what is important is countries like britain and america engage in the right way. we have to support credible strong government in pakistan that is able to come to grips with its own problems because it's a mortal threat that their own society faces. >> would you scene more troops into afghanistan if president obama asked you to? >> we will decide on troop deployment on the need on the ground. we have 9,000 troops in helmand province now or 6,000 helmand, 3,000 elsewhere in the country. the british commitment is very substantial, 12% of the total before the american surge. but the biggest increase in troops and i think people forget this in the next few years will not be brits or americans it will be afghans. >> this sounds like you are saying no. >> no one should say given the level of sacrifice of british soldiers, 169 british soldiers have died in afghanistan, we've increased our numbers from four to five to six, to 9,000. >> but now no more >> we always judge according to conditions on the ground. we agreed to put in an extra 700 because of the elections in aug

a great many loyalists, or tories, soldiered for great britain and died fighting for great britain during this war. in fact, though we don't tend to remember it much today, there was a point in 1780 when there were actually more americans fighting with the british army then were members of the continental army under general washington. if you add together the number of americans who died and the number who died on the british side during this war, and look at it on a proportional basis in terms of the population of those two countries at the time, and the death toll which would have been about 80000 actually, would be roughly equivalent of losing some 2 million people from the american population today. would be almost as if, the place that i live, atlanta, georgia, simply was wiped out completely. and it wasn't just soldiers who suffered during this war, but civilians paid a heavy price as well. diseases were brought home by soldiers on furlough. armies which were near civilian areas spread diseases. so that, for example, during the first year of the war, abigail adams, the wife of john

of london with an in-depth conversation with david miliband, the 43-year-old prime minister of great britain. he's the odds-on favorite to be the next labor party leader and the next prime minister of the country. he has to confront the problem arrested nine iranians who worked in the british embassy. western countries face a difficult set of choices with iran. should they return to the negotiating arena with iran? wouldn't that mean glossing over the rigged election and accepting president mahmoud ahmadinejad as the head of its government? yes, but it isn't clear what the alternative would be. the problem with iran's nuclear program remains, and we're negotiating with them to see if some agreement can be reached. that program continues to grow, and refusing to negotiate will not do anything to stop it. and, yet, it seems odd to act as if the extraordinary events of the past month simply didn't happen. so, here's one solution. do nothing. the five major powers on the u.n. security council, plus germany, have already given iran a very generous offer to restart the nuclear negotiations. iran h

>> britain is said to be the most watched nation on earth. new cameras are added everywhere. in one of the most remote communities, people are being watched. in shetland, they have installed 14 new cameras turning it into one of the most watched towns in britain. another of these malls and stores in britain bought more cameras and the san francisco police department. 8 british cities have more cct v's than the authorities in paris. many have more than boston, sydney, johannesburg combined. the numbers we have indicate that they have not let up over the years. and one thing was interesting. several years ago, researchers counted all of the cameras on these two streets. they concluded that there was 4.2 million cameras in operation across the country. this company tracks the actual sales and he has shown us what his research has shown. >> we look at how this has been growing and this goes right back to when the first sentences were put in. we then factored in some replacement rates. working through the numbers, we arrived the number which is about 3.2 million. >> there might be

great britain suffered, i think, it was eight casualties in the span of 24 hours. you had that very dramatic scene of the hearses going through towns. how long can they sustain that in public opinion? >> well, i think the brits are pretty dowdy. the brits are tough. and certainly there's been a great deal of resistance from iraq after a while and they did finally do that but i think that the brits are committed. i think the frustrating thing of course is the rest of nato is not committed to it. you do have other troops there in less dangerouause the rules of engagement are so -- you know, let's not take casualties. let's not kill anyone. it raises very big questions about the alliance and the long run. now does the united states have enough troops do what it needs to did and does president obama have the will to put in a lot more troops? there's also question here domestically. >> and what do you think the answer to that is, gideon? >> i think the real question is about whether the strategy is going to be working and showing results. my reading of history and of th

these policies will be anchored by britain's future. we have already seen the benefits of giving families and businesses real help now during this recession. if we had not intervened and acted decisively, at least another half a million jobs would have been lost in this recession. innovation has given an reinvigoration to our motor industry and saved our car workers' jobs already. the message we have put in place are considerable and i can say to date that in total health, 300,000 young people this year will secure help with jobs or training or college or school places. 72,000 more education and training places are being made available for 16 to 18 year-old spirit there will be more apprentice ships. 10,000 more university places. 10,000 -- 250,000 more places for your employment for young people. çwe are also helping a quarterf a million people to stay in their homes by paying the interest on their mortgages if they lose their job or by other means of helping homeowners. we are unable in over 170,000 companies in every region of the

and special report on britain. now to japan, where prime minister taro also has been a apologizing to his supporters for a series of election defeats. >> he is putting on a brave face, but even in -- but even some in his own liberal democratic party believe he is leaving -- leaving them to an historic defeat. japan is in a recession, but still the prime minister has called for an election. he called -- he apologize for past mistakes and ask for more time. >> in my time in office i have defended the general -- i have offended the general public and made id more difficult for people to trust the government. i am deeply sorry. >> the election could have been delayed until october, and critics have openly called for him to be pulled. >> i have received a document from the japanese prime minister. it says, i hereby dissolved parliament and the japanenese constitution, clause 7. >> the democratic party of japan is well ahead in the opinion polls. government for the ordinary people rather than big business. but a politica

today in britain, the government launched a national pandemic flu service. they're trying to maintain calm, but clearly, preparing for trouble. the government estimates one in three people in britain will contract the virus. today, one police chief said that the threat from swine flu is worse than the threat from terrorism. a little bit alarmist perhaps, but some very level-headed economists are predicting economic chaos. the government expects 12% of british workers will be off sick every day. those level headed economists predict a painful 3% drop in britain's gdp. the u.s. could take an even bigger hit. >> workers in other vital or critical infrastructure sectors, transportation, communication, manufacturing, so forth, a lot of people would be too sick to go to work. so we could have a very diminished capacity of our ability to sustain some of the vital functions. >> president obama has announced the u.s. will begin mass vaccination in october. >> i think our best hope, this is again for the u.s. and for the world, is that we'll be able to gear up our abi

britain to stop its level tourism because it is stifling free speech and political debate and from a u.n. organization to see something like that is nothing short of a miracle. so, maybe that will also help to move england and england would be nice to do it first. and there is some debate going on although i understand that in most being considered now is how to reconstruct the system for defendants and latin cases. but i hope the british law and the judges and the parliament will stop in and do something to change the law to allow more free speech. >> well, i blood agree and disagree somewhat with one of the last points andrew made. i think this first and foremost ought to be a diplomatic issue more than a judicial issue. frankly, i think that our whole approach to national security, which regards it in a knee-jerk way as mainly a legal challenge rather than a policy diplomatic military challenge and what ever different level of conflict we were involved in is just wrong. i think our tradition, and this is something that's reflected i think i want to say 1940 supreme court case, chi

britain helped intervene and conflict nine years ago. the money was earmarked to build a stable and democratic state. much of it disappeared. humphrey huxley traveled to sierra leone and found ongoing poverty and a warning that war could return. >> meet dallas. she is seven. she has just been expelled from her primary school because her family cannot pay the fees. she is breaking rocks. it is dangerous work, trying to pay for her schooling. how much does she need? just 1 pound. neither my mother nor my aunt have enough money. the said if i did not have enough money i cannot go to school. -- they said if i did not have enough money i cannot go to school. under a raft of international rights, the government must give children liked alice a free education, but it does not. hers is one story of one child in britain's recent involvement in sierra leone. this country remains one of the poorest and most corrupt in the world. >> i know that there has been maybe a misuse of funds, but there has to be agreement between the donors and ourselves. >>

it is as famous as an image of britain, the eiffel tower. -- is as famous as an image of britain as the eiffel tower, big ben is 150 years old today. [bells clanging] >> of their burdens spells for 100 -- they are britain's bells for 150 years. a new day, under your -- a new year. the westminster clock tower has come to symbolize london and britain are around the world. but the bells have had a checkered history. for one thing, big ben itself cracked soon after its installation. >> they did not know what to do with it. eventually said it had become an embarrassment. so they turned the bell about 90 degrees to get it away from where the hammer was hitting. they drove a crack from top to bottom to keep it from a cracking any more and it has been ringing ever since. >> the first big ben was set up a new palace yard, but shattered. the metal had been melted down and recast, the bell wayne 13.5 tons -- the bell weighing at 13.5 tons and was hauled up the side of the tower. >> [unintelligible] event in big bend history came in 1976. the 1.5 ton weight that drives the chimes' fell down the tow

that's the united states and great britain. the toll of that war on british troops 8,000 of them in afghanistan has suddenly become a big issue at home. that's because the death toll is soaring. 15 british soldiers have been killed so far this month. eight of them in just o one 20-hour period this week. in tonight's "lead focus" we're going to draw on several of our partners to bring you the latest on that war. starting with james blake of britain's itn, who filed this report earlier today. >> reporter: this afternoon at camp bastion in the heart of helmand province, the british army's holding a memorial service for the eight soldiers who died in this space of just 24 hours last week. most were victims of improvised bombs. casualties during this new offensive against the taliban called "operation panter's claw." this morning the foreign secretary has responded to several claims over the weekend that the uk mission in afghanistan is poorly equipped. >> the people who were killed on friday in sangian, five british soldiers, five

agreed that can protect more jobs in britain. >> mr. speaker the prime minister has twice told the house today that capital spending will continue to rise until 2011. the red book, the red book shows capital spending at 44 billion pounds this year, 36 billion pounds next year. when should the prime minister understands that is a cut starting next year. will the correct the record now? >> mr. speaker i explained to the house, we are bringing forward investment that was previously allocated for these later years, to 2009/10 in 200010/11 and the reason we are doing that is to give the economy out of the recession. the capital investment would not be supported by the conservative party. as a result projects like housing, where housing that we are investing in from this monday with the announcement we made could not go ahead. i have party explain to the house that while the previous budget announcement there was a rise in capital expenditure, in the first year's more money has been reallocated so we can help ourselves of a recession. >> mr.

it puts jobs in britain at risk and we'll try to do what we can to make sure that a new arrangement is agreed that can protect more jobs in print. >> the red book shows capital spending at 44 billion pounds this year and i'm sure the prime minister shows cuts starting next year. will he correct the record now? >> we're bringing spending to 2009, '10 and '11 and the reason that we're doing that is we can help get the economy out of the recession. the capital investment would not be supported by the conservative party. as a result, projects like housing that we're -- housing that we're investing this monday could not go ahead. i've already explained to the house that while the previous budget announced there was a rise of capital expenditure over that period of time, more money has been reallocated so that we can help ourselves out of recession. >> there's been a great deal of talk about modernization so i would like to ask the prime minister if he could go back to a time in a time we had prime minister question times on tuesdays and thursday it would make it much more accountable to the

but many of the religious teachers to run the mosques in britain went to the school. understanding what this education is about could give the government more understanding of muslims in britain and how to tackle fundamentalism on its own terms when it turns violent. >> we've seen young people memorizing the koran. we have seen a great devotion to religious teaching. i think the test for all of us is the enlightened mind and to make sure the citizens growing up here want to be productive citizens in the wider world. >> pakistan as a country struggling for its identity in the bottom world. the fight is on, not just against the taliban, but for the hearts and minds in every street in the country. that's what makes education so important. >> fewer and fewer students are interested in studying scientists at the university. it's a problem facing countries across europe. but the germans have come up with an unusual way to hook a younger generation. they're using a train they call the science express. >> attention please, attention please. the train now standing on a platfor

for its part, britain said it was sending 140 additional troops to afghanistan. joining more than 9,000 british soldiers already there. and then for the british, the impact of the war hit home again today, as the remains of eight british troops were returned to england and large crowds came out to pay their respects. >>> in this country, president obama said today that all of us want to see an effective exit strategy where increasingly the afghan army, police and government take more responsibility for their own security. but for now, as you're about to see in tonight's "lead focus," it is a tough, sometimes frustrating battle for the americans. we take you once again to kunar province in northeast, afghanistan, where clayton swisher of al jazeera english is with a u.s. army company. >> fire! >> go, go, go. >> check. check. [ gunfire ] >> fire! >> reporter: happy artillery pounds an afghan mountainside. the americans never imagined weapons like these would still be necessary. nearly eight years since the war against the taliban first started. >> the biggest diffe

brown in britain has been clear about this. it's got to be military plus politics, plus economic and social development. that be isn't a comprehensive approach and it has to be done in pack tan as well as afghanistan. because we should know, we were withdrawing this border two years ago. and it's a very forous border. and the bad land stretch across the afghan-pack tan border. we need a more stable pack tab to get a more stable afghanistan. that's why i applaud what president obama's officials are doing in terms of rebalancing the relationship. >> ifill: david miliband, thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much. >> lehrer: and finally tonight, the dangers of using a cell phone while driving. and to ray suarez. >> suarez: those dangers might seem obvious to most. but a series of studies and recent articles in the "new york times" suggest the risks associated with calling or texting while driving are significantly higher than many people realize. among the findings: drivers making a phone call were four times as likely to

banks now also regard the growing ranks of jobless britain's credit risks. so a number of less conventional institutions like the money shop have become popular since the credit squeeze took hold. money shop customers can get credit on the basis of their paychecks. but the loans have punishingly high interest rates. >> you take out one check and then you get paid but then you have to cover the check that you previously took out, and then the cycle continues. >> hello, consumer credit counseling. david. >> reporter: debt counselors are concerned the preference for easy credit will only make things worse. instead, they say, conventional institutions should relax their loan terms. >> we don't want to go from a situation of feast to famine becse this is much consumer detriment. if you're forced to go to lenders who have very, very high interest rates and maybe aren't as careful in their collection practices ake that as main street creditors would expect it to be. >> reporter: the market for alternative loan providers is expected to continue thriving as long as r

. >>> we'll stay in britain for our final story this morning. it involves a genuine institution there, the pub. >> the global recession immediates hard times for britain's pubs. dozens are closing every week. and nearly 25,000 jobsn the industry have been lost in the last year. >> new pub industry report highlights the severity of the situation. john brain of the bbc reports. >> reporter: it's the heartbeat of many of our communities for generations. it is a great british boozer now an endangered species? the british beer and pub association claims that the nation's hostileries are disappearing fast. the evidence can be found in cities, towns and villages across the u.k. >> what we're losing is the heart and soul of community life in britain. there aren't many places that bring people together from all walks of life and enable them to socialize in the environment that the pub offers. without pubs, what we lose is a social meeting place for britain. >> reporter: they say as well as the recession, the smokes ban and increased dutsties on alcohol,

they are britain's most famous bells. for 150 years, the chimed every quarter hour, each new day, each new year. the whole structure is a triumph of the tory engineering. first, it was set up in a yard but it shattered. -- the whole structure is a triumph of the a victoriavictorn engineering. >> from the introduction in 1890's, it was a symbol of the country. it has a frivolity to it. >> just as impressive as the bell is the clock mechanism. this is the world's most accurate public clock. there is a mechanism to stop wind and weather from affecting the mechanism. >> it is not really its size but this was the first -- is not going [inaudible] >> with only a handful of on planned stoppages, it has ticked and tolled ever since. >> happy birthday. still to come. we are looking back to when some of the biggest names in american music flocked to africa. cheetahs are the fastest land animals on the planet, they can run when than 60 miles an hour. now scientists are doing a study to figure out how. >> they can go from 0 to 60 in

. >>> plus, britain's take on the u.s. banking crisis. a segment that we like to call "how they see it." tonight's report from itn is bound to raise eyebrows. >>> from the world's leading reporters and analysts, here is what's happening from around the world. this is "worldfocus." >>> made possible, in part, by the following funders -- >>> good evening. i'm martin savidge. >>> president barack obama and iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki sat down face to face today for meetings at the white house squaring off over the drawdown of american troops and concerns over the rising violence in iraq. today, not far from baghdad, two bombs exploded in a market kill at least five people and wounding dozens. it was the second day of bombings in what appears to be a growing campaign of religious and ethnic violence between shiitend sunni muslimings. the united states wants prime minister maliki shiite allies to share more power with the minority sunnis but a "washington post"diplomatic correspondent karen de young reports the iraqi leader has his own

have they got the same press that we have in britain? i do not know. i just want to say at the end of this year that mike is finishing his job, and i hope everyone will recognize that he has done a great job. i hope you're in a position to do that. thank you very much. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> the british house of commons is in recess until the fall. "prime minister's questions" we turn then. we will show you british programming in this time slot. next, the prime minister gordon brown in his hour-long news conference, stressing british troops in afghanistan have enough military resources. [no audio] >> on tomorrow's "washington journal," a washington reporter on foreign policy. matthew lee. also, grover norquist and harry geisel. also, u.s. policy in afghanistan with a senior fellow with the center for american progress. washington journal begins live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. later, a look at the economic impact of obesity. the centers for disease control and preven

in britain, a special hot line was set up. the big concern for the world health organization is the ability of poor countries to respond. 150 million doses for developing countries. it is negotiating with manufacturers for more. >> i'm joined by the spokesman for the world health organization. it appears to be unstoppable. >> yes, as you said, there are now 160 countries and territories affected out of 193. we do expect eventually every country in the world to be affected >> there have been 800 deaths. you're watching the mutations. >> influenza viruses are notorious for being unstable. >> you said today in a news conference that the vaccine is still a few months away. >> yes, we expect the first those to be available for human use in early autumn. >> how quick? october or november? >> probably. we do not want to put a definite date on this. each miniature works at different -- to manufacture works at a different pace. it will probably be the end of the year before we have large doses available. >> in cases sound as though the

now on i am just about completed with with wings of eagles by michael quarter which is the battle of britain actually from both sides of the english channel. the raf on the one hand and the german wooful the other and it is a fascinating and well researched book. i have in front of me the american line, which is about the life of andrew jackson particularly during white house days by john meacham. , rick's i guess is my favorite author and wrote a fiasco and has a new book entitled the gamble which is general petraeus's efforts in iraq between 2006 and 2008. and several others here. .. a great deal of military history, that is all i do. i'm chairman of the armed services committee and is a born the people involved with the military understand history, where we have been and it helps us determine where we're going. >> for more summer reading lists another program information visit our web site at booktv.org >> columbia university professor simon schama claims and that the first mass emancipation of slaves in the americas was actually due to the british across escaped slaves freedom during the

you anticipated the possibility that it will not rise so much in britain. why you think the claiming count is not rising as fast as people expected? is something going wrong with these statistics, are we actually seeing unemployment not rising as fast as people predicted? >> i'm not predicting the future levels of unemployment. we never do. but i'm saying that the action that we have taken has saved probably 500,000 jobs from being lost. you're absolutely right. çin february, the claimant cout had a rise. last month, it was 20,000. we will have to see what it is in the future. the main thing that seems to be happening is that people are moving back into work far more quickly. they're moving off the unemployment register quickly. in the last month's figures, 300,000 people in a month had moved out of unemployment and have left the job center account. over these summer months, i know people will understand because i think the country needs to know this, that we are making provision for 16 and 17 year- old. we're making provision for more than 50,000 extra p

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>> britain is going to be sports-mad, and we will get some money successful athletes. some people will be inspired. >> if only we had more like him. that is the biggest challenge. legacy is the key issue here. when debate is about the stadium, and what should happen after it is over? it is due to be reduced and some people argue that it could be maintained with 50,000. some people will have to work out the size of the stadium and who will continue to pay for it. >> we're used to watching films with multimillion-dollar budgets and top effects. for the first time, a film cost the grand sum of -- wait for it -- $75. it tells the story of collin the zombie. we have our correspondent. >> it was shot on two camcorders. it is on the film with a difference. the money was used to buy food. the film was probably edited in mark price's bedroom, and he got a distribution deal, albeit small. the budget is the selling point, clearly, but he hopes that the success is there. >> my mobile phone has a higher resolution than this camcorder. i could make a movie on my mobile phone. >> he

britain is the united states's most important allies in this fight. many remain if the casualties remain high, the british could soon abandon their effort. joining me to talk about all this, david kilcullen. david is a former army officer who helped plan the troops in both iraq and afghanistan. he is a profess this man is a professor of boston university. they are in opposition on this. >> when the surge began in iraq, they said the directive of the surge would be to raise casualties because the u.s. forces would be actively engaging the enemy in ways they

where 51.1% in britain survive. or, every year, britain's national health service cancels 100,000 operations. let's just play this out in our minds. you're, like, freaking out, i got to have surgery tomorrow, i hope i don't die or they take the wrong leg. what happens? right before you go, ring, ring, hello? yeah, we got to cancel the procedure. wait a minute? what? you don't want to have some bureaucratic bone head who is only counting dollars and cents and you certainly don't want to be standing in a long line like the one million brits currently waiting to be admitted to a hospital, and another 200,000 just hoping, oh, please, i can't wait to get on that waiting list. we get annoyed here in america when it takes us 45 minutes to see a doctor, but at least we get to see one at the end of the 45 minutes. are we are really going to listen and follow in the footsteps of europe? i mean, how many times do they have to goose step before you will listen, guys? the place that gets a little hotter than usual, sometimes in

and they really wanted to have a great britain cleansed of the impurities and corruptions of great britain. now thomas jefferson wa--and--and i use him to stand in for other people, but he was so far and away the important figure here--saw this as a--just a terrible loss if the revolution in america just stopped at being another great britain, and he wanted to see a revolution in the sense of creating a new kind of society that was thoroughly democratized, where there was political participation, where there was free speech. he wanted to animate the--the--the public. he--and he very much wanted religious toleration, and he was very interested in scientific speculation. but he had this idea that human beings--and he--we have to say he really meant white men had been shackled down, they'd been burdened by hierarchies: hierarchies in the church, hierarchies at home and the father, hierarchies in politics. and if you could just get rid of those hierarchies, you would release the energy that's just bubbling in there, in each human being. so he challenges washington's administration, and they do

he, one of britain's greatest conductors, she, a ballet dancer. but their greatest passion was each other. and when joan was diagnosed with terminal cancer, they decided to die together. on friday, they traveled to a clinic in zurich operated by the swiss euthanasia organization dignitas. they told only a few friends and family, and died holding hands in a room like this one after drinking a fatal dose of barbiturates. "after 54 years together, our parents died peacefully and under circumstances of their own choosing," their children said. when sir edward conducted here at london's royal albert hall, his wife, joan, was in the audience for every performance and every rehearsal. colleagues and friends say they were completely devoted to each other. >> i can perfectly well imagine him being so rational and thinking "it's been great, and this is a way to complete our life together." >> reporter: assisted suicide is illegal in britain, but since dignitas opened in switzerland in 1998, it has helped more than 100 british citizens take their own lives.

but that figure masks the suffering of the group hardest hit by that downturn, that's britain's young people. now the government is trying to give them a helping hand, as we hear in some report of john sparks from itn. >> reporter: on a fashionable square in a trendy corner of london, the lunchtime service has just finished. the employees here, all young and ambitious, are busy cleaning up. but not so long ago, they were unskilled and unemployable. no employer would go near them. >> the harm was there. the economy hit and it was just terrible, terrible timing. >> you wake up in the morning and you think, have i got money to eat? have i got money for the rest of the week? about 80,000 until the next time. and it's like you're stuck. there's no way forward. >> reporter: in for a dose of reality at the oxton apprentice restaurant is the business secretary, lord mandelson. he arrived before lunch with a new scheme that intends to provide 40,000 jobs for young people. one condition, it's for those who have been looking for work or training for more than one year. >> we have to get them int

and britain, might be line be jeopardized? could it be that great britain is saying, not sure if we really want to stay in much longer. if so washgs kind of blow would that be for the u.s.? >> reporter: i was recently in london and the newspapers and television news reports were full of criticism of the afghan war. the principle criticism was that the british government, the government of the labor party, brown, was not giving the british troops enough arms and enough protection. they were pinching pennies, weren't giving them enough support. one reason why they were under equipment and so many british soldiers were being lost. there is a mounting volume of criticism, however in britain of their effort in afghanistan, of what this war is being fought for. a poll was taken and showed the british public still is in support of this war as is the american public. there is a growing aware wariness. the question is not the justifications of the war. you don't find the rage you found over the iraq war, which was really fought on dece