announced that its mission in libya has formally ended. they describe the operation as one of the most successful in the 62-year history of nato. he stressed the mission, was in support of the u.n. mandate, protect the civilian population. >> the gaddafi regime, a real threats against the civilian population. we've mandated to protect civilians against the threats. that is the reason why we targeted gaddafi regime military facilities. >> if the mission was to protect the civilians, why was nato -- where was day to when it came to sirte? >> the fact is that the ntc forces did all they could to protect civilians. i have no evidence ntc forces deliberately attacked civilians. the fact is, and remnants of the gaddafi regime forces were still fighting in sirte, and they also used as human shields. my point is, it was the gaddafi regime and later on the remnants of the gaddafi regime that was the threat against civilians. >> what can nato member states offered libya now in concrete terms? >> for nato, operation unify and protect will be terminat

humphrey has asked for what is possible a year -- hungary has asked for what is possible eu financial assistance. the credit rating could be downgraded further. so far, economic measures implemented by the prime minister center-right government have not produced the desired results. the economy is forecast to expand by just 0.5% in 2012. making it the biggest of the country's -- countries to join the european union back in 2004. >> in cambodia, the three highest-ranking survivors have gone on trial. a u.n.-backed court is hearing details on a list of crimes. the defense -- also on trial, the former foreign minister and the former head of state. the men are accused of committing crimes against humidity. -- humanity. to a million people were killed or starved to death under their command. our correspondent was in the courtroom. we asked him how significant the trial is for the cambodian people. >> the significance is mostly a symbolic one. it is very important for the victims to see that someone is being a justice for these crimes. it also sparked public debate in the country and gives

it has a lot of debt, and it has berlusconi, which is itself a problem. the immediate problem is greece. >> colby, can you draw a connection between the the wall street protests, which are spreading across the country, and what is going on in europe? >> i can't do that. the street demonstrations in greece have been a lot like demonstrations we have had here, but the causes are different. i think we would be a little stretched to try to draw some correlation between the two. what was interesting about greece, though, was papandreou first talked about having our referendum, and the europeans let it be known that this would be a disaster, because the greeks would reject this package, and you will get out of the euro. >> how do you convince people who don't want to pay taxes and don't pay taxes that it is time to pay taxes in a society where the maximum social security payment is $48,000, as opposed to $28,000 in the united states? >> how do you convince republicans in this country to pay taxes? >> same thing. >> you cannot answer a question with a question.

it does not matter that he has no parliamentary experience. he has never been an mp.ut it is not necessary, according to the italian constitution, for italian prime minister to be a member of parliament. >> ok, thank you so much for that. we're going to go to steve. he is standing by with the latest on how this is going to impact italy. >> it is too big to fail, and unfortunately, looks like it might be too big to bailout as well. european stocks plunged again wednesday after the spread between italian and german government bond yields widened the most since the introduction of the euro. interest on italian 10-year bonds shattered the 7% ceiling that famously force ireland and portugal to seek international balance. the surge in interest on italian bonds reflects investor concern that rome will not be able to pay the money back. italy is the second most indebted country and the eurozone, right after greece. intervention and the bond market by the european central bank had held interest rates down earlier in the week, but on wednesday, uncertainty about italy's future

my party has has got to take dramamine to stop spinning itself.hey lost control of the agenda during the debt ceiling debate. during the whole discussion about the government shutdown. now the american jobs act has really reframed the discussion. not only is getting very strong support bipartisan support according to the "wall street journal," but it really, according to mark zandi, john mccain top economic advisor would lower unemployment by 1%. produce 1.5 million jobs. so i think the obama administration is getting back on not just an important message but an important agenda with the american jobs act. >> laura: except the democrats don't even push his jobs bill. we have a problem when his own party did not want to put this up for a vote in the u.s. senate when we had eric cantor saying, hold on. we had eric cantor saying let's vote on this in piecemeal. we can work with you on some of this. to me it seems like the burden can't always be on the republicans. right? bill clinton worked for the republicans. he worked for gingrich. welfare reform.

and here's what they had to say my experience has been that i. stayed here. well i think that you know the mayor is discussing things create crimes that aren't haven't been reported what are those crimes that you think the mayor is probably gearing up to make another attempt to. turn the park simply because someone walks into the park doesn't mean that they're part of the movement a lot of these out with that even critical of us characterize anyone who is within you know a mile radius of this place as a protester and therefore reflective of our movement but as you can see anyone can come in here and that's fine you know we want to welcome people in but certainly because someone's destructive doesn't mean they reflect what we're doing or that we promote what they're doing princeton professor and activist dr cornel west who has been a huge supporter of the occupation movement was down here in zuccotti park r.t. had a chance to catch up with him to get his thoughts on what mayor bloomberg has recently said i just think he's wrong i'm going to draw d

this one has a picture of the queen. also they finally left iran's -- after they left the apology had beethe director had been done. >> there will be other further and serious consequences. >> alongside the anger here, the foreign office is feeling we have seen it all before. various times. each time, that the british embassy in tehran has been attacked, it is for the same reason. it is because the serious infighting at the top of politics in iran itself. there is a major split between the countries religious leader and president ahmadinejad. it is growing and contrary to what you might expect, president ahmadinejad is the one who is trying to stop things getting too bad with the outside world. in the sense, president ahmadinejad is the more moderate one of the two. the british embassy took the brunt of it today. the name may have been to make relations with the west as difficult as possible. >> some graphic pictures coming out of tehran. i spoke with the director of the middle east program at the center for strategic in

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this has been a disaster. they ended up by accusing one of their opponents, rick perry, and then saying is the left behind a whole thing, a la clarence thomas. they are pointing fingers but not explaining much. >> evan? >> it does not matter what we think, it is the voters of iowa. he might get away with this as a media elite lynching thing, but there are problems with that. one is that he has accused perry, a conservative, of leaking the whole thing. second, if he is going down, is because one of these women comes forward and says it was not just joking around. he invited me to his room. it looks like an actual overt sexual pass. if that becomes the fact that she is out there saying that, where it counts with the voters of iowa -- that has not happened yet, but that would be the final straw. >> nina? >> watching a herman cain throughout this process, you knew there was going to be a moment where that you-know-what hit the fan, and this is it. his numbers have not gone down. i am not ready to write him off yet

russia stands firmly on that this issue has to be approached with diplomacy it has to be done step by step through talking no military intervention is acceptable russia's very action to this comes after israel has been pushing for a military intervention saying the clock is ticking and iranian nuclear program has to be stopped right now russian foreign minister insists that it's going to have consequences for the entire region is already so unstable. our view a list issue is well known and the talk would be a serious mistake with very grave consequences because we can see proof of that every day when we see how problems will be solved close to iran be it iraq or afghanistan or other countries in the region military interference only leads to a multiple rising death. meanwhile international atomic energy agency's preparing i reports which is going to prove that iran's nuclear ambitions are not peaceful overall iran has been denying this ever since the beginning and mahmoud ahmadinejad has said that so if there is going to be a military intervention then iran is prepared for it. profess

lu has never gone to school and cannot read or write. her life has been set out for her. at home or in the rice fields. it's sum's third visit. she wants the family to allow lu to give birth in a hospital. but her mother-in-law bore all of her children in this hut. instead of an ultrasound, the midwife uses a simple measuring tape to check on how the baby is doing. sum tells them what to do if something goes wrong. >> she's fine now -- the baby, too. but if there is a problem, she has to go to the clinic. she's still so young. that's really important. ha giang province is near the chinese border. the mountain villages here are home to members of the nung and hmong peoples - poor communities cut off from the wider world. this isolation takes a toll on the women here. the maternal mortality rate is 10 times higher than in the rest of the country. sum is trying to bring some medical know-how to the villagers here. she is a member of the nung people herself, and a mother of two. she gets up at 4:30 each morning to care for her family -- then works in the rice fields with her

germany ended the talks this year and the commission says it has to act. >> the commission has decided this morning to bring the so- called a volkswagen case back to the court of justice. >> brussels is focusing on a 20% stake in volkswagen owned by the regional government. it gives its effective veto rights, for example, in deciding the location of production facilities. the commission sets that infringes on competition rules. it could prevent the free flow of capital. officials in lower saxony up. unworried by the developments. they say they made amendments to the vw law after it was declared illegal in 2007. they say it had no distorting effect on competition. >> the state of lower saxony is a stable shareholder. it does not prevented qatar from investing. >> if a fine is imposed, the german government would have to pay it, not books that in. >> -- not a volkswagen. >> fitch has downgraded portuguese bonds due job status. -- to junk status. the downgrade coincided with a 24-hour strike by portugal's public-sector workers against austerity measures. airports were particularly hard hi

media has done with his father. previously so i don't think that the people who are opposing the new regime in libya will put down their weapons and. continue on for. months to come up. by the way save our lives lance folks you are seeing july of this year and during our interview had knitted he's mistaken opening his arms to outsiders who later turned their backs on his family this is a message to everybody you know if you have your strong and never trust that. you have to be or a look at everybody is blue that is because if you you were guys with everybody. you brought all the areas from abroad to libya and this that is of to be honest. i was in the us. and you can watch the full interview with get his son on our website r.t. dot com or now you. are in new york occupy wall street protesters have returns dizzy corti part of that counts were cleared by police on tuesday meanwhile in california get arrested students also demonstrating against corporate greed have been proper sprayed by police at a campus sit down pro

he has grown. he has learned to bite his ample tongue.the republican debates -- i hesitate to call them that, because it is not much of a back and forth -- with the exception of the cnn one where the moderator actually gave people time to get their answers out. gingrich was head-and-shoulders above his rivals in that debate format, just really answering the questions, not going after rival candidates, not trying to score points with some memorable, short answer, but saying what he really felt. i thought his putdown of ron paul in this last debate, when they were talking national security and the patriot act. paul was saying, you have to protect the rights of bad guys intent on blowing up american cities. he said -- gingrich said that was not a good enough reason. ron paul said, look, we got tim mcveigh. gingrich said, we got tim mcveigh after he blew up that building and all those people. the point being, and gingrich hammered it home forcefully, that we need to stop these islamist extremists before they get a dirty bomb into an american

skyrocketed with the greek economy has plummeted the crisis has led to unemployment poverty creasing to a lot of people not being able to make ends meet face to these tough economic conditions it's not just extreme factions a society that has seen a rise in anti immigrant sentiment but every day greeks who faced with exceptionally tough social circumstances have begun to point the finger of blame. for their problems the streets of athens have now become a kind of limbo for illegal immigrants who are struggling to make money and to survive even second generation immigrants who've lived in the country many years feeling the tension we've come to one of greece's neighborhoods of the dangers a first high immigrant population the local park here has become isn't mine a battleground. among the we have to close the current because it was overrun with immigrants no one could cross the corridor everybody was scared and no group of people could come here it was not a playground anymore. that children are now forced to play very gainsaid outside the closed gates of part of the best area with na

this has been a controversial issue for years. the state government has set up an investigatory committee headed by retired federal judge. he will be trying to find out why the three neo-nazis were able to form an underground organization that was later based in this house. the neo-nazis cell has also been linked to an attack in 2004 that injured 22 people. now other unsolved attacks are being reexamined. >> we will have more on this story and far right violence in germany coming up a little later. what can be done now at the national level to make it harder for far right extremists to organize? angela merkel's christian democrats met today and voted to push for a ban on the far right npd party. >> delegates voted unanimously for a motion to examine banning in the youth are right party by law. there are still many -- banning the far-right party by law. there's still many questions to be answered. >> we need to find out why and how this could happen in our country. despite the police and intelligence network in our country. >> but

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now, it has to be cut short. he was a committed to the hospital earlier this week and is being treated for what his doctors say is severe pneumonia. it -- he was admitted to the hospital earlier. there are discussions under way about rescheduling. this is news that would worry his legions of fans. his publicist has said, george michael is receiving excellent medical care and is responding to treatment and slowly improving. they're looking to crush any rumors about his condition adding that he is ill with pneumonia and any other speculation regarding his illness is unfounded and untrue. no doubt, the fans who had tickets for the upcoming dates will be bitterly disappointed. the tour marks a new performance for george michael and it has been well received by fans and critics. >> there was an idea to go to various places around the world and play with those symphony orchestras. >> still, the disappointment at the concert to side, george michael's fans will be wishing him a speedy and full recovery. to achieve that,

in the new economy, it has cooled. >> metal demand has gone down. international prices have gone down and prices in china have dropped. >> a slow in china is vulnerable, especially if there is a slowdown in europe. china's biggest exports, the turnover is equivalent to the economy of a small nation like lithuania. >> some of them, they don't attend. >> they're not even coming here? >> sure. >> are the people that are here, are they buying much? >> i don't think so. >> many more are doing well. some have had to let the shops stay rent-free. >> there are fewer people coming here. i think the economy is getting worse. some days, not a single person even walk into the shot. >> china might decide it is better to hold onto its cash rather than bailout europe. >> the effect of the your crisis is fell to around the world. -- the effect of the european crisis is phelps -- is felt all around the world. syria had agreed to withdraw its tanks, release the prisoners, and start a dialogue with the opposition. foreign journalists will be allowed to monitor. a new

over the past hundred years iran has invaded and attacked nobody it has however been invaded by britain world war one by britain and the former soviet union in world war two in one thousand forty one to grab its oil when it's democratically elected president mohamed must have big nationalized the iranian oil company which is a british petroleum the us cia backed coup got rid of him imposed the shah of personal popularity until nine hundred seventy nine and when in one nine hundred seventy nine iran recovers its own identity immediately once saddam hussein i think we all remember him was in the service of the united states britain and israel with chemical weapons of mass destruction provided by the united states to lead an eight year war of attrition against iran so if anything one has to ask who is the danger in the region the united states britain france and israel or iran who has invaded and attacked nobody in a century and we want to know how close you think a military strike against iran is so far the majority think an attack is imminent as it runs along with american and israeli in

a human has long been a hot topic bomb iran. but. the greatest threat that america the world faces had faced was a nuclear iran but it's heated up since last week's report from the un's nuclear watchdog sparking fears iran was pursuing atomic weapons the i.a.e.a. says iran developed a high explosives initiation system a detonator with the help of a foreign expert voice not part expert is called the mystery scientists and russian by some western media even though the i.a.e.a. report doesn't name him and he's not russian but ukrainian here's how former weapons inspector david albright talks suffer the scientists nuclear credentials on c.n.n. he showed him how to build a thin hemispherical shell with holes in it and where the detonation happens and you simultaneously set off explosive pellets in a series of holes in that a woman shell and those explosive help pellets ignite the high explosive underneath and in a very spiritual way it compresses the core and then you get a nuclear explosion it is not then he is a scientist but not a nucl

he has been held for nine years. we are in guantanamo bay with more background on this story. >> it is quite extraordinary case, he effectively appeared in public for the first time today after nine years after he was captured in the gulf of arabia. he has appeared short and stocky, his hair cropped back and his first appearance quite extraordinary. pictures are not allowed, but the background of the cases this. he was accused of masterminding the bombing against an american warship back in 2000 that killed 17 american service people. and subsequently, a number of other plots he has been accused of being part of. after 2002, he was effectively sent to a number of secret prisons and emerged in 2006. >> history of tough job prospects. >> south korea holds the exam today. this year, pressure for academic success is as fierce as ever. young koreans are finding that there aren't enough jobs to go around and the government has said it is a social problem and persuading students to offer vocational training instead. many ex

it seems its navigation system has failed. engineers have three days to reprogram the craft's computer in a desperate attempt to salvage the mission before the batteries go flat. phobos-grunt was designed to go into orbit and make observations of the main planet and collect soil samples before returning to earth. it was always an ambitious mission, but no one expected it to fail so soon. russia has had a successful half a century in space, launching the first man into orbit and even sending spacecraft as far as venus and haley's comet. but somehow they've always been unlucky on their missions to mars. many have failed, and not one of them has been completely successful. daniel sanford, bbc news, moscow. >> there's a big match this weekend, england versus the world champion spain. we're talking football on saturday. the friendly interpret at wembley comes the very weekend the u.k. marks remembrance day. the english football association is very keen that their players wear the symbolic poppy on their shirt, a sign of respect. th

since the place has become a nature reserve, the wildlife has returned, and with it, poachers. forest rangers patrol the area daily. helicopters are used to move the men around. their aim is to stop illegal hunting. >> you can see from the air. i am going to give you the gps coordinates. >> more often than not, they arrived too late. a pilot is located another dead elephant and direct the mentor it. it is the 30th elephant to be killed this year. the poachers use poison. it is more subtle than a gun. >> they are using the poisoned arrow, so it was hit from somewhere. it came from right here. it is not easier for us to find this thing the way it is. >> rob johnson has been leading the project for 20 years and built things up from the start. >> how long do you think it has been dead? >> illegal ivory poaching is a growing threat for the reserve. >> demand for ivory has increased significantly in the last year, mainly fuelled by increase in ivory prices in china. the price of ivory per kilo has risen from $10 to $100 per kilo. one of the biggest challenges we have is to make sure

, and also has seen careers and. but we must keep in mind that, when it comes to the safety of children, there can be no margin for error. >> over the course of the alleged molestation, there were some witnesses, but the question remains why did not anyone intervene? >> it will be awhile before the truth comes out about this apparent cover-up. but something like power and loyalty may have contributed to the scandal. >> it is difficult to know how much joe paterno or other university officials knew about the legend molestation. why was not more done to stop the abuse? pennsylvania gov. tom corbett acknowledged the apparent collapse and power. >> in my career, i have seen many instances where people who have power believe that they are beyond the law appeared >> gov. corbett says that a special committee will determine the center of power in the football program. aside from the power, could there be other factors that could contribute to the inaction? >> it is a closely knit organization. people may cover for one anoth

what it is they have a human community every human community has something they are still supporting oh my god yes one hundred twenty was it overall though all the activists that we have spoken with today say they feel as safe today as they have felt since day one of these occupy wall street movement they say the momentum is growing bigger it's growing louder it's growing larger and they are here to stay reporting from wall street marina fortnight our. police in washington decided not to charge a driver who rammed his car into a crowd of protesters are. seen and has posting her comments on the twitter and she says the incident left three protesters injured as far fury among this crowd and one of the latest comments she says the police work with the rest of demonstrators not the driver but she's also a film footage and for good or a rest which is available through for twitter feed. i don't have a reporter so. well in a few minutes r.t. returns to your task when it comes to well how much is too much. if people make more than a million dollars and they have it in their bank account a mo

no russia has been interested then being part of the group since ninety three and it has plans and it looks like russia will be joining the becoming a full fledged member of the world trade organization by the summer of twenty twelve and a very important element took place today the us president barack obama said that he would start working with the u.s. congress to try to call off the jackson vatican amendment this is something that's been a major issue between russia and the u.s. because this is a clause that was put in place by the u.s. congress back in one nine hundred seventy three and even though it has been under moratorium it's definitely been causing a little friction between russia and the u.s. when it comes to trade between the two countries now getting rid of this amendment is something that certainly could really improve trade relations not just for russia in the united states the international community working with the countries . and the see it sure can our reporting there so russia's access to the w t o was central to discussions on the last day of the apec summit aft

this committee has done a lot of work. we have that two major commissions doing work for over one year on this issue. the simpson-bowles commission, the gang of six in the senate have done -- has done a lot of work on this. i do not accept the premise that they cannot get a substantive proposal made by the termination of their mandate of november 23. i am hopeful that they can. if they cannot, i want to see this committee succeed. as i said in a letter signed by 100 members of the house, i want to see a conclusion reached. i want to see a big deal. i want to see us get to a point where the deficit -- the debt to gdp ratio is sustainable and confidence building. i am supportive of this committee reaching a conclusion successfully. in the events duality that they cannot do that and they ask for an extension, -- eventuality that they cannot do that and they ask for an extension, i am respectful of that decision. there are republicans and democrats that would want to see work come to a close if they cannot reach a conclusion.

this has landed and his -- on his in-tray. he wants to get back to the ecb's for values. -- core values. as well throw just another -- and this will throw just another googly at him. is will skew his ability to get the euro back to stability -- and this will skew w his ility to get the euro back to stability. >> the new man at the helm of the ecb is an italian banker. mario draghi's approach could mean higher inflation, say his critics. that is something the ecb has been fighting to avoid. >> frankfurt -- germany's banking capital. much has changed since the 2008 financial crisis rolled across the world. the european central bank has been solid as a rock. the decisions on monetary policy taken here affect 320 million europeans, most of the 1500 staff are economists. their top priority -- to make sure the euro remains a stable currency. this conference room is where european central bankers hold their monthly meetings. the panel includes representatives from all the 17 eu countries that use the euro. they study how much money i

that has meant cars being set ablaze or people being attacked. without the usual messages left in her letter box or even found the letterbox was destroyed. >> they are used to right wing violence. it is a phenomenon that is becoming more frequent. >> violence was accepted as a means to achieve political and. violence was also used. people were harmed. there were also attack weapons and some people were known for an inclination to use them. they had the idea that they were carrying out the revolutionary battle at a different level. using force. >> she works in a mobile center on right-wing extremism. she is often warned of the increasing rate levels. her team tried to prevent the situation spiraling out of control. >> at the end of every year, the projects that have been deployed against right-wing extremism face the possibility of being terminated. that is why the people working on this teams are partially retraining. >> they feel they do not get enough recognition. the former neo-nazi says it shows how well organized the scene is. >> there has g

today, it has been tidied up. they're looking to struck off their reputation for danger. >> there is change. for most people, this is considered a war zone. >> for good reason? >> yes. >> for the adventuress then. fireworks and the chance to watch a mountain rise. >> that brings us to the end of today's show. you can get updates on our website at any time. from all of us, thank you so much for watching. i will see you back here tomorrow. 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 news was presented by kcet, los angté

every other candidate who is close to romney has taken a dive so begin rip has to be careful. there is a good way to look at the internals of this poll. on the subject of strong leadership, gingrich leads romney among republicans by 34 percent to 24 percent. on foreign policy, a big part of the national security debate, gingrich has a blow out lead among republicans, 46 percent to 16 percent. 3-1 trouncing. romney has a couple of advantages for strong moral character, romney 32 percent, and michele bachmann at 11 percent and gingrich at 9 percent. on the subject of who republicans think is electable romney wins by 15 points. >>shepard: and governor romney has a new ad and it is as if he is the only one running. >> that has caused a stir because of words from president obama's mouth quoting joe paterno -- john mccain quoting an aide, but this does something larger on a day they debate in washington, dc, they are 11th among the republicans for the g.o.p. nomination and romney is welcoming president obama to new hampshire and waging a political fight this as if he is already the

the arab league has suspended them. the king has said he would step down. what is next? >> that is part of the problem. that is why arab leaders have been reluctant to speak up. they do not know what to do next. the with the king put it, he said the unknown is schering arab leaders more than the known. -- the way the king put it, he said the unknown is schering the arab leaders more than the known. he says they worry about the mistake inside syria with so many different ethnic and religious groups. he said the situation in libya was straightforward. he said the future of syria is much more complicated like iraq. in other words, fears of chaos and collapse. >> but to be clear, he ruled out the issue of arab states using military force. >> he said he had not heard anyone in the region seriously considering military intervention. turkey is engaging with some of the syrian military officers who have defected. he said he was not sure if turkey was just going to establish a security buffer along the border or going further. he said it was very worrying for jordan and other cou

meanwhile the arab league has been pulling no punches as it has announced a decision to suspend syria's membership for failing to meet the terms of its peace plan a move that syria has fervently denounced. were surprised that the arab league had already prepared a document which obviously came from american orders and they were asked to produce this document because serious positive response surprised them and their masters in america and the west. syria has also remain confident that china and russia would oppose any one resolution to get militarily involved both countries have vetoed such a decision back in october the international community has gone to great lengths to draw a contrast between libya and syria mainly to avoid provoking iran but because syria is much distance equally important to iran toppling saddam regime could also mean we could mean these lawmakers public itself so the stakes are high both sides of the fence ok first of all i'd like to go to yasser in chicago i mean considering what we just heard in marshes report here and the news it has come out as we sit down to

has imposed fresh sanctions on iran severing all financial ties it has with the country this is coming from how the announcement was made by the u.k. chancellor george osborne ordering all of the u.k.'s financial institutions to stop doing business as of now basically with the iranian counterparts including the central bank of iran saying that it is for reasons of national security for the u.k. and also the security of the world what prompted this move these latest sanctions on iran is the latest report on iran's nuclear program from the international atomic energy watchdog the i.a.e.a. who kind of well brought up fresh concerns that iran is actually using its program to develop nuclear weapons how this is something that iran denies it insists its nuclear program is purely for civilian and scientific use is the first time the u.k. has actually used these powers created under the two thousand and eight counterterrorism act to act in this way and cutoff countries whole banking sector several countries that will impose sanctions on iran in the last few years in fact as regards this heat n

has been. now you can head over to watch dot com for more on the debt crisis that continues to march through the eurozone but across the atlantic the u.s. has apparently found an unconventional way to save its own currency but that's what some say the threats of a strike against iran's nuclear sites could be leaving to have more on that story online or on t.v. dot com also. we explore some of the possible reasons behind the failure of russia's planetary probe before it was grown among the suggestions is that one of america's research stations possibly in alaska could be to play. out before we get to korea with the business let's do the world update here are some other international news for you but bloodshed continues in yemen a day after the president announced his resignation at least five people are reported killed after crowds demanding soulé be put on trial but what fired on by supporters of the regime agreed to transfer power to his deputy in exchange for immunity from prosecution months

now for some other news from around the world -- there has been violence in syria, footage has emerged showing civilians coming under fire. activists say six people died in the violence. the syrian government says it has freed more than 900 prisoners involved in the recent anti-government protest. supporters of the former ivory coast president have expressed outrage at his transfer to the international criminal court. he is going to face charges of crimes against humanity. the icc says there is evidence that this violence that followed his defeat last year was deliberately organized by his supporters. the biggest walkout in a generation -- that's what labor unions are claiming in britain today. millions of public sector workers joined a nationwide strike to protest against the government's big spending cuts. it is they see now we have watched play out across industrialized world this year as workers feel the pain of austerity measures. >> it is the biggest strike for a generation. huge protests round -- wound their way through major cities in london, leads, birmingham and carcass. thos

this has made me upset. other thing, i understand that there was something past years ago by congress that no illegal immigrant would be allowed to receive any form of help from the united states. i found something on the internet, and i did check these things come and they have been verified. $2.50 billion per year is spent on immigrants, $12 million per year for the education of illegal immigrants who cannot speak english. millions spent on welfare for illegal immigrants. food assistance programs -- host: let's give the congress, a chance to respond. guest: i'm not aware of the group in florida, but it took a note to look into it. many of the cases that you are siding is governed by state law -- citing is governed by state law. children that are unstatused that were born here but may have come here as a very young child. they are in a primary or secondary school of the various states. various states may account for the cost to educate them. that is a state issue. the same thing for medicaid. many states ha

group has been dismantled by police. authorities moved in to evict those that have been rallying for the past two months against what they say is economic inequality and record agreed. >> as man hadn't slept, the police move again, addicting protesters from the epicenter of the occupy wall street movement. -- as manhattan slept, the police moved in. people here are protesting against corporate greed and the widening gap between the rich and poor. >> the police pushed a big group of us. the woman in front of me had a whole bunch of people behind and she could not back up into the police started beating her with a baton. then i got sprayed with pepper spray. >> the mood was tense, the police blocked off the roads leading into the park as the eviction was under way. >> i city -- i said the city has two principal goals, guaranteeing public health and safety and guaranteeing the protesters first amendment rights. when those class, the health and safety of the public must be the priority. >> the protesters are angry about bein

the supreme court of india has issued and ordered the trial has to take place on a day-to-day basis. until it is over. in that respect, this is going to be a benchmark in the history of criminal trial in india. >> you say it will be a benchmark. what do you think might be the likely outcome? >> considering the court is hearing it, i cannot speculate on the outcome. the prosecution seems to have some evidence, did lead to a conviction of quite a number of people. >> we will leave it there. thank you for joining us. an american sergeant who led a rope u.s. army unit has been found guilty of killing civilians for sports. a military court has convicted calvin gibbs on three counts of premeditated murder. there is new light on one of the greatest political scandals in american history. >> that scandal, being watergate, 1974. it forced richard nixon to become the only u.s. president to resign from office. the first time the official transcripts has been made public. we have the highlights. >> richard nixon was already a broken man when he appeared before the grand jury in june of 1975. he

how high the water has risen. the nature park has helped the village to modest growth. tourists come here in increasing numbers, especially from abroad. >> our season runs from may into october. visitors come from all over -- germany, france, austria, canada, even south africa. from all over the world. >> but many asked, will they still come with the wetlands received? >> the canal as far away, but i think it will have an impact. we do not have much water in our well as it is. who knows what it will be like later. >> that is also what the director of the nature park would like to know. the canal will cost at least six under million euros. to turn a profit, the drava river will have to be made ready for inland shipping. the town could be under threat. >> pressure will rise. the drava river is being upgraded for shipping, so the pressure will rise to carry out construction work. that will have an impact on the nature park and the wetlands. >> activists have one hope left. that the economic crisis could put an end to the project and thus preserve the natural beauty along b

the general public has been. very rich lately so what does the public consider too much money this week let's talk about that. too much money yeah if someone has more than a million should they pay more in taxes yes they absolutely said yes but i want too much money so i'm not going to. make the time million in two months to emerge. when the limit when millions enough to have would say if people make more than a million dollars and they have bet on their bank account should they be forced to give back a moral or a moral and out in general interestingly i saw once that the to answer the question do you have enough money to curve goes like this as your wealth increases so people who don't have a lot feel that they don't have enough as they as people get wealthier a higher percentage of the think they have enough until they pass a certain point whereas as you get even wealthier you want even more so if you made ten million dollars i would give some of it away it's too much money are people that don't give it away an

he has done on the economy or what he has done on health care and he has got to disqualify the republic candidate whoever he or she is. part of the way to do that is to run against the republic house of representatives and pretend that a, he is not the president and responsible for things and b there is not a democratic senate. i don't think it's going to work. i think, in fact, he has made a big mistake starting a year ago this month when he decided this was going to be all about politics in 2011. and not being about being president. >> bill: last question. do you think that he wants to bring down the national debt at 15 trillion? do you think that the man wants to bring it down? >> no. i think he wants to raise taxes and make government permanently bigger. and as a result, is he looking for a way to maneuver in all of this. you pointed it out. they wanted a trillion dollars in additional revenue at the same time that there was supposedly cutting $1.2 trillion in spending. that simply guaranteed them the ability to spend more money in the future. he has grown the size of the federal go

that has been a proposal. the bottom line, we have lost 24% of the male and we are losing another 20%. -- lost 24% of the mail and will lose another 20%. >> speaking of getting politically correct answers, one says, assess your regulator. do they do a good job in helping the pipe -- the post office a solvent? for its i think we have an excellent regulator. we tried -- >> i think we have an excellent regulator. we tried to reach out many times over the past few years, whether this price or service standards, and we have worked with these guys. to a large extent, it is legislation issues. the regulator does what you have told them to do. if you give them a list of 10 things to do, they have to do those 10 things. if the list is only three things, they do those three things. i did we have a good relationship with the regulator. -- i think we have a good relationship with the regulator precaution -- the regulator. >> someone asks, is it time to start charging the congress for the postal service? >> we do charge to