kendra. -- david cameron. a former head is sentenced to prison for corruption. hello, and welcome to bbc news, broadcast to our viewers in the u.k. and around the world. the oil giant e.p.s. started the long awaited operation, known as "static kill;" -- the oil giant b.p.. this is 1 mile beneath the surface. they will pump cement into it. almost 5 million barrels of oil were spewed into the sea. we were told more about how this procedure should work. >> huge amounts of mud and cement in the well in an effort to push it back under water. it is really a simple physics, as one leader of mud weighs more than 1 liter of oil. they will not know until thursday whether they can stop actually from carrying out this procedure, and it will be about one week before they know it works. but they will then capped it with cement and then go in underground using these relief well as to seal the bottom, as well. >> there are now new figures, official figures, showing that this bp oil spill is the worst of its kind in history. t

david cameron's helicopter was averted when it was suggested the taliban was planning an attack. carol walker has this report. >> it was david cameron's first visit to afghanistan since becoming prime minister, an important opportunity to demonstrate his commitment to the afghan mission and its support for british troops. he looked relaxed as he was seen but some of them at the main operating base. but flying to a more remote patrol base in western helmand had to be hastily abandoned after learning of a plan to take down his helicopter. he has already held a high- profile meeting with the afghan president in kabul. it was broadcast on afghan television. thus, the insurgents new the prime minister was in the country and likely to be traveling south. intelligence was picked up, suggesting a possible attack. there is no confirmation from downing street, but it is clear they are taking this security warning seriously. there will make sure that media arrangements and future visits take better account of the dangers involved. the organization of the visit to afghanistan has to strike a

cameron i'm very disappointed in david cameron because he owes me by my calculation ten billion dollars why doesn't he hire us to be bounty hunters to go get the one trillion lost oh no don't tell david cameron it was done billion dollars we've been doing it for years so that these banks in the u.k. who are the barclays void lloyds. member we said six months before the collapse of northern rock bank that it was going to collapse of the very reasons it did collapse where's your finder's fee where's your bounty that's ten billion large you owe me dave cameron don't make me fly to london right now go down to number ten downing street and have to shake it out of your pocket. don't make me do it you owe me oh i see you're going to pretend like you don't know how the banking system works and anyway i continue to continue on this benefit fraud thing chris grayling defends plan to use credit rating agencies to help catch benefit cheats the welfare minister chris grayling in the u.k. saying that if there is a huge mismatch between the way you are living your life and the amount of money you are

cameron. the men stressed the closeness of the relationship between their two countries. zardari refused to be drawn up of certain comments. >> checkers, a, a country house for the prime minister. it is the setting for a place for the issue eager to be pushed. neither the president nor the prime minister retract anything they had said when each accused the other of failing against violent extremism but today, the language after their talks sounded shooting. >> we will work together to combat terrorism, to make sure that whether it is keeping troops safe and afghanistan are keeping people safer in britain, with pakistan, we will work together in this strategic partnership. crisps pakistan and britain will step -- >> pakistan and britain will stand together. >> book-to-bill leaders parted -- the two leaders parted. cameron headed straight to london. >> i do not think that british terrorism has a near routes with terrorist groups in pakistan. roots inerrorist route pakistan. i am the one who has

is 9 days cents david cameron accused of -- accused pakistan of facing both ways on terrorism. have they simply papered over deep differences? >> i think it is good that they have come away saying that things have settled down. that suggests that the relationship is on a sound and realistic footing. >> and being realistic about relations with pakistan involves accepting harsh reality. president zardari's powers are limited and his stay in britain during the disaster at home has damaged him. >>> flash flooding has killed about 90 people in india's kashmir. heavy rainfall has hit the mountainous region. the indian army has launched a major rescue operation. >>> the former head of nelson mandela's children's fund said he did not receive uncut diamonds from model naomi campbell. it is alleged that she received the gems 13 years ago from mr. taylor, which could link him to illegal blood diamonds. >>> the chief executive of hewlett-packard has resigned following allegations of sexual harassment. he has been the leader since 2005. they said investigations suggested there was no violat

he said he would look david cameron in the face and say the war on terror should bring us together, not oppose us. forthright talk, but in birmingham, the prime minister was having none of it. >> in the areas where we are, there are markets functioning and schools' opening. i was at a grain distribution center quite recently. all life is going on. i do not accept we're losing the battle for hearts and minds. his criticism about -- >> in his criticism about the prime minister, he said, has not changed. he still wants pakistan to crack down on homegrown terrorists. >> there is still a problem of terror groups in pakistan that threaten other countries that also threaten our troops and afghanistan and in india and threaten us here in the uk. they need to be dealt with. >> it is an admission that pakistan must be dealt with in a key role for any strategy to work. so the soldiers and homeland province can come home. pakistan has had its share of victims, too. thousands of pakastani soldiers killed in battle before the conflict began. thousands of civilian casualties from suicide bombs. and po

david cameron has often spoken about the influence of family life on his politics. last year, his eldest son, ivan, died at the age of 6, after suffering from cerebral palsy and epilepsy. the new baby will have an older brother and sister, arthur and nancy. >> i told the other two children, who are thrilled, dancing up and down and diing so say hello to the new baby. >> any names yet? >> no, i think we'll have to -- not that i have any say in it, but i think we'll have to have something cornish in the middle. >> that's a promise that's gone down well here. >> staff said the camerons were treated like any other patients. >> everyone is, you know, professional, they have to work, the service has to continue, whatever situation occurs. >> have you ever delivered a prime minister's baby before? >> no. >> i better get back in there and make some more toast. >> mrs. cameron is expected to stay in hospital for another couple of days. tonight, mother and daughter are said to be doing very well here at the royal cornwall hospital. the family received messages of congratulati

first though, is 100 days since david cameron injured downing street as prime minister with nick clegg as his deputy. they are still promising new policies and tough choices. but are the old divisions resurfacing? >> tricky, it may be, but the members of the coalition appeared to be happy working together. the conservative chancellor and the live dam deputy minister -- lib dem deputy minister share convictions. but after a tough budget and plans to squeeze spending harder in coming months, there have been fears that the government has come on too strong with cuts. the government is answering public fears directly. today, nick clegg will explain how the government wants to make it easier for people from any background to follow their ambition. but many liberal democrats have not been comfortable with other elements of the coalition plan. the deputy is calling for back benchers. the parliamentary parties of both parties in coalition have to be able to sign, not because they love everything, because -- but because otherwise you cannot get through a majority. that is a matter of fact of po

., there are reports the government is being asked to review david cameron's security after he narrowly avoided an attack on a trip to afghanistan. the paper said the helicopter was forced to make an emergency desertion to avoid a possible attack by the taliban. our defense correspondent told us more. >> it was reported at the time that he had been going to meet the troops from the regiment and that his helicopter had been diverted, but at the time, downing street played it down and said, it is a serious threat. it does not seem we are hearing it is a closer call then downing street wanted to admit at the time. there is concern about the way it was organized, that it may have made him slightly more vulnerable than the military would have liked. this is certainly something they should be looking at for future visits by senior government officials, because in the past, they have not been allowed to report their presence until the visit was pretty much finished, so i think it is likely those plans would be alerting them that the prime minister is in the country. the taliban do often threat

. >> david cameron's newborn dollar has been named after a village in cornwall where they visited after holiday. president obama called mr. cameron on wednesday to offer his congratulations. more than 70 people killed in a ranch in mexico are known to be migrants from other latin american countries. at least 50 people have been killed in a series of apparently coordinated bomb attacks across iraq. you are watching bbc news. >> hello, and welcome. >> see the news unfold. get the top stories from around the world and click to play video reports. bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by of the -- >> funding for this presentation was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> the union bank offers unique insight and expertise into a range of industries. what can we do for you? >> there is one stage that is the met and carnegie hall. it is the kennedy center and a club in austin. it is closer than any seat in the house, no matter where you call home. pbs

you guys, british prime minister david cameron is visiting the u.s. and yesterday, he and president obama gave each other pieces of art. that really wasn't necessary, britain. [ light laughter ] you've already given us a huge oil painting. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] that's nice. yeah, they're still trying to fix this whole oil mess. yesterday, bp vice president kent wells said that, "everything's looking good." [ laughter ] and then someone turned him around and he was like, "holy crap! look at all this oil!" [ laughter ] "you've got to be kidding me! how come no one told me about the oil?" [ applause ] he just turned the wrong way, that's all. i read about this. the faa is ordering airlines to inspect more than 100 boeing planes for cracks that could cause engines to fall off. [ laughter ] yeah, that's what you want to hear right before your flight. "ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. uh, it's gonna be a few minutes here, as we check to make sure the engine won't fall off." [ laughter ] "yeah, we're worried that one of the

offense, standing with david cameron and trying to build a coalition there. >> well, richard stengel, we have that question. kennedy was running against experience and youth with generational change and transformation. obama has done a lot of that. standing with caroline kennedy. second question, can you reignite that as you move on to a re-election campaign after november? that is what he is going to be doing. >> i think he has to try to to that. i would disagree with gloria. they both embodied change. when an african-american stood there and a young catholic stood there, they are saying i am the change you seek or have been waiting. >> the change you have been waiting for. >> as you were saying, he basically has to educate the electorate to say this is what i have done. for him, saving the economy was very much like the cubans missile crisis for jack kennedy. it has to be his defining moment. i came in a situation, looked at a situation that was dire, and he saved it. >> that is true. >> there may be small things he points to also. it may not be the big sweeping gestures, extended h

the first pictures tonight of a new addition to the family of the british prime minister david cameron. florence rode endellion cameron was born on tuesday. endellion is on honor of the village where camerons were vacationing. still ahead on the cbs evening news, the latest dared devil sport. >> glor: it is called speed boarding, skaters flying along at 60 miles an hour weaving between cars. reads who call it unsafe want it banned. >> reporter: they're skateboards on steroids. the latest craze from-- did you guess-- southern california. >> it's awesome. >> reporter: it's called speedboarding, emphasis on "speed." >> the faster you go, the more fun you're always going to have so speed is the best element of the entire sport. >> reporter: riders on long skateboards dodge traffic on laguna's steep and twisting canyon roads. >> i've gotten up to low sects, just trying to take corners as fast as we kfaster than cars do. >> reporter: but it's become a fast-growing problem for drivers. >> i just stop the car and i just lectured two of the kids. if they were my own, i would have a fit. it's th

immediately after its inauguration, prime minister david cameron's government pledged to reduce government spending by roughly $9.7 billion. measures announced included a freeze on civil servant salaries and tax increases. >> we believe this is the right thing to do. i think that's what politics is about, doing the right thing in the national interest even if it's unpopular. >> reporter: these measures won support from much of the british public whose apprehension about the national debt, one of the worst among developed nations, has been heightened by the greek debt crisis. world opinion polls show the approval rating of the conservatives to be stable since the start of the coalition government, the popularity of their coalition partner has fallen by around 5 percentage points. linda jack, a supporter of the liberal democratic party, says the presence of the party suddenly began to diminish immediately after the coalition was established. she also says that many of the coalition government's measures to tackle the fiscal deficit go against the party's principles, such as the creation of a

the british prime minister david cameron that pakistan's president for dinner in the u.k. and pledged support for pakistan in eating with the floods. the two men were focused on the strengthening ties between the countries following cameron's comments on a recent visit to india in which he suggested terrorism was being exported. wyclef jean declared himself a candidate in haiti's upcoming presidential election. the artist returned to his native country to file the papers. he said he wants to help the hundreds of thousands of people affected by the earthquake in january. >> before the quake, you had a population where the majority could not read or write. you barely had any infrastructure before the quake. before the quake, everything was being imp. the idea of national export was very minimal. these are all of the things i considered. if a population cannot read and write, it is called modern-day slavery. i thought i could not wait another five years or another 10 years and say, i could have. michael always told me, who is to say it is any other time than this you are call

. >> that is not what david cameron saw. he visited the country before he was elected. they have been impressed with what they have seen. a health system, for example, that is the envy of many african countries. these children are being vaccinated for free. in a few years, they will go on to free primary education, all done with the help of donor money that is being used well. that is why britain is rwanda's biggest foreign backer. in the years after the genocide, foreign donors flocked to help rebuild the country. there was an unwritten understanding -- development first, democracy later. now there is plenty of evidence of development, but finding evidence of progress towards democracy is getting harder and harder. many opposition supporters are afraid to talk, but i met one who was prepared to speak to me. he says he was arrested and beaten up when he tried to join an opposition protest. he says there is no political freedom in rwanda and as a memory -- as a member of the majority ethnic group he is excluded. >> to be a to see in this country is an advantage. it gives

. >> a dinner with the british prime minister, david cameron, will have been a welcome return to the day job for silvio berlusconi. on wednesday, he arrived in parliament with his position in the balance. you would not know it from this consummate political showman. the no-confidence vote was called after one of his junior ministers was accused of corruption. the result was a safe if hardly comfortable win for the government, thanks largely to this man, the speaker of the house and his newly the strange coalition party. he urged his group to abstain. his supporters relished the chance to flex parliamentary muscles. >> we are absolutely part of the government. we have to honor the electoral pledge. being part of the government also means creating debate. the parliament is a source of confrontation, not a source of obedience, though many people prefer to follow orders. >> that is one thing the rebels are unlikely to do. they helped mr. berlusconi out of a tight spot this time, but could become a thorn in his side. the opposition threw down the gauntlet. >> i think it is time for electi

cameron has met pakistan's president on the first high level meeting since last week's diplomatic squabble cameras attempting to calm the waters with a cell phone use are dari after claiming that pakistan has exporting. our mr zardari has promised to bring the comments up while premier cameron says he stands by his remarks but the bidders were also will also discuss the international response to pakistan's devastating floods. and in southern kashmir at least eighty five people have been killed in flash floods it happened when a sudden downpour overwhelmed of small city in a region that normally gets very little rain the local airport and much of the town has been badly damaged rescue operations continue as workers try to reach those still trapped in the debris. washington has released an annual report on world terror which says although attacks have fallen to a five year low al qaeda is still a resilient adaptable threat but also calls out of the main threat to pakistan's national security and the report washington names iran as the most active state sponsor of terrorism also mentioned in

cameron heads the coalition along with the deputy prime minister liberal democrat nick clegg since its formation the coalition has unveiled sweeping public spending cuts to record budget deficit critics say the cuts have been too drastic and opinion polls show mixed support for the performance of the government so far have been hades general secretary of compass the left wing think tank says it's only a matter of time before the coalition's popularity drops coalition government is inflicting huge huge cuts on public services here in britain i'm cutting public spending even deeper and hard to miss is that in the one nine hundred eighty s. in this is going to have a dramatic effect on those on both lower middle income. is meant. to be a leader of a party that stands up for fairness he also went into the election. campaigning against the conservatives plan to rise in value added tax he went into the election promising to scrap try to if he got into government and all of those things he is broke his promise is a liberal democrat party would have been far better i'm going into coalition wit

office since a leg actions in may gave no single party a clear majority conservative prime minister david cameron heads the coalition along with deputy prime minister liberal democrat nick clegg since its formation the coalition has unveiled sweeping public spending cuts to tackle the u.k.'s record budget deficit critics say the cancer has been too drastic an opinion poll showed disappointment with the performance of the government. pakistani authorities have reassured international donors they won't allow flood victims aid money to fall into the hands of the taliban the un reports that twenty million of people have been affected by the country's worst devan up to the disaster six million of which are still in need of emergency aid it's as it currently has less than half of the funds necessary to help them meanwhile new flood warnings have been issued in parts of pakistan. ok let's cross over to charlotte now good to see the song that i answered you got some exciting news for also about so one russian air carrier oh yes arah floors is now being ranked tenth in the world's leading airlines

david cameron's wife samantha gave birth to a girl. they also have a son and a daughter, another child born severely disabled died last year just six years old. no name yet for the newest addition to their family. also from england tonight, outrageous cruelty caught on tape. security video shows a woman stopping to pet a kitten then, for some reason, she dumps it into a garbage bin. the owners found the kitten 15 hours later shaken but unhurt, then they posted the video online. now the woman is trapped in her home with guards outside to keeping angry crowds away. in ohio, a crash at 100 miles an hour. watch the left side of the screen. a car flies past the police car on i-675 outside dayton, hits a divider and slams into an overpass. the 19-year-old driver is in critical condition. the police say he'd been released from jail just 15 minutes before the crash. i know who works differently than many other allergy medications. hoo? omnaris. [ men ] omnaris -- to the nose! [ man ] did you know nasal symptoms like congestion can be caused by

through some of today's other world news now under prime minister david cameron has led pakistani president asif ali zardari at his checkers residence cameron will attempt to mend relations with ari after his claim last week the pakistan is exporting terror and also to. the international response to talk of songs devastating floods there's always the foreign needed to be received by cameron who took. three months ago. washington has released an annual report on world terror which says although its tax have full into a five year low all claimed it is still a resilient sounded out to both threats it also calls al-qaeda the main threat to pakistan's national security in the report washington names iran is the most active state sponsor of terrorism also mentioned in the document to the efforts of individual countries to fight terrorism across the globe now greeted states with you with all the latest business news to go away. welcome to business here in r.t. and we go straight to our main story this hour russia's imposing a ban on grain exports out to dry out and buys have devastated this year's

cameron heads the coalition along with the deputy prime minister liberal democrat nick clegg well since its formation the coalition is on failed sweeping public spending cuts to tackle the u.k.'s record budget deficit critics say the cuts have been too drastic and opinion polls show mixed support for the performance of the government. in hays general compass of a think tank joins us live from london studio thanks very much indeed for joining us nick clegg says he should really be proud to say he is in fact really proud of the coalition should he be so full. i don't think he should be proud no the coalition government is inflicting huge huge cuts on public services here in britain cuts in public spending even deeper and hard to miss is that shifted in the one nine hundred eighty s. in this is going to have a dramatic effect on those on both lower middle incomes in mr clegg is meant and meant to be a leader of a party that stands up for fairness given these huge huge cuts to public services they're really going to hurt people in this country should not be proud but looking at the opinion

david cameron, the new conser conservative prime minister in britain offered a budget that includes severe toughbaccutback. alongside cuts he added value to the tax. imagine a fiscal conservative who really is a fiscal conservative that could never happen here because the fairy tale supply side economic insists that taxes are too high especially on the ridge. the administration says economic growth won't be affected if you let the tax cuts expire for the wealthiest americans. >> i don't think you want to run the risk that they are wrong. i would say let's go on with the tax cuts for another couple of years but you couple it with long-term solutions. and you have to look at what's politically possible. >> governor rendell, that's not the position of administration or democrats who want to make it a big midterm election issue. >> i think that both parties have to get together and say we'll do this together. we'll make the changes. they won't be popular but they're necessary. you have to have increased taxes along with those reductions. and this fairy tale that increase taxes on rich will hur

look at britain, david cameron story is one with a really radical plan. >> they have one. not that they don't have a plan. it hasn't worked. >> they are going to win. huge amount of seats in the house, huge amount of seats in the senate. they are going to win a bunch of governors races. to me the economy is the number one issue. the problem is, people out there do not think washington is listening to them. they don't think they're paying attention to what is going on in america. the reason why the economy has so much anger in it. people don't think they are being empathetic with where they are in their life. >> but they are also, you know, the voters are also very ambivalent themselves, because on the one hand, fury -- they're furious with washington for being furious and for everybody fighting with each other. and why doesn't anything work, and yet they're furious, and feed into that partisanship tremendously, so there's no right answer for the politicians as they face the voters. >> but also these primaries this week, white house and democrats are saying it's not such a

. >> cameron? >> good morning. my name is david jones and i represent camera. on. you mentioned leaks observed during your intervention efforts. were those leaks you saw on couplings on hose lines? >> not all of the leaks were on hose lines. >> where were they? >> we observed one leak on a solid hose coupling at the st locke area of the blind sheer rams. we observed another leak -- it was a plug of some sort that was attached to a surge bottle. and other leaks we found were associated with hose couplings. >> very good. the test ram, pipe ram plumbing issue. do you know how the stack was plump when it was delivered in 2001? >> no. >> when a stack was delivered in 2001, the lower pipe ram was not -- >> i do not know how it was configured in 2001. >> you do not know if there was a change between 2001 and april, 2006? >> i heard there was a change made some time, perhaps 2004. >> do you know how those changes were made, mechanically how he would switch uplight bram inta ? >> no. >> do you know if there were any plumbing changes that were done at that time, at the conve

. >> cameron? >> good morning. my name is david jones and i represent camera. on. you mentioned leaks observed during your intervention efforts. were those leaks you saw on couplings on hose lines? >> not all of the leaks were on hose lines. >> where were they? >> we observed one leak on a solid hose coupling at the st locke area of the blind sheer rams. we observed another leak -- it was a plug of some sort that was attached to a surge bottle. and other leaks we found were associated with hose couplings. >> very good. the test ram, pipe ram plumbing issue. do you know how the stack was plump when it was delivered in 2001? >> no. >> when a stack was delivered in 2001, the lower pipe ram was not -- >> i do not know how it was configured in 2001. >> you do not know if there was a change between 2001 and april, 2006? >> i heard there was a change made some time, perhaps 2004. >> do you know how those changes were made, mechanically how he would switch uplight bram inta ? >> no. >> do you know if there were any plumbing changes that were done at that time, at the conve

. >> cameron? >> good morning. my name is david jones and i represent camera. on. you mentioned leaks observed during your intervention efforts. were those leaks you saw on couplings on hose lines? >> not all of the leaks were on hose lines. >> where were they? >> we observed one leak on a solid hose coupling at the st locke area of the blind sheer rams. we observed another leak -- it was a plug of some sort that was attached to a surge bottle. and other leaks we found were associated with hose couplings. >> very good. the test ram, pipe ram plumbing issue. do you know how the stack was plump when it was delivered in 2001? >> no. >> when a stack was delivered in 2001, the lower pipe ram was not -- >> i do not know how it was configured in 2001. >> you do not know if there was a change between 2001 and april, 2006? >> i heard there was a change made some time, perhaps 2004. >> do you know how those cnges were made, mechanically how he would switch uplight bram inta ? >> no. >> do you know if there were any plumbing changes that were done at that time, at the convers