." >> control taken of bahrain's capital as the u.s. calls for restraint.ome reports say 10 people are killed in clashes. a former cargo handler is jailed for life for plotting to blow up new york's j.f.k. airport. welcome to "bbc world news." coming up later in the program, the hunterers hunt. japan canceled its annual whale hunt and the tragic life of anna nicole smith brought to the stage at an unlikely london venue. a brutal crackdown has silenced anti-governor -- government protests in the tiny country of bahrain. four people died and more than 200 injured when police broke up the main protest catcher. the united states has urged bahrain to show restraint and called for meaningful reform in the kingdom. we have a report from the capital. >> without warning, the police came. tear gas, rubber bullets and even live rounds. the tools to end a protest that had been peaceful. they moved through the crowds spreading fear and panic. by the time they'd finished, hundreds were injured, at least three dead. they'd hope to copy egypt's revolution, but this is what

but bahrain is key. it's an island of about 500,000 natives, about 70% and 30% sunni and foreign workers and they've been shooting them on the streets on friday after services. in the mosques. what will happen there, john, i think they're going to put that down with force of arms because you've got the american fifth treat for and across the causeway is saudi arabia work where there are two million shiites and 90% of oil. >> and in tunisia you have that young man, recall that? hello, what do you think? >> as the statistics you just put up on the screen indicate, there's an incredible youth bulge in all of these countries. and they're seeing the opportunities because of the availability through facebook and the internet. they're not getting any of it. and so i think this is really redefining our -- what we called the arab street. we used to consider those fringe radicals. this is really a truly populous uproar, doctors, lawyers, unemployed youth and a huge swaths of the population. it's fascinating to wat

where in bahrain, there is a bit of history of that. >> with bahrain a major u.s. military base, the country will receive plenty of support from its western allies. the trouble across the region has pult the price of brent crude traded in london 20% botch the price of light crude -- above the price of light crude as traded in new york. should the tension ease that disparity also suggests the price could fall again fairly quickly. brian milligan, bbc nules. -- bbc nuelings. >> the headlines this hour. security forces impose their control on the about a brain capital -- on the bahrain capital and the u.s. concerned about the wounding of opposition none straightors. 10 people killed during demonstrationness libya akede's second city bengaze following calls for a day of rage against the government. a former cargo handler of plotting to blow up fuel tanks at new york's j.f.k. airport has been sentenced to life in prison. prosecutors said russell defraces hoped the attacks would rival the 9-11 terror attacks. >> new york's j.f.k. airport. a busy international gateway to

panic- bahrain as troops fire on the capital. -- panic- bahrain. -- panic in bahrain. the military warns it will not tolerate any more strikes in egypt. welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast on pbs in america and around the globe. coming up later, the u.s. vetoes a un resolution condemning israeli settlement building in the occupied palestinian territory. new claims britain's intelligence service failed to share crucial information in the run-up to the london bombings. >> the death toll in libya between clashes about government and protesters appears to be rising. reports suggest 46 people have been killed over the past three days. the human rights group amnesty international says it has been told by sources the city's -- many victims had bullet wounds to the head and chest. there are also reports many people have been continuing their anti-government protests. authorities issued a warning to protesters would meet a violent response. >> scenes of an unsanctioned protest in libya today. images circulating on the internet by passing the government's media clampdown. ano

he is a wealthy man and a lot of people in bahrain think he is corrupt. the president of yemen has been the president for 32 years and that country doesn't work very well. >> one thing that i think a lot of people wrestled with this week is how much did we know? could we have foreseen it? if we could, could we have done anything or should we have done something differently? do you -- >> there was a very interesting story this week because it turns out that the white house, the president commissioned a study about a year ago about the roots of instability in the middle east and it appears to have looked at these countries we're talking about, at egypt, at yemen, at bahrain, at jordan. but the real problem is, ok, that's great. can you look at the conditions and say there is going to be trouble here because of all of these forces including the internet, including the revolution of rising expectations, what do we do about it? what can we do about it? american leverage in all of these places is much smaller than we like to think in washington. these events we

he's with us tonight from our cnbc bureau in bahrain. richard, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. this crackdown today was in many ways a preemptive strike by bahrain, this country's way of saying this small but strategically important country will not go the way of egypt and tunisia, but tonight many here feel the crackdown went too far. the protesters are calling what happened an unprovoked massacre. after unrest that had been building all week. on monday, a demonstrator was killed by security forces. at his funeral the next day, another protester was killed. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: bahrain's king made a rare address to the nation, offering condolences and calling for an investigation. [ chanting ] >> reporter: but the protesters didn't accept it. they called for an egypt-style sit-in in manama's pearl square. thousands gathered last night. it was peaceful, they were intense. quiet but defiant protests of men, women and families. but at 3:00 a.m. this morning, the crackdown began. police and armored v

bahrain today opted for dialogue. libya for violence. richard engel, nbc news. >> make no mistake, the demonstrations in the arab world are having an impact here in the united states. an impact you have felt if you filled up your gas tank this weekend. tom costello explains. >> reporter: from the streets of cairo to bahrain to yemen even iran and libya, the events half a world away are now reaching america's gas pumps and pocketbooks. nationwide, regular unleaded is averaging $3.16 a gallon up 55 cents from a year ago. the cheapest gas in the lower 48 wyoming and missouri at $2.96. >> i've had to sacrifice food, rent just so i can go to work. >> reporter: while egypt, bahrain and yemen have very little oil to export, the fear is that unrest will spread to the countries on which america's economy dependses. >> there's a ton of i'll in saudi arabia, that's of greatest concern. we're going to see these protests erupt in saudi arabia. >> it's not just the middle east factor, only 9% of our oil comes from the persian gulf. the world's economi

they're very much the community in bahrain. this is a critical outpost for the navy, to patrol the persian gulf waters. the u.s. has a very close relationship with bahrain. and just to give you a sense, bahrain is connected to saudi arabia, with just a bridge, a causeway. people go freely, back and forth. that's why saudi arabia is so nervous because of what happens in unrest in bahrain. felt in saudi arabia. a shiite minority in the areas closest to bahrain. so, a sense of fear that this could spread. >> laura setrakian, live in cairo for us this morning. thank you. >>> we'll have more from our team there, including miguel marquez, later on "good morning america." >>> in other news this morning, now, the american being detained in pakistan, is going to stay that way for about another month at least. raymond davis is being held for fatally shooting two pakistani men three weeks ago. the u.s. claims his detention is illegal, though, because he has diplomatic immunity. this morning, a hearing to determine if that immunity applies

>> bahrain is a key u.s. ally.e of the fifth fleet and it patrols the vital shipping lanes, oil lanes in the persian gulf. i asked whether the u.s. would hold bahrain as strictly accountable as it did egypt. >> we try to hold everyone to a similar standard, but we cannot dictate the outcomes, we can't tell countries what they're going to do. we had no control over what happened in egypt. we expressed our opinion as we went along and we're working with our counterparts so their transition is peaceful, meaningful, transparent, produces results. >> secretary also said they want bahrain to continue reforms and they would speak out if there were violations of human rights or inappropriate violation. and barack obama, according to the white house, told the king of bahrain, he condemned any violence used against peaceful protesters. >> thank you. the entire exclusive tomorrow morning on "this week" with christiane amanpour. >> we turn now to the american couple taken hostage in the arabian sea. somali pirates hijacked a y

and like egypt, bahrain is locked in a showdown with its own people. age-old tensions in danger of spilling over into what bahrain's foreign minister has called a "sectarian abyss". wrapped in the national flag is the body of ali almoumen, just 22, shot dead in the early hours of yesterday. we found his father saying good- bye to his son. "the king has broken his pact with the people," he told me. "he must leave and america must help us." outside, they chanted for the downfall of the king and his regime. a week ago, sacking the prime minister might have sufficed, but after so much violence, democracy is what many shia want now. >> just like a human being. >> look-- in seconds because this is what we expect. and they are still here. there was a pro-government demonstration broadcast on state television. "massive rallies in support of wise leadership," they called this. and though the government has banned demonstrations, this one went ahead unhindered. bahrain's crown prince is tonight talking of the need for dialogue, but the more funerals, and the mor

in bahrain, for example, you have this secular... i mean you have sectarianism. >> well, in my opinion when i look at it in terms of where it's likely to have success and this trend of empowerment that's spreading there are three factors. one is how open this society is to the information revolution. i mean, oddly enough in minute, the more reisolate regimes, the more we prolong their lives in a way, in part because they can point out to some foreign power and people are fearful. everybody wants to get rid of repressive regimes but they want to get rid of foreign intervention even more and governments can use it. but second, if you look at the empowerment, what explains it, it is number one people obviously get more information outside of what their government provides. number two, they know what the rest of the world has and they have links to it. and number three they have an instrument for mobilizing politically without the need of political intermediaries, political parties or organizations. so the more open a society is, frankly

. >>> in bahrain, the mail tear is taking control of the capitol manama. tanks were deployed after a predawn police assault on anti-government demonstrators. security forces stormed a camp of protesters at pearl square in the capital. they fired teargas and beat demonstrators who were demanding political reform. the health ministry says three people were killed and over 230 injured in the crackdown. about 1,000 people gathered around a hospital where the injured were taken for treatment. >> translator: we fell asleep because it was 3:00 a.m. then the military started to attack. soldiers beat us severely. >> people in front of the hospital chanted slogans urging the ouster of the king. the protesters are mostly shias, demanding political reform in bahrain, where a sunni minority rules over a shia majority. they're now calling for major rallies following friday prayers. at un headquarters in new york, ban ki-moon says he's deeply troubled by reports of violence in bahrain. >> here as elsewhere, violence should not be used against the peaceful demonstrators a

stake in bahrain and what do you think explains the reaction? >> the american stake is considerable. the u.s. has maintained a significant naval presence in the persian gulf for a long time. bahrain is home to the headquarters of the u.s. naval fifth fleet. the u.s. has been the sole provider of security for many of the arab states in the gulf, including saudi arabia and kuwait as demonstrated by several wars against iraq in the last 20 years. so the u.s. has a vested interest in seeing the durability and the stability for the el khalif, the ruling family in bahrain. this is tied over the long term to american materiel interests in the persian gulf. it's about oil. >> warner: and to you, what about the saudi factor here? is the u.s. hamstrung by the fact that the saudis are watching these developments carefully? >> you're absolutely right. saudi arabia is watching this intensely and focused very much on it because in saudi arabia just across the causeway, that's the area of where the saudi arabia oil fields are mainly concentrated. it's also the

bahrain's rulers want to ensure this does not become another cairo. unlike in egypt, they have the support of the military. a defense ministry spokesman urged people to avoid gathering in central areas. the protesters' tent city and has been flattened, the remains of a crushed the uprising. security personnel stormed the square late wednesday night. witnesses said they came from all directions, firing tear gas and rubber bullets. >> we did not harm or attack anybody. we were sleeping peacefully when they took us by surprise and attacked us. >> despite the violent crackdown, bahrain's opposition says it will not abandon its called for wide-ranging political reforms. in the capital of yemen on thursday, there were running street battles between regime opponents and supporters. port seven days, anti-government protesters have been calling for the immediate resignation of president ali abdullah saleh. >> we shall stand firm until the goes, no matter what the price. >> despite deploying hundreds of extra troops in the capital, the government is struggling

and in fact current heads of states formally trained at sandhurst the king of bahrain. the head of jordan kuwait oman and hacks are all trained at sandhurst here in the u.k. and of course this all comes against a backdrop of cuts in defense spending in the u.k. so it would seem that one of david cameron's missions is to ensure that the u.k. defense. product will always have a market in the middle east but the question that people are asking is is that morally right during this time of intense on rest in the region. a lot of course. well among the military equipment britain sold to libya were crowd control their calls and there's apparently been filmed on the streets of the country being used against the protesters all of a sprog who is the u.k. arms program director of amnesty international told me that although britain has got tough arms sales regulations it seems they've been overlooked for years the vehicles that we've identified that appear to have been identified from from the you to footage should never have been sold in the first place it was just amnesty and inf

is very sensitive about bahrain they have their fleet there to patrol the swear skin allah major oil shipping route and keep an eye on iran and they have good relations with the king of pop grain and all the political unrest could really undermine the u.s. presence in the gulf it's quite interesting just two months ago secretary of state hillary clinton said that she was she was very impressed by the progress that bahrain is making on all fronts to quote there seems to be a strong broadly held commitment to democracy she said well that was before pro-democracy demonstrators filled the streets of the government responded with deadly force that's just one more example showing that the situation in some of those countries has clearly spiraled out of us control. the story with your help as well thanks to bring us to washington d.c. well over the years to the spirit story the british prime ministers of held his decision defense represent. with him on his tour of the middle east critics are accusing david cameron of exploiting the current events. side of the story it is the timing of this

we talk live to 1 liter of a party- bahrain. he left just before the police moved in. one hour ago the police started tagging him. what can you tell us? >> the attack is around 3:00. i am at the hospital. we have two confirmed deaths. one older person is 65. another young person was not identified until a half hour ago. there is a third person in critical condition but he was riddled with bullets. apparently from a close range. they have been bleeding. i saw the elder man being resuscitated but without success. there are lots of injured people. there were ambulances arriving here then going back. a lot of people are probably still in the tents. they attack people sleeping. you cannot attack people sleeping -- you cannot attack people while sleeping. there is a much more civilized way of doing this without killing people. >> when you left, did you have any idea that this would happen. >> when i left we were debating when will the police attack us? maybe they would give us one day to three days. maybe when the media plays they will start attack us apparently these people

in washington, secretary of state hillary clinton called on bahrain's government to show restraint, but as terry mccarthy reports, the situation there is complicated by deep divisions between islam's two major sects. >> reporter: in bahrain, a crackdown with a vengeance. thousands of mostly shiite protesters camped out overnight overnight in central manama, inspired by the occupation of tahrir square in cairo. but before drawn, the sunni-dominated government ordered the security forces to attack. they fired tear gas, buc shot, and rubber bullets at the protesters, many of them still in their tentss. cbs radio news reporter toula vlahou is in bahrain. >> reporter: a reporter for abc news was in the square, and suddenly found himself under attack by the police as his tape recorder rolled. >> journalist! >> reporter: by dawn the square was cleared, and the hospitals were full of wounded. >> reporter: violence also broke out again in yemen. pro and anti-government forces clashed in saleh, and in the southern city of hayden, officials say police opened fire killing at least three protesters.

you're seeing that in iran, to some degree in bahrain. the bahraini army is predominantly sunn there are a lot of mercenaries, a lot of former soldiers from saddam hussein's army now working in bahrain. so the king of bahrain is able to call on these people to crack down against his people. >> rose: so what are the expectations for bahrain in your judgment? >> i think the crucial question will be can after these last two days of violence can the young people rally again in numbers that they were able to a couple of days ago and come back. the bahrainny king has played his hand. he brought the army out. he fired upon his sleeping people. it's hard for them to go anyone else from here. if they can come back to the round about or some other area in tens of thousands-- it's a small society-- if they come out in the tens of thousand it is king can't... i don't think that the king can order massive slaughter. so i suspect if they can rally again then the king will have to make more concessions. >> rose: what's the possibility that somehow this

today the crown prince of bahrain appealed on television for dialogue and calm, but bahrain is taking a hard line against the demonstrators. opposition groups here, brian, have already rejected that offer of dialogue by the crown prince. more demonstrations are planned over the next several days. brian. >> richard engel along with john ray by satellite from bahrain tonight. thanks. >>> we want to check back in on the revolution in egypt where the army is in charge officially for now, but don't tell that to the egyptian people, who held what they called a day of victory protest rally today. our own ron allen remains on post in cairo tonight. ron, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, brian. tonight the military has had enough and they have cleared out tahrir square, cleaning things up, after one of the biggest days of protest in celebration that we've ever seen here. mubarak is gone, but the people still have demands and grievances that they want met. at the top of the list, they want the military leaders now in charge of this country to move more quickly to civilian rule and

bahrain's main square today. police and soldiers fired antiaircraft guns in the air and rubber bullets and bird shot at anyone who approached. but the bravest, or the craziest, refused to be intimidated. >> (translated): the bullets hit him in the head. there was a fountain of blood coming out of his head. >> reporter: the question is, how much bloodier can it get? the stretchers kept rolling in. this is the casualty center in bahrain's main hospital. ten minutes before we got here, shots rang out in pearl square as protesters tried to get there. live ammunition was fired and doctors are telling us there have been many, many people injured. the triage was desperate and doctors said several of the wounded were in serious condition. doctors also accused security forces of blocking access to the wounded. >> the policemen, they take us from the ambulance, put us on our faces on the ground and start beating us. >> reporter: but rather than suppressing dissent, each crackdown seems to add fuel to the anger. today's ral

or bahrain or any of the mideast protests inspired by tunisia. and on a larger scale egypt where the people's will in many cases driven by workers' struggles won out over ruling regimes but these demonstrations are going on in the u.s. state of wisconsin absolutely wisconsin is the new egypt their workers are fighting to maintain their wages benefits and bargaining rights unions and their supporters have been standing up collectively for a week and counting against politicians proposing to take those rights away as one of the most incredible out short pouring of energies we've seen since the great depression and i think it could be the spark of the could rebuild the labor movement in this country we wouldn't know it walking past a news stand in the u.s. american newspapers featuring the protests of other countries on their front pages right here this is bahrain no mention of the seventy thousand protesters right here on u.s. soil said may be a tiny side bar dedicated to the people right here in america fighting for their rights the hardest to get

i think sierra one thing the interest went before the events occurred in egypt and now in libya bahrain and elsewhere they want danger signs and my mind began to sign this the rising price of folk the price of fuel now is as high as was even higher than it was in two thousand and eight when you had bunker riots around the world and dozens of countries and that's the situation you have today and i believe the situation can only get worse because indications of drought in many parts of the world in china and elsewhere and that makes people very angry in the case of libya it's too late because the government has used force to kill their own citizens once you do that you've crossed the threshold and there's no going back in the case of egypt when the military announced they weren't going to fire on the protesters that open the way to a peaceful transition which we have so far seeing in egypt i think that's the crucial factor is avoiding conflict also transparency opening up the government to scrutiny where the money is is is is very crucial to the fact is that the problems in tunisia and eg

egypt's revolutionary fervor spreads to bahrain and elsewhere. in wisconsin, the governor takes on public unions. will other states follow suit? >> by workers of the city cop -- wisconsin did not deserve to be treated like this. >> and who we are and who we aspire to be. >> we honor george herbert walker bush for service to america that spanned nearly 70 years. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- tb>> "the washington post" editorial says the president's new budget kicked by hard choices down the road. "the new york times" says on paper the president's budget is encouraging. "wall street journal" editorial says the president is lying in wait to ambush republicans when they propose several spending cuts. take your pick -- pick, colby, which is a? >> of 3. they are not contradictory. he is playing rope a dope. what is taking place in congress the side show. the big game is going to be the entitlement fight which will come later. >> charles? >> one of the most cynical budgets in modern memory. this is a president who tol

there is a sliver of foo good s in bahrain. the military decided all of a sud ton retreat for the moment. under the administration for which he should get credit from all sides. now, that they are in negotiations if they can get to some kind of a negotiated nonviolent peaceful settlement that will allow reforms to happen then maybe some of these other countries can follow suit. >> chris: liz, let's not talk at least that the point about the obama administratio adam ad the u.s. role. in libya you see the forces firing on mourners leaving the funeral of protesters. at least 15 killed in that incident and some reports of human rightstivists, that hundreds have been killed. in iran the mullas using brutal force to stop the demonstrators. is there a lesson that you can use force to bell the protests? >> i think that the lesson is the power of the media. in fact, i would imagine the violence is probably much worse in a place like libya where we don't have the kind of preps on o the ground that -- kind presence on the ground that we h

tanks and police are dominating the streets in the capital of bahrain. five priceless artefacts or stolen from the museum in cairo and they are still missing. this is a story that has gripped china. a three-year old boy kidnapped years ago has just been found and returned to his parents. thousands of children go missing in china every year. this story was solved by internet users. we report on the amazing homecoming and the way the net is changing china. >> the crowds brought to the town to a standstill. they welcomed back a boy they thought was lost forever. firecrackers exploded all around. the boy's return has kept millions transfixed. his father is a poor migrant worker is eyeing be solved the crime using a technology -- who solved the crime using a technology that is empowering people as never before, the internet. >> i want to thank everyone who helped me. >> it was an incredible feat, finding one boy in a country of over 1 billion. this is him three years ago, happy at home. he was snatched out by his parents shop. the kidnapper was filmed carryin

protests are also spreading in bahrain, a tiny but crucial u.s. ally. demonstrators today held a funeral for one of two people killed this week. thousands of protesters are also trying to copy egypt's revolt, camping out in the main square of the capital, manama. "the new york times" nicholas kristof was there. >> reporter: richard, there were huge and growing crowds today. there was no violence largely because the police pulled back and seemed to avoid confrontations after the previous deaths. it was also striking how many women there were involved in the protests. >> i'm here to be with my brothers and my sisters. we want democracy, we want a free country. >> reporter: trouble in bahrain could further destabilize the region and u.s. interests. bahrain is the base of the navy's fifth fleet and has a sectarian divide. the royal family is sunni. 70% of the people and nearly all of the protesters are shiites. the same explosive mix as in iraq. protests are spreading there too. iraq was supposed to be the model for democratic success in the region. but ira

tanks and police still dominate the streets of bahrain. thousands of protesters have flooded the streets of libya. they're calling for the resignation of colonel khadafy. now to a story that has gripped china. a 3-year-old boy kidnapped three years ago has been found and returned to his parents. 20,000 children go missing in china every year. this crime was salt not by the police, but by some of the country's 450 million internet users. >> the homecoming, the crowds brought the town to a standstill. coming back was a boy who they thought was lost forever. it was his own father, a poor migrant worker, who solve this crime. -- to solve this crime. >> i found him with the help of people from all walks of life, using a great platform of the internet. i want to thank everyone who helped me. >> it was an incredible feat, finding one boy in a country of over a billion. this is in three years ago, happy at home. he was snatched outside his parents shop. the kidnapper was filmed carrying the 3-year-old away in the night. the police could not type -

which was not present into his year in egypt is that in bahrain the army and most of the population are from different ethnic religious groups that say in bahrain the army is sunni but the population is largely sheer that of course makes it much easier for the army to crack down than in egypt and tunisia where the population were the same. do you think that it's possible we'll see a completely different make up of the middle east in the near future. i think it is possible the key will be egypt if in egypt the existing state system disappears you get an islamist government which rejects the peace treaty with israel then the cornerstone of american power in the region i mean that see american diplomatic political power has just gone and the implications for the gulf states could be very severe indeed if the army in egypt and the middle classes would have you would call them the westernized classes manage to keep a grip on the situation and maintain the treaty with israel then i think you will see slower and more incremental change what i think internally you'll see all over the region