:00:09. > :00:20.The execution of the Shia cleric in Saudi Arabia led to the embassy in
:00:21. > :00:24.Tehran being attacked and the Saudis have cut off diplomatic ties with
:00:25. > :00:28.Iran and other families have followed suit. He will get an
:00:29. > :00:33.analysis and we will hear from the Saudi Foreign Minister. We will cut
:00:34. > :00:40.off commercial relations with Iran and we will have a travel ban
:00:41. > :00:42.against people travelling to Iran. Sweden and Denmark are increasing
:00:43. > :00:47.security on the borders as pressure from the migrant crisis builds.
:00:48. > :00:52.Those are pricier, Rafa Benitez sacked by Real Madrid, the real
:00:53. > :00:59.surprise is that Synod in sedan will replace him. We will also be live in
:01:00. > :01:02.Oregon because protesters are still occupying a US government building
:01:03. > :01:07.and a reporter is one of the first at the scene. And we're live on BBC
:01:08. > :01:11.television in the UK and around the world, life on the BBC News app in
:01:12. > :01:13.the UK and if you are online, you can reach me at any point with
:01:14. > :01:29.questions and comments. First, Saudi Arabia executed a Shia
:01:30. > :01:33.cleric, along with 46 others. Then, the Saudi embassy in Tehran
:01:34. > :01:36.was attacked by protestors. And the fallout from
:01:37. > :01:40.both events continues. Saudi Arabia has cut diplomatic
:01:41. > :01:47.relations with Iran. Now Sudan and Bahrain
:01:48. > :01:51.have followed suit. And the UAE has
:01:52. > :02:04.downgraded relations. There has been an arrest in Baghdad.
:02:05. > :02:09.Two Sunni mosques have been bombed and another was killed. This is of
:02:10. > :02:13.vital importance because tension between Iran and Saudi Arabia
:02:14. > :02:16.represents broader sectarian tension in the Muslim world.
:02:17. > :02:18.Something which is relevant to conflicts in Syria,
:02:19. > :02:24.First let's get the Saudi perspective.
:02:25. > :02:26.This clip of the foreign minister has just come into us.
:02:27. > :02:29.We decided to cut off all the diplomatic relations with Iran.
:02:30. > :02:33.We will also be cutting off all air traffic to and from Iran
:02:34. > :02:37.and we will be cutting off all commercial relations with Iran
:02:38. > :02:40.and we will have a travel ban against people travelling to Iran.
:02:41. > :02:42.The Iranians and their allies have been pushing and promoting terrorism
:02:43. > :02:44.and recruiting people, inciting and providing weapons
:02:45. > :03:01.He is as much of a religious figure as Osama Bin Laden was.
:03:02. > :03:04.He is a man who was agitating, who was organising cells,
:03:05. > :03:08.who was providing them with weapons and money.
:03:09. > :03:11.He was engaged in attacks against Saudi security forces that
:03:12. > :03:20.We will not allow Iran to destabilise our region.
:03:21. > :03:23.We will not allow Iran to do harm to our citizens or those
:03:24. > :03:38.And an expiration of a question people have been asking of the BBC.
:03:39. > :03:39.-- explanation. Why does Iran feel so strongly
:03:40. > :03:42.about the execution of a Saudi This is a clip of Seyed Mohammad
:03:43. > :03:46.Marandi from the University Well, Iran's problem is not simply
:03:47. > :03:54.the fact that the Saudi regime has But it is the promotion
:03:55. > :04:02.of extremism and the Wahhabi ideology that has been
:04:03. > :04:08.going on for decades. The Saudis helped create Al-Qaeda
:04:09. > :04:15.in the 1980s with US help. And we saw that it led to September
:04:16. > :04:22.11th and the attacks on London. This story brings us back
:04:23. > :04:24.to sectarian divisions Of the 1.5 billion Muslims,
:04:25. > :04:31.it's estimated that between 85 This shows the spread of Sunnis
:04:32. > :04:38.across the Middle East. The darker areas are larger
:04:39. > :04:42.Sunni populations. And these are the areas
:04:43. > :04:56.where Shias live. You can see that Iran has the
:04:57. > :05:02.darkest blue. This is live on our BBC News networks. We also have none
:05:03. > :05:07.to others, BBC Arabic and BBC Persian. Both broadcasting right
:05:08. > :05:12.now, both leading on the story and we wanted their analysis. They have
:05:13. > :05:19.a unique perspective from both sides of the story. We can play what I
:05:20. > :05:27.heard from BBC Persian and BBC Arabic. I have to say that this is a
:05:28. > :05:32.largest simultaneous execution since 1980 and many say that the Saudis
:05:33. > :05:35.expected the international outcry, many think that they expected this
:05:36. > :05:40.and they wanted to create an explanation -- escalation and
:05:41. > :05:45.tension to attract the attention of America to tell them they have to
:05:46. > :05:52.act on our side because it is us against the Iranians. And Iran...
:05:53. > :05:54.Protesters attacked the Saudi embassy but that would not have been
:05:55. > :05:59.possible without the authorities are loving that? We have received a lot
:06:00. > :06:04.of sarcastic comments from viewers inside Iran, how come when we want
:06:05. > :06:11.to protest, the matter how peaceful, you don't get permission or if we do
:06:12. > :06:15.stage it, our security is not guaranteed and we are mobbed by some
:06:16. > :06:21.vigilante groups or arrested by the official police forces so that the
:06:22. > :06:25.end of the day, if this is a police state, even giving them the benefit
:06:26. > :06:28.of the doubt, they will have wanted to control the protest but they
:06:29. > :06:33.could not, it is still an embarrassing and. To be more
:06:34. > :06:36.cynical, you could argue that this has been given some green light from
:06:37. > :06:40.some parts of the establishment because they would have thought they
:06:41. > :06:44.would benefit from an escalation in tension with their neighbours in
:06:45. > :06:49.this region. The last them months, Russia has become involved in Syria
:06:50. > :06:54.and people tell me that Syria is not about Russia against the US, it is
:06:55. > :07:00.about Saudi Arabia against Iran. Why is this tension is so relevant to
:07:01. > :07:05.Syria and also Yemen? At the end of this month, there will be talks
:07:06. > :07:11.about finding a solution to the Syrian crisis and many are trying to
:07:12. > :07:16.position themselves in this crisis and the Saudis have been saying
:07:17. > :07:20.clearly, we don't want the Iranians meddling in Syria and we don't want
:07:21. > :07:26.resident Assad so maybe this is having a dimension in the Syrian
:07:27. > :07:33.crisis and also in Yemeni -- the Yemen where the Saudis are accusing
:07:34. > :07:38.Iran of siding with the Shia rebels. We are doing this live stream on
:07:39. > :07:42.Facebook, one gentleman in Afghanistan was asking about the
:07:43. > :07:46.possible knock-on effect of these tensions in his country and I
:07:47. > :07:51.expected you to say not much but you said there could be possible
:07:52. > :07:56.consequences? In Afghanistan we have Shia and Sunni Muslims and a wider
:07:57. > :08:02.ethnic mix so we have Persian speakers who are considered to be
:08:03. > :08:09.sometimes probing the relation of Iran but those Persian speakers can
:08:10. > :08:13.be either Sunni or attempt to but the hope of Khalistan is because it
:08:14. > :08:18.is a more detailed mosaic of ethnicity, maybe this will not
:08:19. > :08:22.necessarily be so likely for them, for the situation to degenerate but
:08:23. > :08:25.we have to see in the next coming days if there will be protests and
:08:26. > :08:32.the situation can possibly degenerate. You covered the tension
:08:33. > :08:39.between Iran and Saudi Arabia for years, can you put this in context?
:08:40. > :08:44.How serious are the last few days? This is as bad as it can get for
:08:45. > :08:48.decades. And many think the Saudis are doing this because they feel the
:08:49. > :08:50.Americans are not backing them any more because of the nuclear deal on
:08:51. > :08:56.one side and because they do not need Saudi oil any more and they are
:08:57. > :09:04.pushing this escalation to a crisis in order to attract the American
:09:05. > :09:06.backing. That is to rent to a decision that Sweden has taken... --
:09:07. > :09:08.let us turn to. Sweden has introduced checks
:09:09. > :09:11.for people coming from Denmark. All related to the volume
:09:12. > :09:13.of migrants and refugees that Anyone wanting to cross
:09:14. > :09:22.the Oresund Bridge by train, bus, or ferry will be refused entry
:09:23. > :09:25.if they don't have the Denmark is bringing in temporary
:09:26. > :09:33.border controls at its southern That is the main entry point
:09:34. > :09:39.for migrants seeking to reach These are the latest immigration
:09:40. > :09:48.figures from Sweden. Over 160.000 people have
:09:49. > :09:58.arrived last year. The second highest per capita in
:09:59. > :10:11.Europe. You can see that top is hungry. The
:10:12. > :10:14.reason it is higher is this is the main entry point for many migrants
:10:15. > :10:19.coming into Western Europe and most do not stay in Hungary but in the
:10:20. > :10:23.case of Sweden, many see this as the final destination.
:10:24. > :10:25.That may explain public opinion on this.
:10:26. > :10:27.69% of Swedes are positive towards the tougher policy according
:10:28. > :10:33.There are practical consequences though.
:10:34. > :10:35.Over 15,000 people commute daily between Sweden and Denmark.
:10:36. > :10:36.Their journey time may well increase.
:10:37. > :10:40.Gunilla Fritze is a reporter with Swedish Television.
:10:41. > :10:46.She very kindly sent us this report from Malmoe.
:10:47. > :10:51.About 10,000 people travel every day across this bridge between Denmark
:10:52. > :10:57.And there will be delays in traffic due to the controls on the Danish
:10:58. > :11:05.When I took the early morning train, we were about 40 minutes
:11:06. > :11:11.after schedule when we arrived to the Copenhagen airport.
:11:12. > :11:13.And many travellers were frustrated and irritated and they said,
:11:14. > :11:17.what will happen when we are coming back?
:11:18. > :11:20.Because everyone has to show either ID or passport to the staff
:11:21. > :11:26.And today, the Danish Prime Minister said that they will have similar
:11:27. > :11:31.border controls between Denmark and Germany.
:11:32. > :11:36.And the Swedish Immigration Minister said that he thinks that the Danish
:11:37. > :11:39.government has taken the right decision today,
:11:40. > :11:42.even though the Danish Prime Minister said it is not a happy
:11:43. > :11:56.Let us turn to a story that raises so many questions.
:11:57. > :11:58.A government building in Oregon continues to be occupied
:11:59. > :12:06.This is on the West Coast of the USA.
:12:07. > :12:08.This is all happening at a bird sanctuary -
:12:09. > :12:11.the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge - which is here, near a town called
:12:12. > :12:28.There we go. We will get into where the bird century fits into the story
:12:29. > :12:35.any moment. First of all, a BBC report with the basics.
:12:36. > :12:39.This'll become a base, a place where patriots from all over
:12:40. > :12:43.the country can come and be housed here and live here.
:12:44. > :12:55.We are planning on staying here for several years.
:12:56. > :13:01.And I am 100% willing to lay my life down to fight against tyranny
:13:02. > :13:19.It just seems like a little bit of overreach for having
:13:20. > :13:35.That is what we are up here for, the constitution.
:13:36. > :13:38.It is sort of frightening, when there are people making
:13:39. > :14:07.This is the power of America right here, it doesn't have to stop here.
:14:08. > :14:17.We need you to come to the National Wildlife Refuge.
:14:18. > :14:25.What an interesting story. We will get to the question a few minutes
:14:26. > :14:35.ago, while only playing this out at a bird sanctuary? James Cook is at
:14:36. > :14:38.the scene. It is a curious target, perhaps, because on the face of it
:14:39. > :14:42.it does not seem like an obvious symbol to the outside world of
:14:43. > :14:50.government oppression, it is a bird sanctuary, it has been here since
:14:51. > :14:54.1908, but they say it is a crucial symbol of what the federal
:14:55. > :14:57.government has been doing in terms of its interactions with local
:14:58. > :15:00.ranchers, they complained that the federal government has been
:15:01. > :15:09.interfering in their affairs, it has been tampering with their rights in
:15:10. > :15:14.this land. Thank you, James. The man leading the occupation has been
:15:15. > :15:18.speaking to reporters, he is called Eamon Bundy and he said in various
:15:19. > :15:24.points but statements are not enough, we intend to unwind
:15:25. > :15:28.unconstitutional land transactions, to understand what these people
:15:29. > :15:36.want, a reporter for Oregon public broadcasting joins me. Thank you for
:15:37. > :15:42.your time. Can you translate that statement for us? What is it they
:15:43. > :15:50.want? They have said they want to return their slant to the people, to
:15:51. > :15:54.the ranchers and others here in this county and that is a big claim,
:15:55. > :15:58.about 75% of the county is land owned by the federal government and
:15:59. > :16:04.that includes the wildlife refuge but lots of land managed by the
:16:05. > :16:13.bureau of land management and ranchers lease that land to graze
:16:14. > :16:17.cattle and essentially, Bundy says they want to take back this land.
:16:18. > :16:25.What do the people locally make of this? Well, the people of Burns are
:16:26. > :16:32.divided, many have grievances with the bureau or order federal agencies
:16:33. > :16:36.and many believe that some of the federal -- environmental regulations
:16:37. > :16:41.are excessive but he also are quite nervous by the tactics of the script
:16:42. > :16:46.and people are concerned about the possible that he of bloodshed. As an
:16:47. > :16:50.outsider, it does seem to be strange that a time would be divided over
:16:51. > :16:55.the action of what appears to be militia and in most countries that
:16:56. > :17:02.would seem extreme, not a way to make a point to the government?
:17:03. > :17:09.Well, I think you have to understand people in this community, many have
:17:10. > :17:15.guns and the belief in gun rights. This is sparsely populated, 7000
:17:16. > :17:19.people and hundreds of thousands of beggars so people are not as
:17:20. > :17:25.uncomfortable with some of the ideas that this militia is talking about.
:17:26. > :17:29.I would say that many people have told me they believe that the
:17:30. > :17:38.militia has crossed the line and they do not support the illegal
:17:39. > :17:43.taking of federal land. But this is a different kind of community. Thank
:17:44. > :17:54.you for your time. We can perhaps check in again tomorrow. If you want
:17:55. > :17:58.local reports, go to OPB. In a few moments, we will have this report
:17:59. > :18:02.from Rory Cellan-Jones, it is about virtual reality and about after
:18:03. > :18:03.several years of build-up, this will be the year when it really takes
:18:04. > :18:17.off. Intelligence officials here are
:18:18. > :18:20.trying to identify an Islamist extremist who appeared in a video
:18:21. > :18:25.leased by the so-called Islamic State group, using voice recognition
:18:26. > :18:29.analysis to identify this man who threatens to attack the UK in the
:18:30. > :18:34.video. The ten minute film, not independently verified, shows a
:18:35. > :18:38.child speaking English before five captives who are thought to be
:18:39. > :18:44.Syrian and GIS claims are spies for British intelligence are shot dead.
:18:45. > :18:47.At one stage, the man seen holding a gun is extracted to the British
:18:48. > :18:53.Prime Minister, mocking him for trying to challenge Islamic State.
:18:54. > :18:58.Well, it is desperate stuff from an organisation that really does do the
:18:59. > :19:03.most utterly despicable and ghastly acts and people can see that today.
:19:04. > :19:07.This is an organisation that is losing territory and ground, it is
:19:08. > :19:11.increasingly losing anybody's sympathy. And this shows what an
:19:12. > :19:26.appalling organisation were up against. Welcome back.
:19:27. > :19:29.This is Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.
:19:30. > :19:31.Our lead story: Several countries have downgraded or severed
:19:32. > :19:33.diplomatic ties with Iran after Saudi Arabia's embassy
:19:34. > :19:37.The trouble began when Saudi Arabia executed a prominent Shia cleric.
:19:38. > :19:41.BBC Hindi is reporting that at least nine people have been killed
:19:42. > :19:44.by an earthquake in north-east India near the borders
:19:45. > :19:52.Japan's Prime Minister calls for a summit with Russia so that
:19:53. > :20:01.after World War Two because of a territorial dispute.
:20:02. > :20:18.The US government says it is planning to sue Volkswagen. This is
:20:19. > :20:25.all about distorting emissions data? What precisely what the government
:20:26. > :20:31.sue Volkswagen for? That is right, I have to say that this civil suit was
:20:32. > :20:35.not surprising, we knew that VW was being investigated for criminal
:20:36. > :20:39.charges but there have been no criminal charges so far but the
:20:40. > :20:42.Environmental Protection Agency says that so far they have recalled
:20:43. > :20:46.discussions with Volkswagen Group and we have not produced an
:20:47. > :20:51.acceptable way forward. What they allege is what they have said all
:20:52. > :20:56.along, since September they say that VW violated the clean air laws and
:20:57. > :21:01.they did so intentionally and by using software to basically an
:21:02. > :21:07.appellate the results of emissions tests, they mis-sold 600,000 diesel
:21:08. > :21:10.engines that were designed differently from what they stated in
:21:11. > :21:16.applications to the Environmental Protection Agency for certification.
:21:17. > :21:20.They basically say that Volkswagen failed to report these violations
:21:21. > :21:24.and is a civil suit. Bogside in a bedsit did something is wrong so is
:21:25. > :21:31.this a case of how much money VW will be hit with rather than whether
:21:32. > :21:35.it will be hit or not? Yes, a spokesperson for Volkswagen said
:21:36. > :21:38.today that they acknowledge this suit and they continue to work
:21:39. > :21:43.cooperatively with the EPA to develop remedies for this but as you
:21:44. > :21:47.say, it is not an issue about how much they would pay. This could cost
:21:48. > :21:53.Williams of dollars, it is hard to give a precise figure but based on
:21:54. > :21:59.this complaint, they could face fines of $37,500 for every vehicle,
:22:00. > :22:04.that could go as high as $90 billion and a lot of people are expecting VW
:22:05. > :22:07.to negotiate a settlement with the government and that is what lots of
:22:08. > :22:11.people think they will have to do to avoid a really big financial
:22:12. > :22:17.ramifications against the company. Thank you very much. We will speak
:22:18. > :22:20.tomorrow. A difficult full day of trading. This starts with the
:22:21. > :22:24.Shanghai share index dropping 7%. That's triggered a drop
:22:25. > :22:25.on some Asian markets. And that's now crossed over
:22:26. > :22:28.into some European markets. Our Asia Business Correspondent
:22:29. > :22:30.Karishma Vaswani explains. A new year usually implies a fresh
:22:31. > :22:34.start, a chance to set things right Take a look at the first
:22:35. > :22:43.trading session of 2016. More of the same pessimism and panic
:22:44. > :22:47.we saw for much of last year. This was the first day that Chinese
:22:48. > :22:51.circuit breakers came into effect, a mechanism to automatically stop
:22:52. > :22:53.shares from trading after a fall In China's case, when shares fell,
:22:54. > :23:00.first by 5%, trading was halted Then, when shares resumed trading
:23:01. > :23:06.and fell again to 7%, Circuit breakers in
:23:07. > :23:11.themselves are not unusual. Lots of countries have them
:23:12. > :23:15.for individual stocks or they go But it is kind of unusual to stop
:23:16. > :23:23.trading altogether for a fall of 7%. An indication perhaps of just how
:23:24. > :23:27.much the authorities Remember the great fall of China
:23:28. > :23:36.last summer when shares slumped by more than 30% in three weeks
:23:37. > :23:38.after a spectacular rally China's officials put in place
:23:39. > :23:44.a host of new measures to stop this Analysts say weaker manufacturing
:23:45. > :23:51.data which showed that manufacturing activity declined for the 10th
:23:52. > :23:53.straight month this year is one There was also speculation that
:23:54. > :24:00.sharp depreciation in the Chinese currency soured sentiments
:24:01. > :24:04.on the market, adding to the overall sense of pessimism about the outlook
:24:05. > :24:08.for the Chinese economy. And finally, people
:24:09. > :24:09.are selling because, China's economy is slowing down,
:24:10. > :24:15.people are nervous and that means we could expect volatile trading
:24:16. > :24:29.for the rest of the year. Thank you. A report live from Rory
:24:30. > :24:36.Cellan-Jones on why 2016 will be the year for virtual reality. Everything
:24:37. > :24:40.cellar with fake snow underfoot, I'm inching across a crevasse on my way
:24:41. > :24:48.up the highest peak in the world. Getting a demo of Everest again due
:24:49. > :24:51.out next year. And now, the manufacturers believe that gamers
:24:52. > :24:56.are ready to immerse themselves in virtual reality worlds. It is a
:24:57. > :25:01.natural progression, the bigger screens, we have had 3D, it is about
:25:02. > :25:05.immersion as much as possible and the next thing is taking us into the
:25:06. > :25:09.virtual environment and looking like every other piece of stimulus so we
:25:10. > :25:15.are focused on these results. Getting to the left... Especially
:25:16. > :25:19.one as old as this can be a scary experience for some people. Can
:25:20. > :25:24.virtual reality help them get over this phobia? I have come to see how
:25:25. > :25:27.some psychologists are working with this technology. I will focus on
:25:28. > :25:32.your breathing. They have developed a programme that allows patients to
:25:33. > :25:37.try out the experience of getting into a lift. The breathing changes,
:25:38. > :25:44.you get this physiological reaction which you do not get with the 2D
:25:45. > :25:50.environment. Has it worked? How does that feel? I am quite proud that I
:25:51. > :25:56.am doing this. You should be! Do you think virtual reality has helped?
:25:57. > :25:59.Policy, I would have been taking the stairs one month ago! More in a
:26:00. > :26:12.couple of minutes. Coming up, news of more unwonted
:26:13. > :26:13.ring for South America and bitter