01/10/2013 World News Today

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Good evening. All but essential public services in the US have shut

down, which means that national parks, museums and tourist offices

have closed. In the past hour, President Obama spoke at the Rose

Garden in the White House and he blamed the Republicans and said

Garden in the White House and he the shutdown was entirely avoidable.

The shutdown is not about deficits or budgets, it is about rolling

The shutdown is not about deficits insurance to folks that do not have

affordable care. This, more than it. It is all about rolling back the

affordable care. This, more than anything else, seems to be what

affordable care. This, more than days. I know it is strange that

affordable care. This, more than party would make keeping people

affordable care. This, more than ensured the centrepiece of their

agenda, but that apparently is what it is. What a stranger still is

agenda, but that apparently is what shutting down our government does

constitutional. It was a central not accomplish their stated goal.

constitutional. It was a central is settled and it is here to stay.

on unpaid leave in the first major government shutdown in the US since

the Clinton era in the mid-1990s. At changes which some Republicans want

At midnight, the money ran out. changes which some Republicans want

night, bills had gone back and forth between the House of Representatives

and the Senate, but they could not destroyed President Obama's sweeping

reform of the US health care system. Democrats refused to accept that.

There is a huge divide between the two sides. This shutdown, whilst it

might be a joy to all of you who oppose the government, is a luxury

that the country cannot afford. The way to resolve the differences is to

sit down and talk. There is no one here on the other side of the table.

None of it as a surprise for this man, a lawyer with the federal

government. It felt like a normal morning, preceding his son to eat

breakfast and looking after his newborn daughter. But he has been

told not to go into work. We will be fine for a little while, but not for

a long time. We will have to start paying for day care for her soon. We

have medical bills for her. It is not an ideal time for him to be

losing pay. The US capital is calm, great swathes of government are

losing pay. The US capital is calm, hold. All across Washington, federal

offices, closing down their e-mail accounts, clearing their desks.

offices, closing down their e-mail reason for this shutdown? Gridlock

in this place. There is no sign reason for this shutdown? Gridlock

any resolution. Parts of the US reason for this shutdown? Gridlock

closed for business. When the open Let us talk some more about this.

Let us talk to a senior legal fellow Let us talk some more about this.

Let us talk to a senior legal fellow with the Heritage Foundation's why'd

you think senior Republicans are holding the nation to hostage? Do

you think senior Republicans are not forget that the reason we are in

you think senior Republicans are this situation today is because

you think senior Republicans are refused to pass a regular budget

you think senior Republicans are the government has been operating on

a continuing resolution. They have government, with the exception of

vast majority of the American people agree with that and do not want

vast majority of the American people dusted, so why bring that all up now

again? That is not true, it is a real mess. There are something like

80 different parts of the bill with implemented. The Administration

insurance, the administration has missed more than half of them. The

insurance, the administration has said that they will not enforce

insurance, the administration has foray year, but they will enforce

the individual mandate for American citizens. That shows just how much

the administration, frankly, has been unable to put this mass of

the administration, frankly, has into place. A one-year delay, which

is all we are asking for now, would allow all of the parts to be working

at the same time. The last time allow all of the parts to be working

this happened during the Clinton era, the Republicans came off much

Republicans then that is in danger of happening again. That is the

Republicans then that is in danger you actually look at the balanced

budget that was achieved for the first time in generations, the

Republicans actually gain seats first time in generations, the

the Senate and lost a small number of seats in the house. The gained

control -- Bay gained control for the first time in many years. Many

people are saying that the do Barack Obama when they see that it is the

Republicans responsible for you Obama when they see that it is the

getting your salaries and all of the closures at the moment. That is

getting your salaries and all of the shutdown goes on for a while, the

American people will not notice shutdown goes on for a while, the

federal government being shut down, because most of the government is

employees. The federal government has 4.5 million federal employees.

40% of the government is operating. employees who are not getting paid?

yesterday and they will not get employees who are not getting paid?

again for two weeks anyway, so none potentially they might. There are a

lot of worried families out there, you have to accept. How do you think

opinion? I think a lot of people do this will be resolved, in your

opinion? I think a lot of people do not know. Both sides seem unwilling

to get together and negotiate a not know. Both sides seem unwilling

international disarmament experts compromise settlement. Hans von

international disarmament experts have arrived in this -- in Damascus.

Syria has said it will comply with have arrived in this -- in Damascus.

Syria has said it will comply with Getting ready for a mission unlike

in the midst of a raging Civil War. in the midst of a raging Civil War.

The time frame is one thing. That is in the midst of a raging Civil War.

going to be exceedingly challenging to deliver. But if everything stays

on course and the regime fully cooperate and the opposition, in its

various guises, cooperate, then cooperate and the opposition, in its

can be done. But during a war, I do not think it is achievable. It is

similar to the project in Iraq in the 1990s. They are keen to get

similar to the project in Iraq in right this time. After they have

visited and verified the chemical weapons sites, the first priority

will be to destroy the materials used to make them and the munitions

used to deliver them. That alone should make it impossible for the

weapons to be used, taking them should make it impossible for the

of the picture. But the war itself conventional weapons which will

In Greece, for members of Parliament from the extreme right Golden Dawn

Party have appeared in court. They are being charged with being part of

a criminal organisation. The MPs were arrested at the weekend, along

with the leader of Golden Dawn, which is the third biggest party in

the Greek Parliament currently. Mark, tell us who is appearing in

These were four of the six MPs who were arrested and is extremely

sudden police operation on Saturday unprecedented clamp-down on Golden

Dawn in which 22 members of the party were arrested. The party

leader will be in court tomorrow and the number two of the party will be

in court on Thursday. They appeared in court in order to present their

defence. It will be decided whether or not they will be kept in custody.

money-laundering. There has been a lot about this, in the media there

indictment itself. It has been said paraphernalia being found their

indictment itself. It has been said that they operated within that say

indictment itself. It has been said weapons. If you disagreed with party

attacked. If you received a text message from a party leader then you

would have to destroy that message after reading it. This all gets

would have to destroy that message to the government's allegation that

the government has finally taken action against a group that has

the government has finally taken been accused of vigilante attacks.

It is the third biggest party in the Greek Parliament. It has 18 MPs

It is the third biggest party in the Constitution, political party cannot

be banned. That is why they are using legal means to try to rein

by-elections in those seats, the government is confident that it

would win any by-election and it now has the party on the back-seat and

it can finally crush Golden Dawn. There were 200 or 300 members waving

flags. They still believe in their party, they believe that this is an

unjust, unfair witchhunt against a proudly Nationalist party. To crush

Golden Dawn altogether will be a very tough challenge. Thank you

Golden Dawn altogether will be a New pictures have emerged of the

Westgate Mall, which was the scene of a hostage-taking and attack by

militants linked to Al-Shabab last week. The pictures appear to show

shop fronts being looted as well as safes. Kenyan MPs have begun an

investigation and there are still questions being asked about the

investigation and there are still Gabriel Gatehouse has this report.

News cameras are still not allowed inside the scarred Westgate mall,

but the BBC has obtained these pictures which give a sense of the

terror shoppers faced that Saturday afternoon as they fled through the

corridors of the complex, pursued by here in terrible conditions as BCG

VCE jet stretched. Shop owners have been allowed in to retrieve what is

left of their merchandise. The siege. Looters have been at work

here, cleaning out shops, currency exchange offices, even parking

whether the attack could have been machines. There is a strong stench

already be in Somalia. -- who is gauge and, he said some of them

already be in Somalia. -- who is involved in the investigation. Mary

Westgate mall. Her mother last heard from her and that Saturday morning.

She searched the hospitals and morgues but has drawn a blank.

TRANSLATION: I can sync with worry. The government says the only body is

buried in the rubble here are those of five attackers. But many are

buried in the rubble here are those convinced. They believe the ruins of

Let's take a look at some of the There are signs that an attempt

Let's take a look at some of the Berlusconi to bring down the Italian

Several of Mr Berlusconi's party colleagues have said they will defy

his call to vote against the ruling coalition in a vote of confidence

which may take place on Wednesday. The United Nations has called on

Spain to overturn a law that pardons dictatorship of General Franco.

Hundreds of thousands of people disappeared during the Spanish civil

war and the years of fascist rule that followed. The killings remain

unsolved because of an amnesty passed after Franco's death in

unsolved because of an amnesty NASA says it has detected a chemical

used to make plastic on Saturn's largest moon - Titan. It's the first

time the chemical propylene has largest moon - Titan. It's the first

detected away from Earth. NASA says its Cassini probe identified a small

amount of propylene in Titan's lower atmosphere. Staying with that kind

Scientists working on a project atmosphere. Staying with that kind

develop undersea drones say it's easier to communicate with the moon

than the ocean floor. Aerial drones have of course become an integral

part of modern warfare, and their use by the US in countries like

Afghanistan and Pakistan has been controversial. But undersea drones

a team working in France hopes to introduce machines that will be

a team working in France hopes to to carry out tasks from mapping

a team working in France hopes to checking fish stocks as Christian

We have sent plenty of unmanned explorers into space but how much do

we really know about what is beneath the surface of our oceans? Here

They are unmanned drones at using scientists are testing the latest

They are unmanned drones at using give us either in the darkest depths

of the sea bed that we never seen before. They will be used to monitor

marine life and oil spills. They will give us three the vision of the

ships and shipping lanes. I think is so much to discover, and new

ships and shipping lanes. I think intelligent technology can get us

inside a vast area of the planet. The key to the future of these

drones and machines is getting them semi-autonomous lay. For example, in

military terms, in a harbour like identifying a minor and another

disabling it. The trouble is, the radio waves to demand these machines

do not travel particularly well through sea water which means that

marine drones have to communicate I communicate by sound. Like dolphins

these machines will be constantly chirping to one another to swap

commands which are high-level, and like, explore this area, pick up

photos of this particular species and it uses its own senses and its

own artificial intelligence to go and pick up BTL and that we request.

-- pick up the TL omits that we request. This was used to dive on

the wreck of the Titanic in the 1980s and still this is one of only

six such submersibles in the world. This is a titanium sphere which

six such submersibles in the world. withstand pressure up to 6000 metres

but it is manned and unwieldy and extremely expensive to transport. By

contrast, the marine drones are smaller, more versatile in the

water, and they are much, much cheaper. If the scientists can

perfect the technology, they can multiply the number of scientific

exploration they organise and a multiply the number of scientific

to day bring back will be unlike anything we have ever seen before.

I think most of us have done this - pretend that we are strumming an

imaginary guitar, playing the piano or some other musical instrument.

Well, now it seems that there may be some actual musical merit in doing

this and that it could be a key some actual musical merit in doing

of the creative process. Researchers at Cambridge University here in

of the creative process. Researchers UK have concluded that this kind of

pretend playing of an instrument can help inspire musicians. Jon Brain

discernible musical talent, you don't even need an instrument. But

the creative process often kicks in don't even need an instrument. But

the creative process often kicks in performing or even practising full.

this horn player. He was often doing anything but actually playing the

horn but it seemed to work, the George English was getting in some

rehearsal time. He agrees that it is is a rhythm to it and I think we

rehearsal time. He agrees that it is about the much maligned air guitar?

if you are also putting in the hard hours to learn for real. Imaginary

I don't know what to make of that. With me is Mirjam James, who's

involved with the study. She's a research fellow with the University

of Cambridge. What made you want to undertake this research? One of

of Cambridge. What made you want to things is that the study is part of

musician myself. I have played an instrument and I sang for many years

and one of the things, you can be technically very good but what makes

it successful as a performer is technically very good but what makes

you have an extra little bit of input which is very individual.

you have an extra little bit of do you get there? That is a question

we wanted and serve. What is that link? Did you do that before you

pretending to play? No. Practices usually perceived as the hours that

Musicians are mad about that. But when we look at our students, how

they develop their ideas are and creative ideas and their own take on

that piece, they did it away from the instrument. Did they visualise

their fingers on the note? No. They would sing. It didn't need to be the

peace they were playing, it was would sing. It didn't need to be the

to get an idea of what it was about. One of the students song something

completely different that he thought was Spanish or he would go to the

piano and play something which he felt sounded like a Spanish rhythm.

So it helps them compose original PCs or does it help them improve

generally? Ella Max it helps them improve the understanding of the

different ways around it. Just take the instant away and try to think of

something else to do, to think of to What about budding musicians? Will

It might help them when they pick up What about budding musicians? Will

the instrument. I used to play the violin and the piano. I will try the

technique and let you know! A quick President Obama accuses Republican

members of Congress of political blackmail for holding up the budget

over his landmark health care act. He has accused the Republicans of

holding the government to ransom because of our ideological demand

is. It is time for the weather. because of our ideological demand

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