:00:14. > :00:19.This is BBC World News Today with me, Kirsty Lang. A brazen attack in
:00:19. > :00:23.broad daylight. Taliban fighters attack the US embassy and NATO
:00:23. > :00:27.headquarters in Kabul. The Turkish Prime Minister tells Arab leaders
:00:27. > :00:32.that Israel is a barrier to peace in the Middle East and they must
:00:32. > :00:36.pay the price. Can shine they ease Italy's pain?
:00:36. > :00:40.As his borrowing costs hit a new high, Rome turns to Beijing for
:00:40. > :00:44.help. Thwarted and bitter? What did
:00:44. > :00:48.Jacqueline Kennedy really think of her husband's successor? American
:00:48. > :00:54.television is about to air never before heard tapes released by her
:00:54. > :00:59.daughter Caroline. She was fond of Lyndon Johnson and found him
:00:59. > :01:03.amusing and warm-hearted. Degas's obsession with ballet, an
:01:03. > :01:13.exhibition looks at how the French artist captured the movement of his
:01:13. > :01:18.
:01:18. > :01:21.Hello and welcome. In the centre of Kabul under the noses of the
:01:21. > :01:26.Americans and nine hours ago and number of heavily armed Taliban
:01:26. > :01:30.fighters in suicide vests took over and unoccupied multi-storey
:01:30. > :01:35.building and started firing rockets at the US embassy and NATO
:01:35. > :01:39.headquarters. Staff inside are reported to be saved, but at least
:01:39. > :01:43.seven people have been killed outside. It is thought two fighters
:01:43. > :01:53.are still holed up in the building. Here is Quentin Somerville with the
:01:53. > :01:57.latest. We believe that one of the suicide
:01:57. > :02:00.bombers detonated his best on the 7th floor of the building and we
:02:00. > :02:05.believe that one or even more attackers are on the night the
:02:05. > :02:10.floor. It is nine hours since the attacks began, so you get an idea
:02:10. > :02:14.of the level of resistance these attackers have been put it up today
:02:14. > :02:19.despite the considerable effort of Afghan and international forces to
:02:19. > :02:23.dislodge them. Running for cover from a Taliban assault, this type
:02:23. > :02:29.in the heart of Kabul's embassy district. The wounded and the
:02:29. > :02:34.bleeding are helped to safety. The insurgents were heavily armed in
:02:34. > :02:39.one of the City's busiest streets. You can see the smoke from an
:02:39. > :02:46.explosion behind and there is gunfire all over the area. This is
:02:47. > :02:51.the US Embassy and ISAF headquarters. It seems like a
:02:51. > :02:57.significant attack. Gunfire broke out across the neighbourhood, we
:02:57. > :03:00.headed for cover. This is the aftermath of the rocket attack, a
:03:01. > :03:06.school bus riddled with shrapnel. The children were in cars and
:03:06. > :03:12.unharmed. The target was the US embassy. Guards took up positions
:03:12. > :03:19.on the roof. The police opened fire on the attackers in a building high
:03:19. > :03:25.above them. The gunfire was heavy and sustained. Helicopters were
:03:25. > :03:29.called in to fire on the Taliban. This Taliban attacks started with a
:03:29. > :03:32.suicide bomber at the Abdul Haq roundabout. It was followed by a
:03:32. > :03:38.series of explosions and gunfire heard in the neighbourhood, it is
:03:38. > :03:41.home to many embassies and aid agencies. At first it seemed I was
:03:41. > :03:47.six militants had got into one of the tallest buildings about 300
:03:47. > :03:52.metres from the US embassy. From there they targeted it and the ISAF
:03:52. > :03:56.headquarters. The Taliban fought on. Five hours later it is thought at
:03:56. > :04:01.least one fighter is still alive in the building. Afghan security
:04:01. > :04:05.forces needed foreign help. They reacted quickly, they brought their
:04:05. > :04:10.helicopters in, which is the first time the Afghan a store's security
:04:10. > :04:15.forces used their own helicopters for an operation like this. They
:04:16. > :04:22.responded very well. It seems as if the situation is winding down at
:04:22. > :04:27.the moment. The attack would likely have lasted longer without that
:04:27. > :04:33.assistance. ISAF says it has the Taliban on the back foot, but to
:04:33. > :04:38.people in Kabul Bhat assessment seems wildly optimistic. The focus
:04:38. > :04:44.of the attack was here, but the Taliban also sent a number of other
:04:44. > :04:51.attackers elsewhere in the city. One tried to make it inside the
:04:51. > :04:56.airport, but he was killed before he was able to do so.
:04:56. > :04:59.Let's take a look at some of the other news. In north-west Pakistan
:04:59. > :05:03.gunmen have ambushed a school bus on the outskirts of Peshawar,
:05:03. > :05:09.killing five children and their driver. They were travelling to a
:05:09. > :05:13.village from their school. 19 people were wounded. The attack
:05:13. > :05:18.happened near the volatile tribal belt where Taliban militants are
:05:18. > :05:23.active. At Taliban statement claimed responsibility.
:05:23. > :05:28.In Pakistan aid workers say that floods in Sindh province are the
:05:28. > :05:32.worst that they have seen, even worse than last year. More than 5
:05:33. > :05:37.million people have been affected. In the city of Karachi main roads
:05:37. > :05:41.are submerged, while schools and businesses are closed. More than
:05:41. > :05:46.8000 families -- 800,000 families are still homeless.
:05:46. > :05:51.Iran says it will release two American hikers it has been holding
:05:51. > :05:56.as spies since 2009. Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal were sentenced to
:05:56. > :06:00.eight years in jail last month. An Iranian judge has agreed to bail
:06:00. > :06:06.them for $500,000 each and once it has been paid, they will be free to
:06:06. > :06:09.lead. They said they stayed into Iran by accident.
:06:10. > :06:15.The British artist Richard Hamilton, often described as the father of
:06:15. > :06:21.Pop Art, has died aged 89. He produced his first collage is in
:06:21. > :06:24.the early 50s. Much of his work was political, including images of
:06:24. > :06:28.Northern Ireland and Tony Blair as a cowboy.
:06:28. > :06:33.Italy, which has one of the biggest debt problems in Europe, has turned
:06:33. > :06:37.to China for help. Italian officials have confirmed talks were
:06:37. > :06:41.held in Rome last week with representatives from China's
:06:41. > :06:46.sovereign well-thumbed. Italy is hoping Beijing will buy large
:06:46. > :06:49.quantities of Italian bonds and invest in its companies. The lower
:06:49. > :06:54.house of the Italian parliament is debating a package of austerity
:06:54. > :07:00.measures. Chris Morris reports from Rome.
:07:00. > :07:03.It takes a lot of bottle to save an economy and 10 million roll off the
:07:03. > :07:08.production line here every year. But the sovereign debt crisis is
:07:08. > :07:12.forcing Italy to face uncomfortable truths. While this family and
:07:12. > :07:17.distillery lives within its means, the country does not. Will the
:07:17. > :07:21.political class finally persuade Italians they mean business. They
:07:21. > :07:25.Government has to give them an example, they are the first to make
:07:25. > :07:30.sacrifices and the Italians will follow. You cannot ask people to
:07:30. > :07:37.make sacrifices when you keep your privileges. We have a very
:07:37. > :07:42.difficult moment, but I believe Italy can survive. Some things in
:07:42. > :07:48.Italy never seemed to change, but looks can be deceptive. The economy
:07:48. > :07:52.had been sluggish for years and the sweet life is already coming to an
:07:52. > :07:56.end. Just like in Greece or Portugal,
:07:56. > :08:01.but on a bigger scale, this is not about a few cuts here or there. It
:08:01. > :08:04.is about changing the way the Italian economy has operated for
:08:05. > :08:12.decades and that is why there has been and will continue to be so
:08:12. > :08:15.much resistance to reform. This was the reaction as the Government's
:08:15. > :08:20.austerity package passed through the upper house of parliament last
:08:20. > :08:24.week. All sorts of entrenched interests are trying to protect
:08:24. > :08:28.their own turf. Some unions complain in particular that the
:08:28. > :08:35.burden of change is falling disproportionately on the poor.
:08:35. > :08:39.There is nothing in terms of growth or employment, nothing in terms of
:08:39. > :08:46.a recovery. At the other end it is unequal because all the burden is
:08:46. > :08:50.put on the shoulders of the workers, the pensioners, the young people.
:08:50. > :08:55.But the past also tells a story. Romans had been around for long
:08:55. > :08:58.enough to know that things cannot always stay the same. It is not
:08:58. > :09:03.just external pressure for elsewhere in Europe which is
:09:03. > :09:08.forcing that conclusion. Italians usually are able to address
:09:08. > :09:18.problems and solve them at the last minute. We are now at the last
:09:18. > :09:22.minute. Italy in a sense is too big to fail. Nobody me really help
:09:22. > :09:28.Italy for a long time, except Italians. I think some Italians,
:09:28. > :09:33.most Italians, have understood that. Nestling in the hills outside Rome,
:09:33. > :09:37.in this village there are preparations for the annual
:09:37. > :09:42.mushroom Festival. In a makeshift tent the cleaning and cooking has
:09:42. > :09:48.begun. Country Life is a long way from political scandals and
:09:48. > :09:52.parliamentary boats in the capital, but nowhere is entirely immune.
:09:52. > :09:56.TRANSLATION: We are less affected than people in the City, but all
:09:56. > :10:02.the news we hear is worrying. It makes us feel less serene about
:10:02. > :10:06.life. Out in the woods the search for mushrooms goes on. There are
:10:06. > :10:11.hidden treasures in the economy as well, but austerity will bite much
:10:11. > :10:16.deeper before signs of recovery. There is a big challenge, the one
:10:16. > :10:21.thing that Italy needs above all, to create growth.
:10:21. > :10:24.For more on this I am joined by Charles Jenkins who is with the
:10:24. > :10:30.Economist magazine Intelligence Unit. Is this an act of desperation
:10:30. > :10:36.by Italy? I think it is pretty desperate. It is an act of
:10:36. > :10:40.desperation. But China is probably genuine in being willing to
:10:40. > :10:44.consider helping Italy. I would only go so far as that. It will
:10:44. > :10:47.look carefully at what it is investing in. I would be surprised
:10:47. > :10:52.if there was anything at all significant in Government bonds
:10:52. > :10:55.until Italy has got a much more coherent programme and the
:10:55. > :10:59.Government agree on such a programme. Is that the problem at
:10:59. > :11:04.the moment as a big stumbling block to Italy? The Government does not
:11:04. > :11:09.seem to agree on the austerity plan. The Prime Minister keeps changing
:11:09. > :11:14.or else one of the coalition partners says no to pension reform,
:11:14. > :11:18.or there is a revolt by MPs. This is at a time when there is a real
:11:18. > :11:22.crisis. You expect that to galvanise any normal Government
:11:22. > :11:26.into doing something really serious and put it aside their small
:11:26. > :11:31.differences, but in this case they do not seem to be able to do so.
:11:31. > :11:39.One must wonder whether it is really possible for this present
:11:39. > :11:44.problems. It is the last chance saloon. Do you think the Chinese
:11:44. > :11:49.might, for instance, maybe not go into the Government bonds, but
:11:49. > :11:55.invest in Italian companies? Yes, they could invest in companies
:11:55. > :11:58.which have been partly privatise. That would be a better bet from
:11:58. > :12:06.their point of view, because these companies are viable and reasonably
:12:06. > :12:12.well run. But there is opposition from within the coalition, from the
:12:12. > :12:18.Northern League. It is a sign of how the present Government is
:12:18. > :12:23.failing to work together. The key members of the Government, Silvio
:12:23. > :12:26.Berlusconi, the finance minister and the leader of the North League
:12:26. > :12:30.used to be able to put some kind of an act together, but they do not
:12:30. > :12:35.seem to be able to do so at the moment will stop they would not be
:12:36. > :12:41.the first European country to turn to China. Several others have,
:12:41. > :12:48.including Greece. China has an interest in seeing the European
:12:48. > :12:52.economy back on its feet. Yes, it has got an interest. It has got
:12:52. > :12:59.huge investments overseas and it would like to diversify from the US
:12:59. > :13:03.to some extent. Therefore, it would like the euro-zone economy to be a
:13:04. > :13:08.reasonably viable place in which to but invest. Whether it will prove
:13:08. > :13:15.to be remains to be seen. I think China, like everyone else, will
:13:15. > :13:19.look carefully before its steps. cautious investor.
:13:19. > :13:23.Ordinary Americans are also continuing to suffer in the
:13:23. > :13:28.downturn. New figures out today from the Census Bureau revealed
:13:28. > :13:32.that nearly one in six Americans are now living in poverty. Despite
:13:32. > :13:37.the sluggish recovery, average household income as it fell last
:13:37. > :13:46.year by more than 2%. We can now cross live to New York and Our
:13:46. > :13:55.correspondent. A very interesting figure. They certainly are very
:13:55. > :14:01.worrying. Perhaps not surprisingly... I am really sorry
:14:01. > :14:06.about the terrible sound quality. Let's move for now to the Turkish
:14:06. > :14:11.Prime Minister. He has renewed his attack on Israel, claiming that it
:14:11. > :14:15.is the main barrier to peace in the Middle East. In a speech to the
:14:15. > :14:20.Arab League, Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel of behaving like a spoilt
:14:20. > :14:24.child. Turkey was until recently a close friend of Israel, but the
:14:24. > :14:28.speech is another sign that Turkey is repositioning itself as a
:14:28. > :14:38.leading power in the region. Egypt is the first step on his tour,
:14:38. > :14:54.
:14:54. > :15:02.I apologise. We have been struck tonight. First losing New York and
:15:02. > :15:06.now problems with that report. We will come back. Ballet dancers
:15:06. > :15:12.backstage at the Paris Opera House, pulling up their stockings and
:15:12. > :15:16.bending down to tie their shoes. That is what the French
:15:16. > :15:19.Impressionist Edgar Degas painted. Not many people know his work was
:15:19. > :15:29.influenced by new techniques in film and photography, which was
:15:29. > :15:32.
:15:32. > :15:39.found shocking at the time. Edgar Degas was the master of
:15:39. > :15:44.movement. You can almost feel the strain and aching limbs. The
:15:44. > :15:54.movements are familiar to our former ballerina, Darcey Bussell.
:15:54. > :15:54.
:15:54. > :16:01.But the dancers? Today, a dancer is very thin. Here, they have to be
:16:01. > :16:09.soft. Their muscles were soft. They were not sinewy And strong looking.
:16:09. > :16:15.If they came on the stage looking too thin, they would be booed off.
:16:15. > :16:20.How did he do it? It is shown that in later life, with film and
:16:20. > :16:26.photography, he could see what the eye could not see. Fleeting motions
:16:26. > :16:32.were frozen. But it was something else in works such as this that
:16:32. > :16:38.caused a stir. The life of a dancer in the 19th century was hard.
:16:38. > :16:45.Polite society felt that this image of a dancer was... A sign of
:16:45. > :16:50.depravity. She was not nourished. A girl from the gutter. She came to
:16:50. > :16:56.the Paris Opera. A wealthy lover would ensure her lifestyle for the
:16:56. > :17:06.rest of her career. So it captures beauty and the grim reality. A
:17:06. > :17:09.lifetime of work -- freezing defeating world of dance. We can
:17:09. > :17:19.return to the Turkish prime minister who has renewed an attack
:17:19. > :17:21.
:17:21. > :17:27.on Israel. They are calling him a leader who
:17:27. > :17:32.cannot be rivalled. He is not even an Arab. But the prime minister of
:17:32. > :17:37.a country that once ruled Egypt. Until a decade ago, Turkey turned
:17:37. > :17:42.its back on its Arab neighbours the stock to date it is rediscovering
:17:42. > :17:48.the links to the old empire. This is a memorial for Ottoman troops
:17:48. > :17:52.that died in Egypt. Mr Erdogan's popularity is about today's events.
:17:52. > :18:02.He was given the honour of addressing the Arab League and he
:18:02. > :18:02.
:18:02. > :18:06.made a tough attack on Israel and its international backers. As long
:18:06. > :18:11.as the international community and United Nations tolerate Israel's
:18:11. > :18:16.spoilt behaviour, they, too, of perpetrators of its crimes. That is
:18:16. > :18:21.the kind of talk that has made him so admired here and elsewhere in
:18:21. > :18:24.the region. His warning to Arab rulers not to ignore the will of
:18:24. > :18:29.the people would have been uncomfortable listening for some
:18:29. > :18:35.members. The Turkish government was among the first to back the protest
:18:35. > :18:40.movement in Egypt and demand the resignation of its president. It
:18:40. > :18:46.also supported the uprising in Libya after some initial hesitation.
:18:46. > :18:55.It sent eight ships to evacuate the injured to Turkey for treatment.
:18:55. > :19:00.And it has condemned the rulers in Syria after protests there. It has
:19:00. > :19:08.offered sanctuary to Syrian refugees. He is seen as a leader
:19:08. > :19:13.endorsing change, a novelty in the region. Turkey and its business
:19:13. > :19:19.sector will be prime to profit once the dust from the Arab uprisings is
:19:20. > :19:25.tackled. Libyan rebels fighting to overthrow
:19:25. > :19:31.Colonel Gaddafi have been accused of unlawful killings and torture.
:19:31. > :19:41.Amnesty International made the accusations after a report that
:19:41. > :19:42.
:19:42. > :19:48.undertook three months of research. A family day out in central Tripoli.
:19:48. > :19:54.In a heart of the former regime, the Gaddafi compound. Today, it is
:19:54. > :19:58.a place where thousands of ordinary Libyans go to witness the enormity
:19:58. > :20:03.of what their revolution has achieved. There are many ways the
:20:03. > :20:08.revolution could go wrong now. The detention of men suspected of
:20:08. > :20:14.fighting for Colonel Gaddafi is a concern. These prisoners are being
:20:14. > :20:21.taken away to and one -- an uncertain fate. Amnesty says some
:20:21. > :20:25.have been tortured and killed by rebel fighters. Despite the
:20:25. > :20:30.challenges they have, it is important to prioritise the
:20:30. > :20:35.situation in the detention centres. People are being beaten and it
:20:35. > :20:43.happened also effectively in our presence. People are at risk of
:20:43. > :20:48.abuse. There is no judicial process. It is important now that a central
:20:48. > :20:52.authority takes care of all detention centres. In an important
:20:52. > :20:57.step in establishing an authority, the leader of the interim
:20:57. > :21:04.government last night gave his first speech. Free weeks after the
:21:04. > :21:07.capital fell. He appealed for unity. He said there should be no revenge
:21:07. > :21:15.and people should not take matters into their own hands, otherwise, he
:21:15. > :21:20.said, the revolution could falter. 18 of British detectives has
:21:20. > :21:25.arrived in Kenya to investigate the murder of the British Tourist David
:21:25. > :21:31.Tebbutt and the kidnap of his wife. They have expressed fears for the
:21:31. > :21:36.safety of Judith Tebbutt after she was taken away in a speedboat. It
:21:36. > :21:46.happened in Kiwayu Safari Village, close to the Somali border.
:21:46. > :21:50.As we approached the Safari Village by boat, men in suits were leaving
:21:50. > :21:55.the crime scene. British authorities indicated investigators
:21:55. > :22:00.would be sent. They checked into the cottages, very different from
:22:00. > :22:06.the usual type of visitor. They are here to work rather than relax. The
:22:06. > :22:11.room in which they were staying has been cordoned off. David Tebbit was
:22:11. > :22:16.shot dead and his wife taken away by the gunmen in a speedboat. This
:22:16. > :22:21.is what the Foreign Office has said about the kidnap. Officials believe
:22:21. > :22:28.the attack was planned and Western tourists deliberately targeted. It
:22:28. > :22:31.is suspected that an al-Qaeda link group may have done it. In these
:22:31. > :22:36.isolated communities along the Kenyan coast, there is little that
:22:36. > :22:42.goes unnoticed. That could help the investigators as they tried to
:22:42. > :22:46.piece together what happened on Saturday night. A Kenyan man has
:22:46. > :22:49.reportedly been arrested in connection with the attack. People
:22:50. > :22:58.in the village next to the resort earlier said he had been forced at
:22:58. > :23:01.gunpoint to leave the gang to the tourists. This man did not want to
:23:01. > :23:10.be identified and said that to carry out the raid he knew
:23:10. > :23:16.Whitney's local help. They would show them the way. -- you would
:23:16. > :23:20.need local help. From where Judith Tebbutt worked, there was a
:23:20. > :23:25.statement that she was a dedicated worker and hope that she will be
:23:25. > :23:30.released soon. There is no word of a ransom demand. Reports suggest
:23:30. > :23:37.that Judith Tebbutt is profoundly deaf. That will make her ordeal
:23:37. > :23:40.more challenging. Now, for the first time. We hear
:23:41. > :23:43.Jacqueline Kennedy in her own words. In 1964, the former First Lady
:23:43. > :23:46.recorded a series of interviews with Arthur Shlessinger, the
:23:46. > :23:49.historian and former aide to her husband. But only on condition that
:23:49. > :23:53.they would not be released until 50 years after her death. Her daughter
:23:53. > :23:56.Caroline decided to release them now. The interviews took place four
:23:56. > :24:04.months after her husband was assassinated and focused on
:24:04. > :24:14.Jacqueline Kennedy's most memorable experiences in the White House. We
:24:14. > :24:15.
:24:15. > :24:20.report from Los Angeles. It is Jacqueline Kennedy in her own words.
:24:20. > :24:25.An Oral History in recordings that have not been heard before Until
:24:25. > :24:29.this exclusive. It is 1964, a recently widowed first lady
:24:29. > :24:36.describes her years in the White House. She recalled begging her
:24:36. > :24:41.husband to let her stay with him during the Cuban missile crisis.
:24:41. > :24:47.Even if there was not room in the bomb shelter, I supplies, could I
:24:47. > :24:55.be in a laundry bag. I want to be with you and die with you, and the
:24:55. > :25:02.children do, too. She revealed her husband did not report -- support a
:25:02. > :25:11.Lyndon Johnson presidency. She was fond of Lyndon Johnson. Daughter
:25:11. > :25:16.Caroline compiled the recordings. can hear her voice in my mind. I
:25:16. > :25:25.think it is important to realise the value as well as limitations of
:25:25. > :25:29.this history. Once you start making changes, what do you do? It is not
:25:29. > :25:35.my oral history. There are moments that show what life was like in the
:25:35. > :25:45.White House with children. thought it was so funny for people
:25:45. > :25:48.
:25:48. > :25:53.who used his bathroom. All along of the Bath were floating animals.
:25:53. > :25:58.As a reminder of the main news. Taleban fighters carried out
:25:58. > :26:03.attacks in the Afghan capital Kabul, including the district where
:26:03. > :26:07.foreign embassies are located. Militants wearing suicide for tests
:26:07. > :26:12.carried out assaults on police buildings, while others armed with
:26:13. > :26:15.rocket-propelled grenades targeted the American embassy. At least four
:26:15. > :26:19.policemen and two civilians were killed as well as six Taleban
:26:19. > :26:24.fighters. The Turkish Prime Minister has
:26:24. > :26:30.renewed his attack on Israel saying its government's mentality is the
:26:30. > :26:35.main barrier to peace in the Middle East. In a speech in Cairo, he said
:26:35. > :26:40.Israel behaved like a spoilt child whose irresponsible actions had
:26:40. > :26:50.left it isolated. He said that Palestinian state had was not an
:26:50. > :27:05.
:27:05. > :27:12.Hello. After a windy day we will finally see the winds easing
:27:12. > :27:18.through the night and into tomorrow. It will be mainly dry tomorrow. It
:27:18. > :27:22.is not a completely straightforward story. We have a weather front that
:27:22. > :27:28.is heading south. It will bring rain through the night to northern
:27:29. > :27:35.England. To the south, it should be dry. You can see this cloudy his
:27:35. > :27:42.own. The rain will be with us across Lancashire and Yorkshire.
:27:42. > :27:48.Under the cloud, temperatures up to 17 degrees. In the sunshine, up to
:27:48. > :27:55.19 degrees. It will feel warmer than it house. South-west England
:27:55. > :28:01.will be dry. In Wales, the best of the brightness, but in the North it
:28:01. > :28:10.will be overcast. In Northern Ireland, it will have sunny spells