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"pirate radio," rated r. >> and now "bbc world news." >> thousands gathered to remember those killed in last week's massacre at fort hood. the british prime minister apologizes to the mother of a soldier killed in afghanistan for misspelling her son's name. welcome to bbc world news. coming up later, no windows, no crew, america's latest pirate fighting machine. the subway passenger turned out to be a very lucky woman. >> he honored the memory of the dead in public and private, speaking their names and telling their stories as he denounced the twisted logic that led to their death. the u.s. president speaking in fort hood, texas at a memorial service for those that were shot. hasan is accused of the attack. president obama offered personal tributes for the way the victims lived and a service to their country. ♪ >> let's cross to washington, our special correspondent has more. >> before president obama spoke, the army chief of staff said that this of violence was unimaginable. he said it was a kick in the gut for america's armed forces. president obama's tribute was short and simple. this was not the place to look at the motivation of the shooting. he chose to characterize the spasm of violence. >> it might be hard to comprehend the twisted logic that led to this tragedy but this much we do now -- no fath justifies these murderous and craven acts, no just got looks upon them with favor. we know that the killer will be met with justice in this world and the next. -- no faith justifies these murderous and craven axed. >> the fbi has its own internal inquiries into the warning signs that could have led to action on the suspect. condemning wars that seemed to him to focus on fellow muslims. the e-mail that he sent to a radical in yemen. there will be public hearings looking for evidence that this individual soldier might have become a violent extremists. >> many thanks for that. moving on our around the globe, for the third time in as many days there has been a bomb attack in pakistan. at least 24 people were killed, 40 injured early on tuesday evening. this is in the town of charsadda. our correspondent described what happened. >> there was an extremely powerful explosion. police officials say the explosives were planted in a car which was parked near a main intersection of the market. rescue workers found many of the dead on the main road. the surrounding billions have led to early damage of the explosion according to eyewitnesses. the dead and injured were taken to local hospitals and some had to be taken to a nearby town. this is the third attack in the last three days and it continues a string of violence across pakistan. the violence is blamed on at the taliban militants who are under pressure by the pakistan army. the military is conducting an offensive in the taliban stronghold. many of the militants are fleeing the region and that this might contribute to the violence across pakistan. >> iran's foreign minister has said three american citizens now being accused of spying injured iranian territory illegally. he said other acquisitions are being investigated. they were arrested when they crossed into iran from northern iraq. the former president of liberia charles taylor says he was tricked by nigeria into being arrested. he was living in exile there in 2006. the president told them he was free to leave the country and then had him arrested. japan's government has pledged $5 billion in new aid to afghanistan over the next five years days before president obama visits tokyo and japan decided to end its naval schilling mission in support of the american efforts in afghanistan. -- naval fueling mission in support of the american forces in afghanistan. the prime mr. has apologized for the letter that was sent to a mother of a soldier who was killed. his name was misspelled. >> facing the fallout from the anchor of a grieving mother. the prime minister's every expression was scrutinized. every gesture analyzed. every word pored over as he faced the media at his monthly press conference. the mood was somber as gordon brown showed a side himself that he normally prefers to keep private. he described the telephone conversation he had with jackie james. >> i wanted to say during that conversation but i did not do so because i did not know her but when there is a personal loss as deep and immediate as she is experiencing, it takes time to recover. >> court in brown said that he apologized to her in a statement for any mistakes that have been made in a condolence letter she had called a hastily scrawled insult. -- gordon brown said that he apologized. >> it was never my intention to cause any grief to a grieving mother. >> this is the letter. it appears to contain mistakes including the family name which is misspelled. the release of the telephone call demonstrates the rock on motion of someone who has lost her son -- the raw emotion of someone who has lost her son. >> how would you like to hear about someone who was killed serving queen and country and because of the lack of helicopter, and died? >> "by a understand and i feel strongly about this as you do -- i understand and i feel as strongly about this as you do, "the prime minister said. the family needs to have convincing about the role in afghanistan. friends of the prime minister says that the timing of the campaign against him this week has been designed to cause maximum political damage. this is a day before the armistice day celebration. "the sun," withdrew its support from the labor party. the paper said it was tacky janes tackymrs. janes -- mrs. janes who approached them. >> i still very sorry for the prime minister. >> back at home, she was angry but she except the the prime minister's apology. >> he looked sincere. he looked tumbled. -- humbled. he will get a record of my son's death. >> it has been a bruising few days for the prime minister. a poignant reminder of what is going on in afghanistan. >> north and south korea are locked in a fresh dispute after two of their naval vessels exchange fire in the yellow sea. each side is blaming the other. >> in at the south korean capital, commuters paused to watch news reports of the incident as the government told people to stay calm. the south korean government is accusing the north of launching an attack. a patrol boat had opened fire, this naval officer said. the two navies have clashed and number of times in recent years was sometimes deadly consequences. an exchange of fire left six south koreans dead. a few years earlier, another skirmish has claimed the life of 17 north koreans. this is the latest between north and south korea to take place off the south coast. north korea has objected to the sea border that separates the territorial waters of the country. close to some small islands, a patrol boat from the north crossed the line and it failed to alter its course after warning shots. instead, the north koreans began to open fire. south koreans say they returned fire but they were hit and they retreated across the line. the south korean government instructed the military to maintain vigilance. north korea disputes at the version of defense and is demanding an apology for what they call a grave provocation. they said their patrol boats or on the northern side of the line when they were hit. but navy's continue to patrol their border and in the south south korea has accused the north of provoking such situations in order to make problems. there is speculation that this might be a reminder of just what is at stake on the korean peninsula. >> good to have you with us. stay with us if you can. a medal for a man who gave russia one of its biggest brands, the world's weapon of choice. police in japan have arrested the only suspect in the murder of a british teacher. she was 22 years old when her body was found in the suspect flat. this does it contain flash photography. >> his face is under a black cloth. the sold suspect in the murder of lindsay ann hawker in the hands of the japanese police. he was arrested in osaka after nearly three years on the run. lindsay ann hawker was 22 and had come to japan to teach english. the last time she was seen alive was when cctv cameras filemd, -- filmed her with tatsuya ichihashi. she had agreed to give him an english lesson. her body was discovered in his apartment. in the suspect had escaped. her parents came to japan many times and the case seemed to go nowhere. there is a photograph taken last month at a plastic surgery clinic. he has had operations on his mouth and eyes and he had gone for another on his nose. the doctors only realized he was after he would gone but the picture was circulated widely. it was a member of the public who spotted him in osaka. he has been brought to tokyo by bullet train. he was taken to a police station. for the japanese police and for the family of lindsay ann hawker, this is the culmination of a long and frustrating investigation. >> the latest headlines for you on bbc world news. president obama and thousands of others have been paying their respects to the victims of a shooting at fort hood penn to the british prime minister has apologized to the mother of a soldier killed in afghanistan. -- president obama and thousands of others have paid their respects to the victims of shooting at fort hood. the british prime minister has apologized to the mother of a soldier killed in afghanistan. the washington sniper is to be executed in hours. john allen muhammad lost his appeal and he has had his request for clemency denied. >> john allen muhammad faces execution within hours. he is the man who came to be called the washington sniper. a series of terrible random shootings in and around washington d.c. where what he is accused of. a taxi driver was shot purchasing petrol. another was mowing the grass. there were four dead in two hours. the shootings continued to day after day. on the evening of october 9th, this man was on his way home from work in virginia and he stopped here to fuel his car. he was shot dead. it is for this murder that john allen muhammad has been sentenced. >> by now, washington d.c. and virginia were in a panic. gas stations were hoping to find a way to protect themselves. there was a massive manhunt. four days, the police told the public to look for a white man. there was no white man, it was a blue chevy caprice. in it, john allen muhammad and a 17-year-old, lee boyd malvo. john allen muhammad was furious the military and the estrangement of his family. >> when he returned from the gulf war, he was confused, puzzled, unsure of himself and he was completely quiet. >> he had modified the car to make the act of murder undetectable. he seems to have thought of himself as a revenging an urban guerrilla. there is immoral to those killed. the anxiety that the sniper generated has never quite left the capital. >> to bring you some tragic news from germany where the german aninternational goalkeeper has died. robert enke was hit by a train. he played 8 times for his country. he is expected to be the number 1 for the world cup. in a statement, the police say that the victim is the national team goalkeeper robert enke. first indications were that it was a suicide. the american military has been using unmanned aircraft to track pirates. they have disrupted a major shipping lanes and a they are holding close to to let people ransom. the latest weapon in the fight against piracy. no windows and no crew. this american drone does have an all seen eye. -- all seeing i. they are locating, tracking parts. -- pirates. >> we're able to watch a target and provided the information back to the analysts. >> they might fly without weapons for now but deploying the same military hardware that targeted al qaeda in afghanistan and militants in somalia shows how serious the problem of piracy is. there have been 8 recent attacks in the waters, almost 1,000 miles from somalia. we headed out with the coast guard on a military plane and catching pirates red handed is not easy. >> if they are able to hear the planes, but they will not be showing the weapons. while they are navigating, the weapons would be concealed. >> we swooped on several vessels. these patrols to give confidence to the crews and are running the gauntlet every day. the government needs to protect the lucrative tourism industries. the government is struggling to contain at the pirates. this is the latest warship to come into this region. a problem that often happens is that they get to the scene of a pirate attack too late when hostages have already been taken. that is what happened in the case of the british couple who were captured soon after setting sail after -- from this yacht club. and combined military effort aims to keep the pirates far away from this honeymoon haven. as they ventured further afield, winning the war against the pirates is only getting more difficult. >> australia's koala's could be wiped out within 30 years unless there is urgent action. according to the australia, while the foundation, there are many factors that are sending numbers plummeting. previous estimates put the the numbers add more than 100,000. the russian government has confessed that parts of the country's police force are now criminal businesses. if video posted on the internet by a senior police officer has received hundreds of thousands of hits. >> back in april, a senior policeman was found by security cameras on a shooting spree in a moscow supermarket. he killed three people. this video prompted a furious public reaction. when the reputations of the country's police force was already extremely bad. the police on the streets on known mainly for their ability to extract bribes from drivers. and now for the first time, the police officer has used the internet to speak out about the corruption. has become a media sensation. today, appearing at a news conference in moscow to continue his campaign to clean up the police force. >> i have appealed to the prime minister, i want the honor and respect the police restored an investigation to be set up. >> the police here are known as much for their brutality as for their corruption. promoting change here will not be easy. the government is under pressure to act. the minister of the interior has said that to those that have committed crimes will be punished. according to the ministry figures, this should mean thousands of police officers appearing in court. >> russia is celebrating the 90th anniversary of the man who gave his country one of the best known brands, the weapon of choice and the inventor of the ak-47 assault rifle. he is still working at the same plant where he built his first gun was no plans to retire. >> kalashnikov celebrated his 90th birthday with a special reception at the kremlin. an award was given to him by the russian president. >> what has been created happens very rarely. i don't mean just the rifle but also the national brand which gave rise to pride to every russian. >> given our honors for designing the iconic ak-47 rifle, he said he never intended it for it to become -- in never intended for it to become the preferred weapon around the world. he says it is not his fault that it is sometimes used for it should not have been. he started working on his rifle in 1947 driven to design by soviet defeats in the early years of world war ii. the rifle quickly became prized. all school boys were taught how to operate a kalashnikov. they were taught white is so popular sowhy it is -- why it is so popular. it is the weapon of choice for rather armies and guerrilla groups around the world. one in six guns in the world is now a kalashnikov. estimates suggest that more than 100 million people at some point have had access to it. the numbers killed or maimed by the weapons is and now -- is on known -- is unknown. >> some heart stopping footage has emerged from a woman who lost her balance and fell onto the tracks. this is right on the path of an approaching train. you can see other passengers frantically waving to the train driver and then the driver just manages to stop in time. bystanders helped her to climb back to the platform. police say she was drunk at the time. >> funding 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. union bank. and by "pirate radio," a new comedy from focus features. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> in 1966, the british government banned rock 'n' roll on the radio until one american deejay and a band of renegades raided the airwaves from above. >> let's rock! >> a nice, young man has lost his virginity. >> we're going to shut them down. >> they can't close us down. we're pirates. >> rock on! >> this fall comes a comedy about the motley crew -- >> this is a trick. >> we've got the wrong damn boat! >> that saved rock 'n' roll. "pirate radio," rated r. >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet, los angeles.