. >> election officials in tunisia said the main islamic party ennahda is well ahead.t is not expected to have an overall majority. the party is now in talks with the secular opponents on forming a broad coalition government. >> it was reward for years of resistance to dictatorship. ennahda was banned under the old regime. it is now a leading voice in shaping the future. they insist they do not want an islamist state here. >> we are a political party. we are not a religious party. just like the christian democrats in germany and other parts of the world. the inspiration for our values is our faith. we are very much -- >> ennahda says there are no plans to force women to dress conservatively or restrict their freedom. gender equality in the work place is one of their policies. >> when you ask people why they voted for ennahda, they do not talk about religion. the talk about honesty and public life. about the need for a government that will not steal, the people. people voted for them because they want a clean break with the corruption of the old dictatorship. in the wea

we have done latest from the capital of tunis. >> on the strength of provisional results, ennahda has declared victory. few doubt that full official results on tuesday evening will do anything but confirmed that they have the majority in tunisia's new constitutional assembly and the ability to nominated interim prime minister. tunisians have voted. both parties have been consistently part of the struggle for democracy. at the forefront of this is the ennahda party. >> that does not mean that tunisia's secular as are happy about it. some held a demonstration outside. a handful claim there have been voting irregularities. but the eu gives them a clean bill of health. >> the process to place normally, very enthusiastic. people were very emotional. i think that whenever the results, the final results o might show tomorrow, there is a winner. democracy has won. >> secularists do not believe ennahda will keep its word to respect tunisia's rights to worship as they would like. ennahda will hold its internal party elections later this year. >> now we have the latest on the ongoing flood disas

the electoral commission confirms that ennahda was well ahead in the vote. they were banned during the decades of rule by president ollie -- ali. it was almost a year ago that a fruit vendor set himself on fire in protest and helped to unleash the demonstrations. now a father in pakistan has committed a similar act outside of the parliament in islamabad. he said he was exhausted by poverty. the man doused himself in kerosene aftailing to find a job. >> his name was raja, meaning king. he could not feed his young children. in despair, he came here to the parliament building. outside, he set himself on fire before police could stop him. he was rushed to the hospital. police say he left a note gaming poverty and asking the government -- a note blaming poverty and asking the government to look after his family. he had burns on 90% of his body. only his feet were unaffected. they tried to save him but after five hours, they lost the fight. his father said only god will help us. he has two boys and his wife is pregnant. he told us that his son was a ruling party s

the winner of tunisia's first ever democratic election, the islamist ennahda party, has said that day are interested in human rights. violence broke out in one town. people are protesting against the disqualification against some local candidates. >> this video posted is said to show the offices of the ennahda party. the offices are reported to have been attacked and buildings set on fire. the protests came after election officials disqualified candidate at from one party for alleged violations of campaign spending rules. >> they saw the very first protest that sparked off uprisings across the arab world. now, the curfew has been imposed after the latest unrest. official confirmation of results came on thursday night. there were celebrations at the headquarters of the party. they later said they did not want to introduce a strict islamic law. >> we promise to continue to work for the aims of the revolution -- freedom, independence, development, and prosperity. women, men, the religious, and then on religious are respected because to reject is for everybody. >> one test of how open the

ennahda was the winner of the largest number of seats. our correspondent gave us the latest situation in tunisia. >> we're getting reports as tuesday initiaian -- tunisian police were called to the city sidi bouzid. a party in the election was eliminated. election officials said they were canceling seats won by the popular list party which was led by a local businessman in six electoral districts because of finance violations. this party won many of the votes in sidi bouzid which is why these people came to the streets and is really a reminder of what started this arab spring at the very end of last year with people coming out to the streets to express their dismay. this is a democratic process in action people going to the streets as they were never allowed to do under their former president. an act that was banned under ben alid's regime. thousands of members of the ennahda party banned from people living abroad. some people are saying that the fact that this party is back in the country is the reason that they voted for them. if you li

. >> secularists do not believe ennahda will keep its word to respect tunisia's rights to worship as they would like. they fear that new hard line members could rise. >> now with all the business news. we're going to start with a bank that has been in the news. >> u.b.s. swiss bank telling us that despite the rogue trading loss, they report a pretax profit coming in around a billion swiss francs. they are really shaking off the effects of that rogue trading scandal. they now say they are going focus on their core business, which is managing the money and wealth. the former chief executive quit in the wake of this scandal. they have already announced 3,500 job cuts to save about 2 billion swiss francs. very surprising. they didn't expect to report a big profit. >> pretty small fry compared to today's other business story. >> b.p. we spent a lot of time talking about b.p., that huge oil spill in the gulf of mexico last year. telling us that their q 3 profits are up. coming in at 5.1 billion dollars. that is up from the same period last year. many expected them to foul quite sharply. --

the electoral commission has confirmed that the moderate islamic party, ennahda, as the winner of the largest number of seats. >> we got an update on the latest situation. "we're getting reports as the police are using tear gas to disperse hundreds of people who are protesting in sidi bouzid. the reason they are on the streets is because a party in the election was eliminated in that town. election officials said that they were canceling seats won by a popular party because of campaign finance violations. this party won many of the votes which is why these people have come into the streets. it is and reminder of what started off this whole arab spring which began at the very end of last year with people coming out on to the streets to express their dismay. this is a democratic process in action. this was banned under the president's regime for more than two decades and a leader was in exile in london for much of that time. thousands were banned from tunisia. some people have said perhaps the fact that the party is now back in the country is the reason that they voted for them. other p

hours later, the leader of the winning ennahda party blamed trouble-makers loyal to ousted president ben ali. and in washington, state department spokeswoman victoria nuland condemned the violence. >> we call on the tunisian people to uphold their own society's long tradition of tolerance and moderation, and to demonstrate with the same peaceful dignity and restraint that earned them the admiration of the region and the world just a few months ago. >> holman: the ennahda party leader promised today to create a broad-based coalition, and to pursue a liberal economic policy. crowds in new york city and online marked a milestone today for the statue of liberty. the statue was dedicated on this day in 1886, a gift to the united states from france. for 125 years, the statue of liberty has stood as an iconic greeting to immigrants arriving in new york harbor. and officials chose to began today's anniversary events with a naturalization ceremony for 125 newly-sworn american citizens who came from 46 countries. one was a man from colombia who had served with the u.s. marines for two years. h

a leader of tunisia's islamist ennahda party has ordered its country to reject violence. he was speaking after the election commission confirmed the party won the most seats. police fired tear gas in the central town of sidi bouzid, where hundreds of supporters of the rival party reacted to the results in their town. emergingiants of the mercha world are often compared, china and india. chinand the is expected -- indis expected to overtake china. as the world's population reaches 7 billion, one small corner of india's agricultural heartland -- to meet one of the millions of farmers struggling to make ends meet. >> [speaking foreign language] >> he is farmer in punjab. this is where he lives. his nine-member family squeezes into two rooms, sharing space. his father once owned 18 acres of land, and a for a life of plenty. that changed as the land was carved out with every succeeding generation. what is left is not enough to support them. >> [speaking foreign language] >> we live well, but now each of us owns 3 acres. it will get divided further for the next generation. >> p

believing party that will take over most of the positions in parliament will be an islamist party the ennahda party. really is something that in a way is ironic i think it's fair to say the west very strongly pushing for these so-called democracies to be born and it may not play out the way they actually wanted but again huge challenges ahead for libya and while people here are certainly basking in the celebration of gadhafi is just a few of them it seems seems a really thinking about what that means for the future of the. cars of liberation are loud and clear. looks like a state of euphoria here everybody happy. and you know. even though there is no formal you know law and order but are they ignoring the price paid for freedom in libya some thirty thousand civilians are said to have been killed with four thousand still missing this house was one of nato's misses a single family lost five people including children and. they apologize to all governments but no one toss it in who is going to rebuild my house who will compensate on a search all those much of the country's infrastructure has been

the results are trickling in so far and suggest that the conservative religious party, ennahda, which wants to unite the country's main religion with the state is beth placed and will have the most seats in the assembly, which will draft a new constitution and choose an interim president. but for many, the main achievement is already passed. they voted, freely. we've heard from tunisian national radio that correspondents around the country, that even a 100-year-old woman made her way to one polling station in the south, and many people cried as they cast their votes for the first time, choosing from a ballot paper with over 110 parties when, for decades, there's been a one-party state in tunisia. >> still pretty huge task facing whoever does emerge as the front-runner. >> that's right. and a sense in tunisia that the real work is yet to come. very grounded expectations really from democracy, but a sense that what has now happened cannot be put back. in that, the accounting was so transparent, even journalists go in and watch the newly trained volunteers in the process of counting well

the electoral commission confirmed that ennahda was well ahead in the polls. >> part of bangkok's chinatown has been flooded to the rising level of the nearby river. this comes as the thai prime minister warns that all parts of the capital are now vulnerable as flood barriers might not be able to hold that massive runoff water into the city from the north following weeks of heavy rains. you're watching "bbc world news." still to come -- the queen continues her tour of australia with a trip to a children's hospital in melbourne. >> the man who became a political sensation in the states, joe the plumber, is himself to run for congress. he told supporters that he'd be contesting one of ohio's seats in next year's elections. the plain-speaking plumber gained nationwide attention during the 2008 presidential campaign after challenging barack obama on economic policy. here's steve kingston. >> it's official, and programs inevitable. joe the plumber is now joe the candidate. he told supporters that he'd be running on his life experience. >> i am going run because i've been there. i know how it is

a disease uprising which then set off a chain of revolts across the arab world is a missed party ennahda forty one percent of parliamentary seats. floodwaters creeping closer to central bangkok tonight with officials desperate to try to find innovative ways to hold back the worst decades the capital's already undergoing a mass evacuation ahead of this weekend seasonal high tide as well as water then heading down to meet it from the country's flood drenched plains a disaster has claimed over three hundred seventy lives know since august this affected millions of others. syrian security forces and the mention of clash with anti-government activists left thirty seven people reportedly dead people had to go to the streets again after friday prayers to again demonstrate against president assad's regime syrian opposition figures are now calling for a protective no fly zone in the country the u.n. estimates the months of government crackdowns of killed three thousand people. more coarsely conundrums for germany did so you part is in cross talk little bit later this hour when the panel asked whi

the numbers released today suggested the ennahda party will not win an outright majority. but the head of a leading secular party rejected any talk of joining a coalition. despite that, the islamists promised a broad-based government to write a new constitution and complete the transition to democracy. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> sreenivasan: five years ago, health officials recommended the h.p.v. vaccine begiven to girls and young women to protect against the human papillomavirus a sexually transmitted disease that's a major cause of cervical cancer. it's been available to boys for the past two years to guard against other medical problems associated with sexual activity. but today the vaccine was recommended for 11- and 12-year- old boys for the first time. rob stein covers health and science for the "washington post" and joins me now. welcome back. >> nation to be here. >> brown: why is the committee saying it's time to turn from a suggestion to a recommendation? >> well, the vaccine was approved in 2009 for boys and in that point th

>> ifill: in neighboring tunisia-- the birthplace of the arab spring-- the moderate islamic party ennahda appeared to have won sunday's election for a national assembly. turnout was nearly 90% in the country's first truly democratic vote and tunisians reveled in it. >> ( translated ): i feel so delighted now because i took part along with the tunisian people and i did my duty as a voter. i participated in the laying of the foundation stone for the democratic nation which we deserve. it proves again that we are worthy of democracy, the values of civilization and civility are the values of our revolution. >> ( translated ): there is nothing stronger than that the feeling of voting. i passed my exams, i had children, but there is nothing as strong as that. i have never felt anything like that in all my 40 years to decide the future of your country, there is nothing better than that. >> ifill: tunisia's longtime leader president zen el-abidine ben ali was toppled in january after a month-long uprising, which quickly spread across north africa and the middle east. but in syria, there was still