i was in sri lanka when the war ended. i was arrested in sri lanka and spent a night in a prison because i had trespassed onto the harbor facility the chinese were building. and i was caught. what the chinese are building is a mess. it was the most immense construction site i had ever seen in the world. literally long lines as far as the eye could see of dump trucks transporting soil and switch back trails from the bottom of this massive pit to the top. the chinese are doing nothing less than moving the coast inland several hundred miles in this massive port complex they are building. what you probably didn't read about was in affect, indirectly the chinese won the sri lanka civil war. united states and other western powers denied almost totally the sri lanka government aid and military support because of human-rights violations. china moved in. china moved in with everything from knockoffs of ak-47 assault rifles for roadblocks to boats to planes to everything they could provide the government as well as diplomatic protec

let me talk for a minute about sri lanka. sri lanka is not important for americans. of the signal and it is. sri lanka had a 25-year-old -- 25 year long double water between the sinhalese buddhist government in colombo relatively in the south and the ethnic hindu tamils. the civil war ended abruptly, decisively in may 2000 night and received almost no coverage in the american media. but it was very important for this new world were entering. sri lanka described the major sea lanes of communication were tens of thousands of ships passed -- major ships passed by each year. i was in sri lanka when the war ended. in fact, i was arrested in sri lanka and spends her nights in a prison because i had trespassed onto the naval -- onto the harbor facility that the chinese were building and i was caught. and with the chinese are building was immense. it was the most immense construction site at ever seen in the world. there were literally just long lines, as far as the eye can be of dump trucks transporting soil entrails from the bottom of this massive hit to the top. the chine

let me talk for a minute about sri lanka. this is not important for americans, at least they don't think it is. they have a 25 yearlong civil war between the buddhist government relatively in the south and the ethnic hindus in the north. the civil war ended abruptly and decisively in may 2009 and received almost no coverage in the american media, but it was very important for this new world we're entering. sri lanka sits on the major sea lines of communication where tens of thousands of major ships pass by each year. the true -- i was in sri lanka when the war ended. in fact, i was interested in sri lanka and spent the night in prison because i had trespassed on to the harbor facility that the chinese were building, and i was caught, and what the -- [laughter] what the chinese is building is a immense. it was the most immense construction site i had ever seen in the world. literally just long lines as far as the eye can see of dump trucks transporting soil and switch back trails from the bottom of this massive pit to the top.

just in the last 24 hours rainfall exceeded 200 millimeters in eastern parts of sri lanka.itional rain is expected over the next two to three days. we do have a low pressure system nearby. that's just going to continue to in the same area. so that could certainly worsen the flooding situation out here as well. we've got 14 degrees in hong kong today, 7 in chongqing, 6 degrees in shanghai. a touch milder today. 1 degree in beijing. staying very cold in seoul. and tokyo's going to be 8 degrees on thursday. now, heading into europe, then, we do have a couple of systems, large systems, in play. one toward the east is going to continue to bring wintry precipitation. we can expect widespread snow up in finland. snowfall for the baltic states into western russia. and then down toward the uk looking at a mix of rain, snow, and sleet there. now, out toward the west, we're going to see this long line of rain that's expected to affect places like the southern uk, the low countries, as well as germany, which is dealing with severe flooding over a wide area. down towards the south the w

torrential rains have also caused major flooding across sri lanka. in the philippines 40 people died in floods and landslides. floods and landslides in brazil caused by record rainfall last week also claimed the lives of more than 600 people. in south africa and neighboring mozambique at least 40 people have died in flooding caused by torrential downpours. >>> tunisia has announced a caretaker government that includes opposition leaders participating for the first time. but former government members are also in key posts. ruling and opposition camps held talks on saturday to form a government. former president zine el abidine ben ali fled last week after ruling the country over 23 years. the new cabinet has three former opposition leaders, but mohamed ghannouchi remains prime minister. the defense, finance and interior ministers among others are also keeping their positions. ghannouchi said the new government will protect human rights and freedom of speech and cooperate with all factions. however, about 1,000 people rallied in the capital tunis on mo

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. -- sri lanka has been hit by flooding.rain is still falling and water levels are still rising. >> i am on a road that would normally be a connecting road. the road has become a causeway. surely further on from where i am, it looks like a great inland lake. people are trying their luck in the water. they've only got small fish so far. perhaps more dramatic is the site of a lot of growing crops. they have been ruined by a large irrigation tank that has burst its bank a couple of days ago. it's lots and those crops. -- it flat tetened those crops. >> what is the situation when it comes to food and medical supplies? >> they are getting fruit. -- they are getting fruit. -- through. from where i have just been staying, they have been launching an operation to get a dry ration to people. it is a base for feeding about half a million of the affected people the people cannot cook are being given cooked food. the supply of that cannot match the very considerable demand. yousef has been doing the more sanitation and water related thi

in sri lanka, dramatic video of people being rescued. dozens are reported missing there as well after several days of heavy rain. air forces helping with the search and rescue. 200,000 acres of farmland has been destroyed >> it is 6:42. a bay area man and a journalist writing a novel one tweet at a time. where you can get a first look. >> that's a lot of tweeting. a school district tries to balance the budget. that means changes we will look at the tough cuts expected in a live report # blap >> good morning. a livelook outside across the bay bridge. temperatures are slightly warmer than yesterday. a lot of places in the 20s, but some folks were in the 40s. christina will have a full look at the forecast >> you may not think about it when you jump in the back of a cab, but who is on the hook if your driver gets into a crash. it could cost you a lot more than your price of the fare. a word of warning from one couple's nightmare experience and more on your rights as a rider >> we got smacked. >> march 2nd, 2008. >> the drunk driver didn't e

. >> at least 27 people have died and more are missing in central sri lanka. government agencies are struggling to get supplies to the million people in the -- in need. flood waters begin to recede in australia. many areas remain without power. 25 people have been killed in queensland. hillary clinton has called on china to carry out political reform alongside the united states to help solve international problems. in a speech by the chinese president, mrs. clinton said that the countries had reached a critical point in their relationship. a reminder of our main news now. they fled the country in the face of violence against xinhua -- him in tunisia. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories from around the globe and click-to-play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank

. >> street -- has also been affected by flooding -- sri lanka has also been hit by flooding. the rain has stopped, but water levels continue to rise. 21 people have died. later we will have our report from brisbane and the impact of flooding. end he says he will not seek a new office in 2013. earlier, security forces opened fire on demonstrators in tunis, killing or wounding several of them. in other towns across tunisia, violence continued, fuelled by unemployment and poor living standards. >> gunfire and violence have shaken the capital of one of north africa because most stable nations. protests and anger from young tunisian who feel marginalized from what they consider to be corrupt rulers. >> none of us have any work or money. we will carry on processing until we bring down the government. demonstrators began a month ago. today protesters terrorize the center of the capital. this is the combination of years of resentment. many of these feudal our graduates. now they come with no jobs. these people are angry, and they feel the government does not care about them. tunisian

this tree lankan supreme court has upheld the -- the supreme court in sri lanka has upheld the convictionfor corruption and arms procurement. that means that the jews left to give up his parliamentary seat. -- that means the accused asked to give up his parliamentary seat. -- was passed with iranian, iraqi, and kurdish refugees. if they're found guilty, they could face up to 20 years in prison. in new york, the first detainee from guantanamo bay has been sentenced to life in jail. ahmed ghailani was convicted of conspiring to destroy government buildings. last year, he was acquitted on more than 200 accounts of murder. the russian prime minister has vowed retribution against those behind the moscow airport bombing. there's little doubt that militants from the caucuses are behind the attack that killed 35 people. that has raised questions about how effective the policy of cracking down on them has been so far. >> at the airport after several international flights had arrived. then, the bomb. with dust and smoke everywhere, the injured were loaded onto stretchers and luggage trolleys. 35 pe

. >> at least 27 people have died and more are missing in the floods of central sri lanka.ater levels are starting to go down but governments are still struggling to get supplies to 1 million people. one australian city has started to clear up as floodwaters started to receive. thousands of homes and businesses were swamped. at least 25 people have been killed. stay with us if you can on "bbc world news." venezuela struggles to rid itself of the economy. we have a special report. a group of health experts morning breast feeding babies for six months before starting them on solid food may not be the best option. this team says there is some evidence it can lead to iron deficiency and allergies. the study contradicts the current advice from the world health organization. >> for nearly a decade mothers have been advised to give their babies breast milk until they are six months old. now the advice has been questioned by child health experts who say that is too long for some children. >> recognize that sometime between4 and 6 months this starts to become insufficient to meet th

many have been affected by rain in eastern parts upper -- of sri lanka. clean water and food rations have been set tv -- have been sent to the active areas. 16 are dead. officials say the first key days of january have seen almost as much rain as is normal for the entire month, with flooding across brazil leaving people homeless. more fatal clashes being reported in tunisia sparked by unemployment in a suburb of the capital. police have fired warning shots he really said four civilians were killed by police in a southwest city. officials say they acted only in self-defense when they're stationed was attacked. this brings the official number of dead at 18, although other sources of lead that figure much higher. >> today is, they were burying their dead. the funerals of people killed in demonstrations yesterday. this man was 22 and was standing alone and in the street when he was shot by police. these images were put on the by site in a week of unrest. unemployment, a tough crackdown, rising food prices all contributing to a worsening crisis. yet the crowd

nearly 1 million have been affected by heavy rain in eastern and central parts of sri lanka. an agency has sent clean water and food rations to the areas. 16 people are confirmed dead. at least 13 people have been killed in southeastern brazil in floods and landslides. the first few days of january, they have seen almost as much rain as normal for the month. the flooding has left more than 100,000 homeless. more fatal clashes in tunisia, sparked a protest over unemployment. police fired warning shots to disperse the crowd. four more civilians have been killed by police southwest of tunis. the officers said they acted in self-defense. that brings the official number of dead to 18. other sources put it higher. >> today in the tunisian town, they were burying their dead. people killed in yesterday's protests. one man killed was 22 had been standing alone in the streets when he was shot by police. these images have been posted on the facebook web site of the most recent demonstrations in the week of unrest. unemployment and a tough crackdown on trade unions, rising food prices ha

. >> at least 27 people have died and many more are missing in the flood slides that have hit sri lankagovernment agencies are still struggling to get supplies to 1 million people. people in australia have started to clear up as the flood waters begin to receive. thousands of homes and businesses have been swamped. at least 25 people have been killed over the past month. at least 60 pilgrims died in a stampede in a southern indian state. they were returning from a shrine when they lost control and crashed. bp signed a potentially huge deal to export oil off of russia's arctic coast. it could be worth billions. >> even if you are the chief executive of bp, there are some people who keep you waiting. but this deal has been worth waiting for. the exploitation of what is hoped to be reserves of oil and gas under the arctic sea. the russian prime minister vladimir putin said the work would require billions of dollars of investments and the latest technology. >> the arctic shelf of russia has great potential. it is in its early days. you are right about the need to develop technology centers

. >> sri lanka has also been hit by severe flooding affecting about one million people. at least 21 have died and the camps set up to house the displaced have been flooded. the rain has stopped but water levels are rising with many towns and villages completely cut off. the labour party in the u.k. has won a seat in northwest england. it was the first poll since the formation of the coalition government last year. labour's candidate, debby abraham, was ahead by more than 3,500 votes of the liberal candidate. last year's contest was void after finding that the labour winner had made full statements without the liberal candidate. the sheriff's department of tucson, arizona, have released audio recordings of the calls made to emergency centers after the shooting. earlier, i spoke to our washington correspondent. >> the police have released about 6 1/2 minutes' worth of audio. it's communications between the control room in tucson and police cars out in the field who were called to the scene. this is the first 6 1/2 minutes after the police got word of the shooting. it is al

we have no problems with say russians or people from vietnam or from china or from india or from sri lanka. most of these people will. create absolutely no problem they are indeed an enrichment from the country when there are other people who are not what is the problem i'm i'm a free speech advocates i don't have the solutions suit suit to see this problem created by our politicians i can only say one thing which is that the prerequisites for even being able to solve the problems is that we maintain free speech and protect free speech because without free speech there is not a chance in hell that we could ever solve any problems in the country and you claim that the media elites willfully ignore the ever increasing problem of immigration yet german chancellor angela merkel and it was reported all over the world stated that multicultural policies in germany had failed yes and what did you do about it then when she also came out and condemned to a scene who published a book about the. but there's allusion of germany and he was then widely criticized and condemned as a matter of fact. angela

people have died and more are missing in the floods and land slides that have hit eastern and central sri lankaovernment and aid agencies are struggling to get supplies to about a million people in need. >> residents in australia's third largest city is starting to clear up as the flood waters begin to reseed. thousands of homes and businesses vik swamped. many areas remain without power. at least 25 people somewhere been killed in queensland over the last month. at least 100 pilgrims have been killed in a stampede at a religious festival in the southern state of kerala. they were returning from a shrine when a jeep lost control and crashed into worshippers. dozens were wounded. >> tension along the border between israel and gaza have been at the highest since the end of the war almost two years ago. israel warned the hamas leadership that it won't tolerate rocket attacks which have increased in recent months. >> in gaza, an olive grove, a new generation of palestinian fighters is training for war with israel. these men are from the popular resistance, a militant group affiliated to hamas. isra

in sri lanka, a million people are homeless because of floods.ker loaded with sulfuric acid capsized today in a river, where unseasonably warm weather has caused a mid-winter melt. >> climate changing is happening. it's real. it's a scientific fact. >> reporter: ah, remember 2010? many would rather forget it. it was the wettest year on record around the world. and it was tied for the warmest year on record. there were those floods in pakistan that covered a fifth of that country's land mass and dislocated a staggering 20 million people. there was a sering two-month summer heat in russia that killed 15,000 people. and in the u.s. record snow falls in the east last winter followed by record heat in the summer. is there something here that sets off the alarms? >> well, certainly, we do expect with global warming, to see extreme rainfalls become more extreme and frequent. however, it is very difficult, if not impossible to pin any single event holy on climate change. >> reporter: you probably heard of la nina. it can cause chaos in australia and asia

another area that's been dealing with severe flooding is of course sri lanka.an just see how high water levels are here. batakaloa received 300 millimeters in just a matter of a day. and in the last 24 hours as well more than 100 millimeters recorded. that rain is generally going to be weakening over the next couple of of days and should ease off by sunday. but as you can see, more isolated showers to come, and any additional rain is not going to be good news here. looking at your temperatures in asia, we've got 18 degrees in hong kong today, 6 in chongqing, 7 degrees in shanghai. tokyo coming in at 7 degrees. 1 in seoul, minus 1 up in beijing. let's head into the americas, then. pretty chilly. we've got freeze warnings in place throughout the night. more lake effect snow to come for places like minnesota, wisconsin. up to five centimeters of snow is anticipated. and then over towards the west you can see this very large storm system moving in. that's going to be bringing blizzard-like conditions to parts of western canada. also for the northern rockies across

on london's public transport network i was so ashamed because tb to me maybe because i come from sri lanka originally was a disease of poverty and it's. not deliberate but a lack of cleanliness a lack of hygiene in iran due. to me. it was consumption it was what mimi dies over in la. it was what it was to do with sort of darkness it was d.h. lawrence it was not comfortable me in my nice little move west london home pereira now has to take antibiotics for six months and will then be well statistically she's much more likely to take the whole course of treatment than someone poverty stricken or addicted to drugs or alcohol not finishing treatment leads to drug resistant tuberculosis already on the rise in the u.k. in the late one nine hundred eighty s. the us had a similar cases of tuberculosis the way they solved that problem was by pumping vast sums of money into it ironically the u.k. is one of the world's largest foreign aid with huge investments in fighting tb abroad but in austerity hit britain it's unclear whether the money will be available to stop the spread of the disease. or abbot

and capturing five others the chemical transporter was hijacked at the weekend while on its way to sri lanka from the united arab emirates. thousands of people had gathered near the interior ministry demanding the dissolution of the new interim government and it came amid a national day of mourning for those who died during the month long uprising that overthrew president but at least seventy eight people were killed during the wave of violence security forces are patrolling the streets trying to restore law and order chaos lucic in the capital tunis. australia is considering spending cuts under special times to help also the massive economic impact of widespread flooding in the country experts say that the devastation in queensland victoria will cost about three billion dollars in lost agricultural production the reconstruction of roads and homes completely washed away by the deluge is a top priority for the government at least thirty people have died since december due to severe flooding on the east coast. now the people of hard core in ukraine are getting season's greetings from an infamo

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. >> reporter: officials in sri lanka say flooding there has affected more than 1 million people. >> we are measuring certain types of extreme events we would expect to see more often in a warming world. and these are, indeed, increasing. >> reporter: many scientists say global warming is responsible for the sudden force behind the forces of nature. >> this is no longer something that's theory or conjecture or just something that comes out of computer models. we're observing the climate changing. it's happening, it's real, it's a scientific fact. >> reporter: the decade that just ended had nine of the ten warmest years since they started keeping record in 1880. scientists say that means more moisture in the air, contributing to torrential, flooding rains around the world. and here in america, that means snow. lots of it. during yesterday's snowstorm, both in hartford, connecticut, and albany, new york, they set records for snowfall in a single day. >> if left unchecked, climate warming will continue and so the things that we're having hints now, forecasts of now, will become stronger