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nina dos santos in madrid. >> explain will become the four euro zone country to require a bailout. >>> in other news of the world tonight in damascus, rebels battled syrian troops in the heaviest fighting. un observers say rebels fired a rocket propelled grenade, setting fire to several buses and said president bashar assad troops used shells in heavy neighborhood areas. meanwhile activists say had 2 civilians were killed in violence around the country, among them, nine women and children. >>> in afghanistan, president hamid karzai said today that the u.s. has put a security pact between the two countries if jeopardy arch an american airstrike earlier this week killed 18 civilians including nine young children. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan says the strike happened wednesday. when a group of taliban fighters took sheltner a house where people were celebrating a wedding. >> we didn't see them, the civilians. as the force approached the building they were taken under fire. we called for the people who were shooting to come out and then the situation became more grave. >> yesterd

joining me from madrid is cnn's nina dos santos. what is the spanish prime minister saying about this? >> reporter: good morning, randi. we had that spanish prime minister stepping onto the podium one day after his economy minister broke the news that spain had finally after months of pressure decided to go and ask for these emergency funds and he didn't really give any more details from what we heard yesterday. so there are many questions that remain unanswered, exactly how much money spain will ask for, and also what kind of terms and conditions it will be awarded. one thing he did talk about was that he was still going to the euro 2012 soccer championships in poland this afternoon where spain will be fighting it out on the pitch against italy. take a listen to how he explained that decision, randi. >> translator: i think that in these circumstances after having resolved this situation, obviously if this situation wasn't resolved and this decision wasn't made, i wouldn't go, but i am flying 6 1/2 hours, i'll be there tfor 2 1/2 ho

nina dos santos is joining me. not a big bailout, they're saying. so what's all the money for, then? >> reporter: good morning to you, randi. well, this is the issue -- so far, let's just remind our viewers that spain hasn't asked for a specific amount of money. what they're doing is trying to wait for a series of independent reports to evaluate how much money they could need, but what it is for is for the banking sector. here is the distinction between this bailout and others awarded to portugal, ireland and greece. what spain is desperately trying to do is pitch this not as a sovereign bailout, saying the country's books are in order when it comes to raising money on the international debt markets, it shouldn't be penalized in the way the other bailout recipients across the eurozone have been. what they're saying they have a problem with is a black hole in the banking sector. the banking sector basically needs an awful lot of money to shore up its finances and this is what these bailout funds will be used for. >> so the money's not going to the go

nina dos santos, thanks a lot. >>> explosion and gun fire could be heard throughout the morning. are also reports of increased anti-government activity in the capital damascus and that dozens have been killed around the country. my colleague anderson cooper spoke with war photographer robert king about the crisis in syria. >> i can't believe it. the syrian people don't want military intervention. they would like nato to bomb the syrian positions. they don't want boots on the ground. they would like weapons to conduct a fair fight. the doctors would like to be able to honor their oath and they would like to have proper supplies to save lives. >> this is king's video of a makeshift rebel hospital. some of those being treat ready little children with horrific wounds. world leaders have condemned the killings. >>> a somalia-based terrorist group is offering a very strange reward. they say they will give camels in exchange for president obama's whereabouts. this comes after the u.s. offered million ofrs dollars for information on several key members of the terror group. sh shah. >> th

nina dos santos, cnn, madrid. >> for more on the story, logon to cnn.com. >>> in syria, more deadly fightingas an opposition group names a new leader, and vows to end the regime of president bashar al add sad. the leader is a minority kurdish activist. his election is seen as an attempt to unite various ethnic groups. >>> a boy was detained for allegedly participating in an illegal gathering. they say he's only 11 years old. he was detained on may 14th during an alleged crackdown on anti-government protesters. but an attorney for the family disputes the police account, and human rights groups are demanding his release. >>> homeland security has advice for the tsa. don't waste your time patting down celebrities like beyonce. >> people are going to saying, they're patting down beyonce. i mean, she's not going to blow a plane up. >> should the tsa overlook celebrities? down here, folks measure commitment by what's getting done. the twenty billion dollars bp committed has helped fund economic and environmental recovery. long-term, bp's made a five hundred million dollar commitment to support sci