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>> and now "bbc world news." >> two western journalists are reportedly killed in the syrian city of homs. more violent protests in afghanistan after the inadvertent and purging -- burning up the koran. is he about to challenge the prime minister for her job? welcome to "pc world news." kebra tim's prime minister tells this radical islam is a threat to international security. and watching the signs of a heart attack. is it different for women than men?

syrian activists say that two western journalists have been killed in the city of homs. they were killed when a shell hit a makeshift media center. there has been no official confirmation of the names of the journalists. earlier, the activists give me an account of what they were doing prior to their debt. -- death. >> they were with the protesters. they were listening to what was happening around them. they are moving with them. we know from our members that this was happening and we told the media and the human rights activists to take immediate action.

when we are speaking a from the heavy shelling and shooting from tanks against civilians, no one is moved. today the victims were the journalists. one man was also a journalist but he was carrying a device. he was also killed by this shooting. >> the syrian activist in homs. it promised to and -- a prom inent citizen journalist was also killed. he is said to have died after a number of apartment -- a bombardment on the city. there has been limited access

for the international media in the country. as the violence intensifies, the united states has warned it is not ruling out what it calls additional measures if bashar al-assad does not stop the killing. russia has said it is working on a safe passage of humanitarian convoys. from beirut, we have been updating -- of dates on the fighting. >> homs has several fighters there. there are other quarters that have come under fire this morning. reports also from the south of the country of attacks on a village down there. a large number of troops are being brought up. also in the east, near the iraqi

border, trouble there as well. a little bit everywhere. the main focus was on the bombardment in homs. it is not clear how intensive it is. there has been some video on a youtube suggesting it is intense, showing explosions in the quarter. >> when the u.s. talks of additional measures against syria, what does that mean? >> i think it is a hint that pressure is growing for the opposition to be armed. the americans do not necessarily need to do that. they can encourage or facilitate or turn a blind eye. influential people like john mccain have been calling for it. certainly i think syria's arab adversaries see that as the way forward. >> speaking to me earlier on the

situation in syria. much more on the web site, we will keep you updated. fury at the mishandling of religious materials by nato forces looks to be spreading. protesters shouting death to america have set fire. demonstrations have seen one person killed and more than 20 wounded. it was sparked by the removal and burning of items, including the koran. tendrils have apologized and insisted no offense was intended -- generals have apologized and insisted no offense was intended. reports now of one person actually having died and many more injured. >> that is right. i can update that total. we were in a hospital in a short time ago where at least 10 of

the protesters injured in the demonstration had been taken. what we were there, one of those protesters died. you could really feel the anger over what has happened. as we were there, doctors told us to leave because relatives of the man who died and started shouting, where are the foreigners. many of the injured we were talking to, despite their wombs, or directing their anger at us and -- wounds, were directing their anger at us. as you say, one another protester is reported to have been killed. it seems to be a picture of the anger spreading although i cannot -- i can tell you that the biggest protests on the eastern side have dispersed. >> can you clarify what exactly

happened to the materials? why were they taking? or they burned? -- were they burned? >> the americans say they are investigating. what we understand is that all large haul of mature -- religious materials, including copies of the koran, were taken from prisoners in the main u.s. detention center. they believed that the prisoners had been using the books to transfer messages. they were all taken away. what is not clear is why the americans decided to then burn all of this material. afghan workers working at one of the incineration pips where the u.s. troops burned a lot of their rubbish, they saw these korans and other books being dumped. they intervened to stop them.

those afghans' spread the word of what happened. they came out with fragments to show the crowd. that is what sparked the demonstrations yesterday. >> thanks very much. the international atomic energy agency says iranian officials have presented a team -- prevented a team from visiting. they had discussions requesting access to the military base about 30 kilometers southeast of the koran. no agreement was reached. -- tehran. and no agreement was reached. >> we discussed the possible military dimensions of iran's nuclear program. we also tried to get access to a site that is relevant for our investigations. we approached this in a constructive spirit.

unfortunately, we could not get agreement on either of them. we could not get access or finalize a way forward. we will now report to the director general and later to the board of governors who is going to meet at the beginning of march. then we will have to cede the next steps. >> after that inspection of iran. apple ipad, china, it does not going to get their happy. -- go together happy. >> you have a chinese company that have initiated a court hearing in shanghai. they are claiming that they owned the ipad name. that is synonymous with apple. they are saying that they bought

the rights in china and in other countries, and in 2009. they say that is not the case. there are issues about the transfers of the name. it is a case of trademark infringement. there are reports that they are happy to take a settlement. if the court rules in their favor, it would impact one of apple's most important markets. they want to give them the power to hold the apple ipad in shanghai. >> hewlett-packard is trying to emulate the success of apple. their results are out today. as the boston enough? >> that is the big question. it is interesting because the new boss is a lady called met whitman. she was the boss of ebay.

people are using things like the ipad. it is a case of trying to persuade them to use a standard computer. whether she has achieved that, we will know later in the day. >> now, we take you to australia because the governing labor party is in turmoil after the resignation of kevin rudd. he was previously the prime minister. there is speculation he is planning to challenge the current leader, julia gillard. kevin rudd outlined the reasons for him stepping down. >> the truth is i can only serve as foreign minister if i have the confidence of the prime minister and her senior ministers. in recent days, a number of men have publicly attacked my integrity and therefore my fitness to serve as the minister

in the government. when challenged today on these attacks, the prime minister chose not to repudiate them. i can only reluctantly concluded that she therefore shares these views. >> kevin rudd talking about his job. another job has been on the line. not yours. >> absolutely. your children are fans of chelsea. should he stay or go? >> i think they should give him more time. >> chelsea lost last night against napoli. were talking about how this was going to be a big game. they did lose. some that defensive errors. is he going to stay or go? it is a big decision. a moment, they are saying there

are fine. >> it has had a difficult time of it the last few months. chelsea tends to change their managers when they're not happy with them. >> too often. that is not good enough. there is no stability. he has to keep going. there were defensive paris last night, which have been costly. -- errors last night, which have been costly. >> we have to get this right. at the moment, without to john, we are missing important player. may be contrary to what was happening to us in the beginning of january where we improve to lot. we have a focus on the future but we are committed to the present. the present is trying to avert

this negative result regarding whatever comes out. it does not matter for you. -- for me. >> he has a game on saturday. whether he is going to be in charge for the game against napoli remains to be seen. maybe your son should have a word. >> you are watching "bbc world news." some of the militants are facing a threat. that is the warning from britain's prime minister. the authorities say three have been killed and 11 injured in clashes between the army and rebels. they say the soldiers were killed in the rural town in the southeast of the country.

a state of emergency has been declared in bolivia as floods have forced hundreds of families from their homes. officials are concerned the waters will wash out the bridge linking bolivia to brazil. security forces have stormed a prison after writing a book -- rioting took control of the prison. it was over the stabbing of an and men. hundreds of security forces surrounded the perimeter. inmates have been taking to hospital, having suffered injuries from rubber bullets. or at the website. -- more at the website. are made headlines for you -- two journalists are reportedly

killed in the besieged assyrian city of homs. more protests in afghanistan after the inadvertent burning of the koran by nato troops. some protesters have lost their lives. anti-capitalist protesters outside st. paul face eviction after they failed to overturn a ruling that they must leave the site. three judges said the demonstrators had no legal case and refused the right of appeal. joining me now is our correspondent. tell us what is happening. >> this is the end of the road for the protesters who occupied that your chart outside the cathedral. they have heard from the court of appeals in central london that they have no further appeal against eviction. in terms of english law, that is it for them. that means that the corporation of london has the legal right to

go ahead in the next few days to take away the contents and all of the other parts of the encampment, like the library, all of the belongings can be cleared away. it is an order allowing them to dismantle the camps. we have heard some and passion reactions from the protesters. bain have to decide how they will react. >> this caused a huge rau last year involving banks -- row last year involving banks. >> even though the protesters have lost the legal battle to keep their encampment, they have made a significant contribution, they have altered the tone of political debate. there have been a lot more talk from mainstream politicians

about what capitalism, what kind of moral duties capitalism might have, a banker bonuses, a lot more pressure on those who are getting big bonuses to turn them down. a royal bank of scotland, the company is now a largely owned by the taxpayers. you can say that though their numbers have dwindled, they have had difficulty. now they have nowhere to go in terms of this camp. you can say they have had some success in contributing to public debate about the nature of society. >> it will be interesting to see what happens over the next few days. women suffering from a heart attack may not experience the same the chest pains menu. that is according to a new study carried out by the united states. young women may not be getting

the right treatment. >> when a heart attack strikes, time is vital. delays can make the difference between life and death. for women, younger women, it can be more important. a woman under 55 who has a heart attack is more likely to die compared to a man of the same age. part of the reason may be in the different symptoms displayed by women. looking at hospital admissions, they found there were none of the classic chest pains associated with heart attack in 42%, compared to 32% of men. death rates were higher, where than 14% died compared to over 10% of men. >> while women may not have heart attacks very often, when they do, they may not present as we are taught in ? books. we have to be alert and

vigilant and open-minded. >> this adds to previous evidence that women sometimes do not have the same symptoms as men. women are warned to be aware that heart attacks can cause severe pain or nothing more than discomfort. it says that those symptoms can be overlooked by inexperienced medical staff. protected on the occasion when a heart attack strikes a younger woman. >> the british prime minister david cameron is warning of a threat from within somalia. he told the bbc that islamists are a concern that the threat from al-shabaab is what he calls "real and substantial." he has been speaking ahead of a london conference. >> decades of conflict and chaos, so molly is a country with a non a functioning central

government. the government relies on the protection of an african union peacekeeping force. that government mandate ends in august. >> it matters for the somali people themselves whether they progress but also matters for the rest of the world. while the problems are very deep and the challenges are great, i do see some signs of progress. >> that may be so but the challenges are still great. somali is driven by violence, much of which is inspired by al- shabaab, a group which has announced its links with al qaeda. a al-shabaab emerged in 2006 to fight forces who had entered somalia to back the week interim government. six years on, it now controls much of the center in the south

of the country. in the capital, african union peacekeepers say that al-shabaab has been driven out. there are fears about the influence of the group outside of somalia. in concern for the uk. >> i think the security threat is real. it is substantial. it is encourages violent jihad inside somalia. there is a danger of young british somalis having their minds poisoned. it is a terrorist threat. it could get worse. >> the power vacuum has allowed a tax on international merchant ships. that is why the u.k. has taken steps to put on cards on ships. >> you are only dealing with the symptom rather than the cause.

somalia has not been a functioning state. there has not been proper governance. we have to put in place all of those building blocks. the people are starving -- starting to do that. we can help them to do just that. >> efforts have already taken place in the u.k. mr. cameron knows the people themselves need to be engaged. at home, a road. >> bells from notre dame has inspired people for centuries but their deafening sound has hit a sour note as we report. >> the cathedral is offering itself a present were the of the occasion, a new set of bells. these four bells in the north

tower are not the medieval originals. quasimodo would have never seen them. their sound has become familiar to generations but for those in the know, it is not a true sound. >> the bell's components were not complete. we wanted to trace back the history of the building. >> the bells have been removed through the same trap door they passed through 150 years ago. in the south tower, the big bell is staying. it will be joined by a second bell. >> the bells are part of the holy music, just like a singing,

to spread the word of god to the people. >> the idea is that the new set of bills will have a sound closer to the original appeal. notes they rang. if not the actual ballots, we should have the sound that quasimodo was deafened by. >> an australian mining company says it has found a 12.76 ^ pink diamond, the largest in the country. the rare diamond was found at rio tinto mine in western australia. add zest to beat -- estimated to be worth millions. it has been cut and polished where it will be sold later this year. start counting now. it looks wonderful. much more at the website,

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