:00:16. > :00:20.From here in the world's newsroom, we send our correspondets
:00:21. > :00:22.to bring you the best stories from across the globe.
:00:23. > :00:27.On the trail of Turkey's most wanted man.
:00:28. > :00:30.Ian Pannell tracks down the leader of the Kurdish militant group,
:00:31. > :00:33.the PKK, who's warned the Turkish president he'll escalate the war
:00:34. > :00:38.TRANSLATION: He wants the Kurds to surrender.
:00:39. > :00:44.So, of course, the PKK will escalate the war.
:00:45. > :00:58.Not only in the Kurdish areas, but across Turkey.
:00:59. > :01:01.Tulip Mazumdar asks whether the pressure for girls to be
:01:02. > :01:06.It's better the Japanese women to be slimmer.
:01:07. > :01:25.He's Turkey's most wanted man, who has made his home in a mountain
:01:26. > :01:29.But in an exclusive interview with the BBC, Jamal Bayek,
:01:30. > :01:30.leader of the Kurdish separatist group PKK,
:01:31. > :01:33.has said he is prepared to escalate the war with Ankara.
:01:34. > :01:35.His group is waging simultaneous conflicts against Turkey
:01:36. > :01:37.and the so-called Islamic State but the Kurdish leader said
:01:38. > :01:40.unless the Turkish government abandons what he calls its genocidal
:01:41. > :01:42.policies and begin ceasefire negotiations, the PKK's long fight
:01:43. > :01:52.Ian Pannell has been to the mountains of
:01:53. > :01:56.We were told to be ready at first light.
:01:57. > :02:05.We should follow him, no questions asked.
:02:06. > :02:07.Driving across northern Iraq, where soldiers and spies
:02:08. > :02:24.In these hills is the man who leads the PKK, the militant
:02:25. > :02:28.It says it fights for Kurdish rights and self-rule but Ankara says it's
:02:29. > :02:33.a terrorist group that slaughters civilians.
:02:34. > :02:36.At this point, we were told to turn the camera off
:02:37. > :02:41.as we met the most wanted man in Turkey.
:02:42. > :02:42.TRANSLATION: Erdo an is escalating this war.
:02:43. > :02:47.If they don't, he will kill all Kurds.
:02:48. > :02:50.So, of course the PKK will escalate the war, not only in the Kurdish
:02:51. > :02:57.If Turkey gives up its genocidal politics and chooses
:02:58. > :03:08.This is the battle raging across the border.
:03:09. > :03:22.A peace process gave way to violence last year.
:03:23. > :03:24.Kurdish towns and cities were pounded, hundreds of thousands
:03:25. > :03:40.The war's moved into Turkey's main cities, where Kurdish suicide
:03:41. > :03:42.bombers have brought terror and death to the nation's capital.
:03:43. > :03:44.More than 1,000 have been killed in
:03:45. > :04:18.Turkey's president has ruled out talks, threatening instead
:04:19. > :04:23.He's taken the war into the mountains of Iraq,
:04:24. > :04:36.But also fighters, training camps, and PKK cemeteries.
:04:37. > :04:44.We were just filming in the PKK cemetery there and we heard
:04:45. > :04:47.the sound of a fighter jet overhead, and the fear is there could be
:04:48. > :04:50.another attack coming, so we've been told we have to leave
:04:51. > :05:07.The PKK have also joined the fight against the Islamic State group.
:05:08. > :05:15.The Kurds have been the most successful force battling Isis.
:05:16. > :05:21.The West works closely with some fighters but it says not
:05:22. > :05:24.with the PKK, not just because it's seen as a terrorist group,
:05:25. > :05:30.But, now, we've been told there is contact
:05:31. > :05:38.TRANSLATION: Rather than indirect, they could be contacted direct.
:05:39. > :05:46.If you're fighting IS, you have to be in touch the PKK.
:05:47. > :05:48.And we're talking about the coalition, we're
:05:49. > :05:54.TRANSLATION: America, England and others.
:05:55. > :05:57.America represents the coalition forces.
:05:58. > :06:06.It's not an issue for us if we talk to Americans or anyone else.
:06:07. > :06:09.How the West works with the Kurds is now a very real,
:06:10. > :06:14.Finding a way through will affect relations with Turkey,
:06:15. > :07:09.and how successful the war against Isis really is.
:07:10. > :07:13.Fortunately, few have known trauma on this scale.
:07:14. > :07:16.Has the pressure on girls to be thin gone too far?
:07:17. > :07:18.Many feel it has in Japan, where hundreds of thousands
:07:19. > :07:20.of people are dealing with eating disorders, and,
:07:21. > :07:22.according to health experts, the country's health
:07:23. > :07:25.As Tulip Mazumdar reports from Tokyo, for many Japanese,
:07:26. > :07:29.This is Harajuku, where the image-conscious flock.
:07:30. > :07:31.Yuka and Akanei are shopping here today.
:07:32. > :07:33.We need to lose weight, they tell me.
:07:34. > :07:34.It's better for Japanese women to be slimmer.
:07:35. > :07:38.The pressure on women and girls in particular to be
:07:39. > :07:41.Eating disorders are complex but there are concerns that that
:07:42. > :07:45.People rarely speak out about the problem but this
:07:46. > :07:47.young woman agreed to, if we hid her identity.
:07:48. > :07:51.TRANSLATION: I was a chubby child and the other kids bullied me.
:07:52. > :07:55.When I started losing weight at 16, everyone told me how great I looked,
:07:56. > :07:59.Matoko tells me her parents were too ashamed to take her to a doctor
:08:00. > :08:01.so she, like many thousands of others, suffered in silence.
:08:02. > :08:04.After more than ten years, Matoko is finally getting
:08:05. > :08:08.Today, she's come to one of the few government funded eating disorder
:08:09. > :08:10.These women are considered the lucky ones.
:08:11. > :08:13.There's no family doctor referral system here so it's largely
:08:14. > :08:20.up to patients to seek the help themselves.
:08:21. > :08:22.TRANSLATION: It's often too late by the time the patient
:08:23. > :08:28.Sometimes, they are even close to death.
:08:29. > :08:32.Although the causes of eating disorders are known,
:08:33. > :08:34.there is the predominant cultural ideal that skinny is beautiful.
:08:35. > :08:40.That has gone too far, and we need to address it.
:08:41. > :08:42.The government says it's trying to raise more awareness
:08:43. > :08:45.of the problem and make it easier for people to come forward
:08:46. > :08:53.This is what teenagers are up against.
:08:54. > :08:57.We bought this magazine and in it we found this 15-year-old girl.
:08:58. > :09:00.It's got all of her measurements here, her height, her weight,
:09:01. > :09:07.By international standards, she is severely underweight.
:09:08. > :09:10.But if you read this here, it says, we want to be slimmer and prettier,
:09:11. > :09:16.so let's take action now and measure ourselves every day.
:09:17. > :09:20.Usually, we don't see these curves, we don't see it at all.
:09:21. > :09:24.But counter voices and images are emerging.
:09:25. > :09:28.Nao and Aisha are models Japan's only magazine at plus sized girls.
:09:29. > :09:35.They want to champion people of all shapes and sizes.
:09:36. > :09:38.They may still be a minority in the mass media but these women
:09:39. > :09:49.But, today, she's living her dream as a model.
:09:50. > :09:52.TRANSLATION: When I had an eating disorder, I thought if I didn't eat
:09:53. > :09:59.But now I am able to enjoy eating with friends.
:10:00. > :10:08.I realise that happiness comes from accepting your body.
:10:09. > :10:10.And that's all from Reporters for this week.
:10:11. > :10:34.From me, Philippa Thomas, goodbye for now.
:10:35. > :10:40.Hello, our final day of April resorted to type - sunny spells and
:10:41. > :10:42.showers after a bright sunny