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>> Alitalia is italy's flagship carrier. Shares r 3% on the back of speculation that rival air france could bid for a 49.9% stake in the company, that stake owned by the italian government. Air france discussed alitalia during a board meeting. Company managers say they won't take part in a sale until they've worked out their problems. Earlier this week the russians pulled out of the auction. Telecom italia has rid itself of another non-core asset. They sold the 10.36 stake in a due-buy based telecom for $447 millioN. They bought the stake in 2005 and said it will use the money to reduce its net financial position. The sale also includes the removal of a $150 million commitment. South korea and the united states have agreed on some final changes to their free trade pact. They'll finally sign the f.T.A. Tomorrow. It will be south korea's largest ever trade deal, and for the united states, it will be the biggest since it signed the north american free trade agreement. One day to go online auction for lunch with warren buffett. The lunch benefits a charity that works with the poor, hungry and homeless. So far 06 bids have been submitted to ebaY. The highest has in less than half of last year's winning bid of $620,000. More on those stories in just under 20 minutes' time. I can assure you it won't be myself or david.

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macive cordo t loone afterce find aaromb. Police in spain are still questioning a couple arrested on suspicion of trying to extort money from the parents of the missing british gir nd women allegedly tried to claim reward money totalling more than $4 million. The four-year-old's eandnu

>> Detucktives -- detectives from spain and portugal closed in on an itaan man, ady swarrant, and a portuguese woman, thought to be his partner. The police say the man who served a prison sentence in france for mistreati abut searches and a mounting sense of expectation, there was no sign of madeline and no clue as to her said they'd investigated the couple after learning that they tried to contact kate and jerrytoed totallingion. Raise madeline's profile. It's now aikt weeks since their -- eight weeks since their daughter went missing. Officially the spanish police say this line of enquiry has mott been closedet another promising lead may ultimately come to nothing. Steve kingston, bbc news, madrid. Crashed late on thursday in the north of the country. Five people were killeD. Another 66 survived the crash. We have pictures of it veering

o it the airport 250 kilometres north of the capital luanda. Right old mess there. The crashthangola's national airline from flying to european airports because of set you're watching bbc world. The main news: Prime minister gordon brown says britain faces a serious and continuous security threat after police find a car bomb in the heart . Greece declare a major victory in battling a blaze north of athens. Rescue operations continue across pakistan as floods are submerging large parts of southern asia. Hundreds of thousands of residents have been displaced afterin a cyclone. The onset of the rainy season brought severe weather. Okay. Let's move on to the main story, that is the bomb found here in nt home affairs correspondent andy tighe joins us at scotland yarD.Ve us some indication as to how they came across it?

>> Well, david, it wasn't intelligence-led, which is a sort of phrase we've heard quite a lot in the last few years here from scotland yard, telling us about the covert surveillance operations, which by weT.Ame from someone phoning

near piccadilly circus, a principle shopping area, also many theatres, restaurants, clubs and so forth. There are unconfirmed reports ofan driving the vehicle, crashed it into some bins and then ran off.Yy the police at this stage. All we know is they have been able to make the device safe, and they aof for thorough forensic investigation. One more piece of informati a potentially viable device inside this car and that that included some kind of gas cylinders. Beyond that we're waiting to hear morem at scotland are going to give us a briefing i flimsy, isn't iable devicE. Do we assume from that that it hadn't been put together as a bomb in.

>> I don't think we can say at this stage. We don't knoW.E reasons ws, for example, they're veryone this registration plate of this particular card, a mercedes car, presumably because as we speak they ainerrom talking to sources at scotland yard is they are keeping an open mind, but clearly there is a new government just installed here if london. There is a new home secretary, jacqui smith, a n per, gordon brown. The question must be: Is this some kind of terrorist group tr many people have weird and dangerous ideas out there. Until we get some sort of clearer feel from the policendcould be res to go too far down the road of speculation.