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BBC news 2012-07-28
BBC news with Julie Candler.
The opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games is underway in London. The event masterminded by the Oscar-winning film director Danny Boyle is an eccentric, exuberant and a times-moving celebration in British culture. The ceremony started when Bradley Wiggins, the first British winner of the Tour de France, ran a huge bell. The opening scene had a delicate depiction of the British country life made way for pandemonium of the industrial revolution. Scenes in tabloid included references to the Beatles, the armed forces, James Bond and Britain's colonial past. After the entry of the Queen Elizabeth and IOC president Jacques Rogge, the show continued with an extraordinary visual and musical tribute to the British National Health Service and to the magic of children's literature. The Olympic athletes are due to enter the stadium shortly before the official opening of the 30th Olympiad.
Diplomatic pressure is growing on Syria to call off an assault on rebels in the city of Allepo. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged the Syrian government hold its offensive. He also demanded a clear statement that chemical weapons would not be used. The Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the world could not remain a spectator to the military built up in the Allepo. From neighboring Lebanon, Jim Muir reports.
Activists said helicopter gunships have carried out their attacks in several parts of Allepo, including the rebel-held Salah al-Din quarter and Hamdaniya. There has also been more shelling. And activists issued unverified video showing the wounded including young children being treated in makeshift field hospitals. Government newspapers have heralded what they are calling "the mother of all battles" about the break over Allepo. All these have prompted the defection of one of its newly elected member of parliament, Ikhlas Badawi. She crossed the border into neighboring Turkey; she is the first MP to do so.
The leaders of France and Germany have joined the head of the European Central Bank in pledging to do all in their power to protect the euro from collapse. Steve Evans is in Berlin.
After the president of European Central Bank said he would do whatever was needed to protect the euro, stock market jumped. This shown as a sign that the bank would be more liberal with its spending to relieve the pressure on Spain, which has seen the cost of the government borrowing show what an unsustainable height. But now, Mr. Draghi's comments have been echoed by two people who matter even more, namely, the leaders of France and Germany. It now remains to be seen if Chancellor Merkel has softened her stance or just used words which the market might interpret that way.
Britain has joined the Netherlands and the United States in with holding aid to the Rwandan government. The move follows a UN report that Rwanda is backing rebels fighting in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo.
World news from the BBC.
The Saudi Arabian authorities say they have arrested a number of people involved an overnight riot in the province of Qatif. The protest was the latest sign of unrest in Qatif which is home to most of the country's Shia minority who complained of discrimination. Among those arrested was Mohammed al-Shakouri, who is on the list of 23 men accused by the Saudi government of serving foreign interests.
The authorities in Cuba say driver error was to blame for a car accident in which the prominent activist Oswaldo Paya died on Sunday. An official statement said the driver was speeding when the car hit an unpaved stretch of the road and spun out of control. Mr. Paya's son has said the car may have been forced off the road. Sarah Rainsford reports from Havana.
This is the first detailed official statement from the car crash that killed Oswaldo Paya. And it has been surrounded by controversy ever since. His family alleged that his car was forced from the road, but Cuba's interior ministry says the crash happened on an unpaved stretch of road which is undergoing maintenance. The two dissidents who died in the back of the car which bore the brunt of the impact and they weren't wearing seat belts.
Russia says it is considering establishing its first new overseas naval base since the collapse of the Soviet Union more than 20 years ago. The commander in chief of the Russian navy said it was looking at Cuba, Vietnam and Seychelles as possible locations. Russia's only remaining military base outside the territory of the former Soviet Union is Tartus in Syria.
And oil pipeline has been blown up in southern Colombia. Police are blaming Colombia's largest rebel group the Farc could attack on the line which is run by the state oil company Eco Petrol. A fierce of fire was raging at the site of the explosion in the Putumayo region. Eco Petrol says six oil workers have been killed and more than 40 attacks on its infrastructure this year. The company says it has revised down its daily production goal by 20,000 barrels.
BBC news.
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