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>> here's a man who campaigned for democracy in china and the authorities put him in jail. now, he has one the nobel peace prize and involved in the protests in 1989 and thorn in the side of the chinese government ever since. president obama called for his release but china called the award today an obscenity. we'll have the report from you from our correspond ept in a second. we'll move on to another one of our stories. it's so close, they can hear it. they are talking about the drill known as plan b. after 64 days underground, escape is finally approaching for the 33 chilean miners.

rescuers drilling down to them are hours away we understand from a breakthrough but engineers will need to assess how stable the shaft is before they could be raced to the surface. our report from chile. >> going down, one final push in the first rescue shot reaches the miners. but the closer it gets, the more gently the drill now needs to go. >> when you are dealing with that, and you go -- after you have the rock, you go to them. but it can be complicated. it will be very complicated. and you move the who hole. so we have to be careful not to do it so strongly and in a controlled way. >> this is how things should now proceed at the mine, 64 days after the expirealing access

shaft collapsed. the second one, plan b, is now in full position and expected to reach the trapped men within the next few hours. engineers will inspect the entire length of the shaft by video. rescuers are planning to line the first part of it with steal tubing because the rock is weaker and might collapse. if that's all the reinforcing, the rescue to start in two or three days. if they need to line more of the shaft, it could take up to 10 days to start bringing the men up. above the hole, a crane is poised to start hauling the miners up and they will be protected inside one of these escape pods nicknamed the phoenix, their health monitored closely. >> some of them have a high rate, so we have to prepare them. also we have to give them a special food, medication and

vitamins in order to prepare them for the final operation. >> after so long without sunlight, the miners will be given special glasses to protect their eyes. we may be up the hillside but off the past two months, small town has built up here. relatives of the trapped miners in their tents and cabins and children have a school to go to, hospitals, clinics and the rescue workers themselves and now half the world's media drawn here by this extraordinary tale of survival. for the families, the struggle now is to stay patient. >> we are a bit nervous he says and we are finding ways to stay calm. i'm trying to stay still. >> 700 meters down the men are

busy, clearing rubble and making sure they stay slim to fit through the narrow rescue tunnel when there is freedom. at the mine in chile. >> returning to our main news this hour here on bbc world news, that award that was given out on friday morning from the nobel peace prize key given to liuxiaobo. he has been locked up in a chinese prison. the government here says he is a subversive criminal, a threat to the state. but to his supporters, he's a brave advocate for democracy and human rights. today, he has been honored with the greatest recognition of his work, the n omp bel peace prize. for over two decades, liu xiaobo

has been a strong supposeman for the application of human rights in china. >> born in 1955, liu xiaobo was an academic who became an activist during the 1989 protests. he was jailed for nearly two years on charges of counterrevolution. after his release, he continued to call for greater human rights. two years ago, he helped draft charter 8, a manifesto that demands peaceful change in china, he was arrested and jailed again, this time for 11 years. the bbc spoke to liu xiaobo before he was detained and explained the motivation for his struggle. >> in china, i just want to be an honest and dignified intellectual writer. if you try to do that, you will

clash with the political system in this country. >> this was the scene outside the house where his wife still lives where the results were announced. the police are straining to keep control. she wasn't allowed out to speak to me, but a family friend passed on this message. >> great encouragement for the people who are pursuing freedom, constitution and democracy and rule of law. >> this is what the peace prize does, it draws the attention of the world to the plight of liu xiaobo and that will make the chinese authorities pretty june comfortable. president obama himself, a former winner, called on the release of sha bow quickly. -- liu xiaobo quickly, but china shows no bowing to the pressure. >> this is bleak news for american workers and white house. u.s. economy has lost another

95,000 jobs in the month of september and the june employment rate remains june changed, 9.6%. we have reports from north korea. >> president obama visiting a small family business in maryland. he needed some good news about the way he is building up the economy, but at this bricks and mortar factory, he struggled to be upbeat about jobs. >> we have to do everything we can to accelerate this recovery. yes, the trend line in private sector job growth is moving in the right direction. but i'm not interested in trends or figures as much as i am interested in the people behind them. >> but while 64,000 people were hired by private companies in september, major cuts in government jobs of 159,000 employees meant overall payrolls in america fell by 95,000 last

month, worst than expected. u.s. economy emerged from the recession more than a year ago, but the recovery has been sluggish. >> i think this is going to be a half speed recovery. it can continue for a while, but even if it continues, we are looking at five years before we get back down to a normal 6% june employment rate, much less down to the 4.4% we had back in 2007. >> it is an emotional experience. a citizen who moved to virginia two years ago has been looking for a job for a year. >> came here, had a job and got laid off and i started job fishing about a year ago. and doing a lot of temporary gigs to earn money. >> september's less than rows yes job report will do little to help democrats win. this is the last peace of

important data before voting in november. after the midterm elections, it could take years to bring america's high june employment rate. >> at least seven people are now understood to have died in a toxic leak in hungary. 150 people were injured as a result of the spill. the risk of an environmental catastrophe has decreased after levels of pollution in the danube fell. dumping and kennedy reports. >> one of europe's biggest environmental clean yups is under way, a toxic slur yes that claimed lives, devoured houses and left a toxic footprint. thousands of soldiers, police and volunteers have been trying to soak up the pollution before it reaches the danube. this is the home of a red and

brown landscape of poisonous sludge. it's finished, she says. clara took me to the back of her garden, mud choking everything where life had once flourished. she knows she cannot stay. the scale of the disaster is still being calculated, but it's thought 180 million gallons of the sludge escaped almost as much as the oil in the gulf of mexico. it covered an area of 16 square miles in size and claimed seven lives now and injured 150 people. as to the chemical composition of the sludge, nearly half is made up of iron oxide. 15% is another oxide which can cause cancer when tested on animals and another can cause lung diseases and cancer.

all around these areas, you can see how the ground is red rough colored from the contamination. just here is a dead fish, so toxic is this water. and the authorities simply don't know when all this can be cleaned up. the small rivers that feed the danube continue to be tested, some every hour. buckets scooped up and checked for their alalkaline levels. of the hundred deparian government confirmed that the danube had been spared the worst of the pollution. the full horror of this spillage could be seen. it's now a place where the dogs are desperate enough to fake their first in the slurry and the people are trying to comprehend why their lives are

encased in the toxins of industrial waste. >> you are watching "bbc world news." still to come, a scott issue welcome for donald trump as aberdeen awards him an honor area degree. now after a storm of bad publicity before the opening, it has been a full week of full competition. we have this assessment. >> a favorite to win the gold medal and everyone solidly behind him. but it's not quite the sellout crowd. the action is heating up in the boxing ring and they are cheering for the home favorite. but even here where you would expect a full house, there are still empty seats because it

appears ms. management by the organizers. outside the stadium, people are being turned away. some are luck yes. many others aren't. >> i have not been able to get in here because i have been here for the last 45 minutes. no tickets. i saw it was all empty. >> everybody come out. no problem. tickets are not there. >> the first day of competition on moaned, top athletes performing in front of empty stands most choosing to stay away. if it is completed hours ahead of the first race. on wednesday, england and

australia were laid low with the tummy bug. tests were performed to see if the water was safe. the crowds are extreming in. seems there is action with gold medals up to grabs. >> this is "bbc world news." top stories for you, china has protested to norway about its decision to award nobel peace prize to liu xiaobo. chill hey's rescue minister said they should reach them within the next 24 hours. here's the fifth top official to resign from the obama administration within a matter of weeks. u.s. national security adviser james jones is stepping down. the announcement was no surprise

but it looks bad for president obama to be losing so many senior figures so quickly. from washington, adam brooks reports. >> this is a retirement rather than a resignation. we are told that the big white house reshuffle in 2010 continued today. the national security adviser, james jones, is leaving his post. >> jim, like your father and uncle and generations of joneses that served before you, you completed this assignment knowing your country is safer and stronger. i thank you and the american people thank you. >> james jones was central to the big foreign policy enterprises of the obama administration, the drawdown in iraq and build yup in afghanistan and reinvent america's national reputation. >> i believe where we are today in the global playing field and how the united states is held in

the esteem of the rest of the world is an accomplishment that i find astonishing in such a short period of time and mr. president, we owe this to your leadership and i thank you for letting me a part of it. >> the word is that the former marine general never really clicked with the polished politicos that surrounded the president. he referred to them as the water bugs. >> the work you have done has enabled to do other things. taking his place, don inch lon, no military back grouped and close relationship with the president. general jones is far from the first heavy weight of the obama administration to lead. the budget director has gone and senior economic adviser, chief of staff, rahm emanuel left last week and robert gates is due to go next year. these white house jobs are

grueling. turn over is to be expected and the obama administration will take on a new look in the coming here. but if this continues, well, the obama administration runs the risk that it looks like it is starting to weaken and the president who is struggling to get his message on the economy and the war in america will want to avoid this at all costs. >> a meeting of foreign ministers from the arab league has agreed talks with israel cannot continue while israel builds on jewish settlements in palestinian land. after hearing from the palestinian president, they were trying to put pressure on israel to extend the settlement freeze and save the talks. we have reports. >> putting a brave face on things, according to some reports, abass is at the end and

is ready to walk out not only on the peace talks but on the palestinian leadership as well. the shoe of renewed building in jewish settlements on palestinian land has threatend to derail the negotiations nearly a month after they began. israel hasn't given into international pressure to extend the moratorium on new construction but will want to continue talking to mr. abbas. but they reiterated their position. the palestinian president came here to libya to address fellow arab leaders seeking their support over the stalled peace talks and supporting his stance that while building continues in the settlements, the negotiations cannot resume. after they came to this meeting in the libian town to hear from mr. abbas, they were hardly in a positive mood. >> we are studying all the

conditions and they're all negative. whether they are suspended or not, the arabs cannot september the negotiations. it will be very harmful if we accepted it. >> again such a fragile background, george mitchell was busy talking to arab leaders. fearful they would back a tough palestinian stance and bring a formal end to negotiations with israel. >> we are determined to continue and we are continuing our efforts to find common ground between the parties. >> a frustrated president abbas urged the prime ministers to support his position saying it would review the situation. the arab league key blamed israel for the impasse with no direct talks scheduled between the two sides, the statement said it was still time for the united states in particular to bring pressure to bear on the

israelis. >> the new cunard liner has arrived in her port. the ship cost $600 million and built in italy and undergoing final preparations before the official naming ceremony by the queen on moaned. >> an hour before dawn we met queen aliz egget nudging through the night, heading into her home port for the first time. as it got lighter, the first small boats appeared to escort the ship in. on board, breakfast was served for the 100 contractors still working on the ship. >> i'm here to make my parents proud and please the company. i couldn't ask for a better opportunity to be here. >> then the traditional welcome.

on board another cruise ship, the flags were flying. >> and this is a great historic occasion for cunard shipping lines and for the u.k. >> the ship's art styling goes back to the original ship. this is the top end of the crews line. >> it has -- cruise line. >> we felt there was only one line for this ship and that is queen elizabeth. >> a few last minute jobs are still being done. most of the crew transferred from cunard's other ships and this will be the last brand new ship for the u.k. market for several years to come. >> donald trump for president? the american tycoon says he has

yet to decide if he will run for the white house in two year s' time. he was in scotland today to receive a degree from the robert gordon university, controversial, yes, but as the report indicates, he only interested a handful of protestors. >> there were few signs that his security would be at risk. he arrived with barely a murmur of protest and would leave as a doctor. he was awarded the degree for his business knowledge and golf development. last week, one former principal handed his back in protest. the university knew the awards would be controversial. >> you can't not do things because they are controversial. one of the advances that people are doing significant things in almost every major advance.

>> hitting bals overhear. >> mr. trump has been overseeing work over his golf course development near aberdeen which he says will be the greatest in the world but it could mean homeowners being forced off the land. >> we want to get the message across donald trump has destroyed our protected environment and trying to throw people out of their home, an 86-year-old woman and we are trying to inform the public. >> i heard there was going to be a big protest and nobody showed up and one at my airplane and nobody showed up. >> one local businessman took shoe. >> if he brings it out to aberdeen, it will be for economic benefits. >> i don't see it that way. >> donald trump could be looking for more support in years to

come. he has hinted he could run for president of the united states. >> there has been a lot of talk me running and a lot of people want me to run and i guess it was very favorable based on all the questions i have been getting, but i have not decided. >> he may be june decided but some have made up their minds about him. >> the development, it would be good for the area. >> his ideas -- i don't see anything negative thing coming out of what he is bringing to the city. >> some protestors did make their point, but doctor donald regarded this as one of the better days on planet trump. >> time to recap our top story for you, china has condemned the decision to award the peace prize to liu xiaobo. they summoned the norwegian

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