>> gaining back the initiative. the u.s. has a deal on more u.n. sanctions against iran. >> we give it reached agreement on a strong draft with the cooperation of both russia and china. >> a taliban suicide bomber targets and nato convoy in the afghan capital, leaving 20 dead, including six foreign troops. a call from the u.n. for government and protesters in thailand to brett brigitte to back down. >> fireworks have been going off all morning. there is not been a response from the soldiers as in recent days. >welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast to our viewers on pbs in america, also around the globe. coming up later for you -- the brigadier to save -- the story of how one british officer to risk and helped win a war. and leaping into the boy from the highest point in the world. we go -- and leaping into the hit void from the highest point in the world. we go skydiving of mount everest. i new draft u.n. security council resolution aimed at iran is suggesting a wide range of measures against iran for refusing to halt nuclear activities. the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton says the resolution is backed by the five permanent members of the u.n. security council, including russia and china. it introduces tougher measures against shipping companies. this after iran agreed to a compromise deal with a nuclear fuel swap brokered by turkey and brazil. susan rice, the u. s ambassador to the u.n., said this would strengthen actions against iran. >> it would, if adopted, substantially strengthen the current iran sanctions regime and we look forward to continue discussions among the security council members to achieve agreement on this draft. >> joining us from new york, our u.n. correspondent. this is not what some people wanted, so how tough is it? >> it does the various things, strengthening restrictions and various sectors of the iran's economy. tightening restrictions on banks and transactions suspected of aiding the nuclear program. it also introduces of framework for a regime of iranian ships are thought to be carrying materials for nuclear activity, it suggests adding members of the revolutionary guard to a list, because of their link to the nuclear program. its titans be embargo -- it titans the embargo into a full arms embargo -- its tightens the embargo. it did get a ban on iran investing in any nuclear- sensitive areas abroad. there were compromises. they did not want to dilute the sanctions. the americans are presenting this as the best deal they were able to get. >> how likely are they to get consensus? >> in actual fact, this has put the security council. although the americans are convinced they can get enough votes from the rest of the security council to pass the resolution, turkey and brazil are quite angry because they have negotiated this deal with iran involving its nuclear fuel swap, which is supposed to be a confidence-building measure between iran and the west. brazil and turkey are saying there is no need to talk about sanctions. in fact, the turkey ambassador has said they will not talk about the resolutions. that does not mean the resolution will not be passed, but it may mean it has fewer votes than it would, and that is something the americans have said is important, to send a unified message to iran. in that sense, the message would be split. >> thanks, barbara. the suspected car bomber in times square has been ordered to be held without bail. he has been kept at an undisclosed location since his arrest. he's accused of abandoning of bomb-laden vehicle in times square in new york. at a suicide bomber attack has struck a military convoy in kabul. the rush hour bombing killed 20 people and wounded nearly 50. the deadly and high-profile attack was described by nato as an act of desperate brutality. our correspondent was at the scene after the blast. >> it was a devastating attack. earlier in the morning, a car full of explosives drove straight into and nato convoy. a huge blast, followed by death and destruction. nearly 20 died, including six soldiers. nato says it was an act of desperate brutality. in the background, the old presidential palace, destroyed during the civil war. nearly 20 years later, on the same streets, so little has changed. >> this is the latest of a series of attacks in kabul. there's been a marked deterioration in security in the capital over the last year-and- a-half. the major theme is that this is the start of the taliban spring and summer offensive. not just here in kabul. elsewhere in the country, there's been a significant increase in attacks. security forces have tightened their grip, but the taliban are responding. the innocent are caught in the middle. >> it is the job of the government's use it -- to provide security. they should search every car. they do not, then every day we will have these attacks and -- if they do not, then every day we will have these attacks in our country will be destroyed. >> one word, seven men, all struggling for life. -- one ward, seven men. >> now when i see the situation getting worse. >> the taliban have claimed responsibility. they also threatens more attacks. the next few months will be critical for the entire mission here. it is a depressing fact that one of the few things all sides agree on is a bloody year lies ahead. bbc news, kabul. >> now for some of the other main news stories, the special innovation court in u.k. says a man accused of planning and al- qaeda attack will not be sent back to pakistan. he could not be deported because he would face torture back home. police in northwest pakistan say a roadside bomb targeting security forces killed at least 12, including three police -- policeman. one of them was a senior officer. two children more also killed in the blast. tougher regulation of hedge funds. the trillion dollar industry has been blamed for worsening the global financial crisis. ministers overrode objections by the new british governments. -- new british government. now there are reports tonight out of thailand of large numbers of troops gathered near the entrance to the camps set up by anti-government protesters in the center of bangkok. despite efforts to mediate, the government will not negotiate until the red shirt protesters moved out of the camp. 37 people are dead, and there is no sign either side is ready to compromise. rachel harvey has this eyewitness account. >> try telling him it is time to surrender. as long as there's a target to aim at, and he is not going anywhere. nobody is going anywhere on the street. it is littered with reasons why. the flash points or fewer. but the anger still smolders. -- the flashpoints are fewer. these guys have been letting off fireworks all morning, but they have not had much of a response from the soldiers as in recent days. that is what prompted the column in bangkok. -- calm in bangkok. through the haze, a glimpse of the other world in bangkok, where traffic still moves. like here is rife with ruin. there is a sniper, he says. the restraint of the soldiers is making people nervous. what were they doing over there? we went to find out. we found a different perspective, a different mood. the soldiers seemed confident, relaxed. they know they have the upper hand. loud speakers get their point across. prompting of foulmouthed retort. the standoff will be brought to an end eventually. but it will leave at a better legacy -- a bitter legacy. >> from one uprising to another, one month after the government was overthrown by a popular uprising, a recent clash between supporters and opponents of the interim government claimed the lives of two people. the city is also home to a large ethnic uzbek community. our central asia correspondent takes up the story. >> things go on, but what happened here recently -- violent clashes in the town have prompted many to shut down businesses. in this city, a quarter of the population are ethnic uzbeks, and people are worried about what tomorrow might bring. this is where children and uzbek families live side by side. there is a certain -- generally the two ethnic groups had been living together peacefully for years. now there are fears, political uncertainty and general lawlessness could spark a clash between them. there's a recent battle over the president. add two people were killed. several were injured. many marched to a nearby village and set the home of the ousted president on fire. now locals blame the leader of the is that community for bringing his people here. >> it was the uzbeks and did this -- who did this. >> in the only private university, founded by the leader of the community, hundreds are being asked to help restore order. >> tensions exist between the uzbeks and other ethnic groups, but those who want to gain power are exploiting the issue. >> these are not easy times for households. privately, people talk of their concern over the ethnicity issue. but no one would admit it was a problem. political stability will help ease tensions here, but until it is a cheap, residents will prefer to keep -- until it is achieved, residents will prefer to keep a low profile. bbc news. >> still to come -- digging down under. mining in australia reaches full throttle went again. but it comes with a price tag. u.s. president barack obama has ordered a presidential commission to look into the causes of the oil spill in the gulf of mexico. his decision comes as government officials question the response to the disaster. >> and we went up the mighty mighty mississippi with greenpeace answer to up evidence of the spill coming to land. at a point where the river meets the ocean, i jetty of rocks -- a jetty rocks. they are now splashed with thick, fresh oil. he clambered around a while, and came up with more of the stuff. this is probably blown ashore by a big storm over the weekend, and he is uncertain this will play out like others bills with lots of oil coming onshore. >> no one really knows what impact this is going to have. we have for years of experience of knowing other spills have had an impact. i would say a massive experiment is being undertaken in the gulf of mexico, the results of which we have no idea. we know it will have a long-term impact. >> then one of the tiny fingers of coastlands that stick into the river. the first glimpse of liquid crude hitting the mainland, even if mainland is 10 miles down the delta from the nearest town. bp said they're making good progress. two days ago, the company inserted a suction tube into the main pipeline and attempted to catch some of the oil seeping into the sea. the claim -- many scientists say is several times the figure of oil leaking into the ocean that bp says it's leaking. it will take a long while before this is all cleared up. but the political ramifications will go on even longer. bbc news, mississippi delta. >> this is a "bbc world news." the main news so far -- u.n. sanctions against iran edge closer. the u.s. secretary of state says she has a strong new measures over iran's nuclear program. 10 years ago this month, 800 british paratroopers landed in sierra leone as the country's civil war was escalating. the task was to evacuate british citizens living there, and then get away. some british citizens are still living in sierra leone. we have a report on how a short and limited military mission quickly in came -- quickly became a full-scale intervention. >> a decade ago, the footprints were those of the rebel army. the decade-long civil war had escalated in its yearlong. the rebels' signature atrocity was the hacking off of lands. and then something remarkable and unexpected happened. britain sent troops to evacuate british and other eu nationalists. their intent was to complete the evacuation and get out, leaving sierra leone to its fate. but the people of the countries of the british as their savior. the brigadier david richards saw a chance and decided to take risk. he went to see the beleaguered president who was preparing to flee the country. brigadier richards urged him to stay and promised britain would enter the war to support the government troops and defeat the rebels. britain, he said, with supply arms and ammunition. british helicopters would be made available. and he, richard, would take command of the war effort. >> i could see from my previous experience that a bit of organization and robustness might buy time. are you prepared for this? >> re-dear richard was acting well beyond the terms of his original mission -- brigadier richards was acting will be on the terms of its original mission? >> you were acting before your authorized? >> yes. >> london began to discuss the limited nature of the mission. politicians were talking about evacuation, not intervention. >> the military activities we needed to do to facilitate an evacuation operation were remarkably similar to what i continue to do, which was to stop the advance. you had to do that to allow the evacuation. >> so london was kitting you up for an evacuation, and you were using that to intervene in the civil war? >> yes. >> it was the second of what would come to be known as blair's wars. >> once we realized we could buy a targeted intervention with a limited number of troops, that we could, in fact, not this group out and restore the government's -- not this group out and restore the government, why not? >> it did not take long. much of it was chaotic, but they annihilated the rebels. brigadier richards' gamble paid off. british choked up to adjust -- chalked it up to a successful gamble, a just war. and british citizens are still here. 10 years ago, their own -- 10 years ago, there were fighting each other. their own war over, they are training other soldiers in africa. >> it is quite a remarkable improvement. >> britain's military intervention in seral leon worked -- sierra leone worked. in restore democracy. it would be an early experiment in the kind of liberal interventionism that would lead britain later and you afghanistan and iraq. bbc news. >> after the economic turndown, australia's mining movement is at full throttle once again. there is demand from countries like china and india. is a dirty business that comes at a price. nick price is to one of the worst-affected areas in new south wales. >> a landscape that is both beautiful and bountiful. this is the hunter valley in new south wales. part of the reason why australia is called "the quarry of the world." the demand for coal and other resources has helped the country avoid the last three global recessions. but prosperity comes with a price. mining is in at this man's blood. his family has been involved for generations. he, too, makes his life in the pits. but there are fears that the industry that makes this region which is also making it stick. >> this is the mind? >> i called as a sacrificial lamb. as we say -- it is a huge mining development that's generates $1.5 billion in royalties annually. but it comes at a cost. that is coming up the cost of the health to the local community's here. >> increasing levels of asthma, bronchitis, respiratory problems, and in a free to say, the bureaucrats are in sydney do not want to know about it. -- and i am afraid to say, the bureaucrats in sydney do not want to know about it. >> last year, over 100 tons of toxic metals including arsenic and lead work belched into the air by power stations in the upper hunter valley. you can see clouds of dust riding into the atmosphere right now. the fears about the health impact of mining activity have been highlighted by a recent study from the state government which showed that nearly 40% of nine to 15-year-old have suffered from asthma at some stage. courtney heads straight for the medications that helped her breed. last year, she messed three months of school because -- midst three months of school because of -- missed three months of school because of asthma. pictures taken of a huge cloud drifted over their farm from a nearby mine. it may corti's breathing difficulties even worse. -- it made court meets breathing difficulties even worse. c ourtney's -- courtney's breathing difficulties. >> i really feel for her. i do not think she should have to go through what she goes through. it is hard to deal with. corrects the mining companies say they try to minimize dust -- >> the mining company said it tried to minimize dust and take the potential health impacts seriously. the government has announced it will monitor air pollution more closely. but the residents fear they will only experience many more of these kinds of twilight's. where the sunshine dips behind and dust clouds continue to rise from the mines. bbc news, in the upper hunter valley. >> if you are afraid of heights, our next report is possibly not for you. skydivers seeking the ultimate adrenalin russia and jumping from a plane -- ultimate adrenaline rush have been jumping from a plane over mount everest. >> against the shadow of the himalayan snow peak, this group of skydivers are preparing for an aerial extreme adventure. they are preparing to jump from a plane at an altitude higher than mount everest. they will freefall to the world's highest landing strip -- strip. >> a lot of people who are involved in the sky diving from around the world. >> any moment they are waiting for. one by one, the 11 skydivers throw themselves out of the plane. free falling in extreme cold, you need specialized oxygen masks. the navigate to the small landing strip with precision and expertise. this is wendy smith's first jump. she is one of the first to freefall solo when the event began in 20008. -- 2008. >> we are at the top of the world. the himalayas, the mountain range, to be flying in between the mountains is absolutely stunning. >> the organizers hope skydiving in the himalayas will become popular among adventure seekers looking for an extreme thrill. bbc news. >> and you can find that story online ads bbc.com/news. other stories 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