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natanz nuclear facility. mitt romney winning in the republican race to find a presidential challenger to obama. the german economic engine run and out of steam. we have the latest growth figures. welcome to "bbc world news. i am david eades. we will take you to kurdistan 10 months after an uprising in a democracy that is still a work in progress. also, we will hear from and england cricket great, andrew, about his personal battle with depression. clerk of the pressures that i put on myself. i probably needed to look after myself a little better. >> hello.

iran is blaming the u.s. and israeli intelligence for the killing of a nuclear scientist in teheraran. mostafa ahmadi-roshan died when a motorcyclist place a bomb on his car. this is the fourth attack on an iranian nuclear scientists in the course of the last couple of years. for more on this now we speak with mohsen asgari. >> 8:030 in the morning a bomb was placed on the car of this lecturer at the university, and a 32-year-old engineer working at the nuclear site. iran has blamed the attacks on

americans and israelis in the same way they have done so far in the last year's. one man [unintelligible] he was trained by the israeli intelligence service. [unintelligible] iran has achieved considerable progress in the nuclear program. they buare trying to say tha is why america is trying to kill the iranian scientists. >> that was not a good line.

in spite of these assassinations of scientists, progress on the nuclear program will not stop, which is the word from the vice- president. >> no surprise. when we have had these attacks before, iran has said this will not stop us at all. we have often talked about whether there's corporate work going on, is someone trying to stop iran's's nuclear program. it does not seem very covert anymore. if it is more of an undeclared war. >> that raises the question asked to who would have carried this out. the finger is being pointed from the isiranians at the israelis and the americans. >> those are the countries that have the most to fear from an iranian nuclear program. the nature of the covert war is

that no one takes responsibility. there have been so many attacks in recent months in particular. i will not go through them all. but in november 2011 there was an attack on a military barracks in which a dozen soldiers were killed. there have been attacks on the iranian nuclear scientists before. there has been cyborgs for. clearly someone somewhere is doing what they can to try to stop progress on the iranian nuclear program. >> this is a car bomb, the equivalent of a sniper's bullet. >> this is very precise. the initial reports suggest that motorcyclists attacked a magnetic bomb to the side of this university lecturers's car. he was inside when it exploded and two others were in the car with him. >> thank you, james. people have been killed in a gun attack in northern nigeria. five policemen were among the dead when a gunman attacked in

the northern state of your day. the latest in a series of attacks blamed on the islamist military group boko haram. the former member arab league observers in syria say the monitoring is a farce. he has declared this a humanitarian disaster. he said that he resigned from the team because of what he witnessed in syria. daniel ortega has been sworn in for his third term as president of nicaragua. opposition groups say that his re-election is illegal. he has shrugged off their complaints. ahmadinejad and hugo chavez were among those attending the inauguration in the capital. now to the u.s., mitt romney is one step closer to becoming the republican party candidate for the white house. a second success over his

rivals. he was the clear winner in the new hampshire primary a week after a narrow success in the iowa caucuses. he does seem increasingly confident that he will win his party's presidential nomination, as johnnie diamonds reports. >> mitt romney is rarely seen without a smile, but never did it seem so broad or genuine. >> thank you, new hampshire. tonight we made history. >> on tuesday night he won big- time. he wasted no time with a speech that made him sound as if he had already won the republican nomination. >> this election is a choice between two very different destinies. president obama wants to fundamentally transform america. we want to restore america? to the founding principles that made this country great. >> second place went to the texas congressman ron paul.

his energetic supporters have turned his campaign into something resembling a political insurgency. >> i have to chuckle when they describe you and me as being dangerous. >> he is loving this. >> on to south carolina. >> the man who did so well last week in ottawa, social conservative rick santorum, trailed behind. p looks like a one-week wonder right now. with only a few votes more was newt gingrich, former speaker of the halls of representative snitchler, he will soldier on, but sounds downbeat. >> we can create a majority that will shock the country and begin to put us back on the right track. it is doable. it is a daunting challenge, but consider the alternatives. >> mitt romney has reason to celebrate. he's had a good night and his opposition is divided and

disorganized. if he can win in the next state, south carolina, he will be very hard to beat. bbc news, new hampshire. >> having a look at business news in germany in particular. wonderful 2011 until the end. >> exactly. what we are starting to see are the first signs that germany is feeling the pain from the euro zone debt crisis. 2011 was kind of a tale of two halves. the first half was solid growth. the second act in particular the last three months " bad. they grew 03% overall. these are preliminary numbers but it's likely the german economy shrank by a quarter of 1%. >> that is when the euro began to fall. >> yes, and when the great

crisis began to spread -- greek prices began to spread to the other european countries. orders falling at the fastest pace since the beginning of the financial crisis. if the german economy shrinks again two -corridors, technically that is a recession. >> the next time we have a juices, yourange deduc are buying. >> prices have risen 25%. the trade last night rose by 11%. the largest grower in the world, brazil, the u.s. has found a fun decided. the u.s. is the second-largest producer. -- the u.s. has found a fungicide used in brazil.

only two major places in the world, florida in the u.s., and then there is brazil. it is uncharted waters in terms of orange juice if you take brazil out of the picture. i will have a lot more with you in about 40 minutes time. >> thank you. fouir islamist militants have been killed in an american drone attack in pakistan. -- four islamist militants. north was harassed and tribal area. relations between the u.s. and pakistan worsen if somewhat in november. that was when a nato helicopter killed 24 pakistani soldiers by accident. no more details. >> over the last six weeks there has not been a drawn attack in the tribal areas. this is the weapon of choice, these unmanned remote-

controlled their planes would fire missiles into the tribal areas. it is the weapon of choice of the cia, of the american military, in terms of getting militants of in this very difficult area in which to operate. over the last six weeks there has not been a drone attack. tension between america and pakistan really rose when there was that nato attack on a border post where 24 pakistani soldiers were killed. that caused the huge amount of anger in pakistan. pakistan stopped the supply route of nato into afghanistan. that remains closed. the feeling was that they had also told the americans they could not carry out an attack as well. they closed and air base in the province of will to stand for which the americans had operated in the past. we were told by the pakistan army that they would shoot down any drone planes that flew over pakistani territory.

now that seems to have passed and the americans have restarted these attacks. sport. looks at ex katipaqiao and mayweather may happen. >> the fight of the century is what it is called. a few years ago manny wanted to fight. floyd may weather wanted to avoid him perhaps to keep this record intact. now manny looks a little bit more vulnerable after a close victory in his last fight. so floyd mayweather jr. want to fight now and is taunting manny on twitter.

that's because has a jail sentence of 90 days. that has been pushed back to june. the window is open for the fight to take place in may in las vegas. they are both welterweight champions, wbo adn wbc. floyd may weather is unbeaten and manny is unbeaten. this is the boxing fight everybody wants to see. >> we will see if it happens. we will remember this day. thank you. you are watching "bbc world news." some more supporting elements to come. 's england's credit grade talks about the issues of depression in sport. -- '-- s cricketfgreat.

a state of emergency has been declared in one town. more than 5 meters of snow have fallen in alaska in the town of cordova that began falling in november. >> alaska is used to snow, but not this much. this winter wonderland has turned into a living nightmare for 2200 residence. they have not seen the sun since the 1970's. >> i would love some help. >> many houses in this isolated coastal town are completely buried under the snow drift. in some cases the workers are trying to remove almost two meters of snow from rooftops. >> since november 1 we have had 177 inches of snowfall. all of that has stayed on the ground and has not melted. the commission on the rooftops is causing structures to collapse and safety hazards. the road 7 closed. 50 national guard have come into

snow shoveling rooftops and structures. >> over 1,000 millimeters to the northwest, the town of nome, alaska, is running out of fuel. a russian tanker carrying heating oil is struggling to reach the area. residents are pinning their hopes on the u.s. coast guard vessel cutting a path through the thick ice through the bering sea. >> this is a few feet of ice, under considerable pressure, the wind blowing. there's light snow cover. we are having a little bit more difficult time than yesterday. >> the national guard says there's a high risk of avalanche in the mountains around cordova. weather forecasters are warning the town to brace itself for another storm in the next few days. bbc news, alaska. >> thanks for watching "bbc world news." i am david eades. these are the headlines.

state media in iran say a nuclear scientist has been killed in iran by motorcyclist who attached a bomb to his car. a big victory for mitt romney in the new hampshire primary and takes him one step closer to securing the republican party's presidential nomination. a year it has been in the middle east. decades old regime's falling like dominoes. a new chapter in the history of the region is being written. uncharted territory may be. but there are some clues to be found in northern iraq on. 20 years ago the kurdish people overthrew a despotic leader. last year they took to the streets as well. now this report from the region. >> february 2011 in democratic post-sudan-arab kurdistan. people came out onto the streets of the second city demanding an end to corruption by a small political elite group. when young people started throwing rocks, the response was

ferocious. this was the first bloody day in a standoff between demonstrators and the authorities that would last two months and leave 10 people dead. this person and his wife have come to visit the graves of their son. he was 16 years old, still in school when he was shot dead on the 19th of february. >> that morning when he went out i told him not to go. i told him i had a dream that night. i said to him, i had a dream, if they start shooting, don't go that way, take another route. >> his parents blame the death of their son on militias of the two main political parties of kurdistan firing directly. he is the one in the red jumper. he was rushed to the hospital

but died that night of his injuries. >> unfortunately, that was a bad thing to do. arab spring had an influence on events. a group of people had permission to demonstrate peacefully that day, but after the demonstration a few of them turned violent, leaving some of them to be killed and wounded. >> but not everyone supports the protesters'. kurdistan is secure and stable compared to the rest of the area. the kurds have fought for centuries to gain the level of autonomy they have here today. there are plenty of people nervous about jeopardized and that by challenging the status quo that has got them here. after two months of continuous protests, government forces broke up the demonstrations in the city and killed a central square with their own troops. there is unfinished business here.

kurdish democracy is a work in progress. a lesson perhaps for other nations in the region trying to move beyond dictatorship. bbc news, kurdistan. >> researchers suggest one in five people will suffer from depression in their lives. in the world of professional sports it is still taboo subjects. the former england cricket capital and andrew believes he also suffered in the height of his career. he's made a documentary speaking to other sports stars who have suffered mental agonies in triumph and defeat, yet they felt too ashamed to tooit. he's looking back at press headlines of when he had to be rescued during the cricket world cup of 2007. >> i have never seen it before. first time i have seen any of the press surrounding what happened.

i am glad i actually did not read them at the time it was happening. i was feeling so bad. if i had read that at the time it might affect sent me over the edge. one of the things which struck out more than anything, even though it was a long time ago now, is the fact of disappointment people had in me. the feeling i had let people down. not just me and my teammates and coach, but you think your family even, my mom. probably a feeling of embarrassments. >> progress and headlines. i spoke with andrew earlier. he told me how he felt at the time. >> at that time i was always good at accepting pressures from the media, but on that trip i put so much on myself that there was nowhere to go.

that was a reflection of where i was at that time. >> you are known as someone who enjoys cricket and enjoy his life and have a few drinks when things are going well. it was a miserable time. was it about managing the team or just depression like people get? >> i think it was just pressures i put on myself. captain is one more job to look after everyone else. i probably needed to look after myself a little better. during the documentary, the more i have spoken to others, it's been a learning curve for me to explain to me why i was feeling like that at that time. >> why do you think it was? is there something about sport that would drive people to feeling this way? one in five people suffer from this. you have found a few sportsmen who do.

>> it is not exclusive to sports people. sport comes with its own pressure is and so does every day life for other people. it's just an illness that can affect anyone. by listening to someone like ricky that is a boxer you would never expect, it's tough guy who gets in the ring to fight people, but now anyone can seek help. i wish i had spoken about it more openly and honestly. >> if you look at that world, you would not want to say i'm not feeling very good today, boys. >> it has changed a little today and some taboos are being broken down. hopefully this documentary can help with that sp. i never expected this from vinny. that is how it was at that time.

but now we have been educated on the subject. people feel they can speak about it. >> ride at the pinnacle of your sport you are, and psychology is a big part of this, you are invincible, if no one can beat you, there are no vulnerabilities. >> that is one of the things i found hard to speak about. i did not want anyone thinking there was a change in my armor -- chink in my armor. you go back to the room and look at yourself in the mirror. >> you stopped playing sport at that level. do you still get about so feeling low? >> it's been tough. i've had an opportunity and to have television shows and

getting work. i do miss cricket. it is an adjustment, but speaking to some of these guys and finding a bit more about myself, that has helped me deal with retirement and going on to something new. now on television i am learning again. this is a new world and you get insecurities coming back. >> we get plenty of them, that's for sure. england taking on pakistan in the united arab emirates, what do you reckon? >> i lived in dubai for while. i think it will suit the pakistan team. if you look at the two squads, england is [unintelligible]

and it's going to be tough, but we have peterson and cook and strauss. >> that was andrew talking awhile ago. our website, bbc.com/news has the latest on the situation coming out of iran. they are blaming the u.s. and israeli intelligence for the killing of a nuclear scientist in the iranian capital. the news agency over there says that mostafa ahmadi-roshan died when a motorcyclist placed a bomb on his car. it killed the university lecturer who worked at the uranium enrichment facility. iran says it will not stop the country from pursuing nuclear ambitions. more on the website. bbc.com/news.

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