i am at bbc davideads. how do you spend your money when things are tight? let me know on twitter. kim jong un is hailed as a team leader of the north korean state, party, and army as his father's death this morning. cheryl lee monitors in syria go to the city of the ball where the uprising began the presence of the observers in the country has not stopped the violence. -- al police monitors in serious go to of the city of daraa. iranian naval exercises close to the strait of hormuz that they could close that waterway if the west imposes new sanctions. two jets pass overhead. this is an iranian naval drill that's taking place in sensitive international waters even before iran toughened its line. the strait of hormuz is used by one-third of "'s tanker traffic. iran was made angry by recent tightening of the european union's sanctions that threatens to close it to oil shipments. this man, said to be every admiral in the iranian navy was quoted by one national tv station as saying that closing the strait was a piece of cake. in other words, very easy for the naval forces. but on wedne