>> bbc world news is psented by kcet inos angeles. fundg was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe vermont, and honolu. the newman's own foundation and the john d. and catherine macarthur foundaon. >> america takes the lead on climat chan, but isarack oba's historic nsensus the al deal? >> ultimately, we have a choice -- we can either shape our future or we can let events shake it for us. >> a trees i view from ghana, where the rich areturning cash into fores of the future. if one week aft u.s. forces withdra at least 40 people are killed in a serieof plosions

in iraq. welcome to bbc worl news, broadcast on pbs in americand also all around e globe. cing up lar, a tibute to a soldier who died in the linef duty. a speci report on a trooper's last operation in ghanistan. all aboard the science express -- rmany sets out to train a new genation of scientists. >> it is by no means a final deal on climate change, but th nobody really eected that. president obama descris the new agreement fromthe world's chest nations, the g-,s a historic consensus. certaiy, the world's major economiehavetaken a major stde. the industrial water -- t industriized world and the

growing economies l by cina and india have agreed to restrict emissions. it's a snal of ient, but progress frohere will not be easy. we have this rort from the suit in aly. >> even getting them all lined up for the exnded family photo prove problemati the e that were all waiting fo barack obama. debt -- judging by the good natu of the applaus he's evernes favorite leader, but even obama was not ale to bridge the gap tween the g-8 elite and other emerng economies when it ca to climate chan. >> i and e first one to acknowledge thprogresson this issuwill not be easy. i think one o the ings we will havto do is fight the tptation toward cynici. >> what reaprogress has the summit made on climate change? he was bro aproval to eliminate the rise and a global

temperatures to no more than 2 degrees celsius. but when it came to cutti the rich countries emissions by 8% by 2050 and get everyone else to t to 50%, there was no global consensus. the emerging giants of india, china, and bzil rejected the new targets too far off and ey complained it would unfairly squze their growing econies. even some 8 mmbers like cada and russia sounded ncertain. in a har rebuke, theu.s. secretary neral to dismiss the deal as a wasted opportunity. the taets, he said were just not ambitiousnough. >> the policies they have stated so far is not enough. is not sufficie enoh to meet the targets. this is politicay and more -- a politically d morally imperate a responsibility for the leaders. >> every year a breakthugh on

climate chae as promised, but when you look at the detail, it's not clear how inclusive o binding the als are. if the with an importantlimate ange conference swimminand president obama incharge in the ited states, it feels as thoughhe new political will -- there is new political will to t something concte agreed. f formal dinner hosted the italianresident and a host of new guests. afrin leaders, cluding libya, representg thefrican unio poised for tomorrow's sessn is voted to aid and fo security. it'another chance for esidentbama to show his emergence on the world stage can make a difference. >> a key issue in thdebate on climate change is the fate of tropical rain fests. it is estimate deforestation pruces one fifth ofll eenhouse gas emissions. loggg goes on.

donna f example has lost most of its forests. -- ghana for example has lost half of s forests. weave this exclusive report. >> a unique view fr a tree th is about to be felled. in the heart of te forest, oggers are showered with sawdust. this felling eration is legally, but many are beyond the law and ghana hasow lost most of its forests. so another massive tree taken away to be us for timber. this process is ging on not just in gha, but tropical rain forts are on the world. defestationontributes one fih of all greenhouseases.

in this poor coury, the question is how to stop i >> ghana needs the trees. ghan needs the money. the environment must be kept inta. here is one possible solution -- in what used to be fores, new treesre being planted. 1 million so far. they should ke money by absorbing carbon diide. >> those seedlings will be growinvery rapidly and contain vast amoun of carbon dioxide locked up into the wood of the tree. there a huge market of individuals and companies wh will pay for ts project to be implemented by buying carbon credits. >> so how was this: to work? take my journey here. it has made me responsiblefor about one and half tons carbon dioxide int from the airplane. i can offset that by paying this project which is planting these

ees. take this one. it will grow over the next 8-10 years and absorb my one and half tons ofarbon dioxide. it's very small start, but it cod bevery big business. i e aim, if you can picture it, is for e biggest polluters thsands of miles away the developed world to he pay f the forest tree is a controversy all idea. as the sdlings are prepare environmental groups are critical. th say that richountries should cut pollution themselves. >> it is fundamenllyrong for developed countries and thei consumers to shift the responsibily of mitigating the effects of climate change to developing couries. >> all the time, the loing goes on. it is more ghtly controlled here than awhere else in africa,ut is hazardous work.

and the is one major worry -- can e planting ever be faster than the fellg? >> one smalaustralian town is king a step to save the environmt by bannin bottled ter. 350 residents of a small to in new south wales votedor the change. the alternative is specially design, reuble waters that are refillable from water fotains in the town's in street. chinese state mia is reportg more than 300 peoe injed and 10,000 homes collapd by an earthquake. this happened i the southwest china. ndreds of police andelief material are said to on the way to the area. soh korea is undergoing a third wave osuspected cyber attacks,aralyzing several

majoweb sites. the targets se to ilude one of the country's biggest banks, a leadi national newspaper, and south rean spy agency. some reports suggest north rean involvement. iranian police ha broken up demonstratns in the capital andeveral major provincl cities. they wer the bigges in 11 da, defyg a government waings that street protests would be crushed. eyewitnesses report police firingeargas as ey chanted the name of the defeated presidential candate, mir hoein mousavi. iraq has just se its worst day of violence since american forces withdrew forces over a week ago. two attacks inhe north claimed least 34 liveand in baghdad, two bombs and a market killed nin we ve this report fromhe capital. >> double suicide bombing in northern iraq.

e two blasts came within ments of each other,he first attacker targetg an official in the local serity services, kiing him and membs of his family. then, as people rushed in t help, the second bomber ew himself up, killing many bystanders --illing many bystanders and wounding re. one ur ler and hundreds of kilometers to the soh in a poorhiite area of baghdad, two bombs exploded in a crded market. not suice attacks, but the resus for the same. more dead a more wounded. muchf the violence in recent weeks has been in the northf the cntry, centered on the city of msul. two recent car bbings claimed at least 14 lives. but the bombings and ootings have not en confined to mosul. there were violent incents across the cntry, bringing the ath toll to well over 40. at the end of last month, u.s.

forces cpleted a gradual process of thdrawal from the streets of iraq amid much celebrion. the americans areiming for a fullilitary departure from iraq by the end 2011. last week's cereny marked the first steps along that rd. but today's bombings will inevitably raise t question of was the llback premature? what apars to be happening now is thatnsurgents, those who nt to derail the hand over process fm u.s. forc to iraqis, seemed toe testing the ground, seen how capab the iraqis are of maintaing security on eir own. >> at least 25 people, including 13 primary school children have beenkilled in an explosion in centl afghanistan. a truck overturned a road and thenlew ups authoritiesry to remove it. afghan police say the explosions

may have been destined to be in annsurgent attacks. pieces of the vehicle were found more than a kilometeand a half away. 24 hours a, we broht you dmatic imagesf british fiters in afghanistan. the british death toll in afghanistan isow 176. the latest casualty was a 20- year-old trooper in the lig dragos. he had hoped to represent britain in the olympics. our correspondt was patr withhis battle group servant -- shortly fore he died. >> this is some of the most intense fighting ever experienced by british troops here. they have battlethe taliban for yrs and still ey keep coming. many soldiers have been wounded anif you have pid the

ultima price. this trooper othe rht, we met hiand his mates on the front line he was killed tw dys ago. hewas the victim of a roadside bomb. they are the eatestanger facing u.k. troops re. ery soldier fears wh may l in the ground beneath. now, there are questions of whether they're bei well protected. british troops could undoubtedly benefit from the extra resources. this current mpaign hs stretched th military an reserves he had to be called ain. but the truth is the u.k. on a town can never win the battl here. it will take injections of thousan of extra forces and have already arrived the shapef u.s. marines.

the question is whether the combined fort will make a difference. ts has alreadybeen a grueling few weeks. evy step, every joury runs e risk of death from rdside bombs. a vehicle damaged in an explosion is removed from the front lines. the british amy and its men are beingested to the limits. >> staywith us if u can. coming up, 150 years i jail, no probl says americans --says amica's biggest fraudster. first, the city of urumqi is still ten and divided afte dayof ethnic unrest. chine security foes are patrollinghe streets in huge numbers to prent moreiolence betwn the muslim uighurs and

the h chinese. a spokespers says cna has oved that me of those involved in the unrest hadinks to al qaa and other militant groups. >> have come poess a great deal of evidence proving ese people receive training from foreign terrorist groups, includg al qaeda and are inextricably linked with vicis rces from abroad. inhis spect, weontinue to urge relevan nations to strengthen cooperation and maintain peace together and safegua china's possibility anpeace. >> that was china's the foreign ministry. we have one of the fw foreign journasts in the city of urumqi and he sent us this upte. >> here on e han chinese side of town, people have welmed the troops these men are marching throh with a banner thanking security orces for bringing pea. they're briing supplies of fresh water and the troops he lined up alo th streets here.

yocan see them on all sides, even if we turn aund, you can see th at the end of the street. as they're walking past, the troops are thanking them and giving rounds of alause. just over there is the uighur neighborhood and it's an entirely difrent matter there. people s they don't feel safe anare worried about the curity forces and the threat from vigilante groups of han chinese. >>china's reign ministry says they havevidence that's fo rio tinto employees under rest thei did steal ate secret. one is an australian national. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines -- at the eight meeting, presint barack obama has- at the g-8 meeting, barack obama has s a limit

a tender f a global warming. iraqas suffered its mo dangerous day since arican forces withdr last week. more than 40 have been killed in suicide attacks. bernard madoff will not be appealing against last week's 150-year sentence for the biggest individual fraud in u.s. histy. our north amerin business correspondent habeen speaking to the disgraced fince year's wyer. he asked h to dcribe his client's cuent state of mind. >> i think he has accepted his fate. he is deepl sorry and regrets what he did. he said that on two occasion once when he pleaded guilty and another at sentencing. he is ashamed. henderstands the consequences of hiscts. >> he is a universally vified person. how does he hand that? >> i want to get into how he

handles it emotionay or mentally. suffice it to sayehas said on sevel occasio that gives his deepest apologies and regrets. he g into a tuation he could not get out of. >> if he genuily sorry or just sorry he gocaught? >> you have tonderstand tha he confess. >> but he confessed because he kn it was goi to come to light. some people to g on an airpne and skip off to a country that es not have extradition treaties with e u.s. he chose not to do that he confessed to his sons, knowing they would do the right thing and go to the authorities. if you are crect, and i don't think you are incorrec that this was unwinding, he had every reas and all t abity to get out of the country with mone and he chose not to do that.

his apoly and shame israel -- his apolo and shame is real. he confesd to his sons and t fbi. >> investigators are scang down the seah forlight recorders from the r france plane that crashed into the atlantic oveone month ag killing everyone on board. even the french navy submarines ve not bee able to detect signa from the black boxes. the cause othe crash may never be established. the form u.n. secretary general has gen the internatnal criminal court a sealed list of kenyan leade suspted of ohestrating violen in that country in 2007. more than 1000 kenyans were killed in clashes between supporters of the two main presidtial candidates. internatnal consvation groups say rhinoces' poaching in afri is at its highest level in 15 years. the rhino populations are seriously thatened.

at least 1 rhis were illegay killed in sth africa a zimbabwe last year. th british press has reputation fo bng one of the toughest inhe world, the most irresponsie, some would say. if but how f do you go to get a story? if that's the big question in london since allegations have surfaced that thousds of celebrities and politians had their phone numbers ad sell funds cked into illegally by private detectives working fo a sunday tabloid. we have this report. >>the allegatis are striking. according tothe guardian" the "newof the world" tried to hack into the numbersnd answering machines of thousands ofcelebrities and politicians. when news came to ght, over 1 million pounds were paid to keep this for a quiet. in 2007, the royal editor was found guilty at the old bailey of hacking into voimail for

using th man. it's now earhat he is found evidence the paper's potential targets ran into ndreds. this evening, scotland ya sai the investigion had run its course a it would not rpen it. >> our inquiry says that in the vast majority of papers that there was insufficient evidence to show tapping had actually been achieved. >> by contrast, the director of public prosecutions said he would look back urgently at the case file to make sure all aropriate action had been taken. tonight, the repoer who wrote the story in the guaian -- in "the guardian" sa the scale of the oeration was huge. >> spoke to he senior person at scotland yard early on an asked if it's true the phone hking goes bond targets mentioned in the trial. he sd thousands. thousands of people having their phones tapped. >> we track down someone who did

investigations for "the news of the world" for 20 yes before lling out wi them. he said the legal techniques were commonplace. >> th's how you dyour job. ke a mhanic uses banners. people watchhe phones and listen to the messages. >> what they did w caught people's mobile phones when they knew they were off or not be answered. they would then hackednto the voiceml using a pin code. how d they know what the code was? most pple don't bother change the number from the o set by e mobile phone provider. it seemshat the culte of the newsroom at "the news of the world" w let's get a private investigator a listen to his phone anvoice mail a see whate can get. fisng expeditions of no public

interest. we know th "the news of the world" targeted the royals. but whether the deputy prime minister was also a target is a mystery. the "guardian" insists at he was. scotland yd says there was no evidence hishone was tapped. "the news of the wor" says its journalists he operated within the lawsoto the editor waconvicted. but it statement said noing abt whher before that it had indeed targeted the icemail of thousands of pple. >> fewer andewer studentsare interestedn sdying science atniversity. it's a problem fing countries across rope. but thermans have comup with an unusu way to hk a new genation. ey're using a train and caing ithe "science expressed." >> attention please, attention please. the traistanding on a platrm eight is thescience express.

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it is hoping the call the sciencexpress" will keep at the cutting edge of scien and technology. >> the giant panda, the youngt of the giant pandas at the national zoo in waington dc turned four on thursday. a special cake was made for him. his bir was shown live on live fo years o. it is a special cake me of water,amboo and beets. he took an apple unlesthe rest for late >>bc world news was presented by kcet in los anges. funding was de possible by the freeman foundation of new yo, stowe vermont,nd honolulu. the wman's own foundation a the john d. and therine t. macartr foundation. macartr foundation.

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