see the one-minute video rld ws summary. you can read the latest headlines, get the top ories from around the glo. discover morebout the subjects that really ierest you and fi outwhich issues the wld is talking aboutight now. for "bbc world news"online go to bbc.com/news. >> the test headlines for you on "bbc world news." e russians have foundhe cargo ship which disappeared in mysterious circumstance nearly three weeks ago. presidential candidat in afghistan are making their final campaign push for thursday'election. some parts of the afghanistan are stil relatively peaceful. the central highlands, for instance. the world's bigges donors are being encouraged to focus on these provinces. >> ts is the jewel in the crown, the sparkling blue lak safire and emeld pulls. -- pools. it just became afghanistan'sa first nation park. never mind there is no proper ro to get here. afghans are coming in large mbers. th united natio special representive also came to make a point. he has bn urging donors not to overlook provinces where ther

afghanistan produces most of the rld's opium. çose and counfernaotics have just h a shot.ardon defied senior dr traffickers relad to a senior family -- has pardoned five senior drug traffickers. >> one of thmost dgerous jobs in afghanistan. here in kabul, thy are training to comt the drug mafia which pruces 90% of the drugs opium and heroin. profits are ud to buy of police, judges, and othe officials. the counternarcotics buthese are just one aspt of an enrely separateounter narcoticjudicial system that has been built up he afghistan. there are separate police, prosutors, andudges, courts and prisons. all of it in a bid to get major dr traffickers off of the streets and into dention. this is just apractice drugs raid. in realife,ou would be during thsign -- sound of nfire. the ve traffickerwho have been pardoned by president karzai were wearing police uniforms d using a police r tohift more than 100 kilos of heroin. --ere wring police uniforms. onas from a powerful family. convicting such a trafficker,çç previously thought of as untouchable, was a new milestonef the syste

it is also the laest ongoing humatarian crisis in the rld. and the fightinginvolved many different militias. many differe foreign armed groups. so wt the u.s. can d about if is basally support the peace process so tt finally we can end the fighting in easern congo. >> i wonderin does secretary oftate hillary clinton have morepresence, more power to speak on this issue? because she a woman. and when she spes out against the use of rap as a weap of war, w's your mssage ceived? >> i thnk that she has more power just becau she ishe representative of the united states and, therefore, she has so much weightn the political scene. i don'think that being a woman or just calling t for an end to sexl violence means so much. i think whateally means something would be concrete tion to end sexual violence in the cngo. so mostorceful action and support the congole government andn support of all of the u.n. and nongovemental agcies that are fighting against sexl violence in the congo. >> how is her messag thoug going to be reived by the govements that are in

weometimes think of the rld as being alsorts of impersonal foces of good and evil and ecomic forces. but sometimes it ds really seem to matter hothe individual pple who are in charge. and i think in this stance, ben bernanke is no teddy kenny but kennedy was unusual partly becau of the person he was. ani think some of that goes for bernanke as ll. something's got togive on the deficit front atome int. is that somethingikely to be the president's promi that he ll not raise taxes on people who make ls than $250,00 a year? >> i tink so. i on't see how it's aringt meticay possible for the president to pursueboth parts of his spding agenda whch are popular with the eople and with the coress without raising taxes on thebulk of americans. there'just not enough money the over $250,000 year crd to pay for what he wants to do. >> the sus involved are unfaomable. w does this reallimpact people who areiving normal lives? >> that's a gre question. i think one of their difficulties is theshort answer is it doesn't. right now, we are getting byon very lo interesrates because othecountries, the hine

>> a now "bbc rld news." >> an historic meetg between former u.s.dent bill clton andorth korea's kim jong-il. and reportsay two jaile amican joualists have been freed. australian policeelief they have foileda major terrost pl. fouruspects acce of links with somali extremist. >> a won goes ontrial accused of dressing indi ently. she wore trours in a restaunt. welcome to "bbc world news broadcast to our viewers on pbs in ameri and around the gle. coming up late whatind of policingo you call this? a new human rights report says too many of india place are abusive and filing at thei job. hollywood actss takes send moo on e rd. >> cinema is for everybody and everhere. we are knowing how few opportunits there are for people realize how incredibly wise cinema is. >> hello. a secretive come nist ate with nucar ambitis which has be playing fast and lse th the rest of the wld. today they have been pying ho to bilclinton, the most senior visitor in a dade. he metnorth korean leader, kim jong-il and secured a rdon for the journalist aested. we have this report

hunger, sens,motions, and intellec >> intellect is the mt intent experience it is in the rld. >> charl: one of them? >> most intense because you can measure the intensity in many ys. is not other creative moment thate'll use the five sens. none music is beautiful, but it's only the ear. >> charlie: the ear the heart. >> butfirst let's talk about e senses, the physicalevel. painting is ly the esight. eating is really al the sense when you eat, you smell,ou listen, you hear, yotaste, the feeling in the mouth,bviously the heart,bviously the conversation. food, eating i somethg really colex. but because we e every day, we don'want to see it as sothing very complex. a lite bit of ience fiction. for a second tha food will not be a physiological need. what would be the relationship with food then. because weeallyeed to thin at eating and breathing is the onlywo things that we go from the moment we ar bornntil the moment we die. so, it is really very complex relationip. >> charlie: ou can tell the rld about the complexy behi eating. but, yeah, the people at are watchg us right now, you kn, can

so the arab rld isn't inclined toive president obama that gesture that he's been seeking to cate this environment. rose: now what gesture would say to the oba administration they're trying? >> well, i think that if president barakhad agreed to go back to arab leaders as a leader in the arab arena and try to push this process forward and if preside mubarak himself has agreed to do something. as said, nobodyin the region is inclined to do ese kinds of things. there'been ideas that have been floated allowing the raelis civilian airliners access to saudi airspace, returning arab trade representatives to tel aviv and so on and soorth. but the arab world believes they've en there and ty've do that. they did that in the 1990s and we're in a worse situation than we we back in th 1990s. so they're not gng to give somethg for essential what they sees nothing. >> rose: thing in ter of right to return an some modification of at so that it's more acceable to the israelis? >> precisely. this... the whole ideaf a gesture om the arab wld i to make the israelis feel more comfortae about these very har

bbews, johannesburg >> still come r youn "bbc rld news." isra's and prime minister it is its major european capils. first, the lauh of suth korea's first spacrocketas been wahed on tv a -- tv b millions. the plan w to launch satelle into orbit. in t end, it was unsuccesul. we have this rort. >> south koa's first rocket -- a bid to joithe excsive club nations to golf -- took off overhe south lawsite. this is all lauh that has been delad a number of times, and natial pride was at stake. the wasstill an anxus wait anthen use the rocketad iled to pce its payload into regular orbit. south koa will have to try again in its bid to become only the th count with a proven independent launch capability. while there is disappoiment, north kore may excuse itself a wry smile . i was closely watching this launch, believing the we double standards at play having been roundly criticizedfor their own attempts to put a satellite into orbit in april, also beeved to have failed. the launch in apri was widely rerded as a cover for a long- range missile testand l

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you have said this is e most importt bilateral retionship the rld. what makes i s >> i'm not the only o who is saying this, charl. therare other people who have said the mehing. i think it's true that the relationship that china and the united states have assed great global significance. china is the largeeveloping couny, the u.s. being the largest developed cntry. if we couldork togeth ande can soe my global issues. and the glal sues need glal solutions. so if we can work gether, it will beeasier for these solutions to be worked out. >> rose:et's walk through those issue >> yeah. >>ose: climatehange is one big issue. >> right. >> rose: our secretary ofstate oke to that when sheasn china. what proess are we makinand what are the difficults that face the two cntries because they are at different stages in their development. >>here will be a copenhagen conference and china takes ry positive attitude to the conferen and w hopehe conference will be a success and i think the key to thatis for all th members of thenited nations at work together and also to

. >> you canead theatest headline that the top stories from around the rld, and click to play video reportsiscov more about the subjes that really interest yound find outhat issues the world isalking about right now. the "bbc wor news" online. oo pc.comews, and wated the world unfold go to bb .com. >> eibyan convicted of blowing up an american airliner over ckerbie in over 20 ars ago now free froma scottish prisonand he haseen welcomed as a hero in tripoli. mlions ofafghans have cast their votes despite taliban attempts to wrec the elecons. well, as afghans voted for president,here was sporadic violence acrosthe country. in helmand rovince, the governor's convoy camunder attack as he went to pollin stion in the provincial capital. our reporter was pt of that nvoy. >> it is 7:00 a.m andthe lls have just opened. we are with the governor helman provinc as he gs to te, and then, suddenly, this outside. makeshift bomb eloding as a convoy of journalists om the west drove past. later, insurgent rocketsearby. >> [speaking foreign lauage] >> [saking foreign language] >> it is the first explosn we ha

in office, he transcended national politics, achieving rld wide acclaim and the no -- nobepeace pze frokering peace with ighboring nort korea. he became the architect of what became known as the "sunshine licy." this evenin's newspapers porting his death say it all -- theormer president leaves a giant otprints. this headline reads that. ed recently, his reputation became somewhat tarnished by alletions his historicummit meeting in pyongyang took place onlyecause of secret paymes made to the north korn regime of up to half a billion u.s. dollars. today, with worseningelations with nrth korea at's miliry threat,the sunshine policy is noore. kim dae-jung's viewpoint is ing challengedy conrvative administtion that question e wisdom ounlimited engagement with e old enemy. a few weeks ago,he former present gave me a bust defense of his legacy. >> some people sayhat all we have done is work and go nothing in rurn. but tt is a lie. s younow, nor korea in the past was always tnking about waysoestroy as. the funny moments of my summit meeting with the nth korean leader and our meeting r co- pro

. >>> from the rld's leading reporters and analysts here i what is happening from arou the world. this is "worldfocu" ma possible by the following funders -- >>good evenin i'm martin savidge. as election day afghanistan approaches, tens of thousands of american and british troops there are doin all they c to guarantee the curity of millions of afghan voters. but thetaliban i doing all it n to let them know th are not safe. just today with the election no two days awai talib launched a series of attks on the catal city of kabul. a suicide car bomber attack a naval convoy in the outskirts of the city. killing sevepeople, woundin > >>>the center, theewer signs government control are foun sorry, lost modem. >> the taliban -- which is close to anjwi district and one of the many leafls the liban have put up warning peopl agait votingin the election. d thendistributes them in many areas in the outh. and this is why thevery fact thatt's still on thewall, means t taliban is here. and we aret even able to get out of the caro film freely. >> reporter: kandahar ciy, just ke the rest of kandah

. >>> fromhe world's leading reporters and analyst here's what's happeni from around the rld. this is "worfocus." made possible, in pa, by th following funder-- major support ha also been provided bthe peter g. peterson foundatio dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibity dddressing key economic allenges facing america's future. >> gd evening, i'm martin savidge. >>> if youoke up this mning and turnedn the news you might have felt a sense of discouragement aut what you were hring outf afghanistan and iraq. more tha5,000 american trps have die in those two countries nce troops were ployed to afghanistan in the fall of 2001 and iraq in e spring of 2003. and huneds of billions of dollars have been ent but all the years later neher country tonighseems especially secu. we'll take youo afanistan in a moment. there was more vience there day on t eve ofational elecons. buwe begin tonight in iraq with a story that by now is familiar. oncegain today a series of bombings in baghdad killed dons of iraqis. it was the worst incident. the latest violce in iraq, that's our "lead focus" tonigh

. >> so all of thi taken together, what ds this tell the rld about iran's intenti intentionshen it comes to any nuclear weapons progra. >> well, i thi it's not a coindence that at the same time iran is allowing inspectors access tthe iraq reactor site, at the iaea allegedly is sitting on a report detailing the exte of its knowledge on iran's nuclear activities. the associated ess reported almost at the same me this particul news story broke that the owe bayb the currenteneral woer willing to rease this re or wait until his successor take oefrz to release this report. >> so a positive sign? >> i think so. i think i indicates tat iran is still sensitiv about their public imagi, despite the fact that ahmadinejad still the president of irn. he's still very hardline and the supreme leader khamenei i still hardline. so ihink that's sething we might be able to use to our advantage. >> charles ferguson, tnk you so much r joining us night. >> you'rwelcome. >>> turning to afghanistan, and today's mu-anticipated presidential election. early this morning, prident meed karzai cast his ball at a polli

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>>> from the wld's leading repoers and analysts, heres what's happening from around the rld. this is "worfocus." madepossible, in part, by th following funder-- >>> good evening i'm martin savidge. >>> we're going to begin tonht with iraq, where foronths, the iraqi government and the u.s have been sending the messag that t security situation has steadilymproved. americanroops, 132,000 of them, are now in a supportole. and in recendays the vernment has relaxed securit in baghdad. but on again today, there was violence. wave of it killing at least people and wounding re than 250. thattacks were in a town near mosul in theorth and in baghdaitself. the continuing vlence and why it is happening is our "le focus" tonight. we start with ho abdel hamid of al jazeera english. >> reporter: ear morning in iraq and dozens of people e alady confirmed dead in various attacks. each underscing one of the many conicts that still plaguehe country. in baghdad, officials safive bombs went off. thdeadliest ones targeted day laborers waiting for a j. one of the bombings in hayl amel ithe west of t

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we're getting rld for the matchup against the marlins. guessling is here from the "the washington times" -- guessling here from the "the washington times". >> he we don't know enough about it to say definitively that's the reason why he's had some struggles most of the season. this has been something that's plagued him back to his minor league days off and on, but i think in the last few days, certainly, it's become more of eighteen issue and we'll find out more -- an issue and we'll find out how long this thing will be. he's heading to baltimore to visit with a hand specialist up there and they'll decide whether he needs ran operation or he can play through it. you know, he's the kind of guy you never know if he's hurt because you doesn't speak up and say anything. you're not going to hear from him unless you ask him about it. it's a little tough to determine how big of a detriment it's been, but the last few days it's been an issue. >> jorge padilla, why jorge padilla? i know he's hitting well. i have not heard much about him. >> i thin

. >> lehrer: that's bsically china and russia, right, in terms o keeping the rest of the rld on the backs of the -- the general assembly is when all of theorld leaders -- >lehrer: they all come, righ. >>f something bad is going on in burma -- in myanmar, the wld leaders start talking about it, and the generals do notike that, so they try to make sure thathings are calmed down by thime the general assembly comes, and i think that m wdhen md when they hande out this sentence. >> lehrer: thk you very much. >> thank you. >> lehrer:nd finally tonight, the power the fed at the height of the financial cris.1o on again to jeffrey brown. a te: this conversation was recorded bore today's developments. >> brown: even amid some rece positive econic sis, the fallout from the meltown continues and the lasting iact on individls, communities and intitutions is still being assessed. a new book "ben bernanke's war onhe pani goes wndehind the scenes to lok a why. author did wessell is economics editor for "wall street journ." welcome back >> good to behere. >>rown: you have covered ts every day, the daily n

. >>> meantime, statements are e e ing in from around th rld in remembrance of mrs. shriver. she changed the lives of generations of disabled people by cating the special olympics and one of the athletes was here this morning talking about how it changed his life. >> i wanted to express how wonderful a life she's had. and that she helped create special olympics and how important it is. -- for people like me, it's given us the confidence that we get. >> we have more on eunice kennedy shriver on the website. for photos and tributes and links to her web page, go to myfoxdc.com. >>> a new ad at the metro targeting the white house children. >>> and one of the largest robberies, $65 million worth of jewelry and how two suspects pulled off the high price heist. >> and a tourist tosses a mug at the mona lisa. we'll tell you more, this morning. >> all of the victims on the tragedy of the hudson are recovered and now, we'll turn to what caused the deadly collision. the air traffic transcript showed no problems with the planes and we have the latest. >> reporter: dive teams recovered al

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in three months the rld's largest cruise ship to set sail from fin lands to florida.is of the seas is over 1100 feet long and 213 feet high. there are 18 passenger decks and can carry 5,400 people who will be served by a staff of over 2,100 people. the ceo of royal caribbean cruises says over a billion dollar has been invested in the ship. 5 hrkz 400 plus 2,100 you've got a pretty nice-sized city there. >> i've been on a couple, freedom of the seas, 3,000 passengers and 2,000 staff. it's scary. >> that's why you put a leash on your kid. >> that's why e don't have kids. i put a leash on my dog. you get in trouble otherwise. my dog who's nicknamed mud flap, he's a dachshund, he's not going out. outside right now it's a cloudy start indeed. not a lot of rain has come down yet, so the sidewalks are mostly dry at this point in time. our temperature at national airport, 74 degrees with a very high dew point at 71. a light northwesterly breeze at only 5 miles per hour. as i was mentioned we have not beenheelow 60 in washington when we dropped down to 55. i bring that up beca

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everytime we have looked at mars more closelye have found a rld that we did not anticipate and that is one of the neat things about this story, again and again yo see people coming up against the ambiguity of mars and we don't like ambiguity as the culture. we want things to be black and white in mars is always telling us not so fast, we don't have it all figured out yet. >> do you think we will actually get to mars anytime soon? >> well, let's see. i am 52 and i am hoping that i live long enough to see it. back in the mid-1950s, couple of years before i was born, on browne writing in the magazine, who looked ahead to. when people might going to space, when they might g to the moon and eventuallto mars. of course it was the vision that inspired the early that program and in 1954 he said he may be a century or more before we are ready to send people to mars. i think that may turn out to be just about right, so i'm hoping i will last until the middle of the 21st century so i can sea that happen. >> what you think is the importance of even getting that? >> well, marzette think is monument

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