:00:00. > :00:00.International sanctions against Iran - in place for years -
:00:00. > :00:07.are tonight lifted, as it's confirmed Tehran has scaled
:00:08. > :00:13.Within the last hour, the EU representative,
:00:14. > :00:16.with the Iranian Foreign Minister by her side, made the announcement,
:00:17. > :00:23.As Iran has fulfilled its commitments, today multilateral
:00:24. > :00:25.and national economic and financial sanctions related to Iran's nuclear
:00:26. > :00:37.The deal means Iranian oil can again be sold on the world market,
:00:38. > :00:42.as well as new trade and financial opportunities for Tehran.
:00:43. > :00:44.Iran has undertaken significant steps that many -
:00:45. > :00:47.and I do mean many - people doubted would ever
:00:48. > :00:54.We'll be assessing the significance of Iran being brought back
:00:55. > :01:02.Terror in the capital of Burkina Faso, after 29 people
:01:03. > :01:11.are killed in an attack on a luxury hotel by Islamist militants.
:01:12. > :01:18.He has got him. He has got it. And England's seize the series against
:01:19. > :01:38.South Africa, with an emphatic win in the Third Test.
:01:39. > :01:40.International sanctions against Iran, which have been
:01:41. > :01:44.It came after the international nuclear watchdog, the IAEA,
:01:45. > :01:46.confirmed that Tehran had, in accordance with requirements,
:01:47. > :01:55.In the last hour, the European Union's foreign policy
:01:56. > :01:57.chief Federica Mogherini, with the Iranian Foreign Minister
:01:58. > :02:00.by her side, said the deal represented a victory for political
:02:01. > :02:07.The lifting of sanctions will now mean that Iran can again sell oil
:02:08. > :02:10.Let's go straight now to our diplomatic correspondent
:02:11. > :02:12.Bridget Kendall, who's in Vienna where the talks have
:02:13. > :02:32.We, it was under two hours ago here as the UN headquarters in Serena
:02:33. > :02:36.that the UN nuclear Watchdog gave a green light for the Iranian sanction
:02:37. > :02:41.to be lifted. Only in the last hour have we heard from the European
:02:42. > :02:44.Foreign Policy Chief prrks the Iranian Foreign Minister and the US
:02:45. > :02:49.Secretary of State John Kerry, that yes, the sanctions will be over, and
:02:50. > :02:53.we are entering a new phase. It has been a long day of anticipation here
:02:54. > :02:56.in Vienna, quite a lot of the time officials didn't seem to though what
:02:57. > :03:00.was happening and it emerged that was because there had been two twin
:03:01. > :03:04.tracks of intense diplomacy behind is scenes here today. One was double
:03:05. > :03:07.and triple checking that nuclear deal, before finally making the
:03:08. > :03:12.announcement that sanctions would be lifted. And the other was the
:03:13. > :03:14.dramatic announcement that there has been a prisoner swap between the
:03:15. > :03:22.United States and Iran. The moment Iran had been waiting
:03:23. > :03:26.for. In Vienna confirmation it has done enough to curtail its nuclear
:03:27. > :03:33.programme, triggering a green light to lift international sanctions.
:03:34. > :03:37.As Iran has fulfilled its commitment, today, multilateral and
:03:38. > :03:42.national economic and financial sanctions related to Iran's nuclear
:03:43. > :03:48.programme are lifted. This achievement clearly demonstrates
:03:49. > :03:54.that with political will, perseverance and diplomacy we can
:03:55. > :04:01.solve the most difficult issues. The Iranian Foreign Minister could not
:04:02. > :04:06.hide his jubilation. I am going to do what I always do,
:04:07. > :04:12.read exactly what she said in English.
:04:13. > :04:18.Also today, released from captivity, for allegedly plotting against the
:04:19. > :04:23.Iranian state, Washington Post reporter Jason, along with three
:04:24. > :04:31.other Iranian-American captives, former US Marine on the left and
:04:32. > :04:35.religious pastor on the right, and a fourth man. All freed in a dramatic
:04:36. > :04:45.prisoner swap with the United States. This evening, we are really
:04:46. > :04:47.reminded once again of diplomacies power to tackle significant
:04:48. > :04:52.challenges. So what has Iran done? Well, in
:04:53. > :04:57.essence it scaled back much of its nuclear programme. It has cut back
:04:58. > :05:02.the number of centrifuges used to enrich uranium but two thirds. It
:05:03. > :05:06.has reduced its stockpile, shipping out the bulk of it to Russia. And
:05:07. > :05:11.its dismantled the core of the heavy water react for at Iraq, replacing
:05:12. > :05:17.it with concrete, so it can't be used to make a plutonium bomb.
:05:18. > :05:21.It is a far cry from just a few years ago, when the west saw the
:05:22. > :05:25.President and Iran's nuclear activities as one of the biggest
:05:26. > :05:29.dangers in the world. Even though Iran insisted its programme was
:05:30. > :05:34.peaceful. But there was more trust in his
:05:35. > :05:38.successor the moderate President. His gamble to conclude a nuclear
:05:39. > :05:43.deal, to lift the sanctions squeeze on Iran's struggling economy, has
:05:44. > :05:46.paid off. Some sanctions will remain, but
:05:47. > :05:52.overall this is a significant milestone. Iran's oil can flow out
:05:53. > :05:53.again, and investors can dive in. Ending years of Iran's international
:05:54. > :06:03.isolation. So what is the reaction to this? For
:06:04. > :06:07.the diplomats involved I would say above all relief, and also a sense
:06:08. > :06:10.of triumph, Philip Hammond the British Foreign Secretary, Britain
:06:11. > :06:14.was involved from the beginning of this diplomacy, said tonight some
:06:15. > :06:19.sceptics said this would never happen, another thing, there is also
:06:20. > :06:23.eagerness, eagerness to get into Iran for all those business
:06:24. > :06:23.opportunity, a consumer market of 80 million people.
:06:24. > :06:27.Thank you. And Barbara Plett joins
:06:28. > :06:37.us from Washington. A very significant moment, clearly.
:06:38. > :06:40.How big an achievement is this for US Iranian diplomacy? It is an
:06:41. > :06:47.enormous achievement, after more than 35 years of hostility, and
:06:48. > :06:51.enmity, they have managed to solve this issue of Iran's nuclear
:06:52. > :06:54.programme. They still don't have diplomatic relationships sthaienedz
:06:55. > :06:57.have many areas where they have significant differences but the
:06:58. > :07:01.State Department in particular has been emphasising these negotiations
:07:02. > :07:04.have opened up a new and important channel of communication, this is
:07:05. > :07:09.also you know, a really big day for President Obama, because this has
:07:10. > :07:14.been his foreign policy priority. Basically staked his reputation on
:07:15. > :07:17.it and he has fought tooth and nail against a strong Republican
:07:18. > :07:21.opposition in Congress. That isn't going to go away and Mr Obama is
:07:22. > :07:24.aware he only has one more year in office to make this agreement stick.
:07:25. > :07:28.But I think he is banking on the success of the deal, if it is
:07:29. > :07:31.successful, as well a strong international support to mean that
:07:32. > :07:34.the deal wouldn't be reversed if it is a Republican who in the end
:07:35. > :07:36.replaces him. At least 29 people, including
:07:37. > :07:38.a number of foreigners, have been killed, and dozens injured
:07:39. > :07:41.in a gun attack by Islamist extremists on a hotel
:07:42. > :07:44.in the West African state of Burkina 120 hostages were freed after local
:07:45. > :07:47.troops, backed by French special A group linked to Al-Qaeda has
:07:48. > :07:50.claimed responsibility. It took place in Burkina Faso's
:07:51. > :07:53.capital Ouagadougou in a luxury Our correspondent Thomas Fessy
:07:54. > :08:15.reports from there. This is when Government troops
:08:16. > :08:19.backed by French special forces finally retook control of the hotel.
:08:20. > :08:25.Dramatic scenes right in the centre of the capital city.
:08:26. > :08:33.The terrified guests were evacuated after a long night in hiding.
:08:34. > :08:40.It began on Friday evening round supper time. Al-Qaeda militants
:08:41. > :08:46.stormed the Splendid Hotel in and a cafe across the street. Both popular
:08:47. > :08:49.with UN staff and foreigners. They started shooting and everybody
:08:50. > :08:52.lay down on the ground. As soon as you lifted your head you would get
:08:53. > :08:56.shot straightaway so you had to be pretend to be dead. They even came
:08:57. > :09:03.to touch our feet to check if we were alive.
:09:04. > :09:08.Soldiers had no other option but to fight back here, there was no
:09:09. > :09:11.negotiation. The Jihadist didn't come to take hostage, they came to
:09:12. > :09:15.kill. TRANSLATION: When they left they set
:09:16. > :09:19.fire to the place. The smoke started to suffocate me and the our
:09:20. > :09:22.survivors. This is the scene hours after the end of the siege. Some
:09:23. > :09:26.reports suggest that at least two women were among the four militants
:09:27. > :09:33.killed in the rescue operation. More than 100 people were freed.
:09:34. > :09:38.We are not allowed to go new further than here but from here we can see
:09:39. > :09:41.the traces of the attack, we have seen soldiers and investigators
:09:42. > :09:45.going in and out of the hotel, but the authorities say they have the
:09:46. > :09:50.situation under control. And they have called on people to
:09:51. > :09:55.stay calm. Suzanne is reunited with her
:09:56. > :09:59.husband, but on a hospital bed. A local painter, she was attending a
:10:00. > :10:04.meeting chaired by Government minister in the hotel, when gunshots
:10:05. > :10:08.rang out. TRANSLATION: I am still shocked. It
:10:09. > :10:14.was a nightmare. What we have seen is horrible. It really was horrible.
:10:15. > :10:20.Tonight, families are still waiting for news of their loved ones. The
:10:21. > :10:25.whole country's scarred by the first Jihadi attack by such a scale. The
:10:26. > :10:28.militant have shown they remain a threat throughout the region.
:10:29. > :10:30.Companies could be banned from paying dividends
:10:31. > :10:32.to shareholders unless they pay workers the Living Wage,
:10:33. > :10:33.under proposals outlined by Jeremy Corbyn.
:10:34. > :10:36.The Labour leader also suggested imposing pay ratios between those
:10:37. > :10:43.at the top and bottom of a firm's salary scales.
:10:44. > :10:48.With me now is our political correspondent, Carole Walker.
:10:49. > :10:55.How firm are are the proposals? At this stage they are just Sugg
:10:56. > :11:00.suggestion but it is clear from two Stevens Jeremy Corbyn made today he
:11:01. > :11:04.does want to do more to strengthen workers right, one idea would be to
:11:05. > :11:07.prevent companies paying dividends to shareholders unless all their
:11:08. > :11:11.workers get the living wage. It has to be said that the present Tory
:11:12. > :11:15.Government is going to make the living wage compulsory so they may
:11:16. > :11:18.have to do so any way. Jeremy Corbyn has a wider agenda, he want to
:11:19. > :11:23.strengthen the power of testify union, to repeal the bill that would
:11:24. > :11:28.curb their powers, he want to look at what he sees the gulf between the
:11:29. > :11:33.Tom and -- top and bottom of the wage stale-of-scale. He wants unions
:11:34. > :11:38.to have online ballots. He is setting up a commission to look at
:11:39. > :11:40.all of this, but it has to be said, businesses are not happy, they say
:11:41. > :11:45.that politicians should not businesses are not happy, they say
:11:46. > :11:48.involved in getting involved in private companies, and some Labour
:11:49. > :11:50.MPs will be concerned the whole agenda and tone is anti-business.
:11:51. > :11:56.Thank you. Taiwan has elected its
:11:57. > :11:58.first female President. Tsai Ying-wen is leader of the party
:11:59. > :12:00.that wants independence from neighbouring China,
:12:01. > :12:02.and in her first speech after winning, she said the island's
:12:03. > :12:05.democratic system must be respected. China sees Taiwan as
:12:06. > :12:07.a breakaway province, which it has threatened to take back
:12:08. > :12:09.by force, if necessary. From the Taiwanese capital Taipei,
:12:10. > :12:18.Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports. What has happened in Taiwan
:12:19. > :12:20.tonight is nothing short The small bespectacled woman shaking
:12:21. > :12:26.hands on stage has just been elected Taiwan's new President -
:12:27. > :12:35.and by a huge margin. Tasi Ying-wen is a
:12:36. > :12:38.British-educated law Professor. Today's victory shows the whole
:12:39. > :12:55.world Taiwanese people "Taiwanese people are democratic,
:12:56. > :12:58.and as President I will make sure To Beijing, those are fighting
:12:59. > :13:03.words. Tsai and her passionate young
:13:04. > :13:06.supporters want the world to see Taiwan as an independent,
:13:07. > :13:10.democratic country - It's not a view shared
:13:11. > :13:29.by these people. At the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
:13:30. > :13:31.in Taipei, bus loads of mainland Chinese tourists are crowding
:13:32. > :13:34.in to watch the Changing Nearly four million Chinese tourists
:13:35. > :13:42.visited Taiwan last year. But familiarity does not appear to
:13:43. > :13:48.be bringing greater understanding. "But if they try to declare full
:13:49. > :14:01.independence, then we will fight." The threat that China could one day
:14:02. > :14:04.invade this island used to fill Tonight, the people of Taiwan have
:14:05. > :14:16.spoken loudly and emphatically, This is our country,
:14:17. > :14:19.this is our democracy, and we will not be bullied by one
:14:20. > :14:34.party dictatorship in Beijing. England's cricketers
:14:35. > :14:36.have won the Test series with a resounding seven wicket
:14:37. > :14:41.victory in Johannesburg. Man of the Match Stuart Broad took
:14:42. > :14:44.six wickets for just 17 runs, as the home team were bowled out
:14:45. > :14:47.for 83 in their second innings. It left England needing
:14:48. > :14:49.just 74 to win. A series victory at the home
:14:50. > :14:53.of the world's best. This England side once again
:14:54. > :14:55.reaching spectacular new heights. Still, all that seemed a long way
:14:56. > :14:58.off, as Joe Root returned His wicket began an England
:14:59. > :15:07.batting collapse of sorts - quite literally here
:15:08. > :15:09.in the case of Moeen Ali. The last five lost quickly
:15:10. > :15:11.as conditions swung back The lead for England
:15:12. > :15:15.a mere ten runs. But this match - and the series -
:15:16. > :15:18.was about to turn once more, England's pace attack relentless,
:15:19. > :15:21.unforgiving. This was Stuart Broad's first
:15:22. > :15:24.wicket, and when he finds his rhythm there are few more destructive
:15:25. > :15:30.anywhere in the world. AB de Villiers, South Africa's
:15:31. > :15:32.captain, couldn't cope with him. Others simply tried
:15:33. > :15:35.to get out of his way. Whilst the bowling was brilliant,
:15:36. > :15:41.James Taylor's catch to dismiss In one spell Broad took
:15:42. > :15:48.an astonishing five wickets for just His sixth ended their innings
:15:49. > :15:55.on a meagre 83. For England, a quite
:15:56. > :16:01.remarkable victory. The guys are celebrating in that
:16:02. > :16:07.changing room because we have worked hard throughout this tour for this
:16:08. > :16:10.sort of moment, and this sort of day, and it came very
:16:11. > :16:12.quickly for us. South Africa now lose their place
:16:13. > :16:15.as the world's top Test side. England - well, their reputation
:16:16. > :16:22.just continues to grow. You can see more on all of today's
:16:23. > :16:44.stories on the BBC News Channel. Good evening. Another cold day for
:16:45. > :16:45.most of us and we saw some fairly significant snow