but george osborn has made it clear he is sticking to the course he has set himself, arguing in the long term, the pain will be worth it. bbc news, westminster. >> the latest headlines this hour on "bbc world news." obama has exploded at a bus stop in jerusalem -- a bomb had exploded at a bus stop in jerusalem. the no-fly zone has allowed near impunity. authorities in tokyo say that water is unfit for babies to drink. it is contaminated with radioactivity. and in some areas, it is twice the recommended safety levels. there are 11 vegetables that people must not eat a manthey fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. >> water and in this tokyo treatment plant has been found to contain radioactive iodine at twice the safe limit. immediately the news broke and bottled water started disappearing from shelves and in the capitol. we found misako and tomoko funding for supplies for their babies. >> i was really scared. we cannot see radiation. we will not know the effects on our children and some many years from now. >> infants are particularly vulnerable. it concentrates in their thyroid gland and can

george osborne u.k. finance minister underlined wednesday what he described as a pro growth budget extensive tax rises now we would call those tax increases the iss british newspaper extensive tax rises and spending cuts announced last year had brought economic stability said but the package unveiled in the annual budget was fiscally neutral with tax rises for banks oil companies and electricity generators offset by tax cuts for other companies or smokes the small companies motorists and middle income households in the u.k. has jacked the taxes up on the rich people the banks the oil companies and here were saying oh you know exxon mobil paid nothing in taxes nothing in taxes was profitable corporation has for the world and you wonder why us uncut is starting to get a little upset i think personally that this wouldn't have happened if you uncut had been out there good on them. there is no more glaring example of the steal from the poor give to the rich scheme the republican reverse robin hood's been push

. >> with a pledge not to increase it above inflation, george osborne got money from the oil companies of about 2 billion pounds. there was a package of measures designed to korea with an enterprise in britain. >> i can announce that from april this year, the corporation tax, it will be increased by more -- it will be changed more than i said. >> families will not be fooled. >> the future of the economy depends on more than just petrol. the question will be whether or not it really does." . bbc news, westminster. >> this is bbc news. the headlines, there are fresh reports of explosions in tripoli, as air strikes by international forces continue for a fifth night. at least 10 people were killed in syria as security forces clashed with anti-government protesters. portugal is facing political and economic uncertainty. the prime minister resigned after failing to convince parliament to approve his plan for dealing with a crushing level of debt. this is likely to spark another round of market speculation about whether a default on that debt could be next. our bbc reporter is in lisbon. >> i

george osborn also wants to provide more support for first- time homebuyers, and 50,000 apprenticeships for young people. >> let's take a quick look at some of the market numbers now. we start first in frankfurt where it was green across the board today. the eurostock 50 at 2066. dutch industrial average trading at 12,086, and the bureau will get you $1.4109. -- the euro. some companies continue perform equally well in good years and in bad. the largest german arms producer had a good year last year. it posted 4 billion euros in revenue. profit came in at 174 million years. the global arms market is massive. swiss research institute estimates global volume of $-- of one trillion 200 billion euros. >> thanks, sarah appeared onle voting has begunor the annual deutsc welle blog competition. 187 have been short list across a range of categories. this year, a number of web sites from the arab world are in the running. there are also awards for the best social activism campaign and the best video of -- video log. the last of t hollywood davis is dead. dave elizabeth taylor and passed away on

heard president obama repeatedly saying that he won't be sending ground troops but chancellor george osborne here in the u.k. has said. they're not planning to send ground troops at the moment so it remains to be seen what comes of that other cracks of course we've already heard that the arab league which supported a no fly zone is now coming out and saying that it's already displeased that this is not in a flight and in fact this is a bombardment of civilians. there is certainly a fear here in the u.k. that this is just the beginning of this intervention and again there will be an antiwar demonstration here in london outside downing street on sunday afternoon so people are certainly coming out and saying that they're worried about this all right argues laura and live for us in london thanks for that report. moscow has called on coalition forces to refrain from using indiscriminate force in libya we've got more on the reaction from moscow from marcie's peter all of her live outside the foreign ministry. hello peter so tell us more about this statement from the foreign ministry. well the late

george osborn also wants to provide more support for first- time homebuyers, and 50,000 apprenticeships for young people. >> let's take a quick look at some of the market numbers now. we start first in frankfurt where it was green across the board today. the eurostock 50 at 2066. dutch industrial average trading at 12,086, and the bureau will get you $1.4109. -- the euro. some companies continue to perform equally well in good years and in bad. the largest german arms producer had a good year last year. it posted 4 billion euros in revenue. profit came in at 174 million years. the global arms market is massive. swiss research institute estimates global volume of $-- of one trillion 200 billion euros. >> thanks, sarah appeared online voting has begun for the annual deutsche welle blog competition. 187 have been short list across a range of categories. this year, a number of web sites from the arab world are in the running. there are also awards for the best social activism campaign and the best video of -- video log. the last of the hollywood davis is dead. dave elizabeth taylor and pass

. >> david cam cameron, tell us what david cameron has done to put into his budget, a george osborne, the -- >> he real items the problem is not recession, the problem is worse. it's a problem of risk which leads eventually to much worse recession later, you see. the problem of all these problem who are in favor of spending we don't have is that they don't realize that you are pushing the system further with these packages of stimulus. if you take an individual, if you are in debt, okay, what do you do? you're in debt, you borrow more? no. you have a problem. now what we've done -- >> charlie: if you were in debt you have less is what you would organ. >> you would spend less. so you try to spend less and try to manage your finances. the chinese are not going to lend you much more. >> charlie: we'll come back to that. >> so the problem, the obama administration started transforming, one adult went to another fool. now who is paying the price? who is taking the risk of the policy, the person who did the right thing, mainly the one who saves. and in a lot of respect they did exactly the

i know, -- i now call the right honorable chancellor of the exchequer george osborne. >> thank you, mr. deputy speaker. mr. deputy speaker. last year emergency budget was about rescuing the nations finances and paying for the mistakes of the past. today's budget is about reforming the nation's economy so that we have an enduring growth and jobs in the future. and it's about doing what we can to help families with the cost of living and the high price of oil. we understand how difficult it is for so many people across our country right now that we are able now set off on the route from rescue to reform, and from reform to recovery is because of the difficult decisions we have already taken. those decisions have fought economic ability. and without stability there can be no sustainable growth and no new jobs. without stability governments have to keep coming back to their citizens for more, more taxes and more spending cuts, in britain we do not have to do that today. we have inherited a record budget deficit, but we have set out a credible comprehensive plan to deal with it. we have had

chanting] [chanting] [chanting] [cheers and applause] >> this week ahead of the british treasury george osborne testified in the house of commons about that country's budget. he outlined the conservative government's priorities which include reducing the deficit. he has served in this position since david cameron became prime minister last may. this is two hours. >> thank you very much for coming before us this afternoon. i know you've got to go to a meeting, and you have a plane to catch. so we'll try to make sure we can finish this by five. >> the french president was giving me a list so i could meet this afternoon so we have plenty of time. >> i would like to start by looking at the growth plan, and in particular one of the proposals, the introduction of a moratorium accepting micro-and started businesses from the domestic regulation for three years, what regulations do they object to? >> the first thing i would say is, we can't foresee. i see the principle as being stopping but not yet been conceived. but government has a habit of conceding. and, therefore, it acts as a brake on that and th

chancellor of the exchequer george osborne talked about tax incentives, public expenditures and spendingosition leader ed miliband among others who criticize the current governments failed promises. this is about two hours.sit >> i now call the right honorable mr.-- of the exchequer. >> thank you mr. deputy speaker. last year's emergency budget was about rescuing the nation's finances and paying for the mistakes of the past. today's budget is about reforming the nation's economy so that we have him during growth and jobs in the future. and it is about doing what we can to help families with the cost of living and the high price ofc oil. we understand how difficult itf is for so many people across oun country right now. so we are able now to set up rescue and reform and reform tod recovery.om it is because of the difficult decisions we have alreadye take. those decisions have brought economic stability. and without stability, there cae be no sustainable growth and no new jobs. without stability, governments have to keep coming back to their citizens for more, more taxes and more spending