our correspondent, damian grammaticas, is in the north korean capital, pyongyang. >> the failure of this rocket launch is without doubt a real embarrassment for the north korean regime here in pyongyang. it had in the days before been saying this would be a sign of the north's technological achievement. but the news that the launch had failed was given to the north korean people at about midday local time. north korean state media said that rocket scientists and technicians were looking into the reasons why, as it put it, the satellite had failed to enter orbit. but for four hours after the launch, there was absolutely no word at all. the international journalists have been brought here and were assembled in the press and were told nothing at all. in previous days, we'd been taking to see that rocket on the launch pad out on the west sea launch silte. we were shown the satellite that was going to be loaded onto it. north korea wants to insist that this is nothing but a satellite launch, not the test of missile technology that others had feared, and it wanted to show off its mastery of th

our correspondent, damian grammaticas, reports from the site of the rocket inside north korea. >> this is the heart of north korea's satellite program. we're not allowed to film that way, but we've been brought about half an hour outside pyongyang this morning to mission control for the rocket launch planned for this week. and inside there, well, there is the control room. there's a giant screen with a live video feed coming of the rocket on its launch pad. it's been covered in plastic sheets at the minute because of heavy rainfall, they say, to protect the rocket. but the fueling is ongoing to get the rocket ready for launch. the technicians, the controllers are all there at their terminals, and we're told that the launch is due to go ahead on schedule this week. now, north korea says it brought all of the world's media here, something it's never done before, opening its satellite program like this to show it has nothing to hide. >> of course, i think that once we launch the satellite, there will be some countries who insist that it is a ballistic missile. that's why we've invited the

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from beijing, damian grammaticas has the latest. >> before his fall, bo xilai -- the facade of unity so prized here has been shattered. it seemed like he was tapping a fellow leaders' phone calls, even president -- tapping fellow calls,phone even president hu jintao. his wife is under scrutiny in the case, his son, too. it is claimed that his son had a red ferrari and a taste for parties and expensive living. his son has denied that he has ever driven a ferrari. the scandal is creating -- is deeply uncomfortable for the communist party. the death of neil heywood has shown a light on the privilege enjoyed by communist party officials and their family. there is a link between power and wealth in china today. there is growing inequality. and of those things are things that the -- and none of those things are things that the communist party wants aired. working with arms like aston martin and the london taxi company, -- it was working with companies like aston martin and the london taxi company that neil heywood was offering before his death. >> the way he handled his business with us wa