still to come -- are these soldiers capable of putting the ivory coast's selected president in power? first though, another sign of middle eastern unrest. in syria, thousands of demonstrators marched, demanding greater freedom and an end to corruption. it has only been days since a government crackdown left five people dead. what's the latest pictures from syria. the bbc -- >> the latest pictures from syria. the bbc cannot independently verify them. residents say the police fired live rounds and caused another death, bringing the total to five. the funerals for those killed by security forces have only served to escalate the tension in the town. and demands of the protesters appeared to be pardoning. -- hardening. some protestors have been openly calling for revolution. any -- and the angry reaction has resulted in a building is being set on fire. the government has sent condolences to the families of the victims, and they had even suggested that police and army opened fire because people were in the skies. the demand for change started in tunisia and is now and syria. but protesters

the election in ivory coast was closely monitored by the united nations. u.n. officials say they are sure he lost and should now resign. >> the people who run this bus station estimates there are around ten times more people arriving than in normal circumstances and some estimate that up to ten thousand people are arriving here every day, but the busses, when they go back, are empty. >> ordinary decent people's lives are being turned upside-down in ivory coast as the rules of democracy haven't yet taken root here. bbc news, northern ivory coast. >> the latest headlines for you this hour on bbc world news, britain, france and the united states have agreed the nato military alliance ought to play a key role in enforcing the libyan no-fly zone. an aaircraft fire and loud explosions have been heard over tripoli. israel's former president has been jailed for 7 years for rape and other sex offenses. he was convicted at an earlier hearing of raping an employee in the 1990's when he was tourism minister and later sexual offenses while he was president. from jerusalem,

peacekeeping mission currently in ivory coast. that's something west african countries have been arguing for. with bbc's u.n. producer, tom lane, he's at the united nations in new york. tom, i'll ask you about the u.n. force that's currently in ivy coast in a minute -- ivory coast in a minute. what about external force and external cents using all necessary measures. is that likely to be in this resolution? >> i think you'll find that's very unlikely indeed to be in that resolution. first of all, the use of force in libya has caused huge fractures on the council with at least five abstentions and many members very leery about using force again. fearing it will create a new precedent and expand the powers of the council. also, among those who are very anti-gbagbo there's a use -- a certain leeriness as well. i was talking with one ambassador today who said that the very nature of the fighting being done in urban areas in the ivory coast, rather than with tank battalions outside of cities as in libya. and it would be extremely impra

peacekeepers in ivory coast. west african states have called for their mandate to be strengthened so that they can protect the people more effectively. the security council ended up calling on the peacekeepers to prevent the use of heavy weapons against civilians. >> the indians, they are a major contributor, and brazilians, they simply do not want to become part of the fighting, part of the civil war. >> the security council is trying to isolate laurent gbagbo and increase the pressure on him to go. they hope that he will give up the claim to the ivory coast presidency. the question is what impact it will have on the fighting 5,000 miles from here. >> you are watching "bbc news," still ahead, the syrian president has said that there's a conspiracy against national unity. 50 people have been killed in heavy fighting in southern thailand. the government says nearly a million people have been affected by more than a week of unseasonably heavy rain. tens of thousands of tourists are stranded on the islands. >> south

violent protests in ivory coast. there are clashes that left four dead. a former iranian president, rafsanjani, one of the architects of the islamic republic has lost his position as the head of one of the most influential bodies. he was removed from the assembly of experts, a body which chooses iran's supreme leader. we have this from london. >> rafsanjani is one of the great survivors of iranian politics. but even survivors have their bad debts. mr. rafsanjani gave up his job as head of the assembly of experts, the body which 6 iran's supreme leader. he was gathered not reliably conservative enough. >> i will definitely not be a candidate for the president of the assembly. so as to avoid harming the sacred body. >> this is the man who takes over. he is 79 years old. it is hard to count him as a fresh face at the top. his election is seen as a victory for hard-liners in the establishment. rafsanjani has made his way through almost every important position in iran since the revolution and in 1979, including eight years as president. while he has never bee

abc news, ivory coast. -- bbc news, ivory coast. >> these are the headlines. fighting continues in libya. president obama has called on colonel gaddafi to stand down. the criminal court has decided to investigate it crimes against humanity have been ordered by libyan officials. tens of thousands of migrant workers have fled libya. the u.s., britain and tunisia are providing planes. egypt is providing ships. the u.k. in the last hour, the opposition labour party has won the election in the north of england, taking 61% of the vote. parts of the governing coalition, the liberal democrats, the war's second in the general election last year, where six -- who were second in the general election last year, 6th.were >> the labor party has replaced a man convicted of using parliamentary expenses. a paratrooper, an officer in the british army, last year's serving in afghanistan is the new m p year in south and york sure -- here in south yorkshire earning. anything less would of been embarrassing. it has been a very bad night for the liberal democrats. they have slipped

violence escalates in the ivory coast. welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast on pbs in america and around the globe. coming up later, the oil boom in ghana. what it means for one sleepy coastal town. good and bad. chefs turn to the net to sell home cooked meals to people on line. >> our team in libya has been subject to beatings andy ma executions -- executions. they had left eight country. while they were in prison they witnessed firsthand the horrifying levels of violence carried out by colonel gaddafi's security forces. the bbc team was arrested at a checkpoint where some of the fiercest fighting was taking place. they spoke to our middle east editor after they were leery -- after they were released. >> 30 miles and many checkpoints separate these towns. the town has been sealed off. tonight, de gaddafi -- the gaddafi forces seem close to victory but we cannot confirm that. the bbc has attempted several times to get through to the area without official permission. when a team from bbc tried on monday, they were stopped

ordinary, decent people lives are being turned upside down in ivory coast as the rules of democracy haveot yet taken root root. here. >> you are watching "bbc news". the headlines. colonel gaddafi appears in public. he tells supporters there will be victorious. president obama is confident of handing over the military operation to an international coalition. a short while ago, i i spoke to robert hunter who is the u.s. ambassador to nato under president clinton. i began by asking him how he thought the military operations were taking place. >> i think that the operation, which has been conducted mostly by nato countries, is seriously degrading gaddafi's capacity to use and his and advanced weaponry against civilians, except when he puts his ground forces in among civilians themselves. in terms of air power, that is now gone. tanks are coming under heavy bombardment. >> much has been said about the political martyrs of this operation in terms of getting concerned about the lack of direction of this offensive. do you believe it does not have a specific direction, and also, should nato play

the election in ivory coast was closely monitored by the united nations. u.n. officials say they are sure he lost and should now resign. the people estimate that there are around 10 times more people arriving than in normal circumstances. some estimate up to 10,000 people are arriving here every day. but the buses when they go back are empty. >> decent people's lives are being turned upside down in ivory coast because the rules of democracy haven't yet taken root here. >> headlines this hour, colnel gadhafi appears in public for the first time since the start of international air strikes and tells supporters that they would be victorious. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton says some of gadhafi's aids may be looking for a wade out of the crisis. the russian president has raised concern with the u.s. defense secretary about the use of air power during the implementation of the no fly zone in libya expressing his views during a meeting in moscow. >> before the libyan crisis robert gates trip to russia was scheduled to have discussions about european missile d

in ivory coast. and warnings of a looming civil war. as bagbow will not hand power over to watra who is recognized as the winner of the presidential election. our africa correspondent andrew harding has sent this report and just a warning that andrew's report does contain some very graphic images. >> it's become more like a nightmare than a city. this is abijon. carved up by rival militias. a gauntlet of terrifying outbreaks. this is what can happen if your luck runs out here. beneath the burning tires are two men slow deaths filmed by a local website. multiple sources have told us this is genuine and recent. ♪ occasionally, public outflows overcome fear. these women support alistan watra who won november's presidential election. the groups of women gathering with crowds like this, calling for peace. at a time when ivory coast does seem to be going closer and closer toward a resumption of civil war. we're unarmed, she says. our only demand is democracy here. even if it means our blood must be spilled. she's referring to this. a similar

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this is why aren't we in the ivory lot of you having a liaison where you just ban islam you go you go first go first that they go and the question is the question is ask yourself three days ago why would you like to see gadhafi forces taken over benghazi can you just think about the the coming of the consequences of the. i don't know what do you think because if you're taken over by i think the united states has no business the united states has no business trying to tell the libyan people or the people in other countries of that region how they should conduct their affairs and the united states has a one hundred percent failing record of intervention we go in there and we mass everything up and that's exactly what we're going to do now and we're going to do the revolution and the only ones you need in cairo where you are going to hand off and we kind of want remains and will already know you're going to we're in cairo. yes all right now eric again i think the principle you're defending is perfectly sound but i'm a little bit worried about the self-righteousness of the principle when

because they're all ivory. - yeah. - these are modern ivory. - mmm. - elephants are being killed forese... - that's it. yeah yeah. - ...and you mustn't buy them. - mm. - no problem with old ivory. - if you want to collect old netsuke... - that's it. ...i have no problem with that at all. and so, i'm delighted you've stopped.

media coverage and even less foreign interest to intervene there are events unfolding right now in ivory coast where there is also a conflict an armed conflict between rebels and the government but nobody seems to be thinking about it's only because fashionable attention is focused on libya. with your oil think we'd be in iraq if their major war there was broccoli so as leaders meet in brussels to discuss the fate of a country hundreds of miles away many libyans are saying. the inmates and they'll clean it out policy r. t. jones who. has a major and rescue operation underway in japan our top story of course there are teeth three hundred military planes and forty ships in the mission to survey the damage in the northeast of japan which is most hit by the mouse in the tsunami caused by the biggest earthquake in nearly a century and are up a center is the city of sendai where the worst is feared for our hundreds perhaps thousands of people here official figure all the dead currently stands at ninety five but it is rising of off more from parts of the pacific are on alert weighs in with an a

the man widely recognized as having won the ivory coast election is trying to avoid a civil war. they have been asking mr. gbagbo to accept something. >> the disputed presidential election. for the first time, armed supporters of the challenger, they are fuelling fears of civil war. he has been recognized as the winner, but still, the incumbents, -- incumbent refuses. >> this is a last chance for a positive outcome. >> but whether he is listening or not is mute. for many there, the worry is not who will lead their country but how to escape it. recently, thousands have fled to neighboring liberia. this is a boy who is 12, and he would normally be studying here in the ivory coast's second city. the violence has forced its closure, some think he regrets. >> i do not want to stay at home and not go to school. i want to go back, because school allows us to make progress. >> but for that to happen, there must also be political progress, and that will only, -- only com e if mr. ouattara's offer is accepted. >> this is bbc news. the headlines. japan is trying to cool the nuclear reactors

ivory coast hundreds of thousands flee the fighting over last year's disputed elections. welcome to bbc news. accused of trading on a legal tip-off, now the biggest insider trading trial in u.s. history. police investigate an organized crime syndicate that operated around the world. hello there as forces step up offenses against rebel areas, president obama's top national security advisors meet to outline what steps are realistic. washington as underscored any authorization of a no-fly zone must come from a united nation security council. >> colnel kadafi presented a front since the rebellion in his country began and more evidence of the fighting that split libya. these pictures show the situation a few days ago. government troops showing off flashes of what they claim is rebel held a&m mission. rebel forces say the situation in the city is very critical with fierce battles taking place. >> i don't think we can stand aside to let that happen. >> this british approach is something one prominent american politician has welcomed. >> a no-fly zone account be imposed fairly ea

the people of the ivory coast are being raided by the police. in some cases, they have already been killed. everyday you give diplomacy a chance is a day that they may suffer the ultimate consequences. >> you think that if we give up -- the killing has already started on both sides, will continue? you have a certain tendency of using ever where the use of force. where have you succeeded in that? in iraq? you have never succeeded. >> the funeral of a hollywood actress elizabeth taylor is taking place in los angeles just a day after she died of heart failure. she is in a cemetery where many of her fellow celebrities are laid to rest. she was a very public person. >> somebody who lived so much in the spotlight and seemed to enjoy and relished the spotlight. this was very low-key. it took the people of los angeles by surprise. the forest lawn cemetery is the final resting place of many celebrities including michael jackson, who was a very good friend of elizabeth taylor. there is no indication as to whether it that was why she was buried there. ther

security council says it fears a new outbreak of civil war and in ivory coast.it has so peacekeepers to use all necessary means to protect civilians. six women were shot dead as part of a protest, demanding laurent dad of handover of the presidency. -- laurent gbagbo hand over the presidency. >> now, they are paying the price for voting for the opposition candidate. it was broken up when the police fired live rounds into the crowd, killing several women. of the past few days, there is been increasingly heavy gunfire as the president's forces failed to regain the area from armed men loyal to the opposition candidate. >> i could see the rockets passing over me. i decided to move my children and high in the house. i did not let anything bad happening to them. >> that has prompted thousands to flee, and many taking what few possessions they can carry. >> it has been terrible. it has affected a lot of families. some move back to villages very early in the morning. >> u.n. peacekeepers are frequently obstructed and in their patrols around the city. they're calling for

up to 1 million people of fled the ivory coast's main city, but there is fear of civil war. european union leaders approved many actions to prevent further crises in the eurozone, but have suspended further actions until later in the year. the deal may come too late for portugal. the yield on the country's bonds have risen, reflecting market fears that they may be unable to pay their debt. canada's minority government has been toppled after losing a no- confidence motion in parliament. this will triple the country's fourth election, and the prime minister will be unable to attend the royal wedding in london next month. billing to the polls in -- going to the polls in germany this sunday. it has been governed for six years by the christian democrats. that may change. the green party rise may mean that the greens might get enough votes to form a coalition. as our correspondent reports from the heartland, the nuclear crisis in japan has transformed the election. >> these are angela merkel's people. she is campaigning hard. this is the state in southwest germany that her christi

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and the ivory coast is close to breaking apart. in fact welcome to bbc world news, broadcast in america on pbs and elsewhere around the globe. israel watches nervously across the border f. egypt's for overthrow of -- of the aegis overthrow of hosni melbar. -- israel watches nervously across the border as egypt overthrows hosni mubarak. hello, in a rare, rare interview, colonel gaddafi has denied there is any fighting on the streets of liver-libya. just three outlets were invited to speak to him. the bbc was the only international broadcaster. he insists he has ordered his men not to shoot back at demonstrators. we spoke to the man the world has been calling on to step down you do not -- >> to step down. >> you do not understand. do not say you understand. you do not understand it. >> how do people show their authority because some who came out to the streets to protest say that your people have shot at them? i saw some today. >> where? >> some work against you. >> and no, no one is against. they love me. my people love me. they wou

it is easy to forget a bloody struggle in africa appeared and ivory coast, there is a looming civil warthe men internationally recognized of last november's presidential election. i should warn you that this report has some graphic images. >> it has become more like a nightmare than a city. this is of the john -- this is abijan. this is what can happen if your luck runs out. beneath the burning tires, two men. there slow deaths are filmed and circulated by a local web site. this is genuine and recent. [chanting] >> location, public outrage. this woman support the man that the world says won the presidential election. >> women are gathering in crowds like this, calling for peace at a time when ivory coast doesn't seem to be slipping closer and closer toward the resumption of civil war. we are unarmed, she says. our only demand is democracy here, even if it means that our blood must be spilled. this is a similar demonstration last rate which ended badly. -- last week which ended badly. some are loyal to of those two lost the presidency. seven women were killed when he fired into the crowd

in the ivory coast, trying to escape fighting. 30,000 people have reportedly taken refuge in a church compound. the u.s. department of education has find virginia tech to receive $55,000 for waiting too long to notify students that a campus massacre was taking place. 33 people were killed by a fellow student who went on a rampage in 2007. the department said a far larger fine was warranted, but the amount imposed was the amount -- the maximum amount allowed by law. the u.s. supreme court has been hearing evidence on -- in one of the largest sex discrimination cases and whether richard go ahead. -- whether it should go ahead. these women have brought a class action suit on behalf of 1 million women against wal-mart. wal-mart denies the allegations. there are reports of computers of top government officials, including the prime minister possibly, have been hacked. we are joining sydney with more. 10 ministers have had their computers hacked into, including the foreign minister and the prime minister. this is not just hacking, if it is true, is it? it is espionage. >> according to the ne

your oil here anybody screaming and yelling about all those people were killed in the ivory coast . i guess cocoa was that much of a national priority because in somalia there was precious little help while the body count over the years except for one brief but disastrous intervention involving u.s. soldiers immortalized in the movie black hawk down american forces failed at great cost to stabilize the country quickly and have returned and the lessons were learned when it came to iraq which remains of the staple even now with only three people she said. much vaunted democracy allied troops are equally down in afghanistan this new convincing timeline for withdrawal and an ever rising death toll could be clear to an idiot but the mess that's been made in afghanistan the terrible disaster that was caused in iraq really shouldn't want any more countries in the middle east it's a model today's troubled african nations will post on their puppet government which is still ruling. american occupation of iraq really. help. the middle east. and american and european government shouldn't look f

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and it's a similar story on the other side of the continent there are events unfolding right now in ivory coast where there is also a conflict an armed conflict between rebels and the government but nobody seems to be thinking of that it's only because fashionable attention is focused on libya but also for the political implications of the middle east as a whole as we all know the west including my own country britain has got its hands very dirty with the libyan leadership over recent years dirty with black gold libya has the largest proven oil reserves in africa more than three percent of the global toso and there could be a lot more undiscovered the only reason they're interested in. your oil here anybody screaming and yelling about all those people last week they were killed in the ivory coast. i guess cocoa wasn't that much of a national priority but in somalia there was precious little help while the body count rose over the years except for one brief but disastrous intervention involving u.s. soldiers immortalized in the movie black. hawk down american forces failed at great cost to

the internationally recognized winner disputed presidential elections in ivory coast has rejected the african union representative appointed to help result the country's political crisis. underqualified and worse has ties to his rival run book boom and he is refusing to step down from power despite an international consensus that he lost the election more than a million people have fled to ivory coast. as a result of the disputed. russian energy giant as it will defend its alliance with b.p. to pursue its arctic exploration project that's despite a swedish court ruling earlier this week the blocked the deal between the two oil companies the proposed angered russian based partners who said it would destroy their competitive advantage but both. say they'll still be looking for ways to maintain the partnership a multi-billion dollar school for society in general to exploit the potentially huge deposits of one of the gas in russia's arctic shelf. ok you're up to date with the headlines in just a few moments don't go away. wealthy british style. sometimes. markets finance scandals find out

oil you hear anybody screaming and yelling about all those people last week they were killed in the ivory coast or the sudan and i guess cocoa was that that you know as much of a national priority they will try anything but we already heard hillary clinton say that they're willing to do anything to anybody in libya that needs aid so they're putting it out there already they talking about no fly zones and they have cockers see is just beyond belief i mean for example they did has anybody called for a war criminal trials against mubarak as they all are. and you know and all of the the world is the the western world are calling for his head but the other heads in bahrain and in yamin and in egypt you know they're ok tunisia leave them alone but they're calling for gadhafi said why because of soil yeah i think we'd be in iraq if that major export there was broccoli. behind the arab uprisings one hundred trouble finding friends in the west but it's not brought change of policy for those countries here and supporting the previous regimes decades of fear not a deep suspicion in the middle east t

and the internationally recognized will disputed presidential elections an ivory coast has rejected the african union representative appointed to help resolve the country's political crisis as well as sunny were tara said officials underqualified and worse has ties to his rival run war is refusing to step down from power despite an international consensus that november's election more than a million people have fled ivory coast since erupted as a result of the just beautiful. now russian energy giant cross now will defend its alliance with b.p. to pursue its arctic exploration project despite a swedish court ruling earlier this week that blocked the deal between the two companies the proposed. russian partners who said it would destroy their competitive advantage but both. say they'll still be looking for ways to maintain a partnership the multi-billion dollar share swap was signed in generated to exploit the potentially huge deposits of oil and gas on russia's arctic shelf. your pre-date now and i'll be back with the headlines in just a few moments don't go away. wealthy british scient

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the un security council has voted unanimously for an immediate end to violence in the ivory coast sanctions will be imposed on combat pows in law by bo and his inner circle the council agreed un peacekeepers should be able to use all means necessary to protect civilians the vote comes the supporters of the internationally recognized president al assad tyler seize control of the administrative capital as well as ivory coast second largest groups. police in syria have reportedly opened fire at a demonstration in the volatile city of latakia it was unclear where the shots were fired at protestors or into the air that followed a speech by president bashar al assad in which he did not offer to let a stage with mosul city have been widely predicted according to human rights groups say the sixty people have been killed in a government crackdown on protests since march. ok today the russian cosell seem to exhaust the doorstep of siberia to the truly open screech it is renowned for its nuclear research and ohms development with a regional malls shutoff tool for innocence as recently as the early nin