:00:00. > :00:00.investigators gathering information on Islamic State for use in future
:00:00. > :00:25.war crime trials. Hello, and welcome to Reporters.
:00:26. > :00:28.From here in the world 's newsroom, we send our correspondence to bring
:00:29. > :00:35.you the best stories from across the globe. `` correspondence. This
:00:36. > :00:42.week, the web of the wanted. Brent Gardner meets the investigators
:00:43. > :00:45.gathering evidence against Islamic State for future war crimes trials.
:00:46. > :00:54.We are after the highest members, they . The Afghan connection, John
:00:55. > :00:59.Simpson meets the fighters allied to the Taliban who say the word ``
:01:00. > :01:07.worlds Muslims are thirsty for as `` an Islamic caliphate. Remembering
:01:08. > :01:11.those land, ten years after the Russian school massacre, our
:01:12. > :01:17.correspondent asks why there are no answers as to why it happens.
:01:18. > :01:21.African art goes digital. Our correspondent meets the new breed of
:01:22. > :01:25.animators keeping up with the continent 's demand for cartoons.
:01:26. > :01:29.And, the wedding splashes, John Southworth reports on how getting
:01:30. > :01:35.married in China is becoming big business. This photo shoot is
:01:36. > :01:39.costing these two a little more than 300 US dollars. The industry today
:01:40. > :01:46.is worth an estimated 80 billion US dollars.
:01:47. > :01:49.As global outrage focuses on the brutality of the extremist group
:01:50. > :01:53.Islamic State, the BBC has been told that a team of international
:01:54. > :01:56.investigators secretly compiling evidence against the group 's
:01:57. > :02:00.leaders. It is hoped that the evidence relating to the group 's
:02:01. > :02:04.atrocities in Iraq and Syria could eventually be used to prosecute them
:02:05. > :02:08.for crimes against humanity. But how likely is it that they will ever be
:02:09. > :02:12.brought to justice? Brent Gardner has been speaking exclusively to the
:02:13. > :02:18.team tasked with spying on Islamic State. Sadistic executions, murder
:02:19. > :02:26.videos that respect `` the polls the world, this is all too familiar, so,
:02:27. > :02:38.will anyone ever behold to `` held to account? We have learnt that
:02:39. > :02:40.throughout this year, a team of international investigators with
:02:41. > :02:42.extensive experience in war crimes, funded by the British government,
:02:43. > :02:45.has been compiling evidence for prosecution. The BBC has been given
:02:46. > :02:53.the first exclusive access to their work. For their own safety, they
:02:54. > :02:57.have asked to remain anonymous. Who are you after? The leaders, the
:02:58. > :03:01.fighters, the recruiters, that the headers? We would like to see the
:03:02. > :03:06.murderers of James Foley, and people like them, brought to justice.
:03:07. > :03:10.Having said that, they are not the focus of our investigations. We are
:03:11. > :03:12.after the highest level members of Islamic State, because these
:03:13. > :03:19.individuals are just as responsible for the countless murders as those
:03:20. > :03:25.men who kill with their own hands. Indeed, those leaders are more
:03:26. > :03:28.responsible. They are responsible for all of the killings. On the
:03:29. > :03:31.ground and Syria, and in neighbouring countries,
:03:32. > :03:35.investigators say they have numerous sources, feeding them information
:03:36. > :03:45.and documents. Building up an intricate picture of the workings of
:03:46. > :03:48.Islamic State, or Guy S. `` IS. They operate at huge personal risk.
:03:49. > :03:55.Rarely we get documentation like this, these are the minutes of a
:03:56. > :04:00.meeting. These are like gold dust to us, because it shows there is a
:04:01. > :04:02.clear chain of command that controls everything that happens in that
:04:03. > :04:05.region. This is the command structure of Islamic State, as
:04:06. > :04:07.compiled by the investigators. At the top sits Abu Bakr al`Baghdadi,
:04:08. > :04:10.the self`appointed caliph. Directly below him are four councils, the
:04:11. > :04:15.most important being Military and Security. This one`plus`four
:04:16. > :04:20.structure is then duplicated throughout all the provinces where
:04:21. > :04:23.IS has a presence. Now the team is starting to put senior names to
:04:24. > :04:25.posts, joining up a web of the wanted. They conclude that Islamic
:04:26. > :04:30.State is far more organised than previously thought. What we are
:04:31. > :04:34.witnessing is the process of nation`building. That includes the
:04:35. > :04:38.provision of services, looking after the population. There is a military
:04:39. > :04:47.element, of course, but the Islamic State is just what it says it is. It
:04:48. > :04:50.is not a 1`off phenomenon on, they are building on Islamic state in the
:04:51. > :04:55.desert. How big an organisation we talking? What are the numbers? Six
:04:56. > :04:59.to eight weeks ago, we would have topped the organisation at 10,000
:05:00. > :05:02.people, today it could be as large as 30,000 people. How many leaders
:05:03. > :05:13.are beginning to find that structure? I don't know, maybe 400?
:05:14. > :05:17.Where do British Jihadis fit into this picture? Once they cross the
:05:18. > :05:20.border into Syria, they get assigned specific roles within IS. So far,
:05:21. > :05:23.none appear to have reached the upper ranks. By and large, the
:05:24. > :05:26.Westerners are given menial, low`level tasks by the commanders,
:05:27. > :05:28.because they tend to arrive with no discernible battlefield skills, so
:05:29. > :05:31.it's assumed they are better off providing support services to the
:05:32. > :05:40.group, as they are unlikely to have the skills, religious or military,
:05:41. > :05:43.that IS is looking for. The investigators gave us a glimpse of
:05:44. > :05:47.their evidence, kept under lock and key. As well as paperwork, it
:05:48. > :05:54.includes electronic data, stalled on disks, hard drives, memory sticks ``
:05:55. > :05:57.stored. Inside these boxes down in the basement of the investigation
:05:58. > :05:59.team's headquarters is the hard evidence which they say points to
:06:00. > :06:03.the leaders of Islamic State being culpable for some of the atrocities
:06:04. > :06:06.carried out in Syria. They believe it will be ready to take to
:06:07. > :06:07.prosecution by the end of this year. But arresting well`protected Islamic
:06:08. > :06:11.State leaders in the conflict will be almost impossible.
:06:12. > :06:14.And there's another problem ` even when the prosecution files are
:06:15. > :06:23.complete, there is no court yet ready to try them.
:06:24. > :06:25.Frank Gardner, BBC News. There are fears that the tentacles of Islamic
:06:26. > :06:32.State could reach outside of its current axis in Iraq and Syria.
:06:33. > :06:36.Fighters from militant Islamic groups in Afghanistan allied to the
:06:37. > :06:40.Taliban have told the BBC that they are considering joining forces with
:06:41. > :06:43.Islamic State. The insurgent group says Muslims around the world are
:06:44. > :06:48.thirsty for an Islamic caliphate. And, as John Simpson reports, they
:06:49. > :06:52.vowed to keep fighting the Afghan government even after the Nato
:06:53. > :06:56.forces leave at the end of the year. The landscape is
:06:57. > :07:01.extraordinarily beautiful, but it is also very dangerous.
:07:02. > :07:05.We drove north of the seven hours, on new roads, which thanks to
:07:06. > :07:10.corruption, are often broken up already. This is a war zone. You can
:07:11. > :07:17.plainly see the battle scars on the police post, as we headed into this
:07:18. > :07:22.town `` breaking up already. It is a prosperous agricultural centre, it
:07:23. > :07:29.is bustling. There is plenty of nervousness as well. In the
:07:30. > :07:34.countryside around, the Taliban and their allies are operating. Everyone
:07:35. > :07:39.here is aware of them. When we were in the town, we were safe enough, it
:07:40. > :07:42.is under government control. But directly outside it, you are in
:07:43. > :07:49.hostile kidnapping is a real threat. We have
:07:50. > :07:50.had the promise of a safe conduct from the fiercely radical group
:07:51. > :07:56.we are going to see. We are pretty confident that we can trust that.
:07:57. > :08:10.The meeting happened late at night on a
:08:11. > :08:16.emerges with his bodyguards. The commander belongs to an extreme
:08:17. > :08:30.group, fighting alongside not lay down his weapons.
:08:31. > :08:35.TRANSLATION: We will keep fighting until the rule of the Koran is
:08:36. > :08:43.installed here. We will never accept the American`made constitution.
:08:44. > :08:48.establish Sharia law throughout the world. He says he gets many of his
:08:49. > :08:53.weapons from the Afghan army, and police, who handed them over in
:08:54. > :08:57.order to keep in with him. He and his fighters are very much their own
:08:58. > :09:05.men, and now he is considering linking up with Islamic State in
:09:06. > :09:09.Syria and Iraq, formerly known as ISIS. He calls it by its Arabic
:09:10. > :09:14.name. TRANSLATION: I know about ISIS, we have links with some of
:09:15. > :09:20.their members. Muslims are thirsty for an Islamic caliphate in the
:09:21. > :09:24.world. ISIS is expanding, conquering parts of Syria and Iraq, and we are
:09:25. > :09:28.waiting to see if they meet the required rates `` requirements for
:09:29. > :09:32.an Islamic caliphate. If they do, we are ready to join them. They are
:09:33. > :09:37.good Islamic fighters and we pray for them. The increasingly brutal
:09:38. > :09:41.threat posed by these men is deeply disturbing to senior political
:09:42. > :09:47.figures back in Kabul. We are suffering, you are right. As it is
:09:48. > :09:54.getting worse? In some places, you are right, is getting worse. Because
:09:55. > :10:03.they have become very brutal. Very brutal. God willing, the commander
:10:04. > :10:07.says, we will go to Palestine, Syria and Iraq to defeat the infidels. Any
:10:08. > :10:12.linkup between the fighting there and the fighting here in Afghanistan
:10:13. > :10:24.will be pretty worrying for the West. John Simpson, BBC News.
:10:25. > :10:31.This week also marked the anniversary of a tragic chapter in
:10:32. > :10:34.Russia's history. People in one Russian town marked the 10th
:10:35. > :10:50.anniversary of the school massacre in which more than 300 people died,
:10:51. > :10:53.more than half of them children. This year this woman's eldest
:10:54. > :11:00.daughter would have been a university student. In September
:11:01. > :11:07.2004, she died inside these walls. A victim of the school massacre.
:11:08. > :11:15.TRANSLATION: Somebody wrote here, let the memory of you live for ever.
:11:16. > :11:19.On September the 1st 2004, Chechen militants stormed a school in this
:11:20. > :11:26.town. And they killed more than 1000 people hostage. 334 people,
:11:27. > :11:31.including 186 children, died as a result of the siege and the ongoing
:11:32. > :11:40.battle with Russian special forces that followed. Alex lost his father.
:11:41. > :11:44.He now studies in Wales. TRANSLATION: I would like to finish
:11:45. > :11:52.university but then come back to Russia. People are not safe. I think
:11:53. > :11:59.after the tragedy security measures should be tightened in all schools.
:12:00. > :12:02.Each year at the beginning of September, hundreds of people come
:12:03. > :12:08.to the place of the massacre to honour the victims. Signs of grief
:12:09. > :12:14.are still here on the walls of school number one in Beslan. But
:12:15. > :12:21.after the sorrow and anger come the questions. Why did it all happen?
:12:22. > :12:25.Who was responsible? And what lessons did Russia learn from the
:12:26. > :12:30.tragedy? Some relatives of the victims are still waiting for
:12:31. > :12:35.answers. An investigation into the attack on the school started ten
:12:36. > :12:40.years ago and is still ongoing. TRANSLATION: Our government made us
:12:41. > :12:45.go to the European Court of human rights. But why do we have two tone
:12:46. > :12:54.to foreign institutions to find the truth? She and her baby daughter
:12:55. > :12:57.survived the attack. Although she says she will never forget those
:12:58. > :13:02.terrible base ten years ago, life goes on. This year had younger
:13:03. > :13:13.daughter is beginning secondary school.
:13:14. > :13:17.It was a simple tale of bravery 100 years ago, a single British unit
:13:18. > :13:21.held the line against advancing German forces that outnumbered them
:13:22. > :13:25.for the one. Members of the first cavalry brigade were taken by
:13:26. > :13:29.surprise but fought back and three of their number were awarded the
:13:30. > :13:32.Victoria Cross. Robert Hall reports on the commemoration is that
:13:33. > :13:44.followed the remarkable journey retracing the routes leading the
:13:45. > :13:50.battle. Those who have seen their passing have spoken of ghosts from
:13:51. > :13:55.days long ago. Over the past five days, the column has clattered
:13:56. > :14:03.through the lanes and villages north of Paris. Every rider represents one
:14:04. > :14:08.regiment among the many driven south and west by the advancing enemy.
:14:09. > :14:13.Some carry personal mementos from family who survived the retreat. My
:14:14. > :14:21.great`grandfather was a lieutenant of the 19th and he was shot out here
:14:22. > :14:29.in November 1914. I wear my dog tags and tears. Long before the stalemate
:14:30. > :14:33.of trench warfare, cavalry still played a vital part in the Allied
:14:34. > :14:38.response to the German advance that seemed unstoppable. Cavalrymen could
:14:39. > :14:43.move quickly, scout ahead of the infantry and carry out surprise
:14:44. > :14:48.attacks. I am writing with my great`grandfather's sword, which
:14:49. > :14:53.belongs to me now. And my great`grandfather's marching
:14:54. > :14:58.compass. That he used during the great War. It is especially poignant
:14:59. > :15:02.having just returned from Afghanistan. You think you have had
:15:03. > :15:08.a rough time and you realise that your relatives were going through
:15:09. > :15:14.things that were so much worse. On the foggy morning of September the
:15:15. > :15:20.1st, all hell broke loose. British cavalry and artillery were under
:15:21. > :15:27.fire from a much larger force. To date clouds will watch part of that
:15:28. > :15:33.story unfold on the field where three Victoria crosses were won in
:15:34. > :15:38.just an hour. Amid the carnage, the crew of a surviving field gun fought
:15:39. > :15:42.on. The hero of the day was Captain Bradbury. He managed to summon up
:15:43. > :15:47.the troops to man the guns and take on the Germans as they were shelling
:15:48. > :15:50.from the high ground. And you can see from the pictures, you get a
:15:51. > :15:56.sense of the casualties among the men and the horses. Absolutely. They
:15:57. > :16:00.lost all the horses of the battery. We are here on the field of battle
:16:01. > :16:05.to remember those who died and the action here. British casualties were
:16:06. > :16:15.relatively light, but hundreds of horses were slaughtered. The riders
:16:16. > :16:18.of 2014 have had two simple aims. To mark the loss of life and to draw
:16:19. > :16:25.local communities into the events of another century. Going home and
:16:26. > :16:30.looking back and looking at the past week at what I have done, I feel
:16:31. > :16:37.very proud and I hope the families of the deceased feel proud as well.
:16:38. > :16:42.We will not let them forget. Wanted, African animators to keep up
:16:43. > :16:47.with the continent's demand for cartoons. There are animation
:16:48. > :16:53.Studios in a number of African countries, but few schools that
:16:54. > :16:55.teach design. A new project launched by a Senegalese media mogul and
:16:56. > :17:10.funded by the EU is working to change that. We report on our
:17:11. > :17:25.African art is going digital. These characters are on their way to
:17:26. > :17:36.your TV screen. And this is where they are being crafted. In a private
:17:37. > :17:51.school in the car, this programme allows students to access training
:17:52. > :17:53.in 2`D and 3`D animation. It is not just about mastering computer
:17:54. > :17:58.software and sophisticated techniques. It is about drawing and
:17:59. > :18:04.being creative. This character is a drummer. He is being troubled by a
:18:05. > :18:19.shadow for refusing to play his instrument. It took his Creator five
:18:20. > :18:27.months to make him come to life. One day, the shadow justice appears. ``
:18:28. > :18:32.just disappears. People from Asia tell their stories using this
:18:33. > :18:38.medium, and so do Americans. It is time for Africans to get on this
:18:39. > :18:44.train. Fortunately there is already a great deal of talent. It took him
:18:45. > :18:51.just a few hours to turn me into a TV character. This first group of
:18:52. > :18:55.students will be graduating in May of next year. They will go back to
:18:56. > :18:59.their respective countries and is part of this programme, the best
:19:00. > :19:04.ones will receive funding to build their own start`up and continue to
:19:05. > :19:11.produce creative content, 3`D and animated movies made in Africa.
:19:12. > :19:16.Wedding pictures usually capture key moments of two people's big day. The
:19:17. > :19:22.first kiss as the married couple, the cutting of the cake. But in
:19:23. > :19:28.China it seems that brides and grooms want a bit more. And they are
:19:29. > :19:31.looking for quirky places to pose for the camera. And they are
:19:32. > :19:38.prepared to pay a small fortune for the privilege.
:19:39. > :19:43.It is a photo shoot guaranteed to take the breath away. China's
:19:44. > :19:49.buoyant, splurge in wedding spending in
:19:50. > :20:00.recent years, and with it has come a rapid change in taste and customs.
:20:01. > :20:05.It is especially for us. A lot of couples like the original styles,
:20:06. > :20:12.but we want a special style. Underwater is more beautiful for the
:20:13. > :20:15.couples, I think. If you cannot afford time off work for the special
:20:16. > :20:27.images, why not have taken off the job. `` on the job. These recently
:20:28. > :20:31.went viral on the Chinese Internet. Unlike in the West, couples have
:20:32. > :20:35.their photographs taken well in advance of the wedding and with more
:20:36. > :20:41.than 500,000 registered wedding photographers competition is fierce.
:20:42. > :20:47.In Shanghai alone, there are dozens of Studios with the special tanks
:20:48. > :20:51.needed for the underwater shots. China might not have invented the
:20:52. > :20:56.genre, but it has caught on fast as old traditions are swapped by a
:20:57. > :21:04.flood of new money. This photo shoot is costing them a little more than
:21:05. > :21:09.300 US dollars. But with some 10 million Chinese couples tying the
:21:10. > :21:14.knot, that spending soon adds up. The industry is worth an estimated
:21:15. > :21:20.$80 billion. That is more than the total output of some European
:21:21. > :21:23.economies and includes all wedding spending. Ceremonies, receptions and
:21:24. > :21:28.honeymoons. All photographers who want to hang onto their share of it,
:21:29. > :21:37.spotting the next new trend may determine if they sink or swim.
:21:38. > :21:59.And that is all from Reporters for this week. Goodbye for now.
:22:00. > :22:06.A bit of a blip in the settled whether we have been having. Normal
:22:07. > :22:12.service will be resumed from Monday as we will see in a moment. If you
:22:13. > :22:13.are having showers, if you are getting rendering Sunday