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i they wish to fight a common sense consumer protections,hat is a fight i am more than willg to have. >> the response from the so- called fat cats was heated, ss. >> we went to make sure we do t put people back in harm's y and that we do not put banks back in harm's way. >> citigroup says it is now we ying $20 billion -- is now repaying $1$20billio. billion. their rhetoric is getting tougher. they are trying to say th there is help for taxpayers and borrowers. bbc news, new yo. >> that is our special correspondent. another corresndent watched thpresident's speech. >> president obama is reflecting a real see of political and corrects about fat catsn wall street and banking bonuses is reflected in a real sense political anger wich reflecti -- esident obama is reflectina real sense of political anger abo fat cats on wall street. today, he posted to a disconnect. pointed to a disconnect. he pointed to theisconnect to the fact tt the banking industry has lobbyists on capitol hill trying their hardest to block t overhaul of the industry. >>oliticians worldwide need the banks to up dig their economy out of a rut. >> president oba really need the banks. he needs them to loosen cred. he nee them to rev up the engine of the american enomy by giving more credit to small bunesses. that is a wa to hang on to jobs or toreate jobs agai also giving help to struging homeowners in agreeing to refinance or re-rk mortges, and the more th banks give back the baout money, the more they do that, you cou argue the less moral leverage the white house has. >> therime minister of greece has warned that the country is in danger of sinking into debt. addressing the nion, george papandreou talk about cuts in spending and payreeze for many workers -- tlked about cuts i spending. it all looks very glitzand glamorous, but th is mirage, because greece is in a deh of a financial csis that has not seen for 35 years theuestion i whether the president -- pri minister ha done enough to satisfy the markets and the banker hennounced what he said was sweeping structurareform. "you must chan or a nk -- or sink," he said. salars of high ranng civil servants will be frozen, and some will be reded. although this looks like a carefresociety, greece spends fortune on defense. mr. papandreou was lling f changes. >> what else can we do? >> althoughhis does not look like a countron the brink of crisis, trade unions and left- wingarties have said they will not tolerate cs. >> our coespondent there in athens. a w gas pipeline is open for ina. her areas have jned in, and a pipine will cross -- the pipeline will crs seral countries. british airway' cabin crew have voted to sike on december 22 anlast 12 days. the us. secretary of state s urged f the freeinof the american hikers as soon as posble. th were arrested four mont ago when they ented the country illelly. thsaid they miskenly crossed a poorly rked border whe hiking. a new nasa satellite, which will look for all stars -- old stars and laxies. they will be searching for objects that could harm our planet. the itian prime minister is stillecovering in the hospital in the moment -- in milan. sylvia bernasci was assaulted at e end of apolitical rally a man who was said toave had mental problems. >> it was not thwords. it was the pictures which shocked ilians toda as they opened their newspaps, pictures of tir battered prime minister. silvio berlusco remains the hospital unr obsertion and in pain. hidoctor says the prime nister has broken his nosand two teet he has be given painkillers and antibiotics. wt happened to mr. berlusconi is now much clearer. herhe is just seconds before thattack. you can s the assaila raising his hand preparg to thrown object. suddenly, he tows at at mr. berlusconi -- throws it at mr. berlusco. the fl extent of his injurie become clear. the alleged asslant 42 year old and thout to hav had medicaissues, massimo tartaglia -- ntal issues. this man says the prim minister provokes i this woman says i is an ugly thing. it makes italy look terrible to the world. itaan politians say the attack higights the political divisions and austin woodies in italy today. >> -- the litical divisions and hostility in italy toda >> the drina feature of the country. -- green future. commemoring 22 years since the founding of the islamic grou hamas, whichontrols gaz. 13 israelis and 1300 palestinians dead. e hve this port. >> a show of strength by hamas. they are waving green flags. hamas, which was founded in 1987, has controld causes since 20, whent seized power from its rival fox,ah. on the humatarian supplies are allowed in. for the hamas leader in gaza, deance. >>speaking foreign language] weayoday alloveover, it will not go back until indendence achieved, god willing. >> the ma's isn negotiations th israel over a possible exchange -- has i in gotiations. is also holding conciliation talks wi fatah. although there has been me progress on the exchange, little progress and other areas. bbcews. -- in other area bbc news. >> the latest headlines on "bbc rld news." dubai gets a $ billion bailout from abu dhabi. it has restored confidence, in the short te at least. and president obama says th bankseed to lend again. today's walkou by developing nations from the climate mmit in copenhan is an dication f how deep the disions are between e poor countries an the industriized world. they want rich couries to make tough pledges for recing emissions. theyhave not just one week to reach me kind of a al. our correspondent is ere. >> tension is mounting he. protestors inside the conference call supportghe countries of africa in aboycott of the talks that lted most of the day. afrins are saying e richest countries a not serious aut tting their greenhouse gases >> this is an aempt by developedountries to expose thworld to catastrophe. >> r five precious hour no forl talks. essentially -- eventually, the talks remed. >> there was lot of tension. there was just a few ds' time, and there inowhereear irresolutn. -- a resolution. away fr the conference call in this labyrintof corridors iswhere there was a temporary office, where theeal negotiations take ple, where the africans were persuaded t go back into the talks,which is where a deal may entually be done at the heart of the disput the recast of global warming and what to do about it. e poorest countriesorry that they are beg ignored. one fears about beinlost tuba waves. -- to theaves. >>hings are not on track for success. we need to do all we can, on ministerial lel tget them back on track -- we need to do all we caon the ministerial level. i hope we can do is by friday. >> there are lighter momen. polar bears calling for humans be saved. bbc newsn copenhagen. >> the so-called develod countries are not a unified bloc, and now the orer countries eeeking commitments. chines emissions could entually succeed europ's. >> gian ucks len with coal. it must be one of the biggest man-made holes on the planet, a source of one of the largest sources o carn emissions the real question is at happens in the next 20 to 30 years. the chinese use of coal could en double or triple. me think of the things do t matter if cna does not clean its act. this is dg from the ground i china. -- dug from the ground in cha. this man ss there is enough coal here for 90 years. they are hard at work, loong for new places this burns 20,000ons of coa per day. as china gets rher,energuse is soaring. the enjoy air conditning. they have a car, a television. today, perhaps one-thir of the people live like this. >> thk now, t china people would like a lifestyle le us. >> china is copyinghe west. million more cnese will ve to the city in t coming 30 years. carbon emissions are alrey up, and as they ep going up, it could make a big change in a decade. >> eventlly, it will stabilize, and all countries llemit aut the same per rson. >> china sayst wants to lead the world igreen technology. they are busy building the rld'siggest windfarm. >> [speaking foreign langua] >>is has as much energy as 16 al-fired plants. wind cnot be relied on the way that coal can. the future forclimate change could b bleak. bbc news, theesert. >> the amous of o river stretches for hundreds of mis between india and ngladesh, and they are homeo a man eating tigers, and some believe at climate change is pushing e tigers into greater conflict with humans. we have this port. >> ware heading ito one of the largt mangroves force on earth. this is a place where nature hold sway -- the largest mangroveforest oearth. ur guide tells us just w dangerous can be. in the village, they are struggling carry on with norm life. itooksdyllic now, but last may, her hou was desoyed by a cyclone, a she lost her husband, killed by a tiger. >> [speaking foign language] they caattack at any time. i have noing right now. >> she has joined th villa's tiger widows. 1999, 1997, 2009. and y can hear t same story in vlages like this elshere. the numberf attacksre increasing and that i because more and more people, fissures, poachers, hey therers are crossing the river and going intoangerous terriry. ey are magnificentut dead. rarely films, d hit and in the forest. and when siemens entered their habitat,the attack, -- ad when humans enter tir habitat, they atcke. >> the mangroves, when thesere protected, then you are protected. >> he ows the willot be ea. he saw his nghbor killed by a ger just a few weeks ago. sing sea levels and other things appear to be pushing the tigers closer to hun habitation, but as the families watch from onshore,these cld be beat tiger -- be the tegeiger widows of the future. >> underwater footage shows an octopus opening up cocuts discarded by humans. the octopus has now been added to the growing list of those known to display intelligent use ofools. thanks for bein withus on "bbc worlnews." >> funding was made possibby the freen foundation of new yo, stowe, vermont, and honolu. newman's own fountion. the john and catherine t. macarthufoundation. and union bank. and union bank. >> union bank s put its 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