bbc breaking news. this is a sad story. 300 bodies were found in one city according to japan's news agency, and retweeted by bbc news. next phone call as we are talking with congresswoman lowey. robert, democrat, go ahead, please. >> caller: yes, i just want to say i believe in june 48 the people and people were aware they needed helpment a lot of this money goes to governments that just keep it for themselves. when i was growing up as a kid, i was five kids in a family with a mother. my dad got paid every friday, and you wouldn't see it until sunday afternoon while the family was home starving. i think they need to do more this this country too. it's the have and have not's, and it should stop. thank you. >> guest: thank you, sir. a good deal of our aid is delivered through organizations like save the children or care that are working with families, with villages. there is a small group in guatemala, for example, that is training people to make products such as pocketbooks so that they can sell them and

bbc world news." peoplemar gaddafi's showed their support. as the unrest builds, so does the exodus. the thousands continued to flee libya. the border situation reaches a breaking point. welcome to bbc news. coming up, taking to the streets, and demonstrators marched in the armenian capital to call for the president to step down. quitsy's defense minister the government over a plagiarism scandal. welcome. libya is not in danger of collapsing into a protracted civil -- civil war. libya has been suspended from the u.n. human rights council as gaddafi makes an effort to shore up support in tripoli. intense fighting has been supported their in recent days. we have reports from both sides of the divides. >> khaddafi it supporters were on the streets in tripoli. -- gaddafi's supporters from the streets in tripoli. the message was that the leader cares about the whole country. >> gaddafi is king forever, forever. >> the regime's power is concentrated in the capital. he has to support here. -- he has genuineness support here. this is green square, the city of the city. the foreign media has not been showing things like these because they are broadly bertrand libya as c

breaking apart. in fact welcome to bbc world news, broadcast in america on pbs and elsewhere around the globe. israel watches nervously across the border f. egypt's for overthrow of -- of the aegis overthrow of hosni melbar. -- israel watches nervously across the border as egypt overthrows hosni mubarak. hello, in a rare, rare interview, colonel gaddafi has denied there is any fighting on the streets of liver-libya. just three outlets were invited to speak to him. the bbc was the only international broadcaster. he insists he has ordered his men not to shoot back at demonstrators. we spoke to the man the world has been calling on to step down you do not -- >> to step down. >> you do not understand. do not say you understand. you do not understand it. >> how do people show their authority because some who came out to the streets to protest say that your people have shot at them? i saw some today. >> where? >> some work against you. >> and no, no one is against. they love me. my people love me. they would die to protect me, my people. >> if they do love you, then why are they capturing ben ghazi

page, which will keep you right up to date with breaking stories, twitter feeds, and video, the most of the recent developments. just click the "bbc world news" website and that live button. the british parliament has overwhelmingly endorsed the commitment of british forces to the international military action in libya. 557 n.p.'s voted in favor with 13 against. join the debate to the -- just in time to prevent a massacre in the rebel stronghold in benghazi. for them to decide their own future. the announcement was made by speaker of the house john birk. >> the eyes to the right, 557, the no's to the left, 13. the ayes have it. >> if you look at some of the speeches that were made in the house of commons tonight, the situation is more complex. several n.p.'s expressing rather serious reservations about exactly how britain will get itself out of this conflict. what this so called end game must be. what the aims of the conflict are. how much it will cost. now, not all of those answer were given in full. they be understandably in the circumstances, but i think n.p.'s have done two things tonight. one, they have given their support to a conflict

bbc news, broadcast around the globe. questions about why pakistan's assassinated minister had no police protection despite threats made against him. we will have news on libya in a moment, but we begin with breaking news from new zealand. this comes from the head of civil defense, john hamilton, who has said that authorities have given up hope of finding any more survivors after last tuesday's earthquake. that was nine days ago now. the effort to look for survivors should turn to when the recovery of the remaining victims. we will have more as it comes in. anti-government rebels have begun celebrating after forces loyal to gaddafi were forced to retreat after the battle in the eastern oil point of -- oil port of brega. the government forces with vastly superior weaponry did at one. have the upper hand. this is the first time they moved into the region since it fell to into government protesters two weeks ago. john simpson sent this report. >> it was an extraordinary weather -- extraordinary day, when impending defeat became an expected victory in the battle for brega. gaddafi's soldiers escaped back to their own territory. it is a big turnaround for them. i think a lot of people this morning thou

bbc news" website. there are pages of analysis of what is going on, details of the conflict. you can keep up-to-date with breakingtories and follow me with the latest on twitter. babitabbc. now, the embattled yemeni president has given his strongest indication that he is preparing to step down. yemen is in danger of collapsing into civil war after the defection of several military commanders. tanks and rival factions have been on the streets in of the capital center. david lloyd has more. >> the turning point after weeks of protest was the slaughter last friday. dozens were killed and hundreds more injured. the protests intensified and key backers of a long-term president abdullah sali, including most of the cabinet, called for him to step down. so who is the president? he has been president for more than 30 years, first in the north and then of the united yemen since 1990. he is close to the end of his second official term as elected president, elected and what was widely considered rate polls. sali said last month that he would not seek reelection and an effort to stem protests. although there have been attempt