john simpson, bbc news, in western libya. >> on the front lines bear in libya. you're watching "bbc world news america." as america celebrates its independence, a former president is hailed as a hero, in london of all places. how to handle immigration is one of the most contentious issues in the developed world, but the u.s. state of alabama has a very tough new approach. andy gallager has the story. >> it has been awhile since any wars have been fought in this part of alabama, but new battle lines are being mapped out here. the state is about to enact some of america's toughest immigration laws, and for one person, they cannot come soon enough. he claims undocumented workers are a threat. >> one of the things i am most worried about is the infectious diseases that they bring here that were pretty much eradicated here in this country. when an illegal immigrant comes in the country, there are not medical screenings, like someone doesn't you're going to try to become naturalized and become an american citizen. >> officials here say crime figures are up because of

. >> heavy fighting continues in western libya. the rebels have waged a five- month campaign aimed at capturing tripoli. gaddafi forces have proved a formidable opponent. the government has received support from the global community. the international contact group has given its full support to libya's transitional council, recommended the formation of an interim government. they have also asked that gaddafi relinquished power. -- gaddafi relinquish power. >> there are no other options. >> it is an important diplomatic milestone for the libyan opposition, especially now that the u.s. has officially recognized the rebel movement. >> we still have to work through various legal issues. we expect this recognition will enable the tnc to access additional sources of funding. >> there has been much to service demands for political and financial support. even with those added resources, the quest to remove gaddafi remains a daunting task. >> at least 19 people have been killed in protests after friday prayers. security forces opened fire o

paul wood, bbc news, western libya. >> the president of mali has rejected calls to step down, -- malawi has rejected calls to step down, despite the deaths of at least two people in riots. in an address to the nation's president, he promised to talk to the opposition. nato is investigating allegations its computer network has been hacked. a group of international hackers calling itself anonymous said it had breached data security and downloaded hundreds of confidential documents. queen elizabeth's second son, prince andrew, is stepping down as his -- as the representative of trade. he has been criticized for his association with an american businessman convicted of sex offenses against a girl under the age of consent. the phone hacking scandal rocked the british establishment and led to an fbi investigation. two senior former employees have accused james murdock of being mistaken in one of his answers to the select committee of parliament early this week, a charge he denies. for all their troubles, rupert murdoch got a boost when a saudi prince who controls much of the company voiced hi

and that's what allowed the rebels to go forward. >> the bbc's mark doyle in western libya. and you're watching newsday on the bbc live from singapore and london. still to come on the program, with public doubts growing about japan's nuclear industry, could thermal energy solve the country's energy problems? >> and as nasa prepares for its last-ever shuttle mission we meet one of the space age's longest serving veterans. allegations that the news of the world newspaper hacked into the phone messages of murder victims, or their relatives, has caused widespread public anger. now, several big companies including the halifax virgin holidays and -- have decided not to place advertisements in the news of the world this weekend. >> news corporation nor decades, a towering edifice of the global media, created and led by runnest murdoch, confronts a -- by rupert murdoch, confronts a grave threat. ford, mitsubishi, other big companies with big brands say they don't want to advertise in the news of the world this weekend because they don't want to be associated with the shocking revela

>>um rights hall watched as theyenepted violations in western libya. >> they looted and pillaged. iae at. the rebels are more less taking venge in places they are liberating because people hoy live there. >> human rights watch says one itrearerare working with the aids. th organization has repeatedly condemned oerors t st. he faced tough questioning aut the human rights record. >>ho iidtsoola in the very early days of the revolutionanwehave been investigating those cases. we are ain a han rights violations. >> the un resolution mandates protection of cilns fm both sides of the conflict, if need be. >> the younger brother of the gh psintas been buried a day after he was killed. he was a powerful fur in southern afghanistan. it could create a power vacuum and has raised many questions about the safety oerfgn officials. >> the president was joined by government officials said a prererceor his slain brother. brother was shot and killed by a security ar. the leader condemned the attacks. >> my message to an extremist is this. my cotren m brothers, stop killing your own people. it is ea

ben's wedeman is with them in the foothills of western libya and filed this report. >> reporter: anotherortar round rings out from the hills. aimed at the plains below, at the town of lenum. these fighters in the western mountains have fought long and lard to get where they are using the rocky, dusty high ground to harass forces loyal to moammar gadhafi. and when they fire, the other side often fires back. >> so apparently they have come under bombardment here this morning from the town which is only about three kilometers away. this is the last position of the rebel fighters before this town. >> reporter: many of the men here, their faces covered in front of the camera, they're from a town still under ga daughterka ga gadhafi's control. breaking through to the town, sits on one of the main highways to tripoli. we will try to reach the town he tell meese and help our brothers because they've been subjected to the worst crimes. so as you see every day we fire rockets on the enemy to drive them away. at a nearby abandoned quarry, rebels relax in the shade. lunch here is a simple affair. fr

bbc news, western libya. >> saying farewell to the shuttle fleet. contracting some of the most common cancers, those who are 1.75 meters tall where 37% more likely to develop a tumor than those who were a round of meter and a half. >> we are all at risk. it seems that the tallest people are the most vulnerable. the study found that the taller they were, the greater risk of developing 10 of the most prominent cancers. around 5 ft tall, 750 out of 1000 developed cancer. when a judge -- when an of average height, he hundred of 1000. -- 800 in every 100,000. there are several theories. >> it could be much simpler. we don't know either of those. >> of the picture is complicated. >> it is not as big as a risk associated with drinking alcohol or being overweight which are things you can do something about. >> of this study adds to their understanding. >> now to the phone hacking scandal which rocked the british establishment have led to an fbi investigation. senior former employees have accused james murdock of being mistaken in one of his answers to the s

his forces have now begun a counterattack in western libya against rebels open to an advance on to theapital tripoli. the fighting in the mountains have seen their rebel movement lose and then it regain ground around the villages. our world affairs editor was caught in crossfire. >> 6 in the morning in the mountains. spies have warned of a buildup of pro-gaddafi forces nearby. but these rebels are not trained soldiers. they're just a bunch of ill- equipped volunteers. hours passed and the gaddafi troops did not attack. the rebels relax. they hope it is a false alarm. 11:00 a.m., the front line, by now it is usually too hot for fighting. suddenly though, a lookout spots a column of enemy vehicles heading this way. there is going to be a battle after all. they're firing pretty close to here. you can hear it, just sheltering inside this building. out there, the gaddafi people on a shooting in our direction. you can hear bullets flying overhead from time to time, quite low. and this is one of the rebels positions, and they're just going to start firing off. [shots fired] >> we need to go.

> in news of the world tonight nato says it is intensifying air strikes on military targets in western libya. rebels claim they are making progress against libyan leader moammar qaddafi. but the eastern city of misrata remains under siege. residents are trying to restore damaged infrastructure including telephone lines. today secretary of state hillary clinton insisted he step down. >>> prince albert married charlene wittstock in a catholic ceremony. the 33-year-old bride wore armani with a five-yard train. the groom as you see there a military uniform. celebrity guests included naomi campbell. the couple will honeymoon in the bride's home country of south africa. >>> same-sex couples are celebrating in rhode island. the state's governor signed into law today a bill legalizing civil unions. rhode island is now the fifth state in the nation to allow the unions. the law will also provide same- sex couples with tax breaks, healthcare benefits and more inheritance rights. opponents say the law will eventually lead to legalization of same-sex marriage. >>> a lesbian couple is at the heart of an a

nato says it's increasing airstrikes in western libya where rebels say they are advancing far into territories that colonel gadhafi is forces still control the alliance says that as trikes are aimed only at military targets but thousands of people have fled from their homes in fear meanwhile turkey followed a number of other nato member states declaring its recognizing the rebels as the true representatives of libya's people but as yet there's no sign of an end to the conflict as the rebels continue to reject the african union's offer to arrange talks between them to conduct this government or he's going to finish and reports now from. the road from the capital tripoli to brag he's lined with the aftermath of war towns abandoned as the population fled the bombardment. this is what's left of the airport but also home to one of the country's key oil refineries the last plane took off from this runway just hours before it was hate. to say so it's only heating the targets of military value what we call say these telecommunications towers so fifteen minutes west of the target has been destroyed . t

the team was investigating reports of abuse and vandalism and 11 and in a village in western libya when out everyone made it back to the base safely >>thousands of mourners gathered a synagogue in brooklyn new york for the funeral of a boy who was abducted and killed while walking home from camp. eight year-old leiby kletzy got lost on his way home monday afternoon and asked a stranger for directions the boy was missing for a day and half before police went to the home of levi and around and found some of the child's remains and around refrigerator they found more of the boys remains in a trash bin a break in the case came and police feared grainy video the boy getting into a car outside a dentist office they're both orthodox jews there tight-knit committed neighborhood is considered one of the safest in new york city ... media mogul rupert murdoch could be a target of federal investigators in connection with hacking scandal that has him in hot water and britain. so u.s. lawmakers are urging the fed is to investigate their concern that september 11th victim's may have had their phones t

measures says it's increasing as strikes in western libya where rebels say they are advancing fly into territories that colonel gadhafi its forces still control the alliance says that as tried to arrange on that military targets but for dozens of people have fled from their homes in fear meanwhile turkey has followed a number of other nato member states declaring its recognizing the rebels as the true representatives of libya's people but as yes there's no sign of an answer to the conflict that rebels continue to reject the african union's offer to arrange talks between them and conduct his government off he's only a few notional reports now from the front line. the road from the capital tripoli to greg is lined with the aftermath of war towns abandoned as the population flowed the bombardment. this is what's left of the airport in the siege of. home to one of the country's key or the hirings the last plane took off from this runway just hours before it was hit places place and it's only hit in the targets of military value call say these telecommunications towers so thick to the west

anti-government forces seizing two key mountain towns in western libya putting them closer to cutting supply route to the capital of tripoli. leland vittert is streaming live for us from misurata, libya. leland? >> reporter: as a matter of fact, when the gadhafi forces retreated after the rebels came into town, they left with such haste they left their mules behind, ammunition, fuel and some weapons. that is a key, key part of the equation here because with this civil war now stretching into almost its fourth month, supply lines are very short. the key part of this advance for the rebels is that they have now are within striking distance of one of those key gadhafi supply lines that heads into tripoli. there's a chance they'll be able to tighten the noose on gadhafi's forces, tripoli potentially cutting off not only fuel, but also food to that embattled city. meantime, there are a lot of rumors going around that there are talks gadhafi leaving. obviously, it is to gadhafi's advantage to, of course, keep those rumors alive. mean meantime, keep some of the rebels confused and also, poss

western mountains. mark philips is with them. >> reporter: the battle on libya's western front has been raging back and forth since the middle of last week. the rebels always with fewer and smaller guns than the qaddafi loyalist forces have been using their usual tactics, making up in enthusiasm what they lack in fire power. the rebel games made a week ago in this fight over the town of qawalish were lost in the qaddafi counterattack today. further along the shifting front line, the rebels held their position along a ridge. they were under fire themselves, and said they'd been planning another attack of their own before today's setback. these advances are really nibbles out of qaddafi's side rather than a threat to his tripoli fortress, but having come this far the rebels have no choice but to keep going. >> we cannot go back. >> reporter: there's no turning back, you can't go back? >> we fight or we die. there's no other solution. qaddafi doesn't give us any other solution. >> reporter: sofiyan is a lawyer who had never picked up a gun in his life before now. in the machine shop, the teachers, shop ke

mark phillips, cbs news, in libya's western mountains. >> pelley: in russia, the search is on for survivorser an overloaded cruise ship sank yesterday on the volga river. 41 people are confirmed dead, but more than 80 others are missing and most of them are children. survivors say the boat sank in just eight minutes. are american soldiers getting taken for a ride down the midway? armen keteyian investigates next. investigates next. th alzheimer's disease. she needs help from me. and her medication. the exelon patch -- it releases medication continuously for twenty-four hours. she uses one exelon patch daily for the treatment of mild to moderate alzheimer's symptoms. [ female announcer ] it cannot change the course of the disease. hospitalization and rarely death have been reported in patients who wore more than one patch at a time. the most common side effects of exelon patch are nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. the likelihood and severity of these side effects may increase as the dose increases. patients may experience loss of appetite or weight. patients who weigh less than 110 pounds may

. >> ben wedeman is safe, with us now live from zintan in western libya.s harrowing to watch that footage. you're on the ground there about 50 miles south of tripoli. what happened? when did you first hear the gunfire and realize that things were going bad? >> reporter: we had gone to the outskirts of goholish to investigate this report from human rights watch that the rebels had vandalized property and burnt some houses in the area, and two of our drivers had gone up to the top of a hill just to look into the town to see what the situation was like, and right in front of him, they saw just about 150 yards away two car loads of gadhafi soldiers. and so they came rushing down the hill. and while they were coming down the hill, the shooting began. at first we couldn't tell if it was on the other side or somewhere down the road. but suddenly we realized it was right among us. and so we, as you saw, fairly panicked moments trying to get into the car. we drove away, but we had to go quite some distance because every time we thought we were safe, there were more

the battle has since hit a stalemate, with qaddafi controlling the capital tripoli and much of western libya. the rebels control the east, with nato enforcing a no-fly zone and hitting government targets. on wall street, stocks managed a late-day rally, after a rough week. the dow jones industrial average gained more than 42 points to close above 12,479. the nasdaq rose 27 points to close above 2,789. for the week, the dow lost more than 1%. the nasdaq fell more than 2%. after a four-year flight, nasa is ready for a rendezvous with the giant asteroid vesta. the unmanned "dawn" spacecraft has flown 1.7 billion miles, and if all goes well, it will enter orbit around the asteroid tonight. it is expected to search for clues about the solar system's origin. the spacecraft uses ion propulsion so it can approach the asteroid slowly at just 60 miles an hour. a year from now, it will move on to an even larger asteroid. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to ray. >> suarez: next, the state of california struggles with some tough choices brought on by a recent supreme court ruling. "ne

libya. and western ground forces in libya since before the nato bombardment in early march the streets cia and i six in britain special forces from both the u.k. and the u.s. were on the ground further in april france italy and the united states agreed to send military advisors into libya and this is you know drew a lot of parallels yet no more first military advisors wrists and later the troops followed it so again the parallels are there also recently dept of fire which is an israeli publication with close links to israeli intelligence reported that at the top levels in western governments. around a full scale ground invasion is being discussed and they made it according to this publication it may even be launched within the next few weeks other military sources in the united states have said that they're preparing for a ground invasion by october so i think that the the process is under way france openly admitting that they are dropping arms for the rebel groups is again a process in exposing the wider agenda in pushing it to the next steps taking it further forward so again the next proces

mark phillips reports from western libya. >> reporter: the situation has changed again this morning. these are rebel fighters retaken the town of equalish. this area was under gadhafi control yesterday as surprise attack and driven a much smaller rebel contention out. yesterday afternoon and through evening in force, the rebel forces came back and have driven gadhafi forces they say about four miles or so down the road that way. one difference today is you can't hear it right now but a few minutes ago, the sound of jets in the air, presumably nato air cover. this is the fringe of the area that the rebels control, about a hundred-mile strip that runs from here back towards the tu niecian border. the issue now is whether to push forward to the town of garan a major crossroads which would open up the route to tripoli. the real question, though, is whether these guys are prepared to make that kind of move and the indications now in terms of weapons and control and tactics is that they aren't. mark phillips, cbs news, in qualish, libya. >>> the murder of 8-year-old liba. a suspect erin is

. >> reporter: the rebels in libya's western mountains have learned to fight fire with fire. twice now they've launched attacks in the seesaw battle over the strategic village of qawalish which sits 60 miles from tripoli, firing rockets they previously captured from government troops back at them. qaddafi loyalists fell back under the barrage, but the ten- day battle for qawalish has taken its toll on the rebel side. they lost eight dead in this latest assault, mostly from a nearby town where it seemed the entire male population came out for the funeral. the citizens' army of clerks and workers and students and just about everything else lacks a coordinated strategy and the local commander says has no direct communications with nato's air cover. how quickly will you push forward? >> we have to coordinate with the nato. when we get permission from nato, then we will go... either will we advance... >> reporter: you're waiting for nato permission? >> we're waiting for nato permission. >> reporter: the rebels now nervously guard their front again, hindered by their makeshift weap

determine any credible witnesses to mass rapes in qaddafi's libya now there seems to be a very big skewing of lines here between what mainstream media western governments and what reputable human rights groups have to say about what's happening in libya how do you explain that. i think the thing is very simple you cannot possibly take the question of libya or what happens in libya outside of the context of the nato powers interests geopolitical interests it makes no sense whatsoever i think the starting point of any discussion should remain what was agreed in the first half of the twentieth century and it should stay there the fact that they are shifting the position the fact that they are tearing up agreements in the first half of the twentieth century makes no difference if you abandon that as your starting point then i think you fall into the swamp and that it's the very same swamp that was established in the first half of the twentieth century which arrived at the conclusion that you could not use humanitarian pretext for the intervention for the use of force on the world scale that was the issue that was what was agreed in the late one

the libya conflict is entering its fifth month with concerns growing that a protracted destructive civil war has been kickstarted by a western rush to regime change to miss out on the french intellectual and join the list founder and chairman of terror network and the access for peace conference has been working here in libya trying to find out the truth thank you very much terry for being with us thank you where have you been in libya and what have you discovered what have you found in your time here. first of all it's quite obvious to us see we wanted to counter the war at the same time with libya and syria. that we should was made public by john bolton in two thousand and two the plan was passed over to france and britain who decided to bring it to life in november last year secondly it was necessary to have very fiery whether an attempt of a coup had been made before that that could be organized by france or britain the attempt failed in october. after this failed attempt another coup was planned it in this is just killing all the heads of the libyan national congress if they got together in one place during a big celebr

across top gun control about libya's stalemate in the sand and nato bombing campaign and aid to anti kadafi rebels have only hardened political facts on the ground western intervention was intended to last a few weeks now is open ended instead of dislodging khadafi nato allies are left to bicker among themselves. can. start. to cross the nato mission in libya i'm joined by io johnson in london he's the founder and director of viewpoint africa also in london we have marco gas a key is a political analyst an expert on south east european affairs and in barcelona we cross to omar archer he is a lecturer in politics of the modern arab world at the university of exit are all right gentlemen this is crosstalk that means you can jump in anytime you want omar i'd like to go to you first in barcelona how would you assess nato's operations in libya to date because depending on the news source you want to read it stalemate it's quagmire. we've coming across reports that rebels committing human rights. violations they're not looking so pretty anymore and it's just basically a civil war that has come to a stalemate so how would you assess nato's operations today. we

minister should pay boasted france would win libya in quote days or weeks the war's into a fourth month no final round inside nicolas sarkozy with his western allies seen short their little opponents fighting back well it's not just an embarrassment for sarkozy it's an embarrassment for all nato for the whole west paris even admits being libya's rebels but on some somalia. wench to libya for training within the last two or three years that's documented we have to fly records and everything else so it seems strange in many ways the whole western support of some of the rebel groups in libya must be questioned because in some cases i think we are effectively arming al-qaeda. it's all making a mockery of the un vote on foreign intervention in the country. giving. none of. this. witnesses at nato bombing of libya is causing widespread atrocities for every one military personnel that was supposedly a casualty there were ten civilians for all to categorically ruled out sending troops to take spurs predict is the only way male to break the libyan deadlock the moves the splitting the nato coalition silvio berlusconi head of keep italy admits invadin

. >> ramping up air strikes on military targets in the western part of libya this morning. there is a string of advances that is largely under qaddafi's control. we are hearing from the african union is calling on member state to disregard arrest warrants against qaddafi. they are in misurata, libya with the latest. >> what can you tell us? good evening, uma, just a couple of hours after qaddafi finished speak talking about attacking europe. a large rocket bar age that landed six miles to the east of the where i am standing. to the west of the tripoli, there was also a battle between qaddafi troops and rebel that is are continuing to try to push west out of misurata, a town that is still under siege. there is a deadly siulence on misurata's main drag as people walk through the rubble and survey the damage and see little left. >> we went and come back to see our houses. they are -- we found them destroyed. now in the shadow of collapsed buildings, cruc work to pull new telecables and repair the infrastructure. >> they can be repaired butinose who died can't be. you can see t