i'm david eades. also coming up on the program, no touch screens or logos, but could this p.c. revolution nies the way children learn about computers? >> and the world celebrates 80 years of broadcasting. >> hello. republican voters in the american states of michigan and arizona have provided a much-needed boost for the presidential hopeful mitt romney. for one born in michigan, anything less than victory could have been disaster. but it gave him a boost over rick santorum. >> despite the crowd's enthusiasm, he still hasn't won the right to face president obama in november. this was a hard fight in a state that should have been an easy win for romney. he was born and raised in michigan and his father was a governor. >> we didn't win by a lot. but we won by enough, and that's all that counts. >> but rick santorum made a strong run for someone barely taken into consideration at the beginning. >> in a race everyone said, ignore, you have really no chance here, and the people of michigan looked into the hearts of the candidates, and all i have to say is i love you back. [applause]

i'm david eades. also coming up on the program, a brain wave break through as scientists work on how to pick up the sound on people's thoughts. and giving out bonuses instead of receiving them. >> hello. thanks for being with us. 5 secret nato report seen by the "bbc world news" says pakistan intelligence forces are intimately involved with table and supporting them. and points to a link between the table and the avenue began security and it was based on intelligence gleaned from thousands of captured al qaeda and table operatives. pakistan says it is committed to non-interneerns pakistan but the document has brought that commitment into question once again. >> yes. very, very strong allegations in this report. not just material support. for the table. across the border but also specifics about where senior members of the afghan table and their relatives might be living right next to the intelligence agencies and there's one line in that report that talks about relative of the hakani network a wing of

i'm david eades. the headlines this hour. a riot at a football match in egypt has killed more than 70 people and left up to 1,000 injured. a three-day period of national mourning has been declared. pakistan's prime minister yousuf raza gilani will face charges over his failure to reopen a corruption case against the president. here with news of a name which resonates through boxing. muhammad ali but angelo dundee, not far behind. >> the man credited with helping muhammad ali to become champion has died at age 90 of a heart attack. you can see him there. his face highlighted. always in allie's corner. just two fights he missed between 1960 and 1981. and just last month he was at muhammad ali's birthday celebration. last year he was talking to the bbc about his career with muhammad ali. >> boxing is a great sport, and i'd like to see it flourish like it did when i had a great time with muhammad ali and sugar ray leonard. i feel blessed and lucky and i'm happy i got the life i had. give it a shot, whatever you got going for. you

i'm david eades. also coming up -- a landmark deal set to be signed by sarkozy and cameron which may see new power stations on the mainland. libyans mark the first anniversary of the uprising that toppled colonel gaddafi. >> hello. thanks for joining us. there is mounting pressure on germany's president. that's christian wulff. mr. wulff has become embroiled in a scandal over favors that he allegedly received before becoming head of state. we can show you the scene. that's the podium where we expect mr. wulff to come out any minute now to deliver his statement, which we do expect to be one of resignation. he's doing any wrongdoing, but he is under pressure, not least because the public prosecutor in germany has been calling for a lifting of his immunity to face certain charges and allegations against him. chancellor merkel herself has delayed her plans to go to move. she's due to meet mario monti there. she will also be making a statement after the president. with me here in the studio is our berlin c

i'm david eades. also coming up in the program -- uganda considers harsh new laws against homosexuality, prompting a gay exodus. and kim jong il is dead, but north korea celebrates his 70th birthday in style. what's the profile of his son, a new leader, kim jong un? >> hello. thanks for joining us. at least eight palestinian children have been killed, this after an israeli truck hit a school bus on a road in the west bank. the bus was carrying at least 50 children, some of them just 5 years old. we understand at least 30 were injured. they've been taken to hospitals in the west bank city of ramallah and in israel. a short time ago, the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, declared three days of mourning. joining me from jerusalem is the bbc's john donneson. pretty horrific crash. can you give us the details? >> well, what we believe is that this crash happened on a pretty busy road just outside ramallah. we understand that the school bus was carrying around 50 children. palestinian police say some of

i'm david eades. also coming up in the program -- times, they are a-changing, says one leading russian activist, as a presidential election looms. also, we meet kim jong il's double, who's looking for new opportunities after the north korean leader's death. >> hello. thanks for joining us. syria's state-run news agency says that president assad has set a date for a referendum on the country's new draft constitution. and that date is the 26th of february. amendments to the constitution were a key demand by opposition groups at the start of the uprising against the president last march. now, the announcement comes as the bombardment of the city of homs just goes on. 13 days of this now. this is the picture for you at the moment, vast amounts of spoken gulfing the city. now, this is believed to have come, well, possibly from an oil pipeline serving a refinery in the city, but there are a couple of views as to what precisely caused it. but government forces have continued their assault on the city. there'

i'm david eades. also coming up in the program -- some people in bolivia traveled for three months to get to this disabled protest. we'll show how it did not go according to plan. also, a choppy end for one brazilian rescue helicopter, which literally fell apart on landing. >> hello. an international conference on syria is expected to call for an immediate cease-fire to allow access to homs and other areas under attack. the friends of syria group brings together foreign ministers, senior officials from around 70 arab and western countries for a meeting in tunisia. syrian opposition leaders are also attending. the former u.n. secretary general, kofi annan, has been appointed special envoy to syria. the latest reports from homs say continued shelling has today killed another five people. >> mounting dismay at the plight of civilians caught in syria's spiraling violence, now in tunisia the outside world will be searching for a way too help them. >> we hope to see new pledges of emergency assistance for s

i'm david eades. and will the football career go away for a player awaiting remain charges. a trial. >> hello. thanks for being with us. protesters and police in egypt have clashed. in cairo. demonstrating over the deaths of more than 70 football fans wednesday. security forces were criticized for standing back after rival forces clashed. many accused the government of involvement and they targeted the interior ministry building. hundreds of people were reported to have been injured in the course of the protest. police used live ammunition and tear gas on a crowd reportedly trying to break into a police station. two people were shot dead there. >> with a large demonstration, this is going to include funeral prayers, so there will certainly be a heavy religious element. we have seen a lot of confrontations, important to seems no one was killed in cairo though there were two elsewhere. but what's new is the political context. you now have a democratically elected chamber which really means the ruling mi

i'm david eades. also coming up, violent clashes in afghanistan over tensions from the burning of the koran. and it's midday near london. 7:00 a.m. in new york. 2:00 a.m. in syria where confirmation has come in the last hour that two western journalists were killed. marie colvin, a veteran war correspondent and remi ochlik. under a sustained assault by government forces. we get more from our war correspondent emily buchanan. >> the bottom bardment of baba amr. it appears from these latest pictures to be relentless. throwing the spotlight, they are now becoming the victims. this is the makeshift media center apparently hit by a shell. the bodies of two foreign journalists were found inside. one has been confirmed as the "sunday times" war correspondent marie colvin. >> i watched a baby die today, horrific. a 2-year-old hit. they stripped it and found metal went into the left chest. his little tummy kept heaving until he died. that is happening over and other and over. no one here can understand how the

i'm david eades. also coming up in the program -- >> no one knew then that the girl would arrive here as princess elizabeth, would leave again five days later as queen. >> an anniversary to. we report from the kenyan holiday spot, where elizabeth ii succeeded to the throne 60 years ago today. >> hello. thanks very much for being with us. syrian forces have intensified their bombardment of the city of homs, which has been the main center of the protest against president assad's regime. heavy artillery power has been pounding the city since early morning. local activists say a field hospital has been hit. there are reports of an explosion at a oil pipeline feeding a main refinery in the city. just want to bring you that live shot once again of homs. this is the picture at the moment. the opposition syrian national council says up to 50 people have been killed. it accuses the regime of encircling the city of tanks with what it's calling a major offensive and urging the international community to act quic

i am david eades. was tuesday;s change of leader in the maldives a coup. his successor is accused of trying to overthrow him. and some seeking better regulations. the worst day so far. that is the word coming from residents of the city of homs where the syrian government forces are in their fifth day of bombardment. activists say at least 18 premature babies are among those who have lost their lives because of power outages, which meant incubator's failed. there was mortar fire and rockets. these pictures suggest tanks are on the move again with ground forces headed toward opposition- held districts. the government says the drive will go on until all armed opposition is eliminated. at least 40 people have been killed so far today according to the reports coming out of the city. we will get more details in a moment on the deaths of the premature babies. first, the bbc's paul wood is one of the few overseas journalists still reporting from homs. he spoke to us a short time ago from the outskirts of the city. >> it's very bad at the moment. managed to get out