevent him from becoming a symbol? >> there was no land lines or internet connection and the burnt all the rubbish within the compound. it was the courier's name they got from people being interrogated at guantanamo bay. the carrier switched his mobile on just outside the compound and that was the key. >> first they had his nom de guerre and then had to work out where he was. last year he was tracked to this particular count. that then led to the

surveillance on the compound which eventually led them to bin laden. -- last year he was tracked to this particular compound. the pakistanis said the acquired information on the compound a couple years ago, but that they did not know osama bin laden was in there. >> thanks very much. let's get an update on this attrition in syria. security forces have clamped governmentdti- protesters. the u.s. has described the situation as barbaric. we are watching the situation from beirut because foreign journalists are not allowed into syria. the city of daraa had been the epicenter of where that was going on. >> yes, that remains the focal point. it's become a battle cry at

around the country as people hold vigils or demonstrations. it is daraa that they are calling and holding up loaves of bread to show that that city is still under army control and is still cut off. they are continuing to pursue armed terrorist gangs, says the government. they say they have found underground caches of weapons and found that some people have been taking up the amnesty offered by the armed forces to hand themselves over along with their weapons. the regime is continuing to portray the entire crisis as one of unidentified armed terrorist could extremist groups waging a war against guerrilla soldiers and police dying in defense of the homeland. >> thousands of people being detained according to reports, and tortured, they are from reputable organizations?

>> it seems to be a little bit all over the country, especially in the suburbs of damascus, around and in the city of homs, and cities north of damascus, the port cities, and so on. a lot of people have been rounded up either at demonstrations and people have been taken from their homes and offices, including people well into their 80's, human rights campaigners that are well known, and so on. until now the initiative was with the protesters. basically saving up for friday, the day of tears when people are allowed to assemble. that is the day when they come out for demonstrations. now the government seems to have launched its campaign of arrests all around the country of people they seem to believe are involved in protests or are planning protests, might be thinking of taking part in protests. that seems to be the picture. amnesty and others are worried.

a lot of people when they are released have been abused or tortured or beaten. there's a lot of worry about the kind of conditions they are living in. many people are disappearing without a trace and nobody knows where they are. lawyers and relatives don't get a look at them at all when it comes to getting in touch with them. >> thank you. the judges of the u.n. war crimes tribunal in the hague has started ruling on whether to sheshel. in the 18 years of proceedings at the tribunal, no defendant has ever been acquitted while still on trial at the u.n. court. >> they have acquitted people before, but not under the rules that he has invoked their this is a special rule of the court which allows a defendant to ask for acquittal or dismissal of

the case or a reduction of the indictment after the prosecution has laid out its case. that is what he did a couple months ago because he says that in the four years he's been on trial, the prosecution has failed to prove his guilt on any count. he's on trial for 14 counts including crimes against humanity. charges include murder, persecution, destruction of property, and extermination from the croatian and bosnian wars of the 1990's. the prosecution says that he was leader of the ultra-nationalist serbian radical party and was involved in a joint criminal enterprise to remove the non- serb population of serbia and bosnia. he recruited, trained, and indoctrinated paramilitary with his extremist ideology. he had comments such as "you should not kill croats with knives, but scowled out to rise

-- but gouge out their eyes with spoons." he says that was not to be taken seriously. we will hear later on today as they continue deliberations whether they accept his request for acquittal and whether his trial will end prematurely. >> thank you. astonishing pictures coming to us from japan. the company that operates the fukushima nuclear plant in japan has released this new video showing inside of the number one reactor and at the plant. the video was captured by a u.s.-made robot. the footage confirms that electricity cables are safe and there are no water leaks inside the reactor. radiation levels were higher than expected, though. you can get more on the website,

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