the european union is a disaster and the u.k. should quit that's the view of gerrard boughton a european parliament member more emmet spoke to him in london. today i'm talking to gerald batson who's a member of the european parliament the london he's with the u.k. independence party which is a euro skeptic party and he's recently announced his intention to stand for leadership of ukip thanks very much for talking to us you're welcome just what you won't write one small point in your introduction you describe this as a euro skeptic party that's not true skepticism implies some doubt we have absolutely no doubt one hundred percent membership of the european union is bad for britain so we're not skeptical about that and no disbelief in the fact that the european union actually exists we believe it exists i mean we're skeptical about lot of that this but as far as the european union exists and it's bad and there is no doubt in any members mind that that's the case and tell me about the platform. on which your standing for leadership

but the other service entrance will be at the union square plaza. there will be direct entrances at the union square grand jury at the north end. our third station of course will be the chinatown station. the inset picture you see is the property we are acquiring to build the station. that hogan-vest property is in that location right here. this is where the station entrance been llt. >> that is at stockton and what? >> it is at stockton between clay and jackson. i believe hogan-vest may be at jackson, but i will have to verify that. >> ok. >> it is washington. >> ok. >> the final design activities, as i said earlier, we have one construction contract underway, and the design teams are providing construction support and submital and request for information review. those two pictures of of that 1250 utilities contract. one is of piling at 4th street and the other looks like an interceptor vault for communications. that contract is about 50% complete, and we expect to complete that contract in april of next year. the other activities underway by the d

exists or we believe it exists i mean we're skeptical about lot of that but as far as the european union exists and it's bad and there is no. members mind that that's the case and tell me about the platform on which you're standing for leadership. decided to run again because first of all of a quite a lot of people ring me some e-mail messages asking me to run again i came second in the election. last year and my platform is that i want you kit to go forward as a radical alternative to the kind of cross party consensus that we've got in this country from labor conservatively and very much now with a coalition government that they're quite happy to see this country become nothing more than a colony of the european union so i want radical policies. this is why i represented the members last time i got twenty six percent of the vote nothing i can do a lot better this time and one of the key tenets of your opposition to your opinion well first of all it's it's an economic and democratic disaster first of all there is no reason for the european union i mean the white soul was sold to people f

should quit the union he spoke in depth with laura. today i'm talking to gerald batten who's a member of the european parliament for london he's with the u.k. independence party which is a euro skeptic party and he's recently announced his intention to stand for leadership of ukip battened thanks very much for talking to r.t. you're welcome just but you won't write one small point in your introduction you describe this as a euro skeptic party that's not true skepticism implies some doubt we have absolutely no doubt we're one hundred percent membership in the european union is bad for britain so we're not skeptical about that and one of the key tenets of your opposition to the european union well first of all it's it's an economic and democratic disaster first of all there is no reason for the european union i mean the white soul was sold to people forty years ago and has been ever since is that we must have it for try and jobs we don't need it for trade jobs even the even the european union has its back now rather than what we need is

right now the union denies union activity in the form of sickouts but riders have dealt with delays over the past three weeks because up to 20% of drivers have been call in in sick since the new contract became effective. bus drivers on the street on the other hand just hope riders know drivers only want what is fair. >> we don't want the buss to stop rolling. we don't want to in convenience the passengers at all and you know we just want everything to be fair because what ac trains -- [ inaudible ] >> -- talk to the union, everybody needs to talk together. >> reporter: ac transit management said its new contract pays the agency $15.7 million, and that -- [ inaudible ] >> -- funding gap for the two year period ending in june 2011. now a judge could rule as i mentioned earlier as early as today on whether drivers have to adhere to that newly imposed contract. >>> reporting live in oakland this morning jade hernandez ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, jade, thank you. >>> time now 6:07. let's go right too sal. a major mess in san francisco. what happened? >> that's right, northbound 101 a

he said, i can work with the unions and the enemies of the unions and bring them together.hat's got to be his rationale because whitman on the other side is saying look, jerry brown, 40 years in politics, a failed politician, and really playing to that incumbent thing. it was brown's challenge, you're absolutely right, is going to be to introduce himself to a lot of voters under 40 who don't know who he is. in santa rosa i think that was a thing i noticed. there weren't a lot of people under 40. he has to introduce himself to -- >> belva: people are talking about a million more voters in some new -- >> that's right. >> belva: well, not that new. technology -- >> also the democrats are getting help from president obama. he put out an endorsement letter for jerry brown this week. it crashed brown's website. boxer's appearing in oakland on saturday with the obama campaign people. they're hoping to get help from the national side. but you're absolutely right. the unions were in sacramento this week protesting meg whitman, thousands of them on thursday, the anniversary of the 19

the union's contract expired june 30th and after three months of negotiating the union went to a judge, looking to force both sides into arbitration. ac transit decided to impose a contract, which took effect july 18th. now that brings us to today, august 2nd. for several weeks as the union waits for a judge to decide whether or not to lift the newly imposed contract some bus drivers have called in sick. up to 20% each day since the new contract has been put into place. we spoke to a bus operator this morning. here is what she had to say about this. >>> now we do understand as i mentioned we spoke to a bus driver and we don't have -- actually i have been told that we can listen to that bus driver right now. let's listen to what she has to say about this dispute. >> i am actually -- [ inaudible ] >> -- but i am actually you know come to work every day and -- and just you know adapt to what we have been given and hopefully the judge will make a decision in our favor, ruling in our favor, because we don't want the buses to stop rolling. we don't want to in convenience the passengers at al

the union denies a sickout. the union says if the judge decides in favor of ac, they will appeal. reporting live in oakland, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, jade. thank you. >>> 7:05. a suspected drunk driver's in a bay area jail this morning. he's the brother of a major league ball player. police say 23-year-old kanan kanansherholtz was involved in five hit-and-run accidents in danville. all of this came to an end on montare drive and mccomer road. he reportedly hit a light pole, suv, a pedestrian. he didn't stop at any of the places he crashed. >> there was a parade going up, maybe a motorcycle or two. they were honking their horns and such for him to pull over. >> now, the 51-year-old bicyclist was sent to the hospital with cuts and bruises. that appears to be the worst of the injuries. here's a photo of the suspect. he's being held on $350,000 bail and is facing nine various counts of dui, hit and run and driving without a license. >>> contra costa county sheriff deputies are investigating

but unions saying it's going to be okay.shall see. >>> s across the bay muni operators in san francisco are getting a nearly 6% raise this year. the "san francisco chronicle" reporting the pay increase will cost the city more than $15 million this during the current fiscal year. all other city workers are taking a pay cut something they agreed to do to help balance the city's budget. but the city charter guarantees muni drivers will make no less than the average of the two transit agencies in the nation that pay the most. >>> 6:36 now. the negotiators for the city of san jose and its firefighters union plan to meet tomorrow afternoon. they will discuss the union's latest proposal in hopes of getting some laid-off firefighters back to work. 49 lost their jobs last week. the latest offer includes a two- tier retirement pay structure in which benefits would differ for newly hired employees but the firefighter pay reduction offer remains at 5.25%. city officials have been calling for a 10% salary concession from all city workers

the union denies any claims of sickout but what's undeniable rider anger. it's the riders who are experiencing the fallout of this labor dispute. if the information is correct and the union has prevailed, then that means that this all goes on ice and it would likely ease the problems that they have been experiencing, that is the riders have been experiencing. again inside union headquarters they are saying they have not received word from their attorneys or from the court, but we are receiving information that the judge has ruled in favor of freeing up that injunction. we are going to continue to track these details and bring you much more on later editions of cbs 5. for now, allen, back to you. >> you bet. we'll leave you on it see you at 6:00. robert lyles in oakland, thank you. >>> in san francisco, muni operators are getting a raise of nearly 6% this year. the "chronicle" reports the pay increase will amount to more than $15 million during the current fiscal year. that's after overtime pay is factored in. now, while muni operators are getting a raise, a

mid-70s in union city. mid-70s in fremont. sometimes you get a break in the clouds to warm things up before the sea breeze comes in. lower 90s in danville, 64 berkeley, 67 in oakland and alameda. north bay locations near 80 in sonoma and napa, 75 in kentfield, lower to the mid-60s in san francisco and sausalito. so we are moving into the first week in august. what's in store? how about below normal temperatures? near 90 today. but by thursday and friday, the lower 80s. we fall almost 10 degrees with your temperatures inland. temperatures don't fall as much around the bay because of the ocean and the maritime influence. we'll go from the mid-60s to the lower 60s. but along the coastline you will see the upper 50s moving in. so cooler than average july and the first week of august will also be cooler than normal as well. that's a look at your weather. back up to you. >>> here's a check of today's top stories. fewer a.c. transit drivers are expected to call in sick today. an alameda county judge rejected the contract imposed on d

president, the european union and pakistan share a long- lasting friendship. last june, the second e u- pakistan summit set the basis for a strategic dialogue, which includes the promotion of disaster/risk reduction and the effective provision of humanitarian assistance. before this disaster, the european union have already allocated more than 400 million euros in assistance to pakistan for 2007 through 2010, on economic development and trade, as well as on governance and human-rights. today, i can say that the european union steps up considerably its support for pakistan and the pakistani people. since the beginning of the crisis, the eu and its member states have already committed over 110 million euros, and i'm pleased to announce that this amount will be increased by 30 million euros. this means in total that the european union has committed more than 140 million euros or the equivalent of $180 million. let me underline that this humanitarian assistance is provided on the basis of the principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence and ac

here's reactions from union riders. >> i believe unions but this union is out of control. >> i think raises are inconsistent with reality of the times. >> they will have that chance to change the way to rule in november. >> ac transit has not yet decided whether to appeal an injunction that blocks the contracts the agency post last month. if there really is really is a victory for the workers they can keep their pay and benefits and go back to their old schedules for now. ac transit says the real losers here could be the riders. every week it is bleeding more money. without concessions from workers the only choice could be even more service cuts. >> we have made $9 million worth of the administrative cuts. that is only 25 percent of our budget. we can't go any further without making major changes. >> union leaders say they will make concessions but won't talk specifics they will do that at the bargaining table. >> city of san jose and firefighters continue negotiations this afternoon in an effort to rehire the 49 firefighters the lost jobs last weekend. they are born to meet at 2:00

it calls in the contract is due to the firefighters union in this city to get uglier.ron 4 craig has a look at what's >> here in san jose the firefighters' union is point to multiple house fires on thursday as part of the city needs to come to terms with the union on new contract bring back 49 laid- off staffers. visit to fires and one morning showed response times along for the risk of fire fighters safety to great, two houses burned 2 mi. from each other inside of an hour. the said the city will give them a contract negotiations over this. in san jose kron 4 news. >> to new in our coverage the ongoing contract dispute between the city of san jose and its firefighters union, the result of a non-binding showed overwhelming support for the and position among firefighters by secret ballot. some 600 firefighters voted 88% to reject the city contract. if there's no progress think ultimately the binding of penetration. in san jose kron 4 news. >arbitration. in san jose rob kron 4 news. >> a manhunt continues at this hour for the suspect to 20 year- old andrew barrientos. se

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we will find out. >> firefighters union agreed to fight to return to that the union. forecast. >> not go where seeing plenty of fun once again he was stopped in with low cloud cover once again the windshield wipers are probably going at some point during the morning we are seeing below average temperatures as we head towards the afternoon as we head toward start cooling trend. san francisco we're pushing 53 degrees, high- temperature 58 no weight vessel. redder and 808 concord could further and the indigo the warmer it gets. we're going to continue to search a warm-up. 52 and david his gun at them they. to 57 per oakland, concord, fairfield and hayward. 60 mountain view and san jose. your afternoon highs 70 degrees and santa rosa, 88 fairfield, 69 mill valley, 77 and petaluma. redwood city is topping out in the mid-70s. savvy in the mid- 60s oakland, berkeley mid-70s and of course further inland to sell the warmer it is going to get. 18 antioch, below the mid '80s really do the same room bali. then into the santa clara valley futures and the uppers. 88 for morgan hill

. >> we are not giving up and we are not giving in. [ applause ] >> president obama is reassuring union officials that the fight will continue to rebuild the economy and get people back to work. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. >>> this is ktvu channel 2 news at noon. >> good afternoon, i am claudine wopping, tori campbell has the day off. >>> topping our news this noontime all eyes are on a federal court this hour as we await a decision on proposition 8. he has already made his decision over this latest battle on same sex marriage and we are now waiting for him to issue that ruling. it should happen between 1:00 and 3:00 today. jade hernandez is standing by with more on this story. >> reporter: good afternoon. do gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry and was that right denied when californians voted to ban same sex marriage. you can see a couple of protesters already gathering here this morning or this afternoon. a federal judge's decision is expected to be released within the next few hours. we can tell you we have learn from both sides in this cas

. >> reporter: first the transit company made a move with the union and the union made a move with a lawsuit and today the court made a move. their decision just minutes ago was not to move at least, not immediately. >> they didn't make any decision with regard to pursuing the litigation. i have to say i think the board is suffering from litigation fatigue. >> reporter: after three hours of closed-door sessions, the board will not decide on whether to appeal today's injunction until august 18th. union members are claiming victory. after a weekend of deliberation an alameda county judge blocked the junction opposed -- imposed on 1,700 workers on july 18th. >> they must take us back to status quo and wait for a neutral arbitrator to decide. >> reporter: they will reinn state spending that will put the district on the brink of bankruptcy. >> we will spill into further deficit of $300,000 a week. >> reporter: the district is already $16 million in the red. the injunction goes into effect august 10th but it is the riders who will experience the fallout. just over 7% of existing bus routes

macarthur foundation, and union bank. >> union bank has put its global financial strength to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news." >> asked the taliban threatens to target foreign relief workers helping flood victims, we joined up one bank of the -- joined one of the relief drops. >> the crew tried to drop as much as they can as fast as they can. >> the united nations condemns mass rape in the congo. guilty, but not in jail, a former pop star infected that a former lover with hiv. 8000 expelled so far. and france presses on with supporting the roma as opposition grows. messages of love, food, and anti depressants for chiles's trapped miners. hello to you. four weeks before the monsoon floods and began wreaking havoc in cap -- pakistan. millions are still in need of help. there is intelligence that says that the taliban is planning attacks on foreign aid workers. there is at the threat of more damage and danger. she reports from there. >> it is holding for now. this is the last line of defense for one of pakistan's main cities. it is h

the union wanted to be 5 1/4%. 49 laid-off firefighters at once to rehired so that the union which isultiple fires that struck the city yesterday has proved that a deal must be made soon. kron 4 greg brings us up- to-date. >> is images but for less and saving held up by the firefighters union with evidence that the city council meets to agree on city union contract on their terms the same response time was slow or enforceat unnecessary risk. >> politics of paul public safety. we saw that yesterday appeared four fires broke in san jose yes they are part overstretched critically thin and lack the resources to protect the public >> it was then before we cut back to 49 firefighters, we are incredibly empty >> dear chuck reed said the union is using the fires as a political tactic. >> every time you all the press conference to blame somebody for something is not connected to the event in question of course it's political. the facts are the way they responded to the fires are the way we would of responded to the fires two years ago. in san jose craig kron 4 news. >> the mayor of san as they

the union representing drivers is trying to stop management from imposing a contract and the union is having a trickle- down effect. jade hernandez has more. >> reporter: good afternoon. this is a waiting room. bus operators waiting to see if the judge will allow them to go back to their work schedule, and riders are waiting to see if they will find out if they will face any more delays. we're live in oakland to give you an idea how long this has been going on. the contract ended june 30th. for three month, both sides haggled over a new contra. the day before the contract officially ended, the union went to a judge requesting both sides enter arbitration. ac transit's new contract created a new bus driver schedule without input from drivers. a judge was expected to decide whether or not to grant an injunction to lift the imposed contract and allow drivers to go back to their schedule. ac transit said if drivers don't work under a contract and continue to drag this out, the agency will be forced to lay off workers and reduce weekend service. anywhere from 15% to 20% of the drivers have

macarthur foundation, and union bank. >> union bank has put its global financial strength to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news." >> 6 members of the somali parliament are among 30 dead in an attack on a hotel in mogadishu. 42 died in northeast china when a plane burst into flames. with nearly 1 million cut off by flood waters, the prime minister of pakistan says epidemic is a serious concern. welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast to our viewers on pbs in america, also around the globe. my name is mike embley. coming up later for you -- we talked to the elite u.s. troops training for afghanistan. all parts of the surge against the taliban. and jubilation in gillette as rescuers make contact with -- in chile rescuers make contact with 33 trapped miners underground. hello to you. in part of the horn of africa viewed with increasing alarm by the united states, the african union, and ethiopia, islamist insurgents in somalia stormed a hotel used by the government, killing more than 30. those killed includes six members of parliament and

we >> the union is saying yes but the city is saying no. their sank to hire all of those firefighters back. that would have to go deeper. >> the union is desperate to get these unemployed firefighters back to work. this morning the union president sent them a new proposal which he thinks will help san jose save millions of dollars. >> believe that this will easily have the money in place to save jobs. >> some of the concessions. there will take a pay cut and to reduce retirement benefits for new hires. the will find new a deployment models to say what cost. >> play think that this has real solutions and is not only in such structural reform but it will keep people in the past and the new deployment model is set to save dollars. >> the chief negotiator say the numbers do not add up. the clean all the cuts claim about $4,000 in savings. the city needs to satanic million dollars. big gap there. the city points and out that the new hires and will help san jose to save money in the future. the city needs the money now. and this city negotiators

a union representative is among the people he shot today.d your to the panel that denied landmark status to a building near ground zero that clears the way for group to turn it into an islamic community center in moscow. a lot of people including yelling here at the hearing are outraged here they say it's an insult to those who died on the left and treat many national in new york politicians are upset in the anti-defamation league said its unnecessarily provocative. were showing you the feet of a woman in georgia because she said she used them to get help after being tied up and robbed. she said and then broken toward home tiger up and left with their car and other belongings. she managed to pull her laptop over with your feet and use her toes to take a message to our boyfriend who was on line. he called police the woman said she doesn't want shore face on camera until the suspect is caught. >> that kill has killed in the gulf of mexico is what bp engineers call their best hope of permanently choking off the call the oil spill by pumping hea

the european union must also stay at the head of competitiveness. france will be all the more powerful if it sets an example for what it does on its own behalf. our ambitions with the prime minister and the minister of the economy to reduce competitiveness gaps with a high performing countries and to improve our growth potential, and that is why we have to free up taxes on over time hours. we decided not to replace one of every two civil servants taking their retirement. we decided to eliminate the professional business tax, which existed only in our company -- country. politicians on all sides denounced the lack of investment by our current -- companies. a business tax was levied against investment, and that is why we adept at the tax provision that supports corporate research, and it is the most attractive of all the countries. and we've granted our universe is -- universities complete autonomy, and we're reforming our retirement regime. europe requires this, and france will continue to reduce its public deficit, which will be 6% in 2011, and 3% o

the union and a.c. transit went to the alameda county. >>> judge on friday for a decision on the interim contract. there is no telling which oakland routes would be affected if there is another large number of drivers calling in sick today. >> thank you. >>> bail is set at $350,000 for the brother of a san francisco giants player accused of five hit-and-run incidents in danville. a bicyclist wases the first one hit by a red pickup truck yesterday morning on danville boulevard. then it hit a pedestrian, pickup, light pole and lexus containing two people. witnesses say they then stopped the driver from getting away. >> he was very much under the influence of something, could hardly talk. his airbag had deployed. the impact on the front of the car was severe. >> the suspect 23-year-old kanan schierholtz from san ramon. he is the younger brother of giants outfielder nate schierholtz. he faces charges that include hit-and-run, drunk driving and driving without a license. >>> there is a new proposal in san jo

union members are claiming victory.fter a weekend of deliberation animal a immediate a county judge approved the injunction which blocks the contract a.c. transit imposed on 1700 workers may 17th. >> they must take us back to status quo and wait for the neutral arbitrator to decide. >> decide. >> 592acu. >> obviously we're disappointed. >> reporter: they believe the judge's order reinstates spending that will put the district on the brink of bankruptcy. >> spending at the current level will cause us to spend into a further deficit position of $300,000 a week. >> reporter: the injunction goes if to effect august 10th but it's the riders who will experience the fallout. that's because, by august 29th, just over 7% of the existing bus routes will be reduced in coverage or have their frequency of operation radically reduced. >> so a bus that might come every 20 minutes might come every two hours. >> reporter: another cost cutting option is eliminating all weekend bus service. >> the district was black mailing the public. >>

the union wants this overturned and keep the old contract in place until arbitration. they say that is the pure thing and that is what the judge is deciding. and if this contract is thrown out? there will lose $300,000 per week and go in the red, like office, and the late or reduce weekend bus service. -let off workers. and they are even requesting a bond be issued to keep them going for six months. and about 1.5 hours they will be meeting in this building behind me. to discuss the judge's ruling. and of course, state tunable the latest on this developing story. live in oakland, stay tuned. in oakland, christine connolly. >> and muni drivers are getting a pay increase. and apparently, no into anything about it. dan kerman explains. >> and despite muni cuts, and fare hikes, people that drive the like real, will mi increase. when the barand how was this possible with a 5% increase? the city charter says that a muni operator, is it should be a comparable transit agency. and average about two highest salaries and that is what the san francisco muni of orders are going to g

. >> no a request by the city for a vote by union member that's could wo have traded an 8.9% pay cut for the return of 49 laid off firefighters. blame the budget deficit says mayor reid. >> it's a hard facts we don't have enough money to keep firefighters we have, because costs of them is out of control. >> the city asked the unions for the vote two weeks ago. members recent that. >> he's trying to, i think, control every employee group and firefighters here are the land stand. we're going to stand up today, the union using two fires yesterday morning as bargaining chips, saying reduced service increased response time and left other parts of san jose vulnerable. >> if one more fire or emergency occurred we would not have had ability to respond. >> now, the union hopes for help from the city council with one vote there at least. >> we're seeing the holding in the department now. and need to think about where we're going to spend public money. >> in a perfect world we'd have more firefighters and they would have heeded a call and some other union dz to take 10% pay cuts in order to sav

macarthur foundation, and union bank. >> union bank has put its global financial strength to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news." >> as the taliban threatens to target foreign relief workers helping flood victims. we join no one of the latest aid drops. >> we find another group of people stranded in the water for help. the crew is trying to do what they can as fast as they can. >> an emergency session condemns mass rape in the democratic republic of the congo. guilty comeuppance but not jailed, a former pop star that gave hiv to a partner. welcome to "bbc world news." the fugitive returns. he comes back to the u.k. and he has avoided trial for 17 years. vital supplies, messages of love, and anti-depressant for chile's trapped miners. four weeks since the monsoon floods began wreaking havoc in pakistan. a new threat with millions in urgent need of help. there is intelligence that suggests that the taliban is planning to attack on foreign aid workers. there is an immediate threat to more damage and danger. water levels have reached ala

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their expertise and union. judge brown has given me some invaluable information on helping us in terms of what contract provisions we should include in our next collective bargaining agreement of what kinds of committees we can have and how our members can be active using the umbrella of a labor organization to address some of these issues to the extent. >> carrie? >> who is responsible for providing security at buildings that are not federal buildings? it's is thattsa? how long a term do judges in your court serve? >> federal protective services is responsible for the security and commercially leased spaces through the gsa. that is my understanding. in terms of the term of office for an immigration judge -- that is your question -- we are civil servants and therefore we have the same merit system protection board provisions as long as we don't engage in misconduct. we have our job waiting for us for a federal service career. >> i cannot say that my answer would be terribly different. there is a distinction in

the $10 million savings is for the city, with a $4 million for the union. six movie dollars and question. and about $6 million is in question, and here, to reopen this fire station and relief and >> and the question is that the produce those dollars? and again, to savings of of not even been determined. i ask firefighters' of that any specific ideas and mind. and what that would be and they cannot. >> the want to put the union benefits to a vote as soon as possible in the union will consider that as early as next week. >> and ac transit is hoping that it will end on sunday. that is when they go back to the old work rules, schedules. that applies to the court ruling. and with 152 workers out today, and on june 18th, despa dispute escalated. and ac transit managers have said the the workers calling sick out with the delays, cancellations. ♪ >> a live look aside from our crew cam. and finally, it is clearing from san francisco. and it is still covered in those low clouds. and cooler on a coastline. 57 degrees in half moon bay and as expected. inland temperatur

macarthur foundation, and union bank. >> union bank has put its global financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news." >> world governing body has provided decisive action on allegations of a betting scam. over three dozen police officers in a effort to combat corruption. gaining in strength, a hurricane sweeps across the caribbean and threatens america's east coast. drilling begins on an escape tunnel as the trapped miners talk to their families for the first time in a month. get the top stories from around -- that is in chile. ♪ welcome to bbc world news, broadcasting to our viewers in the u.k. and around the world. the president of the ruling body of world cricket said it will take ruthless action if any player is found guilty of cheating. he was referring to allegations of a betting scandal involving members of the pakistan national team against england. some say the damage to the national game could be immense. here is the report. >> anywhere can be a cricket pitch in paki