:00:18. > :00:27.the north-west. In Hello, this is BBC World News. Error
:00:27. > :00:32.America withdraws diplomats from Lahore. The US secretary of State,
:00:32. > :00:36.John Kerry will meet his Russian counterpart later.
:00:36. > :00:44.Oprah Winfrey says she believes she was the victim of racism during a
:00:44. > :00:51.recent visit to Switzerland. And a 3000 kilometre solar endurance
:00:51. > :01:01.race in the Australian outback - how will these cars get on a given they
:01:01. > :01:06.
:01:06. > :01:09.The United States has evacuated most of its diplomatic staff from
:01:09. > :01:12.Pakistan's second biggest city, Lahore. The state department says
:01:12. > :01:17.it's received information of a credible threat to the US consulate
:01:17. > :01:21.there. The Lahore threat follows the closure of American embassies across
:01:21. > :01:26.the Middle East. And in one of those countries, Yemen, US drone attacks
:01:26. > :01:36.have killed 14 Al-Qaeda militants. With me is our security
:01:36. > :01:42.correspondent, Gordon Corera. Let's start with what is happening in
:01:42. > :01:47.Pakistan and this evacuation. Is it a surprise? There have been security
:01:47. > :01:51.threats before. They are talking about a specific and credible threat
:01:51. > :01:57.against the office in Lahore, the consulate there, which has not been
:01:57. > :02:01.one of the main targets in the past. But they are sufficiently worried
:02:01. > :02:05.about it to evacuate all nonessential staff. US officials are
:02:05. > :02:11.saying it does not look as though it is related directly to the other
:02:11. > :02:18.threats in north Africa. More concerns about whether there could
:02:18. > :02:22.be some coordination in terms of this. In Islamabad there were
:02:22. > :02:28.concerns militants were preparing an attack on government buildings or
:02:28. > :02:33.airports, although that has not materialised. The term, credible
:02:33. > :02:37.threats, coming through especially when we think of the Middle East.
:02:37. > :02:45.Yemen, US drone attacks have always been controversial and they are
:02:45. > :02:50.intensifying? Yes, at an accelerating pace. We used to see
:02:50. > :02:56.this in Pakistan, now it is in Yemen. It is a shift about the
:02:56. > :03:02.concern of where Al-Qaeda is in its threat. Those strikes are thought to
:03:02. > :03:06.be related to the closure of the US Embassy in Sana'a in Yemen, and the
:03:06. > :03:13.US seems to be going after some of those Al-Qaeda operatives it might
:03:14. > :03:18.think is involved in launching some kind of attacks. Yemeni authorities
:03:18. > :03:22.have talked about a tax on gas and oil facilities having been foiled
:03:22. > :03:27.where people could be kidnapped, similar to what happened in Algeria
:03:27. > :03:32.earlier in the year. The US is using drones aggressively. It is
:03:32. > :03:36.controversial because sometimes there are human casualties. Thanks
:03:36. > :03:38.very much. There's been another attack in the
:03:38. > :03:41.city of Quetta in south-west Pakistan. Unidentified gunmen opened
:03:41. > :03:44.fire outside a mosque, killing at least nine people and injuring many
:03:44. > :03:48.others. Police said that attackers targeted a local politician, as he
:03:48. > :03:52.was coming out of the mosque after prayers for Eid, which marks the end
:03:52. > :03:58.of the month of Ramadan. He escaped unhurt. On Thursday, a suicide
:03:58. > :04:01.bombing in the city killed at least 30 people, mostly police officers.
:04:01. > :04:04.The atmosphere may be a little frosty, but talks between the US
:04:04. > :04:07.Secretary of State, John Kerry, and his Russian counterpart will go
:04:07. > :04:10.ahead later despite President Obama cancelling a meeting with President
:04:10. > :04:13.Vladimir Putin earlier this week. The conflict in Syria and human
:04:13. > :04:16.rights in Russia will be discussed and no doubt, Moscow's granting of
:04:16. > :04:26.asylum to the fugitive former CIA contractor, Edward Snowden, will
:04:26. > :04:29.
:04:29. > :04:37.cast a shadow over the meeting. Katy Watson reports from Washington.
:04:37. > :04:41.The body language at June's G8 summit said it all. Oracle Obama and
:04:41. > :04:45.Vladimir Putin may have been on the world stage together, but they were
:04:45. > :04:51.not comfortable. That is before this man made the relationship more
:04:51. > :04:55.uncomfortable. After Edward Snowden leaked information on surveillance
:04:55. > :04:59.programmes, he fled to Moscow and the decision to offer him asylum
:04:59. > :05:06.seems to be the last straw for the White House, which has cancelled a
:05:06. > :05:10.presidential summit next month. did not see the kind of sufficient
:05:10. > :05:16.progress on major issues we are engaging with the Russians on, to
:05:16. > :05:21.merit a summit. Edward Snowden was a factor, but not the only one.
:05:21. > :05:29.Russia said it was disappointed, once seen as a public snub, it is
:05:29. > :05:36.not severing talks altogether. Brush up's Foreign Minister is in the US
:05:36. > :05:46.for high-level talks. Syria was top of the agenda. It is a topic
:05:46. > :05:50.
:05:50. > :05:56.expected to continue on Friday. Russia's support for Bashar al-Assad
:05:56. > :06:01.will also be on the table. Beyond Russia, issues such as missile
:06:01. > :06:05.defence and human rights are also expected to be discussed. But Friday
:06:05. > :06:12.will serve as the face-to-face meeting about Edward Snowden's
:06:12. > :06:18.asylum. They are talks Barack Obama is staying away from. No doubt he
:06:18. > :06:24.will have to be prepared to field questions about Edward Snowden two.
:06:24. > :06:30.Two teenage girls who were burned in an acid attack on Zanzibar are
:06:30. > :06:34.expected to fly back to Britain later. Katie Gee and Kirsty Trup,
:06:34. > :06:38.both aged 18, were working as a volunteer teachers. Police in
:06:38. > :06:43.Zanzibar have offered a $6,000 reward for any information on the
:06:43. > :06:47.attacks. It was early evening and they were
:06:47. > :06:52.walking through the narrow streets in Stone Town from the ocean, a
:06:52. > :06:58.block away from the sea. They were with other tourists on a road when
:06:58. > :07:03.two guys on mopeds, stopped and threw acid in their faces and sped
:07:03. > :07:07.off. I spoke to one person who was on the seen and heard the girls
:07:07. > :07:11.screaming. People ran to see what they could do and how they could
:07:11. > :07:17.help. Some of the locals grabbed one of the girls and threw her into the
:07:17. > :07:22.sea. It seems the salt helped her burns. They tried to get a hosepipe
:07:22. > :07:28.but the water ran out. They try to get hold of a clinic to ask advice.
:07:28. > :07:35.But they were on a plane within an hour and a half on the way to Dara
:07:35. > :07:44.Asser Lamb. They were treated in hospital there. They were airlifted
:07:44. > :07:48.on a medical evacuation aircraft to continue treatment. They said to be
:07:48. > :07:54.in good spirits their burns. The president came to see them in
:07:54. > :07:59.hospital. An important visit to Tanzania and Zanzibar, to show to
:07:59. > :08:03.people this is an unusual event and tourists are welcome here. Hundreds
:08:03. > :08:09.of thousands of people come through here every year and don't have any
:08:09. > :08:14.problem. It is a very friendly and welcoming place. But there are these
:08:14. > :08:20.elements who do not like the way tourists sometimes walk around,
:08:21. > :08:26.disrespecting the Muslim religion. There is no proof it was a religious
:08:26. > :08:31.attack. The girls were here working for a charity, they were dressed
:08:31. > :08:35.appropriately, they knew the risks and told about safety. Police have
:08:35. > :08:39.now put out a ransom and want to find the two men responsible. They
:08:39. > :08:45.want to establish why and it is quite a hefty ransom and they are
:08:45. > :08:49.putting it as a priority to make sure these men are caught.
:08:49. > :08:54.One of the world 's richest women, Oprah Winfrey says she believes she
:08:54. > :08:58.was the victim of racism during a recent visit to Switzerland. She was
:08:58. > :09:03.in Zurich for the wedding of Tina Turner. She claims it was there she
:09:03. > :09:09.was told by a shopping assistant that the bags on display were too
:09:09. > :09:14.expensive. Oprah Winfrey spoke about the incident on American television.
:09:14. > :09:23.I go into a store which shall remain unnamed. I said to the woman, may I
:09:23. > :09:30.see that bag above your head? She says to me, no, it is too expensive.
:09:30. > :09:35.I said, no, you see the black one, the one that is folded over. She
:09:36. > :09:42.said, no, you don't want to see that one, you want to see this one. That
:09:42. > :09:47.one will cost too much, you cannot afford that one. I said, no, I
:09:47. > :09:53.wanted to see that one. But she refused to get it. She continued to
:09:53. > :10:00.show me these little bags. One more time I tried, I said, I really do
:10:00. > :10:04.want to see that one. She said, I don't want to hurt your feelings. I
:10:04. > :10:13.said OK, thank you very much, I probably cannot afford it and I
:10:13. > :10:19.walked out of the shop. Oprah Winfrey is quite surprised
:10:19. > :10:27.this happened to her. Are you surprised? No, I think she has
:10:27. > :10:34.forgot. Forgot what?I think she forgot she is a black woman in these
:10:34. > :10:39.high end shops that you get, and I still get in Bond Street and
:10:39. > :10:43.Knightsbridge. You get followed around. When you are asked to see a
:10:43. > :10:49.tray of rings, the whole place gets dark. It has happened to me most of
:10:49. > :10:53.my life. I am ready to go into a shop, I catch the eye of the
:10:53. > :10:57.security guard, I check him out. I don't look at him too long because
:10:57. > :11:02.he might think I am going to do something. We acknowledge each
:11:02. > :11:10.other, and he can see and makes a judgement and then I feel free to
:11:10. > :11:15.walk around. Do you think it is right -- do you think he is making
:11:15. > :11:21.the judgement because of the colour of your skin? Absolutely, no doubt
:11:21. > :11:25.about it. It is getting worse because of the immigration debate we
:11:25. > :11:32.are having now. And in Switzerland, there is a debate about having
:11:32. > :11:35.illegal immigrants in public spaces like swimming pools. In the United
:11:35. > :11:40.States, people are beginning to look at people of colour, and making
:11:40. > :11:45.judgements as to whether they are legitimate or illegitimate in a
:11:45. > :11:50.public space. So you will have encounters like this. Oprah Winfrey
:11:50. > :12:00.is from Chicago, like I am, so she knows what it is like back in the
:12:00. > :12:00.
:12:00. > :12:07.day when you would go to shop. It is great she has brought it up, because
:12:07. > :12:10.this is a reality for many women of colour. In the times you are talking
:12:10. > :12:16.about in Chicago, would this have happened in any shop, or just
:12:16. > :12:23.wealthy shops? I think the handbag in question here was worth something
:12:23. > :12:27.like �35,000. We from the same space, the same place and I was back
:12:27. > :12:33.home last week, and standing behind the counter talking to one of
:12:33. > :12:41.sisters. A lady came up and was talking about the garments, as if we
:12:41. > :12:45.were the sales people. It is as if they are saying, you cannot possibly
:12:45. > :12:51.be buying this because you cannot afford it. Thanks very much.
:12:51. > :12:56.Take a look at a vehicle. I will show you something solar power, it
:12:56. > :13:03.is a racing car and has been the bat -- designed by a team who says on a
:13:03. > :13:07.sunny day it can drive at least 600 kilometres. It has been entered in a
:13:07. > :13:11.special endurance race in the Australian outback later this year.
:13:11. > :13:16.We caught up with the designers from the Netherlands.
:13:16. > :13:22.Is this the future of sustainable travel? Cars powered by the sun.
:13:22. > :13:29.These science students are preparing for the world solar challenge,
:13:29. > :13:33.designed to test their end your ends's potential. Really cool to
:13:33. > :13:38.start this race of electric cars today and show the world are new
:13:38. > :13:42.designed that it really drives and is ready for the race. It is a solar
:13:42. > :13:47.positive car, which means it produces more energy than it uses.
:13:47. > :13:56.On a sunny day they can drive for more than 400 miles, double the
:13:56. > :14:03.capacity of its nearest electric rival. What is it made of? Less than
:14:03. > :14:09.a millimetre of carbon layers, but still very good properties. Those
:14:09. > :14:13.composite materials are light, stiff and that is how it was built.
:14:13. > :14:17.is still some tinkering to do with the body to make sure it can
:14:17. > :14:23.withstand the 3000 kilometre journey through the outback. The Dutch
:14:23. > :14:31.drivers are optimistic. I think we will win, the car feels great and we
:14:31. > :14:40.have a great team and I think the combination will lead to winning The
:14:40. > :14:45.World Solar Challenge. For anyone interested in buying, this is a
:14:45. > :14:49.prototype and it will cost $4000. But with a few minor adjustments,
:14:49. > :14:59.the students say these energy efficient cars could soon be
:14:59. > :15:03.
:15:03. > :15:13.wheeling up on a garage forecourt I make no apologies for this cute
:15:13. > :15:14.
:15:14. > :15:17.story. Is Britain's female giant panda pregnant? Japan has marked
:15:17. > :15:21.the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, with silent
:15:21. > :15:23.prayers at a special ceremony. This year's commemorations have been
:15:23. > :15:25.marked by continuing concerns over the dangers of radiation, following
:15:25. > :15:35.the Fukushima nuclear disaster two years ago. Grainne Harrington
:15:35. > :15:44.
:15:44. > :15:48.reports. It is a silent tribute that marks the exact moment in 1945
:15:48. > :15:54.that changed Japan for ever. Among those gathered, survivors and
:15:54. > :16:04.relatives of those lost in an instant of devastation. Exactly
:16:04. > :16:09.
:16:09. > :16:13.three days after Hiroshima, a V29 set out. The bomb exploded.
:16:14. > :16:17.American bombing of Nagasaki was the last major act of World War Two.
:16:17. > :16:24.Within days, the Japanese surrendered, but the cost was
:16:24. > :16:29.immense. The first atomic bomb on Hiroshima killed over 100,000
:16:29. > :16:36.people. 70,000 were killed in Nagasaki. Many later died from
:16:36. > :16:41.radiation sickness and cancer and after effects continue to this day.
:16:41. > :16:45.Many survivors oppose military and civilian use of nuclear power. The
:16:45. > :16:49.fall-out from the Fukushima disaster makes headlines still.
:16:49. > :16:56.Along with concerns about the safety of nuclear energy. Anti-
:16:56. > :17:02.nuclear sentiment still runs high. While the Prime Minister spoke of
:17:02. > :17:09.the need of a world free of nuclear weapons, the country's dependency
:17:09. > :17:14.on nuclear energy is still controversial. As Japan debates
:17:14. > :17:24.what place nuclear technology has in society, any decisions could
:17:24. > :17:26.
:17:26. > :17:29.resonate for generations. A violent wind storm that ripped across La
:17:29. > :17:32.Paz and El Alto in Bolivia has killed at least one person. Winds
:17:32. > :17:34.reached between 70 and 80 kph, tearing down wires and tree
:17:34. > :17:38.branches, damaging houses and leaving some neighbourhoods without
:17:38. > :17:48.power. The storm was caused by a phenomenon called convex cloud,
:17:48. > :17:53.
:17:53. > :17:55.formed from water vapour carried by This is BBC World News. America
:17:55. > :18:02.withdraws non-essential diplomats from Lahore following a specific
:18:02. > :18:07.threat. Despite the ongoing Edward Snowden affair, US Secretary of
:18:07. > :18:10.State John Kerry will meet his Russian counterpart later. The
:18:10. > :18:16.fourth Ashes test between England and Australia is under way in
:18:16. > :18:20.England's north-east. England won the toss and are batting first.
:18:20. > :18:26.They go into the test with a two- nil lead and the Ashes already
:18:26. > :18:36.retained. We can talk to our reporter at the Durham Riverside
:18:36. > :18:46.
:18:46. > :18:51.Ground in that Durham. They did retain the Ashes in a star that was
:18:51. > :18:56.not spectacular. The rain came to England's rescue. England managed
:18:56. > :19:01.to draw the Test and so retain the Ashes. They have their tails up
:19:01. > :19:05.here because they have the chance to win the series out right. The
:19:05. > :19:09.Ashes may be decided, but the series has yet to be decided. There
:19:09. > :19:14.is excitement around this test in the North East, because it is the
:19:14. > :19:20.first time it has come to this ground and the North East, and the
:19:20. > :19:28.first time any Ashes Test has been played this far north. 20 years ago,
:19:28. > :19:33.Durham, the county critic -- County Cricket Club, before this ground
:19:33. > :19:40.was built, a huge amount of work has gone into developing the ground.
:19:40. > :19:44.They became a first-class county in 1995. In 2003, they hosted the
:19:44. > :19:49.first Indian Test, and now the first Ashes Test. Local people said
:19:49. > :19:55.they never thought Ashes cricket would come to this part of England.
:19:55. > :20:01.Now that dream has come true. Play is under way. Not spectacular, the
:20:01. > :20:10.start, for England. But the crowd are excited.
:20:10. > :20:14.I am glad the weather is holding up. Now to the row between UK and Spain
:20:14. > :20:19.over Gibraltar, which shows no sign of subsiding. There have been
:20:19. > :20:23.queues after border checks were stepped up. Now there is talk that
:20:23. > :20:31.the Spanish will bring in a new charge on vehicles entering or
:20:31. > :20:41.leaving the territory. Spain ceded the territory in 1713. How British
:20:41. > :20:58.
:20:58. > :21:04.is Gibraltar? HE SINGS "COME FLY WITH ME". John is an all-singing,
:21:04. > :21:10.passionate and very powers Gibraltarian taxi driver. -- very
:21:10. > :21:14.passionate. I feel British. But Gibraltarian. We have an allegiance
:21:14. > :21:20.to the Queen that is unparalleled. I get expatriates coming into the
:21:20. > :21:28.car and they ask why do you not want to be Spanish? My answer is
:21:28. > :21:33.Gibraltar is yours. It is British. The idea of being part of Spain?
:21:33. > :21:37.never. I would rather be dead. He my to been born in Scunthorpe, but
:21:37. > :21:44.he moved here when he was nine. Asked about the future of trouble
:21:44. > :21:48.to, he is defiant. A Gibraltarian will always stand together. You
:21:48. > :21:58.cannot take us over, you cannot divide us, you cannot compare us
:21:58. > :22:00.
:22:00. > :22:06.and you cannot give us away. Gibraltar, that is my home town!
:22:06. > :22:10.British pride is everywhere in Gibraltar. It is a town of 30,000.
:22:10. > :22:16.In some ways, it feels more British than the Great Britain most of us
:22:16. > :22:24.know. Several thousand Spaniards cross the border to work here every
:22:24. > :22:28.day. Of course, temperatures have been rising. That is because of
:22:29. > :22:34.increased checks and delays. Elizabeth's family run a fish and
:22:34. > :22:38.chip shop. She was born here, but grew up in Britain. I am not
:22:38. > :22:44.Gibraltarian. I am for Gibraltar. And now she crosses the border
:22:44. > :22:48.every day from her home in Spain. When someone looks at the map and
:22:48. > :22:55.sees Spain and Basie this tiny bit of land and say, how can that be
:22:56. > :23:00.British, what you say? It was British because 300 years ago they
:23:00. > :23:03.won it in the Battle of Trafalgar and it became British and it
:23:03. > :23:08.belongs to Great Britain and the people of to Bolton want to be
:23:08. > :23:14.British. They do not want to be Spanish. They have a right to
:23:14. > :23:19.determine -- the people of Britain. They will always want to be British.
:23:19. > :23:24.On the top of the rock you have a sense of the geography. Look to the
:23:24. > :23:30.left. You can see the town of Gibraltar. Just beyond that, you
:23:30. > :23:38.can see the airport. Further on, there is the border with Spain. And
:23:38. > :23:43.beyond that, it is a Spanish town. If we go left, you can begin to see
:23:43. > :23:48.the number of boats in the water. These disputed waters of the source
:23:49. > :23:54.of the recent tension. Disputes over the waters are nothing new.
:23:54. > :24:01.With its monkeys up top, some will always see Gibraltar as a peculiar
:24:01. > :24:05.place. But there is a lot of history here. The majority of those
:24:05. > :24:15.living on the Rock, from where you can see Africa, passionately tell
:24:15. > :24:16.
:24:16. > :24:26.you that this will always be a slice of Britain in the sun. A
:24:26. > :24:29.
:24:29. > :24:32.couple of animal stories. A rare sight off the coast of Norway. Here
:24:32. > :24:35.a sperm whale made an unusually close visit to the shoreline near
:24:35. > :24:38.Bergen. The lucky residents were treated to a day long display by
:24:38. > :24:42.the fifteen metre long mammal. As news spread spectators gathered to
:24:42. > :24:45.get a close up of the whale from dry land. They have been trying for
:24:45. > :24:47.a baby for well over a year and now experts at Edinburgh Zoo in
:24:48. > :24:56.Scotland say there are strong indications that the UK's only
:24:56. > :24:59.female giant panda may finally be pregnant. Tian Tian seems to have
:24:59. > :25:02.needed some expert medical help along the way - she was
:25:03. > :25:06.artificially inseminated earlier this year. James Cook reports. Is
:25:06. > :25:10.this giant panda pregnant? Tian Tian is not giving much away but
:25:10. > :25:16.the signs are promising. For a start, she is moody. She is not so
:25:17. > :25:24.keen on the daily trip to be weighed. She is off her food.
:25:24. > :25:27.is restless. She is a little bit less tolerant. She is very
:25:27. > :25:36.particular and can be quite difficult, so we have not been able
:25:36. > :25:38.to do any obs on her. -- ultrasounds. At this German
:25:38. > :25:42.laboratory they have seen more signs she is expecting. One test
:25:42. > :25:44.showed a rise in hormone levels and another a promising mix of proteins.
:25:45. > :25:52.Two giant pandas including this one were used for the artificial
:25:52. > :25:59.insemination. This is Yang Guang, who might be the father. We would
:25:59. > :26:02.have to wait and see. Even if he is, he will not play a role in the
:26:02. > :26:07.rearing of the young panda. Yang Guang has proved his prowess, he is
:26:07. > :26:17.already a father. Tian Tian has reared her own young before. Within
:26:17. > :26:18.
:26:18. > :26:21.weeks, she could have the first British-born giant panda. 16
:26:21. > :26:23.workers from a garage in the American state of New Jersey have
:26:23. > :26:29.become multi-millionaires overnight after their syndicate bought one of
:26:29. > :26:31.the winning tickets in the country's Powerball Lottery. The
:26:31. > :26:34.staff, from from the Ocean County Vehicle Maintenance Department in
:26:34. > :26:42.Little Egg Harbor Township, all turned up for work after winning
:26:42. > :26:45.around $3.6 million each. Three ticket holders share the 445
:26:45. > :26:55.million-dollar jackpot - each ticket is worth almost $60 million
:26:55. > :26:55.