What can we do for you . And now bbc world news. Lebanon stairs into the abyss. Fears that last fridays bombing will be the start of a new time of sectarian violence. Clashes on monday morning. Lebanese remember a civil war and fear history will repeat itself. Hello and welcome to gmt. Im George Alagiah with a world of news and opinion. From supporterst of vote bo xilai disposes exposes a rift that in the communist party. And daniel craig is back as james bond. Its midday in london, 2 00 in the afternoon in beirut, where the Lebanese Army says it is determined to restore order across the country. It follows clashes in parts of the capital and the northern part of tripoli in the wake of last weeks assassination of the country postintelligencer. The great fear is that the in syria is about to engulf 11 on. 11 on remembers a 15year civil war. Now this report from beirut. The heaviest clashes overnight or in the Northern City of tripoli. At least three people including two children reporte
On wine seriously, well hear later on the progress. The u. N. Secretary general is demanding an urgent investigation into an alleged chemical attack in syria. Ban kimoon said he wants full cooperation from the Syrian Government o to investigate an alleged chemical attack. Reporter new calls for military intervention. In france the foreign minister said the International Community must respond with force. Frances position is there must be a reaction. What does that mean, a reaction . Not sending troops on the ground, but a reaction. Not only International Condemnation but reaction that could take the shape of the use of force. Reporter but in the u. S. Views are less decisive. Military action is something that top u. S. Officials oppose. Joints chief of staff argue that the usa should not get involve. Its a view not seen by the most senior policy voices in the u. S. Congress. Senator john mccain said, if we continue to sit by passively while assad continues to use chemical weapons again
Calls for immediate access to the alleged site. Good morning, everyone. Good friday morning. It is the final trading day of the week. Ross is still out on vacation. He will be back with you next week. Meanwhile, lets come back to one of our top stories. Nasdaq ceo in his first comments after the glitch that halted trading for three hours on thursday is calling for Higher Standards for exchanges. He tells the wall street journal, our systems and the industries have to get to a higher level of robustness. The journal reports nasdaq officials internally pointed to a connectivity problem with competing Electronic Exchange as the trigger for the technical issue that forced the trading halt. Arkia wasnt named in the official statement and the they have declined comment. Nasdaq officials believe they should have been able to manage the connectivity problems. Reports say nasdaq was able to fichlt issue in 30 minutes but didnt restart trading for another two hours due to the need for testing an
Of tripoli this friday. One blast with outside a mosque as the prayers and appeared the other hit central tripoli according to witnesses. There are casualties. We will bring you more on this story as we get it. Chinese politician bo xilai, this is the second day of his corruption trial. Said he was framed in the bribery charges against him and admitted to them only under psychological pressure during interrogation. On thursday, he called one witness a mad dog and set this money from his wife was laughable. Joining me from paging is our correspondent rebecca hume. Just a mind is come up rebecca, what has been said in court today . Bo xilai has come out saying that he calls his wife insane. She said she often tells lies and that she has changed. He claims that she gave her testimony under pressure for the hope of a reduced sentence. We have to remember his wife is actually serving a lifetime in death on a suspended sentence for the murder of a businessman among neil heywood. She is under
Will be held responsible. The u. S. Under pressure to act in syria. Government forces attacked rebelheld positions near damascus this morning. This follows yesterdays alleged chemical weapons attack. Hosni mubarak who ruled egypt for 30 years is now expected to be released from prison any moment now. Bob filner reaches a deal to settle the Sexual Harassment suit against him. No word on whether it will result in resignation. We expect he will consider resigning for the good of san diego. And out of control wildfire threatening buildings near Yosemite National park. It is only 5 contained. Look at those flames. He said he didnt care if he dies, he dont have nothing to live for. Newly released 911 tapes revealing the harrowing moments in a school where a gunman threatens their safety. Were not going to hate you, baby. Its a good thing youre giving up. A big sinkhole is swallowing land, trees, anything in its path. An unexpected arrival. Huge army hover craft came as huge. Thats not the on