at shell, we believe the world needs a broader mix of energies. that s why we re supplying cleaner-burning natural gas to generate electricity. and it s also why, with our partner in brazil, shell is producing ethanol, a biofuel made from renewable sugar cane. a minute, mom! let s broaden the world s energy mix. let s go. and now, bbc world news. the syrian defense minister killed in a suicide bombing at the national security building in damascus. syrian rebels claimed they have begun a campaign to take the capital. that attack follows renewed fighting in the south of the city with reports of civilians fleeing. are events on the ground overtaking the diplomacy? hello and welcome to gmt. i am george alagiah, with a world of news and opinion. also in the program north korea s leader as another title to his name as he consolidates power. kim jong-un becomes a marshal, of the country s highest military rank. the startling results of eight research into our exercis
boy she adopted back to moscow on a plane with just a note? that mother is finally speaking out for the first time. so, what does she have to say about it? the first time we ve heard from her. you can see the pictures. we ll see how the boy is doing now back in russia. also this morning, a mystery involving money, social status and secret lives. this is a stunner involving one of the richest couples in england. socialites and personal friends with prince charles. he s a billionaire and she s an american heiress. this morning, she is dead and he s in jail. also this morning, we re going to meet the man who just may be the best boss in the world. after-hours, right? no disrespect to our boss. he is awesome. he pays his workers $7,500, get this, just to go on vacation. now, this isn t paid vacation. he actually pays for your vacation. there s a hitch. but it s not what you think. we ll tell you about what coming up in the show. first, we want to welcome ron claiborne
jamie dimon as i am told from a number of analysts as they exited the conference call, he was very apologetic. you have to admit, he has come out in front of the problem, addressed it, has taken responsibility for it. he asked that three people in charge of this chief investment office to resign. they re now claiming they re going to go after claw backs, means they can go up to two years of compensation for the individuals, and evidently the one in charge of the office offered to give ahead of them asking. and no severance pay and no compensation for 2012. so there is some fall back in terms of these individuals. we don t know how many other people may be involved. that s still to come. however, there s still about 30% of this trading operative that s out there, still to be unwound. we don t know if there will be more operating losses. one analyst expects there to be a gain, but as allison is about to tell you, no question, analysts and investors like what they heard this m
school, but they re not resigning over it. the penn state board of trustees are meeting right now after a scathing report on the jerry san dews kay scandal. the board as the group that has paramount accountability for overseeing and ensuring the proper functioning and governance of the university accepts full responsibility for each of the failures that occurred. investigators led by former fbi director louie freeh in the record said that the board also failed to do its job by not inquiring about important university matters and by not creating an environment where senior university officials felt accountable, end quote. the trustees say they take full accountability for the promise and they are willing to act on the recommendations on the freeh report but none offer to step down now. the former person state head coach joe pan terin know -this statue from the campus, including some of his own friends like former florida state coach bobby bowden. we ll ask coach bowden ab
of coming in to us right now and it s really fascinating when you look at how these networks that take nuclear material from the u.s. and then provide it overseas. two men have been indicted. a citizen of iran and a resident of china are being accused to try to obtain and illegally export these u.s. materials toer rang. and they re used to construct, operate and maintain gas center fudges. there was a statement that was released by lisa monaco. she s the assistant attorney general iranian networks continue to target u.s. and western companies for technology acquisition by using fraud front companies and middle men in nations around the globe. so essentially the citizens of people who are doing things like this are setting up fake companies, trying to buy materials from the u.s. and then slip them into iran and obviously with iran s nuclear programs right now, you can see the concerns with that. one other thing that came out in this, some of the details against these men in pa