itn's nick paton walsh has our report.>> reporter: 2:00 a.m. e to one of america's most besieged outposted. the pilots won't land in this valley except on the darkest of nights when they're escorted by gunships. the taliban often lie and wait in the darkness of this remote valley. the gunships fire a missile into the hillside, a warning shot. outpost is the further reach of america power surrounded by mountains here in the pakistani border. a landing so the pilots worried that their razor blades could clip the hillside. this is the only way in or out of a tiny piece of land. america feels it has to hold on to but isn't sure why. and while the world's only superpower has found itself trapped. the hills all around offer beauty and also constant deadly attacks. >> we're surrounded in a bowl. so we're constantly -- >> reporter: captain porter leads a few dozen men pinned down among the sandbags. they don't have much contact with the locals apart from when they shoot at their base. >> over 35 contacts with the enemy since we've been here just under

the wake of the world's economic meltdown, we have a special "how they see it" report from britain's itn which questions one of the basic principals of american economics. >>> and the world pays tribute to the passing of senator edward kennedy. >> from the world's leading reporters and analysts, here's what's happening from around the world. this is "worldfocus." made possible in part by the following funders -- major support has also been provided by the peter g. peterson foundation dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility and addressing key economic challenges facing america's future. >>> good evening. i'm martin savidge. >>> the quest for peace in the middle east has been going on for generations now, and it never seems to get much easier. we got that impression again today after another apparently inconclusive meeting in london between israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and u.s. middle east envoy george mitchell. the two men and the two nations they reprent have been searching for months now for a way to resolve their differences over israeli settlements in the west bank.

damon green of itn has our report. >> reporter: this used to an aircraft, an for those who boarded as passengers, the was no way out. today e man concted of blowing a passenger jet into fragments and violently ending the lives of all 270eople on board, learned he ll be free to le out his remaining days in peace. >> it is my decisionthat mr. abdel sset al megrahi, convicted in 2001 for t lockbie bombing, now terminally ill with proste cancer be released on compassionate grounds and be allowed to returto libya to die. >> reporter: the dtruction of pan am flight 103 remains o of the bloodie terror attacks ever launch at the west and one which was iediately blamed on liby at the timef the lockerbie bombing, the naon was a pariah state, internaonally shunne accused of sponsoring terrorism. its leader a figure of ha in thewest. it was onlafter 15 yea of sanctions that liby finally admitted it carried out the bombinand paidompensation to victims' filies. and thin a year, tonyblair was visiting tripoli to show th relations were bk to rmal, a controversial al enabling prisoners to be trsferred

you see who wasattling bravely on the front lines of one fire at a monastery as we hear in is repo of itn. >> reporter: the skylin northet of athe this morning, and the fires seem to retrting. fles from france, cyprus and italy are helping gek teams drop water on th flames. ernight lull in the gail-fced winds alwed firefighters to rece the danger spots to fur main fronts and they may have saved t histic town of marhon. but as theinds are predicted to pick up latr, a there coerns about flair ups from previously dormantlames. in the earlyours of this morning, fires surrounded the monasty of st. -- close t the wn. the nuns joined fefighter in the battle agnst the ames. but re unle to save all of th monasty ilding. there are amg hundreds of lunteers lping the emergency services itheir struggle to gain control of theregion. nearly 200 firefights, the army, and the red oss are involvedn the rescue mission. >> translar: there are about 200 members of the redross in the fi ars. at this ment, we are orating opation with the firebrigade. we are priding many of their ucks with drivers and wee also p

is a cpromise because running bibusiness out of town may not be practical. >> nic martin of itn. and i think wll leave it there for this thursdayight at "worfocus." a remind that tomorrow we'll have our weekly round table discussion, break down the week's topstories from around the world. and we invite you to suggesthe topics by gointo worldfocus.org and dpping us a note by e-mail or twitr if you prefer. i'm martin savge in new york. as alys, thank you very much for joining us. we look for you back hereai agn tomorrow and any time on the web. until then, have aood night. -- ptions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

>> that was john sparksor itn. >>> for a closer look at britain's relationip with liby we are joineby jeff rter the head of middle eastn and african affairsor the eurasiagro, a political research and consulting firm. welce. >> thank you >> what sort of busine interest doeshe uk really have libya? >> well,he uk's interest in libya are primarily restricted to t crbonso oil. the only exposu britain has to libya is in theoil sector primarily rough bp, british petreum. >> the reamoney questio to what extent you think that that interest mayave influenced the cision to let this lockerb bomber go free? >> i don think you n discount it entirely. i don't think it was the fundamtal driver in the decision t release megrahi. but when dealing th libya oil is alwayst front of mind. libyadoesn't have much to offer except oil and gas. and were n for oil and gas i wouldn't think that many pple woulpay attention to libya. so one has to think that business interests were at last somewhere inhe calcultions, if not the primary driver. and i wold be perhaps wrg to tnk that this is something that just materi

as andrew thomas of itn tes us, today's seence removes us, today's sentence roves aung san suu kyi from the political scene until after elections ne year. reporter: she has spent 14 the past 20 ars in detention. today aung san suu kyi learned that will stretcby at least 18 month burma's democracy ghter guilty of aowing an american tourist into her home after had swum ross this lake to visit her. state television announcedhe sentce early this morning as if it were cpassionate. three ars of hard labor reduced immediately 18 months of further house arrt. the american who was swam to suu kyi given seven yrs for meeting her, breing immigratn rules and swimming with these homemade finsn a nonswimming ea. security was tight arod the yang prison where suu kyi was being held. >> burma's people rned not to caustrouble. preverdict ptest abroad rather than on home territory. >> reporter: post verdt condnation came from around the world. a statemenfrom the prime minister on holiday in t lake district saying heas "saddened and gry" after what he called a "sham" trial. crucially, today's vdict will ke

hardships for itn women are coined to the ospital. u.n. studies show that 50 of women living i slums have been raped. many of these children arethe result she is 20 years old. shwas raped by a man on her way home. >> translator: my father asked meo throw the baby away,ut i said no. my father kicked me out from my house as if it's my fault. we never wt to the police. >> repter: rape would only make a criminal offense in hai in 2005. but so far there's beenittle enforcemt of the new law. it about domation of the m ov the woman. the man feeluperior andthinks that he can whatever that i want. this is our main proem, fighting for women rights and help them get respect. reporter: lack o bas health care and a highrisk of violence, both high prioties for inteational organizations rking in thiscountry, but re improvemen that could make thesewomen's lives eve a litt bit better. stieem a long way off. jazeera, port-au-prince. >>you can fine more on manitarian conditions in hai including our earlier signature series and an intview with the country's p

kenny of itn puts it in context for nus tonight's "lead focus." >> reporter: a president fast losing international support, a suspect and bloody election, and one very angry u.s. envoy -- the scene for a fiery meeting where richard holbrooke reportedly took hamid karzai to task and suggested a runoff would help legitimize afghanistan's democratic process. the coalition is in a bind. foreign troops enabled the first afghan-run elections in 30 years. but at the cost of many lives. yet, there's no secret there are deep reservations about the president karzai, the man who's claiming victory. politics in afghanistan are in a very precarious condition. not least of course, because in some parts of the country very, very few people actually went to vote. and if karzai lacks legitimacy, the risk is that those who up to be willing to support him, will start to look elsewhere. and we could find that the extent to which central government in kabul enjoys any kind of confidence in the country's very substantially undermined. >> reporter: how worried is the coalition? well, britain's ambassador t

our british partner, itn's been looking at britain's relationship with libbia, it's business interest there, leading up to last week's decision to release the lockerbie bomber. as you'll see in john sparks' report, one is left with the impression that at the very least, al megrahi's release can't hurt the relationship. >> reporter: the analysts call it real polit eke, doing practical deals the art of give and take. the uk and libya have been doing this for about a decade. but how influential a commercial considerations where it is business fit in this complex mix. libya is an exciting new destination for british business. but did that excitement influence the decision to release abdelbaset al. megrahi, the man convicted of the lockerbie bombing. scottish and british governments say, absolutely not. but al megrahi's f and new business opportunities have always been part of bilateral negotiations. 2007, colonel gadhafi's regime sought to re-enter the international community after three decades of sanctions and the then british prime minister tony blair offered a hand. they signed a numb

damon green of itn has our report. >> reporter: this used to be an aircraft, and for those who boarded as passengers, there was no way out. today the man convicted of blowing a passenger jet into fragments and violently ending the lives of all 270 people on board, learned he will be free to live out his remaining days in peace. >> it is my decision that mr. abdel basset al megrahi, convicted in 2001 for the a jddq uq)minally ill with pros cancer be released on compassionate grounds and be allowed to return to libya to die. >> reporter: the destruction of pan am flight 103 remains one of the bloodiest terror attacks ever launched at the west and one which was immediately blamed on libya. at the time of the lockerbie bombing, the nation was a pariah state, internationally shunned, accused of sponsoring terrorism. its leader a figure of hate in the west. it was only after 15 years of sanctions that libya finally admitted it carried out the bombing and paid compensation to victims' families. and within a year, tony blair was visiting tripoli to show that relations were back to normal, a co

as andrew thomas of itn tells us, today's sentence removes aung san suu kyi from the political scene until after elections next year. >> reporter: she has spent 14 of the past 20 years in detention. today aung san suu kyi learned that will stretch by at least 18 months. burma's democracy fighter guilty of allowing an american tourist into her home after he had swum across this lake to visit her. state television announced the sentence early this morning as if it were compassionate. three years of hard labor reduced immediately to 18 months of further house arrest. the american who was swam to suu kyi was given seven years for meeting her, breaking immigration rules and swimming with these homemade fins in a nonswimming area. security was tight around the yangon prison where suu kyi was being held. burma's people warned not to cause trouble. preverdict protest abroad rather than on home territory. >> we have to have dem dplaes our country. this is our determination. we'll fight for democracy and until the en >> reporter: post verdict condemnation came from around the world. a statemen

is to be sworn in for a second term, it will undermine the opposition movement. >> our report from itn. >>> now, we mentioned that there was pressure from outside of iran as well especially on the issue of iran's nuclear program. new evidence of that pressure comes today in a report in "the new york times." it says, "the obama administration is talking with allies and congress about the possibility of imposing an extreme economic sanction against iran. if it fails to respond to president obama's offer to negotiate on its nuclear program. cutting off a country's imports of gasoline and other refined oil products." it goes on to say, "the option of acting against companies around the world that supply iran with 40% of its gasoline has been broacopean allies and israel." legislation that would give mr. obama that authority already has 71 sponsors in the senate and similar legislation is expected to sail through the house. >>> joining us to discuss the possibility of new sanctions in iran and developments there is trita parsi, founder and president of the nonprofit national iranian america

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for itn news. >> talk about just a diplomatic mess of this story. a cnn exclusive interview former british prime minister tony blair tells us no deal was made at all to release. >> let me just make one thing absolutely clear. the libyans were raising the case megrahi was alone, not just for me, a major national concern for him, but as i used to say to them, i don't have the power to release mr. megrahi and indipd the release that's taken place is a decision by the scottish executor, taken place on compassionate grounds and those grounds didn't even exist a few years back. so yes, of course, it's absolutely right. the libyans were always raising this issue, but we made it clear the only way this could be dealt with was through the proper procedures. >> so the deal announced in 2004 for the $ 900 million oil and gas deal with the libyans had nothing to do with it? >> how could it. i wasn't in a position to say so and so should be released. that's not the way the british system work, and the release of mr. megrahi as i understand it has been done by th

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as we hear from chris shipp of itn. >> since gordon brown was last in afghanistan in april, 54 british soldiers have been killed trying to secure this country. the prime minister returned to the camp this weekend at a time when the election result is still unclear. giving the strongest hint yet he's about to send more british troops here at a critical time for the afghan campaign. it's been a bloody and very costly summer for the taliban, after which the universal support for this mission back home has begun to falter. the prime minister wants more afghan troops trained more quickly. and that means another surge in british troops is looking unavoidable. the target for 135,000 afghan soldiers has been brought forward to november next year. only when those soldiers can provide the security this country needs can britain's chief of the defense staff even think about an exit strategy. that remains many years off. >> i think we can get another 50,000 afghan army personnel trained over the next year. stepping that up means that the afghans take more responsibility for their own affairs. they

itn's carl dinnen takes us there. >> reporter: this is the first big test of iraq's new security regime. two months after u.s. forces pulled out the major urban centers, the insurgents have made a deadly attack on baghdad. one explosion was felt by a conference of tribal chiefs meeting at a supposedly secure hotel. this was the moment. as the dust and debris fell from the ceiling, some hurriedly left the room, others started defiantly chanting religious slogans. the target had been the nearby foreign ministry. the blast was apparently so big it left a crater three meters deep and ten meters across. at least a dozen people were killed there. a truck bomb also destroyed part of a bridge near the finance ministry which was targeted in in waziria in northern baghdad. at least 18 people were killed there. and more than 200 injured. across the city there have been at least six bomb and mortar attacks. hospitals have been inundated and the latest information suggests that at least 75 people have been killed and more than 300 injured. >> after carl dinnen filed that report the death toll in bag

itn's carl dinnereports on today's ceremony and what next for iran'government. >> reporter: mmoud ahmadinejad has tightened s grit on a seco term. he has sworn t oath of office. >> translator: i as the president swear to god befor the holy korannd the iranian nationhat i will protect the official relign, the system of the islamic republ and the countrs constitution. >> reporter: then a faultles embrace withhe head of the iraniajudiciary. maybe they'd been acticing since this embrace with e supreme leader two days ago seemed so ve mal coordinated. today, m ahmadinejad went on to tell the western vernment who hanot congratulated him d that includes britain that iranians dn't care. >> tralator: nobody in iran is waiting for ur congratulations. the iranian nation does not give importce neither to your friends and threats, not your congratulations an smiles >> repter: but even inside parlment always is not as it emed. many had bcotted the ceremony, incling former presidents mohamad yosef hammoudhatami and akbarrafsjanrafsanjani. mr. ahmadinejas troubles are noover. >> we've got a president of time

us a window on the war we hadn't seen before, as you will see in this report from jonathan miller of itn. >> reporter: for sri lanka's majority, the end of 26 years of war was something to celebrate. the rebel tamil tiger army vanquished. it had been a brutal war, upwards of 80,000 dead, soldiers and civilians, sudanese and tamil traumatized and brutalized by what they had all been through. by january this year, government forces were closing in on a shrinking conflict zone, unknown thousands of tamil civilians were being killed. but independent journalists and observers were prevented from getting anywhere close. there were rumors that terrible things were happening, but this was a war without witnesses. or at least we thought so. one soldier we now know had a mobile phone, and today eight months on his footage has emerged. a naked man blindfolded and bound, his last human contact, a kick in the head. it's like he jumped, a soldier laughs, his sudanese accent, country boy. his tone casual, like this was a game. as further gunshots ring out, the camera pans to reveal other banned bodies,

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parliamentary commission is now calling for an independent investigation as we hear from andrew thomas of itn>> reporter: british interrogators questioning suspects abroad either just after mistreatments or during bouts of it. it's some blind questions for u.s. autrities to find out if ben amin mohammed while he was held illegally at guantanamo bay. systematic uk use of intelligence handed over by states known to have tortured those they got it from. those are the accusations of uk complicity and torture that are swirling about. the committee of mps and lords are set out to answer three questions. is complicity and torture illegal? having defined complicity, they decide it is. do those things the government rá" amount to such complicity? again, the committee decides they do so are the accusations true? on this, the committee was stumped. and that's the committee's beef. that the government has obstructed their inquiries leaving it unable to tell whether the accusations have credibility. this report doesn't pull its punches. accountability of a security and intelligent services, it says, is wo

convict murder who is termally ill and expected to die within three month >> that was mes blake of itn reporting. >>the british aren't just talking about w unhappy they e about the way the libyans handleali al megrahi's return home. they may be prepared to sothing about it. prce andrew, the duke of york, had been expected toisit libya -- and perhaps meet withoammar gadhafi early next month. the idea was to prome trade. but now, there are reports tt the visimay be off. >>> in afghanistan tay, a day afr the voting, both the leadinpresidential contenders, incumbent hamaid kari and opposition cdidate abdullah abduah, were both claiming victory. but abdullah also ised serious concerns about theegitimacy of the te. >> a l of irregularities whi have taken placehould have been prevented and shouldn't have happened. so the are a lot of complaints about irregulaties throughout the country. there are repos of rigging. >> the fir results are excted tomorrow. >>> of course,lmost everyone agrees that if the u.s. ssion in afghanian is to succeed, it will require more than just militaryight. afghanist

in our continuing segment "how they see it," we want to show you how our british partner, itn, has covered the story with its reporter, faisal islam. >> reporter: the decades goldman sachs have been high priest of -- may have been celebrated of such across america, but since they announced record profits and record bonus -- they'd been under attack as never before from some pretty unlikely quarters. >> i don't think in the history of the united states there has been a company with as much direct influence on public policy as goldman sachs since the days of maybe jpmorgan or standard oil. >> reporter: for its critics, goldman's success is due to it being plugged directly into washington's -- power. there can be no doubt that goldman sachs alumni are incredibly well placed in all tions of political influence, democrats or republican. take the past four chairman, robert ruben, the secretary who deregulated complex financial markets. jon corzine, close to president obama. stephen friedman. bush chief economic adviser until may, chief regulator of goldman while sitting on its board and buying m

in tonight's "lead focus" we hear more about the trial from itn on this report that was filed on saturdayed. >> reporter: in a tehran court, of what the iranian are calling revolutionaries. said these men were part of a conspiracy to bring about a velvet revolution. this trial cape as a surprise. said 20 defendants would appear. instead over 100 were brought to court. many shackled often and in prison uniform. senior officials and former ministers amongst them. on the front row, senior cleric, muhammad ali tari, whose blogs are widely read. he was arrested shortly after the election and reportedly confessed. he declared it great election. and our opposition leader mir hossein mousavi was delusional. mr. atari is a former vice president of the government of mohammed qatari. sitting alongside him, who once served as deputy foreign minister. also in court, abdullah rama zan da ze. a former government spokesman. and a former senior lawmaker,mofin midadari. the reformist politician and journalist mohammed, is also on trial. as is a former industry minister, the general prosecutor said secret doc

itn's carl dinnen reports on today's ceremony and what's next for iran's government. >> reporter: mahmoud ahmadinejad has tightened his grit on a second term. he has sworn the oath of office. >> translator: i, as the president, swear to god before the holy quran and the iranian nation that i will protect the official religion, the system of the islamic republic and the country's constitution. >> reporter: then a faultless embrace with the head of the iranian judiciary. maybe they'd been practicing since this embrace with the supreme leader two days ago seemed so very malcoordinated. today, mr. ahmadinejad went on to tell the western government who had not congratulated him and that includes britain that iranians didn't care. >> translator: nobody in iran is waiting for your congratulations. the iranian nation does not give importance neither to your friends and threats, not to your congratulations and smiles. >> reporter: but even inside parliament always is not as it seemed. many had boycotted the ceremony, including former presidents mohammad khatami and akbar hasemi rafsanjani. the sea

james blake of itn reported on the ruling yesterday. >> reporter: leaving the house of lords after herlandmark victory. it's taken two years of legal battles and many disappointments to get here. >> ecstatic. of course i'm relieved. it's like -- it's like lifting a huge great weight. >> reporter: debbie has not been fighting for a change in the law. this is not a battle for her right to die. instead, she wants the law clarified. she suffers from multiple sclerosis and when the time comes she wants her partner to help her travel afraid to die but assisting a suicide is a crime and it's up to the director of public prosecutions to decide whether or not to prosecute, and until now, he's kept his reasons secret. but today the lords have ruled that will change. dpp must write and publish a new policy. >> the fact that he's now going to be looking at that and coming up with a policy, it means i don't have to make a decision while i'm still physically able to do -- to go to switzerland, myself or whatever. >> reporter: both high court and the court of appeal had previously ruled it was up to

. >> that report from itn's jane deeth. >> for more on the reaction of the united kingdom to the health care debate here in america, we're joined by andrew clark. mr. clark is the new york correspondent for the "guardian," one of britain's largest newspapers.dpr welcome. >> thank you, nice to be here. >> all right, when britons look at how the national health service has been made part of this sometimes a raucous debate in this country about health care reform is the reaction in britain one of bemusement or anger? >> i think it started out with bemusement and certainly increasing to anger. people are pretty perplexed of some of the language that's being used. our health care in the system in uk has been described as orwellian, as socialist. even by some as evnil some way. so really what started out as a debate of how you pay for something has turned into something far more ideological where seems to have created a massive gap in understanding across the atlantic. >> what do britons make of suggestions that the nhs would people like senator kennedy or like stephen hawking die without get