Transcript in the news of
June 27, 2007 (With some misspelled words)
>>> United Nation's nuclear
inspectors were being invited to
visit North Korea's main
nuclear facilities. Inspectors
had talks in the capital Pyongyang about travel to
Yongbyon yesterday.
Senior members of this team has said that this trip is just a visit, and
there will be no inspect until formal agreement will be
reached.
>> The peruvian ex-president is
quoted as saying he has decidedr house of parliament.
He was speaking with japan's
ntv network.
>> We will get back with
alastair in just a moment.
Still to come on the programme.
He brought peace to northern
ireland, but what chance does
he have in the middle east?
We take a closer look at tony
blair's new job as special
middle east envoY.
>> Let's go to new york and get
all of the business news.
>> Thanks very much.
The trial o draws to a close.
The markets enjoy a bit of a
rally.
>> Today marks the start of a former newspaper baron
state lies in the hands of a
jury noW.
They have just finished arguing
theira
jury
juriors will decide whether he
l>> They're
gambling with their brands for
outsoug day.E seen a flood of safety
recalls to toys, and now tireS.Atread
can come apart while the car is
movinG.
Officials say it is a big
problem, and chinese
manufacturers can't take the
U.S. Market for granteD.
The orders of
big ticket items --
>> The european union has
agreed to continue sharing
information on air passengers
with the american government.
The U.S. Authorities want the
information as part of a
crackdown on terrorisM.
An existing ae
H.
Americans currently get
information about people
traveling on trans-atlantic
flights from europe.
The new provisional deal wou them to continueaccessing the rm>> Let's tell you what is going
on with the marketS.
The federal resvethursday, ahead of that the
market enjoyed a little bit of
a rallY.
Meanwhile, over the atlantic,
europe's market finished down.
>> You're watching bbc as
britain's new prime minister.
The former prime minister, tony
blair has a the
new special envoy for the
middle east.
>>Ay in the
region?
I'm joined in the studio -- he
was a former advisor to much for joining
me.
How do you think tony blair's
appointment is going to play
amongst israelis?
>> Officially theeone
who is a friend of israel, a
supporter of israel.
At the same time, underneath
the official statement, there
could be concerns that blair
will try to move outside of the
narrow ms eissues and civil society and
try to get into some of the
nuts and bolts of security and
>> A friend of israel, is he
too much of a friend of israel
eu palestinians?
>> He will be an effective
person.
He is very close to the
adminis he
step out of the mandate --
>> -- Has demonstrated how
difficult it is to get movement
on the peace procesS.
>> Tony blair -- ultimately he
was not a former prime mint
of one of the world's super
powerS.
>> Is this going to depend on
how much tony blair still can
pressure the white house?
Is that reallye to hdw
if iere is
not the envoy, the capacity of
the envoy, but the policy
behind the envoY.
I don't see the policy really
changing.
That will constrain and limit
the ability of t
h?
>> That's a policy that is
going to have to start in
washington.
The administration is going to
have to look at palestinians as
a more unified promote palestinian unity and
renewing the unity government
deal which has sera palestinians into moderates
and -- that policy has failed.
>> He needsence ov.
Rumblings from some memberS.
Quartet, rumbles from arabs in
the middle east, but blair
himself, whether it is possible
for him to do this
itself is not unifieded and
people in the region --
>> His effective is based administration here and his i that
administration.
Ultimately it is going to have
right person to carry that
through.
>> You're based here in is prepared to, after so
many years of not putting
enough muscle -- --
>> I think that blair should be
able to continue that line.
>> Does tony blair need to
persuade people here in
washington to take a more
even-handed approach, if that
is going to happen from here?
>> Certainly a starting
positioN.
Again, not dividing
palestinians.
Trying to get tre is aington.
But at the moment that appears
to be beyond the mandate that
tony blair has been giveN.
>> Thank you for joining me.
>>> President bush meanwhile
has appointed a special envoy
to the largest group o
muslims to speak out against
extremists who are he says
islam's true enemy.
In this speech at the islamic
who would be named the first
U.S. Envoy.
Theeldecades aonsiehat
would ensure stability and
peace.
He said it had brought neither,at judiciary
committee has issued speen az
to the white house and the
office of dick cheney.
The white house wants to see
official documents to help in
its president
bush's authorization of wire
tapping of american citizens
the idhn at
a time of war which he insists
includes the war on terror to
enclued domestic
wiou hitchcockian
menace.
The story of the australian
town plagued by birds.
>>> 21 medical workers in the
central republic of kaz sick
stan have been found guilty of
an outbreak -- the judge said
those accused had acted
recklessly.
>> Here is our report.
>> The trial ended in tears and
chaos.
Where is the justice sheinted, heart broken that
those who are responsible for
her child's hiv are not going
to jail.Re 119 of them.
And their story is just like
any otheR.
At the local hospital, doctorslo
soon after he tested positive
for hiv.
His condition carries such
stigma here, his mother can't
even find a nursery that would
accept him.
And his father has been looking
medical
workers.
All of them say they're
innocent
innocent.
On wednesday, the judge said
there was plenty of evidence
that they made money by blood
transfusions.
All of him he said were guilty.
Still this woman and her three
deputies will not sveshe used charge oealth carendful figure here.
>> It is not fair.
The people who are in charge,
who are most responsible for
what happened here are getting
away with it.
>> Theover. Is not.
New cases continue to emerge
all of the time here.
And just last night, anoer
bbc news. Not often that life
imitates film, certainly when
the movie is the horror epic
the birds, by alfred hitchcocK.
The residents in a small
australian towns are beginning
to see similarities between
that movie and their lives
today.
>> The starlings have been
making live miserable for
people in this quiet corner of
new south waleS.S pesky birds
roosting in trees, bombarding
cars with foul smelling
droppings.
E
the artillery has been called
in as the battle between man
and bird heats up.
So far there has been one gone
the same way.
>> A number of techniques to
try and deter the birds from
luding pnitrees, using water cannons,
lights, using noise deterrents,
he coming and rststreet.
>> Undeterred the authorities
have been pursuing ola
enough.
The birds were to be herded
in.
Thousands escaped, leaving
frustrated officials scratching
their heads and ducki
ly ltoo muchneT.
We will take the dead birds out
of the net and we will take
some of the tension off the net
and we are going tfails
professional sharp shooters
could be brought in to finish
the job.
It is a move that would nize a may find much
support among theed
people here.
>>> Before we go, let's look at
that big story again back in
britain as gordon brownny blair has beenoias an international
representative in the middle
east.
Mr. Blair will act on behalf of
the quartet made up of the you
united states, european union,
russia, and the united nationS.
Israel has welcomed the
ap time building
credibility amongst the arab
public.
>> There we see him on his last
day in office.
Tony blair has been in office
for ten years, the longest
serving british prime minister.
This is bbc tes in
british politics.
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