:00:09. > :00:14.Up to 150 people are now feared dead in Nigeria after a series of
:00:14. > :00:19.attacks by Islamist militants. They launched a wave of bombings and
:00:19. > :00:23.shootings in the northern city of Kano. Our correspondent is there.
:00:23. > :00:26.have spoken to mortuary attendants who say they are struggling to cope
:00:26. > :00:32.with the number of bodies. It is terrible N there, one of them told
:00:32. > :00:38.Italian divers searching the rest of the Costa Cruise Liner find
:00:38. > :00:43.another body. The Irish Republican cleared of murdering two British
:00:43. > :00:47.soldiers' claims evidence against him was planted. We stayed quite
:00:47. > :00:57.categorically here that I had no involvement in what happened at
:00:57. > :00:58.
:00:58. > :01:08.Massereene. -- we stayed. No And Murray hits the spot to reach
:01:08. > :01:20.
:01:20. > :01:24.Hello, good evening. Almost 150 people are feared to have been
:01:24. > :01:29.killed in a way of co-ordinated bomb attacks in northern Nigeria. A
:01:29. > :01:32.militant Islamist group said it carried out the killings. Hospitals
:01:32. > :01:36.in the city of Kano, Nigeria's second largest city, have been
:01:36. > :01:40.struggling to cope with the number of dead and wounded. Our
:01:40. > :01:44.correspondent Mark Doyle has travelled to Kano, and his report
:01:44. > :01:48.contains distressing injuries -- images.
:01:48. > :01:53.Bombs were... Across the city, and fires burned late into the night. -
:01:53. > :01:57.- bombs went off. By morning, the extent of the devastation was clear,
:01:57. > :02:02.no surprise to residents who heard a series of huge explosions and
:02:02. > :02:08.numerous gun battles. The sounds of explosions, four of them before I
:02:08. > :02:12.came out. On my way out, I saw a dead body, a young man lying dead.
:02:13. > :02:17.No-one knows for certain how many died. That is hardly surprising.
:02:17. > :02:23.The police force, the key organ of the state, was the deliberate main
:02:23. > :02:27.target. Sow confusion reigned. But from what I learned at the main
:02:27. > :02:32.city mortuary, where anxious families gathered, and from other
:02:32. > :02:35.sources, the figure must be well over 100 dead. I have spoken to
:02:35. > :02:39.mortuary attendant to say they are struggling to cope with the number
:02:39. > :02:43.of dead bodies. It is terrible in there, one of them told me,
:02:43. > :02:50.absolutely terrible. There are police officers, said police
:02:50. > :02:52.officers still in their uniforms. - - Dead police of us are still in
:02:52. > :02:58.their uniforms. A senior official told the death toll was likely to
:02:58. > :03:01.rise. The number of attacks are multiple, and there are so many
:03:01. > :03:10.buildings that were involved, so many people will be buried under
:03:10. > :03:13.the debris. So the Red Cross and other agencies are working hard to
:03:13. > :03:19.unearth some of the victims. radical Islamist group known as
:03:19. > :03:22.Boko Haram said it carried out the attacks. It is one of the most
:03:22. > :03:28.devastating onslaughts in the Nigerian state for years. Boko
:03:28. > :03:32.Haram wants to end democracy year and bring in a strict Islamic state.
:03:32. > :03:35.-- here. It all adds up to a massive problem for the
:03:35. > :03:40.democratically elected and Christiane President of Nigeria,
:03:40. > :03:43.Goodluck Jonathan. Nigerian politics always reflects the
:03:43. > :03:47.tensions between the mainly Christian south and the
:03:48. > :03:53.predominantly Muslim north. Many Nigerians say it is no coincidence
:03:53. > :04:03.that Boko Haram is causing mayhem during a time when Nigeria as a
:04:03. > :04:03.
:04:03. > :04:08.A woman's body has been recovered from the wreck of the Italian
:04:08. > :04:12.cruise liner, Costa Concordia. She was found wearing a lifejacket in a
:04:12. > :04:17.submerged part of the ship. It brings the confirmed a number of
:04:17. > :04:20.dead to 12, while 20 other people are still unaccounted for. Luisa
:04:20. > :04:24.Baldini reports from the island of Giglio.
:04:24. > :04:30.Landing on top of the Concordia, Italian firefighters are winched
:04:30. > :04:35.down to continue their search of the dry parts of the ship. At sea
:04:35. > :04:42.level, divers who had been preparing since Dawn used explosive
:04:42. > :04:48.devices to blast holes into the side of the ship on the 5th deck.
:04:48. > :04:55.We carried out some controlled explosions to break down these big
:04:55. > :05:01.windows. Bruno, a navy commander, showed me where the divers had been
:05:01. > :05:06.working. The ship that we had searched his full of water, no air
:05:06. > :05:09.inside at this moment. The search operation has been stopping and
:05:09. > :05:13.starting over the last few days, and that has prompted questions
:05:13. > :05:17.about how long exactly it is going to last. The Italian coastguard
:05:17. > :05:27.says they will continue until they are confident every part of the
:05:27. > :05:27.
:05:27. > :05:30.But scouring this colossal steel carcass is taking time, so the
:05:30. > :05:35.authorities are now considering the possibility of beginning to pump
:05:35. > :05:40.oil out of the Concordia while the search continues. More than 2000
:05:40. > :05:45.tonnes of fuel are still on board, prompting fears of an environmental
:05:45. > :05:50.disaster. Already there has been a slight leak of engine oil, as
:05:50. > :05:54.opposed to heavy fuel oil, but it has been contained. The authorities
:05:55. > :06:01.are not taking any chances, and an Italian navy ship which specialises
:06:01. > :06:07.in oil spills has been moored nearby as a precaution. It is a
:06:07. > :06:14.floating device which basically will attract the oil and separate
:06:14. > :06:23.it from the water, and then we can use our Shipbourne equipment to
:06:23. > :06:29.pump this oil into power storage An unmanned submarine is monitoring
:06:29. > :06:34.the ledge on which the Concordia is resting. Debris from the shed and
:06:34. > :06:38.passengers' belongings are strewn across the sheet -- sea bed. On the
:06:38. > :06:42.surface, relatives of some of those still missing through flowers today
:06:42. > :06:48.near the wreck. Many are waiting here on Giglio for the search to be
:06:48. > :06:52.completed. Tonight, it has been confirmed that divers have
:06:52. > :06:56.recovered a safe from their captain's Qazvin. Once opened, the
:06:56. > :07:06.contents will be handed to prosecutors in their investigation.
:07:06. > :07:11.A prominent Irish Republican who was cleared yesterday of murdering
:07:11. > :07:14.two British soldiers in 2009 is claiming his DNA was planted in the
:07:14. > :07:18.getaway car. Colin Duffy was acquitted of killing Royal
:07:18. > :07:23.Engineers Patrick Azimkar and Mark Quinsey in a gun attack by
:07:23. > :07:27.dissident republicans. Ireland correspondent Mark Simpson reports.
:07:27. > :07:33.Colin Duffy spent almost three years in jail awaiting trial. He
:07:33. > :07:37.walked from court yesterday a free man. He has always denied killing
:07:37. > :07:41.sappers Patrick Azimkar and Mark Quinsey. Today he spoke in public
:07:41. > :07:47.about the murders for the first time. We state quite categorically
:07:47. > :07:51.here that I had no involvement in what happened at Massereene, no
:07:52. > :08:01.involvement whatsoever. So how can he explain his DNA being found in
:08:01. > :08:06.the getaway car? My DNA was, in my opinion, planted. In the past two
:08:06. > :08:12.decades, Colin Duffy has been accused of five murders. In 1993,
:08:12. > :08:17.he was jailed for the murder of a retired soldier. Seen here on the
:08:17. > :08:23.left inside the Maze prison on a Sportsday, his conviction was later
:08:23. > :08:27.overturned and he was released. In 1997, he was accused of murdering
:08:27. > :08:32.two policemen, but the charges were later dropped. He was arrested
:08:32. > :08:36.again in 2009 over the debts of the two soldiers in Antrim, but
:08:36. > :08:42.yesterday he was acquitted. -- deaths. One man has been convicted
:08:42. > :08:46.of the murders, 46-year-old Brian Shivers, but the police say the
:08:46. > :08:50.investigation will continue. Detectives believe up to six people
:08:50. > :08:53.were involved in the killings, and next week they are expected to
:08:53. > :09:01.appeal for more information from the public in Northern Ireland to
:09:01. > :09:05.help bring them to justice. Voting has begun in the US state of
:09:05. > :09:08.South Carolina as Republican candidates continue their battle
:09:08. > :09:14.for presidential nomination. Opinion polls suggest it will be a
:09:14. > :09:18.tight race between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. For the very latest,
:09:18. > :09:23.we can cross to North America editor Mark Mardell. Not long now
:09:23. > :09:27.until the polls close, how important his South Carolina?
:09:27. > :09:32.People here are seeing this as very important indeed, because ever
:09:32. > :09:36.since these contests began in 1980, whichever Republican won South
:09:36. > :09:40.Carolina has gone on to win their party's nomination. But a word of
:09:40. > :09:45.warning, that is a historical fact, not some sort of iron rule that it
:09:45. > :09:49.must happen. More important is that the whole picture of this race is
:09:49. > :09:53.that Mitt Romney has been out in front, everyone has assumed he will
:09:53. > :09:56.be the guy in the end he faces the President Obama in the battle for
:09:56. > :10:01.the White House in November, but Conservatives are not keen on him.
:10:01. > :10:05.They think he is too moderate, and this is their best chance of
:10:05. > :10:08.puncturing that sense of inevitable victory, and the opinion polls do
:10:08. > :10:13.indeed indicate that Newt Gingrich could win tonight. If that happens,
:10:13. > :10:17.it is not all over by any means, and in fact the race will go on
:10:17. > :10:22.longer, the tight and tricky as it moves on to Florida and other
:10:22. > :10:25.states. -- the tight and trickier. Officials tried to find the source
:10:25. > :10:29.of a bacteria that killed three babies at their hospital in Belfast
:10:29. > :10:32.have been carrying out a deep clean in the affected area. A total of
:10:32. > :10:36.six babies are confirmed to have been affected by the outbreak at
:10:36. > :10:41.the neonatal unit at the Royal Maternity Hospital. Authorities say
:10:41. > :10:45.they are doing everything they can to eradicate the bacteria.
:10:45. > :10:48.British officials are preparing to fly home the body of the hostage
:10:48. > :10:53.Alan McMenemy after it was handed over to the UK embassy in Baghdad
:10:53. > :10:59.yesterday. Mr McMenemy, a security guard, was one of five men taken by
:10:59. > :11:03.shed militants in 2007. Frank Gardner has this report. -- Shi'ite
:11:03. > :11:07.militants. Alan McMenemy speaking from
:11:07. > :11:11.captivity before being killed some time ago by Iraqi militants. Five
:11:11. > :11:15.years after he was kidnapped, they have handed over his body. He is
:11:16. > :11:21.the last of five British hostages to be returned from Iraq, ending
:11:21. > :11:26.Britain's longest running kidnap crisis for a generation. It began
:11:26. > :11:31.here in Iraq's finance ministry, where a British IT specialist was
:11:31. > :11:35.working in these offices, protected by four bodyguards. Someone tipped
:11:35. > :11:39.off a well-armed Shi'ite militia. In broad daylight, the five Britons
:11:39. > :11:43.were snatched from the Ministry. Dozens of gunmen arrived in
:11:43. > :11:47.vehicles, dressed as policemen, and drove them towards a Shi'ites
:11:47. > :11:52.district. They were beaten, stripped and eventually separated.
:11:52. > :11:57.Their captors, a Shi'ite militia, demanded a prisoner swap. They
:11:58. > :12:03.wanted the release of their own leaders government says it does not
:12:03. > :12:07.give in to kidnappers' demands, but it mobilised huge resources to try
:12:07. > :12:12.to free the men. Now that all five of these hostages in Iraq are
:12:12. > :12:15.accounted for, the question remains, did the British government and
:12:15. > :12:20.specifically the Foreign Office to the best job it could be in trying
:12:20. > :12:24.to get them out alive? It insisted that the time on minimal publicity,
:12:25. > :12:28.yet four out of five of the men died in captivity. Peter Moore was
:12:28. > :12:33.the only survivor. We asked him if he thought the government did
:12:33. > :12:39.enough. I believe that what the Foreign Office did at the time was
:12:39. > :12:42.well-intentioned, but it was a bad result. That is all that I can save.
:12:42. > :12:46.Really, I suppose they need to review it and sort of not do
:12:46. > :12:51.whatever they did with the next hostage case, try to get a better
:12:51. > :12:56.result. Other kidnap cases in Iraq have turned out better. Peace
:12:56. > :13:00.activist Norman Kember was rescued by British special forces. But
:13:00. > :13:03.charity worker Margaret Hassan was killed in 2004. The cappers
:13:03. > :13:07.complained the British government would not negotiate. -- their
:13:07. > :13:13.captors. And Ken Bickley was killed by Al-Qaeda. In both cases, their
:13:13. > :13:18.bodies have never been returned, driving -- depriving their families
:13:18. > :13:24.of final closure. Now, at today's board with Amanda
:13:24. > :13:27.Davies. -- Today's sport. John McEnroe is
:13:27. > :13:31.renowned for being hard to please, but he gave Andy Murray an A-plus
:13:31. > :13:34.for his third-round performance at the Australian Open. He booked his
:13:34. > :13:38.place in the second week with victory over Michael Llodra or to
:13:38. > :13:41.continue his quest for a first Grand Slam title. Tim Franks was
:13:41. > :13:45.watching. Andy Murray is a Scot who seems to
:13:45. > :13:52.feel at home in Australia. He is now gunning for his third
:13:52. > :13:56.consecutive final there. In his way today, Michael Llodra, defenceless
:13:56. > :14:00.early against Murray's deadly pirouette. The Frenchman had
:14:00. > :14:08.earlier questioned whether Murray might be too passive. The world
:14:08. > :14:14.number four's riposte was an intentionally painful. The
:14:14. > :14:19.Frenchman was no fall-guy, though. As the angles grew more acute, he
:14:19. > :14:24.pushed a winner around the net. To top that, try settling the second
:14:24. > :14:30.set with a last-ditch hot dog followed by a backwards somersault.
:14:30. > :14:34.Les Dennis, more circus. The Frenchman was spent and could only
:14:34. > :14:40.stare in weary or as Murray swept the third set to love with a
:14:40. > :14:46.perfect lob. The Scot is through to the last 16 and, whisper it quietly,
:14:46. > :14:49.playing very, very well. With four of the top five in the
:14:49. > :14:54.Premier League playing tomorrow, today was the chance for Chelsea
:14:54. > :14:57.and Liverpool to make up ground. Match Of The Day follows the news
:14:57. > :15:02.here on BBC One, so close your ears and look away if you do not want me
:15:02. > :15:06.to spoil the surprise. Struggling Bolton sprang a surprise
:15:06. > :15:09.with a 3-1 win over Liverpool to move out of the relegation zone,
:15:09. > :15:13.leaving Liverpool with just one win from six Premier League games.
:15:13. > :15:23.Clint Dempsey scored his second hat-trick in two matches to help
:15:23. > :15:39.
:15:39. > :15:47.Rangers lost ground on leaders Celtic in the SPL title race after
:15:47. > :15:53.being held 281-1 draw with Aberdeen. They are now four points behind the
:15:53. > :15:57.hoops after Sultan recorded a 2-0 win over St Mirren. -- Celtic. We
:15:57. > :16:02.were told to expect the unexpected and the African Cup of Nations with
:16:02. > :16:06.big teams like Egypt, Nigeria and Cameroon failing to qualify. Co-
:16:06. > :16:11.hosts Equatorial Guinea have made a great start on their tournament
:16:11. > :16:14.debut, beating Libya in the opening game thanks to a late winner from
:16:14. > :16:18.former Real Madrid striker Javier Angel Balboa. It means these Watt
:16:18. > :16:28.will receive $1 million on their present's son as a reward. -- the
:16:28. > :16:29.
:16:29. > :16:34.Clermont Auvergne beat Ulster 19-15 and they took home advantage in the
:16:34. > :16:39.quarter-finals. Winger Simon Zebo scored a second half hat-trick as
:16:39. > :16:43.Munster beat Northampton 51-36. It was a result that ended the Saints'
:16:43. > :16:48.hopes of making it through and ensured the Irish side qualified
:16:48. > :16:53.unbeaten. That is it, back to you, Ben.