:00:14. > :00:17.This is BBC World News Today with Colonel Gaddafi insists he's not
:00:17. > :00:22.finished. In a radio address from a secret location, he urges the
:00:22. > :00:25.Libyan people to fight and purify Tripoli. Searching for Gaddafi we
:00:25. > :00:35.enter the heart of his command centre inside the dictator's former
:00:35. > :00:37.
:00:37. > :00:43.underground bunker. We believe that there are Colonel Gaddafi's troops
:00:43. > :00:45.just a little distance up this road. A diplomatic push to release Libyan
:00:45. > :00:48.assets as Italy frees $500 million worth for the National Transitional
:00:48. > :00:58.Council. We are highly active in seeking the unfreezing of Libyan
:00:58. > :00:59.
:00:59. > :01:07.state assets to assist with the immediate humanitarian situation. A
:01:07. > :01:12.bite out of Apple. Black -- what next after C Steve Jobs steps down?
:01:12. > :01:22.And the US east coast is preparing for the onslaught of Hurricane
:01:22. > :01:26.Irene. Colonel Gaddafi tells his people he
:01:26. > :01:33.is not finished yet. He has issued another verbal barrage from his
:01:33. > :01:43.hiding place, using a broadcast on a state-run TV network to urge his
:01:43. > :01:44.
:01:44. > :01:49.supporters to -- purifier Tripoli. Today in Tripoli, another
:01:49. > :01:54.surprising turn. An extraordinary moment in what has been an almost
:01:54. > :02:00.seven-month long battle to end Colonel Gaddafi's regime. Today, he
:02:00. > :02:05.made another audio message. From where, who can say? He sent a
:02:05. > :02:09.strong message urging his supporters to march on Tripoli, to
:02:09. > :02:15.purify the City of rebels he described as rats and unbelievers.
:02:15. > :02:22.Let's listen to a bit of what he had to say.
:02:22. > :02:26.TRANSLATION: Take to the streets and fight. The hour of martyrdom
:02:26. > :02:32.and victory has arrived. Advance everywhere until the enemy is
:02:32. > :02:37.defeated. Do not give a victory to the rats. Fight them, defeat them
:02:37. > :02:40.as soon as possible. You are the overwhelming majority. And the pass,
:02:41. > :02:50.you staged marches of millions. You should do the same now, but this
:02:50. > :02:53.time, you should be armed. The latest, said to be the words of
:02:53. > :02:59.Colonel Gaddafi, who, from the beginning, has about martyrdom or
:02:59. > :03:04.victory, but there would be no in- between for this leader who has
:03:04. > :03:08.dominated and personalised his country's Politics for a knee the
:03:08. > :03:13.42 years. The rebels continue to advance, but there are still
:03:13. > :03:18.pockets of fighting what they are taking on loyalists of Colonel
:03:18. > :03:27.Gaddafi. Let's take a look at where some of the strongest fighting is
:03:27. > :03:31.taking place. This is where the fighting. This is a picture --
:03:31. > :03:36.district of Tripoli. It lies on the main road towards the airport. The
:03:36. > :03:39.rebels have been pushing towards that area for a few days. It is the
:03:39. > :03:44.place of the notorious prison where some prisoners have already escaped
:03:44. > :03:49.and the rebels say they went to free all of them. There was also
:03:49. > :03:52.fighting around his former or compound around a cluster of
:03:52. > :03:58.apartment blocks where there was a report that actually Colonel
:03:58. > :04:03.Gaddafi and members of his family had actually taken refuge. And also,
:04:03. > :04:08.there was some fire fights around this hotel along the coast. These
:04:08. > :04:12.are pockets of resistance, showing that the city of Tripoli has not
:04:12. > :04:16.been completely won over by the rebels. But when you travel across
:04:16. > :04:20.the city, you realise that the rebels are in control of the vast
:04:20. > :04:25.majority. Checkpoint after checkpoint, some of them just
:04:25. > :04:32.concrete blocks, rebels with their T-shirts and hats waving victory
:04:32. > :04:37.signs. They are in charge across most of the city. When we went to
:04:38. > :04:45.the compound macro today, it is in rebel hands. I have this report now
:04:45. > :04:49.from my colleague. Descending into Colonel Gaddafi's
:04:49. > :04:54.underground fortress. A warren of tunnels which run for miles and
:04:54. > :05:01.could have been his escape route. Today, rebel fighters were taking
:05:01. > :05:09.the tour, seeing where his troops had been holed up. Abandoned in a
:05:09. > :05:13.corner, some of their supplies. This underground labyrinth, the
:05:13. > :05:18.secret world, was incredibly well constructed. The ceilings are very
:05:18. > :05:22.high, the ball -- walls of very soured. I have just found a phone
:05:22. > :05:27.which was used for internal communications. This is a motorised
:05:27. > :05:32.cart. It looks like a golf buggy. Who knows if the leader was
:05:32. > :05:36.transported through these tunnels in his cart. The Libyan leader
:05:36. > :05:41.thought he would not be disturbed cheer, behind these reinforced
:05:41. > :05:46.doors. But while he may have been able to flee into the shadows,
:05:46. > :05:52.above ground, others were cut down in the battle for Tripoli. At the
:05:52. > :05:57.edge of the conference today, we found bodies lying where they fell.
:05:57. > :06:02.We cannot say who killed them. But this man appears to have been
:06:02. > :06:07.executed. His hands were still do that -- was still bound. A short
:06:07. > :06:16.distance away, the rebels are hunting for a sniper's nest. At the
:06:16. > :06:26.head, a glimpse of a bigger threat. Could these be enemy troops? That
:06:26. > :06:31.
:06:31. > :06:40.was the answer. Soon, a full scale a street battle. The fighters were
:06:40. > :06:50.dangerously exposed. They brought out their improvised be Keegan's. -
:06:50. > :06:50.
:06:50. > :06:55.- guns and their rocket-propelled grenades.
:06:55. > :07:04.Another burst of gunfire. They believe there are Colonel Gaddafi's
:07:04. > :07:13.troops just a little distance at this road. We are about -- for
:07:13. > :07:18.about an hour, more came down. Eventually, we managed to get away.
:07:18. > :07:28.This was just one pocket of resistance. When knows how many
:07:28. > :07:29.
:07:29. > :07:35.more there may be? And how long it will take to three. Down the road,
:07:35. > :07:40.this man told us his entire family is trapped behind enemy lines. I am
:07:40. > :07:50.ready to die to get them out, he said. The rebels are tightening
:07:50. > :07:54.their grip year, but in the capital, things are still dangerous.
:07:54. > :07:58.Now that he is losing what had been an iron grip on this country,
:07:58. > :08:06.evidence is emerging of the abuses committed by his forces. He has
:08:06. > :08:12.been indicted for war -- war crimes. Today, my colleague visited a
:08:12. > :08:16.hospital in Tripoli and found evidence of just that.
:08:16. > :08:20.Outside this hospital, they are loading the remains of 17 men on to
:08:20. > :08:24.a track. The bodies were brought to yesterday and handed over to a
:08:24. > :08:30.shocked and horrified -- horrified staff. They think these men were
:08:30. > :08:33.picked at a buyer Colonel Gaddafi forces at checkpoints and taken to
:08:33. > :08:38.a schoolhouse near here which was being used as a temporary prison.
:08:38. > :08:42.They were then tortured and were executed. The stench here is
:08:42. > :08:47.appalling. I have been inside and I can tell you that one of the
:08:47. > :08:51.victims looks about 15 years old. This is the scene of a war crimes
:08:51. > :08:55.investigation. This doctor from Manchester who is volunteering in
:08:55. > :08:58.Libya is suddenly its chief investigator. We spent some time
:08:58. > :09:02.examining the bodies so that these things could be documented in case
:09:02. > :09:07.they needed to be a cent as evidence for the International
:09:07. > :09:12.Criminal Court. A lot of the injuries, about half of the 17th of
:09:12. > :09:17.-- bodies had bullet went to the back of the head. Many had injuries
:09:17. > :09:21.to the limbs and legs and hands that could not be explained. Inside
:09:21. > :09:25.the hospital, the wards are crowded with wanted rebels and civilians.
:09:25. > :09:31.Doctors say they have been overwhelmed by the fighting. In a
:09:31. > :09:38.corner of one ward, we meet this man. He is the only survivor of the
:09:38. > :09:43.school executions. TRANSLATION: He says they were tortured for days.
:09:43. > :09:49.You're in was poured over them. Finally, two nights ago, they were
:09:49. > :09:56.ordered outside. -- you rain. The men were made to kneel against a
:09:56. > :10:00.wall and then sprayed with machine- gun fire.
:10:00. > :10:06.If they to catch him alive, evidence will be crucial to a
:10:06. > :10:12.prosecution at the Hague. That is the situation in Tripoli.
:10:12. > :10:16.There has also been fighting today outside Tripoli in the most intense
:10:16. > :10:23.was in the city of Sirte which lies more than 400 kilometres from the
:10:23. > :10:27.capital. It is the tribal stronghold and the
:10:27. > :10:32.birthplace of Colonel Gaddafi. It is believed to be where his diehard
:10:32. > :10:35.loyalists have taken refuge. The rebels say they would like to
:10:35. > :10:43.negotiate a peaceful surrender of the Tang, but they say they are
:10:43. > :10:53.also ready for a fight. My colleague is travelling there.
:10:53. > :10:55.
:10:55. > :10:59.It is not over yet. Though the battlefield is shrinking. These
:11:00. > :11:06.rebels are pushing up reinforcements. There are facing a
:11:06. > :11:10.stubborn enemy. We are 60 miles from Sirte, Colonel Gaddafi's home
:11:10. > :11:17.town. His forces had been expected to retreat there to make a last
:11:17. > :11:22.stand, but they have not been falling back. Far from it. We are
:11:22. > :11:26.engaged with the enemy. But that is run this morning. Maybe you could
:11:26. > :11:33.share the explosions every now and again. They had the chance to get
:11:33. > :11:38.back to Sirte, but they did not. They are still attacking? You can
:11:38. > :11:41.see they are attacking us. group of rebels believe they are
:11:41. > :11:48.facing more than 1000 Colonel Gaddafi troops a few miles up the
:11:48. > :11:53.road. They are baffled by the continued resistance. Colonel
:11:53. > :11:58.Gaddafi ran away. They got Tripoli, game over. I do not know what they
:11:58. > :12:03.are fighting for. They must believe in the sky. I do not know. We have
:12:03. > :12:08.got a minute a corner. It is just a matter of time. The rebels still
:12:08. > :12:14.hope that talks with tribal leaders will end this peacefully. If not,
:12:14. > :12:16.they are building up forces on either side of the town. Military
:12:17. > :12:20.commanders on the site had confidently predicted that once
:12:20. > :12:25.Colonel Gaddafi was removed from power, his followers would simply
:12:25. > :12:30.give up the fight. But some of the loyalists at least are confounding
:12:30. > :12:35.those expectations and seemed determined to fight for the last
:12:35. > :12:41.few slivers of territory which belongs to the old regime. This
:12:41. > :12:48.afternoon, exchanges between the Colonel Gaddafi troops artillery
:12:48. > :12:58.and the rebel tanks. Both sides seem to be digging in for a long
:12:58. > :12:58.
:12:58. > :13:04.struggle. These are the last dying days off
:13:04. > :13:11.Colonel Gaddafi's more than 40 year rule. In Tripoli, signs of the city
:13:11. > :13:18.is resuming its normal days. Even a paint shop in one neighbourhood has
:13:18. > :13:23.reopened. One priority might be to paint all of those doors green for
:13:23. > :13:26.Colonel Gaddafi's Green Revolution. But the city needs a new government.
:13:26. > :13:30.The rebel leadership based in Benghazi has said it will be
:13:30. > :13:34.cautious. It will not come to Tripoli until the security
:13:34. > :13:40.situation has stabilised. They promise their first task would be
:13:40. > :13:45.to restore order, disarm the people carrying guns and to bring justice.
:13:45. > :13:48.It is a tall order by any standard. First of all, there has to be
:13:49. > :13:55.security. We will keep an eye on all the developments year. By were
:13:55. > :14:00.handed back to the studio. While on the ground the rebels
:14:00. > :14:10.continued to face stubborn resistance from sources loyal to
:14:10. > :14:18.Colonel Gaddafi, they are making smooth process. The Arab League has
:14:18. > :14:22.recognised the council as a Libya's government.
:14:22. > :14:29.Italy has become the latest country to bidding and freezing seized
:14:29. > :14:34.Libyan assets after a meeting in Milan, the Italian Prime Minister
:14:34. > :14:38.said that more than $500 million would be made available to the
:14:38. > :14:43.rebels. Meanwhile, leaders at the Libya Contact Group meeting in
:14:43. > :14:48.Istanbul have called for the un to release $1.5 billion worth of
:14:48. > :14:56.confiscated assets. That move is supported by the West but currently
:14:56. > :15:04.being blocked by a South Africa. It's ambassador said that funding
:15:04. > :15:09.Britain's government says the pressure on South Africa will be
:15:09. > :15:13.maintained. We are supporting efforts by the United States to
:15:13. > :15:23.freeze the assets held in the United States, South Africa has had
:15:23. > :15:25.
:15:25. > :15:29.I spoke to my South African counterpart yesterday about this.
:15:29. > :15:33.The Prime Minister has spoken to Jacob Zuma this morning. Joining me
:15:33. > :15:38.from South Africa is a doctor from the University of Johannesburg's
:15:38. > :15:47.Centre for Policy Studies. Thank you very much. You believe that a
:15:47. > :15:52.lot of what NATO is doing here is over reaching? Frankly, I think
:15:52. > :15:57.that is an understatement. It is not just over-reaching, it is
:15:57. > :16:02.taking international call into but their own hands. It verges on rogue
:16:02. > :16:08.behaviour. So much for getting rid of a dictator, and what a dictator
:16:08. > :16:14.he is, but that does not give NATO the authority to, under the banner
:16:14. > :16:20.of freedom and democracy, do as it pleases. Even the suggestion that
:16:20. > :16:26.they will maintain pressure on South Africa smacks of such
:16:26. > :16:31.international cockiness. Even on freezing assets, the United
:16:31. > :16:34.Nations' voice, the African Union's voice, it is not known. South
:16:34. > :16:39.Africa is expected to bend over and do the bidding of the Western
:16:39. > :16:42.powers. If the African Union and South Africa are waiting for more
:16:42. > :16:49.indication from the Libyan people of what their desires are, what
:16:49. > :16:54.more do they want? I do not think it is about that. Should not be
:16:54. > :16:57.about the Libyan people? It is about principles. It is about the
:16:57. > :17:01.rule of law. We have not found out how the Libyan people have
:17:01. > :17:07.expressed themselves other than through bombardment. I have no
:17:07. > :17:11.doubt in my mind that they would like to see the tyrannical Colonel
:17:11. > :17:19.Gaddafi goal, and the sooner the better. But the reality is that
:17:19. > :17:23.South Africa never voted in favour of bombings. If South Africa did,
:17:23. > :17:32.it would not make the position right. It is the principle that
:17:32. > :17:37.NATO has given a mandate to go and impose a no Sly Stone -- no fly
:17:37. > :17:41.zone. They have turned this into a regime change mission. It smacks of
:17:41. > :17:46.suggestions that it is only Colonel Gaddafi's forces that have
:17:46. > :17:52.committed acts of terror and war crimes here. That is blatantly not
:17:52. > :17:55.the case. Everyone can see that there is a war going on. I cannot
:17:55. > :17:59.imagine that we could come to the conclusion that it is only one side.
:18:00. > :18:06.This is about one country standing up for the rule of international
:18:06. > :18:11.law. Doctor, if NATO were to step back and the African Union stepped
:18:11. > :18:21.up, it is an African problem with an African solution, what more
:18:21. > :18:27.could they do in practical terms to help Libya? They could cope back to
:18:27. > :18:34.the African Union's road map, which calls for negotiations by both
:18:34. > :18:38.sides, even after removing Colonel Gaddafi. If only one state comes up,
:18:38. > :18:42.it is believed that for lasting peace, they should engage those
:18:42. > :18:48.people and make them part of the resolution in favour of lasting
:18:48. > :18:52.peace. It does not make the country's position wrong. After the
:18:52. > :18:56.suggestion that the African Union did not act enough, nothing could
:18:56. > :19:01.be further from the truth. The African Union was the first
:19:02. > :19:06.international organisation, the very first, not second or third,
:19:06. > :19:13.the first to actually decide on what should happen in Libya. NATO
:19:13. > :19:17.refused to take the African Union's voice into account. It is good that
:19:17. > :19:23.somebody is standing up to say that Africans have a voice and they have
:19:23. > :19:28.a perspective. Thank you very much. A look at some
:19:28. > :19:33.of the day's other news. The United Nations has called upon Syria's
:19:33. > :19:36.President Assad to stop military action against protesters. The
:19:36. > :19:44.Under-Secretary urged the President to end violence against the Syrian
:19:45. > :19:50.people. Since Ramadan began on 1st August, tanks have entered the city
:19:50. > :19:54.-- a number of cities, trying to crush dissent after street protests.
:19:54. > :19:59.Shellac a's President has announced the withdrawal of wartime emergency
:19:59. > :20:02.laws introduced 28 years ago to fight the Tamil Tigers. He told
:20:02. > :20:06.parliament that the laws are no longer needed since the defeat of
:20:06. > :20:11.the rebels two years ago. The India's Prime Minister has
:20:11. > :20:16.asked parliament to hold a full debate on an anti-corruption reform
:20:16. > :20:22.proposal. Manmohan Singh has made a passionate appeal to Anna Hazare to
:20:22. > :20:25.end his hunger strike, now into his 10th day. The movement supporting
:20:25. > :20:30.him is still growing, reports suggest.
:20:30. > :20:33.The company that revolutionised entertainment and entertainment --
:20:33. > :20:37.communication with the iPhone, iPad and communication devices has
:20:37. > :20:43.entered a new era without Steve Jobs at the helm. He says he can no
:20:43. > :20:50.longer handle the job and is stepping down as Chief Executive.
:20:50. > :20:55.He is seen as apple's architect. I feel very lucky that I get to be
:20:55. > :21:05.a part-time employee and I get to work for kill and advise him on
:21:05. > :21:14.
:21:14. > :21:20.Actually, now, I think it is great. What it means is that we have now
:21:20. > :21:23.convince them that we have taken care of last month's question. And
:21:23. > :21:33.they are on to the next one. I thought, let us get ahead of the
:21:33. > :21:35.
:21:35. > :21:44.Anyone can make music now. Something that is this thick and
:21:44. > :21:51.weighs 1.3lbs, it is unbelievable. This is your music, this is your e-
:21:51. > :21:55.mail. And we collared the iPad. Let me show it to you now. -- we call
:21:55. > :22:03.it. This is what it looks like. Do you like everything so far?
:22:04. > :22:07.APPLAUSE. I will try not to blow it. Joining
:22:07. > :22:17.me from new yard fire webcam is Philip Elmer-Dewitt, the editor of
:22:17. > :22:18.
:22:18. > :22:21.the apple to. Old block for Fortune magazine. -- 2.0 blog. How can you
:22:21. > :22:26.conceive of Apple without Steve Jobs? He seems essential to its
:22:26. > :22:31.success. That Lee Kane is perfect. The attention to detail, the timing
:22:31. > :22:38.that went into those adverts and presentations, what you now see is
:22:38. > :22:43.a very carefully staged exit from Apple, which he has been working on
:22:44. > :22:48.for four first a CBEs of medical details, handed out one at a time,
:22:48. > :22:54.then a series of medical leaves. -- a series. Some keynote speeches
:22:54. > :22:57.which he started to introduce people beneath them, and now this
:22:58. > :23:03.hand-off of BC Old title. He assumed the Serran of the Board
:23:03. > :23:06.title. -- chairman of the board. He lets everyone know he was still
:23:06. > :23:12.have a hand in products getting developed, which is what investors
:23:12. > :23:17.want to see. It ends up being a non-event on Wall Street. Apple's
:23:17. > :23:20.stock went down less today than the market. It worked. He went -- she
:23:21. > :23:24.did a great job. You could say that Tim Cook has been running the
:23:24. > :23:30.company in all but name for a few months but he is not a household
:23:30. > :23:36.name. Can he set up to the challenge? Tim Cook is a pretty
:23:36. > :23:41.boring guy. He runs a supply chain like nobody else, he is a genius at
:23:41. > :23:46.getting the trains to run on time, but no, there is not going to be a
:23:46. > :23:50.front man quite like Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs is a genius at this.
:23:50. > :23:53.Recognising that, having a charismatic leader at the head of
:23:53. > :23:58.the company was much better than having a team of bureaucrats. The
:23:58. > :24:03.price he paid was that people so identified the company with him
:24:03. > :24:08.that they could not imagine it without him. It will be different.
:24:08. > :24:13.There is a saying at Apple that his DNA has been instilled in everyone
:24:13. > :24:16.in the company and I think that is true. He has very smart people
:24:16. > :24:22.underneath him working in the design and marketing department.
:24:22. > :24:25.But what is different is that when it is time to decide to push the
:24:25. > :24:31.button and the land -- and build a new product, they used to have this
:24:31. > :24:34.one guy who made the decision. Now it is probably going to be like a
:24:34. > :24:38.committee, more like other companies, and to water makes the
:24:38. > :24:45.decision will not have the authority that founder of Apple Hat.
:24:45. > :24:52.Briefly, what is the biggest challenge for them now? -- apple
:24:52. > :24:56.hat. The challenges the next device. They have won all the markets that
:24:56. > :25:02.they are in. What will be the next killer device? I am told they have
:25:02. > :25:06.products lined up until 2015 but after that, that is the question.
:25:06. > :25:11.Thank you very much. My pleasure. The eastern coast of the United
:25:11. > :25:15.States is bracing itself for the onslaught of Hurricane Irene. The
:25:15. > :25:19.storm has destroyed the homes and brought down power lines in the
:25:20. > :25:24.Bahamas with winds of almost 200mph. Hurricane Irene is expected to
:25:24. > :25:30.strengthen as it heads towards the east coast, over New York and
:25:30. > :25:35.Boston. Steve Kingston has the latest.
:25:35. > :25:41.Introducing Hurricane Irene. 150 miles an hour of menace, slamming
:25:41. > :25:46.into the Bahamas. The category Three hurricane toppled trees and
:25:46. > :25:53.power lines. Local reports say that in one coastal settlements, entire
:25:53. > :25:57.homes have been swept away. The eye of the storm, 65 miles east north-
:25:57. > :26:01.east of Massa. If from the International Space Station, a
:26:01. > :26:07.sense of the enormity of the hurricane. 500 miles from one side
:26:07. > :26:11.to the other, bearing down on America. On the islands of North
:26:11. > :26:15.Carolina, they are selling out generators and emergency supplies.
:26:15. > :26:21.Many are leaving now, rather than risk the wind and massive tidal
:26:21. > :26:27.surges expected. If the bad storm hits directly, it will not take
:26:27. > :26:32.much of an elevation of sea level to create a lot of havoc. Further
:26:32. > :26:36.north, the US Navy is moving warships away from their base in
:26:36. > :26:44.Virginia. Along the east coast, communities up to New York and Cape
:26:44. > :26:47.Cod are bracing themselves for what may lie ahead. The that is all from
:26:47. > :26:57.the programme. Next, the weather. For now, from me
:26:57. > :27:02.
:27:02. > :27:06.After a day showers tonight, for South West Wales and south-west
:27:06. > :27:09.England, heavy downpours continue. The rain returning to south-east
:27:09. > :27:13.England, giving wet and breezy conditions to other parts of
:27:13. > :27:17.eastern England through the day tomorrow. This area of low pressure
:27:17. > :27:22.running up through the North Sea. It will eventually park close to
:27:22. > :27:27.Scotland for the weekend. But this is the picture for Friday. Heavy
:27:27. > :27:32.rain in the east and the risk of local flooding. It will turn very
:27:32. > :27:36.wet across much of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Heavy and persistent
:27:36. > :27:40.rain. Slow improvement in the south-east with skies brightening.
:27:40. > :27:46.More showers will follow. In central and southern England, some
:27:46. > :27:54.of the sharers could be heavy. With some bright spells in between. --
:27:54. > :27:58.of the showers. There will be spells of sunshine in Wales, and in
:27:58. > :28:03.north-west England. Some showers for Northern Ireland but mainly dry
:28:03. > :28:11.with bright spells. Eight few showers to be founded Scotland,
:28:12. > :28:15.hit-and-miss in nature. We can see the process underway on Friday