. >> afghanistan post a tragic loss after the assassination of burhanuddin rabbani. warning for the world economy. economic woes could cause stagnation and a return to recession. >> the promise for libya. the ntc is 10 days away from forming a new government. palestinians push on with their bid to the united nations. israel's defense minister tells the bbc the move is a mistake. >> it might create friction. >> it is 0:00 here in singapore. >> broadcasting around the world, welcome. >> a suicide bomber has killed the man leading the efforts to negotiate with the taliban. burhanuddin rabbani, a former president, died in his own home during a meeting with members of the taliban. from the afghan capital, and davis reports. >> heavy security tonight outside the house in campbell -- kabul where he was killed by a taliban fighter with a bomb in his turban. rabbani was a divisive figure. and a surprise appointment to lead the council set up by hamid karzai to talk peace. the afghan president heard the news in new york could just before he met president obama. >> the the acti

the world orioles after the assassination of burhanuddin rabbani, former president and leader of peace talks with taliban. the imfa says economic woes in the u.s. and europe could cause a return to recession. >> in libya, the national transitional council says they are 10 days from forming a new government. as palestinians push shunned for united nations membership, the head of the general assembly tells the bbc they have the right to make their case. >> it is 9:00 a.m. in singapore. >> it is 2:00 a.m. and london, broadcasting to viewers on pbs in america and around the world, welcome to "newsday." >> a suicide bomber posing as a peace envoy had has killed the men leading afghanistan's effort to negotiate with taliban. burhanuddin rabbani, the former afghan president, died in his home in the capital of kabul during a meeting with two members of the taliban. >> heavy security tonight outside the house in kabul close to the american embassy. where the former president burhanuddin rabbani was killed by of taliban fighter with eight bomb concealed in his turban. he was a divisive leader an

just to recap some of the top stories, the former president of afghanistan, burhanuddin rabbani, has been killed by a bomb blast in kabul, targeted inside his home by a suicide attacker who concealed a bomb in his turban. rabbani was meeting with two members of the taliban at the time of the attack. five other people also died. that brings today show to a close. you can find constant updates on our website. we will be reporting from the un for the rest of the week. for now, i and j o'brien. -- am jane o'brien. please tune in tomorrow, when we will broadcast live from the united nations. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank offers unique insight and expertise in a range of industries. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news america" was presented by kcet, los angeles. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: a former afghan president tasked with negotiating with the taliban was killed today by

. >> burhanuddin rabbani may have died trying to bring peace, but he lived as a warrior. he was the founding father of the afghan mujahedeen, the afghan fighters that repel the russians in the 1980's. the country he led briefly in 1982 s was divided as the it mujahedeen fought among themselves. the taliban are rows with their unique fundamentalist world view. sent shock waves across the country and that is weary of war. they were sending a clear message that they believe there is more fighting to be done before there is peace in afghanistan. >> in pakistan, aid agencies are

president burhanuddin rabbani was a former president in the 1990's. he was asked to head the peace council. he was killed in a bomb attack at his home. >> it is the most high-profile political assassination in afghanistan since the u.s.-led invasion began. the suicide bomber was part of a two-man delegation infighting into rabbani's home. they came saying that they had special messages from the taliban. >> the attacker placed explosives in his turban. he placed his head on rabbani's chest and detonated. >> rabbani was afghan president from 1992 until 1996, before the taliban took power. he was looking to strike a peace deal. afghan politicians are vowing to continue his work. >> we are suffering. we are fed up. we deserve peace. we don't want our children to see these pictures on the tv. we don't want to panic the whole peace process. we have to continue. >> the attack has raised fresh questions of security in the capital and is the ability of afghanistan's fledgling security forces to protect officials. >> u.s. president barack obama has condemned th

>> mitchell: three days of mourning for former afghan president burhanuddin rabbani ended today with a memorial in kabul. he was murdered earlier this week by a suicide bomber with explosives hidden in his turban at a meeting for peace talks with the taliban. mandy clark is in kabul. mandy, let me ask you first of all, what has the murder of rabbani done to the peace process? >> well, the process probably died with rabbani. prior to his murder, u.s. and afghan officials said there was some progress in reconciliation with insurgents but with his death it appears it's a categorical rejection by militants of any peace plan. it's very difficult to see how any talks can be revived at this stage. and if there are no peace negotiations then victory has to come from the battlefield but u.s. troops are already withdrawing and the afghan forces are not ready to step up yet. rabbani's death has also caused ethnic tensions. rabbani was an ethnic tajik from the north. now the taliban is a largely pashtun movement from the south and it has alienated a lot of tribes here. so rabbani was seen as the

. >> burhanuddin rabbani may have died trying to bring peace, but he lived as a warrior. he was the founding father of the afghan mujahedeen, the afghan fighters that repel the russians in the 1980's. the country he led briefly in 1982 s was divided as the it mujahedeen fought among themselves. the taliban are rows with their unique fundamentalist world view. sent shock waves across the country and that is weary of war. they were sending a clear message that they believe there is more fighting to be done before there is peace in afghanistan. >> in pakistan, aid agencies are warning that a slow response to massive flooding could cost more lives. more than 7 million are affected by heavy monsoon rains. many still do not have access to food, water, or shelter. pakistani forces began dropping food and water. he was given exclusive access. >> hidden beneath the floodwaters, wrecked homes and crops, and roads, the only way to reach many in need is by air. there is a new island landscape here. we joined the pakistan air force on their first relief mission of this year's floods.

. >>> in other news, the afghan government says former president burhanuddin rabbani was killed in a suicide bomb attack in the capital kabul on tuesday evening. afghan police say a major explosion occurred near rabbani's home before 6:00 p.m. local time. a government spokesperson told nhk that the perpetrator exploded a bomb he was carrying when he visited rabbani. he said the blast killed the former president. rabbani was elected president in 1992 and was ousted by the taliban when the islamist militant group took power four years later. rabbani headed the country's high peace council that was set up by president hamid karzai to negotiate with the pal ban. karzai is visiting the u.s. to attend the u.n. general assembly. his office says he'll cut short his trip and return home. president barack obama called the death a tragic loss as he met president karzai in new york and pledged continued support for bringing stability to the country. >>> china has expressed support for palestine's bid for full u.n. membership. >> translator: china understands, respects and supports palestine's bi

the former afghan president burhanuddin rabbani has been killed in a suspected suicide bombing at his home in kabul afghanistan during the one nine hundred ninety s. most recently ran the country's peace council attempting to negotiate a political solution between the government of the taliban was speaking to r.t. in his last television interview rabbani blamed foreign intervention for bringing initial instability to his country. certainly the people of afghanistan do not want foreign troops to remain in our country and we don't want our nation's security to depend upon a foreign military presence however considering the critical situation in our country the lack of stability and they continue an armed clashes we have to tolerate a foreign military presence i have already emphasized a deal would have been no civil war in afghanistan and no problems with the taliban if not for the invasions by foreign countries after all the people of afghanistan had managed to live for centuries without such in-fighting. dode sultanzoy as a political analyst and former afghan to pay he told me talk of

hundreds have gathered in kabul to mourn the assassination of former afghan president burhanuddin rabbani a key figure in current peace talks with the taliban was killed at his home by a suicide bomber who had explosives hidden in his turban a special ceremony will be held at the presidential palace before the body is brought to its home province in the northeast the killing was the latest in a string of high profile assassinations including the murder of president karzai as half brother in july much of the violence had been carried out by the taliban boosted by income from the drug trade which is flourishing afghanistan is the source of the majority of the world's heroin by far and critics say nato has turned a blind eye over the ten years it's been in the country or he's ever a piskun of reports from kabul where drug abuse is rampant. the penalty for drinking. sixty whips on the bank publicly it is a very traditional muslim society where he is that the road goes a little if not more for doing drugs right there under this bridge in the center of the city with little peace coming and so.

. >> reporter: burhanuddin rabbani was key to bringing peace to afghanistan. today, he is dead, and hopes for the peace process might have died with him. rabbani was in charge of afghan efforts to talk to the taliban. and while at home tonight, he thought he was meeting a man with a message directly from taliban leaders. the guest was deemed so important, he was escorted in, without any security checks. he did deliver a message -- just not the one rabbani expected. "this man put explosives inside his turban," says an aide. "he put his head right on rabbani's chest and he blew up his bomb." afghanistan has been been trying to convince taliban insurgents to leave the battlefield. rabbani, a former president of afghanistan, led that effort, with the help of masoom stanak sk ai, who was also there last night and seriously injured. i met him last year. >> we have to work with the community that those who want to lay down their weapons and pursue their goals through the civilized opposition, they are welcome. >> reporter: but the taliban has launched a campaign of a

former afghan president burhanuddin rabbani was killed yesterday. his tej is sedeath is seen as ag setbacks with hopes of a settlement with the taliban and raises fears of afghan war in 2014. >>> it appears the united states is building a secret of drone bases in af africa and the arabian peninsula. one of the bases in ethiopia is already operational. "the washington post" says the bases will be used to launch the unmanned aircraft in somalia and yemen. one of the bases in ethiopia is already on operational. >>> in japan, more than a million people have been told to vatic vatican. the storm is headed to the power plant crippled by this year's tsunami. >>> lawyers are asking prison officials to let a prison to take a polygraph test. demonstrators protested last night. davis insists he is not guilty. mark strassmann reports. >> reporter: troy davis was sent to georgia's death row for the 1989 murder of mark macphail. the off-duty savannah cop was shot as he tried to stop the beating of a homeless man. a fight over a bottle of beer outside this bus sta

burhanuddin-- rabbani, who was serving as chairman of the afghan high peace council, has been assassinated along with three members of the body at his home in kabul. local officials say... a suicide attacker posing as a taliban peace envoy... entered the late leader's house tuesday evening, local time,... before blowing himself up. the killing of rabbani, an ethnic tajik and one of the wise old men of afghan politics, may blunt efforts... to balance regional and ethnic rivalries... that help feed the taliban insurgency. president hamid karzai cut short a visit to the united nations for an emergency cabinet meeting... and called on afghans to remain unified in the face of rabbani's "martyrdom". the powerful typhoon roke has hit the pacific coast of central japan,... leaving at least five people dead and four missing. japan's meteorological agency said... that the typhoon is moving northeast at a speed of 50 kilometers an hour... after making landfall near shizuoka prefecture wednesday afternoon. the storm is packing winds of up to 144 kilometers per hour. nhk reported that... more than 89-t

hundreds of gathered in kabul to mourn the assassination of former afghan president burhanuddin rabbani turkey thinker and current peace talks with the taliban was killed at his home by a suicide bomber who had explosives hidden inside his turban a special ceremony will be held at the presidential palace before his body is taken to his home province in the northeast of the country the killing was the latest in a string of high profile assassinations including the murder of president karzai half brother in july much of the violence has been carried out by the taliban boosted by income from the drugs trade which continues to flourish afghanistan is the source of the vast majority of the world's heroin and critics say that nato has turned a blind eye over the ten years it's been in the country now it seems that you've got a percent of reports from kabul where drug abuse is rife. the penalty for drinking beer in kabul is sixty whips on the back publicly it is a very traditional muslim society or is it there are dozens of people if not more for drugs right there but it is a bridge in the cen

mourners gathered in our capital kabul on friday for the funeral of the country's former president burhanuddin rabbani was assassinated on tuesday by a suicide bomber who had hidden that advice in his turban and claimed to be a taliban boy rabbani who had led the country in the one nine hundred ninety s. was the key figure in current peace talks with the militants this attack following a string of high profile targeted killings and calling the murder of the current president's half brother in july daoud sultanzoy political analyst and former afghan and peace has provided he was trying to maintain stability and believes he's lost me affect the alignment of forces in the country. he was a very moderate figure he was. very important influence in bringing moderation. and stability and the politics of the country and mr karzai and others will miss that the president of the problems that we are facing are monumental problems so three years is not very much time for the problems of afghanistan was facing and i don't think. figures like that and the. the absence of those kinds of figures do not render themsel

an advocate of peace talks with the taliban was assassinated on tuesday in a suicide attack burhanuddin rabbani was killed by a militant who hidden the explosive device in his turban claiming to be a taliban envoy about who had led the country in the one nine hundred ninety s. was a key figure in current peace talks with the militants thousands of mourners gathered in the afghan capital kabul on friday for his funeral the bombing followed a string of high profile targeted killings including the murder of the current president's half brother in july the taliban stepping up its attacks in afghanistan one of the main sources of income is in full bloom right now but nato isn't doing anything about that as artie's eagle pissed them off found that. the penalty for drinking beer in kabul is sixty whips on the back publicly it is a very traditional muslim society or is it there are dozens of people if not more for doing drugs right there all of this bridge in the center of the city with the wall just coming and staring at them all these insane conditions we still rubbish being through great fear where

thousands of mourners have gathered in the afghan capital for the funeral of former president burhanuddin rabbani ceremony was held a bit tight security following fears it could become a target target provided was assassinated on choose day by a suicide bomber who had claimed to have been a taliban envoy he had reportedly hit on the device inside his turban. yemen's president ali abdullah saleh has returned to the country three months after surviving an assassination attempt it comes as the death toll from five days of clashes between pro and anti-government forces has reached at least one hundred on thursday fighting raged with heavy explosions and gunfire all across the capital sanaa and the situation it will be there for debate in cross talk at twelve noon g.m.t. a live ellen is a panel of guests checking to see if a foreign intervention could solve the crisis there the yemenis do have the power to settle accounts with the ship and the key principle here is the people who do the fighting get through the running of the country afterwards we've seen it again and again it's one hundred first airb

burhanuddin rabbani was considered vital to peace efforts in his country.source tells cnn the attack took place just as rabbani was about to meet a delegation representing taliban insurgents. >>> and a nasa satellite is expected to re-enter the earth's atmosphere on or around this friday, september 23rd. nasa says the satellite will break into pieces and not all will burn up in the atmosphere, but the space agency says the risk to public safety is extremely small, anderson. let's hope so. >> yeah, let's hope so a lot. time for the shot. randi kaye, if you didn't know, it is gator hunting season in florida. i didn't know that. a teenager hit the jackpot. he bagged an 800-pound gator. it was at least 12 feet long. believe it or not, he used a fishing pole to reel it in. tim was gator hunting with his family when they spotted the massive reptile. his dad is a taxidermist and said he'll mount the alligator head for his son to display. look how huge that is. >> now, the last time you went gator hunting, anderson, what did you catch? >> i don't like to brag, let'

burhanuddin rabbani was considered vital to peace efforts in his country.n fact, an intelligence source tells cnn the attack took place just as rabbani was about to meet a delegation representing taliban insurgents. >>> and a nasa satellite is expected to re-enter the earth's atmosphere on or around this friday, september 23rd. nasa says the satellite will break into pieces and not all will burn up in the atmosphere, but the space agency says the risk to public safety is extremely small, anderson. let's hope so. >> yeah, let's hope so a lot. time for the shot. randi kaye, if you didn't know, it is gator hunting season in florida. i didn't know that. a teenager hit the jackpot. he bagged an 800-pound gator. it was at least 12 feet long. believe it or not, he used a fishing pole to reel it in. tim was gator hunting with his family when they spotted the massive reptile. his dad is a taxidermist and said he'll mount the alligator head for his son to display. look how huge that is. >> now, the last time you went gator hunting, anderson, what did you catch? >> i

. >> reporter: burhanuddin rabbani thought he was meeting a man with a message from taliban.he was meeting a man with a message directly from taliban leaders. the message was so important he was escorted in without security checks. he did deliver a message, just not the one that rabbani expected. this man put explosives inside his turban, says an aide. he put his head right on rabbani's chest and blew up his bomb. afghanistan has been trying to convince taliban to leave the battlefield. rabbani, a form president in afghanistan, led that effort with the help of a man who was also seriously injured. i met with him last year. >> you have to work with the community, those who want to lay down their weapons and pursue their goals through their civilized opposition, they are welcome. >> reporter: but the taliban has launched a campaign of assassinations, including president karzai's brother and kandah kandahar's mayor, also killed with a turban bomb. and as u.s. troops begin to leave, violence is increasing in the heart of kabul. just last week, insurgents launched a 20-hour attack

brothers and sisters and the leadership of afghanistan on the tragic assassination of professor burhanuddin rabbani, former president and chairman of the afghan high peace council. such cowardly attacks will never succeed in deterring our proud afghan brothers and sisters from realizing the noble goal of reconciliation and peace. pakistan fully supports an afghan-led and afghan-owned inclusive process of reconciliation and peace in afghanistan. we want to see afghanistan as a united, independent and sovereign state. we urge all concerned to join the reconciliation process. we also call for a de- escalation and cessation of violence. the road ahead for peace in afghanistan and our region as a whole is full of challenges. the complexity of the situation and the ground dynamics need to be analyzed objectively and carefully. clarity and strategic coherence, especially among afghanistan, united states and pakistan is of utmost importance. it is for this reason that we attach importance to the work of the trilateral core group. we also attach considerable importance to the afghanistan- pakistan joint com

burhanuddin rabbani was killed. we will hear remarks from president karzai and president obama. >> i want to welcome president karzai. we have a lot of important business to do, and i very much appreciate the effort he has been making in rebuilding afghanistan and putting it on a transition path to make sure that afghans are ultimately responsible for their security, their prosperity. we received tragic news today that president rabbani, who had been heading up the reconciliation process, was killed in a suicide attack. he was a man who cared deeply about afghanistan and had been a valued adviser to president karzai. he made enormous contributions to rebuilding, so his tragic loss, we want to extend our heartfelt condolences to his family and to the people of afghanistan. mr. president, we both believe that despite this, we will not be deterred from creating a path to whereby afghans can live in freedom and safety and security and prosperity. it will be important to continue the effort to bring all efforts -- all as