18/02/2017 World News Today

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The headlines: The US Vice President gives a full commitment to NATO

While the Russian foreign minister - announces

a new ceasefire for Ukraine - due to start on Monday.

President Trump gets ready for a campaign-style rally in Florida.

We'll be asking what that means A huge storm over California brings

flooding and high winds, triggering some massive sinkholes.

Another arrest in Malaysia in connection with the murder

of Kim Jong Nam - the half-brother of North Korea's leader.

Non-league Lincoln City beat Premier League team Burnley.

The UN says it is a conflict that has claimed more

Now, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has announced

a new ceasefire between Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists.

He was speaking after a meeting with his Ukrainian, German

and French counterparts at the Munich Security Conference.

The contact group agreed the ceasefire would start and their

withdrawal of heavy military hardware will begin.

But optimism might be in short supply.

Earlier the Ukrainian Foreign Minister told reporters he was "not

at all" happy with the outcome of the same meeting.

It was the latest in a series of highly anticipated events -

the day started with an assurance to Nato allies by US

Vice President Mike Pence that America would be unwavering

A show of strength to counter what many see as a growing

Massive deployment of US military might in Europe underlines how

America has been the predominant power in Nato since the end

Now there is a US president who has called this alliance obsolete.

So, at this Munich Forum, anticipation and anxiety

about what message President Trump's deputy would bring here.

What we were most looking for were the messages coming out

from the leading members of President Trump's team,

Everyone says they have been reassured by what he had to say

about the transatlantic alliance and the belief in Nato.

There is so much relief here about what you had to say,

doesn't that make you worry that Europe was worried about your

commitment to the transatlantic alliance and to Nato?

I think President Trump has made it clear that the United States stands

strongly with the North Atlantic Alliance.

But the president has also made it clear that we expect our allies

to keep their word, to live up to the commitments they have made

There was a clear message on Ukraine, too - a call to Russia

It was not what Russia's top diplomat wanted to hear in Munich.

Sergei Lavrov accused the West of being stuck

TRANSLATION: The historic period that can be called the post-Cold War

The main result, in our view, has been the failure

As leaders come and go in Munich, there seems to be greater

clarity this transatlantic friendship will hold.

Real proof is yet to come in what happens on the ground.

Well coming up later in the programme -

Lyse has been speaking to the former US Secretary of State -

To get her views on the Trump administration.

To Florida, where he is about to hold a campaign rally. The White

House has said the president will speak directly to the American

people, it is unusual for one to hold a rally so soon after coming

into office. Let's speak to David Willis. What does the White House

mean by campaign style rally? Well, you can read into this what you

will. At face value, this is part of his campaign, would you believe, for

2020, for real action. At I think more relevant late, this is a way

for the Donald Trump to promote his own version of events over the last

four weeks. Those four weeks having been channelled jewellers, we have

seen protests, we have seen leaks, we have seen unfavourable court

decisions. He insisted at a press conference the other day that

everything is going swimmingly that is not the way it has been dipping

it in the media, and that is why Mr Trump is taking aim at the mass

media. He went on Twitter last night to say that they were the enemy of

the American people, as he put it. Part of the appeal of going out on

the sort of campaign rallies is that he gets buoyed up by the crowds, it

energises him, and it enables him to deliver his message directly to the

people who voted for him and put him in the White House. He does indeed

seem to enjoy these rallies. Stay with us a moment because the

American woman who was at the centre of the US Supreme Court ruling which

legalised abortion in America has died. Norma McCorvey was known under

the pseudonym James wrote when she took legal action to terminate

pregnancy. She later waived her right to anonymity and became an

anti-abortion campaigner. Norma McCorvey died at an assisted living

Centre in Texas. David, how is this news being taken over there? It is

very interesting because Norma McCorvey is not a name that a lot of

people know here in the United States but she was part of one of

the most landmark court cases in modern history. She was 22 at the

time she was unmarried and unemployed and pregnant for the

third time, she wanted to have an abortion, she was living in Texas

and abortion was illegal in Texas at the time so she filed a court case,

little knowing that this court case would work its way all the way

through the appeals court system to that highest court in the land, the

US Supreme Court, where she went under the pseudonym of Jane Roe.

It's basically made it unconstitutional for individual

states to bad abortion. Ironically, Norma McCorvey herself went from

being in favour of abortion to a very staunch opponent of it after

converting to Christianity. So, she died at the age of 69 in Texas

assisted living place but she will have certainly seen as having made a

concern will -- a considerable mark on the history of this country.

In the Gambia - Adama Barrow has been publicly sworn in as president.

He was first sworn in last month in neighbouring

Senegal, at the height of the country's political crisis.

His predecessor, Yahya Jammeh, had refused to step down

after he lost the election, but was forced into exile.

A Muslim cleric who was jailed for life in America for plotting

terror attacks in the 1990s has died in prison.

Omar Abdel-Rahman, who was blind, was seen as having inspired

the 1993 bombing attack on the World Trade Center,

A train has derailed in Belgium killing one person and injuring 27.

The rail operator says the passenger train was travelling from Lurr-vuhn

to Brussels when it left the tracks and one of the carriages toppled.

Three of the injured are reported to be in a serious condition.

A fourth man has been arrested in connection

to the death of Kim Jong-Nam, the half brother of North Korea's

There are still a lot of unanswered questions surrounding the apparent

murder at Kuala Lumpur airport last week, lets take a look

We strongly urge and demand the Malaysians side not to be entangled

with the political plot by the hostile forces towards the PPR

Khairy who want to damage the image of our Republic, and to release the

body immediately without any condition.

Lots more on Kim Jong-un man on our website.

Stay with us on BBC World News, still to come: Sport will look

at the gold news from Australia - including an unlikely

This is BBC World News Today. I'm Alpa Patel.

The latest headlines: The Russian foreign minister,

Sergei Lavrov, says a ceasefire between Russian-backed rebels

and the Ukrainian army will come into force on Monday in eastern

President Trump will be holding a campaign-style rally.

The White House says - the President will speak directly

Now let's return to Munich - where a Security Conference

Today saw the first major foreign policy address

for the Trump administration, delivered by Vice

Some Nato allies had questioned President Trump's warning

that the US might not uphold its commitment

to former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

This Munich Security Forum has been described as one of the most highly

anticipated and that is largely because top Appomattox wanted to

hear what messages would leading members of resident from 's team

bring here. They have been reassured by statements that have come out

from Vice President Mike Pence that says they value the Nato alliance

and their relationships with Europe but how far did those statements

going reassuring European allies here and what do they make of the

emergency -- emerging policies from the US administration? Former US

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is here. Welcome to the

BBC. What did they say to you here? People you have known for every long

time in European and American diplomacy, how worried are they

about these mixed messages coming out of Washington? I think people

are glad to be at this conference because it is at a time when people

are try to sort out who is thinking what, a time of uncertainty. I think

they were encouraged by the words of the secretary of defence and the

vice president but what they are really looking for our actions and

trying to figure out also the extent to which the President of the United

States is really echoing some of these words. I think it is for them

to verify and that is what they are talking about. It is quite

extraordinary that people feel they have to mention values that should

be taken for granted by now in the world in which we live, a sort of

post-World War II order, what does that tell you about the anxiety in

Europe about the way things are going? I think it is interesting

they mention that because I have to say there has not been enough

discussion of values and benighted States. I am chairman of the board

of the National Democratic Alliance that is based on the really common

aspect of our basic Western values so I do wish we would talk about

them more. I am glad that the Americans being asked those

particular questions. We have the official administration and the

members of Congress here and I think those are issues that need to be

brought up. You have been hearing reassuring statements here but back

home in Washington where you live, there is concern about what has been

described as nails in the White House, are you worried? Well, I am,

having been in two White houses, President Carter and President

Clinton's and the bottom line is we are a country who knows how to make

decisions. I think all I'm doing is looking at what the news is coming

in, St who is going to be National Security Advisor, ex-person has

turned it down because he has not got the staff he wants, those are

basic questions and I do find it travelling -- troubling. Madeleine

Albright talking to our chief correspondents Lyse Doucet.

Between one - and three-hundred thousand people have taken

to the streets of Barcelona as part of a series of protests calling

They want the government to allow in more people who have fled Syria

Spain has so far taken in just 1100 of the 17,000

refugees it promised to accept in September 2015.

And in Paris there have been protests in support

Two police officers were injured and 13 people

The demonstrations come after a young black man

was allegedly raped with a police baton earlier this month.

The 22-year-old - identified publicly only by the name Theo -

There's been a big shock in the FA Cup as for the first time in 103

years, a non-league side has made it through to the quarter-finals.

Lincoln City are have beaten Premier League Burnley to make it

Lincoln play in the fifth tier of English football.

Sean Raggett was the hero heading in a late goal...

It's the first time the club have ever got this far

I am lost for words. I didn't know what to do in the celebration. The

fans were amazing. It is unheard of, it is crazy.

That was by no means the only FA Cup shock of the day.

League One Millwall beat Premier League champions

Leicester City 1-0 to secure their place

Despite being reduced to ten men for much of the second half,

Shaun Cummings grabbed the dramatic late winning goal to put the Lions

It was very disappointing. We played well in the first half. We played so

so in the beginning of the second half. When they played ten D 11,

they played better than us, with more desire, more heart, and they

deserved to win. No such problems for

Premier League leaders Chelsea. They easied past Championship side

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0. Pedro and Diego Costa

with the goals in the 2nd half. In the days other ties Championship

side Huddersfield earned a replay against Manchester City -

it finished 0-0 Middlesbrough beat Oxford United 3-2

but the winning goal didn't come Gareth Bale scored on his return

from injury as La Liga leaders Real Madrid beat Espanyol

2-0 on Saturday. Alvaro Morata's header gave Real

the lead in the first half to help his side move four points

clear of second-placed Barcelona, That was before Welshman Bale sealed

the win, following three months out Afterwards, he said it

would take him a few weeks to fully gold medallist Mo Farah has raced

for the last time indoors. He won the 5000 metres

at the Birmingham Grand Prix He has already said that this

will be his final year on the track, he'll bow out

at the World Championships in London in the summer before

switching his attention Amazing support from the crowd. And

everyone. I can't believe it is my last race. I have had it right to

wear indoors, something must come to wear indoors, something must come to

an end. It is weird thinking about it, I have had great support from

everyone. It has been amazing. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is through to

the final of the Rotterdam Open final after beating Tomas Berdych

in straight sets. It's the Frenchman's

400th career win. It was a dominant display

from Tsonga who needed just one break of serve to win the opening

set against the 2014 champion. An early break in the second

made it a relatively Tsonga will face either

Belgium's David Goffin or fellow Frenchman Pierre-Huguet Herbert

on Sunday. during a so-called weather bomb -

a particularly dramatic storm - which has hit the US

state of California. Heavy rainfall has been

accompanied by winds of more Hundreds of homes have been

evacuated due to fears of mud On the line is Terry Anzur,

anchor for KFI News in Los Angeles. What are conditions

like at the moment? At the moment, we are getting a

little bit of a break from the rain and they have lifted the evacuation

orders in the neighbourhood of the burn area where the water that came

down yesterday had turned the streets into Withers of mud. Rivers

of mud. People can go back home but they had to walk home because a huge

clean-up effort is going on. We have just had some pictures in of fire

truck which fell into a sink hole, absolutely unbelievable pictures.

How are emergency crews coping with all of this? It shows you that the

first responders are victims of this huge storm, just as much as regular

people. This fire truck was on in a state 15 yesterday responding to an

accident that involved a truck, when the pavement began to crumble and

your the fire engine. You can see in that video the five engine just

tumbles over. Good to know that all six firefighters who were working on

that engine were able to get away but now it is just sitting on its

side out in love San Bernardino County officials say it, cost some

$3 million to repair the highway. It is good to know nobody was hurt in

that. Tell us what are the challenges emergency crews are

facing. Well, of course, there are lots of power outages and that is

largely because we have been in a drought for six years and now, all

of this rain, all at once that we needed so badly, has caused the

trees to come out of the loose soil and fall down onto power lines and

onto people's home. The other problem we have, sinkholes, opening

up in the pavements. People driving down the streets minding their

businesses, and suddenly, there was a big hole in the road. Two cars

tumbled into a sinkholes yesterday, another one has opened up in another

community and police are just trying to warn people to stay away from

those areas. How unusual is this for California? This is crazy. Friday

night traffic come holiday weekend, it is always bad here at the front

of this has hit, everybody was on the roads. We had freeways that were

filled up with water. The big trucks were having trouble getting through.

This is very unusual, I have been covering traffic here for very many

years, and I have never seen a thing like it. Thank you for being with

us. If you want to get in touch with me about that story or any other,

you can get in touch with me. That is it for now. Goodbye.

It has been a mild springlike day across many parts of the country. We

saw sunshine across southern