. >> reporter: south african president jacob zuma arrived to this eccentric pomp and clamber signature of the regime of colonel moammar qaddafi. this peace mission is seen as a last-ditch effort to find a diplomatic exit for the libyan dictator. the crowds chanted "we want qaddafi" but the man himself was nowhere insight and zuma was whisked away in a convoy surrounded by south african soldiers and police. hours later, the two men strolled into an ornate hall believed to be part of the much- attacked compound known as bab al-azizia. it was the first time that qaddafi has been seen since may 11. that's not least because nato warplanes have picked up the pace of air strikes and british planes are being armed with powerful bunker-busting bombs that prompted nato's secretary general to predict that what he called "qaddafi's reign of terror" would end soon. to add to qaddafi's woes eight libyan army officers-- including five generals-- told a press conference in rome that they were joining the libyan rebels and that 120 officers and soldiers had defected in recent days. and now it seems the

. >> south african president jacob zuma has met colonel qaddafi for talks, but is a diplomatic solution any nearer? and government forces in yemen are said to have killed 20 protestors camped out in taiz. welcome to "bbc world news" forecast to our viewerrers on pbs in america. lawyers from war crimes suspect ratko mladic file an appeal against extradition to the hague and why those from silvio berlusconi's home town have rejected his candidacy for mayor. fifa president sepp blatter has rejected claims that the organization is in crisis amid allegations of corruption, and a dramatic solo news conference in zurich, he acknowledged that fifa was in difficulties, but said it could solve its problems by itself. our news editor has the latest developments. >> with the pressure growing all the time, sepp blatter knew today he would face the spotlight, but if anyone thought the head of world football was about to walk away, he had a clear message, fifa is not in crisis. >> crisis? what is the crisis? we are not in a crisis. we are only in some difficulties. and these difficulties will be solve

>> right now human rights watch, the south african government, all kinds of organizations are looking in that area with where we were captured for his body to confirm for his family if he is indeed 100% gone. >> suarez: once you were in custody, did you have any sense that the libyan authorities were aware of who you were? what you had written? what you had been covering before you were arrested? >> we tried to be very accurate and very truthful, who we worked for, how many stories we had filed, we wanted to make sure that we weren't considered spies we kept era rey peting the same story when they kept asking us but there was no sense that they had actually checked any of our articles. they appeared to be pretty internet illiterate or incapable of connectivity at that point in tripoli. >> pelley:. >> suarez: as your captivity began to wear on, did you start to worry about whether you would get out at all? >> i never worried that i would be in captivity for let's say a year. i was concerned. i was really concerned to tell my mom that i was okay and when we hit that two-week mark i knew

the south african government expects them to pay a machinist in a factory like this at least $68 pereek but he argues that some are not producing fast enough for him to make that money back. >> it's at 70 per hour. she's reaching her target. >> reporter: she's doing 75 at the moment? >> yes, yes. another one you can see is 60 but she's only achieving 50. >> reporter: your argument is they cannot be paid the same minimum wage? >> yes. >> reporter: so they pay workers less than the minimum wage, saying they cannot give them more and remain in business. >> some of our members are considering to close down here and relocate their factory to either neighboring countryies like lesotho. >> reporter: where they can pay workers less. >> yes. >> reporter: in south african manufacturers are trimming their work force or closing down. >> according to the clothing and textile workers union, in the last three years, more than 18,000 people lost their jobs in the sector. with employers like lu calling for a lower minimum wage, the south african government finds itself in a situation where it's despe

. >> the south african president has held talks about how to resolve the conflict there. the leader was ready to accept an african union proposal, but he did not say that he was ready to step down. >> they have been able to achieve no diplomatic breakthrough after his visit here and is meeting. although it did produce the first television appearance by the libyan leader in almost two weeks. just a 4 he left for south africa, the president said that the colonel was prepared to sign of foreign african union cease- fire proposal, but we knew that was his position. both nato and the rebels have rejected the african union plan on the ground that does not call on him to step aside. he rejects the idea and it looks like things are still deadlocked. that is why many are expecting more nato strikes. they are bracing themselves for another bombardment. what might be another sign of the pressure, this has been announced that eight officers have defected as part of a group of 120 soldiers. although he is under increasing pressure, he has shown many times in the past his ability to su

but they could still set a limit of intimidation but the south africans have to stop that. that is where we are on that front. but zimbabweians have been watching north africa with encouragement and our encourage but the one big problem in those that are not to identify the nav you can have the uprising but what makes it crucial is if it succeeds is how the security forces react. of the egyptian army wanted, they could clear to rear square in one hour. but if they have the institutional determination it would have been over. but in zimbabwe but if you try to have the mass protests to go up against pranks of the policemen and the army of soldiers, you will not be put stems of flowers down there done barrels because they will we too busy to fire live ammunition. that is the problem mugabe has the security forces that remained very loyal to him and his party that look after them. the big game changer is that the best discovery in eastern zimbabwe and mugabe and have the most exclusive access. and suddenly they are awash with money and that makes quite bleak about the immediate

he said that he would bring up the missing south african photographer missing in libya.do that? >> reporter: this is something that the south african stress press has been calling for. it has been an unfortunate situation. his family released a statement saying that those journalists with him when he was killed, what we were hearing here on the ground is that they were saying to us that we have never seen him, he was never in any kind of libyan detention but his family had been told that he had been taken away safely until they spoke to those journalists. so from the south african side, there was a lot of upset that zuma was coming here to even negotiate with colonel gadhafi any way. there was a real cooling of relations between the two countries which i'm sure hampered the ability to offer gadhafi a soft landing, brooke. >> i see. perhaps that's one of the reasons that there is not quite an announcement yet. we don't know. but perhaps. live in tripoli, nima, thank you. >>> here, hundreds of post offices are on a list to be possibly closed. find out if yours could be one

the south africans have to stop there. that's what we are on that front. a zimbabwe's have been watching what's going on in north africa, and our enormous encouraged by. but there's one big problem. and it's a factor in egypt and tunisia, which i think sometimes isn't identified

. >> the south african president zuma has held talks in the libyan capital, tripoli, with colonel gaddafi aimed at finding a diplomatic solution. these pictures show the two men during the talks. the meeting came as news broke that eight libyan army officers had defected from the sources supporting gaddafi. security forces are continuing their crackdown on anti-government protesters. 11 people were reported to have been killed and three civilians are believed to have died in the central town. the spanish government says there is no evidence that spanish cucumbers are to blame for an outbreak of e. coli bacteria in parts of europe. tests have found e. coli on vegetables imported from spain and 13 people have died in germany. you're watching bbc world news america. still to come -- fighting for freedom on memorial day. we remember the african-americans who helped defeat slavery and saved the union during the civil war. >> the space shuttle endeavour is heading back to earth. it undocked from the space station for the very last night overnight. it's due to land in florida on wednesday. endea

no expense has been spared in selling the south african experience to them. >> we've just finished a global ad where we actually brought in two couples from china. they actually did experience these things in south africa. we call it 20 experiences in 10 days. what they did is what a typical traveler from china would love do in south africa. >> which is what? >> safari, of course. they love capetown. they love scenic beauty. and diamond shopping is one of those things they love. >> reporter: but the campaign has one big problem there are currently no direct flights from china to here. for now, travelers have to go through hong kong. national carrier south african airways launches its johannesburg/beijing route in september. chinese credit card holders spend over 3 million u.s. dollars in this country. >> however this announcement is a positive thing, i don't think they have been caught napping because it's a developing market. >> reporter: what about the language barrier? >> that's still our biggest challenge in terms of making sure that in south africa we have enough guides that spea

. >> the south african president says that colonel gaddafi is willing to accept a cease-fire deal. but that he is not willing to step down. they announced that they have defected from the forces supporting the libyan leader. >> it does not look as if the president has been able to achieve a diplomatic breakthrough after his visit here and of a meeting with colonel gaddafi. it did produce the first television appearance the libyan leader in almost two weeks. just before he left for south africa, the president said that the colonel was prepared to sign up to an african union ceasefire proposal, but we already knew that was his position. of nato and the rebels had already rejected the union plan on the ground, that it does not call on him to step aside. he rejects that idea and it looks like things are still deadlocked. that is why many are expecting yet more nato strikes. tripoli is bracing itself for another bombardments. and what may be another side of the pressure on the military, it has been announced that eight officers have defected as part of a group of 120 soldiers. even thou

moammar gadhafi is kudz by the south african government of lying to them when they inquired about theof photo journalists anton hamill. hamill disappeared in april and now the south african government has been told by journalists that were with him that he was killed by pro-gadhafi forces. it seems obvious that the gadhafi government would have known about something like that. so relations strained but jacob zuma going to libya, representing the african union that wants a cessation. we'll have to see if he will be able to achieve anything during that trip on monday. >>> pakistan wants u.s. troops out of the country, at least some of them. washington says it is reducing its military presence there at the request of islamabad. the u.s. is trying to mend fences with pakistan. relations became strained after u.s. troops sneaked into the country and killed osama bin laden. pakistan condemned that raid as a violation of its sovereignty. stan grant joins us from islamabad. stan, how seerious is that, the reduction of troops? do we know when that will happen? >> reporter: it's another indicat

but the south africans have to stop that and that's where we are on that front. zimbabweans will be watching what is going on with enormous interest and encouraged by it, but there is one big problem and its effecter in egypt and places where i think sometimes isn't emphasized enough which is you can have your uprising and that's fine, but what makes it crucial is whether it succeeds or not is how the security forces react. if the egyptian army had wanted to come they could have cleared the square in an hour. the would have killed people, but if there had been institutional determination it would have been over. that would have been that. and in zimbabwe for various reasons they didn't. in zimbabwe if you try to have mass protests and go up in arms against the ranks of peace and the army of soldiers, you won't be putting the stems of flowers down their gun barrels because there will be live ammunition fired at you and that is the problem that mugabe has the security forces that have remained very loyal to him and to his party. they've looked after them. the big g

there is concern for a fifth journalist, a missing south african uk-based photographer.he committee for protection of journalists say they have been told that he was safely in libyan government custody. the libyans say he is not with them, they only have four journalists they're releasing. we'll keep following that and hopefully there will be news on that fifth south african photographer. >> thank you so much. >>> this is "world one" in london. >>> it's a long way from trump tower foto the white house. >>> and barack obama really is rich and powerful. light as air. we took out a heavy synthetic, and put in a light touch of cucumber. new natureluxe foundation. easy breezy beautiful... covergirl. the authentic, the rare, the hard to define. to those always searching for what's pure and what's real from we who believe we know just how you feel. haagen-dazs. from we who believe we know just how you feel. somewhere in america, a city comes to life. it moves effortlessly, breathes easily. it flows with clean water. it makes its skyline greener and its population healthier. all

people who want to stop it, they say they may win, but they will never forget what happened in a south african judgele 30 years ago and -- jungle 30 years ago and forgive the heeder -- leader. those opposed held a prayer vigil. they condemned the man responsible for the deaths, jim jones. >> he did the ultimate, he's no different than hitler. if they want too put a memorial wall with -- with list name on there, we want our names off. >> reporter: jim jones led the people to south africa and many drank kool-aid laced with deadly poison. >> 900 names are listed without hesitation, opinions. >> reporter: or judgment. this saturday jones and his supporters are seeking to dedicate the monument which includes his father's name at evergreen cemetery in oakland. those opposed to the memorial are asking a judge to stop the proceeding. >> his name shouldn't be there. i understand he lost family members there. i'm not object -- okaying to them being there because he killed them to. >> there are -- he killed them too. >> there are different people that had responsibilities that day. i don't even know who

tavis: you have to love that south african accent. for those that don't know, what is the harry shearer connection to new orleans? >> i lived there. i was brought up in southern california but i fell in love with the place and fortunately, so did my wife, so we have a place there and we try to spend as much time as possible. tavis: you started doing that since when? >> i went down there in 1988 for jazz fest. what was imus in all my life? i never saw professor longhair life. -- what was i missing all my life? tavis: what is the point of this documentary? so much has been said, done, written about new orleans. what is the point of this particular documentary? >> a hurricane did hurricane damage to the gulf coast but what almost killed new orleans was not a hurricane. when it passed by new orleans, this was on a category one or a weak category two, it was a catastrophic failure of the hurricane system. it took them four and a half decades to almost complete the project and it failed in more than 50 places under storm surge conditions th

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so both my husband and i were privileged to be the people to travel in south african-american for well over three weeks just trying to talk to both sides, to get them to see what was possible if you're determined to do well. i think my most memorable trip outside of this country, though, was to kenya and to tanzania. and i was there in 1998, right after the bombing of the u.s. embassies there. and i landed there through a fluke. i was sitting on the news desk reading copy about the bombings and whoever had written my copy, 'cause it was a breaking story, wrote about the fact that 12 americans had died. and i got off the set and started to read the story myself, and then i found out 214 africans had died and 5,000 others had been injured and it was never mentioned. so i had a little belva tantrum and i was known for those over race issues and it was nothing in the way so they just didn't, you know, not pay attention. and so i talked about it and a few -- a couple of weeks later, i'm at a social event and i'm saying i'm distressed with it and a young black woman from the national medical

. >>> south african's president says that moammar gadhafi is ready for a truce. jacob zuma made that statement after gifting gadhafi. but zuma said gadhafi's not willing to resign. >>> meanwhile in rome, eight libyan army officers, including five generals, met and urged other officers to join the rebels. >>> nature is flexing its muscle off the coast of australia. severe storms battered the country, spawning several waterspouts north of sydney. the news channel that captured the spouts said they reached 2,000 feet before reaching land. spectacular video. >>> the unofficial kickoff to summer got off to a wintry start in the fresno foothills. several inches of unexpected snow sent families packing earlier than expected. they went to swim and fish but were forced to bundle up. maybe ice fishing. >>> record-hot temperatures slammed the midwest and northeast. it was so hot in chicago yesterday, four people on north avenue beach had to be hospitalized. emergency officials had so much trouble getting through the crowd, they actually evacuated the beach. the fire departm

there could be a kid from turkey, from mexico or the south african finance minister. more names are already being talked up. some, including india, are frustrated by the lack of progress reforming other international bodies, particularly the un security council, to reflect a rapidly changing world. china says the choice should be based on merit. >> you have raised the issue of the selection of the senior leadership. we believe this should be based on the principles of fairness, transparency and merit. >> but some european leaders are making it clear that they will not give up traditional ownership of the imf post without a fight. the german chancellor is a leading voice arguing that case. with the eurozone in profound crisis, europe has never relied more heavily on the imf. both the short and long term effect of a new managing director who might take over. >> for more on what party organization will chart in the future, and joined by the former imf chief economist, currently a senior fellow at peterson institute for economics. you know the imf well. what's going on in

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on libyan and south african television gaddafi said he was willing to talk a a ceasefire, but made notion of stepping down. in effect what scuttled the last efforts. >>> on this memorial day president obama attended ceremonies at arlington national cemetery. tomb of the unknowns. he the nation owes a ♪[ music ] . >> the president paid tribute to the men and women killed in action, placing a wreath at the tomorrow of the unknown. he said the nation ohs a debt to its fallen heroes that can never be paid. >>> not far from the president an unlikely set of dueling protests, members of the westboro baptist church in kansas turned up to protest the memorial day ceremony. but a group that says it is a branch of the klu klux klan showed up to rally against the church. the apparent kkk members say they do not approve of westboro's anti-troop message, the westboro church made headlines for its antigay protests outside military funerals. >>> in the bay area they were several me morals including this one at san francisco's presidio. an estimated 2500 people turned out for the ceremony marking the

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like manuel trevor from south africa, a former finance minister, and also very prominent in the south african government. there's a lot of good people out there. but i think at the end of the day the question is developing momentum, selecting the candidate, i think the europeans have like i said they have already started to coalesce behind lagarde, i think she's got a good shot at it. if the emerging markets want a candidate, they'll have to be more unified in their approach to getting that team. >> susie: no matter what person get this is job, a lot on their plate to deal with, particularly with the european debt crisis. and looking at this graphic of the countrys in need of help, we see that greece is at the top of the list. its debt account for 130% of its g. d. p., italy, belgium right behind with more than 100%. can europe solve these problems? how long is did it it going to take no hearth who is in charge of the i.m.f.? >> no matter who is in charge, i think it's going to take a couple years, maybe longer to sort out. unfortunately the european sovereign debt crisis does remind me a lot

anti-government rebels have rejected a truce offer from libyan leader moammar qaddafi according to the south african president who met with qaddafi yesterday. he says qaddafi is ready to accept an african initiative for a cease-fire but with conditions that have ended previous cease-fire efforts. a rebel leader says an offensive against qaddafi will be launched soon. this comes after eight top army officers have defected from qaddafi's military. >>> it is 4:40 now. another world-renowned financial expert has been arrested accused of raping a made at a new york hotel. police say mahmoud abdel omar was arrested at manhattan's pierre hotel yesterday morning. the 74-year-old businessman is the former chairman of one of egypt's major banks. he is accused of sexually abusing the made and holding her against her will inside his room. this comes of course weeks after they arrested the chief of the imf dominique strauss- kahn on similar allegations. >>> time now 4:40. will she or won't she? what sarah palin said when she was asked point-blank, are you running for president? >> some heavyweight help for the v

just hours after the printer dolphin signaled he was ready to accept a cease fire and talk to the south african president nato though is not holding back on its onslaught britain's ministry of defense says it's to deploy attack helicopters and bunker buster bombs but warheads have already arrived at an italian air base from their pilots would fly missions that may be in targets but journalist patrick hayes from the spiked online magazine thought either body alliance or raise its market bust and libya might still be a hard nut to crack. the situation getting worse for the west in libya i think when they first thought they could kind of swoop in two months ago and basically borman the country into the thing for democracy and i thought this was going to be quite a quick process where they could basically keep you know keep a bit of a distance bombs into libya get rid of gadhafi and then everything will be all right now obviously that isn't the case and the introduction of the you bunker busting bomb from the apache helicopters are inevitably going to make this if you could bring about civilian cas

after colonel get back and signaled he was ready to accept a cease fire plan during talks with the south african president who they say though is not holding back in its onslaught britain's ministry of defense says it's to the point she attack helicopters and bunker buster bombs warheads have already arrived at an italian air base from where pilots will fly missions over libyans harkat speech analyst patrick hayes from the spiked online magazine told r.t. that while the alliance readies its a bunker busters libya might still be a hard not to crack. this is us is getting worse for the west in libya i think when they first thought they could pull a swoop in two months ago and basically bomb the country into the into democracy they thought this was going to be quite a quick process where they could basically keep their hound you know keep a bit of a distance hold bombs into libya get rid of gadhafi and then everything will be all right now obviously that isn't the case and the introduction of these bunker busting bombs and the apache helicopters are inevitably going to make decision worse they coul

tripoli came just hours after colonel gadhafi was ready to accept a cease fire to talk to the south african president then so there was not holding back in its own sort of minister of defense says it's to deploy a hatchet attack helicopters of bunker buster bombs the warheads have already arrived at an italian place where pilots will fly missions of the libyan targets but journalist patrick haynes from lights online magazine told r.t. the idea of the red is its bug. might still be a hard nut to crack. if you are actually getting worse for the west in libya i think when they first thought they could pull it through pin two months ago and basically bomb the country into the thing for democracy they thought this was going to be quite a quick process where they could basically keep their. distance oh boy move into libya get rid of gadhafi and then everything will be all right now obviously that isn't the case and the introduction of these new bunker busting bombs from the apache helicopters are inevitably going to make this worse they could bring about civilian casualties in libya and i think a

hours after colonel gadhafi signaled he was ready to accept a cease fire plan during talks with a south african president nato though is not holding back in its own source within its ministry of defense says instead or it can tap helicopters and that with uncle buster bombs warheads have already arrived early an air base where pallets and we do not get a journalist patrick pays for spiked online magazine told r.t. that other readies its bunker busters libya might still be a hard nut to crack. if you are actually getting worse for the west in libya i think when they first thought they could kill a sweepin two months ago and basically bomb the country into the into a democracy they thought this is going to be quite a quick process where they could basically keep their you know keep a bit of a distance hold warms into libya get rid of gadhafi and then everything will be all right now obviously that isn't the case and the introduction of these the bunker busting bombs and the apache helicopters are inevitably going to make this worse they could bring about severe civilian casualties in libya and i

just hours after turning the dothan symbol he was ready to accept a cease fire and to toss in a south african presence there so there was not holding back on its own slopes the scenes in this for the presence of the profits helicopters front of us the bombs the warheads have all that is arrived at an italian base where pilots who fly missions are moving targets journalist planes for the like to live in madison told r.t. that guardian alliance really has its bunker busters with the i might still be a hard nut to crack. the situation is getting worse for the west in libya i think when they first thought they could pull it through pin two months ago and basically bomb the country into a democracy they thought this is going to be quite a quick process where they could basically keep their. distance hold bonds into libya get rid of gadhafi and then everything will be alright no obviously that isn't the case and the introduction of these new bunker busting bomb from the apache helicopters are inevitably going to make this worse they could bring about severe civilian casualties in libya and i think

it started and so i think the south african president feels very uncomfortable at the prospect of an mdc government in zimbabwe and would much rather try to figure out a way to reform from within or to find some technocrats to rule it which i don't think will happen. there's another problem which is a sort of systemic one which is of all the southern african nations that fought on the intercolonial war, litigation wars were you had political parties that then came into power, all of those parties who have a kind of liberation are still in power. amc in south africa and libya goes on to zimbabwe and mozambique and it's not in the interest of any one of them that any other of them leave power because it is a bad precedent so that is the sort of wide political conflict. >> host: well for the sake of zimbabwe i hope there's a solution soon. thank you so much, peter godwin for being with me today. >> guest: thanks for having me. >>> that was "after words," booktv signature program which authors of the latest nonfiction books are interviewed by journalists, public policy makers, legislator

word of the offer comes from south african president jacobs among whom met with gaddafi yesterday inripoli. the rebels say it is the same old union plan they have already rejected. >>-an increasing number of people are becoming sick in different countries due to a bacterial outbreed due to the tainted vegetables. 100 people in germany and 14 have died. hundreds of people in other european countries, this is all linked to a strain of e. coli found on cucumbers imported from spain. austria, the czech republic in france have recovered the cucumbers from their shelves. russia has taken things a step further in and which issued a ban on cucumbers, tomatoes and salad produced in germany and spain. 6:27 a.m., we are back with more in a couple of minutes. let's take a peek on the golden gate bridge. things have tried out a little bit. we will be right back. >> despite a big drop in housing prices during the month of march, the as are on the rise, up 13 points. in the meantime we are watching bay area weather, is loaded of rain on this last day of may. james fletcher has of the report. >> a l

. >>> south african photographer was shot and killed by moammar gadhafi forces. three other photographers that were released with him. he was shot and left to die in the desert as gadhafi forces took them away. >>> the patriot act will be extended. they have agreed to a four-year extension. democrats and republicans say they want to extend it with as little debate as possible. >>> a proposed launch in sacramento may give local government more power to raise your taxes. state senator darrell steinberg has introduced senate bill 653. it will give counties and school boards across california the power to raise taxes with voter approval. steinberg admits this bill is partly political because of the ongoing debate over the extension of temporary taxes. >> it makes sense to give local governments the ability to do the same sorts of things the state can do on the revenue side. i have been very clear about this. there is a sub city tan reason and tactical reason to do this bill. >> two taxpayers groups have already joined the night against the bill. >>> yesterday the ass