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thanks for being with us. gaddafi is dead. celebrations have lasted through the night and across the country as libyans rejoice in their freedom. many questions remain unanswered over the death of gaddafi and questions about where he will be buried and when. humphrey now on the death of dictator. there are a graphic images in this report. >> colonel gaddafi is thought to live been in this convoy of vehicles that came under attack in a nato airstrike trying to escape from his hometown of certificati -- of sirte. he seems to have taken refuge with some of his bodyguards in a drainage tunnel. he was captured alive in a chaotic scene.

some shouted,m" "we need him alive." these are the last moments of the man who ruled libya 42 years. they branded a golden pistol said to be his. by the time he arrived at the hospital he was pronounced dead. the libyan prime minister mahmoud jibril said that gaddafi died from a bullet wound to the head in crossfire. one of his sons mutassim was said to have been killed with him. but the fates of another, seif al-islam, is not certain. to the libyans celebrating, the exact manner of his death was not important. authorities are planning to bury him in a secret location within

the next few hours. bbc news supporting. >> i am joined by the u.k. spokesperson for the libyan democratic party. you have established your understanding as to the exact cause of death. >> after gaddafi was captured, he was beaten up, then he was killed by a young man from misurata 18 years old by the name of bachmann a bahmed. we are in direct contact with the people who did it. >> does that alter the need for an investigation? >> yes, there should be an investigation. the libyan people want to know exactly what happened and we want an investigation. we deserve it. we do not want to go into the

next stage of our history without understanding this process. >> there are many urgent demands on libya, on the national transitional council. they have to prove themselves. can they do that? >> they cannot. the interim council is run by an mr. jibril. the libyan people do not trust him because he served gaddafi and and is not a democrat. he promised that on the death of gaddafi now that he would resign. this should happen today, but i have my doubts. he does not want to resign. w importantess, ho is that whoever the characters are in the government, it needs

to be representatives of the people of libya? and that will include perhaps some serving under gaddafi. >> we do not want anybody who served gaddafi and to take part in the of revolution. the libyan people deserve democracy. we deserve liberty. we do not want to go into the past. we want a truly new libya. >> is there a danger that you will be sniping from the sidelines as the national transitional council starts building toward elections and eventually a new constitution? >> no, that is not what is happening. the democratic party is the voice of the revolution, the people doing the fighting. these people do not want gaddafi. the libyan revolution success will be that of the people and not that of the oil companies and gas companies. we want to be the people.

>> thank you very much. the death of colonel gaddafi and the uprising in libya was assisted by almost 26,000 nato sources since last march. the french president nicolas sarkozy says this means military intervention and air strikes has reached its conclusion. is that the view of nato as a whole? matthew price, at the ambassadors'meeting, do you think they will reach the same conclusion? >> i do think so. they will meet this afternoon at 2:00 local time. i have no indication as to how long the meeting might last. it could go on until the evening. they will be taking soundings from their military commanders to verify from them that they

believe nato's mission is over and then we are told from nato sources that a decision might be made today that the mission is over but it still might take a few days to tie up loose ends to formally bring it to an end. but that is the direction we're moving. >> nato can say our job is done, but there's a feeling gaddafi's deck is mission accomplished? >> some will see it that way. some within the alliance and the arab league, which supported the idea of having --, will see it like that. there will be awkward questions. on the other hand, nato will probably feel that this whole mission has been a success. it managed to pull together a diverse range of opinions and a

diverse range of members in the initial arguments and discussions over setting up the no-fly zone and what the terms of that would be. it held together during those prolong summer months in which it feared it could get drawn into a relatively intractable civil war over a very long time. the alliance still held together. i think back a sense, from the secretary-general anders rasmussen yesterday was mission accomplished, although he did not put it like that. he said that they had managed to safeguard the safety and security of the libyan population. >> we talk about the dawn of a new era in libya, has this operation in the dawn of a new realization for nato that you cannot rely on america all the time? >> absolutely.

president obama was pretty clear right from the outset that the u.s. was not going to get involved. he was adamant that he would not be seen in his country or perceived around the world as george w. bush trying to change.egime david cameron and nicolas sarkozy have pretty much spoken in those terms. david cameron has been attempting to distance himself from tony blair and the perceptions people may have of him over the iraq war. at the same time, i think nato will see this as a success and possibly a model for the future. >> thank you, matthew price. let's skip the latest from tripoli. caroline hawley of the bbc is there. the focus at the moment is on

gaddafi and the funeral. when and where? >> that's a very good question, something better the new authorities are now struggling to arrange. we have just gotten word, the oil minister said that the funeral has been delayed a few days while they make arrangements for the location. while those arrangements are finalized, he goes on he has told them to keep the body in the freezer in the morgue for few days to make sure everybody knows that he is dead. the ntc is trying to control events and arrange things and to bury him in a secret location. the people that are now holding him, the fighters who took him , have other ideas and they want some control over what happens

next. this is a sign of some of the difficulty that the new libya will face, because the new authorities do not yet have command over the vast array of different brigades and militias and different towns and areas of libya who all want to have their say in how things happen in this new country. >> the national transitional council does not have unanimous support across the country among all political parties. is that going to be a real hindrance in the weeks and months ahead as it tries to forge some sort of united front and rebuild la plata? >-- rebuild libya? >> the real problem is that gaddafi had not allowed any institution. no civil society was tolerated. so they are building things from scratch. people have different opinions about what they should do in this country. they were fighting to get rid of

colonel gaddafi, but after that they had different visions and different goals. it will be a real struggle for the new authorities to unite libya. what happens now is that a fairly well-set-out political time travel, we should get the declaration from benghazi but the whole country has been liberated and for 30 days a traditional -- within 30 days of that, a transitional government should be established. that should lead to democratic elections in about two years, the first to be held here. that is the timeframe, but it is an enormously complex process ahead. very serious challenges for the new authorities try to unite the country. for the moment the vast majority of libyans are simply delighted that colonel gaddafi is no more. they still really cannot believe what they've heard and what

they've seen on their television screens and they are still rejoicing. >> thank you indeed. let's look at the world's of the economies of the world. it seems to me that france and germany say that we wholeheartedly agree that we disagree of the moment, but we will agree eventually. >> that is very well said. one thing is the form of what should happen and the other is the size of what should happen. they have to set up how big the european funds should be and it should be to satisfy the market. a popular view is it should be one trillion euros. twoe people say it's to trillion. the french wanted to be guaranteed by the european bank and -- rather the germans

are supporting that, but the french are not. there's a risk of contagion. they will agree. >> but not necessarily during this summit. >> maybe the next one or the one after that. >> thank you. now a story that shocked all of you. shocking pictures that we saw a of a toddler at the center of outrage in china after she was run over twice that and yet ignored by passers-by. the news coming from china is that she has died in hospital. a video posted online shows exactly what happened. 18 people in all walks or cycle or drove past the little two year-old as she lay critically injured in the southern city. our beijing correspondent michael bristow says the tragedy has sparked a national debate.

>> hospital authorities concerned early on friday and that she died of a massive internal injuries. that is no great surprise ever since the accident happened just over a week ago. the doctors gave a pretty grim prognosis. she went into hospital. from the beginning she was only surviving because of machines. many people expected it. nevertheless there has been an outpouring of thanks -- of angst. the question is how could 18 people walk by and see the injured girl laying on the side of the road leading and do nothing? millions and millions of comments have been on the internet chat rooms all week basically asking this one simple question. >> there are some countries including france where they have a law that makes it illegal not

to go to the assistance of someone. i presume that is not the case in china at the moment. >> it is not. that is something they are looking at. this incident happened in a city in guangdong province in the south of china. organizations and lawyers groups say they have been discussing the possibility of introducing a law that might compel people to go to someone's help if they see them in such obvious need of help. initial suggestions suggest that people in china shiare thinking of ways to encourage good samaritans more than punishing those that do not help. the fact that it's being debated gives you an indication, of the level of anguish that is being caused by this story. it is one of those stories that really speaks to the mood of the country at the moment.

it tells a story of china in this moment. >> thanks for being with us on bbc world news. the moment has arrived in libya for the interim government in waiting. the national transitional council will pick up the pieces and start rebuilding. we are looking at the difficulties ahead as they have the next phase in the revolution. democratic reforms leading to free elections. >> it's only two days since the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton was in tripoli, the most senior u.s. official to bring support to the national transitional council. she received assurances from libya poses new leaders of their desire to move towards democracy quickly. that process begins now. there are several challenges to its move towards democracy. the first is from radical islamists who may not want

western-style political parties. they gained strength of the longer the fighting went on. another challenge is from the armed militias now and control path of the major cities, providing jobs and a return to normal life for them should not be hard in a country with enormous oil wells. but the gunmen have seen their friends die and now they are potential threat to return to civility. the new administration faces a particular challenge from gunman who did the hardest fighting for tripoli coming from their homes in the mountains southwest of the capital. political leadership from benghazi in the east does not command support right across the country. there are other tribal divisions as well. that was intensified during the long months of warfare and in particular if the cruelty of the two-month struggle for sirte. prisoners have been saw by both

sides and reconciliation may be bumpy. but today libya can breathe again with an overwhelming sense of hope that it can rejoin the world. bbc news. >> headlines on bbc world news. celebrations and more celebrations right through the night in libya. many questions remain over the killing of colonel gaddafi. a toddler epicenter of an outrage in china after she was run over and yet ignored by passers-by. she has now died in hospital. now back on gaddafi. the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton -- >> the death of colonel gaddafi has brought to a close a very unfortunate chapter in libya

opposing history, -- libya's history, but it marks the start of a new era for the libyan people. it is our hope that what i saw in tripoli on tuesday firsthand the eagerness of libyans to begin building a new democracy can now begin in earnest. i want to underscore the commitment of the united states to supporting the libyan people as a friend and partner as they embark on this new democratic path. >> our correspondent is traveling with secretary of state. she is in pakistan at the moment in islam tabad. kim, with hillary clinton, we are in a situation where gaddafi is dead. i suppose that suits the administration.

>> this is something that certainly suits the libyan officials for starters. mrs. clinton was there. her trip was timely. the news of his death came the day after she visited. it soothes everybody because everybody would like to see a new page for libya -- it suits everybody. this will enable them to move forward. but there is a concern about some instability that remains, the possibility that there might be some more violence. we interviewed hillary clinton yesterday and i asked her whether there was concern about the fact that gaddafi had laid the ground for insurgency whether he stayed alive or not. she said there was some concern. but the fact that he was dead, there was no rallying point any

more. the only issue could be if there were others with enough money to pay for the mercenaries. >> we have heard that the nato operation is almost over. and nato meeting to discuss that. have you heard anything from mrs. clinton on that? >> the americans say they will continue to watch closely and they will be in close contact with the interim authorities in libya. they are saying, in essence, they are not going to take their eyes off the ball just because gaddafi is dead. there is still a lot of work to be done in libya. the obama administration is very aware of that. they want to help libya start a new page for their country. mrs. clinton in tripoli announce

several initiatives to help libya rebuild its country. libya has enough of its own oil dollars, but mrs. clinton is offering technical assistance and expertise in order to help them rebuild their country, diversify their economy, and to help treat the wounded, which the libyans are very keen to get help. >> in spain the government and opposition has welcomed a statement from the basque separatist group eta declaring an end to a 40-year campaign of violence. previous declarations have been rejected by the prime minister. this is the first time eta has announced a definitive end to its armed struggle. our correspondent has told me the spanish government welcomes the news. >> it was an hour after the statement that the spanish prime minister went live on television talking about the triumph of

democracy over terra, a triumph of law and reason over terror -- triumph of democracy over terror. he said that the memory of the dead will not be forgotten and the fight was won in their names. this has been a long process for the end of eta. security forces and police operations against the group has been successful in recent years in capturing key figures and cooperating closely with french police to arrest any members that have fled across the border to france and bring them to spain and put them on trial. the political entourage around eta in the last years has come to the realization that the violence was getting in the way of the objective. the objectipolitical wing was ne

to achieve its end. it decided to few weeks ago and announced a couple years ago that it wanted to end the violence. but now the militants have finally followed suit. >> further research has been published suggesting there's no link between mobile phones and brain cancer. the risks they present has been much debated over the last 20 years since we started using the phones across the world. the latest study led by the institute of cancer in denmark looks at more than 350,000 people, with telephones over 18 years of time. they had no greater risk than anyone else in developing brain cancer was the result. now a couple of the front pages in the u.k. this is a tabloid. a graphic image of colonel gaddafi. and again gaddafi on this paper.

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