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mtv europeiuk6j 9$(n5lc+ déintense speculation about the euro the zone "p greece&%; must findá minister and assure that will not be a financial collapse. p=m ñjoñ%/the cost of the government borrowing on 10-year bonds is at a record high. ñiit is causing financial jitters. a new prime minister it is being named imminently in athens after george papandreouçñ3 is going to step down. >> thanks. greece is beginning a new political era today. the end of george papandreou. there hasúcl not&m he is+v# the third

member of his family to be4!m in charge of this family. it is the end of a long political dynasty. ihñwho will be at the helm of the government and the country+z mired 6kíin5/n perhaps the worstk known? let us get the latest from my colleagueoj%$(lc@&c+ >> he is on his way out. ñafter months of political and economic crisis. george papandreou, will confirm he will step down. he will hold more discussions laterz2i today to decide on( his successor. it is part of a deal before a national unity government to tackle the country's debt crisis. 3wñfewer sorry to see him in m x"o>> we need something new. >> a change in government does fqsystemr>ñzmgvç [unintelligible]

x"iate9vé>> whoever succeeds him faces a difficulte? path. they mustn%+bring stability and make sure that g=eee greece receive its next installmentjlíñ from the bailout package on time. á2vthey help the new prime minister will work together to contain the country's debt crisis and prevent it from spreading cfurther. 6kípapandreou and finds some more breathing space. but the question is for how long? >> the frontrunner to succeed dc6him at this stage is lukas papademos. xggznó ÷vnihe éoá helped moved the country from the dracma to1 the euro.

1he hopes that would be a one-way street ifbn he become minister. greeks are waiting and watching anxiously. the sustainability of the euro zone depends much oflp what happened here in the next hours andht days and months. some are fearful of2g? a winter of discontent to come. not>> there is a pretty tight timetable for political and financial stability to be brought to greece isn't there?3 $ñ,"the new government will have an urgent priority to rectify the bailout package. writing off 50% of the debt and bsñzk7aq vé hundred billion dollar loan in return for more austerity measures. the package not negotiated by

mid december in order for the yp9qieto receive the next installment of the bailout money. u÷if they do not receive the aid billion eurosx"og !-affect them greatly by december. the race is on for them to get political consensus on the óm[bailoutde . >> thanks very much indeed. qlfn!%á/ñperhaps even more sodifficult for a= delay. çóso we'llpcnberlusconin'b faces many challenges. urgent reforms are needed to resolve the country's debt crisis. dzthere is increasing speculation thatoo s his"o" days as prime minister are numbered. rising here. e today there have beenktgñ reports

of significant numbers of his loyalists may be drifting away from him. 3wñintense speculation inw that his may away from the end. %./he isxfnkl in a very difficult p situation, even in terms of his experience and his formidable operatorzme in this kind of situation. he spent the dayj8ñ team, trying to shore of the majority. ywgvoíhe thinks he has the numbers he needs in parliament to survive. weu should know a lot more about thatiz5kkrtomorrow when there is the important vote inn%" here in rome. >> we have been talking about breeze, but the scale is much bigger.

>> absolutely. lm]dvwewok=q have talked about the bond yield, the interest that italy is forced toñkó pay by outside markets when they want to borrow h0÷ehmoney, has hit an all-woytime euro 77igh. gqwhen it borrows money on a 10- year plan, it has to pay 6.6%. anything around 6%g g=6.5% is the point at which things start to unravel. e(k÷itx"og debt. it sits on a debt0cg mountain of two trillion a year rose. it has to borrow just to keep its public sector afloat, it has>i@to borrow 300 billion euros. g/l'it cannot afford these kinds of interestq rates. it is at the moment apc5 huge debt meyer. the debt is 120%.

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>> see you then. úf$ of baz- have taken more than 500 lives across thailand. q%ñthe residence in a number of areas have been told to leave. not/n1 affected the central business zones. our colleague is it in bangkok. she is uncovering the flood. xgg ñ ÷rçmk>> some areas may be badly affected. there are several areas that are 1already badly affected and have been for several days. a round the outskirts suburbs and towards the center. more and more1#y areas are falling victim to the flood waters. the authorities are stillxgc trying s water out of thepge commercial parts of the city.

they have deployed larger sandbags and have2í larger palms to force water through the channel and the canafçhx1á$ñ as quickly as possible. there÷ñ is so much water that needs tof be drainedko central provinces down to the seat, that itn'b is going to take a long time, and it will be extremely(pfh difficult to manage. >> the u.s. embassy in nigeria -- they are planning attacks in the capital there. they won more frequent nigerian military checkpoints. u7x¿and the winner has 51% of the vote count. #gz3ñ5v[unintelligible] severall< people have been killed

due to violence in syria. eeethe latest comes as 3000 people have been killed inp$ the country since the uprising started. xlthey are reporting restrictions in syria. it is affecting neighbor -- nearby turkey. the turkish government is giving upojc cite failure tog7m honor and arabic peace plan. >> the terrible legale1 launched a peace initiativee)#ñ last week. +the syrian+ government said it would accept those terms, whichgslqz"4q i would require the immediate cessation of violence. that does not happen. i don't know if they will follow that peace agreement. +turkey is concerned about what is going on.

after some months of trying to engage thenjtñ leader, the turkish governi says diplomacy is dead. they are finished from syria and expect nothing else from this regime. ñm/they may have a contingency plan. if the situation continues to deteriorate it expects a catastrophic outcome. e?there are scenarios where it may send its forces over theí>uñ border to secure a protective buffer zone inside of syria. they mayjnd push for the united nations hoping that the arab %ei- league might support that there arejf probably other scenarios they are considering aszmgvç well.d this is not the place where turkey wants to be. not like libya. the scenario after a failure of a peace plan is ap u(áip @ that is the last thing anybody wants in this region. 5m"l6>> i cannot believe we got a

hold-a of this. it is the olympic torch which will be lit in ancient greece the site of columbia, and will travelp 13,000 great britainqu%. it will start to the london 2012 games. -aóoóko his lists every single that the torch will go. bfh800 locations. our domestic colleaguesgg say this will gom 1000 times across the country and 95% of the population will be within 1 mile of it. they will get a chance to see it if they wish. here arptmome of g/ the ways this will travel. g=steam train, hot air balloon, bicycle, horseback a crop -- across an ice rink, transported

htn a mountain on the way to a summitágé. this was a different design =j#uñ( to mount everest 4 >> it is amazing. is it quite heavy? >> thousands of people will get a chanceçó g= to carry this. many will be nominated by their local threnody people. ç÷ ñ8ñthis will become an iconic symbol ofjgcrg6 london 2012. t÷ steven for getting this here into the studio. this is the olympic torch for london. >> well done. you are watching bbc worldágé news. coming up the u.s. senior lady ihñgaga ihñdominates the european mtv music awards. !v?south korea says suicides have doubled recently.

ófeit has the highest suicide5v rate of any industrialized region. is growing. ÷ v>>ihñ it is 10:00 a.m., and they call has comeu÷ through to emergency services. )hqáéafá person is trying to jump off a "l building. he has a knife in his hand. gnp%á/ñoperators have to deal with this kind of call mn with no formal training, they are" korea'szfl battle 3ñ with the rising suicide rates. it is fivez@stimes than in parents generations. this underground bunker use it to be the spy agency. now it is an emergency center where all of the emergencywlcñ calls come. many are suicide calls. it is a good place to get a

sense of the rise in the suicide rates. iiñthe song --woy this person has tried to kill suicide more than-wi+ 20 times and isnot in a psychiatric hospital. e(k÷>> ixñ tried many ways to commit suicide. 4b verybodylp was surprised and blamed me. they weak and it was my fault. >> the government has tried to curb the problem. it has barriers that have been increasedájúñ on subway stations. qlmore running for help lines. the real mystery is happening here at all. this is a country steepednbñ in confucius %ózharmony and a respect for life. it is richer and more influential thanóiñ at any time in its history. psychologists say%á/ñ the rapid desuccess has brought new pressures and the people are not

equipped to fail. +>> from theirú, the importance of money is emphasized by their parents. successful in grades and"e prestigious college, the parents' behavior as fq though you're not my child. @< c>> this popularjov seaside this person hands outgob leaflets saying life isg local police more -- here is a a waterfront where many people choose to take their life. the highest suicide rate is in the countryside. there is little support for those seeking the city limit. v%kg

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driver singles tofq provide better car safety. -- l> cars are getting smarter all the time. detecting potential hazards. 8hif the driver does not the car does. 77a new product will take things jlfurther to try to jlof drivers. this is alex. he is looking at the simulator all day. 6'lectrodes, to monitor his brain waves. it is put to the gas pedal as he tours the city. at this stage the researchers are analyzing b "c0 waves to see ifu+j it's gives glimpses of the driver's next move.

#c it might be possible to stop driving errors before they happen. quó>> using the brainp in order to move the car around/z". it is a means of trying to understand what the driver is ótrying to do. a.they arq2#jjájjuz keep the driver in the loop. njfñand improving the driving experience. !v?>> this isql(g< not the only way scientists tried to use brain signals. wheelchair is also being tested. ihñothers are trying to see if they can use it for prosthetic arms. they still have a long way to go. back in the lab, it is time for a notice to take the will. ÷ú. ÷w>> it is easy torof control. the idea of technology is thathoqz"4q i rá is a shared experience. the computer trying to interpret

brain signals tom not do anything too bad. jd iiñ>> lady gagañjoñ%/ 0cuñm/dominated the mtv european music awards. j8ñ female, and biggest fans. are increasing their bruno6rdr &b &b singer bruno mars5also a winner. >>q / many; take the stage. she 1 four awards including best song and best video. >> i am reallylp floored in completely overwhelmed. i am in deadly grateful toaqaux the fans and to them for believing

in me. thank you. 5v>>i the ceremony remembered amy z=eúwinehouse. the singer died earlier this year. there&%; was a tribute for her. ó[ñthe show closed with a medley of úf$ winning the global icon a ward. another winner isp,ñ belfast itself. hosting an event like thisywg cost and -- put anm estimated 10 million pounds into thezi?ñ economy. it put a spotlight on the growing musicewnq'e here. it showcases what the city has to offer. bbc news, belfast. e$z0">>&jñ a 400 meter wide asteroid will2oa come close to the u.s.dn it will not be visible to tì(h@

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