:00:14. > :00:18.our top stories: A coach crashes into a ravine in Southern Italy,
:00:18. > :00:22.killing 39 people. A wave of car bombings in Iraq,
:00:22. > :00:25.aimed at Shi'ite areas, has killed at least 48 people.
:00:25. > :00:29.Positions harden on both sides in Egypt as protesters defy the
:00:29. > :00:33.army-led government's demand for an end to demonstrations.
:00:33. > :00:43.And turning his back on Hollywood. We talk to Johnny Depp about his
:00:43. > :00:56.
:00:56. > :01:01.latest film role, and how it may be A coach has fallen about 30 metres
:01:01. > :01:04.off a flyover on a major highway in southern Italy. At least 39 people
:01:04. > :01:10.have died in what Prime Minister Enrico Letta has described as a very
:01:10. > :01:14.sad time for the country. The coach was split in two by the accident
:01:14. > :01:18.near the town of Avellino. Investigators are trying to work out
:01:19. > :01:22.exactly how it happened. Those on board were returning to Naples from
:01:22. > :01:31.a visit to the nearby birthplace of Padre Pio, one of Italy's most
:01:31. > :01:36.popular Saints. From Rome, Alan Johnston sent this report.
:01:36. > :01:42.The desperate efforts to find survivors, help the injured and
:01:42. > :01:47.count the dead. The bus had been carrying 50 passengers down from the
:01:47. > :01:51.hills but for some reason, when it reached this stretch, it was badly
:01:51. > :01:58.out of control. It went smashing through a line of cars, leaving them
:01:58. > :02:03.batted. Then the bus plunged off the highway, falling 30 metres down a
:02:03. > :02:08.ravine. It is understood the passengers had been on a visit to an
:02:08. > :02:15.area known for its hot springs. They had been on their way back to Naples
:02:15. > :02:22.when the bus left the road near Avellino. Exactly what happened is
:02:22. > :02:27.not clear. Was the driver to blame? Was there a mechanical problem? The
:02:27. > :02:30.enquiry has only just begun. Sandro di Domenico is a
:02:30. > :02:40.photojournalist for the Italian newspaper Corriere Del Mezzorgiorno.
:02:40. > :02:45.
:02:45. > :02:51.He was at the scene and described cars were hit by the bus before
:02:51. > :03:01.going down and they fell off, and down, where in the open country
:03:01. > :03:02.
:03:02. > :03:12.there was this bus, with 36 people bodies placed in the ground, and two
:03:12. > :03:12.
:03:12. > :03:17.more were still being extracted from under the bus later. This happened
:03:18. > :03:24.late in the evening. Is there any indication as to what caused the bus
:03:24. > :03:34.to plunge over the flyover? first call the police officer
:03:34. > :03:35.
:03:35. > :03:42.received was at 845 PM and it is under investigation. The same police
:03:42. > :03:47.officer said he could not examine the scene at this night because of
:03:47. > :03:51.the low light but there were no signs of brakes on the ground so he
:03:51. > :04:00.could not understand why the driver did not try to stop the bus because
:04:00. > :04:06.a head of the bus there was a car slowing after a bend. -- ahead of
:04:06. > :04:12.the bus. Some suggestions that other vehicles were involved? At least
:04:12. > :04:21.eight other cars. I interviewed a man that was in one of the cars and
:04:21. > :04:27.he told us he was alive for a miracle. The driver tried to stop
:04:27. > :04:35.the bus most probably with outbreaks on the guardrail, trying not to go
:04:35. > :04:41.on the cars. He saved these people, the people in the cars. At least 20
:04:41. > :04:47.people. But unfortunately the guardrail fell off with the bus and
:04:47. > :04:51.the bus fell down. More than a dozen car bombs have
:04:51. > :04:54.been detonated across Baghdad and southern Iraq in less than an hour.
:04:54. > :04:59.The series of attacks targeted mainly Shia neighbourhoods and left
:04:59. > :05:02.at least 48 people dead. Police say the explosions were coordinated,
:05:02. > :05:07.targeting busy markets and crowded streets during the morning rush
:05:07. > :05:11.hour. The failure of the authorities to prevent this and other recent
:05:11. > :05:18.attacks has created tensions within the governing coalition. With me now
:05:18. > :05:26.is Rami Ruhayem, the BBC's Arab affairs editor. This is proving to
:05:26. > :05:31.be one of the worst years in terms of violence for Iraq since 2003.
:05:31. > :05:35.Perhaps not worse than the full-scale civil war in 2006 and
:05:35. > :05:41.2007 but it is definitely one of the worst years since the Americans
:05:41. > :05:48.pulled out in 2011. It seems that the sophistication of the attacks is
:05:48. > :05:54.increasing, while the inability of the authorities to stop them is also
:05:55. > :05:59.on the rise. Who is behind the attacks? The government always
:06:00. > :06:04.accuses Al-Qaeda. There are different theories. Some have
:06:04. > :06:08.theories about possible involvement of people within the security
:06:08. > :06:13.services and the government. Even officials within the government
:06:13. > :06:16.acknowledge there are probably some kind of infiltration of the security
:06:16. > :06:24.services and that the intelligence effort is not up to the task of
:06:24. > :06:32.preventing it. That is an indication that it is divided along sectarian
:06:32. > :06:38.lines. To some extent, this is a matter of perception. The dominant
:06:38. > :06:43.media discourse and the dominant political discourse in Iraq does
:06:43. > :06:49.point to deep sectarian divisions in the country. At least this is what
:06:49. > :06:54.the government says when it accuses Al-Qaeda. It also says there are
:06:54. > :06:58.certain areas that are opposed to the political processes and would
:06:58. > :07:03.provide the militants with the support they need even if they do
:07:03. > :07:08.not agree with their tactics. But those opposed to the government say
:07:08. > :07:16.it is basically implementing in Ron's agenda in the region and it
:07:16. > :07:23.discriminates against the Sunni population in Iraq -- Iran's agenda
:07:23. > :07:28.at in the region. How much responsibility lies with the
:07:28. > :07:34.government to administer law and order in the country? The problem
:07:34. > :07:38.with sectarian politics and power-sharing is that it makes the
:07:38. > :07:45.issue of responsibility and accountability very vague. Even the
:07:45. > :07:48.Prime Minister cannot go on television and say the government is
:07:48. > :07:54.failing -- can go and say the government is failing but then say
:07:54. > :07:57.it is not his fault because another minister is from a different party.
:07:57. > :08:06.The new thing about this attack is it appears to be creating fishes
:08:06. > :08:16.even within the Shia dominated block because all the components of the
:08:16. > :08:16.
:08:16. > :08:20.block are trying to deflect blame upon each other. We saw fights
:08:20. > :08:24.between for example the Justice Ministry and the Interior Ministry
:08:24. > :08:29.after the jailbreak over whom the blame should fall on for the failure
:08:29. > :08:36.to protect the prisons. This kind of thing definitely reflects growing
:08:36. > :08:41.anger among the population, who are basically asking why big government
:08:41. > :08:45.is failing so spectacularly. Tragically complex in Iraq today.
:08:45. > :08:48.Thank you very much. Syria state TV says troops have
:08:48. > :08:58.fully captured the key rebel district in the embattled city of
:08:58. > :09:02.Homs. Khaldiyeh has been held by rebels since 2011. Opposition
:09:02. > :09:06.activists have conceded that government forces have control of
:09:06. > :09:14.most of the area but rebel forces remain control in other parts of the
:09:14. > :09:17.city. Homs is important because a major highway runs through it
:09:17. > :09:21.connecting the north to the coastal areas.
:09:21. > :09:24.Spain will hold a mass funeral service today in the city of
:09:24. > :09:27.Santiago de Compostela, for the victims of the train crash last week
:09:27. > :09:30.that killed 79 people. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, several
:09:30. > :09:34.ministers and the King's children Prince Felipe and Infanta Elena will
:09:35. > :09:39.attend the ceremony this evening. 70 people remain in hospital, with 22
:09:39. > :09:44.in a critical condition. The train driver Francisco Jose Garzon Amo
:09:44. > :09:47.faces multiple counts of reckless homicide. He has been released from
:09:47. > :09:52.custody but has had his train licence taken away and must attend
:09:52. > :09:56.court once a week. The effect of Australia's tough new
:09:56. > :09:59.immigration rules is being felt no more acutely than in Sri Lanka.
:09:59. > :10:03.Since the war ended there four years ago, thousands of Sri Lankans,
:10:03. > :10:06.mostly Tamils, have fled the country. Australia has been a
:10:06. > :10:16.popular destination for those risking their lives by leaving in
:10:16. > :10:19.boats. But it is now forcibly deporting planeload after planeload,
:10:19. > :10:24.leaving many Sri Lankans back on home soil, afraid and destitute.
:10:24. > :10:28.From eastern Sri Lanka, Charles Haviland reports.
:10:28. > :10:34.The region is recovering after three decades of violence, yet many young
:10:34. > :10:40.people still yearn for better economic opportunities and to flee
:10:40. > :10:45.continuing political difficulties. Last September, this man, scared to
:10:45. > :10:52.be identified, pawned his grandmother 's jewellery. He needed
:10:52. > :10:56.$9,000 to pay an agent to take into Australia. He says government armed
:10:56. > :11:00.groups had killed his grandfather and threat attempt for campaigning
:11:00. > :11:07.for an opposition Tamil party. He spent 18 days on board a boat in
:11:07. > :11:11.appalling conditions. The boat almost capsised near Indonesia. We
:11:11. > :11:18.had no food or water for three days. The skippers would beat us.
:11:18. > :11:24.There was no space to breathe or sit. They reached Australian
:11:24. > :11:27.territory but the officials there deported him and 16 others. This is
:11:27. > :11:37.the type of very common fishing vessel in which so many shrill and
:11:37. > :11:38.
:11:38. > :11:42.cans have been trying to get to shrill -- Australia. Really
:11:42. > :11:47.uncomfortable conditions. 6400 managed to get to Australian
:11:47. > :11:54.territory last year in boats like this. Prospects are bleak for those
:11:54. > :11:57.who have been deported. There are not nearly enough jobs. Decades of
:11:57. > :12:04.conflict have severely damaged farming and fisheries, traditionally
:12:04. > :12:07.vital here. This man fled because of political threats but he was also
:12:07. > :12:12.sent back from Australia. Now he says he can't find work because the
:12:12. > :12:17.police have a file on him and life offers little hope.
:12:17. > :12:21.TRANSLATION: I have lost everything as a result of leaving and getting
:12:21. > :12:27.deported and the police have a whole file on me. I feel suicide is my
:12:27. > :12:34.only way out. He faces an ongoing court case charged with leaving the
:12:34. > :12:37.country illegally. Both of these men live mainly in hiding, fearing
:12:37. > :12:42.abduction and punishment, although the government insists they faced no
:12:42. > :12:47.threats. Australia has deported 1000 Australian boat people since August
:12:47. > :12:57.-- shrill anchor and boat people. But the deportees are impoverished
:12:57. > :12:57.
:12:57. > :13:01.and scared of what the future might bring.
:13:01. > :13:05.Still to come: Taiwan's Defence Minister resigns after outrage over
:13:05. > :13:15.the death of a conscript in military detention. And Middle East peace
:13:15. > :13:16.
:13:16. > :13:20.talks are set to resume for the first time in three years.
:13:20. > :13:24.Throughout the financial crisis, Germany has been held up as a model
:13:24. > :13:30.of financial probity and stability but Europe's economic powerhouse is
:13:30. > :13:35.suffering its own economic headaches and it is a story of the haves and
:13:35. > :13:39.have-nots. Income inequality is rising faster in Germany than in any
:13:39. > :13:47.other western European nation. With an election less than two months
:13:47. > :13:55.away, it is a hot topic for. Up to 3 million youngsters live in
:13:55. > :14:00.Germany. That number is growing fastest in this West German region.
:14:00. > :14:10.This is a citizens initiative which relies on donations, helping to feed
:14:10. > :14:15.
:14:15. > :14:22.underprivileged children. Germany is a rich country. Maybe! I don't know!
:14:22. > :14:29.I just see parents and children and they tell me the children have no
:14:29. > :14:33.food. They are not rich. This used to be the motor of the booming
:14:33. > :14:36.German economy, of wealthy western Germany, but heavy industry has had
:14:36. > :14:43.its heyday and now this place has been dubbed the biggest slum in
:14:43. > :14:48.Germany. Income inequality is reported to be growing faster in
:14:48. > :14:56.Germany than in any other Western European nation. 7.4 million Germans
:14:56. > :15:01.are paid less than 400 euros a month. Germany's Paul say they are
:15:02. > :15:06.cynical about the politician 's pre-election promises -- poorest.
:15:06. > :15:12.TRANSLATION: The politicians don't listen to us little people, those on
:15:12. > :15:17.welfare. I have to feed each of my children on 2 euros a day. I am
:15:17. > :15:22.supposed to give them healthy food but I can only afford meat once a
:15:23. > :15:26.week and fruit three times a month. All political parties in Germany
:15:26. > :15:30.agree more must be done to pull people out of poverty and billions
:15:30. > :15:36.of euros have been pumped into former communist East Germany since
:15:36. > :15:41.the fall of the Burlington wall. Progress there seems impressive, as
:15:41. > :15:51.does Germany's low unemployment rate but as many Germans will tell you,
:15:51. > :15:52.
:15:52. > :15:56.looks can be deceptive. You are with BBC World News, these are our top
:15:56. > :16:01.stories: Reports say at least 39 people have been killed after a
:16:01. > :16:06.coach fell 30 metres off a viaduct in southern Italy. A wave of car
:16:06. > :16:11.bombings in Iraq targeting Shia neighbourhoods has killed at least
:16:11. > :16:16.48 people. Egypt's Fiesta visions are
:16:16. > :16:19.continuing to be played out in violent scenes on the streets. --
:16:19. > :16:24.fierce divisions. Supporters of ousted President Morsi have called
:16:24. > :16:29.for a march to take place in Cairo on Tuesday as they continue to seek
:16:29. > :16:32.his reinstatement. The army backed government has been warning them not
:16:32. > :16:38.to go beyond peaceful demonstration. Meanwhile, two leading members of
:16:38. > :16:43.the moderate Islamist party have been arrested. The BBC's Jim Muir is
:16:43. > :16:45.in Cairo, and I asked him about the arrests of these moderate party
:16:45. > :16:53.leaders and whether it indicates opposition to the military led
:16:53. > :16:58.government lies not only with the Muslim Brotherhood. This party is a
:16:58. > :17:03.small, perhaps generally regarded as quite moderate Islamist party, that
:17:03. > :17:06.is bracketed with the Muslim Brotherhood in a kind of alliance.
:17:06. > :17:10.Pit stop two leaders were arrested early on Sunday, and they are
:17:10. > :17:16.accused of inciting violence. They were apparently found in an
:17:16. > :17:20.unfinished building somewhere in the hills on the east side of Cairo. But
:17:20. > :17:24.it will certainly increase the perception that there is a kind of
:17:24. > :17:27.political crackdown, a political witchhunt going on. Of course,
:17:27. > :17:32.almost all of the Muslim Brotherhood leadership itself are either under
:17:32. > :17:39.arrest or wanted, and of course the most well-known is President Morsi
:17:39. > :17:44.himself, who has not been seen since he was detained after the army coup,
:17:44. > :17:49.or the move against him to oust him on the 3rd of July. And Catherine
:17:49. > :17:54.Ashton, the EU foreign policy chief is back in Cairo, the second time in
:17:54. > :17:58.almost as many weeks, what is her message? Well, the message is quite
:17:58. > :18:03.clear. She would like to see, as would most of the outside world, a
:18:03. > :18:07.kind of inclusive transition - in other words, rapid movement towards
:18:07. > :18:11.a new political future, elections and so on, but Wisley Muslim
:18:11. > :18:14.Brotherhood very much gauge in that process. That is a very difficult
:18:14. > :18:21.thing to imagine at the moment. The Muslim Brotherhood is thoroughly
:18:21. > :18:31.alienate it, its position is clear, it wants President Morsi to be
:18:31. > :18:32.
:18:32. > :18:35.reinstated before it gets involved in dialogue. They insist on the step
:18:35. > :18:38.of reinstating the elected president. From the point of view of
:18:38. > :18:42.the interim authorities, that is not something that is going to happen,
:18:42. > :18:47.so bridging that gap is the problem, and that polarisation is
:18:47. > :18:52.very evident on the ground, where of course the huge camp set up by Morsi
:18:52. > :18:58.supporters around the mosque in eastern Cairo and of course near to
:18:58. > :19:03.the university, to the west of the city, is an open wound in the sense
:19:03. > :19:06.that an explosion there seems almost inevitable with both sides hardening
:19:06. > :19:09.their positions. For the first time in nearly three
:19:09. > :19:13.years, the Israelis and the Palestinians are set to hold
:19:14. > :19:17.face-to-face peace talks in Washington later today. They are
:19:17. > :19:24.only talks about talks, but they are being seen as something of an
:19:24. > :19:27.achievement. We can go live to Jerusalem and Bethany Bell, and this
:19:27. > :19:34.result of this intense diplomatic activity led by US Secretary of
:19:34. > :19:39.State John Kerry. Yes, there is a feeling that that intense American
:19:39. > :19:43.pressure was that thing that really helps to galvanise this process back
:19:43. > :19:46.into action. A few months ago, many people would have been very
:19:46. > :19:52.sceptical about the possibility of talks resuming at all. Today, later
:19:52. > :19:56.today in Washington, negotiators from the two sides will sit down and
:19:56. > :20:04.try to work out a framework as to the way discussions might proceed
:20:04. > :20:07.over the next few months. But very difficult issues like a head, the
:20:07. > :20:11.Israeli leader and the Palestinian leader, neither are saying very much
:20:11. > :20:16.at the moment, and the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, has warned
:20:16. > :20:20.that the best chance for these talks to succeed is it not too much is
:20:20. > :20:26.said in public. It has to be said that many Israelis and Palestinians
:20:26. > :20:32.are very sceptical about the chances of a peace deal finally coming
:20:32. > :20:36.through, after so many failed attempts in the past. Many people
:20:36. > :20:42.will wonder whether their leaders are capable of reaching a deal or
:20:42. > :20:46.even able to start talking together. Thank you very much, Bethany Bell,
:20:46. > :20:50.our correspondent there in Jerusalem. Taiwan's defence minister
:20:50. > :20:54.has resigned after the death of a soldier who was being held in
:20:54. > :21:01.military detention. He died after he was. Perform intensive physical
:21:01. > :21:06.exercises as part of a punishment. This comes after widespread outrage
:21:06. > :21:09.in a country that is struggling to find enough recruits to turn its
:21:09. > :21:12.military into a volunteer force. Four army officers have been
:21:12. > :21:17.arrested in connection with the incident. In the studio with me as
:21:17. > :21:23.Raymond Li, editor of the BBC Chinese servers. Tell us, what does
:21:23. > :21:31.this incident tell as about? Well, it is a case involving a soldier,
:21:31. > :21:37.and as you said, he died on July the 4th, allegedly because of the
:21:37. > :21:41.excessive physical exercise he was asked by the officer. But then there
:21:41. > :21:48.was also an allegation that, before then, he already had an argument
:21:48. > :21:55.with his superior. So they are saying that it may be because of the
:21:55. > :21:59.punishment due to that argument. So highlighting, there is some sort of
:21:59. > :22:03.situation, happening in the Taiwanese army. Some soldiers have
:22:03. > :22:09.been subject to mistreatment. instrument of mistreatment in the
:22:09. > :22:14.Taiwanese army has then led, has grown in significance and has led to
:22:14. > :22:18.the resignation of the defence minister. Yes, unfortunately that is
:22:18. > :22:22.the case. Obviously, he is the defence minister, and he has to take
:22:22. > :22:26.political responsibility for what happened. Actually, it is a bit
:22:26. > :22:34.unfair, I would say, to the defence Minister, because what happened, the
:22:34. > :22:40.incident, he was not in Taiwan, he was on an overseas trip. But because
:22:40. > :22:43.of the lack of response from senior officers, causing huge public outcry
:22:43. > :22:48.on that. That is the interesting thing, isn't it, the fact that this
:22:48. > :22:53.particular incident resonated so deeply with the Taiwanese public
:22:53. > :22:58.that they actually forced his political departure. In a way, yes,
:22:58. > :23:04.because it seems the case that there have been reports by the media, and
:23:04. > :23:08.it has caused huge public anger in Taiwan, and only a few days ago
:23:08. > :23:13.there was a big demonstration outside the Ministry of Defence
:23:13. > :23:18.building, which is quite unusual in Taiwan. OK, thank you very much for
:23:18. > :23:21.that, Raymond Li, editor of the BBC Chinese service. Let's change gear a
:23:21. > :23:31.little bit, because Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp has told the
:23:31. > :23:32.
:23:32. > :23:35.BBC he may quit acting soon, but there is at least one more Pirates
:23:36. > :23:39.Of The Caribbean movie planned. He was speaking to Susanna Reid as his
:23:39. > :23:44.latest movie, The Lone Ranger, in which he plays Tonto, it's a cinema
:23:45. > :23:50.screens around the world. It is part of American heritage and
:23:50. > :23:55.so famous, this relationship between the Lone Ranger and Tonto, and
:23:55. > :23:57.everybody remembers it in a certain way, so you feel that when you
:23:57. > :24:05.approached it, he wanted to do something a little bit different.
:24:05. > :24:13.What was that? Namely, what I wanted to do was take the idea of the
:24:13. > :24:19.Indian sidekick to the cowboy, or the Native American lesser than the
:24:19. > :24:29.white man, and flip that on its head.
:24:29. > :24:46.
:24:46. > :24:50.Hold it right there! I'm afraid I but think there are elements of Jack
:24:50. > :24:55.Sbarro in that kind of quirky portrayal. Did you take that very
:24:55. > :25:04.successful character and those characteristics and bring them to
:25:04. > :25:11.Tonto? Do think there is something of him in there? Of Jack Sparrow, I
:25:11. > :25:17.think what you are seeing is me. You know, more than anything. That is
:25:17. > :25:20.what they share! That is the deal. If you went back and looked at a few
:25:21. > :25:24.different characters, I am sure you would notice that everything has to
:25:24. > :25:27.come from some basis of truth. said to Rolling Stone that you
:25:27. > :25:34.thought there might be a point at which you would pack it all up,
:25:34. > :25:39.acting, and that may be part of it had not been the happiest part of
:25:39. > :25:43.your life. Is that still a danger, that you might throw in the towel?
:25:43. > :25:48.At a certain point, you need to start thinking, and when you add up
:25:48. > :25:53.the amount of dialogue that you saved per year, for example, and you
:25:54. > :26:00.realise that you have said Britain words more than you have had a
:26:00. > :26:05.chance to save your own words, you start thinking about that as kind of
:26:05. > :26:11.an insane option for a human being. Our there quieter things that I
:26:11. > :26:19.wouldn't mind doing, you know? Yes, I wouldn't mind that. So I would not
:26:19. > :26:23.say that I am dropping it, but it is probably not too far away.
:26:23. > :26:31.And we stay with Hollywood matters, because a collection of costumes
:26:31. > :26:36.from the classic movie The Sound Of Music has sold for $1.3 million at
:26:37. > :26:41.auction in California. Inevitably, I guess, they included this dress,
:26:41. > :26:45.worn by Maria, of course played by Julie Andrews, when she sang Do Re