:00:12. > :00:18.Reports of more clashes in South Sudan as President Obama warned the
:00:19. > :00:30.country is on the precipice of civil war. Free after ten years in prison.
:00:31. > :00:34.A pardon from President Putin. In the Apollo Theatre, the ceiling
:00:35. > :00:41.collapses and injures more than 70. Resign or face the sack, Malky
:00:42. > :00:44.Mackay is ordered out by the team 's owner who e-mailed him a list of
:00:45. > :01:04.complaints at Cardiff city. Hello. President Obama has added his
:01:05. > :01:08.voice to the United Nations Security Council warning that South Sudan is
:01:09. > :01:12.at the precipice of Civil War. He has urged political leaders to
:01:13. > :01:17.restore calm and work urgently for reconciliation. Hundreds have died
:01:18. > :01:20.in the last few days alone and that is after the president accused his
:01:21. > :01:25.former deputy of trying to stage a coup. To UN peacekeepers are said to
:01:26. > :01:33.have died and another is in hospital. South Sudan is a country
:01:34. > :01:42.that appears to be falling apart. Now, President Obama has a grave
:01:43. > :01:47.warning for this fledgling nation, Civil War is dangerously close. In a
:01:48. > :01:57.statement, he said inflammatory rhetoric and targeted violence must
:01:58. > :02:01.cease. All sides must listen to the wise counsel of their neighbours.
:02:02. > :02:11.The latest violence included an attack on a UN compound where three
:02:12. > :02:16.Indian peacekeepers were killed. The most urgent thing is to move quickly
:02:17. > :02:20.to a political discussion and bring the violence under control and make
:02:21. > :02:28.all efforts to again seek peaceful resolution of a fundamentally
:02:29. > :02:34.political crisis. The country declared its independence in July
:02:35. > :02:40.2011. This year, the president suspended his entire cabinet,
:02:41. > :02:49.included his -- including his vice president. He said he defeated a
:02:50. > :02:53.coup which seem to be the spur for recent islands. Hundreds have been
:02:54. > :02:57.killed in the last few days. Where there is violence, there are
:02:58. > :02:59.innocent bystanders. Refugees at a camp. For these people, the
:03:00. > :03:09.bloodshed cannot end soon enough. So, what is the current US
:03:10. > :03:16.assessment in South Sudan? I was joined by the US ambassador in the
:03:17. > :03:22.capital. Things are very tense right now. I will say the capital is quite
:03:23. > :03:26.calm and people are starting to go about their normal lives. A lot of
:03:27. > :03:31.people have returned to work. There is a lot of tension because people
:03:32. > :03:41.are still in fear and there are, I think, everyone is worried about, if
:03:42. > :03:49.there is regrouping, and if the troops that are here leave and head
:03:50. > :03:55.towards the city, there will be more casualties. What about the situation
:03:56. > :04:02.of the United Nations. At least two armed peacekeepers who have been
:04:03. > :04:06.killed not in Juba what is your assessment of the UN predicament as
:04:07. > :04:15.they tried to maintain some kind of stability or not. The UN is
:04:16. > :04:20.stretched. Everyone here had been planning for the normal humanitarian
:04:21. > :04:26.actions which need to be taken with the situation, especially with the
:04:27. > :04:36.refugees from Sudan. The ones that have come from blue Nile and from
:04:37. > :04:43.the two states in the Sudan which have fled into South Sudan. No one
:04:44. > :04:48.was expecting such an incident would occur here and spread to the state
:04:49. > :04:53.in the way it has. They are stretched. They have more than
:04:54. > :05:01.40,000 people in the camps. They have over 10,001 of the camps here.
:05:02. > :05:08.And, several thousand at the other camps. They are stretched with just
:05:09. > :05:13.trying to find a way to feed and get food and water to the camps, plus
:05:14. > :05:18.trying to go about their patrols. What is your analysis of why this is
:05:19. > :05:24.happening in the world 's newest nation? Is it a split in the army?
:05:25. > :05:31.Are there different loyalties which are competing but within the new
:05:32. > :05:36.system of governance? I believe this has taken on an ethnic nature. South
:05:37. > :05:46.Sudan has always been fragmented with ethnic lines with loyalties to
:05:47. > :05:51.individual commanders, as opposed to people loyal to the Commander in
:05:52. > :05:58.Chief, the president. In some ways, it is not surprising. South Sudan
:05:59. > :06:01.has had a long history of people defecting from one camp to a
:06:02. > :06:06.different camp, rejoining, defecting again and we joining a different
:06:07. > :06:10.camp. It is not surprising the same thing is happening. The tensions
:06:11. > :06:21.have been running high for many, many months with how it has been
:06:22. > :06:32.run. It is just the split that we had hoped would have been prevented.
:06:33. > :06:35.Now to Russia. President Putin has signed a decree pardoning
:06:36. > :06:41.Khodorkovsky. He was jailed ten years ago on charges of tax evasion
:06:42. > :06:46.and embezzlement. His lawyers say he has left his prison camp in the
:06:47. > :06:52.north-west of Russia. Khodorkovsky became an oligarch at high speed by
:06:53. > :06:55.acquiring former state assets at knock-down prices. That is when the
:06:56. > :07:00.Soviet Union crumbled. When Vladimir Putin became president, he took on
:07:01. > :07:05.the oligarchs to curb the influence. He showed political ambitions and
:07:06. > :07:09.funded anti-Putin political groups. He was arrested in 2003 on
:07:10. > :07:14.allegations of tax evasion, fraud and embezzlement. He faced further
:07:15. > :07:21.charges but today he has been pardoned by the president, who said
:07:22. > :07:30.it was on humanitarian grounds due to his mother 's ailing health. What
:07:31. > :07:37.are the risks? I asked that question because of the kind of things that
:07:38. > :07:41.amazingly Mr Khodorkovsky has been getting published internationally
:07:42. > :07:48.with his criticisms of the Russian system under Mr Putin. Mr Putin
:07:49. > :07:53.would not have let him out if Mr Khodorkovsky posed a risk to the
:07:54. > :08:00.Government. Judging from previous decisions, many decisions taken by
:08:01. > :08:05.him on emotional grounds, he is a very personal man that he is very
:08:06. > :08:12.practical at the same time. There is little risk, as he sees it. Use a
:08:13. > :08:20.little risk. There he is as he appeared in court. -- you say little
:08:21. > :08:25.risk. When someone like Khodorkovsky inside two months ago said, there is
:08:26. > :08:29.an irremovable out of control central power, losing the ability to
:08:30. > :08:35.adapt to an ever more changing world, a frozen stiff society,
:08:36. > :08:41.offering no hope for the young, that is Putin 's Russia. I do not think
:08:42. > :08:47.that is the position now. The thing is, if he appealed for clemency and
:08:48. > :08:53.pardon, that makes him a political liability for a position, not for Mr
:08:54. > :08:56.Putin. It is his standing as an opposition figure that would be at
:08:57. > :09:00.risk if he agrees to take on the guilty charge, because that would be
:09:01. > :09:05.the premise for the pardoning. At the same time, the lawyers of
:09:06. > :09:11.Khodorkovsky say he did not appeal for the pardon and the decision
:09:12. > :09:17.comes from Mr Putin himself. What about whether any conditions are
:09:18. > :09:21.attached to this pardon. In another case, there was an apparent deal,
:09:22. > :09:26.even though it was never said to be such, where there would be certain
:09:27. > :09:32.conditions it. As that happened to Khodorkovsky? We do not know for
:09:33. > :09:38.sure. It is about what he will do next. He will have to attend to his
:09:39. > :09:42.mother, who is ill. He might need time to think about the next
:09:43. > :09:49.political steps and maybe go abroad. What about his wealth? It
:09:50. > :09:56.was said to be $15 billion. Is he still very wealthy? Does he still
:09:57. > :10:00.had his companies? He does not. He is still probably a wealthy man and
:10:01. > :10:05.we will see how he behaves in what he does, what he buys and sells. His
:10:06. > :10:09.son is abroad in the state and he might go to the United States and
:10:10. > :10:15.stay there. We do not know how much money he has. He probably has enough
:10:16. > :10:22.for eight decent living. Thank you for joining us. Investigators are
:10:23. > :10:25.trying to establish what caused a ceiling to collapse at a packed
:10:26. > :10:34.London Theatre, injuring nearly 80 people. Investigators said that only
:10:35. > :10:38.plastered fell off. Eyewitnesses said they heard a crackling noise
:10:39. > :10:42.before a large section of ornate plaster came down. Some people say
:10:43. > :10:46.water began dripping through cracks in the ceiling after a massive
:10:47. > :10:49.thunderstorm in London. Our correspondent happened to be with
:10:50. > :10:57.one of the ambulance crews that was then ordered to the scene. For one
:10:58. > :11:02.London ambulance crew, the first word of a major incident. By
:11:03. > :11:05.coincidence, we were filming with paramedics when news of an emergency
:11:06. > :11:12.at the London Apollo theatre came through. Nearby theatres were soon
:11:13. > :11:18.turned into triage centres to treat the injured. Meanwhile, emergency
:11:19. > :11:22.services tried to establish what exactly had happened during the
:11:23. > :11:28.performance of this award-winning play. There has been a collapse of
:11:29. > :11:32.heavy plaster from what appears to be the roof of the auditorium in the
:11:33. > :11:36.theatre. That has fallen down to the upper circle, the dress circle and
:11:37. > :11:41.stalls. Consequently, we have a large number of casualties, many of
:11:42. > :11:45.whom are walking wounded, who have been rescued by firefighters,
:11:46. > :11:49.paramedics and police officers and have been treated and taken to
:11:50. > :11:55.hospitals in the area. The roof collapsed above us. I heard a sharp
:11:56. > :12:03.bang on my head. The next thing I know, I was in the foyer. Some
:12:04. > :12:11.people thought it was part of the show. It was a noise and then all of
:12:12. > :12:20.this rubble and plaster. I thought, it cannot be, I am hurt. You just
:12:21. > :12:25.could not see anything. This has now been declared a major incident.
:12:26. > :12:28.Three hospitals have been put on stand-by. This bus has been
:12:29. > :12:32.commandeered by Ambulance Services and injured from the theatre are
:12:33. > :12:41.being taken to Saint Thomas 's Hospital. We are performing triage
:12:42. > :12:46.on the scene. We need to make sure they do not deteriorate. For these
:12:47. > :12:50.theatre-goers, what should have been a night of entertainment,
:12:51. > :12:53.accommodated instead with admission to hospital. No fatalities
:12:54. > :12:59.thankfully but major questions as to why collapse happened.
:13:00. > :13:06.It is three months since a terror attack on a shopping mall in
:13:07. > :13:10.Nairobi. At least 67 people were killed. There are allegations the
:13:11. > :13:14.Kenyan police are dishing out summary justice to people they
:13:15. > :13:17.suspect may be connected with Islamic extremism. The police are
:13:18. > :13:22.trained and funded by Britain and the United States. From Mombasa, our
:13:23. > :13:33.correspondent says this special report. -- scent. Kenyan 's second
:13:34. > :13:38.city, a thriving port and trading hub. A melting pot for cultures
:13:39. > :13:43.either side of the Indian Ocean. It is a place where police and security
:13:44. > :13:48.officials are concerned about Islamist extremists recruiting
:13:49. > :13:55.young, unemployed men to jihad. In October, less than two weeks after
:13:56. > :13:59.the attack on the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, a man was shot dead
:14:00. > :14:11.in his car as he travelled from the outskirts of the city. This man
:14:12. > :14:20.appears on UN sanctions lists accused of being a recruiter of
:14:21. > :14:29.young Kenyan Muslims. He believes the murder was by the security
:14:30. > :14:33.services. They are pre-empting attacks by killing anybody who has
:14:34. > :14:40.the potential to carry out an attack or who they think has the potential
:14:41. > :14:44.to instigate an attack. Are they picking the right people? Maybe yes
:14:45. > :14:50.but mostly know. The anti-terror police unit receives funding,
:14:51. > :14:54.training and equipment from Britain and the United States. The human
:14:55. > :14:59.rights group has compiled a report containing dozens of cases of extra
:15:00. > :15:11.judicial killings, torture and rendition, allegedly carried out by
:15:12. > :15:15.the unit. I was following this. We have interviewed these guys and they
:15:16. > :15:21.are confirming this. That is the reality. They want to impress the
:15:22. > :15:24.British. They want to impress the Americans. They want to impress the
:15:25. > :15:30.world because they are getting funding from the Americans and
:15:31. > :15:40.getting training from the British. The international community should
:15:41. > :15:43.go back to the training board. The anti-terror police unit did not
:15:44. > :15:51.respond to our requests for an interview. Save the legal system in
:15:52. > :15:58.Kennett is hampering efforts. If police are involved in this, it is
:15:59. > :16:07.out of our authorisation. -- in Kenyan.
:16:08. > :16:13.The British foreign office said the Government was working with Kenyan
:16:14. > :16:17.authorities to tackle threats to UK interests and that it took
:16:18. > :16:21.allegations of human rights abuse very seriously. In Mombasa, you do
:16:22. > :16:25.not have to look very hard to find young, Muslim men who resent what
:16:26. > :16:37.they say is victimisation by the police. It is the anti-terror police
:16:38. > :16:44.unit that is killing us. They are killing our brothers. I do not have
:16:45. > :16:50.citizenship in this country. As Muslims, we are being squeezed.
:16:51. > :16:53.Estimates would use unemployment in Kenyan are as high as 80%. Many feel
:16:54. > :17:09.the state has little to offer them. Stay with us on BBC World News,
:17:10. > :17:12.still to come: The elderly Shanghai couple who're taking the Chinese
:17:13. > :17:20.authorities to court in an extremely rare case, over the demolition of
:17:21. > :17:24.their home. In Peru, an overcrowded bus has
:17:25. > :17:27.fallen into a ravine in the Andes, killing 15 people, and injuring at
:17:28. > :17:30.least 58. The bus, seen here, flipped over the mountain highway in
:17:31. > :17:34.Ancash in the north of the country. Among the dead was a one-year-old
:17:35. > :17:37.baby. The high-altitude roads of the Peruvian Andes are notorious for bus
:17:38. > :17:44.plunges. Last year, more than 4,000 people were killed in such
:17:45. > :17:47.accidents. The retired basketball star Dennis
:17:48. > :17:50.Rodman is back in North Korea for his third visit this year. He's
:17:51. > :17:53.understood to be arranging a basketball match in Pyongyang. It's
:17:54. > :17:57.thought he'll also meet with the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un who
:17:58. > :18:03.Rodman says he's very proud to have as a friend. Nichola Carroll has the
:18:04. > :18:08.story. Arriving in a snowy peon Yang,
:18:09. > :18:13.Dennis Rodman the self-styled basketball diplomat. Greeted by a
:18:14. > :18:17.delegation from the Olympics committee, Rodman is arranging what
:18:18. > :18:22.is described as a French ship game between the North Korean basketball
:18:23. > :18:26.side and an American team of former NBA players, to take place early
:18:27. > :18:32.next year. In two previous visits, he struck up a friendship with the
:18:33. > :18:38.young ruler Kim Jong Un. He came to power following his father's death
:18:39. > :18:43.in 2011. Rodman says he is there to play basketball, not politics. I
:18:44. > :18:48.can't control what they do as a government, how they do things here.
:18:49. > :18:54.I am just trying to come here as a sports figure, and open the door for
:18:55. > :18:59.a lot of people in the country. The visit comes weeks after the
:19:00. > :19:03.execution of the leader's uncle who was arrested and accused of
:19:04. > :19:08.treason. Previously one of the most powerful men in the country, never
:19:09. > :19:13.far from his nephew's side, his demise is a reminder of the speed
:19:14. > :19:17.with which power can shift within the secretive regime. Despite
:19:18. > :19:23.political tensions, Rodman said he would not discuss the matter but Kim
:19:24. > :19:27.Jong Un. The US State Department has issued a statement distancing the US
:19:28. > :19:30.administration the visit. There have been dramatic scenes in
:19:31. > :19:34.the Mexican city of Oaxaca, as parents clashed with teachers - who
:19:35. > :19:37.were on strike - at a primary school. According to local media,
:19:38. > :19:40.the teachers tried to forcibly enter the school, even though they were
:19:41. > :19:43.holding industrial action and not working. Parents at the scene
:19:44. > :19:45.accused the teachers of provoking violence. Police then launched tear
:19:46. > :19:48.gas to calm the situation. In September, Mexico's Congress
:19:49. > :19:51.approved a bill to overhaul the country's education system and tame
:19:52. > :19:54.a powerful teachers' union many blame for hurting poor schooling.
:19:55. > :19:59.This is BBC World News. I'm Nik Gowing. The latest headlines: At
:20:00. > :20:02.least two UN peacekeepers have died in an attack on a United Nations
:20:03. > :20:05.compound in South Sudan. President Obama has warned that the
:20:06. > :20:12.country is on the "precipice" of civil war.
:20:13. > :20:14.Kremlin critic and former business tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky receives
:20:15. > :20:23.a pardon from President Putin, ten years after he was jailed.
:20:24. > :20:28.It is a rare legal case. A 75-year-old Shanghai man is suing
:20:29. > :20:31.the Chinese authorities. This is after his home was forcibly
:20:32. > :20:35.demolished. Few such cases ever reach the courts. That is despite
:20:36. > :20:38.the many thousands of forceful evictions that take place in China
:20:39. > :20:41.every year. But Liu Guangjia has been given a hearing. He wants the
:20:42. > :20:51.equivalent of $48 million US in compensation. From Shanghai, the
:20:52. > :20:55.BBC's John Sudworth. In a video filmed by the Chinese
:20:56. > :21:00.authorities themselves and shown to the court, government agents are
:21:01. > :21:05.sizing up the property prior to its demolition. One of them can be asked
:21:06. > :21:13.-- can be heard asking if he can take some of the items. Another
:21:14. > :21:19.laughs. The owners, 75-year-old Liu Guangjia and his wife were not there
:21:20. > :21:25.to see the demolition of their home, because the thugs took them away and
:21:26. > :21:30.locked them up. They twisted my arm behind my back, he tells me. I heard
:21:31. > :21:36.a crack from a shoulder. Then they threw me in the back of the van and
:21:37. > :21:42.covered my head. This was their home. A 5000 square metre plot on
:21:43. > :21:46.which they had built a free museum showing off their huge collection of
:21:47. > :21:51.bonsai trees and other historical items. When the couple were released
:21:52. > :21:56.from their captivity by the authorities, they returned to find
:21:57. > :22:00.their home and everything in it had been flattened. All that remains
:22:01. > :22:05.today are these fragments of the large stones that stood at the
:22:06. > :22:11.entrance. And by the museum itself once was, today, there are now two
:22:12. > :22:16.brand-new apartment blocks. It is nothing new. Violent land grabs by
:22:17. > :22:21.local governments are often the way development is done in China. What
:22:22. > :22:27.is unusual is for a victim to be given their day in court. The case
:22:28. > :22:31.is very significant, his lawyer tells me, because it is very
:22:32. > :22:37.difficult for civilians to sue the government. If we can win, he says,
:22:38. > :22:45.it can show the courts can be a beloved political control. -- be
:22:46. > :22:49.above. Liu Guangjia is seeking $48 billion in compensation. The
:22:50. > :22:56.authorities argue the demolition was legal. For once, the claim is being
:22:57. > :22:59.tested. Arguments between football club
:23:00. > :23:04.owners and managers usually end one way - in the manager being replaced.
:23:05. > :23:06.That seems the inevitable fate for the boss of English Premier League
:23:07. > :23:10.side Cardiff City manager. Malky Mackay been told by the club's owner
:23:11. > :23:14.Vincent Tan to resign or face being sacked. In a letter emailed to the
:23:15. > :23:16.manager, it's understood Tan listed in depth his grievances in areas
:23:17. > :23:21.like signings, transfer budgets, results on the pitch and style of
:23:22. > :23:24.play. With me is the BBC's sports reporter
:23:25. > :23:29.David Ornstein who broke the story for us. What has been going on in
:23:30. > :23:34.Cardiff? This goes right back to the time
:23:35. > :23:39.when Vincent Tan tried to change the shirt collar that Cardiff playing,
:23:40. > :23:44.from their traditional blue, to read. Then, he had complaints about
:23:45. > :23:49.Malky Mackay's transfer dealings, spending too much on players over
:23:50. > :23:53.summer. The tension between the two has been simmering, to the point
:23:54. > :24:00.where their relationship is now irreparably damaged. It has come to
:24:01. > :24:06.ahead with e-mail. It was quite explosive. Vincent Tan listing
:24:07. > :24:10.criticisms of Malky Mackay one by one, and in-depth list, very
:24:11. > :24:16.insulting actually. It finished by saying, as you say, resigned or you
:24:17. > :24:24.will be sacked. Now he needs to make a decision, Malky Mackay, should he
:24:25. > :24:28.resist and let them push him, or should he walk away.
:24:29. > :24:31.Vincent Tan is a controversial Malaysia and businessmen,
:24:32. > :24:35.controversial in Cardiff as well. What about the idea anything like
:24:36. > :24:40.this is communicated by e-mail to the manager? Is that the way to run
:24:41. > :24:44.a football club? It is not. Unfortunately, this is more commonly
:24:45. > :24:53.the way of the world in football these days, with foreign and ship --
:24:54. > :24:59.ownership in the Premiership. This is the way things are happening. An
:25:00. > :25:03.unceremonious sacking. This is how it is going to end. The owners are
:25:04. > :25:08.ruthless. As you said, there is only going to be one winner in this.
:25:09. > :25:13.Malky Mackay was questioned about this. He said, without being boring,
:25:14. > :25:18.it has been a normal week for me. Actually, that is what he said at
:25:19. > :25:52.the start of the week. He also said, I won't be walking away. But
:25:53. > :25:55.at two-day's press conference, he put his assistant. He did not speak
:25:56. > :25:58.about this specific story. He knows this needs to be sorted one way or
:25:59. > :26:00.the other. They play Liverpool tomorrow, Cardiff, we don't even
:26:01. > :26:03.know if Malky Mackay will be on the touchline. Will he be sacked before
:26:04. > :26:05.or after? He won't be Cardiff manager for long because Vincent
:26:06. > :26:07.Tan, this ruthless Malaysia and businessmen, will get his own way.
:26:08. > :26:09.It raises the question, if the relationship between manager and
:26:10. > :26:11.players will be by e-mail? Do they take to social media rather than
:26:12. > :26:14.communicating verbally? It is an inhuman way to do it. UC -- this is
:26:15. > :26:31.staggering. More than 300 kilometres above the
:26:32. > :26:34.earth's surface the world's first robot astronaut has been having his
:26:35. > :26:39.first conversation in space. The Japanese robot, known as Kirobo, was
:26:40. > :26:47.launched in August. Now he's aboard the International Space Station, and
:26:48. > :26:52.has been talking to its commander. When asked about how he felt being
:26:53. > :26:57.in zero gravity, he replied, I am used to it, no problem at all.
:26:58. > :27:01.Apparently, the conversation became more fluid over time.
:27:02. > :27:02.We end with images from South Sudan