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corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news." >> burma's democracy leader tells the b.b.c. she's considered standing for election. and the syrian government has told end the blood shed by saturday or face sanctions. welcome to "bbc world news." i'm peter. also in this program, her no-frills travel came at a price for these passengers. and what -- in the world's fastest moving cities? >> the bureau he's, pro democracy leader is expected to

say her party will stand with her as a candidate. she was asked whether the time was right for the n.l.b. to reregister as a political party, so ending their boycott to parliament. >> on the whole i think the great majority of our people are going for a reregistration. >> what does that mean standing in a system as it is or would you want to transform it completely? >> we'll talk about it tomorrow as to when we think it's the right time to enter parliament and why it's right. whether it's now or later, we have to discuss why it's the right time. >> what could end the folkses?

>> i often think conflict of any kind can best be resolved through negotiation. and negotiation of course means listening to one another. it's not just a matter of saying what you want to say it's a matter of frying to find out what they want to say. and i think negotiations start with good listeners. i do not know about the whole government. but i think that the president is certainly a good listener. not necessarily about one issue or another but on the whole, he seems to be a man who is a good listener. >> how is this now? all of the suffering you have faced and your family has faced. over the years. >> first of all, i don't think of it as suffering. i find it embarrassing when -- >> when your husband was dying and you were separated from

your son and you weren't able to live the political legacy or live your life. >> actually, living my life is normal now or less normal now, because i'm always so busy. and i don't think it's normal to be working all the time. i think someone should be entitled to free weekends. but when i say it's embarrassing to talk of my sufferings, others have suffered more. in our lives so many people have died and so no one alive has a reason to complain. >> barack obama says it will be backed up with military presence. while addressing the australian parliament. the bbc's duncan kennedy has a

report. >> the diggers as he calls them that fought with america in every major conflict of the past century. but it was to be the unfolding century, the asian century as he termed it, president obama then turned his attention to a speech in the parliament and now said the asian pacific region is his top priority. america, he said, was here to stay. >> when mostf the world's knew clear power, asia will largely define whether the century ahead will be marked by conflict or cooperation. needless suffering or human progress. >> throughout the speech, show though, are references to china. messages of encouragement or economic trade but also a

message of caution to beijing about the need for responsibility and restraint. >> as a pacific nation, the united nations will play a larger and role to the region by upholding core principles. >> the president went to northern australia. the military theme continued with a speech to troops. it's here that the united states will rotate 2,500 marines and move the -- a move the chinese questioned because they say they already felt encircled by the united states. >> the arrest asian summit in bali. there he will meet with hu jintao. both nations want a proper power balance in this region and neither want anything to unravel.

duncan kennedy, "bbc news" in. >> the fukushima nuclear plant, the sample came from a farm around 60 kilometers from the nuclear plant and they say none of the rice had been sold. officials say both rockets missed an intended target, but one injured a civilian. it's not known who fired them. >> pressure is building on syria to tend violence. the frembling foreign minister talks on the crisis in turkey today, a day after ma rocco with drew their visit ors. and the crack down on protesters, it gave the government until freud hold the

violence against the protesters or face violence. one said france should be able to put aside their other policy differences in deciding a course of action against syria. >> they are both in the forefront of countries now who insist the president has to go. the world has to move on now to plan the post era. i think they will be seeing eye-to-eye particularly because of the diplomacy that should be pushed through the yoited nations. because options are still not that good. nobody really believes the economic sanctions will bring -- it seems determined to hold on. and it could probably with stand economic sanctions for a long time, presenting syria that if it's -- dwhrooned, they

also have to plan for what happens if syria continues to slide into civil war and if the asset regime crumbles, how are they going to hold the opposition forces together? at least where syria is at the moment. >> here with the business news. northern iraq soon to become part of -- >> probably important to remind our viewers around the world that northern rock is a smallish u.k. bank. but for our global viewers, big story in the u.k., because it's the first u.k. casualty of the financial crisis that hit in 2008. the government at the time bailed it out and took full control and ownership and injected the government and the taxpayer and injected millions

into the bang and split it up between the bad bank and good bank. the bad asset part of it on one side and the retail consumer part of the other bank and are finally selling it to virgin money, a branch of the virgin group and at the moment they should receive just over $1 billion. half of what they paid. they do hope to gain more from it as it progresses. but the taxpayer could end up losing a billion or $60 million dollars. >> the other story -- the other story you're chasing is about airline passenger duty. >> another u.k. focus but ramifications for passengers who get on a plane and leave a you want k. airport. the four big airlines in the

u.k. all joining in a unified approach complaining heavily against the a.p.d. which has risen very sharply. a passenger could pay from $38 to $267 per ticket. depending on business or first class. but they say it's really damaging the industry, and we'll have more on this. plus italy still in focus in 20 minutes' time. >> thank you very much. picking up on aaron's thing about italy. talking about the fiscal aspect of that. but the latest pictures from milan, university students are protesting against the budget cuts and lack of jobs hours before the new prime minister reveals his latest or main strategy to tackle italy's huge level of debt following on the course of 18 hours ago the new government having been sworn in, in central rome. the key thing is the new

cabinet contains not one elected official, they are all people good with money. there were reports of scuffles amongst the students at the start of the protest. further north in milan where they hope to march to one university and they targeted that institution because it trains italy's business elite. the linkup is always that that university has a president, the president is somebody called mario monte, who is the new italian prime minister. iran's new program is decide dominate the new meeting in vienna. the iaea released a report saying iran may have been involved in designing a nuclear weapon. the bbc's bethany bell is in

venice. the big issue here? >> well, it is divisions among world powers, trying to decide what is the best way to go forward at the moment on iran and countries like the european union would like to see tougher sanctions imposed on iran. but countries like russia are more reluctant. rush ahas said there's no evidence in this latest report from the iaea and said it could hurt the chances for democracy. so diplomats are trying to see if they can reach some kind of revolution in iran. in the meantime, we heard from the head of the iaea who said that they believe that the information that they put in this report is overall credible and that they have serious concerns about iran's nuclear aim. >> what are the chances here that they might go as far as steps to report iran to the

u.n. security council? >> that looks unlikely at the moment. they are having trouble deciding on the exact wording of a text. and i think referring iran to the security council at the moment might be a step too far for countries like russia. what the west would like is a call from iran to answer questions about his nuclear program. it remains to see what kind of agreement they could reach over the next few days. >> bethany, thank you very much. passengers flying were in shock when they flight stopped refuel in vienna. they were told the flight couldn't leave until they paid for fuel and landing charges. the passengers came up with $30,000 to get on to their destination and there may be problems with another flight, too. >> this travel agent offers

charteral flights. it was there that almost 200 britains became stranded. they told passengers there was no money to pay for fuel, and if they wanted to continue their trip, head to pay for fuel. >> we had to pay. >> at this travel agent angry passengers have been trying to get their money back while others due to fly on the airline are seeking reassurances. a spokesperson said it has been running a successful service between birmingham and india and was you are intelligently investigating what went wrong with this particular flight, however this morning another flight operated by the same company scheduled to arrive in birmingham on tuesday still has not left india. a spokesperson says it has been delayed indefinitely.

>> you're watching "bbc world news." still to come, how an indian woman known as a living thing is bringing her special brand of therapy into the u.k. leaders of the association of southeast asian nations are meeting in bali and decide whether to allow burma to host their meeting in 204. it gave it up following it's its record on human rights. >> welcome to the debut of azian today. >> this is azion's brand-new tv show, an attempt to get citizens of the 10-member state to feel they belong to one community. because by 2015, it wants to become a single entity like the euro zone. >> as an indonesian i don't

think a single currency would work for me. as we learned we're not at the top or the bottom. so we'll need to do some case studies about europe. how is it performing there. and does it help ethe country? are they benefiting from it? >> to be honest, i don't really, i mean, as they say, i have friends who don't really know what the distinction is. asian maybe is easier. yes. come from that part of the geography that is asian. >> when azion first began, it was a groupling of five countries. it expanded to the current 10 and now includes burma. being one of the most reclusive and autocratic states. it's always been an

embarrassment but lobbied long and hard for the asian share. they say it's yet to prove it's a fully functioning area. >> i think we have seen transformations and changes taking place, and some are saying now that they are seeing some positive and concrete changes. some of them are saying very small, very little, but definitely there have been signs of genuine and positive changes. we hope that will accelerate. >> burma is likely to take center stage in discussions among asian leaders here in bali. it's long been a source of quiet frustration, but some of the more democratic countries in asian. but now many believe by giving these important shares of asian to burma, it could push the

autocratic states further down the road to democracy. but critics say it's still too soon to decide whether reforms in burma are truly genuine. >> "bbc world news." from london. top stories this hour. burma's opposition hour -- opposition tells the "bbc world news" she's -- her party is considering standing for election. >> morally indefenseible, one reaction to comments talking about racism in football. lots of people kind of saying what they have done in the past which is making comments and then not retracting but leading backwards quickly. >> he said he was misunderstood when asked about racism, he

said it really doesn't exist in football and then went on to say with the on the field racism, you just shake hands and forget about it. it's been looked down upon because a liverpool player against another, the language. and another player part of the kick it out campaign, an anti-racism campaign. this is what he had to say. >> i think we're all surprised, shocked that he came out and said what he said, because he's so out of step with what we had been campaigning. i spoke to those who were quite surprised and a lot of organizations in football will distant themselves from that comment and fifa. and it says a lot about his

leadership and left it under a big cloud. >> calling for him to step down from his post. he thinks women should wear tighter shorts and encourage people to watch, the world cup is in a country where -- saying maybe you should refrain from sexist signs, so this is part of it. interesting to see whether we'll have an interview with him. >> finger on the pulse of public opinion? not really there, is it? >> thousands of police have been deployed to athens. the annual rally, which marks the anniversary of the student uprising in 1973. to bring down the military dictatorship. mark from athens. >> it was the sight of revolution. 38 years ago, students rising up here against greece's dictatorship.

the spontaneous dispute was crushed as a tank entered. several were killed. it is still marked with pride. it helped bring down the military leader and usher in a period of democracy. today they will honor those fighting for freedom. but greece is also in the grip of a big wave of social unrest. and with the cost-cutting set to continue, protesters are likely to join this mar mp in the thousands. the military hoping to avoid the violence this country is getting to know all too well. >> it is the first new test for the coalition government which easily won a vote last night. lucas papademos told parliament the country must stay in the euro and urge unity. >> i strongly

handling will be much more difficult if greece does not participate in the euro zone. b problems will increase, and the >> the government will now have to begin parliamentary approval of greece's latest bailout package to avoid bankruptcy. but the condition is more cut. the e.u. wants all coalition parties signing a document committing themselves to bailout terms. cracks within the coalition that mr. papademos will likely endure. but this highly-charged event could yet prove explosive. mark, "bbc news," athens. >> now in these economic times, perhaps you need a hug. if that sounds like she has claimed she's had over 30 million hugs during her life time. david went along to meet her. >> it's 10:00 on a weekday in november, aev 1% g h6 dknt ht6 c13 d cuy.c1 o eshink she's and today 0 c1 re6+ . 1%a f+> e h f6 >> i'm now day3pdldd 6 th sru6 +%ugtu3 meters are so and lippinged warehouses in california to mexico. the u.s. authorities seized an estimated nine tons to 10 tons inside a truck in the warehouse in san diego. you can get that story and all

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