:00:07. > :00:10.Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.
:00:11. > :00:13.Let's look through some of the main stories here in the BBC newsroom.
:00:14. > :00:17.Renewed peace talks for Syria in Geneva.
:00:18. > :00:20.It comes as parliamentary elections are held in regime-controlled
:00:21. > :00:29.Opponents of President Assad are saying they're invalid.
:00:30. > :00:31.It's almost two years since over 200 girls were taken
:00:32. > :00:37.Martin Patience has been to the scene of their abduction
:00:38. > :00:49.A judge in China has ruled a gay couple cannot register as married,
:00:50. > :01:03.I have just had a look, it seems very likely that Barcelona are going
:01:04. > :01:16.out of the Champions League. Two years ago this week,
:01:17. > :01:20.276 girls were taken from their school in Nigeria
:01:21. > :01:30.by Boko Haram militants. Chibok is a town in
:01:31. > :01:34.the north-eastern state of Borno. The BBC spoke to some
:01:35. > :01:50.of the girls' family members. TRANSLATION: This is the dress she
:01:51. > :01:57.was supposed to wear at her friend peers wedding, but it never
:01:58. > :02:01.happened. I am going to keep the dress until she comes back. My
:02:02. > :02:07.daughter was such a hard-working girl. She loves to crack jokes and
:02:08. > :02:12.loved clothes. Just before she was taken, she begged me to buy her a
:02:13. > :02:19.sewing machine. TRANSLATION: Before going to school that day, she was
:02:20. > :02:23.working on my food stall. She made $50. She was great with the
:02:24. > :02:30.customers. She was a brilliant businesswoman. These were the last
:02:31. > :02:35.moments I had with her. I pray that my daughter will come back alive
:02:36. > :02:40.but, if not, I hope that her soul rest in peace. I hope the horrors
:02:41. > :02:45.she has with list during this kidnap are the last time that she suffers.
:02:46. > :02:47.-- that she has witnessed chewing this kidnap.
:02:48. > :02:50.Not hard to imagine their grief - and the lack of clear
:02:51. > :02:53.We know the girls were taken from Chibok.
:02:54. > :02:57.The first supposed sighting came from villagers living
:02:58. > :03:02.They said they saw the children being marched into neighbouring
:03:03. > :03:11.Then in April last year a woman in the Nigerian village of Gwoza
:03:12. > :03:21.told the BBC she'd seen 50 of the girls with the militants.
:03:22. > :03:30.Again, this village is very close to the border. Again, we were unable to
:03:31. > :03:35.confirm. The only thing we can be certain of is that it all started in
:03:36. > :03:43.one school in Chibok. Martin Patience has been there.
:03:44. > :03:51.It is here, late one night, that is begun. The skeletons of desks where
:03:52. > :03:57.the girl sat, an overgrown basketball court where they once
:03:58. > :04:02.played. In silence. This was the dining hall, it would have been full
:04:03. > :04:08.of girls laughing and having fun, talking about the exam the next
:04:09. > :04:12.Dave, which they never took. Their parents wanted them to have a better
:04:13. > :04:17.life than they had, that is why they sent them to this school. But it was
:04:18. > :04:18.a choice with devastating consequences.
:04:19. > :04:20.The anniversary coincides with an event in Washington hosted
:04:21. > :04:23.by the World Bank where global leaders are pushing for improvements
:04:24. > :04:31.Michelle Obama says it's time for things to change.
:04:32. > :04:37.Why do we still too often valued girls simply for their bodies
:04:38. > :04:48.instead of their minds? APPLAUSE
:04:49. > :04:53.Why, in many places, is it still a better investment for families to
:04:54. > :04:59.marry off 13 age daughters rather than sending them to school? That
:05:00. > :05:04.macro marry off their teenage daughters. And why would grown man
:05:05. > :05:11.stormed a school bus and shoot a 15 year macro girl in the head. It
:05:12. > :05:12.about girls' education. Let's speak to one of the people involved in
:05:13. > :05:14.this event. Amit Sar is director
:05:15. > :05:24.of education at the World Bank. He joins us live. The idea of
:05:25. > :05:27.providing further education to women and girls is not new, so what are
:05:28. > :05:33.the new ideas to make sure this happens? Today was a very important
:05:34. > :05:38.day in that the World Bank committed that over the next five years we
:05:39. > :05:47.will be investing another $2.5 billion in ensuring that girls get
:05:48. > :05:51.access to secondary education, that was the big announcement that came
:05:52. > :05:57.out today in conjunction with Mrs Obama. Can you tell us what you have
:05:58. > :06:02.decided that adolescent girls should be your focus? At the World Bank, we
:06:03. > :06:09.believe that as less and girls are really the key -- that adolescent
:06:10. > :06:18.girls are the key to ending poverty and boosting prosperity. An
:06:19. > :06:21.additional one year of completion of secondary education leads to
:06:22. > :06:30.increase per capita income of 0.3%, a phenomenal amount. Investing in
:06:31. > :06:37.adolescent girls delays marriage, it leads to having fewer children, it
:06:38. > :06:44.implies that the next generation of kids also go through and get a full
:06:45. > :06:49.cycle of education. The benefits are tremendous in terms of economic and
:06:50. > :06:53.social benefits. This is not the first time you have invested in
:06:54. > :06:58.adolescent girls, can you give an example of where the investment has
:06:59. > :07:04.been particularly successful? I can give the example of Bangladesh. In
:07:05. > :07:07.1995, for every ten boys that went to school in Bangladesh, only eight
:07:08. > :07:12.girls were going to secondary school. The Government of
:07:13. > :07:17.Bangladesh, assisted by the world bank and other development parties
:07:18. > :07:22.decided to put into place a female secondary study programme where
:07:23. > :07:26.girls were getting still p to encourage them to go to school. 20
:07:27. > :07:30.years later we are looking at the case that for every ten boys, you
:07:31. > :07:35.love and girls are going to school. The amazing thing is it does not
:07:36. > :07:41.cost much. For every girl we invested in, the cost was less than
:07:42. > :07:46.$10 a year. For that, the huge societal transformation and the
:07:47. > :07:53.enormous labour market opportunities that have opened up, the payoff is
:07:54. > :07:57.huge. That sounds impressive, but can I ask you about the attitudes of
:07:58. > :08:04.some of the World Bank's members? You have members with laws that seem
:08:05. > :08:09.to run contrary to supporting gender equality, Jordan will not allow
:08:10. > :08:12.women to apply for a passport, Armenia offers no protection against
:08:13. > :08:18.domestic violence. You convinced your member states believe in what
:08:19. > :08:22.you are doing? We are completely convinced that investing in
:08:23. > :08:27.adolescent girls is the way to go. We have projects in many countries
:08:28. > :08:31.around the world supporting girls' education, we are redoubling efforts
:08:32. > :08:35.towards investing in girls' education, we are fully committed to
:08:36. > :08:41.moving in that direction and will continue to do so. Thank you for
:08:42. > :08:45.your time, Amit Sar, director of education at the World Bank earlier
:08:46. > :08:49.today, with Michelle Obama and many others at a World Bank event in
:08:50. > :08:55.Washington, DC. Thank you to him for bringing us his views.
:08:56. > :09:02.Now sport, there are a couple of huge story unfolding. We are in the
:09:03. > :09:06.quarterfinals of the Champions League. Last night Man City and Real
:09:07. > :09:12.Madrid went through to the semis, let's speak to Tim Hague live at the
:09:13. > :09:16.BBC sports centre, it looks like the screen has frozen but I can see you.
:09:17. > :09:22.About 30 seconds ago, Barcelona looked like they were going out, is
:09:23. > :09:25.that the case? If you thought last night was dramatic, tonight passes
:09:26. > :09:33.that. Barcelona, the favourites, are out. They have lost 2-0 at Atletico
:09:34. > :09:40.Madrid, having led the first leg 2-1. Barcelona went into the second
:09:41. > :09:45.leg with a two one league from the Nou Camp, but the French player
:09:46. > :09:52.Antoine Griezmann scored a great header. As Barcelona chase the game
:09:53. > :09:56.later on, their captain, and resin yesterday, was handled in the box.
:09:57. > :10:00.He was not sent off and three minutes from the end Antoine
:10:01. > :10:06.Griezmann scored the penalty, his second, making it 2-0. Barcelona had
:10:07. > :10:11.82% possession in the second half but they are out. Bayern Munich have
:10:12. > :10:17.been that the other quarterfinal, they led 1-0 from the first leg, but
:10:18. > :10:21.Rodriguez headed Benfica back into the tie before our to rove et al and
:10:22. > :10:30.Thomas Miller all but put by and into the semifinals. -- all but put
:10:31. > :10:35.Bayern into the semifinals. We have Manchester City, Real Madrid,
:10:36. > :10:40.Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich in the semifinals. Quite a foursome.
:10:41. > :10:45.And just to tell you there was an FA Cup quarterfinal tonight, Manchester
:10:46. > :10:49.United travelled to West Ham, not many fancy them to beat the inform
:10:50. > :10:58.Hammers but they did, too one at Upton Park. I appreciate that, good
:10:59. > :10:59.to speak to you. Let's state of football, a club involving Leeds
:11:00. > :11:04.United. They are in the second tier of
:11:05. > :11:07.English football, but a huge club - in the news today because a former
:11:08. > :11:10.employee has her case for unfair Massimo Cellino is
:11:11. > :11:13.the Leeds chairman - Lucy Ward told the hearing
:11:14. > :11:17.that he had said to colleagues, "Football is no place for women,
:11:18. > :11:19.they're better off in Mr Cellino did not give evidence
:11:20. > :11:36.during the tribunal. It is quite a day for football, and
:11:37. > :11:42.the basket will as well. It is the last game of Kobe Bryant's career, I
:11:43. > :11:48.lay late as against Utah Jazz. James Cook joins us from LA, it is hard to
:11:49. > :11:53.overstate the importance of this man in the American sporting world? He
:11:54. > :11:58.is a legend, to use a word that is often miss used, many people regard
:11:59. > :12:02.him as the legend of the basketball court, one of the most successful
:12:03. > :12:06.basketball players of all time, the only player ever to have played 20
:12:07. > :12:15.seasons for the same club, the LA Lakers. He is running out tonight in
:12:16. > :12:24.his 1566th game, here's the third highest scorer in the league
:12:25. > :12:31.history. A hugely successful figure, but not without controversy. Tell us
:12:32. > :12:37.more? Well, for a start, he had a rivalry with another big figure in
:12:38. > :12:44.the team, which was a problem for them for many years indeed. He had
:12:45. > :12:49.his clashes with O'Neill, his big rival in the team, who was
:12:50. > :12:53.eventually traded out, so I suppose he won that in the end, but we are
:12:54. > :12:58.told that he will be at the game tonight to watch. Perhaps more
:12:59. > :13:03.significantly and seriously, Kobe Bryant was charged in 2003 with rape
:13:04. > :13:10.in a case involving a 19-year-old woman. Bryant was married, he has
:13:11. > :13:14.children, he admitted infidelity but denied rape and the case was settled
:13:15. > :13:20.outside of court. Even among LA Lakers fans in Los Angeles, there is
:13:21. > :13:25.a real divide about whether you are for or against Kobe Bryant, but it
:13:26. > :13:30.will be a glittering occasion on the less, some tickets are changing
:13:31. > :13:35.hands for up to $30,000 to be at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles for
:13:36. > :13:44.his final performance. Thank you, James. We will bring you coverage of
:13:45. > :13:48.that when the game happens. I am sure this man will not take offence
:13:49. > :13:48.if I say most of us had not heard by him.
:13:49. > :13:50.Australian rugby league player Ryan McGoldrick is looking
:13:51. > :13:55.So he's trying to sell himself on eBay.
:13:56. > :13:57.Describing himself as a "1981 antique," his auction sparked 22
:13:58. > :14:04.It's been pulled down by eBay, though.
:14:05. > :14:06.They said it went against their terms of selling
:14:07. > :14:23.He has had a long career, he is 35, but I think he is all in one piece!
:14:24. > :14:27.But I think he will have to find a different way of getting a new
:14:28. > :14:32.contract. This video has been doing well, it
:14:33. > :14:37.is all about horse boarding, something I knew nothing about until
:14:38. > :14:44.a hours ago. Mike Bushell can tell us about it.
:14:45. > :14:48.Riding along on his board, but Stuart Michael is not on snow or
:14:49. > :14:58.water, he is behind a horse, of course! The thunder and hooves and
:14:59. > :15:04.the spin of wheels, they are off at a gallop. The world-record speed in
:15:05. > :15:09.horse boarding is 40 mph, but it is the sliding and slaloming while
:15:10. > :15:12.hanging on that test your skills. Sometimes it is really bumpy, you
:15:13. > :15:16.think your legs will fall off, you are waiting for the run to end. In
:15:17. > :15:21.the eight years since the sport has been going in the UK, it has grown
:15:22. > :15:25.to the extent that there are 36 teams competing in a national
:15:26. > :15:29.championship, which runs like Formula 1, earning points at
:15:30. > :15:33.different races around the country. There will be a team competition for
:15:34. > :15:38.the juniors for the first year this year. I love the adrenaline, how fun
:15:39. > :15:43.it is, it is a pricing because you do not know what the horse will do
:15:44. > :15:47.next. A year ago I never thought I would be doing it, but it is
:15:48. > :15:56.addictive and I love it. This is the team to catch, the reigning
:15:57. > :15:59.champions, The Dead Pigeons. 28 miles an hour in the big
:16:00. > :16:03.competitions in the arenas, not only that but you can see the angles that
:16:04. > :16:09.Ollie is getting too as they come one more time. Before you get on the
:16:10. > :16:14.board, you had to be properly protect it, there are risks
:16:15. > :16:22.involved, so I am padded like an armadillo. This is why. The sport is
:16:23. > :16:26.known for its wipe-outs. If you are in trouble, your rope will detach,
:16:27. > :16:33.but it is worth stressing, don't try this at home. Go to a training
:16:34. > :16:34.session, where they have new riders waiting for new borders, and vice
:16:35. > :16:41.versa. Once you are padded, it is time to
:16:42. > :16:46.take your first few roles. We have some speed already building. Tom is
:16:47. > :16:51.not a horse, but it is important to learn like this first. Teamwork is
:16:52. > :16:58.key, and communicating with my rider Charlie. Talk to me a lot so that I
:16:59. > :17:02.can help you, and just hang on. We are under way, we are trotting. A
:17:03. > :17:07.bit wobbly, you had to bend your knees. It shows how much force and
:17:08. > :17:11.power there is. You do not just learn boarding skills, it could be a
:17:12. > :17:17.way for beginners to learn more about horses. As a non-rider, you
:17:18. > :17:20.had to learn all about horses. As non-riders, all the borders have had
:17:21. > :17:27.riding lessons since starting this sport. If you feel out of control,
:17:28. > :17:31.you simply let go and have a bit of a rest.
:17:32. > :17:33.You can get that through the BBC sport app if you want to share that
:17:34. > :17:35.with others. We've been looking at a case
:17:36. > :17:37.from China involving a gay couple who have been refused
:17:38. > :17:45.a license to marry. We will get into the details of why
:17:46. > :17:47.they were turned down and why they are not as disappointed as you might
:17:48. > :17:49.think. In a world first, a paralysed man
:17:50. > :17:52.has been able to perform complex movements with his hand -
:17:53. > :17:55.such as play a video game or swipe a credit card -
:17:56. > :17:59.purely by thinking about it. The man's thoughts are interpreted
:18:00. > :18:02.by a computer which sends impulses Our medical correspondent
:18:03. > :18:11.Fergus Walsh has more. Ian Burkhart is playing
:18:12. > :18:15.a guitar video game. Using the power of thought,
:18:16. > :18:17.his paralysed fingers can move as a result of commands
:18:18. > :18:24.from his brain fed into a computer, which then stimulates his muscles
:18:25. > :18:29.via these sensors on his arm. Ian was paralysed below the elbows
:18:30. > :18:34.in a diving accident six years ago, but is slowly relearning
:18:35. > :18:38.to use his fingers. Now it's just something
:18:39. > :18:40.that's so fluid, kind of like it was before
:18:41. > :18:43.I had my injury, where I just think about what I want to do
:18:44. > :18:48.and then I can do it. The key to this technology is a tiny
:18:49. > :18:51.computer chip which surgeons implanted on the area of the brain,
:18:52. > :18:55.the motor cortex which When he thinks about moving
:18:56. > :19:03.his fingers and hand, those messages can't travel
:19:04. > :19:06.down his injured spinal cord, The computer interprets the signals
:19:07. > :19:11.and then send impulses Ian's movements are still slow
:19:12. > :19:18.and deliberate, but his dexterity He can demonstrate practical tasks,
:19:19. > :19:27.like swiping a bank card. Engineers hope he will eventually be
:19:28. > :19:36.able to use a keyboard. Several more patients are lined up
:19:37. > :19:39.to receive the device in Ohio. This really provides hope,
:19:40. > :19:41.we believe, for many patients in future, as this technology
:19:42. > :19:45.involves and matures, to help people who have disabilities
:19:46. > :19:48.from spinal-cord injury or traumatic brain injury or stroke,
:19:49. > :19:50.to allow them to be more functional Four years ago, a paralysed woman
:19:51. > :20:00.controlled a robotic arm This latest research in the journal
:20:01. > :20:10.Nature is restricted But the team in Ohio hope
:20:11. > :20:14.the technology will eventually be wireless and allow patients
:20:15. > :20:29.greater independence. This is Outside Source,
:20:30. > :20:31.live from the BBC newsroom. Syrian peace talks are restarted
:20:32. > :20:36.as the country goes to the polls in parliamentary elections many
:20:37. > :20:50.are calling invalid. Voters are only allowed to vote in
:20:51. > :20:52.the parts of Syria controlled by the government.
:20:53. > :20:56.And much more to come on the Syria conflict in World News America.
:20:57. > :21:00.You can see that if you are outside of the UK.
:21:01. > :21:03.And for viewers in the UK, The News at Ten reports
:21:04. > :21:06.Migration into Europe is on the increase as
:21:07. > :21:19.We want to talk about drought - a number of countries
:21:20. > :21:22.are being badly affected in different parts of the world.
:21:23. > :21:24.In Africa, Ethiopia and Malawi they're all experiencing some
:21:25. > :21:36.We think around 10 million people are being affected.
:21:37. > :21:39.In Malawi the President has declared a national disaster - lack of food
:21:40. > :21:43.Flooding because when it does rain, the land is so hard it
:21:44. > :21:55.You could mention South Africa, they have experienced the worst roads in
:21:56. > :21:56.100 years. Next in India, drought's having
:21:57. > :21:58.a huge impact on the These are pictures from
:21:59. > :22:02.the state of Maharashtra. Here's Thomas Schafernaker
:22:03. > :22:14.from BBC Weather. We are trying to understand whether
:22:15. > :22:20.all of these different droughts are related. Often the culprit is El
:22:21. > :22:25.Nino. Of course, and the union disrupts a lot of climatic patterns
:22:26. > :22:30.around the world, one of them is the rainy season across parts of South
:22:31. > :22:36.Africa -- El Nino disrupts. It is not just South Africa, it is
:22:37. > :22:41.Botswana, Mozambique. We are seeing extremely low levels of rain all,
:22:42. > :22:45.something like the worst drought in around 30 years in that area. The
:22:46. > :22:49.crops should be around one metre high by now in some places,
:22:50. > :22:53.information from farmers is coming in that there is nothing but dust,
:22:54. > :22:57.they can't even rake the ground because it is so high. Again, El
:22:58. > :22:59.Nino seems to be the culprit of what is happening around the globe.
:23:00. > :23:03.China's first same-sex marriage court case was thrown out.
:23:04. > :23:06.The couple at the centre of this were cheered into the building
:23:07. > :23:10.A few hours later they were back outside with their lawyer
:23:11. > :23:21.TRANSLATION: They just used the term of man and woman, meaning only men
:23:22. > :23:25.and women can get married, not man and man or woman and woman, which is
:23:26. > :23:29.logically wrong, because the law does not say that. Our country has
:23:30. > :23:34.never had any written law turn to forbid the marriage to people of the
:23:35. > :23:41.same sex, like the United States did. TRANSLATION: Today
:23:42. > :23:47.beginning, and definitely not the end. The achievement of every right
:23:48. > :23:51.relies on the efforts of everyone, it is not achieved overnight. I
:23:52. > :23:58.believe as long as we try together, we will finally realise the right of
:23:59. > :23:59.equality. Quite a positive message from people who have just lost a
:24:00. > :24:01.court case. Earlier I spoke to our East Asia
:24:02. > :24:09.editor Celia Hatton This couple decided they wanted
:24:10. > :24:13.their marriage legally registered in China. Gay marriage is illegal in
:24:14. > :24:16.China, but the court he is unacceptable case, which is
:24:17. > :24:20.interesting. The couple themselves that they were really surprised when
:24:21. > :24:23.the court said a judge would allow them to present their argument.
:24:24. > :24:27.Their argument is really strategically interesting. The
:24:28. > :24:32.couple and their lawyer argued that marriage in China is specified that
:24:33. > :24:36.it has to be between a husband and wife, but there is no gender
:24:37. > :24:41.specified, it is not specified that it has to be between a man and a
:24:42. > :24:45.woman. They were trying to go to court to argue that anybody could be
:24:46. > :24:51.a husband or a wife, maybe it could be a same-sex couple. That is it for
:24:52. > :24:56.today, thanks for watching. I will speak to you for another hour of
:24:57. > :25:07.global news live from the BBC newsroom.