zimbabwe's president mugabe take his fight against sanctions to the u.n. and the robin hood of german politics is shaking things up ahead of the country postelection. -- of the country's election. specialist rescue teams from britain and the netherlands are taking part in an exercise to simulate what might happen in the event of a major flood. the exercise is in response to rising sea levels from global warning -- from global warming. it is two years since parts of england and wales are submerged. for months it seemed like it would never stop. the emergency services were stretched to breaking point as the floodwaters rose to 7000 people -- 7000 people were forced from their homes. today this man is in the netherlands, taking part in a major european exercise and hopes to pass on some of the lessons he has learned. >> cam across two old people in a house nearly 70. they could not swim, they are wheelchair-bound, and that is it. i said it is time to go. i do not want to see that here ever again. >> they are training for a major disaster. in a worst-case scen

so i think that the future of zimbabwe could be bright if we could get rid of mugabe. >> mrs. carter, what impact has your journalism fellowship program had in overcoming mental health stigma and how do you measure that? >> i don't know how to measure it, and that's something we've been working on for a long time, for the last couple of years. at the carter center everything is measured, i think one of the reasons is that bill fas can gan who had been at the centers for disease control, was one of the early directors and so everybody has to measure outcomes of what they do in all our programs except we got away with it for a long time. [laughter] because how do you measure stigma? and so we've had two sessions with national and international experts on stigma and we're trying to come up now with guidelines on how to measure stigma. i believe that stigma is lifting a little bit. we have a long way to go. but i think that young people, in fact in our meeting yesterday we had a poster and she said that people are more willing now to go to mental health professionals they have fou

many people are no longer worried or fearful of robert mugabe.they really feel the future belongs to morgan tsvangirai. do you think morgan tsvangirai has enough power to make change in zimbabwe? >> yes, yes, he's got that power. look at all these people. they are here for him. >> i'm not going to stand by while zanu-pf continues to violate the law, persecute our members of parliament, spread r÷ the language of hate, invade productive farms, ignore our international treaties and continue to loot our national resources. i'm not going to stand by and watch this happen. >> prime minister tsvangirai has the full backing of the european union. it's refusing to yield to robert mugabe and his zanu-pf loyalists and remove sanctions until more is done to implement the 12-month-old power-sharing agreement. >> these are restrictive measures to specific persons specific companies and that this is a matter that has to be resolved in the political dialogue. >> if zimbabwe's unity government fails to resolv differences, the international community is likely to

's refusing to eld to robert mugabe and remove sanctions until more is done to implement the agreement> thesere effectiveeasures scific persons, specific companieand that this is a matter that has to be resolved. >> i zimbabwe' government ils to resol its difference, internional community is likely to continue withholng investment. drew gaygan, lateline. . >> finally tonight, our signature story, we conclude our sees on prerving story, with anoer look at rome. actuallyhat's going on under rome. if you take t subway toork in this cotry, you ll know that a tunnel is aretty remarkable place, b that is not the cse i re where they ar building a brannew subway line and they keep comi across remnants of the ancient st. orldfocus" special coespondentartin seabungle is our guide. >> i might just be the most famous fountain on the planet. it draws milons of tourists everyear because according to local legend if you toss coin over your shoulder into the water, someday y will return toome. next time these peoplecome back, tey might consider looking under thfotain. they're acally standing or sittin

we will ask of robert mugabe has done enough to win a reprieve. a key speech for barack obama on health care. it will have to be good to get his plans back on track. money for the moon. the white house panel says private sector cash is one way out of the funding crisis at nasa. it is 7:00 a.m. in washington, midday here in london, 3:30 in the afternoon in kabul, where the details of a mission to rescue a new york times reporter and his afghan colleague have raised questions about the role of reporters in war zones. stephen farrell and a local journalist had been kidnapped by the taliban last saturday. in the mayhem of the military operation, the british soldier and the translator were killed. ellen r. wilkinson reports. that this is stephen farrell, a now freed british reporter, rescued last night by a nato forces. a rescue which involved a dramatic gunbattle. during the raid, a british soldier lost his life. his family has been informed. sultan munadi, an afghan journalist working with stephen farrell, also died. the two men were taken on saturda

. >>> zimbabwe's president mugabe has used his address to the u.n. general assembly to criticize western sanctions on his country. he said south african nations have made huge sacrifices to help zimbabwe during the global economic crisis but western sanctions have not been lifted. >>> mexican authorities have arrested five men accused of carrying out dozens of reprisal killings for one of the most powerful drug cartels. the believe the men were behind the tax in a city where 28 people were lined up against the wall and executed -- they believe the men were behind the attacks in the city. >>> investigators have found two bodies onboard a wrecked ship off the west coast of italy, suspected to contain radioactive waste. it is believed that it was sunk by the mafia to make money from waste disposal. >>> poland has been forced the chemical castration of pedophiles. it must still be approved by the upper house and signed by the president before goes into effect. you are watching "bbc world news." could have you with us. still to come, the show is attractin

also staying in new york are qaddaf -- gaddafi and mugabe. jonathan hunt is live for us.this is becoming a tradition of sorts, with everyone coming here to insult the host nation during the united nations general assembly. >> a comment from hugo chavez calling george bush the devil was a memorable outburst, but it has been going on for decades. in 1975, idi amin did much the same thing. last year, we had iranian president mark mahmoud ahmadinejad walking up to the podium once again and attacking the u.s. and israel. let's take a listen. >> today, the regime is on a slope to the left, and there is no way for it to get out of the cesspool created by itself. >> there is no reason to suggest that he will be any less conciliatory this time around. rick: where is kanye west when you need him? we are paying for this, right? >> yes, we are. every single taxpayer is paying for these despots to come here and insult us. we pay billions each year to run the united nations. on top of that, the police department spends about $15 million every year on united nations security, and anothe

that cameenteie and agaii was amazed mugabe told e story behind the story. at story was rudely interrupted by yet another which was to w the public service pulitzer prize which was an 1 "boston globe" was chugging away on that story when september 11 1/2 bidnd of course, that was a local story well as a regional story national, international and "the new york time one next year for their coverage of 9/11 for their creation of a nation challenge that they invented to help handle that issue. and within a portraits of grief. and did researching the globe story that is where i met sacha pfeiffer and i discovered her racing contributions to the porting. each to reporters has a amazing blend. i ve dealt with a lot of these public service pulitzer prize that were reported by teams and o of sacha function was tinteiew the victims and she really made these interviews come alive and in many cases they had never been talked about. so tonight our discussion wi turn to the question of the first future journalism. it will be a natural function of looking at some of these