>> and now "bbc world news." >> and injured photographer is smuggled out of syria. it is down to the wire as the republican presidential race continues. >> we takeover glimpse inside the fukushima region we take a glimpse inside the fukushima plant. it is 10 in the morning in singapore. >> it is 2:00 here in london. welcome to newsday. the british photographer who had been trapped last week has been smuggled out of the country. several activists are reported to have been killed in the operation to get him out of the district. syria's ambassador to the u.n. human rights council left the debate on his country after condemning. >> the shelling of homes, as unrelenting today as it has been the last few weeks. the regime is killing 100 civilians a day across syria. heavy artillery is being used indiscriminately. this little boy's home was destroyed by a shell. incredibly, he is still alive. rescue workers freed him. he is now recovering in a makeshift field hospital. the british photographer paul conroy escaped all this. the paper said he is in good shape and good spirits. his family said they are overjoyed and relieved. >> we are quite happy he is out. we are very happy. >> the badly injured french journalist was with him in the makeshift hospital. there is confusion over her current whereabouts and of two other journalists with them. they were under siege. after leaving, they still have to get out of syria. this activist help them sleep. -- flee. >> they were coming under a lot of fire. they had to travel on foot, and there were rockets fired at them. the evacuation across the border took three or four hours. >> the cost has been high. >> paul was able to go ahead. there was tremendous loss of life and with paul. we lost three activists. the group returning lost six activists. >> this began with the death of the veteran war correspondent in homs. her body remains there. another man's girlfriend pleaded for his body to be returned home. >> a loss of your boyfriend is terrible, but the waiting is insufferable. to say goodbye, you need a body, and we are not able to grieve. i have promised everybody i will not leave him there. >> many others died today, as every day. efforts by the red crescent and the red cross to get a temporary cease-fire have so far failed. many opposition activists to risk their lives. some even gave their lives to help the journalists. they say they did it in the hope the outside world would take action to help the many thousands of civilians who remained behind and under bombardment. >> some breaking news coming to us on the republican presidential race. mitt romney has won the arizona republican presidential primary. there are two taking place in the united states today. his rivals spent little time campaigning in the arizona state, but that has gone his way, but it is a tight contest in michigan. the ap news agencies saying it is too tight to call. it is between himself and rick santorum. that is the latest. we will go to our washington correspondent. the fight is most definitely on in his home state of michigan. >> in the last few seconds we have heard mitt romney has taken the votes. it is going to be a long night. arizona is a good win for him, and the exit polls are showing the main reason he won in arizona was because republicans were voting for the person they believed could be president obama by the end of the year. this is important, because republicans seem to be voting more on ideological grounds rather than looking forward to the general election. >> it is the ideological grounds that have called him out, given the fact that he has upset some people in michigan over his comments about the auto bailout deal. >> it goes much further than that. the economy, people are looking to vote on issues surrounding the economy. mitt romney scored quite highly on that, but the real issue is that for many conservatives, particularly tea party activist, he is not considered an authentic conservative. he is not one of them, and this is a problem throughout the campaign. in spite of increasing efforts to trot out his conservative credentials, he does not come across as being the real thing, whereas rick santorum is well known for pressing all the right buttons. he is anti-abortion rights, anti-gay marriage, the home school children, and he appeals to evangelicals christians. he has been taking the right boxes, but mitt romney, considered a bit of a moderate, that is not a good thing. >> tell us more about michigan and how important it is to mitt romney in particular because his father was a governor there, and it is his home state. >> it is his home state. he was a very -- his father was a popular governor back in 1960. if he does not win convincingly here, people are going to ask, what went wrong? it is also interesting to note for years ago he beat john mccain here in michigan quite significantly in that primary, but this time of around he is not doing so well, and i think the difference is four years after he beat john mccain, we have seen this extraordinary rise of the conservative base, the rise of the tea party, a party that is starting to shift, and it is quite split as to whether or not he is going to vote for somebody -- whether or not it is going to vote for somebody who represents core beliefs or whether it is somebody who can beat president obama. we do not know yet. aswe will be back with you soon as we get more news on that now. mitt romney has just won the arizona primary, a good win for him, but we will update you with the latest results and a percentage point gain by him as well. that is coming from the ap news agency with early projections that are putting arizona in favor of mitt romney. give partial remains from victims of the 9-11 attacks ended up in landfill waste disposal sites according to a pentagon report. the remains of some people killed in the attack, remains which were handled by the mortuary in delaware, could not be identified. officials in ohio say a third student had died following a shooting on monday. after court hearings for the suspects, a 17-year-old did not know his victims and shows them randomly. a new lawn punishing denial of armenian genocide. the french constitutional court ruled the original law was unconstitutional because it infringed on freedom of expression. now to japan, where years since the tsunami and earthquake took place, new information about the disaster. >> it was revealed the danger posed by the radiation leak at the nuclear power plant was so serious officials considered evacuating tokyo. the news comes for the first time since we have been allowed back on the site. >> getting ready to face the radiation at fukushima. suits and masks, protection against contamination. we were being taken to the power station. the first group of foreign journalists allowed in, through the exclusion zone, 12 miles of overgrown fields, abandoned homes, into the heart of the nuclear disaster, the source of fear for the japanese people for almost a year now. this is where the fight back is being coordinated, the control room at a power station. minute by minute they are monitoring the reactors. and that's what we have in mind is to prevent the release of radioactive gases -- >> what we have in mind is to prevent the release of radioactive gases from a power station. >> march last year, a power station was rocked by explosions. the tsunami triggered meltdowns in three reactors, and japan's leaders feared they would have to order the evacuation of tokyo. >> you can appreciate the explosion that destroyed those buildings. you can see men working on its. it means they are below of boiling point. the next challenge is to dismantle this station. it is made more difficult by the fact it is highly radioactive and could take up to 40 years. >> then we have driven right past the radio are -- past the reactors. the wreckage still litters the ground. in places it is too radioactive for cubans to enter, but elsewhere, workers were busy, -- too radioactive for cubans to enter -- for humans to enter, but elsewhere, workers were busy. and >> i think it is my mission to stay here. >> when they fear is another earthquake, a second tsunami. it could take the nuclear disaster into crisis once again, and nobody needs reminding now that sitting on the edge of the pacific, the reactors are painfully vulnerable. >> thousands of illegal immigrants who have volunteered to be deported from britain have found themselves unable to return home. the economic downturn has led to a lack of work, but britain cannot afford them as many destroyed identification documents -- cannot deport them as many destroyed identification documents when they arise. -- when they all arrived. >> the families paid 10,000 pounds to traffic him. he came here from india for a better life. this is what he got. 4,000 miles from home, out of work and penniless, he has found refuge in a derelict ross. >> -- dara let grosz -- derelict garage. >> were told there was work. you can see what state ibm. >> he has cut himself off from his family. he would rather they think he is dead and living like this. >> basil plants to get me out of india, to make life better -- they sold land to get me out of india to make life better, but when i got here it was like this. >> like most illegal immigrants, he destroyed his papers to make deportation difficult. now he is leading to go home, but he must prove his identity, and that could take years. there are others stuck in the same bureaucratic no-man's land. we found dozens getting down under bridges in west london. every day they slip further into a destructive cycle. it is now midnight, and all of the man who lived under this bridge have gone to bed, wrapping themselves to try and keep warm. the temperature now is freezing. gooit is very intense. there are a lot of people who have been drinking all day. some of them are clearly taking drugs as well. it is a very intimidating place to be. >> in india, my life was better. >> he was jailed for shoplifting. now he is back on the streets and on heroin. >> they do not send me back. >> where do you get the money to buy drugs? >> shoplifting. >> the only help available are handouts from charities who claim the system is overwhelmed. >> the commission is now dragging its heels in cooperating with the u.k. order agencies. they are working to try to send these people back, but it is a bit of a mess, to be honest. >> the uk border agency says establishing the true identity of these men can be contacted, and the time it takes various case by case. efforts are being made to speed up the repatriation process. in 2011, nearly 7000 indian nationals were aboard and voluntarily. this warning to those who still believes britain is a land of opportunity. >> they are mad. they should look at this and see what it is like here. what kind of life is this? >> for now it is a life of limbo that he and others like him cannot escape. >> reports say they have arrested 25 elected members of a computer hacker movement known as anonymous. the suspects stand accused of planning coordinated cyber attacks on a number of web sites. they are leaking personal information. still to come, of failed harvests. the u.s. warns north korea to cut its nuclear program. at thes take a look headlines around the world. an account of dramatic and dangerous rescue of the wounded british photographer paul conroy. several syrian activists were killed during the rescue. "the times" reports on how london occupy protesters pitched up another 1tent. the international herald tribune shows us where the decision is made for american voters. polling booths are in the state of michigan. the republican party is holding its latest primary and ballots to find its candidate for president. more uncertainty in the eurozone. a decision by irish leaders to hold a referendum on the fiscal pac. that is a look of the newspapers around the world. you are watching bbc news. >> this is newsday on bbc. >> the headlines this hour, a british photographer paul conroy has been smuggled out of syria, but there is still concern over the french journalist, edith bouvier. but the republican presidential race for the white house continues. a top u.s. military officer has said north korea needs to halt its nuclear program in order to receive food aid. that contradicts stated u.s. policy that food issues are separate. north korea is believed to be in the grips of a food crisis. there are claims north korea is issuing permits for people wishing to visit relatives in china, provided they agreed to return. what did the official release say? >> the u.s. chief of the pacific command was speaking to a senate armed services committee when he made these comments, so they were very much alive comment, but he said the conditions being discussed between the u.s. and north korean for the resumption of food aid included an end to the nuclear program, an end to a missile testing, and the possible reintroduction of inspectors to north korea. that goes right against u.s. policy. the u.s. embassy says two issues remain. that is denuclearization and food aid. >> it is still a big question. if this is indeed a change to washington's policy. good >> we do not know why admiral willard made these comments or what was behind them. there have been questions in the past of how real that division is between the issues. there was a u.s. assessment team that went to north korea more than six months ago, yet the administration has not made a final decision about whether to resume food aid. both issues were discussed with talks between the u.s. and north korea in china last week, so there are some people who question how real the separation is, but that remains. we are told that remains of u.s. policy. >> there are reports north korea is loosening its border controls, allowing north korean side to cross the border into china, but they have to bring home a can of food. >> this is complicated. north korean have never found it easy to leave their country, and this is loosening of controls apply to people who have relatives inside china. they have already -- always been able to cross over for a short times, but i am told they were asked to bring home two and a half tons of food. if the report is true, that does indicate north korea is very keen to get more food into the country. >> thank you so much for that update. >> there were 150 days to go before london's olympic games, and doris johnson -- boris johnson launched five balloons on the thames. as he heads into your own reelection campaign, many think he holds -- into a reelection campaign, many things he holds higher ambitions. >> the countdown has begun. the five giant olympic rings slowdown the thames. the games' organizers proudly announced they will be delivered on budget and on time, but months ago, these pictures were being beamed around the world as london became the scene for widespread in rioting and looting. doris johnson had to return from his holiday to join the clean-up operation. >> thank you to the innocent, hard-working people of this city. >> does he wonder if london can pull this off peacefully after that mayhem democrats we want to pull off the greatest games ever held, -- after that may hamid? >> we want to pull off the greatest game ever held. people have come out to watch it. i think everybody worried about people being skeptical about the olympics and hostel in a recession have basically been proved wrong. i think it will be a great thing for the city. >> before we even get to the game, he has to fight an election campaign. the latest opinion polls suggest the two men are running a much closer race than expected. >> obviously, these things are something you watch the whole time. you cannot be dictated, but i am obviously optimistic. i would not say i am over- confident. >> during his time as mayor, johnson has concentrated on putting forward a jocular image. londoners have come to associate him with all the promotional events for the olympics, playing tennis with his old schoolmate, but as the games draw nearer, doris johnson has a battle ahead to make sure he is an -- foresbs johnson as the battle ahead to make sure he is mayor. >> we can give you a live shot of nit romney's campaign headquarters -- of mitt romney's campaign headquarters in michigan. the news is said he has owon one of the two primaries being held in the u.s. according to early projections. the one he has one is in arizona, but the one that as being hotly contested between himself and rick santorum -- i have drawn a memory play. it is in michigan, and that is an interesting one because mitt romney's home state is michigan, where his father was governor, but that is the one being hotly contested between the two men. as soon as we get the results we will bring back to lives. stay tuned for that. >> make sense of international news. bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu newman's own foundation and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers use their expertise in global finance to guide you through the business strategies and opportunities of international commerce. we put our extended global network to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? 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