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He, just the other day, gave a television interview in

which he described this unity National Accord government

He realises that if there is a national government he

At the time he had no legitimacy whatsoever.

He decided to come and attack Benghazi to fight

He was a leader of militia at the time.

There was only one government that existed when he started,

He attacked Benghazi, yes, there is an element there who are

really stated by the UN as a terrorist groups, but also others.

Haftar says to the Libyan people that "we are the legitimate

To quote his recent interview, "we will not compromise one

He believes he is the force that can unify Libya.

A man with weapons and men and the will.

He sees himself as the inheritor of Gaddafi.

But 75% of the country does not accept him.

He tried before that and was completely rejected.

of his old staff who recently left his

service, Colonel Muhamed, says he has been using secret paramilitary

forces to carry out abductions, killings, and beheadings.

Would you like to see him put on trial?

This is his lieutenant, his Speaker, and it is clear he did all of this.

Some prominent people have been kidnapped by Khalifa Haftar.

But Khalifa has the most coherent military force in Libya today.

When you say the man is possibly a war criminal

and needs to be trialled for alleged war crimes, it just says to me that

yet again here is a very deep hole that Libya is about to fall down.

Clearly, if you look at the Libyan army there is 140,000 throughout

The number who would follow him would not accede a few hundred.

I don't think most experts would think that.

Most of those people have been trained for like two weeks

They would die in the hundreds and thousands in a battle.

I would hate to see any one of them being killed.

You have talked about Benghazi where the fight is very active.

But, perhaps the most important frontline,

especially with Western powers looking on, the most important line

is Sirte, where so-called Islamic State has a stronghold.

Thousands of fighters if they are to be believed.

And then on the other side you have Khalifa encircling the city.

And then another side, militias, some related to the

Muslim Brotherhood, some related to the government in Tripoli.

It seems there is a race to liberate Sirte from Islamic State.

But that isn't going to necessarily make Libya's

You will have a huge fight between the different militias.

The real fight going on in Sirte is going between the council Mr Sirraj

has formed made out of military officers and others...

They look more loyal to themselves than the Prime Minister.

All I am saying is the West wants to believe that

somehow it can help Libyan forces liberate Sirte from Islamic State.

The West, obviously, are worried about Islamic State's

Do you think the West should be arming these different forces that

I think Islamic State is a danger to Libya and the world,

The people who can defeat them are Libyans.

Again, though, it has to be unified under the government of

National Accord and needs support from the international community.

But there is no point in talking fantasy.

Those forces around Sirte are not united, those

John Kerry said the other day that we must do everything we can to

So, would the West be wise to lift its arms embargo and send arms to

the various different militias and fighters who are confronting

Those they are confronting, at least from the west side of the country,

they are under the leadership and have accepted the leadership.

They need training and logistics and intelligence.

I don't know how you feel as a Libyan knowing there are hundreds,

it seems, hundreds of Western special forces on Libyan soil today.

There is a group of them in the east and the west.

They are intelligent gathering and are helping them to defeat Islamic

You want these forces, Italians, Brits, Americas, to go into Sirte

I just want them to provide support to fight this battle.

I don't expect the Americans or British or Italians

Clearly help with planning, intelligence, training

It seems to me, and I think the man appointed by Prime Minister Sarraj

to be your foreign minister, has said that the problem so often in

Libya over the last five years is that the West has looked through a

very self-interested prism when it addresses Libya's problems.

It worries about Islamic State and migration, which we can talk

about in a minute, but it doesn't really consider the needs

Do you think that's a fair criticism?

I think there's a lot of interest from the international community

because a stable Libya can clearly help stabilise the whole region.

At the same time because Libya is in the background of Europe

and any problems in Libya, especially instability,

But even Barack Obama recently in a interview said that one

of his greatest regrets was the failure of American and Western

He said we got distracted, the Brits got distracted, the French

got distracted and we never followed through after toppling Gaddafi.

Because they thought it would be easier for the Libyans to deal with

it, but of course we still have the legacy of Gaddafi.

So there was no plan, what is the day after Gaddafi fell,

from the international community, to come and help the Libyans

to build the institutions and be able to really face

So they thought as long as they brought Gaddafi down

What would a coherent Western strategy toward Libya today

a lot of effort and help in building these institutions

and help us fight against Daesh, this is essential.

We have serious problems in the country.

When Gaddafi fell the whole country collapsed.

So that's why when we don't have institutions we

So a lot of training needs to be done, a lot of help

by expertise that would be embedded with the Libyan

institutions to be able to help us to overcome.

I come back to General Khalifa Haftar, who hangs over this

conversation because of his military strength, at least

He says, forget about all this talk of political rebuilding,

of dialogue and institutions until we've won the war.

So he says military solution first and only then can we really talk

about rebuilding the political stability of the country.

There's no military solution for Libya.

I know that's what he thinks he will be able to do.

Because the east after the revolution was very

different from what happened in the west.

The revolution in the east lasted a few days

The west took about six months to fight against Gaddafi, so that's

what happened that a lot of these militias have been

So really the only solution is a political solution.

He needs to be part of the solution, how we can do that...

So despite the fact that earlier you said you would like to see him

on trial for war crimes, you think he has to be part of the solution?

Clearly we cannot just remove him by decision.

But the solution that we need to do, I mean where he gets his support?

It is coming through Egypt, other neighbouring countries

Yes. especially the United Arab Emirates.

Clearly they are supporting him and they have supported him

continuously, even there is an embargo in Libya.

And unless those countries will stop really intervening

Let's talk about one other aspect of the challenge

You are the jumping off point for a lot of people from other parts of

Africa who want to get into Europe, but also there are many Libyans who

want to escape from your country because the situation is so dire.

The economy is in meltdown and we have all of this violence as well.

The agency Interpol has just said that they believe there may be up to

800,000 would-be migrants waiting in Libya to try

If they are waiting outside of Libya that is different, but I know there

are a lot of them in Libya, the hundreds of thousands...

I think the implication is a lot of these people are Libyan.

If you look at the Libyans in the east or the west,

they are looking to leave, but there are economic problems that are

facing the Libyan people, especially with liquidity and so on.

Your banks are running out of cash, your food prices are spiralling.

Basically, because the oil output is down by two thirds at least,

The IMF says you will run out of money by 2019.

That's why we need a political solution so we can bring the country

back to stability and bring back the production of oil to before 2013

There is no military solution and that's why those who try to

have military solution, it's not going to happen.

That will bring us into civil war, because neither the forces in

We talked about the West's role in helping you fight IS, but just to

finish up on the migration point, it seems to be odd that the European

Union naval operation, which is trying to control migration from

Libya and the north African coast, Operation Sophia it's called,

Why won't you let the naval vessels into your waters?

They are going to bring them back to your country, where they came from.

So you aren't prepared to co-operate with the EU,

and yet you want the Western support to come and bash IS?

No, we are willing to co-operate, but the solution for

this immigration problem is really protecting the Libyan

We need help from the West to do that.

This problem has been for a long time.

The numbers are now much bigger, but why those people are coming?

So there needs to be an international solution to this

problem to bring some development to those nations, so people will stay

But right now it is criminals who are using these people.

I wonder if there's an element in your country,

and maybe senior politicians such as yourself, that sees the migration

You can almost threaten, blackmail, Western powers,

to say unless you help us more all of these people will leave Libya.

At least I don't look at it this way.

It is a problem...they are causing this problem first.

Those people sit in Libya until they get enough money to pay

the fee to jump in those boats, where the chance of survival

So those people are causing problems,

so really we are facing the first wave of those immigrants and the

You spoke about some of the Libyans who want to leave the country.

You took the decision after years in the US to come back in 2011.

Are you reaching the point where you are beginning to think it isn't

working and you have to get out yourself?

I came back to Libya because I was for more than 30 years

against Gaddafi and I saw a chance for Libya to become

a civilised state, a democratic state, a prosperous country.

There are many like me who will do whatever it takes to

bring hope back to the people and I think there's a chance.

Dr Mustafa Abushagur, thank you very much for being on HARDtalk.

Hello, once again, Thursday was not the most sparkling

of days across the British Isles and I'm sure many of you at some

point looked out through your window and saw a scene rather like this.

This is from one of our Weather Watchers in North Berwick.

This was all tied in with the weather front

which started the day over in the western side of the British Isles,

gradually dragged its way ever further towards theeast, bringing

gradually dragged its way ever further towards the east, bringing

Some of you actually saw some rain from that particular system.

For Friday, we're rather inbetween weather systems

although that situation, as you will see, will not last for long.

The rain still lingering across the far north of the Northern Isles.

Not a particularly cold start to the day by any means at all but

there will be showers from the word go, sprinkled quite liberally across

Some eastern spots, there, as you see, will start the day dry.

Northern Ireland, it is essentially a dry start.

A wee bit of sunshine here, perhap and favoured locations.

Across England and Wales may get a away to a bright

enough start but generally speaking, a lot of dry weather, yes, not

There will be a fair amount of cloud.

We will have to break some of this up before we get to see any

meaningful sunshine and i think that opportunity rises

meaningful sunshine and I think that opportunity rises

more likely through central and eastern parts of the British Isles.

Out west, although the exact detail and timing don't hold me to it just

at the moment, but it looks as though we will push an area of

thickening cloud with some rain up across

perhaps parts of the south-west of England, too.

We keep a bit of brightness in the east.

We could well be looking at 18-20 degrees or so.

Underneath the cloud and rain, closer to 14-15 degrees.

This is how we close out Friday - just bringing a succession

of fronts, in fact, close by to the northern and western

That cloud all the while thickening up and eventually

many parts through, Friday evening into the first part of Saturday,

The heaviest always likely to be found towards western areas.

We snapshot the middle of the afternoon on Saturday,

again the temperatures around about the mid to upper teens or so.

The bulk of the rain across northern Scotland.

Rain further south and that may have a bearing late

on - we may start importing thunderstorms in the south-east.

If not for the match may be the journey home could be effected.

Further north, the match could essentially be dry.

If that clears, many of us will see sunny spells of sunshine.

More likely to be a terror attack than an accident.

Officials in Cairo give their view on the missing EgyptAir plane.

A major sea and air search is under way and authorities say it could be

months or even a year before the truth is known.

Two years after the abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls by

Boko Haram, Nigeria's military says a second girl has been rescued.

Outrage as Muirfield Golf Club maintains its ban on women members.

Live from our studios in Singapore and London. This is BBC World News.

It's Newsday. It's 8am in Singapore,

1am in London and 3am in the morning in Cairo,

the destination for the EgyptAir plane which disappeared over

the eastern Mediterranean en route Egyptian officials believe it's more

likely to have been brought down by a terrorist act than

by a technical fault. From Cairo,

Quentin Sommerville reports. This morning in Paris,

even through their tears, there was still hope that their loved ones

could be found alive despite the But now, EgyptAir says

the wreckage of its flight MS804 to And the passengers on board,

mostly French and Egyptians, were killed, the plane's debris

crashing into the sea. Here, radar tracks the aircraft,

its red tail speeding across the Mediterranean,

and suddenly disappears. Was this a terror attack,

or mechanical failure? France's president said

nothing could be ruled out. TRANSLATION: We also have

the duty to know everything about No hypothesis should be

ruled out or preferred. In Cairo,

relatives gathered at the airport. Families have been arriving here all

morning, desperate to find out any information they can

on what happened to flight MS804. The flight was just 20 minutes

from landing here at Cairo International Airport,

when, according to the authorities, it simply vanished without any

warning, without any distress call. By the afternoon, an international

sea and air search was under way. And Egypt says it may go on

for weeks. At Cairo airport, EgyptAir

confirmed the plane's loss and this He said, I hope they find him

so that we can pray over him. The authorities here have been

struggling to explain how yet another plane

from Egypt has been lost. Minister, if I could just ask you,

do you have any security concerns about anyone on the plane, whether

they were passengers, whether they were crewmembers, whether they were

on the flight deck? Nothing has been reported

about that. We haven't got any security concerns

about a specific person, but don't forget the investigation

is still going on and I'm pretty sure there is a profiling process

for people on board. Here in Egypt officials think it's

more likely this was For the families, it was a day

when hope was overwhelmed by grief. As well

as gathering more information about those on board, investigators will

also be looking at the history of the A320 plane as they try to

establish what caused it to crash. Our transport correspondent

Richard Westcott considers what is As more victims' families head

for Cairo, the question remains. Was this an accident or

something more sinister? The aircraft was an Airbus A320, and

if you've ever flown, the chances It's one of the most common planes

on earth, and it does have And this is footage of the actual

aircraft that disappeared. This aircraft was delivered

to EgyptAir in November 2003. We also know the captain

and the co-pilot were relatively So let's have a look at what

the radar tells us Having taken off from Paris

in the late evening, everything was Greek controllers say

the pilot is in good spirits Half an hour after that,

repeated radio calls go unanswered. Controllers raise the alarm,

but the plane has simply dropped TRANSLATION: It made

a 90-degree turn to the left and a 360-degree turn to the right,

descending from 37,000 to 15,000 This is why terrorism

can't be ruled out. A Russian airliner full

of tourists was brought It's widely believed a group linked

to the so-called Islamic State The EgyptAir plane took off

from the biggest airport in Paris. One expert says speculation

of an attack could ripple through The fact it's been able to go

through Charles de Gaulle Airport, which is a major security airport in

the middle of Europe, that will be a worry to all of Europe because if

it can happen in Charles de Gaulle, This is the room at Cranfield

University, where air accident investigators from all over the

world have trained to do their job. the wreckage should throw up some

answers. If there's been an explosion

on the aircraft, then there will be lots of tell-tale signs that the

investigators would look for, and that might range from pathology, so

in terms of the damage that may have been done to the human occupants,

through to damage to the actual So it's an anxious wait for the

families and for all flyers, like Let's get more on this story from

France, where the flight took off. Our correspondent in Paris is

Lucy Williamson. Well, tonight an investigation has

already begun into possible security breaches here at Charles de Gaulle

airport. Among those expected to be questioned are all the ground staff

who might have had access to the plane, bearing in mind of course the

plane had already travelled from Eritrea and Tunisia on its way to

Paris last night. It's not the first time that staff here at the airport

have been the subject of a security review after the Paris attacks last

year. Dozens of staff had their access passes revoked amid fears of

Islamic radicalisation. And with security so high at the moment in

transport hubs like this one in France, any suggestion that a

security lapse here might have contributed to this crash will be

very hard indeed for France to swallow.

Meanwhile, Thursday evening's EgyptAir departure from

The flight took off from Charles de Gaulle airport

at 23:02pm local time on Thursday, exactly 24 hours after flight MS

MS804, which disappeared over the eastern Mediterranean.

The plane is scheduled to arrive in the Egyptian capital soon

Now to a development in the ongoing disappearance of over 200 Nigerian

schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants two years ago.

says a second Chibok girl has been rescued.

A spokesman for the army said it followed a clash with Boko

Haram in which 35 militants are reported to have died.

She is now receiving medical attention.

first of those missing school girls was found.

She met the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari.

Now 19 years-old, she was discovered with her baby in a forest area,

She was with a Boko Haram member, who was said to be her husband.

The meeting with the president shows how significant the rescue of this

teenager is. It is a national issue. Remember it was two years ago

when she and her classmates were taken away by Boko Haram. It will be

important for the military and other security agencies to get as much

information as they can out of her, where she and the other girls were

kept, the manner in which her captors operated and much more the

Army is holding a suspected Boko Haram member who is said to be her

husband. But overall this news will be welcomed not only by her family

but by the families of the other girls and other concerned people

around the world hoping the remaining girls are still alive and

can be brought home. Let's not forget that Boko Haram has abducted

and possibly still holds many more people. That's a tool it has used in

its violent campaign in attempting to destabilise the nation, so the

government still has more work to do at this moment.

The Philippine boxer Manny Pacquiao has been sworn

new senators elected to the upper house in a recent national poll.

Some believe the election of one of the most recognisable names

in world boxing will pave the way for a future attempt to win

The execution of a convicted murderer has been

stopped by a Singapore court for the second time in a dramatic

reprieve just hours before he was scheduled to be hanged.

Jabing Kho who is Malaysian was sentenced to death in 2010

for killing a Chinese construction worker.

But he has been granted a temporary stay of execution following a last

These are works of art created for a new exhibition in Greece by the

This represents a rubber safety ring and it's to

highlight what the artist says is the shameful response to

Ai Weiwei filmed camps in Greece and set up a studio

There's a big day ahead for Tsai Ing-wen.

She's about to be inaugurated as Taiwan's first female

president following her victory in January's election.

Let's get more from Cindy Sui in Taipei.

The new president will be inaugurated any time soon, but I can

see behind you they are starting to have some large crowds and some

colourful placards and banners. What are they saying? Yes. Many of the

people here have been here since 5am and they are mostly supporters of

Taiwan's Independence and the banners behind me all said Taiwan

Independence. Many of them have gathered out here to send a message

to not only president Tsai but to the international community because

of the reporters here that Taiwan is an independent country is separate

from China and they want it to stay that way. Miss Tsai is expected to

be inaugurated hour and there's interest in what she will say her

inauguration speech. What Beijing wants her to say is to finally

recognise that Taiwan and mainland China are part of the same country

but so far she has refused to do that and it's expected she won't do

that during her speech because surveys have shown the majority of

Taiwanese people don't want her to do that, they see Taiwan as an

independent separate country from China and they see the protests and

the pressures that Hong Kong people are facing from Beijing and

Beijing's lack of willingness to allow them to have any sort of

self-rule or democracy... The Taiwanese people here don't want

Taiwan to become like their neighbour Hong Kong, so they are

standing firm and Tsai is expected to appease her constituents that

brought her victory in the January elections. Everyone do, we'll be

watching and listening to the inauguration speech of the new

Taiwanese President. -- everyone will be.

Newly-crowned English Premier League champions Leicester City parade

through Bangkok, we hear from some of their Thai fans.

This morning, an Indian Air Force plane carrying

The President of India walked to the plane to solemnly witness

Mr Gandhi's final return from the political battlefield.

The polling stations are all prepared for what will be

the first truly free elections in Romania's history.

It was a remarkable climax to what was surely the most extraordinary

It's been a peaceful funeral demonstration so far, but suddenly

these police are teargassing the crowd, we don't yet know why.

The pre-launch ritual is well established here,

Helen was said to be in good spirits but just a little apprehensive.

In the last hour, East Timor has become the world's newest nation.

It was a bloody birth for a poor country, and

But for now, at least, it is time to celebrate.

Our top stories: The search is continuing for the Egyptian airliner

that's thought to have crashed into the Mediterranean Sea with 66

Two years after the abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls by

Boko Haram, Nigeria's military says a second girl has been rescued.

And Adele's been named songwriter of the year at the prestigious

The star was honoured for her multi-million selling album, 25,

Let's take a look at what's making headlines around the world.

The war of words between the US and China over a close encounter in the

South China Sea features on a number of front pages, including that

It highlights Beijing's rejection of claims that two of its fighter jets

came within "unsafe" range of an American reconnaissance aircraft.

China is demanding that the US end such missions close to

The China Daily covers the spat too and also picks up on surging Chinese

The paper says not only has a Chinese businessman bought English

club Aston Villa, but Jack Ma's Alibaba is reported to be in talks

to become a major sponsor of the sport's world governing body FIFA.

And golfer Phil Mickelson's return of almost $1 million dollars

profits, as part of a US insider-trading

investigation, features on the front of the Financial Times.

Two men, a former corporate director and a professional gambler,

have been indicted, but the wealthy pro golf star has

Now Rico, what's catching people's attention online?

The outgoing Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou has

clocked up more than six million views on Facebook for mocking

In it, he reviews the successes and failures of his presidency.

He reads out criticism from social media users,

accusing him of being a jellyfish and having poisonous hands.

It's even proved popular in mainland China, where

an edited version has appeared, omitting some bits, including

China doesn't recognise Taiwan as independent.

To Thailand now, where a military court has granted

bail to a prominent activist's mother after the United States

The woman, who allegedly insulted the Thai royal family in a one-word

Facebook post, is the mother of a key member of an anti-junta group.

She was released on condition that she must not instigate riots,

become involved in political movements or leave the country.

In Thai society this charge is very serious and it shouldn't

I taught my kids and my family about it.

Therefore, when I heard the news, I was genuinely shocked.

I insisted that I would to turn myself in, to show my innocence.

Everyone can see that I have never been involved

I only showed up if New was detained.

It is the first time and it is a direct and serious blow to me.

The reason I am facing what I am facing right now is that I am New's

mother - this is the first and main reason.

But if you ask me if I stopped h im or asked him

to tone down - it is within his own thoughts and his own rights.

I don't tell him that I have been targeted, you better stop - no,

Right now, the law is up to interpretation.

Who is right or who is wrong is objective.

Whoever stands in opposition already knows what they are up against.

Everybody can see that I am simply trying to make ends meet.

I am not involved in politics and still I get targeted.

So these activists still realise that they are in riskier positions.

The first minister of Scotland is one of many who've

expressed their outrage at a decision by Muirfield golf club to

Nicola Sturgeon said it was 'simply indefensible'.

Most of the club's members voted in favour of admitting women

but the proposal narrowly failed to get the two-thirds majority needed.

Muirfield has now been told it will not stage another Open Championship,

Muirfield - prestigious and steeped in tradition.

And today courting controversy after its members voted

Is in this ridiculous, a club with such a distinguished history is

ruling itself out because of a decision to treat women as

second-class citizens? Those are your words rather than mine. I

disagree with your wording, because I do respect the right of the club

to make its decision about its membership policy. The course has

hosted the Open on 16 occasions. Some of the most famous names in

golf have competed here. There are many urging the club to change its

rules. We are in a day and age where it is not right to host the world 's

biggest golf tournament at a place that doesn't allow women to be

members. Hopefully Muirfield can see some sense. The vote to deny women

membership was close, but from the world of golf to politics, the

decision has been condemned. It is indefensible. Muirfield is a private

club, they have their own rules and regulations, but this is 2016.

Scotland has women leaders in every walk of life, politics, the law. I

think this is wrong. What do the women on the fairways think? I

wonder where there is any ideological reason. I am surprised

it can happen in Europe these days. I think that is terrible in 2016.

Women can play here as visitors. While some are disappointed at the

vote, others are comfortable for this club to continue as a mentor

and a club. They can play as guests, but can't become members? That

doesn't seem fair? Life isn't fair, to some extent. Women are great in

many ways, but this is a man only club and everybody gets on fine. The

fact is I am more than welcome and I can bring my young lady here to play

two or three times a week. Playing the course, it yes, but not enjoying

the company of golfers. Well they are not breaking any laws, the

decision to exclude women as members may be costly to the reputation of

this world-renowned club. English premier league champions,

Leicester City, have taken part in a parade through

the streets of Bangkok organised Having narrowly avoided relegation

last May, the club stormed to The BBC joined some

of the Thai fans who turned out to Celebrations continue for Leicester

City. Stay with us, we'll be looking

at how the political change in Taiwan will affect relations with

China, and the country's economy. And before we go,

let's take a look at these pictures. This is how we usually see

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, delivering

marathon press conferences She showed a different side

on Thursday, performing a disco take on one of Russia's

best-known folk songs, 'Kalinka' at Ms Zakharova took 12-centimetre

heels in her stride, along with That's all for now,

stay with BBC World News. Hello, once again,

Thursday was not the most sparkling of days across the British Isles

and I'm sure many of you at some point looked out through your window

and saw a scene rather like this. This is from one of our

Weather Watchers in North Berwick. This was all tied

in with the weather front which started the day over in the

western side of the British Isles, gradually dragged its way ever

further towards theeast, bringing Some of you actually saw some

rain from that particular system. For Friday, we're rather inbetween

weather systems although that situation, as you will

see, will not last for long. The rain still lingering across the

far north of the Northern Isles. Not a particularly cold start to

the day by any means at all but they will be showers from the word

go, sprinkled quite liberally across Some eastern spots, there,

as yousee, will start the day dry. Northern Ireland,

it is essentially a dry start. A wee bit of sunshine here,

perhap and favoured locations. Across England

and Wales may get a away to a bright enough start but generally speaking,

a lot of dry weather, yes, not There will be a fair amount

of cloud. We will have to break some

of this up before we get to see any meaningful sunshine

and I think that opportunity rises more likely through central and

eastern parts of the British Isles. Out west, although the exact detail

and timing don't hold me to it just at the moment but it looks as though

we will push an area of thickening cloud with some rain up across

Northern Ireland, western Wales, perhaps parts of the south-west

of England, too. We keep a bit of brightness

in the east. We could well be looking

at 18-20 degrees or so. Underneath the cloud and rain,

closer to 14-15 degrees. This is how we close out Friday -

just bringing a succession of fronts, in fact,

close by to the northern and western The cloud all the

while thickening up and eventually many parts through, Friday evening

into the first part of Saturday, The heaviest always likely to

be found towards western areas. This is how we snapshot the middle

of the afternoon on Saturday, again the temperatures around

about the mid to upper teens or so. The bulk of the rain

across northern, western Scotland. Just notice this little finger

of rain further south - We may just start importing some

thunderstorms later, So if not

for the match then maybe the journey No such problems

a wee bit further north - I think Rangers versus Hibernian could well

be essentially a dry match. This is how we see it on Sunday,

again, open to some doubt just about how

cloudy and wet the south-east starts but if that clears away, I think

then many of us will be in for a day of sunny spells and showers with

temperatures again in the teens. I'm Kasia Madera with

BBC World News. A major investigation is under way

after an EgyptAir passenger jet The plane was travelling from Paris

to Cairo with 66 passengers and crew Egypt says it was more likely to

have been brought down by a terrorist act than

a technical fault. The Nigerian military say a second

schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram militants more than two years ago

from Chibok School has been rescued. More than 200 girls

are still missing. And this video is trending

on bbc.com. The outgoing

Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou has clocked up more than six million

views on Facebook for mocking In it he reviews the successes

and failures of his presidency. That's all from me now,

stay with BBC World News. And the top story here in the UK,

11 children have been injured by a dog which attacked them

in a playground in Blyth, A 37-year-old woman has been

arrested on suspicion of having Now on BBC News all the latest

business news live from Singapore. It's Taiwan's new president set for

an early clash with China? We assessed the potential impact on the

economy -- is. And why is Fujitsu getting involved on the UK

referendum on whether to stay in the European Union?

Good morning, Asia and hello, world. It's Friday and glad you

could join us for this edition of Asia Business Report, I'm Rico

Hizon. We start with Taiwan and the new president Tsai Ing-wen steps

into the country's top job today and investors will be watching very

closely as to how she will address China in her inauguration speech.

The mainland is the island's biggest trading partner and the outgoing

president was known to be friendly towards Beijing but since Tsai

Ing-wen won the elections in January, cross trade relations have

becoming greasing the tense. Earlier I spoke to an economist in Taipei to

ask him what investors are expecting to hear from the new president. It

seems the result of the January election has meant we have seen the

early signs of soft economic sanctions. Or example the reduction

of the Chinese tourists visiting Taiwan -- for example. In some parts

of China it has reduced by almost 40%. The visitors from China account

for a significant part of Taiwan's foreign visitors each year so the

tourism sector in Taiwan is already feeling the pressure. Should

investors be concerned about these early warning signs from Beijing and

the tough stance of Tsai Ing-wen with the mainland? The economic

sanctions will continue to be in place for the foreseeable future. I

think regardless of what President Tsai will say today in her speech,

Beijing will be a bit disappointed compared with what President Ma has

been doing over the last few years. In the short-term investors have a

reason to be concerned. It might bring the cross trade China Taiwan

relationship to a more healthy and sustainable point, though. The other

big challenge for Tsai Ing-wen is the retooling of the Taiwanese

economy, with its worst performance in six years in 2015, and a major

trading partner of Taiwan is mainland China. Yes, indeed. There

are two Mac major structure issues in Taiwan's exports. First is the

market concentration as you mention, 30% of time on these trade goes

through China and now the problem is the product concentration because

China's exports are concentrated on ICT and flat panel display areas.

All these areas are unfortunately going to be confronted by China's

so-called import substitution policy. In the long run Taiwan's

exports to China with or without sanctions are going to reduce. They

need policies to mitigate these issues by Doug Lhasa diversifying

the market and also by having new areas of product -- by

diversifying. Roy Chun Lee, an economist based in Taipei.

Age is BC will be closing down branches in India following a

strategic review showing customers are increasingly choosing to do

their banking online -- HSBC. It's been on a massive cost-cutting drive

and the lender has slashed more than 87,000 jobs overseas. That's over

the past five years. American clothing retailer Gap will

be closing down 75 stores abroad as they turn their focus to the North

American market to revive fortunes. The Cure at retail family includes

Old Navy and Banana Republic, it will include all 53 Old Navy outlets

in Japan. It will help save 255 and is. The chairman of Fujitsu has

warned that if the UK leads the European Union it would reconsider

its investments. It's the biggest Japanese employer in the UK. We were

told by him in an interview to the BBC that he thought Britain leaving

the UK would be a threat to investment stashed the EU.

TRANSLATION: So far we believe the UK is the centre of the European

region and that's why for the last decade we have made ?3 billion in

investment. If there is any change, with the UK remaining in the EU or

not, we have to be careful about watching the process, the outcome,

then decide if we will make any further investment or not. We have

been making the most investment in the UK within the European region

and yes we believe that the UK is going to remain at the centre of the

EU. Where are we going to make investment to? Well, we have data

centre and cloud type services, we have to really see what the issues

are, what the challenges are in the respective market and the respective

region, then make the decision as to how we are going to invest and in

which area. We would like to see the entire EU region as one single

market. Mr Yamamoto from Fujitsu. Plain

packaging for tobacco products will be introduced in the UK from today

after a legal challenge against the new law was dismissed by the High

Court. The case was brought about by four of the world's biggest tobacco

companies including Philip Morris international. Plain packaging means

a ban on all marketing of tobacco packages to make smoking less

attractive, especially to young people. Australia was the first

country to make plain packaging compulsory in 2012.

Phil Mickelson will return nearly $1 million in profits linked to an

insider trading scheme. He said he had no desire to benefit from

training and stock that regulators found questionable. The US market

regulator alleged a friend of his had passed on a trading tip to the

golfer about Dean food stock that came from the company's Chairman.

China's food industry has been in hot water lately with producers in

Europe and the US accusing the Chinese of flooding the market with

cheap products. Beijing has set aside over 4 billion US dollars to

help local governments pay for closures in the steel and coal

sectors. The production by steel mills is still picking up. Earlier I

spoke with Anna-Lise Jefferies and I asked her for her outlook on the

Chinese steel sector. The Chinese steel sector is doing very well

right now, this year it is Tronc, we have strong demand partly because of

growth in the cities with properties -- strong. That's unexpected because

many thought these empty flats we were hearing about would be a

problem but we have seen a lot of growth. Also the Chinese government

is investing $750 billion in infrastructure over the next two

years, so pretty strong. Pretty strong that they even have enough

steel supplied to provide the world? Yes. Exports are still good.

Yeah, it is all strong. I think exports will go down a bit because

the strength inside China is very good right now. Is China really

deserving these massive tariffs being imposed by the United States?

522% on this steel? With that kind of steel it is a smaller market, the

big markets are the HRC and the retail market is. In that regard,

no, most exports are going to get places like Japan and Korea. They go

mainly to Asia rather than the US. All of these tips for tax tariffs by

the US and China will not only impact the small sector but it could

have a knock on effect on other things -- tit for tat. We have to

see what happens in terms of trade tariffs around the world, you find

those cropping up not just in the US but across the world when it comes

to steal. Interesting to see what happens. With the mechanics and the

dynamics, where do you see steel prices going forward? That's a good

question. It's been very volatile this year for the iron ore and steel

segment in Asia, right now things like iron ore prices are in the 50s

and steel is relatively strong, margins are good and production is

high. But you have money going into infrastructure but also Beijing

putting in $15 billion for layoffs because there will be consolidation

in the steel industry. Longer term the idea is they will be less steel

production coming out of China. Annalisa Jefferies. Before we go,

the markets... It is a Friday in deed and Asian stocks as you can see

are looking very lethargic and lacklustre. This is after stocks

remain under pressure as investors continued to digester possibility

that the US Federal Reserve will raise rates potentially as soon as

June. The Nikkei two to five down by 24% and the macro All Ords down by a

10th. The Hong Kong stock exchange will be opening in about 15

minutes. As for Wall Street, the Dow and the NASDAQ finishing

negatively. Thank you so much for investing your time with us. I'm

Rico Hizon. Sport Today is coming up next.

The search is continuing for the Egyptian airliner that's thought to

have crashed into the Mediterranean Sea with 66 people on board.

Two years after the abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls by

Boko Haram, Nigeria's military says a second girl has been rescued.

Nearly a 250,000 Vauxhall Zafiras are being recalled for a

second time because of a problem that's caused some to catch fire.

The cars were first recalled in 2015, but now Vauxhall says it

wants to make more changes to sort out the vehicles' heating

system, as our business correspondent Emma Simpson reports.

This Zafira had been recalled and repaired.

But just weeks later, it went up in flames with a young family

And the same thing happened to Brian Adams in Sussex.

He filmed what was left of his Zafira

We feel that owning a Vauxhall Zafira is like playing Russian

roulette, you don't know whether the car you're driving is safe.

You don't know whether the work that has been done on them is adequate.

Last year Vauxhall said the problem was in the heating and ventilation

system, caused by improper repairs or using non-Vauxhall parts.

Most of the recall work has been done, but they are now recalling

Vauxhall said in a statement that the first recall had achieved its

objective of returning vehicles to their original condition, but after

extensive investigations, it said it needed to go further to improve the

Well, it's when you have a recall that has to be recalled yet again.

Very worrying for people who are putting their kids in the car.

OK, Vauxhall have the best of intentions, but maybe they went

a bit early first time and should have got it right.

With pictures like these, Vauxhall says it is determined to

finally put things right and will be contacting owners over the summer.

The shadow Europe minister, the Labour MP Pat Glass has apologised

after she was heard calling a voter a horrible racist.

The MP was in Sawley in Derbyshire as part of the Remain

campaign ahead of the EU referendum.

She said her remarks had been inappropriate.

A man who scaled a perimeter wall at Buckingham Palace has been arrested.

He was in the grounds for seven minutes before being

of Edinburgh were in the Palace at the time.

Hello, this is Sport Today, live from the BBC Sport Centre.

Coming up on this programme: Danny Willett says

his 'grinding' paid off as he takes a two shot lead in the Irish Open.

Bairstow and Hales stage an England fightback after losing three wickets

And he's got a bad back, so Roger Federer won't be on the

Hello wherever you are around the world, welcome to Sport Today.

He's got a green jacket and he's also dominating

Danny Willett leads the Irish Open by two shots from Rory McIlroy.

After mastering the greens at Augusta, Danny Willett is doing a

good job of conquering the screen. After his first tournament since

returning to Europe, he had eight birdies to finish at the top of the

leaderboard on seven under par. His round of 65 was only one shot off

the course record. It leaves him two shots clear of the tournament host,

Rory McIlroy, after missing three straight cuts at this event Warren

Rory started well as he looks for his first win of the season. WWE

enjoyed a prolific career on Irish soil, but hasn't yet won an event

since turning professional. Martin climate knows the pain of not

winning. He slipped to 64 in the world rankings after two years

without success. He is among the group at three under par. Danny

Willett looks composed, aiming to prove it is -- that his Master's

triumph wasn't just luck. McIlroy has led calls

from top golfers urging Muirfield golf course to "see sense" after

the club was stopped from hosting future Open Championships for

refusing to accept women members. Muirfield,

last hosted the Open in 2013. The Royal and Ancient,

which jointly governs the sport worldwide, say no course will now be

allowed to host the championship What happened was that there was a

group of 33 traditionalists who felt that it was wrong for the club to

make this decision. They got that theory out to one of members that it

was wrong to go down this route, which is why the vote failed by a

slim margin. 64.4% were in favour of change, but they needed a two thirds

majority. Very close, but that is why the vote ultimately failed. The

big problem for the game of golf is the fact that arguably the Pines

golf course will not be staging the Open Championship. Other routes will

likely be explored by the club to find a voting mechanism that will

allow them to admit female members and get the club back on the Open

rotor. It is disappointing, Muirfield is its own club has its

own members and can do whatever it wants, I guess, but we are in a day

and age where it is not right to host the world's biggest golf

tournament at a place that doesn't allow women to be members. Hopefully

Muirfield can see some sense and maybe we can get it back on the open

road one day. As I said, there are plenty more great courses on the

open road that we can go back to. It is more of a loss to Muirfield done

is to us. I completely understand the RNA's decision. This is an equal

opportunity world. We are trying to grow the game. We have juniors, all

of the above, it is really important that the RNA are driving forces in

the world of golf. I get where they are coming from. They have the right

to make that decision. A private club is a private club, but we are

disappointed to lose them. From a professional golfers point of view,

it is disappointing that we won't be playing at, but we have other

courses we can play. Would you like to see Muirfield tainted" I think if

you ask any golfer, Muirfield are a course that have been on the circuit

since the very start. Hopefully they will do what they have to do to get

back on the roster. Half centuries from Alex Hales

and Jonathan Bairstow helped England fightback against Sri Lanka

in the first test, before rain Dasun Shanaka triggered

a top-order collapse with three wickets including

England Captain Alastair Cook. Our sports correspondent Andy Swiss

wraps up day one. Alastair Cook needed just 36 runs to

become the first in this player to reach 10,000 runs in Test cricket.

It was a slow start, he got to 16 but he was then out off the bowling

of Sharnakar. He had three wickets in his first performance, some debut

from Sharnakar. There were a number of players following in quick

succession, England 83 -5 at one point. The fightback led by Alex

Hales, who reached his 50 during the afternoon session, he was joined by

Jonny Bairstow who added a little bit of attacking intent. He also

reached his half-century. -- Shanaka. England can take heart from

their fightback. The Bundesliga playoff is wide open

after Eintracht Frankfurt and One day

after being diagnosed with a tumor, Mijat Gacinovic scored

his first Bundesliga goal in the second half to cancel out

the unfortunate strike by Russ. The second leg will be played

on Monday in Nuremberg. The overall winner will play

in the Bundesliga next season, with down reports of ill health

after he was rushed to hospital with The 49-year-old ex-PSG and Newcastle

player was taken to Monaco's Princess Grace Hospital,

where his condition was initially reported by French media

as "unconscious but stable". Ginola later blamed his illness

on playing football in the heat. He cheekily said: "Footy match

in the midday sun, not very clever. Whoever voted for a World Cup

in Qatar in the summer?" Roger Federer tried to get through

the back pain but it was too much so he's pulled out

of next week's French Open. The Swiss withdrew injured from

the Madrid Open earlier this month. The 17-time grand slam champion

says playing at Roland Garross It's the first grand slam Federer

has missed since 1999. The head of the

Russian Tennis Federation backtracked on his comments,

saying he didn't mean to suggest Maria Sharapova's failed doping test

could spell the end of her career. Shamil Tarpishchev told Russian

media that Sharapova's situation was and it was "very doubtful''

she will resume her career. The five-time grand slam champion

was provisionally suspended in March, after she a failed drugs

test at the Australian Open. Britain's Olympic,

World and European Long Jump champion Greg Rutherford believes

Russian athletes should be banned Russia are currently suspended

by Athletics' World Governing Body, the IAAF,

after the country was found to be Rutherford says while clean athletes

shouldn't be punished, Removing people from the Olympics is

going to be the only way to get around this. People who cheat go

away and come back. It has been proven that the benefits of taking

drugs can last you for your entire career. In my opinion, it is wrong

to have drug cheats anywhere near the competition.

German rider Andre Greipel has defended his decision to abandon

the Giro D'Italia after winning stage 12 of the grand tour.

Greipel surged in front on the final straight of the flat 182-kilometres

Critics wanted him to at least defend the red points

But Geipel said he needed to prepare for upcoming goals.

Race leader Bob Jungels retained the Maglia Rosa after finishing

You would assume he is wanting to get ready for the Tour de France

coming up in July. You can get all

the latest sports news at A lot from today's cricket after

that top order collapse from England. But they are coming back,

hopefully the rain stays away on Friday.

But from me and the rest of the Sport Today team, goodbye.

Hello, once again, Thursday was not the most sparkling

of days across the British Isles and I'm sure many of you at some

point looked out through your window and saw a scene rather like this.

This is from one of our Weather Watchers in North Berwick.

This was all tied in with the weather front

which started the day over in the western side of the British Isles,

gradually dragged its way ever further towards theeast, bringing

Some of you actually saw some rain from that particular system.

For Friday, we're rather inbetween weather systems

although that situation, as you will see, will not last for long.

The rain still lingering across the far north of the Northern Isles.

Not a particularly cold start to the day by any means at all but

they will be showers from the word go, sprinkled quite liberally across

Some eastern spots, there, as yousee, will start the day dry.

Northern Ireland, it is essentially a dry start.

A wee bit of sunshine here, perhap and favoured locations.

Across England and Wales may get a away to a bright

enough start but generally speaking, a lot of dry weather, yes, not

There will be a fair amount of cloud.

We will have to break some of this up before we get to see any

meaningful sunshine and I think that opportunity rises

more likely through central and eastern parts of the British Isles.

Out west, although the exact detail and timing don't hold me to it just

at the moment but it looks as though we will push an area of thickening

cloud with some rain up across Northern Ireland, western Wales,

perhaps parts of the south-west of England, too.

We keep a bit of brightness in the east.

We could well be looking at 18-20 degrees or so.

Underneath the cloud and rain, closer to 14-15 degrees.

This is how we close out Friday - just bringing a succession

of fronts, in fact, close by to the northern and western

The cloud all the while thickening up and eventually

many parts through, Friday evening into the first part of Saturday,

The heaviest always likely to be found towards western areas.

This is how we snapshot the middle of the afternoon on Saturday,

again the temperatures around about the mid to upper teens or so.

The bulk of the rain across northern, western Scotland.

Just notice this little finger of rain further south -

We may just start importing some thunderstorms later,

So if not for the match then maybe the journey

No such problems a wee bit further north - I think

Rangers versus Hibernian could well be essentially a dry match.

This is how we see it on Sunday, again,

open to some doubt just about how cloudy and wet the south-east starts

but if that clears away, I think then many of us will be in for a day

of sunny spells and showers with temperatures again in the teens.

Welcome to BBC News, broadcasting to viewers on public television

More likely to be a terror attack than an accident -

officials in Cairo give their view on the missing EgyptAir plane.

A major sea and air search is underway.

Aviation authorities say it could be months - even a year -

Two years after the abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls by Boko

Haram, Nigeria's military says a second young woman has been rescued.

And, slamming the door shut - outrage as Muirfield Golf Club

The EgyptAir plane that disappeared over the Mediterranean is more

likely to have been brought down by a terrorist act than

heading, with 66 people on board.

It had flown from Paris but not long before it was due to land the Airbus

A320 made several sharp turns, then vanished from radar screens.

Most of the passengers were French and Egyptian -

The BBC's Quentin Somerville sent this from Cairo.

This morning in Paris, even through their tears, there was

still hope that their loved ones could be found alive despite the

But now EgyptAir says the passengers on board, mostly French and

Egyptians, were killed, the plane's debris crashing into the sea.

Here, radar tracks the aircraft, its red tail speeding

across the Mediterranean, and suddenly disappears.

Was this a terror attack, or mechanical failure?

France's president said nothing could be ruled out.

TRANSLATION: We also have the duty to know everything about

No hypothesis should be ruled out or preferred.

In Cairo, relatives gathered at the airport.

Families have been arriving here all morning, desperate to find out any

information they can on what happened to flight MS804.

The flight was just 20 minutes from landing here at

Cairo International Airport, when, according to the authorities,

it simply vanished without any warning, without any distress call.

By the afternoon, an international sea and air search was under way.

And Egypt says it may go on for weeks.

At Cairo airport, EgyptAir confirmed the plane's loss and this

He said, I hope they find him so that we can pray over him.

The authorities here have been struggling to explain how yet

another plane from Egypt has been lost.

Minister, if I could just ask you, do you have any security concerns

about anyone on the plane, whether they were passengers, whether they

were crewmembers, whether they were on the flight deck?

Nothing has been reported about that.

We haven't got any security concerns about a specific person,

but don't forget the investigation is still going on and I'm pretty

sure there is a profiling process for people on board.

Here in Egypt officials think it's more likely this was

For the families, it was a day when hope was overwhelmed by grief.

At this early stage of the process solid information is

There have been conflicting reports on whether wreckage

from the plane has been found in the Mediterranean Sea.

Quentin Sommerville has the latest from Cairo.

Earlier we saw a photograph of wreckage in the blue waters of the

Mediterranean, what looked like yell at life vests. It may in fact even

have been debris from Mike in both attempting to cross. -- migrant

boats. Egypt is president has said efforts to find the plane had to be

intensified and it is now a major international air and sea rescue.

People forget how large the Mediterranean is. It is enormous.

They are now trying to find the wreckage. Why the Egyptians have

been saying is, how did this plan and disappear? What exactly happened

on board? These are all very difficult questions to answer and it

may take weeks, months, even longer to work out what happened.

Aviation Consultant Trevor Jensen joins us from Queensland

What do you think about what happened here? Good morning. It is a

very early to speculate and we need to be careful. For an aircraft to

disappear is clearly a catastrophic problem caused either by a

mechanical failure or a device of some sort on board. A third option

is the crew have done something to the aircraft. We have seen a couple

of incidents of that in the last 18 months stop right now anything is on

the table. Catastrophic and sudden, what do you read into the sharp

turns? Say there is a device near the tail of the aircraft and it it

disabled the elevator is Anna Rather, they would lose control of

the aircraft. -- and rudder. If you take a dart and take off the

feathers, and you have no control of it. And that is what the back of the

aircraft can do. If they lose that feature, it would simply fall off

the sky. Could it have been put on earlier than Paris? These devices

are fairly sophisticated. It is possible something was put on the

aircraft a long time ago and was simply enabled at the time it suited

the person responsible. What is fascinating here, nobody is making

any claims. It is a 24 hours and that is unusual. Is it surprising to

find the wreckage in that area with a lot of activity? Again, we have

had a couple of incidents where we have taken a lot of time to find

debris. It was identified fairly accurately as to where it lost

contact and would tend to think of the aircraft would be within 25

nautical miles initially. Wind and everything comes into play but the

area should be fairly well located. We need to start to look at the

co-ordination of some of the searches. There are lots of people

involved and I have no doubt they are very experienced at the

co-ordination needs to be seriously looked at. Thank you very much,

indeed, for your insights. Thank you.

And as well as the continuing coverage here on BBC News of

the hijacking of the Egypt Air plane we also have plenty for you online.

For all the latest updates you can go to bbc dot com slash news

There is a live page with continuous updates of all the latest news

The UN says five of its peacekeepers have been killed in an ambush

in the village of Aguelhok, near Kidal in northern Mali.

Their vehicle reportedly hit an explosive device,

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has unveiled his new exhibition

in Greece - using his works to highlight what he

says is the "shameful" response to the refugee crisis in Europe.

Ai has visited camps in Greece to film a documentary

and has set up a studio on Lesbos, the island on whose beaches nearly

a million migrants entered the European Union last year.

Hillary Clinton, the frontrunner for the Democratic

nomination for the US presidency, has said there was no way that she

will not be her party's candidate for the November elections.

On the likely Republican candidate, she said Donald Trump was

Morely Safer, the US journalist who reported for decades on 60 minutes,

died at his home in Manhattan after announcing his retirement

Safer's early reporting on the Vietnam War,

bringing pictures of atrocities into American homes, played a role in

The Nigerian military say they've freed nearly one-hundred women

and girls held by Boko Haram militants during

a clearance operation in Borno State in the north of the country.

The military claims that they've also rescued a second girl who was

amongst more than two-hundred schoolgirls kidnapped from

The first girl to be rescued was flown to the capital Abuja

on Thursday for a meeting with the Nigerian

She was discovered with her baby in a forest area,

A spokesman for the military says thirty-five Boko Haram militants

The meeting with the President shows how significant this issue is. It

will be important for the military and other security agencies to get

as much information as they can out of the girl. How are their captors

operated and much more. The army is holding a suspect dead Boko Haram

member who said to be her husband. -- suspected. Other concern people

around the world hope the remaining girls are still alive and can be

brought home. Let's not forget that Boko Haram has abducted and possibly

holds many more people. It is a tool it uses in its violent campaign to

destabilise the nation. The government has so much work to do

this. In Austria,

thousands of people have been protesting on the streets of Vienna

against the rise of the far-right, The party leader, Norbert Hofer,

won more than a third of the vote in the first round

of presidential elections last month and goes into this weekend's

second round with growing support. Our Europe editor Katya

Adler has more details. Keep Nazis out of the presidential

palace, reads this placard. Austria's populist Freedom Party,

once relegated to the far right fringes could be about to furnish

the country's next president, thanks to a vertical makeover aimed

at mainstream voters. The crowd here is calling

on fellow Austrians to wake up. They say the Freedom Party

is sinister as ever. This is the Freedom Party's

presidential hopeful, the friendly face of the far right, whose smooth

talks his party's hard lines. Austria first is Norbert Hofer's

motto. His underlying message

is anti-migrant. Austria is struggling to integrate

the tens of thousands of asylum High Austrian unemployment has

heightened simmering resentments. This is

about a lot more than a country with a, let's face it, right-wing

reputation, poised to elect The Freedom Party's success story is

more complex and reflects a European The favourite to win

as an antiestablishment candidate who says he really listens to voters

and campaigns. Well, it is across Europe,

in Germany, Italy, France, the UK, Right-wing parties are gaining

strength and influence. So what is it like

when these groups get to govern? This Austrian town is known for

drug crime and migrant population. Police say the Freedom Party mayor

did well to equip them with CCTV The populist right here is far

from isolated. It is clearly

a European problem more Neither of Austria's presidential

candidates, tonight locked in a TV deal come

from traditional ruling parties. Voters are searching

for new answers in uncertain times. Across Europe, other governments

watch closely and fearfully. Still to come: New plans to reform

Britain's prisons: we have an exclusive report on a world

of fear, corruption and violence. This morning,

an Indian Air Force plane carrying The President of India walked to

the plane to solemnly witness Mr Gandhi's final return

from the political battlefield. The polling stations are all

prepared for what will be the first truly free elections

in Romania's history. It was a remarkable climax to what

was surely the most extraordinary It's been a peaceful funeral

demonstration so far, but suddenly these police are teargassing

the crowd, we don't yet know why. The pre-launch ritual is well

established here, Helen was said to be in good spirits

but just a little apprehensive. In the last hour, East Timor has

become the world's newest nation. It was a bloody birth

for a poor country, and But for now, at least,

it is time to celebrate. The latest headlines: The search is

continuing for the Egyptian airliner that's thought to have crashed

into the Mediterranean Sea with 66 Two years after the abduction

of hundreds of schoolgirls by Boko Haram, Nigeria's military says

a second girl has been rescued. The British government is promising

the biggest shake-up since Victorian times of the prison system

in England and Wales. To start with, six prisons will be

overhauled, and the BBC's Ed Thomas has spent the last week at one of

them, Wandsworth Prison in London. This is Wandsworth. The BBC has been

given unprecedented access inside a British jail. Over seven days, we

saw the fear and violence. There is one person we are trying to secure.

You have to defend yourself. If you can't, then you're the kind of

victim. Drug speeding addiction inside. Is it easy to get cannabis?

Dors, it is, it is. In the prison, the guides are pushed to the edge.

It is the second alarm of the day. A prisoner has refused to go back to

his cell -- guards. I don't give a BLEEP! . Three years ago, the inmate

murdered a man in a fight. We can't identify him, but he told us he was

trapped in a cycle of violence. I got sliced down the side of the

face, I got attacked by 15 people. I've got murders around me left,

right and centre. No alternative to utilise violence for my safety. They

also shortstaffed in here, this place can't run. It is unsafe. Even

a lot of staff live in fear. Do smell of cannabis is really... Next

about the smell of cannabis is everywhere. . It is overwhelming,

especially up here. And then we see it, a group smoking below us in full

view. Nobody cares. You just do it. How do you feel about the officers?

I don't care. They are just here. Where do you get cannabis from?

Everyone. It is easy to get cannabis. I can get you some. You

can get me cannabis? Yes. Obviously it's not good, is it? It defeats

everything we are trying to do. You've got the cannabis they are.

You don't have to look far to find drugs in Wandsworth. Ashley has only

just arrived and he says that any drugs are available at all times.

You can get Karen, crack, anything you like. You can go down to the

twos, threes, everything is there. Then, there is the alcohol brewed in

cells. A synthetic legal high, these wraps are worth ?8,000. The mobile

phones, too, smuggled into Wandsworth. A smart phone, they go

for 700 quid. Who brings those in? Officers, visitors. This prisoner

asked us not to show his face. He wanted to talk about corruption. Are

you just saying that? No, no. I'm not in trouble. They give us is full

of drugs, phones, whatever you want. Life in prison. The BBC was

invited to hear these stories and see the pressure on a governor who

is demanding change. Corruption is one of the absolute things I cannot

understand. The first thing my reforms will do is toppled the

issues of corruption. That will deal with some of the issues you have

highlighted and we have seen over the last week. But how long will the

prison reform take? The pressure inside is building and officers are

getting hurt. At the moment, he has just been a victim of an assault. My

wife worries that I am not going to come home. If she could, she would

have me leave this job. For this man, it cannot get any worse. It's

because I care, I want to make a difference. I believe the staff can

make a difference. We are struggling, we don't have the

staff. What is happening to your mental health? I don't think anybody

cares about what is happening to my mental health. I think I am probably

the most stressed I have been in 24 years in this job. What will happen

to you. If I don't quit, I will retire and go home. The reforms are

desperately needed now. This prison revolution, a promise to fix broken

jails and so many broken lives. In a very different world, Scotland

Muirfield golf club has decided to maintain its ban

on female members. Most of the club's members voted

in favour of admitting women, but the proposal narrowly failed to

get the two-thirds majority needed. Muirfield has now been told it will

not stage another Open Championship, Muirfield - prestigious

and steeped in tradition. And today courting controversy

after its members voted Isn't this ridiculous,

a club with such a distinguished history is ruling itself out

of the Open because of an anachronistic decision to treat

women Those are

your words rather than mine. I disagree with your wording,

because I do respect the right of the club to make its decision

about its membership policy. The course has hosted the Open

on 16 occasions. Some of the most famous names

in golf have competed here. There are many in the sport urging

the club to change its rules. We are in a day

and age where it is not right to host the world's biggest golf

tournament at a place that doesn't Hopefully Muirfield

can see some sense. The vote to deny women membership

was close, but from the world of golf to politics,

the decision has been condemned. Muirfield is a private club,

they have their own rules Scotland has women leaders in every

walk of life, politics, the law. What do the women on the coastal

Scottish fairways think? I wonder where there is

any ideological reason. I am surprised it can happen

in Europe these days. While some are disappointed

at the vote, others are comfortable for this club

to continue as a mentor and a club. They can play as guests,

but can't become members? Women are great in many ways,

but this is a men's-only club The fact is women are more than

welcome and I can bring my young lady here

to play two or three times a week. Playing the course, yes,

but not joining the company While they are not breaking any

laws, the decision to exclude women as members may prove costly to

the reputation English premier league champions,

Leicester City, have taken part in a parade through

the streets of Bangkok organised Having narrowly avoided relegation

last May, the club stormed to The BBC joined some

of the Thai fans who turned out to And you can get in touch with me

and most of the team on Twitter, Hello, once again,

Thursday was not the most sparkling of days across the British Isles

and I'm sure many of you at some point looked out through your window

and saw a scene rather like this. This is from one of our

Weather Watchers in North Berwick. This was all tied

in with the weather front which started the day over in the

western side of the British Isles, gradually dragged its way ever

further towards theeast, bringing Some of you actually saw some

rain from that particular system. For Friday, we're rather inbetween

weather systems although that situation, as you will

see, will not last for long. The rain still lingering across the

far north of the Northern Isles. Not a particularly cold start to

the day by any means at all but they will be showers from the word

go, sprinkled quite liberally across Some eastern spots, there,

as yousee, will start the day dry. Northern Ireland,

it is essentially a dry start. A wee bit of sunshine here,

perhap and favoured locations. Across England

and Wales may get a away to a bright enough start but generally speaking,

a lot of dry weather, yes, not There will be a fair amount

of cloud. We will have to break some

of this up before we get to see any meaningful sunshine

and I think that opportunity rises more likely through central and

eastern parts of the British Isles. Out west, although the exact detail

and timing don't hold me to it just at the moment but it looks as though

we will push an area of thickening cloud with some rain up across

Northern Ireland, western Wales, perhaps parts of the south-west

of England, too. We keep a bit of brightness

in the east. We could well be looking

at 18-20 degrees or so. Underneath the cloud and rain,

closer to 14-15 degrees. This is how we close out Friday -

just bringing a succession of fronts, in fact,

close by to the northern and western The cloud all the

while thickening up and eventually many parts through, Friday evening

into the first part of Saturday, The heaviest always likely to

be found towards western areas. This is how we snapshot the middle

of the afternoon on Saturday, again the temperatures around

about the mid to upper teens or so. The bulk of the rain

across northern, western Scotland. Just notice this little finger

of rain further south - We may just start importing some

thunderstorms later, So if not

for the match then maybe the journey No such problems

a wee bit further north - I think Rangers versus Hibernian could well

be essentially a dry match. This is how we see it on Sunday,

again, open to some doubt just about how

cloudy and wet the south-east starts but if that clears away, I think

then many of us will be in for a day of sunny spells and showers with

temperatures again in the teens. The EgyptAir plane that disappeared

over the Mediterranean is more likely to have been brought down

by a terrorist act than by a technical fault,

according to officials in Cairo. The Airbus A320,

with 66 people on board, is said to have made several sharp turns before

vanishing from radar screens. Two years after the abduction

of hundreds of schoolgirls - Nigeria's military says

a second girl has been rescued. A spokesman said she was amongst

almost one hundred women and girls released, following a clash with

Boko Haram in which 35 militants Thousands of people have been

protesting in the Austrian capital Vienna, against the rise

of the far-right Freedom Party. Party leader Norbert Hofer won more

than a third of the vote in the first round

of presidential elections and goes into this weekend's second

round with growing support. Hello and welcome to

Thursday In Parliament. On this programme, after reaching

a deal in the junior doctors dispute, the Health Secretary holds

out an olive branch. The Government has heard

and understood the wider frustrations that you feel

as about the way you're valued But Labour thinks that strikes

could have been avoided. It was a "computer says no" attitude

and that's no way to run the NHS. An Education Minister says, despite

a recent court ruling, parents shouldn't take their children

on holiday during term time. And MPs and peers continue

the debate on the Queen's Speech. But first, the doctors' union,

the British Medical Association, is to ask its members to vote

on a deal over weekend working to end the long-running dispute over

a new contract The agreement came after a series

of strikes by junior doctors which led to thousands

of appointments and operations A ten-day round of talks

at the conciliation service ACAS Announcing the deal in the Commons,

the Health Secretary praised The agreement will facilitate

the biggest changes to the junior It will allow the Government to

deliver a seven-day NHS, improve patient safety, support much-needed

productivity improvements, as well as strengthening the morale

and quality of life of the junior doctors with a modern contract

fit for a modern health service. He said

the Government recognised safer care was more likely to come from well

motivated and rested doctors. So he announced a series

of changes to the work/life balance which he hoped would improve morale

and retention rates. Whatever the progress made with

today's landmark changes, it will always be a matter of great

regret that it was necessary to go through such disruptive industrial

action to get there. We may welcome the destination

but no one could have wanted So today I say to all junior

doctors, whatever our disagreements about the contract may have been,

the Government has heard and understood the wider frustrations

that you feel about the way you're But the Opposition insisted

strikes could have been avoided. I am pleased and relieved that

an agreement has been reached but I am sad that it took an all-out

strike of junior doctors to get What is now clear, if it wasn't

already, is that a negotiated So I have to ask the

Health Secretary why couldn't this Why did he allow his pride back

then to come before sensible When he stands up,

he might try to blame the BMA for the negotiations breaking

down but he failed to say what options he was prepared to consider

in order to ensure that the junior doctors who work THE most unsociable

hours are fairly rewarded. It was a "computer says no" attitude

and that's no way to run the NHS. She is wrong today, as she has been

wrong throughout this dispute. She spent a lot of time

in the last ten months criticising the way the Government has sought to

change this contract. What she didn't dwell

on was why it needed to be changed in the first place, namely

the flawed contract for junior And we had many disagreements with

the BMA but one thing we agree on - Labour's contract was not fit

for purpose. One concern that remains is

the issue of rota gaps. We actually don't have enough junior

doctors and we don't have enough junior doctors

in the most acute specialties. So I would ask how is the Secretary

of State planning to re-establish How is he going to recruit

people to fill that gap? Because that was actually the core

fear of junior doctors - a lack of Does the Secretary of State realise

that even if this dispute is now settled, which we hope it will be,

there has been a really serious impact on goodwill in the health

service which could affect service A lot of this has been caused by

political shenanigans that should not have been allowed to get to this

stage, and the failure of this is that junior doctors themselves have

lost prestige throughout the United Kingdom because they were used

as political pawns I welcome the potential resolution

of this dispute and I do thank the Government for negotiating

but I also think we should thank those junior doctors for having the

courage to go on strike, which no one does lightly,

to get a better deal for the NHS. I was contacted by a constituent who

told me how his four-year-old daughter fell through a pane of

glass, severely cutting her face. Unfortunately, this accident

happened on a Friday evening and, because there were insufficient

doctors working over the weekend, she couldn't have an operation to

remove any remaining glass from the wound until Monday,

by which time the wound had started That four-year-old girl will now

suffer severe facial scarring Does my right honourable friend

agree with me this is why we need Jeremy Hunt said he couldn't

have put it better himself. The main business

of the day was the continued debate on the Queen's Speech,

where MPs turned their attention to But before dealing with

the measures announced on Wednesday, the Transport Secretary made

a brief statement on the missing EgyptAir plane which crashed while

flying between Paris and Cairo. The flight, with 66 people on board,

one of them British, vanished from radar screens just after entering

Egyptian airspace in the early hours I know the House will want to join

me in saying our thoughts are with the family

and friends of all those on board. The Government is in touch with

the Egyptian and French governments, French authorities,

and has offered full assistance. The Air Accident Investigation

Branch has offered to assist with the investigation

in any way that it can. I'm extremely grateful to

my right honourable friend. As chairman of the

All-party Egypt Group, may I thank him for the measures that he is

seeking to take, and associate myself and the group with the

condolences that he has expressed? Could I just ask him, though,

one question? Will the Government be seeking to

discuss with the French authorities in particular whether the French

authorities are satisfied that the measures that they are taking

to screen passengers and luggage at Paris meet the kind of requirements

that we in the United Kingdom feel are necessary, bearing in mind that

I believe a number of people in Paris have had their authorisation

revoked because of their association Well, Mr Speaker, as I said,

it's far too early yet to make any assumptions as to what's happened