a setback for president obama. the senate blocked proposals to allow gays to serve openly in the military. india insists the commonwealth games will be ready despite complaints about the facilities for athletes. the president of the vatican bank is humiliated after a police launches an investigation into money laundering. welcome to bbc world news, podcast to pbs yours. angry scenes outside the greek parliament. show us the money. paris tries to recapture the high ground of international art with impressionism. republicans have blocked an opponent to allow gay people to serve openly in the american military. they say the don t ask, don t tell would damage morale. is a big upset for president obama. it is a big upset. our washington correspondent says the way the proposal was presented was unusual from the start. the democrats were using the mechanism of trying to get this through by attaching it to a defense spending bill. it upset a lot of republicans, including th