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>> and now, bbc world news. >> pakistan's political crisis deepens. the prime minister is issued with a contempt notice and ordered to appear before the supreme court. a partial u-turn in nigeria. the president reinstates a fuel subsidy after huge protests against the rising price of fuel. a sixth person confirmed dead after a cruise ship runs aground off the coast of italy. the owners say the captain may be to blame. these are the latest live pictures. welcome to "bbc world news." i'm geeta guru-murthy. also in this program -- from protest to village chief, the chinese man who took on corrupt officials is appointed head. local council and all the news from last night's golden globe awards from hollywood, where it was a good night for the comedy, "the artist."

>> more pressure on pakistan's beleaguered government. the supreme court has issued a contempt notice to the prime minister, yousuf gilani. he could face charges over his government blocking corruption cases against senior politicians. let's go now to the capital there, islamabad, aleem maqbool. the civilian government under pressure from the military in the last few days, and now from the court. >> yes, and it was thought that perhaps if this government was going to collapse, it would be the courts that would do it. this is a very serious step forward by the supreme court. they gathered behind me in the supreme court building earlier in the day, and they have now started contempt proceedings against the prime minister. if he is found guilty, he will be disqualified from office.

if he doesn't attend that hearing later in the week, he'd also be reprimanded t. is a serious step forward. they did have other options they could have taken, like, for example, handing this case back to parliament. but they have decided toe begin these proceedings on the basis of the fact that the prime minister has not obeyed rulings from a couple of years ago. the supreme court said a couple of years ago that the government had to move to reopen corruption cases against the president. the government hasn't done that. it says that the president enjoys immunity as president, and so they're not going to do that. but the court has decided that that is contempt of court or could be, and that's why they began these proceedings, and it could be that they deem prime minister gilani to have breached his oath of office. >> and are there signals that he would try to stay in his position while an illegal battle is fought out? i mean, how much does this increase the political

instability now in pakistan? >> well, it's increased over the last few months fairly rapidly. there has been, as you rightly said in your introduction, pressure coming from the army. there's been an open war of words, really, between the prime minister himself and the army chief, you know, the prime minister said that the army here operated as a state within a state. the army chief says that prime minister gilani's comments in the last week or so were very dangerous, and there would be grievous comments. it is a third institution, the supreme court, that has put even more pressure on this government. it is only months away from being the first civilian government to have carried out its full term in office, but that is looking very precarious indeed right now. >> aleem maqbool in islamabad, thank you. nigeria's president, goodluck

jonathan, pass partially cut down the cut in fuel subsidies that led to days of crippling protests. the president acknowledged the suffering that the withdrawal of subsidies has caused and says the price of pet roll will be cut by around a third, but he refused to store it to its original level. our reporter in lagos, said that goodluck jonathan had been forced to act. >> certainly the pressure has been put on the president's shoulders, and he was the first person in a sense to blink in this fight, and he has actually, as you said, brought back some of the fuel subsidy. the unions were asking for 100% of the fuel subsidy back. what he just announced is the price of pet roll will go down to 60 cents, and he said that's a 60% return of the fuel subsidy, so it's not exactly what the unions were asking for, and we have to wait and see what their response is going to be for that. >> and there has been a very, very difficult few days in the country, hasn't it? the president admitting there's

been an almost near breakdown of law and order. >> he has. he's made several references in his speech to absolute anarchy. people were trying to hijack the process. he's given a sense that the country was under pressure. there are army military check points throughout the commercial capital, lagos, and we're hearing reports from one news agency that the site that we were broadcasting from all last week on "bbc world," where one of the mass rallies was taking place, has actually been overrun by soldiers. there was some report that some of the equipment had been dismantled. what people might be worried about here, from the president's words, he's using it as a smoke screen to stub out protesters who aren't necessarily part of the unions. the unions had told their members not to go to mass rallies today. but because this has become quite an embarrassment for the government, it does look like the government may be wanting to crack down on civil society protests and being quite harsh about it.

>> mark lobel in lagos. at least six people are known to have died after a cruise ship ran aground off the coast of tuscany. the concordia hit rocks off the island of giglio on friday night. the owners of the cruise ship say there may have been significant human error on the part of the ship's captain, an allegation he denies. for another night, rescue workers did not give up hope. they used tugboats to get close to the stricken ship and shine lights through the glass to look for those still unaccounted for. below the water, divers have been searching every cabin. from deep inside the vessel on sunday, an italian crew member was winched to safety. but there are still a number missing, among them, a pregnant french woman. most of the 4,000 on board survived, and in dramatic

circumstances. one survivor filmed these images on his mobile phone the moment after the ship ran into trouble. he can be heard asking a steward in spanish if everything is ok, why are you wearing your life jacket. "just in case," he says. after making it near dry land, he captured this startling image of the concordia, still illuminated and lifting to one side. so what went wrong? this man, captain francesco schettino, is under arrest. he's accused of abandoning ship before some of his passengers. the company responsible for the liner issued a statement saying preliminary indications are that there may have been significant human error on the part of the ship's master,

captain francesco schettino, and the captain's judgment appears not to have followed standard costa procedures. those who survived may did so by getting into life boats or by swimming ashore. this man is one of them. he's now home in austria and into the arms of his son. he says his life boat was pushed away from the vessel by one of the ship's cooks, just before the whole thing capsized. he says it was hell. and if he and other survivors need a reminder of their ordeal, then it's still there for all to see. costa concordia is a wreck on the tuscan coast. >> aaron is here. when people are missing, it can seem somewhat premature to talk about the business situation on this, but there is obviously an effect on the industry. >> i can tell you right now, carnival, we are talking about the largest cruise line in the

world, carnival cruise, they operate 11 different brands, but their share price is dual listed in the u.s. and u.k., and last time i looked, they were down around 21%. more than a billion dollars has been wiped off the value of this company since the disaster, as you can see there on the screen t. couldn't come at a worse time in the sense for the entire industry, baupts the january to march, the first three months of the year, is what they call the wave season. it accounts for about a third of all bookings for the industry during this particular time, so you can only imagine that people around the world are thinking of taking a cruise, looking at scenes and pictures that we've seen, the incredible pictures we've seen over the weekend, may -- may sink again or create a judgment about perhaps not booking at the moment until they perhaps know the full outcome and what went wrong with this particular ship. >> these are the live pictures that are coming in to us from

that stricken ship, completely on its side there, and the rescue operation is continuing, we should stress that. >> i can tell you, later on at about 11:30 our time, g.m.t., i'm going to be talking to an expert about the industry, just to talk further about the wider implications and the impact of this disaster. >> just looking back now to europe, because we had a pretty worrying news on france just before the weekend. how has that affected shares, or has it not? >> let me tell you, the markets, it was a collective yawn, because the markets knew this. the markets are forward thinking. the markets look ahead. the credit rating agencies are always a step or two behind, many will say. look, the markets had already priced this in, so no great negative surprise or reaction. the focus really for this week is greece. greece is the word, and i hate

to use it, but many analysts are saying it could be make or break week, for about the 15th time. we know we've got the committee from the e.u. and i.m.f. about the bailout, back into athens today and tomorrow, looking at how much work greegs has done to meet its target. but on top of that, and i'll talk more on the "world business report," is the meet and greet greece is having with its bankers. it wants to force the banks to take a 50% writeoff. those talks fell apart on friday. they will resume on wednesday. but it's vital those talks with bankers are vital for greece to go forward and get its rescue, its third round of rescue. i'll have a lot more in about 20 minutes. >> thanks very much. now, preliminary results from kazakhstan's parliamentary election show that two new parties have won seats in parliaments for the first time. however, the ruling maintains a big majority winning over 80%

of the vote. but the communist and pro business party past the % there are hold required to gain parliamentary seats. now, monitors are saying the election failed to meet basic democratic principles. the bbc's reporter joins me now from the kazak capital with more on the results. what are the international monitors now saying? >> we heard from the organization for security and corporation, they traditionally monitor elections, and they said that the sunday vote in kazakhstan did not meet democratic principles. they said that the authorities did not create the atmosphere for holding genuine election, because a number of opposition parties were not allowed to take part. the only opposition party which was allowed to spend in these elections, according to the election commission, got just over 1% of the vote, and just

next door from here, where i'm talking to you, the opposition is holding a press conference, they're saying that they will challenge these decisions. they're planning to hold a big protest tomorrow. >> is it likely this challenge will make much difference to the authorities? >> we'll have to wait and see. the authorities, of course, we've heard from the president, and he said that these elections were unprecedented. they were free and fair and a lot has been done to hold them in this democratic manner. he referred to the number of observers, for example. he was saying that over 1,000 international observers have been invited to monitor the vote. but as we heard from the monitors, they just said that it's unfortunately once again kazakhstan failed to meet dome i can principles. they've also mentioned the situation in the oil town, which was hit by rise last month. we praise the decision to hold the election there despite a

curfew, but they said that they wished a lot more has been done to ensure freedom of expression, of assembly, and movement of people in that oil town, where at least 60 people were killed in rises last month. >> thank you. you're watching "bbc world news." still to come -- all the news on last night's golden globe awards, including a good night for the silent comedy, "the artist." british scientists in antarctica are preparing to drill into an underground lake two miles below the ice. they'll send a probe there to recover samples they hope will contain new forms of life, as well as giving them more clues about climate change. >> while the surface temperatures can plummet to a bone-chilling minus 70 celsius thanks to the bitter winds on the west antarctic ice sheet, two miles beneath, heat from

the earth's core keeps the waters free from ice. drilling into a sub lake is not easy. now scientists have successfully delivered more than 0 tons of equipment that they will need when they make their first attempt next december. there's a hole through the ice using a hose pipe and scalting hot watt. they will then lower a specially developed titanium probe to gather water and sediment samples, almost all the components have been designed from scratch at the university of south hampton. and a critical element is cleanliness. bacteria must be prevented from entering the lake at all costs. >> essential things is our sampling system that's going to return the samples to the scientists, and if any of that started because of what we've done, then it will foul-up the experiment and won't get the result we need. so everything has to be absolutely pristine. >> as the lake hasn't been disturbed for at least 125,000 years, scientists hope it may

contain life forms that have never been seen before. but when they start drilling, they'll have to be quick. despite 15 years of planning, they will only have 24 hours to retrieve samples before the bitter conditions seal the drill hole once again. >> much more, of course, at the website, bbc.com/news. more on our main story, the italian cruise ship there. this is "bbc world news." i'm geeta guru-murthy. the headlines -- pakistan's prime minister is issued with a contempt notice and ordered to appear in front of the supreme court as the political crisis deepens. a sixth person has been confirmed dead after a cruise ship ran aground off the italian coast. the owners say the captain could be at fault. these are the live pictures from the sea.

we are hoping to go to a news conference with the company that owned that ship in the next 15 to 20 minutes. the leader of protests against land grabs in a southern chinese village has been appointed its new chief. anger in wukan is land seizures by officials and led to an open revolt. let's go to beijing and speak to our correspondent, martin patience. is this a small victory? >> well, certainly you walk into the village, that's the way they're seeing it. this dispute over land, which started in september, led to protests in this village in wukan. in many ways, it came to symbolize local corruption and land grabs in china. though protests came to a head

in december when one of the village and negotiators died in police custody. according to the authorities, he died of natural causes. that was the belief by many villagers. but then, following international coverage, we saw not local officials, but provincial officials. they are prosecuting two local officials, one of which is it accused of corruption. they've agreed to hold new elections. so certainly i think the villagers there, the one we spoke to, are certainly happy about this outcome. it's worth pointing out they stress that the land dispute at the heart of these protests as yet to be resolved. they are hopeful that in the coming months, some sort of agreement can be reached. >> and how likely is it that this whole issue will be settled in a more favorable way, perhaps for those who have land at the moment or in the future? >> well, certainly from the villagers' point of view,

they're hopeful that there will be a resolution, and certainly the authorities here in beijing, they say they do take the concerns of villagers across the country very seriously. it's worth pointing out the leaders here often stress that corruption at a local level is a serious threat to the communist parties across the country. that said, i think there will be concern, because obviously this is an issue of transparency. certainly wukan is being seen as a symbol of a way to stand up against local officials to take a stand against authorities. up until this day, it seems to have been a successful strategy. that said, many other villagers will simply face repression. >> martin patience in beijing, thank you. doibtsful is no longer the headline crisis it was in africa, but its repercussions are still felt by tens of thousands of refugees. the aid officials who tried to

raise the alarm over darfur has now been expelled from chad for trying to visit the refugees. our correspondent reports. >> this girl was just a baby when war and disease took away her home and parents in darfur. she's one of 200,000 refugees in camps here in eastern chad. it was the first genocide of the 21st century, but 10 years after the dreadful events in darfur began, these, the survivors, are still unable to return to their home. the world was powerless to prevent the campaign of rape and murder against the people of darfur and unable to make it safe for them to go home. >> looking at these children.

>> now the man who first revealed the scale of what was going on, the former u.n. chief in sudden an, has been banned from visiting the camps. his only access to the refugees was seeing our pictures before he was expelled from chad. >> they are reminders of what genocide war took place 10 years ago and which continues to this very day and generate the suffering that we've seen now. >> and it is getting worse, not better. broken families still come across the border, leaving behind the chaos of darfur to live on the minds in the refugee camps. david loyn, bbc news, eastern chad. >> sport now, mike is here. tennis? >> yeah, roger federer, he's about to confirm his place in the second round, routine win in three sets. he's raced to the third set. i think he's poised to take the third set, confirm his place in the next round. so joining the likes of mardy

fish, rafa nadal, juan martin del potro. in the women's draw, clijsters going through as well. the big shock has been the fall of fernando verdasco. he's gone out to the australians' favorite -- he's the highest ranked australian in the draw, the youngest, bernard. i suppose not an unknown completely. he was a qualifier at wimbledon, but wasn't seeded here. but yeah, a real hope for australia -- he was actually born in germany, but moved to australia when he was 3. so they've certainly claimed him. >> absolutely. >> in the nfl, the defending champions in the super bowl won't be there this year. they're out. a real shock. they've been sent packing, the green bay packers. so you might get new york to sing "start spreading the news," because the giants put on a giant performance. and they won at the home of the packers as well. this is hakeem nicks, a receiver, from eli manning for

one of the touchdowns. eli manning was the star of the show. this is a shorter throw to mario manningham. so this means the giants are through to the divisional final next week against the san francisco 49ers. these little town blues are certainly melt ago way. they won it in 2007. could it be 2011? >> we'll see. mike, thanks very much indeed. the silent film "the artist" has won the golden globe for best musical or comedy at the awards in beverly hills. other winners include "the descendants." george clooney was best actor. meryl streep, best actress for her role as former british prime minister, margaret thatcher, in "the iron lady." we report from l.a. >> a long line of a-listers parading their red-carpet plumeage for round one of the annual awards season. >> good evening. >> ricky gervais was invited back to present despite upsetting everyone last year.

>> now, the hollywood foreign press have warned me that if i insult any of you or any of them or offend any of you or cause any controversy whatsoever they'll definitely invite me back next year as well. >> who kicked off the tv award. >> and the golden globe goes to "downtown abbey." >> and the award for luther and kate winslet followed. >> a good start for british talent. in the film category, there was no real runaway winner, but the silent movie "the artist" picked up three awards for best comedy, actor, and score. "the despondents" was on its heels with george clooney picking up best act tore and the film best drama. the globes often go to the oscars, and meryl streep's portrayal of margaret thatcher in "the iron lady" went down better here than it has in britain. it's the first of the big red carpet to be unrolled to mark the official start of the glamorous and glittering awards

season, so there's plenty of sequins and paparazzi and, of course, those dreadful acceptance speeches. from now until the end of february, when we have the oscars. >> much more on our website, bbc.com/news, the latest there for you from the coast of italy, these are the latest pictures coming in to us of the ship on its side, a helicopter there joining in for that rescue operation. around 15 people still unaccounted for. we know, sadly, six people have now died. another body was found in the last few hours. and the major inquiry into how this disaster came about is now gathering momentum. the actions of the captain have been criticized by the company, although he maintains his innocence on this. we are expecting a news conference from the company of

the ship shortly. we'll bring you all the latest from there. i'm geeta guru-murthy. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to know your business, offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you?

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