southern california this is in the town of carson near torrance there.huge fire, looks to be an apartment complex is burning. >> wind is blowing plaims towards a mobile home park. looks like some units have possibly caught on

steep valleys pommel bowater it into his torrance that, some of the most before -- tunnel the entsr into huge torran that pommel some of the most beautiful areas of the country. >> you are watching newsday on the bbc. live from singapore and london. a $1 trillion euro package -- leaders finally agreed on a deal in brussels. as the world's population approaches 7 billion, we have a special report on how china is coping. an inquest into the death of amy winehouse shows that she died after drinking a very large quantity of alcohol. but was found dead in her home in london and had only just started drinking again after three weeks of abstinence. questor have family -- >> her family arrived at the coroner's court. they knew it would be painful to hear the details of how their daughter came to dine. ♪ she was a star whose well- publicized troubles drew attention away from her talent. over the last three months, there had been speculation that her death was linked to problems with drugs. but the court heard that it was drink not drugs that killed her. when her body was discovered at her home, t

. >> in the stillness of an early morning, but is torrance began to sound around the ancient himalayantress. the procession laid out our rich tapestry of lor.old monarchas 's was an occasion forjoy. >> this is a once in a lifetime event. >> thethe bawascast live on television. are relatively recent phenomenon. bhutan has had tv for the last 12 years. there has been a reluctance to open up to the world. the wedding was notable for the absence of any celebrities or other guests. they are the new faces of royalty. absolute powers were abolished three years ago. today's wedding may have helped to consolidate his image as a popular monarch rather than a reckless. >> that brings us to the end of today's broadcast. you can get updates on our website and you can get in touch with me on twitter. i am @kattykaybbc. thanks for watching. i will see you back here tomorrow. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. union bank. and shell. >> this is kim - about to feel one of his favorite sensations. at shell, we're deve

i spent 21 years in the city of torrance in southern california before coming up here, a city of to under 50,000, about 350 personnel. -- 250,000, about 350 personnel. much smaller organization. completely different type of agency. but one of the things we found was to my career and particularly at the beginning, there was really no classis% -- classes pe se, and we started a course on how to be a successful chief. a very strong component of that was an ethics, and what is the chief's responsibility within their department relating to at the experience included in that, it had to do with the abuse of power and misconduct. i was -- i guess you could say "a whistle-blower." i put together a case in which three officers i have worked with had been nearly to deaf a game and what they were off duty. -- nearly two -- to death a gain man -- a gay man when they were off duty. i dealt with the consequences for many years. it was very lonely in that position. very lonely getting death threats. very lonely worrying more about the people behind you than the crooks in front of you. not a nice situatio

along the coast, valleys created huge torrance which pummeled their way through some of the most beautiful estates in the country. some villages remained cut off by landslides, hampering rescue efforts. with several people still missing, the italian military has been drafted in to help. the task facing clear up teams is enormous and grim. >> in other news, the brazil sports minister, orlando silva, has resigned after being accused of corruption. he was in charge of operations for the 2014 world cup. he is the fed to resign over corruption allegations since the president took over in january. he took several million dollars from a fund to promote sport for poor children. a former argentine naval officer known as the blonde angel of death has been given a life sentence for torture and murder during military rule in argentina. alfredo astiz killed human rights activists and french nuns. you are watching news day on the bbc live from singapore and london. still to come, extraordinary revelations from the whites of bernie madoff. she and her husband tried to kill themselves. >> dark clouds ahea

the center to mark his twenty fourth birthday allan have taken part in every world cup since the torrance inception twenty four years ago but it's the first time they've talked there has to be run through the group states. i but that was the best year and it was just to see green everywhere you looked and. our job was to give them something to cheer about. our interest in spades and. it was really incredible to play here. well i have never made it further than the quarterfinals and standing in the way now whiles he thought sixty six mil to finish second behind south africa in pool day while argentina defeated georgette twenty five seventeen called the expense of scotland paul a win as new zealand finished off with a seventy nine thirteen thrashing of canada that win was overshadowed by the start flying off down carter will miss the rest of the tournament. going during a practice session on saturday i just feel for this young fellow. he's been building up to this world cup probably maybe it wasn't it is there's a vision to ten years ago that certainly over the last few years and it was a b

the key theory cops on blaring in the background the video was posted on each protected blog alex torrance a porn star who also blighted on weekends as an instructor at skydive taft tore it any activity they could get is a distraction to a pilot violates federal regulations and based on the video and what was going on right next to the pilot before they jumped out it's hard to believe he wasn't distracted sky diving instructor at the company skydive taft who moonlights as a pornstar has been fired as a result of the incident and the receptionist who was the partner in the high flying sex act is awaiting disciplinary action and you thought a parachute was the only part.

the bill sponsor here in california is state senator ted lieu a democrat from torrance. he says it's a critical move to protect minors most suseptible to melanoma. >> because of the way the disease works you won't know you have skin cancer after you walk out until years later and that's why it's so dangerous. >> reporter: the tanning bed industry has continued to maintain there is no solid evidence that directly links tanning bed s to skin cancer. the international agency for research on cancer has recommended that states enact these kinds of laws to protect minors from additional risks of melanoma. you can use the tanning sprays and lotions. starting january 1 you have to be 18 to use a tanning bed. >> stephanie obviously the tanning bed owners aren't happy about this but do we know what percentage of their business it is? is it a large number of people under 18 that use the tanning beds? >> reporter: absolutely. the indoor tanning association, which has been very vocal about these kinds of laws in different states has said that for its members, between five to 10% actu

bill: president obama defending his attorney general eric holder as pressure mounts on hold torrancestions about the botched gun running sting known as "operation fast & furious." senator john cornyn of texas, chairman of the national republican senatorial committee. you made it clear you don't support eric holder. why the lack of confidence? >> he has some explaining to do. he testified under oath he didn't nope about this botched program known as "operation fast & furious" until april 2011, even though brian terry a border patrol agent was killed using one of these guns. so eric holder we now find out was told 10 months earlier than he testified under oath that he knew about this program. if he's got nothing to hide, he ought to come up to the hilt and clear up the -- come up to the hill and clear up the contradiction. bill: do you believe the attorney general told the truth? >> i don't know that. i know there is a contradiction between his sworn testimony and the emails show. now he offered a lame excuse saying he had the report but he didn't philly understand the problems -- but

we saw that in the operation of late 2008 and early 2009, the israeli went in and unleashed a torrancegainst sxhams it was not something destructible and hamas still exists and it continues to thrive. but at the same time i think iran is a liability because it gives the impression that hamas is not an organic palestinian movement. if you look at the headquarters in syria, for example, this is a continued thing that the hamas organization needs to fend off. and one can even recall that after the civil war of 2007 there were chants of palestinians chanting shia, shia, outside of hamas offices in the aftermath of that war so it was sort of -- you know, it was pejorative to be sure. so it is clear that hamas is an iranian proxy at this point that pose s a grave threat and the graver threat the u.s. and the israel interests are the weaker we can make iran, i think, in this context the better chances there are of ultimately being able to return to negotiations if that's ever something that is possible. with that i'll close and i thank you very much. [applause] >> all right. so we've had a ve