welcome to "newsday." the last forces remaining loyal to grow gaddafi in libya have been told they must surrender by saturday or face military action. the deadline comes as a spokesman says that they have a good idea of where the former leader is and are confident that they will catch him. we send this report. >> village by village, the rebels' advance towards sirte. they plan to be there by saturday to back up the leadership possible to make them. thousands of loyalists have until then to surrender or the rebels will attack. this settlement still flies the old regime's legs. -- flags. this is a picture movement coming from the east. the rebels have been going forward. this is the most forward position they have. if they go over the hill behind me, they invite incoming fire from loyalists forces. >> although the loyalists are abandoning their position, there seems to be no panicky flights. is believed that colonel gaddafi is directing things. >> these are not in total disarray, they are retreating in an or

this is newsday. hello and welcome. there have been ongoing fierce battles in aaa.olonel -- in tripoli. the whereabouts of the libyan leader are still not known. they have offered a reward of over $1 million for anyone who captures our kills him. gunfire] these are the scenes in green square. it is renamed martyrs square for those who have lost their lives in the name of libya. the families are coming out, waving the replacement for the gaddafi flag. do not be fooled by this celebration. just look at what lies on the ground, all of the bullet casings. this place exploded in celebration, literally. they have been firing off every possible weapon, including anti- aircraft fire. this is to show two libyans and the world that they have ended the colonel gaddafi 40-year rule could look at this scaffolding. they were already planning to march gaddafi's 42 years of power. this is the stage where they were going to celebrate. what lies on the ground is a huge portrait of the revolutionary leader. it now lies charred in ruins. they tore it apart. they want to say that libya

welcome to "newsday." four close relatives of colonel gaddafi have fled libya and crossed into neighboring algeria. the algerian government has concern that his wife, darbg and two sons are in the country. the white house has said it has seen no evidence that the libyan leader himself has fled. jeremy bohn is in tripoli. >> these are the only portraits of colonel gaddafi you'll see in tripoli these days, positioned carefully so everyone visiting this hotel in the city center has to step on them. his image used to be everywhere. in his last months in power, he relied increasingly on his members of family. his daughter made a fierce speech saying he'd never step down after the nato bombings started in the spring. it condemned algeria for allowing them in, demanding they should all be tried as criminals. the criminal's most prominent son has disappeared from public view. like his father, he is wanted by the international criminal court. another son has been trying to broker a cease fire and a deal on a transi

this is "newsday." rebels are celebrating overrunning gaddafi's headquarters in tripoli, destroying the symbol of a 42-year dictatorship. he has reportedly called his exit a tactical move, but no one knows exactly where he or his sons are. members of the national transitional council are on their way to tripoli to begin forming an interim government. despite the rebels' victorious claims, a pro-gaddafi television station has broadcast what it said was a live television interview with a spokesperson, mr. ibrahim. he threatened to turn libya into a burning volcano. >> they want to destroy libya. they have already destroyed electricity, water, houses, schools. they want to destroy libya on a platter of gold to the foreign company so that the structure will come to libya to rebuild again all these services. and they will have a piece of the big cake. but in fact, it is not a piece of cake. it will be a bump that will -- bomb that will explode in their faces. it will be for the first time -- the survival of

." >> hello and welcome to "newsday." >> the headlines this hour. wanted dead or alive, the million-dollar bounty is put on the head of colonel gaddafi. but the fighting continues, rebels advanced on -- >> i don't know what they are fading for -- fighting for. we have a minute corner now. >> and other news, steve jobs steps down as the company's chief executive. hurricane irene gather strength as it moves across the caribbean. it is 9:00 a.m. here in singapore. >> hello and welcome. there have been fierce battles and the capital of tripoli after colonel gaddafi vowed to fight until victory or martyrdom. the whereabouts of the libyan leader is not known. the rebels have offered a reward of a million dollars to anyone who captures or kills him. we were in the streets to gauge the mood of the city that is no longer ruled by the gaddafi dynasty. >> the square has been renamed martyrs' square and honor of all those who lost their lives in the fight for libya. look at it now, it is a scene of celebration. they are waving the old flag that will replace the

. >> welcome to "newsday". >> the headlines. rebels seized control of colonel gaddafi's compound as the battle for the tripoli continues. gaddafi has made a radio address. >> add draft security council resolution is put forward as the un -- at the un. seismic shock. there is no major damage. it is 11:00 a.m. here in singapore. >> 4:00 a.m. in london. broadcasting to viewers on pbs in america and around the world. welcome to "newsday". >> libyas rebels are celebrating, overrunning colonel gaddafi's headquarters. destroying the symbols of a 42- year dictatorship. no one knows where he or his sons are. members of the national transitional council are on their way to tripoli to began forming an interim government. despite the victorious claims government forces have come -- taken back control. >> of course, i cannot disclose to you what sort of military plans we have prepared to defend tripoli. the remaining -- and the remaining cities. i promise you and the arabs we have transformed tripoli in to a cannon of fire against imperialis

you were watching "newsday," live from singapore and london. three people have died and dozens are injured after rate stage collapses and belgium. >> 20 years after the coup that caused the collapse of the soviet union, miguel corker just -- miguel gorbachev accuses vladimir putin of castrating publolitics. >>> firefighters told prince harry how they had been pelted with bricks as they try to put out fires in the shops. >> over the road to the shops, a day out for the prince. harry went to see some of the damaged -- some of the businesses that had been damaged, and visible show of support for a community that was caught and chaos. >> it is good for the community. >> this visit was intended to boost morale after the violence last week. seeing the royal after the riots did not impress everyone. >> at the end of the day, that is all it is about. >> aside from the repairs, they have problems that will take time and money to fix, including unemployment and antisocial behavior. >> you need more community centers. there is nothing here at all for peop

this is newsday. ♪ hello and welcome.fighting continues in libya, the rebels said they are transferring their garment to the capital tripoli from their base in ben ghazi. but colonel gaddafi is not ready to give up yet. in another audio message, he urged libya -- libyans to destroy the rebels. the report contains some graphic images. >> descending into colonel gaddafi's underground fortress, tunnels that runs 4 miles and could have been his this capered. -- that runs for miles and could have been his escape route. abandoned in a corner, some of their supplies. with this underground labyrinth, this secret world, it was incredibly well constructed. the savings are very high. the walls are very solid. over here i found a phone that was used for internal communication. and this was a kind of motorized cart. who knows if the libyan leader was transported through these tunnels in this carta. colonel gadhafi thought he would not be disturbed to hear -- deserved it here behind these reinforced doors. while he may have been able t

now you are watching "newsday." still to come on the program, india's anti-corruption crusade, the nation awaits the release of an activist. huge floods in the country. >> emergency workers affected by last week's riots. firefighters were pelted by bricks as they tried to put out the fires. >> over to the road to the shops, a day out for the prince. harry went to see some of the businesses that had been damaged. support for a community that got caught up in chaos. >> this visit was intended to boost morale after the violence of last week, but seeing a royal after the riots didn't impress anyone. >> end of the day, why can't they come and look. >> aside from the repairs, there are problems that will take time and money to fix, including unemployment and anti-social behavior. >> you need more community centers. there is nothing here. nothing for people to do. >> that doesn't excuse what happened last week and how to prevent trouble is the subject of every street. those on the front line were recognized today. each of

." >> hello and welcome to newsday on the bbc. i am in singapore. >> i am in london.he headlines this hour -- but the ultimatum, rebels warned supporters of colonel gaddafi to surrender by saturday or face attack. in syria, more reports of violence and torture as protests against the government continue. >> aftermath in the united states begins the cleanup operation following tropical storm irene. wiki-leaks names alleged terror suspects. it is 11:00 a.m. in singapore. >> it is 4:00 a.m. in london broadcasting to viewers on pbs in america and around the world. welcome to newsday. ♪ >> forces remaining loyal to coral gaddafi in libya have been told to surrender by saturday or face military action. the deadline comes as the spokesperson for the libyan rebels says they have a good idea of where he is and they are confident they will catch him. here is this report. >> village by village, the rebels' advance toward sirte. they plan to be there by saturday to back up the leadership's ultimatum. thousands of gaddafi loyalists there have until then to surrender or the rebels

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. >> you are watching "newsday," on the bbc. still to come, nearly five months after the japanese tsunami, people are getting on with their lives. >> why did chinese middle-class is growing their own produce. silvio berlin stoney has tried to calm financial markets in a speech to parliament. -- silvio burlisconi has tried to calm financial markets. >> his address had been awaited eagerly. there was a long time of silence. he painted a rosy picture of the economic state and he did his best to ensure foreign investors that italy is still a safe place to put their money. it was significant that he waited until after the markets have closed. >> let's remember that the country's economically and financially solid, a difficult time that knows how to be coherent. the government and the parliament will certainly act with political since census to deal with any kind of threat to our financial stability. >> the economics minister sat passively next to the prime minister while he was speaking. earlier in the day, he had rushed to luxembour

"newsday," onhing the bbc. as the markets opened across asia, we will see how they respond to another day of turmoil. >> we will go inside of the world's largest refugee camp. >> reports from the syrian city of hama suggests that the army has pulled out. the u.s. has imposed on the largest commercial bank and the biggest mobile phone operator lives after days of violence, troops are fooling -- are pulling out. some of these pictures cannot be verified. soldiers stand and cheer as their units leave. the week-long operation reportedly left dozens of opposition activists dead and the city broken. this is what was left behind, the burned out cars, the blackened buildings, wreckage strewn across the street. all signs of the scale and ferocity of the operation. in the u.s., there was more condemnation of the syrian government's actions and further sanctions on the president's government. >> we are all watching with horror what he is due to his own people and we're working with our partners to ensure that presser cont

this is newsday. shares in asia have fallen sharply, reacting badly to the ongoing debt crisis. hong kong opened almost 5% lower. early on wall street, the dow jones index fell by nearly 4%. the eu failed to calm markets. our economics editor has more. >> two weeks ago today at their emergency summit, eurozone leaders said the future of the euro was safe. but somebody forgot to tell the financial markets. >> this is an abc news special report. >> the closing bell is just ringing now at the new york stock exchange. stocks have plunged this afternoon. >> tens of billions of pounds were wiped off the british and american stock prices as fears about the euro fed into growing worries about the strength of the recovery. stocks are down to where they were at the end of last year. >> a couple of weeks ago, markets anticipated that the ecb would find a solution to the problem. it is very clear there is no more money on the table. there is no political will at the moment to sort out the problems. >> italy and spain are sparking investor doubts. spain was paying 44% to borrow from the mark

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this is "newsday." >> hello, and welcome. as fighting continues in libya, the rebels say they're transfering their government's capital of tripoli from their base in benghazi. colonel gaddafi isn't ready to give up yet. he urged libyans to destroy the rebels. the heaviest fighting is still near olede gaddafi's old capitol in the capital. this report does contain some graphic images. >> descending into colonel gaddafi's underground fortress. the tunnels ran for miles and could have been his escape route. today, rebel fighters were taking the tour. seeing where gaddafi's troops had been holed up. abandoned in a corner, some of their supplies. this underground labyrinth, the secret world was incredibly well constructed. the ceilings here are very high. the walls are very solid. over hering i've just found a phone which was obviously used for internal communication. this is a motorized cart. looks like a golf bug gee. who knows if the libyan leader was transported through these tunnels in this cart. >> colonel gaddafi knew he wou

. >> this is newsday on the bbc. >> tens of thousands have joined anti-corruption protests across india. the man whose campaign fueled the uprising could be set to leave prison. >> 13 have been killed, including a former nps violence continues in pakistan's largest city karachi. as many as 400,000 children could starve to death in somalia unless urgent action is taken to fight the famine. andrew mitchell was the first british minister to visit the capital for 18 years. islamic countries have pledged $350 million for the famine victims. karen has sent this report. >> mogadishu, the most dangerous city in the world and the hundreds place on earth. they are taking no chances. first british minister here in nearly two decades of advances in an armed convoy. you can see why they are so nervous. this was mogadishu less than a fortnight ago. the last exchange of fire before islamist fighters fled the city. african union peacekeepers regained control, but half of the country still remains in the hands of the militants. these are the victims of violence, failed government, and now severe drought

. >> you are watching "newsday." we will have more on of violence in parts of great britain. 685 people have been arrested since saturday. >> we have a world right on the financial markets. the latest from angel. >> the first riots on saturday were sparked by the shooting of mark duggan. the police commission says that there is no evidence that he had fired at the police officers first. >> the independent complaints commission -- >> the second part of this is continuing today. >> this is the test we commissioned, and this has so far confirmed that the bullet lodged in the radial is a jacketed round. this is a police issue bullet. it is subject to dna analysis, but is consistant with having been hired -- fired from an mp 5. the firearm found at the scene was a converted bbm breuning self-loading pistol. this is not a replica. the scientist considers this a firearm for the purposes of the firearms act and a prohibited weapon that is illegal. the handgun had a bulleted cartridge in the magazine. this is subject to furth

welcome to "newsday." french president nicolas sarkozy and german chancellor angela merkle are preparing for a crucial meeting to discuss how to deal with the ongoing eurozone debt crisis. markets will be hoping for the launch of a common eurobond. merkle and sarkozy have said that would not be on the agenda. christian frazier reports. >> four weeks ago, they shook hands on a deal the french were hailing as a game changer. the was the expanded bailout plan, now totaling 440 billion euros, a cure to the economic turmoil in europe, or merely a pact to buy time? since then, italy and spain have come under renewed pressure. the crisis in europe's periphery has spread to the core, with a run on french banks last week. there are signs in france and across the eurozone that growth is shuddering to a halt. the july decision to expand the bailout fund cannot be ratified by the 17 eurozone members until after the summer break. today's meeting has been called to reassure markets that action is being taken. but there

." -- "newsday." >> one of colonel gaddafi's sons, has been arrested, and has appeared in the center of the libyan capital in a government military vehicle. he told the bbc that a trap had been laid for opposition forces and that soldiers loyal to his father are winning the battle for tripoli. dominic cain has the latest developments on this breaking story. >> the son of colonel gaddafi wanted for war crimes, and apparently in rebel captivity. now a free man celebrating with supporters of his father in tripoli. 24 hours ago, the international criminal court confirmed he'd been taken. but this was his message for the world. >> i want know to refute all rumors and lies. nato and the west has high-technology. they stop the broadcasting and radio. they have launched electronic warfare. and through media, they have managed to smuggle into the country gangs and saboteurs. but the libyan people, men and women, have stood firm against them. >> as his supporters celebrated, he tried to refute suggestions the rebels control most of tripoli. >> we will have a tour in that city of tripoli, espec

. >> it is newsday on the bbc. in in singapore. >> the headlines.or a fourth night there has been violence on the streets in parts of britain with rioting and looting in greater manchester, although the situation there has started to calm down. >> violence in birmingham, nottingham and wolverhampton. >> let's say with the situation in the midlands. in city center, rioters seemed to have changed their tactics from previous nights. >> city center has been run amok with a lot of young individuals running around the city playing cat and mouse with the police. they have taken the opportunity to hide in the shadows, break into shops and steal as much as they can. the tactic has changed from last night when they were just riding and attacking people for the sake of it. -- rioting and attacking people for the sake of it. what they're doing now is breaking into shops, taking out televisions, and trying to hide them somewhere so that they can move them out of the way of the police until they can find some way of getting them back home or wherever they want to

here in london, broadcasting to viewers on pbs in america and around the world, welcome to "newsday." >> a very warm welcome to you. a little later on, we'll be back in singapore about the developing financial story. we begin this hour with a special edition of "newsday," focusing on a third day of rioting that has spread to several parts of london. fires have been burning in many buildings and roads and shops have been looted. the latest trouble started in hackney. violence has fled outside the capital in birmingham, liverpool, and also some minor reports of scuffles break out in manchester as well. the british prime minister david cameron is cutting short his holiday and flying home to attend a special cabinet meeting at 9:00 a.m. on tuesday morning. this is live coming to us. shocking scenes there unfolding as we see a huge blaze where firefighters are struggling to contain the area. we're just going to try and get confirmation of what we are looking at in terms of what actually is alight there in terms of the building. but there is in buckinghamshire. we don't know the circumstanc

. >> we are broadcasting to viewers on pbs in america, welcome to "newsday." the credit rating agency moody's has confirmed that the u.s. is to keep its aaa status after the country avoided defaulting on their debt. president obama has signed an agreement raising the american government's debt limit. they have assigned a negative outlook to show that there is still a risk of a future downgrade if the government's fiscal discipline weakens. the deal failed to diffuse washington's debt bond. >> there has been little to smile about in the past few weeks as the president and his opponents were deeply divided over the economy and they tried to cobble together a deal. failure followed failure but now it has done. the president became to power promising hope and change has been pushed into cuts. >> it is likely that the uncertainty includes increasing the debt ceiling for both businesses and consumers has been unsettling and just one more impediment to the full recovery needed. this is something that we could have avoided. >> america is deep in the red paint every do

. >> this is newsday on the bbc. >> it is good to have you with us.ermany and france called for more political integration in the eurozone. >> in britain, a former reporter says that phone hacking was regularly discussed at meetings. the intense standoff between the indian government and a veteran anti-correction campaigner is continuing with the campaigner refusing to leave prison. he said he will continue his original protests, demanding era overhaul of anti-correction legislation. many of his supporters believe they are close to victory. thank you so much for joining us. there have been protests in india following the detention of anahazari. how much support does he have among ordinary indians? >> yesterday, they showed without any ambiguity that the level of support is quite high. is it high enough to put the entire political establishment on alert? yes. >> what do you think can be done to solve this dispute right now between the activists and the government? >> i am not privy to that information. it seems to me that this is an opportunity for not

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. >> you are watching "newsday" on the bbc. >> the headlines. tens of thousands have joined anti-corruption protests across india the man who fueled the uprising could be set to leave prison. >> rebels battling gaddafi's forces. >> as many as 400,000 children could starve to death in somalia unless action is taken to battle the familiarin. the warning was issued today. it's thought that 1.5 million people have been forced from their homes and displaced. half a million of the victims are in camps where aid supplies have been regularly disrupted. the countries have pledged $350 million for the familiarin victims. our correspondent sent us this report. mogadishu, the hungriest place on earth. they are taking no chances. first, the british minister here advanced in an armed convoy. and you can say where they are nervous. this was mogadishu less than a forte night ago. african european peacekeepers regained control but half of the country still remains in the hands of the militants. these are the victims of violence, failed government and now severe

you are watching "newsday." still to come, where the second world war never ended. the row over remote pacific islands that is souring relations between japan and russia. >> the 20 year plan that is bringing our cultural history back to life. -- horticultural history back to life. >> international markets have risen sharply as concerns continue about the eurozone debt crisis. the spanish prime minister left his holiday to monitor the situation. this was discussed in the italian parliament wednesday. >> he had delayed leaving for his holiday in the south of spain to follow the country's economic indicators. those showed that borrowing costs hit record highs during the day's trading. these are the levels that the sock and greece and ireland request by let's. the general elections will be brought forward from swing to november. there was hope that announcement would help steady the spanish economy, which has been driven by speculation for the need of bailout. the government has implicated -- implemented a major reform program about the jobless rate. the latest market p

us from new york to help us that's why everyone wants to blame china is filmmaker and blogger at newsday sector dot org and sector danny good to see you. he learned thank you so much you know again people jump to conclusions without evidence that's something that seems to be very privy suv in our government right now and in the media we're you know the bottom line is so quickly reached without the evidence the release of supported now mcafee says the state actor may be involved but they don't name that actor so why do you think it is the anti that people are jumping to the conclusion of china because even computer security experts are saying you know every time one of these reports come out people always pointing finger at china even though they can't prove it even though every country in the world is probably using the internet to spy so why is the mainstream media so quick to point the finger at china. well because they're smart over there i guess they have a pretty big infrastructure of technology they've been invested a lot of money in computer technology and computer and information

known about came back to later in the things that we did not know about circulation problems that newsday they all came back to haunt us to put this into m a condition and the tax case which is one that is ultimately settled for the irs. >> it was big but the circulationo problems that jim refers to is where i gather part and parcel of trying to do the deal in a secret and mike correct not to do the due diligence youns may have normally? >> that is true. you can fault a lot of people but due diligence to the last very long and we did not see it coming. all they're there was evidence t. m and to those people involved in the circulation scandal may went to the guy who was involved meg man who was making of fake computer programs in september 2000, six months prter we completed the deal. law was more surprising was aware responding to him was from a law firm in losch angeles which represented the chandler -- chandler family. those were the sort of thing this there were some signs we did not pick up that them here in a situation we did not one to ignite a bidding war there is a lot of things

also, the circulation problems that jim refers to was in the long island newspaper, newsday which was what i gather part and parcel of the double-edged sword of doing the deal in secret behind the back of the ceo; am i correct? i'm not doing the due jill gens -- diligence one might have normally. >> that's true. you can fault a lot of people, but the due diligence didn't last long, and we didn't see it coming even though there was evidence. one of the things i found and what surprised me 1 i found letters that were written to people involved in the circulation scandal six months after the letters went to the guy who was involved in the scandal, one of the guys that was making up fake computer programs in september of 2000 which was six months after we completed this deal, and what was even more surprising is the lawyer responding to him was a lawyer for a law firm in los angeles which represented the chandler family, the family who sold us the l.a. times, and so i think those were sorts of things -- there were signs there we just didn't pick up on them because we were trying 20 get th

he also left because he needed to earn more money and accepted a job as publisher of newsday out of long island. he was there for a few years. he needed more money because he had taken responsibility for old brother's widow and children. so he had to support them. he stayed with the paper until it was sold out from under him, and he made his second big career decision. he chose to go into television and to become a preacher, sort of secular preacher on television, and he's been all of these years a preacher of good decent american values. he produced distinguishing documentaries, he won more emmy awards than any human being ought to, and every other award possible and became famous for his conversations, his conversations, quiet, civil conversations on television, particularly the series, the power of myth with joseph campbell, which became a big best seller. [applause] [applause] >> joseph campbell fans, i see. all right. all right. we'll deal with that. [laughter] >> we'll deal with that in due course. and he became the man whom we meet here this evening. he became this american father