least 23 people were killed rio poce using liv ammunion.he outbreak ce as demonstratns bke out across the countryjust week aft present shar al-assad offer to consir seeforms, but stped shortf lifting emergeiesaws -- but stopped sht ofifti emergency laws. >> more violence and more accutionsf secuty fces kiing anti-governnt protestersn deraa. itas been a focus of unrest r weeks. and with e serityrackdown a moh a, ma were left dead. ard thugs wereesponsible, ny sai for t actions of today. the pictures fro sian television shed t alleged gun ring. but many resentse spoke to say it was the security forces that shot at them. is was the scene in one city, al the while a lot of ople were calng f theame ing, "freom." didemonstratsturned angry. thesamateurictures ar believed to rom a songhold of the asada family. the esidt has not been seen mu sin thenti-vernment prottsstard. and en hdid make an appeance in parliame last week, he disappointed the public by offering close to notng. he has mad some concessions cents,ut they do not thi he isaddressing pr

e qstion into a deathf a n in protest in london has received an apolog oom poce oicer who pushed intohe grou befe he died. jim kelly rorts with the details. heas at the heart of what has become the most controvsialpisode of th g 20 prosts appead toecome a possle fine rdwo givehis first puic accnt of his coact with t victim. eving, hepring constantly camup against police oa sue ase trd to t home. he had been drinng. possible hardwood sa that come in exchange area of the ty, thomps was disruptg the police line movg he id at "i struck mr tomlinson on the ba of his le." we can see his baton going in. he says, " budid t get an immediate reacti from m. tomlinson. i then moved h. he said he was amad by th push tat calls him tfall." the ofcer s asked- to anyonelse, heaid, i do not lieve so. the jury has now hea first nd fm the key witss othe event two years ago. if it ishe ce that have used mr. tomnson'seath, en im very sorry. >> in tomlinso' family say that the officer wandnly help himlf. he accus himf exaggatin and telling half trus. simon hawoodill be backn the box torrow >> you a watcng b

poce officers inhe pice stion bind me opened fire, ur people were shot a killed. after thatappened, the crowd turnedon the police stati and several lice offers who fected to the bel use. one ofhem as a ma that was poli officer for 35 years. tell me wha hpeneand w you decided lea. >> [unintellible >> [saking foreign language] >> y have ben a pole offir for fe yes. or wt kind o things ha you had to d >> [reig language] >> [unintellible >> de hever have to torture people? >> no. hisolleues did. [forgn lguage] >> y. >> thank you very mu. >> he says he does' fear any renge tacks because he is glad to have lt th police for, but he understands what the people think. >> the senteed a former general ife prison for running a notorioudeteion center during the country's military rule. ey we concted of murder, tortur and illegal imprisonment. ny folks were taken to the secret prison. the astonishing ski o the nancial cris in irela has beevealed by figures blished. they made it 24 billion year as justice survive. the banking cris now stands at 70 billion half of e stss tests --

anotheroman i daine but poce are one suit move cautiously, hand out warning before imposing nes. but tse tobaccoaws sist it will work eventually. >> theyill trto test us. this is the peod otesting. this whye have t be firm, we he toay to all those dies that thiss th way we behave in ance >> man agree thatisladoes noequi women to cover their ces, buthey ar being igmatized. presidt sarkozy, with an election on the horizon, iis outo define wh it means to be french. gavinewitt, bbc news,aris. you are wating "bbc world news america." still to com-- 150 years after the civiwar, the colict still has a lasting impact let's return to thetorof the gh-pfile libyan defector. heas brokenis so forhe first timesinc arring in britainere ian extended rtion of his remas. >> [unintelligible] and when the liyan -- libyan -- i decided to resign. i ha no contt now wit the liby autrities. i worked with the gadfi's reme f more tha30 yrs. i was deved to my work. but becausei was, i h the confidence, was ceain what i did pernall i serd the libyan people. after recent eves, tngs chged. that ishy i took thi

. >> the poce he been tipped off. somewhere onhe stey, a gup -- on thi jet, a group o men in prison for eks. "save our sou," a biof enish th caprs d not dersnd. they came to thailand loing fowork inead,hey were sold into slavery. a gap in the forbods is the toet. he captive on land,eate abused, rcedo work around the clock. >> i was promised jobending rt, t i was sold to a fiing boat and not be fre since >> many of those working on commercial earned -- trawlers are enslaved. you can tell the shock they wear on their faces. se are young. mostive in fr of their caains. the storiesre written. hescaped from a fishing but after months. ease up four people rder. thr bodies were tossed overboard. >> one nht, three men ied escape but it was ro andwo drowd. rou and two drowne the otheras aten the captain said, this is what happenif y try to esce. e man was tortured in frontf us with electrichockand shot dead >> it alshappens ineedany fi prossing plants on land ere legal burme worrs pack fish around e clo in appalling conditis t

we are n turning the irs into a poce van. -- policeman. we cannot allow these bills. we cannot allow cuts that will hurt the women of this nation. i am here to say to you, because i see it iyour eyes right here that the opposition does not know that they just woke up a sleeping giant. the opposition does not understand that women and people who love them will not sit idly by. i say toy republican friends "get off of these bills that heard women. the whole world will know that this agenda has the thing to do with the choice. it has nothing to do with ts. we already know federal funds cannot be used for abortion." this this is about denying women the basic health care they need. we stand together. we will win. thank you very much. see you later. [cheers] >> washington state's first female senator and the chair of the democratic senatorial campaign committee, patty murray. >> thank you. it is great to be with you here today. thank you. this is what a real rally looks like. i am here today like everyone of you to speak with one of the place -- one voice to deliver one mes