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the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. financial strength to work for a wide range of companies from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> now bbc world news. >> north korea has fired 200 artillery shells at a south korean island killing two marines. south korea returns fire describing the attack as a violation of the 1953 arm cities and orders forces to retaliate to further provocation. the united states has strongly condemned what it calls pyongyang's belligerent action. china, russia and japan all also express concerns. welcome to bbc world news. also in the next 30 minutes from celebration to tragedy. 378 killed in a stampede of a water festival. the youngest son of aung san suu kyi is in rangoon seeing his mother for the first time in 10 years. >> united states has joined condemnation of north korea's aggression toward south korea following the shelling from north korea that has killed two south korean marines and wounded self soldiers as well as civilians. the north seems to have fired ar

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the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its 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. >> it's a deal. after eight months of stalemate, iraq's main parties say they have agreed on a party-sharing government. tensions in seoul as the g-20 leaders gather to fight their case for trade and growth. a self-help guide for pedestrian fills on sale on amazon. welcome to "bbc world news." i'm david eades. also coming up in the program -- hostile ritual or colorful tradition? why pakistan refuses to tone down a nightly ceremony on the border with india. and honoring the dead of the world's wars, an iconic london landmark tells the story of remembrance day. >> thanks for joining us. eight months of deadlock could be over. iraq seems to be on the verge of getting a new government after inconclusive elections way back in march. the iraqi parliament is due to meet after an apparent breakthro

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the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. >> and now "bbc world news." >> ireland to capitulates and asks for a financial bailout from the eu and imf to stave off possible economic collapse. after saying it would not go cap in hand it is expected to get up to $100 billion in loans. anger at the fall of the california tiger. >> people are disgusted. people are afraid because politicians will not come out and tell us the truth. welcome to "gmt." bringing you a world of news and opinion. also coming up, mixed feelings in that new zealand over of the fate of the missing miners -- optimism yet gloom that the men are trapped underground after four days. our children in afghanistan safer than in london and new york? that is the controversial verdict of nato that a top diplomat in kabul. it is 7:00 a.m. in washington, midday in london and in dublin well -- where after weeks of denials after

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the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its 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." >> barack's main parties say they have agreed on a power- sharing government at last, but there are major hiccups as parliament meets to approve the deal. the currency board at the top of the g-20 summit kicks off in seoul. are the u.s. and china acting selfishly, keeping their exports so cheap? >> the best thing the united states can do for the world economy is to grow. >> a powerful blast claims at least 20 lives in pakistan. the police security center investigates the attacks. a warm welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast on pbs in america. my name is mike embley. journalists on the streets in moscow. they want investigations on the attacks that killed eight of their colleagues this year. is it a bird? is it a plane? the launch from spain. enthusiasts scale new heights. >> so near, yet s

d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, and union bank. >> union bank has put its 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." >> the british prime minister arrived in china with the u.k.'s biggest business delegation in living memory seeking to double trade in five years. president obama backs a place for india at the top table of world diplomatic power, a move strongly condemned by pakistan. doctors in haiti say they're examining more than 100 suspected cases of cholera in the capital, port-au-prince. welcome to bbc news. also in this program, the gulf of mexico oil spill, a top investigator says there's no evidence it was caused by b.p. cost-cutting. after the latest in a series of assaults on russian journalists, president mediedive says those responsible will be brought to justice. the british prime minister, david cameron, has just arrived in china ahead of the biggest br

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the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. financial strength to work for a wide range of companies from mall businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now bbc world news. >> north and south korean the most serious exchange of fire for more than 50 years. both sides blame each other for starting the fearing. two south korean soldiers are killed after dozens of shells land on an island near the border. >> it can never be tolerated. our military has immediately and strongly counteracted according to battle regulations against north korean provocations. >> welcome to gmt. in the program a royal wedding here in britain next spring. prince william and kate middleton to marry in westminster abbey in april. just how smart is your smart phone? we show how it takes seconds to hack into your personal files. it is midday in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington and 9:00 in the evening on the tiny south south korean island of i don't think panic scene of one of the most serious border incidents between north and south sin

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the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. ♪ >> union bank has put its 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." >> this is a bbc election special. polls have just closed in four more states. california, oregon, washington, and idaho join the other states across america where votes are now being counted. for more on those hotly contested races in california, we can now go to peter who is monitoring it all from our studios in los angeles. peter, what is going on there in california? what are you expecting? what are they expecting? >> well, certainly the jerry brown camp, the democrat candidate for governor, say they are very optimistic that perhaps in the next few minutes he will be declared the winner of that race, becoming the man to take over from arnold schwarzenegger, a very closely contested race with meg whitman, the republican candidate, the woman who made her millions at ebay and spent a l

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. >> i would say by the way john d. serves a lot of credit. there was a really good race actually. i think that was -- you can debate whether ohio or flora was the most important governor's race. i think ohio was. either one of them was a sports. just because you wind up losing it doesn't mean necessarily did anything wrong, the other day i just did more good. >> were there any surprises in terms of turnout among the various groups of females, hispanics, and was the president's strategy to increase turnout in the end, was that successful? >> you could argue both ways. i would say the answer to that is probably no. youth vote turnout dropped drastically which again isn't terribly surprising. if you have kids, you know. somebody once compared this -- i thought this was a good way to think about it -- he said the presidential election is like the super bowl, right? people who -- you may not care about football, but you watch the super bowl, right? a midterm election is like a midseason game between the lions and the packers. it's like if you like the alliance for the packers to probab

. >> i would say by the way john d. serves a lot of credit. there was a really good race actually. i think that was -- you can debate whether ohio or flora was the most important governor's race. i think ohio was. either one of them was a sports. just because you wind up losing it doesn't mean necessarily did anything wrong, the other day i just did more good. >> were there any surprises in terms of turnout among the various groups of females, hispanics, and was the president's strategy to increase turnout in the end, was that successful? >> you could argue both ways. i would say the answer to that is probably no. youth vote turnout dropped drastically which again isn't terribly surprising. if you have kids, you know. somebody once compared this -- i thought this was a good way to think about it -- he said the presidential election is like the super bowl, right? people who -- you may not care about football, but you watch the super bowl, right? a midterm election is like a midseason game between the lions and the packers. it's like if you like the alliance for the packers to probab