the british council promotes british culture. it is an example of soft power. the taliban saw it as a soft target. >> this is particularly vicious and cowardly. it is an attack that has not succeeded. this was an attack against british interests. it is also an attack against the afghan government. british and american troops are preparing to leave. the afghans will have to take security -- take care of security on their own. they will do so eventually without foreign help. the insurgents have shown they can strike even the most heavily protected parts of the country. tonight the city remains on high alert and in fear that there may be more attacks to come. >> you are watching bbc news. showing respect for the riot victims. the duke and duchess of cambridge visit the areas hardest hit by the violence. organizers of the music festival in belgium and described the attack is unprecedented. in just five minutes, the wind and hail brought down stages, tense, and trees. three people are still in critical condition. the rest of the festival near brussels has been cance

the taliban blew a massive hole in a fortified wall of the british council.ed outside and that is all smashed windows. i saw the second bomber. >> the fighting continued throughout the morning. three of town guards, in number of police were killed. >> o we heard -- two of them were suicide bombers. one of them is still hiding. >> you can hear gunfire. heavy explosions. behind me, you can see -- it is believed that six suicide attackers made inside the compound. the siege lasted a hours. s in is the attack began, staff headed to the underground safe from. they stayed there a terrified as the gun battle waged around them. new zealand special forces and afghan commanders can to their rescue. >> the staff that were in the compound to who were in the safer and for most of the day, and we were in contact with them, have been extracted safely. they are shaken, obviously, but not injured. >> as the cleanup began, the attackers had disguised themselves in burke says. it allows them to evade police checkpoints. >> this is a vicious and cowardly attack, but it is an att

the british council exists to promote britain and british coals or overseas. it is an example of false power in the soft power. >> this is a particularly vicious and cowardly attack, but it is an attack that has not succeeded. >> this was an attack against british interest but also against the afghan government. british and american troops are preparing to leave here. increasingly, the afghans will have to take care security on their own. the insurgents have again shown that they can strike, even in the most heavily protected parts of the country. tonight, the city remains on high alert, but in fear there may be more attacks to come. >> relatives of norwegians shot dead by the gunman anders breivik last month have been visiting the scene for the first time. family members have been accompanied by psychologists, priest, and investigators. >> is nearly one month since anders breivik murdered their loved ones. today, relatives of the dead were allowed to visit the island where the massacre had taken place. over the next two days, hundreds of family members of vic

a spokesman for nato forces at says the target appeared to have been the british council which specializes in educational and cultural exchanges. witnesses said one wall of the building has been destroyed and gunfire could be heard. an unconfirmed report said that to afghan policeman and eight municipal workers have been killed. we're also getting reports of a third explosion, and we will get you more on that as soon as we have it. two explosions, reports of a third explosion, and it is feared three people have been killed. >>> some of the day's other news, let me bring some of the other news. israeli fighter jets have been bombing gaza overnight after a string of attacks on israelis. three egyptian guards were killed as the israeli military chased militants along its border. air raids on gaza from which israel said that its attacks on israel were launched have so far killed at least seven palestinians. earlier, i spoke with our reporter who was in gaza for the latest. >> the air strikes have a target it similar institutions for the hamas movement which runs gaza. one was targeting a smugg

a car full of explosives detonated outside the british council.icide bomber had somehow infiltrated the building. between them, they created the breach so other insurgents could enter. what followed was an eight-hour gun battle inside the compound walls between the heavily-armed taliban fighters and coalition forces. these are british soldiers who were called in to help. but it was a unit of special forces from new zealand who played the key role, entering the compound and ending the attack. they paid a price-- one member of the special forces was killed, along with all the insurgents and at least eight afghan police officers. all british staff were safely evacuated. >> i'm pleased to say that the british council staff who were in the compound, who essentially were in the safe room for most of the day-- we were in contact with them-- have been extracted safely. they are now in the embassy, obviously shaken but well, uninjured. >> i've also spoken to the new zealand prime minisr or r b rhiter: tuts incident again demonstrates the taliban's aby it s

this morning. >>> the taliban claiming responsibility for back-to-back explosions targeting the british councilt eight were killed in the attack, including two police officers. according to authorities, the strike started when a vehicle packed with explosives blew up outside the gates of the council. a second man wearing a vest with explosives then detonated himself. >>> and there's word of a possible deal that could free the so-called west memphis three. after 18 years behind bars, the men were convicted of murdering three young boys in arkansas back in 1993. sources telling cnn they could be released at an emergency court hearing today in jonesboro, arkansas. >>> talk about a sign of desperate economic times, look at this line in atlanta. hundreds of people standing in 90-degree heat, some fainting, all for a chance to meet with employers at a job fair hosted by the congressional black caucus. the frustration, like the heat, was palpable. >> like a month or so, you start to feel like, you know, is there any hope, is anybody looking at your profile on-line? not many responses that you get back

four gun machine entered the british council after a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the main gate. the attackers were killed in gun battles following the initial assault. the taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks, which come on the anniversary of afghanistan's independence from britain 92 years ago. let's go straight to monika now. investors are continuing their moves into solid assets. >> that is correct. the market rallied on asian and european stocks extending losses, but there was some relieve coming from wall street. after an initial dip, u.s. stocks pulled back to remain just in negative territory for most of the day, closing just over 1.5% down. but even that's a welcome change from the dramatic slide seen this week, as anxious at the continues about a possible economic slowdown in the united states and europe. let's take a look at where stocks in new york ended the week. on wall street, the dow jones industrials closed at 10,817 points, and thais 1.57% down on the day. european shares extended this week's sharp losses to finish firmly in the red. but they had

intersection killing several policeman ten minutes later a car bomb destroyed the wall of the british council compound letting a number of heavily armed men inside the taliban which has claimed responsibility says it was marking the anniversary of afghanistan's independence from the u.k. . all eyes were on the skies in the moscow region as the max two thousand and eleven international air show opened its doors to the public and as reports spectators will not only get the chance to experience firsthand the brand new airplanes but also to see what was a state secret just a matter of months before. many have heard about it but until now only a select few had seen it with their own eyes to have a sion fans the t. fifty is known as pac but this is it is still being developed so most of its technical specifications are top secret and that as close as we can get to the real thing is this model right here but during the next airshow visitors get it sure we can meet just to see the jets in flight the first ever public display for pot but the jet is being developed by the sukhoi design bureau and the e

the first bomb exploded in a car outside the british council compound. the second explosion occurred after a suicide bomber walked inside the compound with a bomb attached to his vest. >>> also new this morning from australia three people are dead after a helicopter crash in the australian outback. that happened last night right after the helicopter took off. the crew members on board belong to the australian broadcasting corporation. it's believed that they were filming a documentary. >>> according to a retired american diplomat the u.s. considered pulling all american troops out of japan because of concerns over the nuclear crisis earlier this year. the retired diplomat says shortly after the march 11th earthquake it seemed no one in the japanese government was taking charge of the damage to the fukushima nuclear plant. because of that a worst case scenario plan was drawn up to evacuate the 50,000 u.s. troops in japan. >>> toyota has agreed to pay $6 million to hundreds of former workers at the numi plant in fremont. toyota offered incentive payments t

was heard at the scene and witnesses said the smoke was rising from the area officials say the british council was the target not a taliban that claimed responsibility saying the assault marked the anniversary of the ganas sense independence from the u.k. nineteen nineteen. israel's military says five rockets fired by militants from gaza have landed in the south of the country it comes after the jewish state carried out airstrikes over the strip following a series of deadly attacks six gazans were reportedly killed including a child while a dozen were said to be in wounded earlier israeli officials have promised a strong response south of souls and vehicles near egypt's border left seven people dead now blame was pointed at gaza militants although we have lost government deny their involvement. international pressure continues to mount on the syrian government with the u.s. and a major ego states urging president assad to step down a set of fresh economic sanctions have also been imposed by washington in what's the biggest response so far to the violent crackdown on anti-government protesters

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internationally he's not and david had or who have been good to meet wrote the report for the british council which i quote extensively in my book and indeed people there are many scenes which are worse he brought in here one of them is that in ninety six percent of the cases in international communication there is at least one known native english speaker who is involved and it's up to your native english speakers to adjust to the river of this person or not be as good in worshipping as girlish because they could be ok example i mean i could agree with you maybe if you're talking about your childhood or buying a ticket at a train station or ordering in a restaurant or something like that. you bring a business i mean most businesses you have contracts and you have very specific laws and clauses and things like that this this language can't work for that if i go to robert on that i mean it's for chit chat it's just to get you know get through something is this something you wouldn't sign a contract with using this kind of language it's too imprecise i mean it has nothing to do with english as

was heard at the scene and witnesses said that smoke was rising from the area officials say the british council was a target of the attacks and the tal about responsibility. that israel's military says five rockets fired by militants from gaza have landed in the south of the country it comes after the jewish state carried out airstrikes over the strip following a series of deadly attacks six gazans reportedly killed including a child while a dozen were said to be looted earlier israeli officials promised a strong response after assaults on vehicles here in egypt border left. brain was pointed at gaza and militants although the hamas government denied their involvement. international pressure continues to mount on the syrian government the u.s. and major new states urging president assad to step down the sets of fresh economic sanctions have also been imposed by washington in what is the biggest response so far to the bar that cropped out of anti-government protesters meanwhile a u.n. humanitarian team is due in damascus on saturday to assess the situation on the ground syria claims army operati

for years in jail for a riot status on facebook british council coming down hard on the right as you spread mayhem last week human rights groups are accusing judges of overreacting something ignored by prime minister david cameron who's determined to mend the country's broken society i'm going to has more for us now from london. four years behind bars for the riot that didn't even happen jordan black sure and perry sutcliffe kenan were banged up for inciting disorder on facebook and no one turned up after their invitation to riot which they later said was a drunken joke but now they face sentences even tougher than most looters and i worry is that it is an imbalance a four year sentence for example would normally given to somebody for a previous bodily harm for holding someone up with a knife or even for. some form of sexual assault so it seems to me that that there is a danger that the courts are moving into disproportionate hereditary and not actually devalues our response to more serious crimes the government's encouraged cause the dish out harsh sentences by using the public dist

loaded the british council i made good luck in the old days. congress says the continent suffering the was an actual deal since world war two was the central by rooster shylock crippled economies. and u.s. markets recover their losses in the tabular the day of trading despite a poor response to the announcement on lower than expected economic growth the federal reserve says it will keep interest rates at record lows the next two years have come. up next on the kinds of report i made the debt ceiling downgrades and stock markets forming moxon stay said that the us is not just losing money but its sovereignty. we've got. the biggest issues get. face to face with the news makers.

they avoid another iraq that makes them something that the plate that runs this week today the british council he's expected to say that britain he'll stay the course to make sure that libyans are in control of their own fate. right there well as the fight for tripoli continues experts are already expecting on who will get control of libya's vast oil reserves. the key question is indeed oil it is well known that it is a wall for all that these so-called position the government has promised to give the old two from. great britain and the united states actually this government does not exist it's to put governments of course it's about it's always about oil you have many disagreements inside the alarms the airlines the crisis he considered himself as a prop of the world and asked. to use lobbyist story of danny stanley who are the going to attack the key question is when will the public opinion week finally and see we don't need these kind of aggressions the killings we don't print ring of the resources we need a solution to the economy can social problems of europe in united states. with specul

back makes up the subject matter for me played a bit of prime minister's speech today at the british council he's expected to say that britain will stay the course to make sure that libyans are in control of their own fates and really want britain are making trying to make sure they would love the right if you have basically been fresh there they have pumped. twenty four billion pounds of goods and services into the region and so they're trying to avoid what happened in iraq. but only time will tell. absolutely i rabbanit thanks very much indeed for bringing us the subject from london investigative journalist and author of michel to launch as the e.u. is concerned for levy is huge or has little to do with the interests of the libyans themselves. the key question is indeed boy it is well known it is a wall for all vets these so-called position government has promised to give the old from. great britain the united states i to lead this government does not exist it's to protect her girlfriends of course it's a it's always a part for you have many disagreements inside the. they are indeed crisis

iraq that makes up the subject matter the clegg the deputy prime minister's speech today at the british council he's expected to say that britain will stay the course to make sure that libyans are in control of their own fate and really want britain are making trying to make sure they would not be wrong if you have vested interests there they have pumped. twenty four billion pounds of goods and services into the region and so they're trying to avoid what happened in iraq. but only time will tell. absolutely ivor bennett thanks very much indeed for joining us this update from london investigative journalist and author of michelle golan says the e.u.'s concern for libya's future has little to do with the interests of the libyans themselves. the key question is indeed oil it is well known that it is a wall for all that these so-called position government has promised to give the old two from. great britain and the united states actually this government does not exist it's to put government and of course it's about our it's always about pork you have many disagreements inside the alarms the airline

afghanistan and we saw what the taliban contribution to this debate was in the glowing up of the british council in kabul so they have many headaches on their hands right now so it's completely not sure what the outcome of this and gadhafi and his forces no doubt will put out very stiff resistance in tripoli is going to be very messy so you can't thanks ever so much independent freelance journalist as you are forgiven you sure thought on the line from london tonight on r.t. international. but the situation in libya is of course being closely monitored in the u.s. a key player in the military campaign against gadhafi has ruled it also remains in contact with rebel leaders are he's got if you can is now on the line to give us a washington view and it are there has there been any statement yet from the white house on this latest round of fighting which as we've been say does appear to be ratcheting up tonight presumably the rebel advance is what they would have wanted yeah. well kerry we haven't heard any official say statements yet but as the rebels are closing in on tripoli we might be well seen