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>> and now, bbc world news. >> showing u.s. marines apparently your nating on the bodies of dead in afghanistan. >> henry clinton adds pressure on arab league monitors as the violence goes on in syria. welcome to "bbc world news." i'm david eades. >> next i'm no angry black woman. michele of bama denies making waves in the white house.

>> hello. 2 united states military says it's investigating a graphic video which appears to show marines your nating on dead table yourry nating on dead -- urine ating on dead tally ban. >> it's pretty grotesque to watch. in it you see four men standing outside in camouflage uniforms. clearly, they look like u.s. military and the men dying on

the ground look like afghans. there's another person filming that we don't see and the men standing up looking like u.s. troops are seen urinating on the bodies and the military says this is not indicative of the marines in our core and say they will fully investigate this. >> the pentagon says whoever it is and whatever it is, it is egregious behavior and unacceptable for a member of the military. there's been a response here in america from leading muslim rights group called the council

on american-islamic relations saying desecration of the dead is not only a violation but also the international laws of war and if the video is verified as authentic then it could ultimately endanger other soldiers and civilians. the u.s. is very sensitive to disturbing the waves since guantanamo bay. and it is saying the u.s. american military is responding so swiftly because it is very jumpy about relations. >> the director of foong afghanistan network radio, thank you for joining us. wondering what sort of response

you're hearing from afghan people. >> well, not everyone knows at the moment. but this happened, obviously. but soon they will discover. but those who know, they are really so upset and terrified. and somehow disappointed that it's not the first time this is happening with the u.s. forces kind of carrying out abuses which is against human dignity, against the code of conduct that they are probably provided. and against the international conventions and rules of war. and you know, how you should treat your enemy and don't engage in the conflict. >> i'm interested in the use of the word disappointed there. one taliban spokesperson is

quoted as saying there's many videos showing this sort of thing. they just haven't come to light. do you think those in afghanistan will be shocked more than surprised at what they see? >> well, you know, people do understand this is a war, and so many things can happen in a war, and we've always insisted that the reason we want the afghan government and international community to have more responsibility so first show their difference with the insurgents who killed afghans and in so many ways and secondly to establish the enacted they are here to help us and to protect us and not do anything against the values that's not only important to

afghan people but to anyone else on the planet. but we see it as -- i mean, we have not yet forgotten the killing of innocent boys and civilians by the american troops and then cutting their fingers and then playing and gambling on them. luckily we've heard news of them being put on trial. but it gets everybody in trouble. >> ok thank you very much indeed. director of the good morning afghanistan radio network. the government in burma has signed a cease-fire agreement with rebels. the throrts describing it at this stage as a preliminary society. it will allow them to open a lee asiason office and this comes after successful discussions between senior

leaders in the capital of koran state. bangkok, i asked if this agreement amounted to a big deal for burma. >> it's potentially a very big deal. i mean, it is only a first set, but the corrin national union has not had an agreement with them for 60 years, land the has been fighting on and off throughout that period. in fact there was a flareup in the border which brought the current burmese government power. it is just a creasefire agreement. there's a long way to go before a full-scale peace deal, but this is an important first step and the second creasefire deal. they will decide a deal with the shan state army last month. >> aaron, time for a look at the business. let's focus on -- i know it's

perennial but this is the spanish debt being sold today. >> yes. investors look very nervous. spain's first set to go to the mine market. he will have to raise around $6.7 billion dollar. that's the time frame. but a real big hit. not many expecting spain will continue to have to pay high interest rates. many suggest they will have to tell actual amount but again it's all eyes on that yield. again, we'll continue doing so. seeing how much it will force the spanish government to take on the spanish debt. on top of that, the european debt makes an interest rate decision. look, we're not expecting any change on the interest rate. remember, we had back-to-back interest rate cuts and the

e.c.b. in the last pumping half a trillion euros into european banks. to keep them afloat. >> we need to watch world business report. >> yep. the malaisian low-cost, long court could go down to the e.u. cashen rule. >> syria's president has displayed chilling cynicism to the uprising, those are the words of hillary clinton saying al star balance stad chooses to blame the unrest on an outside influences and the latest has many killed including a journalist. >> first an explosion then mayhem in the city.

at the scene the dead and injured carried away. in just a moment, lives gone, worlds changed. among them, french reporter geal among the western journalist to be killed. he was bundled into a taxi and driven off. now the death toll exceeds 5,000. the arab league monitors were supposed to be there to stop violence but since they have arrived violence has only increased. now a team member has re-signed in disgust and another has thought about it. >> i did not feel i belonged to an independent body monitoring the situation. i was giving the regime a greater chance to continue its killing, and i could not

prevent that. the u.s. once supporting is fast losing patience. >> the monitoring mission should not continue indefinitely. we cannot permit president assad and his regime to have immunity. syrians deserve a position transition. >> president assad appeared in front of large crowds of supporters and based the violence on what he calls terrorist gangs and shows no sign of backing down. so what now for syria? the arab league mission appears to have failed and international inventions, protests continue and still no sign on when or how syria's bloody contact with end. >> moving to the states as america's first lady michele obama has denied claims in her

new book that she is causing problems in the white house. she says she is tired of being portrayed of as an angry black woman creating problems behind the scenes. >> what does michele obama really think about life in the white house? speaking to cbs news, the first lady dismisses claims she has been unhappy. >> i love this job. it has been a privilege from day one. now there are challenges with being a mother and trying to keep your kids sane. i worry a lot about that. if there's any diet i feel it's because i want to make sure i feel great coming out of this with the girls whole. >> this is an interview as a new book was making waves in washington. written by a "new york times" journalist, it says relations

were strained between she and her husband's advisors because she mettled in policy. and stayed first lady discovered her mission as school girls welcomed her. now she looks relaxed and confident, ready to be at his side for another four years if that's what america decides. >> the word if critical to that sentence of course. you're watching "bbc world news." i'm david eades. a lot more still to come -- what you pay for and what you see. taking up the fwroush create the ultimate new royal portrait. a tv station in pakistan

reporting president has gone to dubai for further medical check-up. as the military and civilian government dates grow. they say the tribute is not related to the current crisis. >> heading for a showdown for the country's politicians. i came a step closer on tuesday after the prime minister thanked retired left general a former soldier with close ties to the military. officially he's been fired for gross misconduct and illegal action but this is the growing row between that unsigned memo appearing to show pasquarelli civilian leadership asking for the u.s. for direct intervention. the defense secretary only adds

to tensions that the prime minister has definitive canceled hurry memory. >> they have always reported it and as far as the business rowls are concerned, there should be no violations. >> few in speculation and in the streets about what happens next. >> if anything unconstitutional happens, it will be wrong. the -- to take the country toward more instability, lit create problems. if the constitution is not followed the consequences could be very bad. >> tensions between pakistan's armed forces and politicians are nothing new. there's no sign of how or when this latest standoff will end. richard forest, "bbc world news."

>> i'm david eades. let's get our headlines on "bbc world news." u.s. military is investigating a video which appears to show american marines yourry nating on the dead bodies or talent ban -- dead tally ban members. now having a look at sports. having a look at, well, it's fascinating the teams at the top of the premiere league near england, they are all beating each other a bit. everyone's vulnerable. this is in the cup. in the english league cup. two legs, so it's not all over, but the first level was only starting that. then they put up the wall. they parked the red bus. in front of the city.

but there's a other controversial, look at thrafment challenge by glen johnson. really deserving of a red card. didn't get a yellow one either. >> remember the cup of yellow got the yellow cup and lost it for perhaps a club at christian pick. entering the tunnel, and the captain so, plenty going on. >> so jared is back? >> yes. >> excellent. soke. -- ok. thank you very much. now to iran where the well not to iran but the president mahmoud ahmadinejad is in cuba talking to fidel castro on his third leg of his tour over iran's nuclear program. while, while certain said this.

sarah sent this report. >> this is a spot by iran's presidents and its allies. the third from iran, is now here. mr. ahmadinejad was given the warmest of cuban welcomes. there were no words for him here. just a v sign for victory. >> at the university another show of friendship. iran's president was awarded an honorary document with low applause. seen elsewhere, certain developing u.s. christian criticism as it refuses to stop. ahmadinejad is clearly trying to send a message to the world saying under pressure iran

still has friends, and one of them is cuba. >> these two friends united above all by their problems with america. perhaps mahmoud ahmadinejad was hoping for some survival tips. public he chose to talk against capitalism. on the streets outside some cubans just have the idea that mahmoud ahmadinejad is possible. >> all countries have the right to the develop the country they need. any problems should be involved through dialogue. but so far there have been no floobs iran sara, "bbc news," havana. >> and the european union, leaders having to grapple with its new problem child, hungry. they thought about holding out

for groups with economic problems and real fears the country may be sliding from the rule of threw right-wing populism. this from budapest. hungry is a country where austerity start early and never stopped. its currency is exapsing. its population in the syria of crisis the >> i aware it's donning on them that the government they hired to sort things is out becoming the pariah. in the space of 18 months, victor has achieved a lot. he has introduced a flat tax that put a hole in the country's budget. to fill the hole he

nationalized the private pension scheme to prevent a challenge to that, he neutralized the constitutional court and changeed if law to near permanent majority here in the nationaler parliament and then he's asked the i.m.n. for $20 billion. >> victor all ban was elected in "20/20" -- was elected in to tax large companies and take control of the central bank. last week, tens of thousands of hungarians took to the street for what they saw was the youth, the usual mixture in these times of protests but find big supports in our problem he reflects a generation in despair. >> at times they attach themselves to the central bank, the national bank which has

reserve of $35 billion euros. and half of it would be enough to finance the state budget in 2012. it's extremely dangerous. the reserve of the national bank is the last anchor or the last backing of the hungarian economy. so if they dothat, i think there is no further stop before the bankruptcy. >> hungry's people were sold the idea that europe meant prosperity. but despite that explosion gloom, dear force. now, at its oh, the debt crisis. but there's a crucial difference. on the tech me to crat i can government, it's already been tried. in the late night bars of bude

apest, life goes on. she never knew communism but the european union would guarantee certain social values i demed metted that and is now in question. >> how the st.s of children right across britain are being asked to take a very close look at themselves. face britain is an attempt to create a new portrait of the queen for the diamond jube lee with pictures of children right across the u.k. >> is that your face? >> well. yes. slightly. if someone saw that, would they know it was you?

>> well, yes. because of my smile. because of the smile. >> here, at the school, everyone is concentrating hard. i've joined the morning class. because today, they are taking a close look at themselves. >> so what is this? >> it's a picture of myself. and i'm trying to draw myself. >> looking at that picture now, would everyone in class know who that was? >> yes. >> why? >> my nose. >> do you think -- he looks scary. >> no. >> he looks like -- >> something. >> aw, that's the nicest thing anyone's said. >> and all of them are going to end up being shrunk and then

used to create a collage portrait of the queen. >> it's my face i would not part with. neither the hair nor the err. where do you think this will you be coin in 2012. >> makes me think i need to get my eyebrows checked. >> but it looks a lot like you. yes. >> i'm looking a bit serious, though, aren't i? >> yes. the thing about it is you might capture a bit of the way that you look but -- >> describe this one. >> mad. very colorful and a little less of imagination. >> so that's you. and this is going on across britain. in an anticipate the to create

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