:00:11. > :00:16.More than 40 dead as a suicide bomber attacks a mosque at the
:00:16. > :00:19.start of the Eid holiday. Syria's ceasefire under strain amid
:00:19. > :00:24.protests in major cities and reports of fierce clashes in the
:00:24. > :00:30.North. Belgian police confirm a British oil executive has been shot
:00:30. > :00:38.dead in Brussels in an assassination-style killing.
:00:38. > :00:40.Welcome to BBC World News. Also in this programme: Relatives of the
:00:40. > :00:50.Pakistani schoolgirl, Malala Yousufzai, have visited her in
:00:50. > :00:50.
:00:50. > :00:55.hospital here in the UK. She got the right treatment at the right
:00:55. > :01:05.place at the right time. Under pressure from shareholders. The
:01:05. > :01:17.
:01:17. > :01:23.In Afghanistan, a suicide bomber has killed at least 41 people
:01:23. > :01:26.outside a mosque in the northern province of Faryab. Dozens of other
:01:26. > :01:29.people were injured in the attack, which happened as people were
:01:29. > :01:32.gathering at the mosque in Maymana to celebrate the holiday of Eid al-
:01:32. > :01:35.Adha. Top provincial officials were reported to be inside the building
:01:35. > :01:40.when the bomber set off his explosives outside but were not
:01:40. > :01:42.among those hurt. In his Eid address to the nation, Afghan
:01:42. > :01:49.President Hamid Karzai urged Taliban insurgents to stop killing
:01:49. > :01:58.other Afghans. Our correspondent in Kabul gave us more details on the
:01:58. > :02:03.attack. There are some reports the suicide attacker was wearing a
:02:03. > :02:08.police uniform. The serious question for the Afghan national
:02:08. > :02:14.security forces remain, by did he manage to breach several layers of
:02:14. > :02:21.security? The mosque is only 50 metres away from the provincial
:02:21. > :02:26.governors and -- office. It is a well-known mosque. In the last hour
:02:26. > :02:31.or so, we have been told that 14 civilians were among 41 people
:02:31. > :02:36.killed as a result of the attack and more than 50 were injured, some
:02:36. > :02:46.of them in very critical conditions. What of the senior figures who were
:02:46. > :02:50.
:02:51. > :02:54.there? Was anyone hurt? According to the deputy provincial governor,
:02:54. > :03:00.people were inside the mosque distributing money to the poor and
:03:00. > :03:05.needy when the attack took place. He thinks the target was the police
:03:05. > :03:09.chief of the province or any other senior official. He was also making
:03:09. > :03:16.it very clear it was very difficult to set each and every person.
:03:16. > :03:21.According to him, more than 500 people attended prayers in this
:03:21. > :03:25.specific mosque. He did not hide the fact there was a serious
:03:25. > :03:30.security breach. He said there was a lot of intelligence the day
:03:30. > :03:35.before suggesting insurgents wanted to carry out an attack like this.
:03:35. > :03:39.An investigation will find out more about all of those details. Despite
:03:39. > :03:42.the start of a ceasefire in Syria today, there are reports of clashes
:03:42. > :03:49.around a military base in the north. It is the first major violation of
:03:49. > :03:52.the ceasefire which was agreed over the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.
:03:52. > :03:58.Anti-regime protests have also taken place in a number of towns
:03:58. > :04:00.and cities, including the province of Deraa. It is believed that three
:04:00. > :04:06.people were injured as police fired live rounds to disperse
:04:06. > :04:14.demonstrators. James Reynolds is on the Turkey-Syria border. I asked
:04:14. > :04:19.him the scale of the demonstrations. At the moment, we have not been
:04:19. > :04:23.given precise figures. If people out demonstrating, they're wanting
:04:23. > :04:30.to test out the ceasefire to see if it is more peaceful to make their
:04:30. > :04:36.demands heard. We have heard about clashes in a tan in the north of
:04:36. > :04:41.Syria along the Aleppo to Damascus highway. That is important. One
:04:41. > :04:46.report from Damascus suggests that three of four people may have been
:04:46. > :04:52.killed by a tank or sniper fire. We have been on the border for about
:04:52. > :04:58.15 minutes. We have heard a number of scattered explosions and the
:04:58. > :05:03.echo of automatic fire across the valley here. We are about two or
:05:03. > :05:09.three miles into Syria. Even in Turkey, we can hear the sound of
:05:09. > :05:13.war inside Syria. It is very difficult to know what impact that
:05:13. > :05:19.might have on a ceasefire, given the disparate nature of so many of
:05:19. > :05:23.these rebel groups anyway. Yes. I think it is almost very difficult
:05:23. > :05:29.to call it a ceasefire at the moment - perhaps a promised
:05:29. > :05:32.ceasefire would be more accurate. The Syrian Embassy has said it will
:05:33. > :05:38.obey the truce but many think it will be hard for it to take place.
:05:38. > :05:42.It says it will respond if there are any attacks. The rebels do not
:05:42. > :05:48.have a unified single chain of command. Not when Commander says
:05:48. > :05:58.stop fighting and they put down their weapons. -- one commander. It
:05:58. > :06:09.
:06:09. > :06:13.is much more complicated than that. There soon will be only two women
:06:13. > :06:16.running companies in the FT-SE 100. The chief executive of Anglo
:06:16. > :06:19.American, Cynthia Carroll, has stepped down. She has been boss of
:06:19. > :06:22.the one of the world's biggest mining firms for more than five
:06:22. > :06:24.years. But, in recent months, Ms Carroll has come under pressure
:06:24. > :06:27.from investors over the poor performance of the company's shares.
:06:27. > :06:30.Since she took over, Anglo shares have lost a third of their value.
:06:30. > :06:32.Some analysts have criticised the firm for being too dependent on
:06:32. > :06:36.South Africa where recent strikes have hampered production. Paul
:06:36. > :06:46.Renken is a mining analyst for VSA Capital. He explained what big
:06:46. > :06:46.
:06:46. > :06:50.shareholders wanted from Ms Carroll. Heard doing a more -- hers doing
:06:50. > :06:55.more to deal transactions and leading to more had to the outside
:06:55. > :07:01.of South Africa, to avoid some of the things that have happened now.
:07:01. > :07:07.She went into Brazil and had a major project in Rio. She was doing
:07:07. > :07:11.that. She has been trying to get outside of South Africa. It comes
:07:12. > :07:17.down to the speed of the accomplishments. Perhaps the
:07:17. > :07:24.impression is that it was not fast enough given the macro economic
:07:24. > :07:30.environment. There was a lack of confidence in the share price.
:07:30. > :07:34.about what she has achieved? thing she stepped into when she
:07:34. > :07:42.came into the business is that the accident frequency within South
:07:42. > :07:47.Africa, among their minds, was almost twice what it is now. --
:07:47. > :07:51.mines. She has done a good job of reducing the number of accidents
:07:51. > :07:56.and fatalities in mines in South Africa. It was extremely important
:07:56. > :08:00.for them to have the solid footing they have in production rates in
:08:00. > :08:05.South Africa. It would have created some large problems for them at
:08:05. > :08:11.this point in time if they have not done that. Will President Obama get
:08:11. > :08:15.a last-minute boost to his re- election hopes this Friday? He has
:08:16. > :08:18.two more opportunities to do so. In a few hours time the US Department
:08:18. > :08:22.of Commerce releases its first estimate of economic growth for the
:08:22. > :08:25.three months to September. It is the last major reading on the US
:08:25. > :08:35.economy before the election on November 6th. Samira Hussain has
:08:35. > :08:37.
:08:37. > :08:44.In this factory in New Jersey, there is plenty of activity. We'd
:08:44. > :08:49.do everything from Cabinet treat to architectural pieces. Everything is
:08:49. > :08:54.done right here. Engineers make the designs and skilled workers create
:08:54. > :09:00.finished products. There is very little sawdust on the floor. Much
:09:00. > :09:07.of the work is done by machines. This is what modern woodworking
:09:08. > :09:13.looks like. Manufactures like this have shown surprising strength.
:09:13. > :09:18.have built on quality manufacturing. We have lost it in the past decade.
:09:18. > :09:23.Americans realise that loss is difficult to swallow. Everybody
:09:23. > :09:29.cannot make money in the service industry. Making things is what
:09:29. > :09:35.generates income for a nation. Making things is what pulled this
:09:35. > :09:40.country at of a recession. Exports are languishing and businesses are
:09:40. > :09:44.pulling back. Those factors will be reflected in Friday's GDP numbers.
:09:44. > :09:51.There are plenty of challenges ahead. The most likely outcome for
:09:51. > :09:57.the US economy is a continued sub par growth performance. There are
:09:57. > :10:00.plenty of risks and opportunities on the up and down sides.
:10:00. > :10:06.upside, recent housing numbers suggest the economy will show some
:10:06. > :10:10.strength but not enough to push the US beyond a lukewarm recovery. With
:10:10. > :10:14.the DU -- with the US jobs report due next week, they will be paying
:10:14. > :10:20.close attention to the last set of economic data. Despite the
:10:20. > :10:26.uncertainty ahead, this factory owner remains optimistic.
:10:26. > :10:30.Manufacturing will find a rebirth in America. President Obama hopes
:10:31. > :10:33.more American share that optimism when they go to the voting booth.
:10:33. > :10:36.quick look at some of the other business news. And Spain's
:10:36. > :10:39.unemployment rate hit yet another record high in the three months to
:10:39. > :10:48.September. The jobless rate rose to 25% from 24.6% in the second
:10:48. > :10:50.quarter. Analysts say labour reforms have made it easier to
:10:50. > :10:54.dismiss workers and a worsening recession has made jobs even more
:10:54. > :10:59.scarce. South Korean tech giant Samsung has posted record quarterly
:10:59. > :11:03.profits. Strong sales of Galaxy smart phones helped boost net
:11:03. > :11:08.profit to almost $6 billion in the July to September quarter. That is
:11:08. > :11:11.nearly double the same period last year. Research firm IDC estimates
:11:11. > :11:18.it sold 58 million smartphones in the three months to September -
:11:18. > :11:21.twice as many as US rival Apple. Apple made profits of $8.22 billion
:11:22. > :11:26.in the three months to September, up some 24% on the same period last
:11:26. > :11:29.year but less than analysts were hoping. Sales of the current iPad
:11:29. > :11:39.have been hit by consumers holding out for the new mini version, which
:11:39. > :11:45.
:11:45. > :11:55.Anglo American shares are really benefiting from the news of the
:11:55. > :12:01.
:12:01. > :12:05.stepping down of the chief Relatives of the Pakistani
:12:05. > :12:10.schoolgirl who were shot by the Taliban have been able to visit her
:12:10. > :12:15.in hospital in the UK. The 15-year- old were shot in the head earlier
:12:15. > :12:20.in the month. That was because of her campaigning for girls' rights
:12:20. > :12:28.to education. She is being treated in Birmingham because the care was
:12:28. > :12:35.not available in Pakistan. A short while ago, her father gave the
:12:35. > :12:42.response -- this response. doctor told you about her health.
:12:42. > :12:52.She is improving with encouraging speed. We are very happy. I will
:12:52. > :12:52.
:12:52. > :12:58.tell a few more things. When she fell, I mean, the person who
:12:59. > :13:08.attacked her wanted to kill her. She will rise again. She can stand
:13:09. > :13:09.
:13:09. > :13:18.now. When she fell, Pakistan's did. -- Pakistan's stood. This is a
:13:18. > :13:28.turning point. That is why I am thankful to all the people all over
:13:28. > :13:32.
:13:32. > :13:37.the world. Regardless of faith, creed, country, age, sex. Everyone
:13:37. > :13:44.across the world has condemned the attack in strong words and they
:13:44. > :13:51.have prayed for my daughter. relieved and very emotional father.
:13:51. > :13:57.Stay with us on BBC World news. Much more still to come. As we
:13:57. > :14:03.heard earlier, Spanish unemployment figures have just come out at 25% -
:14:03. > :14:09.just Ovett in fact. In some regions, it is as high as one in three
:14:09. > :14:18.people without a job. In one of the poorest regions, in the south-west,
:14:18. > :14:25.the situation is particularly bad. Very few people live in these flats.
:14:25. > :14:29.They are a product of the Spanish property boom. Others, on the same
:14:29. > :14:37.development, I'll call it off and empty. This was where they were
:14:37. > :14:42.going to build a school. -- are cornered off. This region is where
:14:42. > :14:48.the hangover from the Spanish construction bubble is being
:14:48. > :14:54.acutely felt. Take this come -- company. They employed 180 people
:14:54. > :14:58.five years ago. Now have 10 people work here. If the firm, which makes
:14:58. > :15:02.the metal foundations for buildings, fails to get another contract in
:15:02. > :15:07.the next few weeks, they will have to close. The Government has not
:15:07. > :15:13.just cut investment in building. This business receives public money
:15:14. > :15:20.to train the unemployed. In four years, the income from the regional
:15:20. > :15:25.government has dropped by half. The Government cuts are increasingly
:15:25. > :15:31.unpopular. They are hard felt in his region. One in four people in
:15:31. > :15:35.Spain are out of work. In this region, it is one in three. Because
:15:35. > :15:39.the public sector is so important for the economy, austerity and the
:15:39. > :15:49.cuts to government spending mean Iraq even fewer jobs and less money
:15:49. > :15:51.
:15:52. > :16:01.If Spain is to ask for a second bail-out, there will be more cuts
:16:02. > :16:02.
:16:02. > :16:06.on the way. And we have had the occasional rough landing and take-
:16:06. > :16:12.off in our times, but look at this. This is just frightening. It is a
:16:12. > :16:17.Russian aircraft taken -- taken off from the Siberian town. The runway
:16:17. > :16:20.is right on the banks of the victim river which has clearly spilled,
:16:20. > :16:30.and that is the mother as a result. The good news is it does actually
:16:30. > :16:31.
:16:31. > :16:34.get off safely -- and that is the mud all there. This is BBC World
:16:34. > :16:41.News. The headlines: In Afghanistan, 41 people have now died after a
:16:41. > :16:44.suicide bomb attack at a mosque in the northern province of Faryab. A
:16:44. > :16:51.ceasefire in Syria for the Muslim holiday of Eid, but there are
:16:51. > :16:56.already reports of protests and A British oil executive has been
:16:56. > :16:59.shot dead in Belgium in an assassination-style killing. It
:16:59. > :17:05.happened in Brussels two weeks ago but details are only just emerging
:17:05. > :17:09.now, because of a news blackout. The victim, Nicholas Mockford,
:17:09. > :17:11.worked for Exxon Mobil and he was shot as he left a restaurant with
:17:11. > :17:21.his wife. Police in Brussels say they initially thought the shooting
:17:21. > :17:29.
:17:29. > :17:33.was part of an attempted car- jacking.
:17:33. > :17:35.China is blocking a report from the New York Times which claims that
:17:35. > :17:38.Prime Minister Wen Jiabo's family amassed almost $3 billion since
:17:38. > :17:40.he's been in office. Meanwhile, disgraced politician Bo Xilai has
:17:40. > :17:43.been expelled from Parliament. He will now face criminal charges of
:17:43. > :17:46.corruption, abuse of power and perversion of justice in connection
:17:46. > :17:48.with his wife's murder of a British businessman. The BBC's Martin
:17:48. > :17:52.Patience reports from Beijing. He was one of China's most powerful
:17:52. > :17:59.and charismatic politicians, but now stripped of immunity from
:17:59. > :18:02.prosecution, he faces the prospect of jail. Chinese state TV announced
:18:02. > :18:07.he had been expelled from Parliament, paving the way for
:18:07. > :18:11.charges. It is a remarkable fall from grace for a man who had once
:18:11. > :18:19.been tipped as one of China's future leaders. The political
:18:19. > :18:24.scandal broke after the politicians police chief try to attack the
:18:24. > :18:31.consulates in February. It was said that his wife had murdered Neil
:18:31. > :18:36.Hayward, the British businessman. For once there was no word of Mr
:18:36. > :18:41.Bo's fate, but now he is likely to face several charges, including
:18:41. > :18:45.corruption. The Chinese premier has been outspoken on the issue. He has
:18:45. > :18:51.warned that corruption poses the greatest threat to the roar of the
:18:51. > :18:53.Communist Party. But the New York Times has alleged that the
:18:54. > :18:59.Premier's own relatives have amassed huge fortunes while he has
:18:59. > :19:02.been in power. The newspaper Web site is now blocked in China, but
:19:02. > :19:10.the allegations are likely to damage a leader who has cultivated
:19:10. > :19:13.an image as a man of the people. China will start installing new
:19:13. > :19:18.leaders in just two weeks. It was supposed to be a smooth process,
:19:18. > :19:28.but instead it has been marred by scandal and damaging revelations
:19:28. > :19:35.Two Iranian dissidents have won the prestigious Sakharov human rights
:19:35. > :19:38.prize which is awarded by the European Parliament. Film-maker
:19:38. > :19:40.Jafar Panahi, seen here, and lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh have been
:19:40. > :19:43.recognised for their work to promote human rights and democratic
:19:43. > :19:46.values. Sotoudeh is currently serving an 11-year sentence in Iran.
:19:46. > :19:56.Panahi is free but faces a six-year sentence and has been banned from
:19:56. > :20:02.making any more films. Bethany Bell joins me from Strasbourg in France.
:20:02. > :20:07.Bethany, what was the explanation and justification for awarded the
:20:07. > :20:10.prize to these two? -- awarding the prize. The President of the
:20:10. > :20:16.European Parliament said the decision to award the prize to
:20:16. > :20:23.these two people was a unanimous one. It has been seen very much as
:20:23. > :20:28.support for the fight for human rights in Iran. It was one lawyer
:20:28. > :20:34.who is in prison at the moment, and she represented opposition
:20:34. > :20:43.activists after the disputed 2009 presidential elections in Iran. And
:20:43. > :20:48.also to the film-maker. He won the Golden Camera in 1995 for his film
:20:48. > :20:54.the white Balloon. His films have given a humanistic portrayal of
:20:54. > :21:00.Iran. He is currently under house arrest and his latest film, a
:21:00. > :21:10.documentary he made in 2011, had to be smuggled out of Iran on a USP
:21:10. > :21:12.
:21:12. > :21:15.At least 20 people are now known to have been killed by Hurricane Sandy
:21:15. > :21:18.as it swept across the Caribbean. It's currently raging across the
:21:18. > :21:22.Bahamas and American forecasters are warning much of the US East
:21:22. > :21:27.Coast could soon be hit. Florida is already under a tropical storm
:21:27. > :21:31.warning. James Kelly has the latest. I'm joined here in the studio by
:21:31. > :21:35.the BBC's weather presenter, Sarah Keith-Lucas. We are told the
:21:35. > :21:39.Bahamas, it has certainly been on the rampaged they, how much to
:21:39. > :21:43.come? It is still a lingering around the Bahamas and it will
:21:43. > :21:47.bring torrential rain and the next 12 hours. It is weakening a little
:21:47. > :21:53.bit. It is not a category to Hurricane and it has been
:21:53. > :21:56.downgraded. But it will push very slowly northwards. It is slowing
:21:56. > :21:59.down and lingering around the Bahamas but over the next couple of
:21:59. > :22:04.days you can see the storm of moving in a northerly direction.
:22:04. > :22:08.Very strong winds struck -- swirling around. The eastern coast
:22:09. > :22:14.of Florida is next in the firing line, then through the Carolinas
:22:14. > :22:19.and into next week it has its eye on places like New York and Boston.
:22:19. > :22:23.We could see some very Severe weather as it bumps into cold air
:22:23. > :22:27.towards the north-east state. nice climax to the election
:22:27. > :22:31.campaign. That will not help to get the voters out. Give us an idea for
:22:32. > :22:37.this hurricane season, has it been average? It has actually been very
:22:37. > :22:44.active. Hurricane Sandeep is the 18th storm of the seasoned --
:22:44. > :22:47.hurricane that Sandy. The hurricane season runs right to the end of
:22:47. > :22:57.November, so it's likely the next five weeks we could see yet more
:22:57. > :22:59.
:22:59. > :23:01.tropical storms. We could get to the end of the alphabet.
:23:01. > :23:05.Archaeologists in Guatemala so they have found one of the oldest Mahan
:23:05. > :23:09.tombs ever discovered. It is said to be the tomb of a religious
:23:09. > :23:17.leader who lived 2000 years ago. Carbon-dating indicates the tomb
:23:17. > :23:21.was built between 407 hundred BBC - - BC. They are hoping that it will
:23:21. > :23:25.shed more light on the formative years of the culture. Experts say
:23:25. > :23:32.the rich array of jade articles in the tomb could also provide clues
:23:32. > :23:35.about production and trade patterns. A famous London landmark,
:23:35. > :23:38.commissioned by King Edward VII in memory of his mother Queen Victoria,
:23:38. > :23:41.has been sold off for just under $100 million. Developers are hoping
:23:41. > :23:47.to turn it into a luxury hotel. More from our reporter, Adam
:23:47. > :23:52.Fleming. If it is a royal occasion, it's got to be Admiralty Arch.
:23:52. > :23:55.Built a century ago to one of Queen Victoria it is also been the
:23:55. > :24:00.housing for the Navy's top brass, offices for civil servants and,
:24:00. > :24:05.briefly, a homeless shelter. Another government has sown the 99
:24:05. > :24:09.year lease to a property firm who will turn it into a high-end Hotel
:24:09. > :24:13.and Apartments. To mark the occasion we were given rare access.
:24:13. > :24:19.The view is stunning. Nelson, on one side, Buckingham Palace on the
:24:19. > :24:23.other. Inside, more Civil Service drabber than five-star luxury. Them
:24:23. > :24:26.new owners have had to satisfy English Heritage but they will look
:24:26. > :24:29.after it architecturally and the governed had to give the go-ahead
:24:29. > :24:34.in terms of security, and Buckingham Palace has had a say as
:24:34. > :24:37.well. So far, there is no planning permission or an opening date, but
:24:37. > :24:44.the deal is earning the government �60 million as they tried to reduce
:24:44. > :24:47.their property bill. The main purpose with reorganising the
:24:47. > :24:51.property is to get out of under- used properties. In Bristol we
:24:51. > :24:56.discovered that central government occupies 115 different buildings,
:24:56. > :25:00.which is insane. And they are throwing this in for free, a bronze
:25:00. > :25:08.nose stuck to a building by the artist, that the developers say
:25:08. > :25:13.they will keep. -- an artist. Breaking news coming from Delhi.
:25:13. > :25:16.This is from the AFP news agency, saying that the Indian foreign
:25:16. > :25:21.minister has resigned, according to senior government ministers. The
:25:21. > :25:26.foreign minister has resigned, said an official at the Ministry, and a
:25:26. > :25:35.scheduled visit to lay-offs has been cancelled. He was meant to
:25:35. > :25:41.accompany the Prime Minister. So it seems that India's foreign minister