:00:09. > :00:11.establishments. Here are the headlines: This is BBC World News.
:00:12. > :00:15.Our top stories: Turkey's Prime Minister fires three high-ranking
:00:16. > :00:19.police officers as he fights back against a massive anti-corruption
:00:20. > :00:25.enquiry. The King of Spain's youngest daughter is formally named
:00:26. > :00:29.as a suspect in a tax fraud and money-laundering investigation.
:00:30. > :00:32.Negotiators from the South Sudanese government and the rebel faction of
:00:33. > :00:52.the Army have begun to discuss a cease-fire.
:00:53. > :00:57.Turkey's Prime Minister has fired three of his most senior police
:00:58. > :01:00.chiefs following an anti-corruption enquiry which he claims is
:01:01. > :01:07.politically motivated. During the investigation, several people close
:01:08. > :01:12.to him were detained, including the sons of Cabinet ministers. Now the
:01:13. > :01:15.heads of the units for crime and smuggling have all been sacked by
:01:16. > :01:21.government decree along with hundreds of other police officers. I
:01:22. > :01:27.asked the BBC Turkish services are possibly correspondent how
:01:28. > :01:34.wide-ranging the decree is. It was passed at midnight. It is quite wide
:01:35. > :01:42.ranging. More than 350 officers have been dismissed overnight. That seems
:01:43. > :01:48.extraordinary. It is. It seems that the cleansing operation. The last
:01:49. > :01:53.week of December, hundreds of other police officers, more than 200, were
:01:54. > :01:59.sacked as well. It looks like a cleansing operation against what the
:02:00. > :02:04.Prime Minister claims to be a dirty plot to overthrow the government.
:02:05. > :02:10.One can imagine that he is thinking, I need to re-establish my power base
:02:11. > :02:17.from within. The impact of this internationally is getting worse by
:02:18. > :02:25.the day. The strength of the era has lost a lot of value. -- the
:02:26. > :02:29.currency. It doesn't look good internationally. It looks as if the
:02:30. > :02:33.Turkish government is trying to intervene in judiciary, which is not
:02:34. > :02:39.something that should happen in a democratic country. Are Turkish
:02:40. > :02:45.people remotely surprised at the government, that it does interfere
:02:46. > :02:49.still with the police? They are surprised to the extent of what is
:02:50. > :02:51.happening at the moment. This is quite extraordinary, as you
:02:52. > :02:59.mentioned in our conversation to start with. It is known that the
:03:00. > :03:03.separation of powers doesn't necessarily work to the highest
:03:04. > :03:06.standards in Turkey. Still, this is quite extraordinary, what is
:03:07. > :03:12.happening at the moment. It looks like the Prime Minister and the
:03:13. > :03:17.government will not stop the operations against the judiciary and
:03:18. > :03:24.the police force until they are satisfied that the coup plotters
:03:25. > :03:28.that they say are cleansed from the forces. I know this is a difficult
:03:29. > :03:32.question to answer, given this has been going on for a while, but does
:03:33. > :03:42.a move like this strengthen Erdogan's hand? It could go both
:03:43. > :03:49.ways. Apparently, the Prime Minister thinks he needs to do this to
:03:50. > :03:53.prevent what he calls a state within the state operating against him.
:03:54. > :04:00.Internationally, as you have said, it doesn't look good on Turkey being
:04:01. > :04:06.a democratic state. The dollar is gaining value. Turkey needs money,
:04:07. > :04:15.real money, from foreign investors. If the trust to Turkey is lost,
:04:16. > :04:19.Turkey will lose. The youngest daughter of the King of Spain has
:04:20. > :04:23.been formally named as a suspect in a tax fraud and money-laundering
:04:24. > :04:29.investigation. Princess Christina has been summoned to appear in court
:04:30. > :04:33.in March, alongside her husband that he has been under investigation
:04:34. > :04:38.since 2010. Tom Burridge is following the investigation for us.
:04:39. > :04:44.It sounds like a bombshell for Royal Family member to be called up on
:04:45. > :04:49.this. Is it unexpected? It is not completely unexpected. This scandal
:04:50. > :04:56.has been running for three years or so. Every twist or turn has been
:04:57. > :04:59.covered in the Spanish media. She is the youngest daughter of the King
:05:00. > :05:06.and was summoned to court last year. That was dropped. She has been
:05:07. > :05:10.summoned again. She could and could appear in March in the Joker for a
:05:11. > :05:16.closed session of questioning. -- in Majorca. It is in relation to
:05:17. > :05:21.questions about her husband. He and his business partner accused of
:05:22. > :05:25.misusing 5.8 million euros of public money when they ran a so-called
:05:26. > :05:35.not-for-profit company organising sporting events on behalf of cut --
:05:36. > :05:38.public regional events. The Royal Family has distanced him from them
:05:39. > :05:44.in terms of an official role. What on earth do they do win the King's
:05:45. > :05:48.own daughter is tied up in it? You hit the nail on the head.
:05:49. > :05:56.Essentially, they have been trying to distance the King to put some
:05:57. > :06:04.kind of water be seen him that matter between him and them. -- some
:06:05. > :06:10.kind of water between him and them. King Carlos is ageing. He struggled
:06:11. > :06:14.to give a speech yesterday. There was a poll yesterday with figures
:06:15. > :06:22.that were difficult reading for the Spanish Royal Family. 70% or so of
:06:23. > :06:27.young people would like to abdicate. This is the latest phase. It is for
:06:28. > :06:33.the Royal Family to make a distinction between them and this
:06:34. > :06:38.scandal it really throws into question the future of the Royal
:06:39. > :06:44.Family. -- this scandal. It really throws into question the future of
:06:45. > :06:50.the Royal Family. How about this for a? If you do not weirdly right" you
:06:51. > :06:57.can be dead in ten minutes. -- if you do not wear the right clothes.
:06:58. > :07:00.That is how it is in the US as they experience the coldest weather for
:07:01. > :07:04.more than 20 years. The big freeze has come straight from the Arctic.
:07:05. > :07:08.Chicago has seen a record low of -25 Celsius. Doesn't look much more rosy
:07:09. > :07:14.further south and east, either. These other scenes from New York
:07:15. > :07:19.just this morning. Washington is expecting similarly low temperatures
:07:20. > :07:22.to plunge even further. ABC's Mary Bruce spoke to me a while ago from
:07:23. > :07:28.the street of Washington to say how it feels to stand in the cold. It is
:07:29. > :07:32.absolutely frigid! Good morning. This city, like so many others
:07:33. > :07:36.across the country, is now bracing for this record-breaking cold. This
:07:37. > :07:41.is part of this Arctic blast, this so-called polar vortex sweeping
:07:42. > :07:47.across the country. Keep this in mind: Every state except Hawaii is
:07:48. > :07:51.set to experience freezing temperatures today. That is a record
:07:52. > :07:58.in many states. In Washington, what we are feeling right now is about 25
:07:59. > :08:01.degrees below zero. That would be considered warm compared to what
:08:02. > :08:06.many other Americans are waking up to this morning. What is the reality
:08:07. > :08:11.for Washington, indeed for New York? Is it going to get worse, do
:08:12. > :08:19.you think, or is it as low as it will go? I think it will get worse
:08:20. > :08:23.before it gets better. We are expected to hover around this for
:08:24. > :08:27.the best of today. This weather is expected to stay through the end of
:08:28. > :08:30.the Wii. It is not over yet. Temperatures are not expected to get
:08:31. > :08:36.above freezing until Friday, when the cold snap finally moves back
:08:37. > :08:41.north. And mum Mary, looking back, it is one thing to have cold
:08:42. > :08:46.weather. It is inconvenient. In some parts we have got as saying this is
:08:47. > :08:53.dangerous, go outside and you risk your life. Is it really so bad?
:08:54. > :08:59.Absolutely. There is cold and then there is what we are experiencing
:09:00. > :09:03.here. This is life, dangerous cold. Officials across the country are
:09:04. > :09:07.warning residents to stay inside, use common sense, don't go out into
:09:08. > :09:12.the storm unless you absolutely have to. A lot of schools are closing,
:09:13. > :09:18.trying to keep thousands of students across the country from going out on
:09:19. > :09:27.this. This is something people should take seriously. Encouraging
:09:28. > :09:32.news from Ethiopian. It is day two of peace talks between South
:09:33. > :09:36.Sudan's government and rebel forces loyal to its former vice president.
:09:37. > :09:39.The chief negotiator has called for a political solution. He says he
:09:40. > :09:42.believes for reconciliation can be achieved. Within South Sudan,
:09:43. > :09:50.though, heavy fighting has just gone on around the towns. We can remind
:09:51. > :10:48.ourselves of how the convict came together. -- the conflict.
:10:49. > :10:54.That is the state of affairs in South Sudan. China is the biggest
:10:55. > :10:57.investor in the country's or industry and it has called for an
:10:58. > :11:04.immediate cease-fire. The Chinese Foreign Minister has held talks
:11:05. > :11:09.following the evacuation of oil workers and news that production has
:11:10. > :11:15.been reduced by about a fifth. To discuss China's involvement, I'm
:11:16. > :11:21.joined by a correspondent from the BBC's Chinese servers. The level of
:11:22. > :11:24.involvement is considerable. Yes, because as the Chinese Foreign
:11:25. > :11:32.Minister pointed out, China is one of the five permanent members of the
:11:33. > :11:37.UN Security Council. So China cares about the peace and stability of the
:11:38. > :11:41.area. Also, there is huge Chinese whale investment, as you mentioned.
:11:42. > :11:53.The official figure is not disclosed. But experts estimate that
:11:54. > :11:58.it is about 20 beers -- billion US dollars. Nonetheless, we don't often
:11:59. > :12:05.get this kind of public comment about a particular conflict beyond
:12:06. > :12:08.China's own region of influence. I suppose, does that show how
:12:09. > :12:17.important this is to China? Yes, exactly. As one of the UN permanent
:12:18. > :12:24.members of the Security Council, China also sends out a peacekeeping
:12:25. > :12:33.force to the country. It has helped to evacuate some of the stranded
:12:34. > :12:41.Chinese oil workers over there. For the huge Chinese oil investment,
:12:42. > :12:47.which is already there, there are also pieces of equipment. There are
:12:48. > :13:06.around 2300 Chinese citizens in South Sudan before the conflict. So
:13:07. > :13:13.there's a lot stake. Can the Chinese do without this oil? Do they need is
:13:14. > :13:17.to maintain their own situation? This is one of the key points of
:13:18. > :13:25.development for the Chinese oil policymakers. They decided many
:13:26. > :13:34.years ago, when there was a war in Iraq, and there was crisis in the
:13:35. > :13:41.oil supply. China is becoming not only the biggest oil consumer but
:13:42. > :13:48.one of the major refined oil exporters. Thank you. Do stay with
:13:49. > :13:52.us. Still to come: The challenges facing divorced and widowed women in
:13:53. > :13:57.Baghdad looking for work in a dangerous city.
:13:58. > :14:05.An American woman who called herself jihadist Jane has been sentenced to
:14:06. > :14:10.ten years in prison after pleading guilty to helping suspected
:14:11. > :14:15.terrorists overseas. She admitted plotting online with supporters of
:14:16. > :14:18.Al-Qaeda. They wanted to kill a Swedish artist who produced a
:14:19. > :14:22.cartoon of the profit Mohammed which caused offence to Muslims. -- the
:14:23. > :14:31.profit. As a middle-aged woman with blonde
:14:32. > :14:36.hair and green eyes, her periods was nondescript. In her suburban town in
:14:37. > :14:44.Pennsylvania, she was just another neighbour. She looks like an
:14:45. > :14:52.everyday housewife. We did laundry and passed each other in the laundry
:14:53. > :14:59.room. But online, she was jihad Jane. She told the judge she had
:15:00. > :15:04.been in a trance and thought about jihad from morning to night. But her
:15:05. > :15:12.obsession became reality. In 2008, she plotted to come to Europe to
:15:13. > :15:15.kill this man. She was instructed over e-mail to shoot him six times
:15:16. > :15:21.in the chest for depicting Muhammad as a dog. But she left Europe
:15:22. > :15:29.without coming face-to-face with him. Despite the threat, he said she
:15:30. > :15:35.should be released. I think they should let loose and different from
:15:36. > :15:40.-- give her some therapy. I think she is in a bad state. This is a
:15:41. > :15:43.psychological case. Colleen LaRose has been described by
:15:44. > :15:48.prosecutors as lonely and isolated. She came from a broken home and was
:15:49. > :15:52.raped by her father before turning to drugs and prostitution. Rossi
:15:53. > :15:57.tutors say that she was looking online for a personal
:15:58. > :16:01.transformation. Seven others were indicted in the plot to kill Lars
:16:02. > :16:07.Vilks. -- prosecutors say. The FBI has investigated hundreds of cases
:16:08. > :16:11.similar to that of Colleen LaRose. The engine and has become an easy
:16:12. > :16:15.place for extremists to recruit vulnerable individuals. And it
:16:16. > :16:21.shattered American perceptions of what a terrorist looks like.
:16:22. > :16:34.Interesting to hear your views on that story and any of the others in
:16:35. > :16:40.our bulletin. I am in Twitter, --: You're watching BBC World News.
:16:41. > :16:43.Here are the headlines: 30's Prime Minister has fired three of his most
:16:44. > :16:47.senior police chiefs following an enquiry into government corruption.
:16:48. > :16:51.The youngest daughter of King when Carlos of Spain has been formally
:16:52. > :16:58.named as a suspect in a tax fraud and money-laundering investigation.
:16:59. > :17:02.-- one Carlos. Islamist militants who've taken over the Iraqi city of
:17:03. > :17:05.Fallujah have urged Sunni tribes in the area to back them in their fight
:17:06. > :17:08.against Iraq's Shia-led government. The insurgents also urged families
:17:09. > :17:14.who have fled the city to return to their homes. The US says it's
:17:15. > :17:17.speeding up the supply of military equipment to the Iraqi government to
:17:18. > :17:20.deal with the al-Qaeda linked rebels. Yesterday, Iran signalled
:17:21. > :17:23.that it is willing to follow suit, offering military equipment and
:17:24. > :17:27.advisers should Baghdad ask for it. Across the border in Syria, the same
:17:28. > :17:31.Islamist group, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant is also finding
:17:32. > :17:35.itself under pressure. The group want to form an Islamic state in the
:17:36. > :17:38.Sunni heartlands of Iraq and Syria. However, a moderate alliance of
:17:39. > :17:41.Syrian Islamic rebels, seen here in unverified footage from Aleppo, have
:17:42. > :17:47.taken ground from the extremists in many parts of northern Syria. The
:17:48. > :17:49.alliance accuses the fighters, who are mainly foreign jihadists, of
:17:50. > :17:55.hijacking the uprising against President Bashar Al-Assad. James
:17:56. > :17:58.Reynolds is in Hatay in Turkey, close to the Syrian border where
:17:59. > :18:01.that inter-factional fighting is going on. And he gave me his
:18:02. > :18:10.assessment of the latest developments.
:18:11. > :18:14.We have got a lot of reports over the last 24 hours of some pretty
:18:15. > :18:21.heavy fighting between these rebels, and rebels belonging to the
:18:22. > :18:26.Islamic front, a collection of Islamist groups who are for the
:18:27. > :18:39.moment of putting -- opposing eyesore. ISOL. We understand that
:18:40. > :18:44.other Islamists are planning to take over that time, to get it that into
:18:45. > :18:47.their hands. We're trying to evaluate the nature of this
:18:48. > :18:51.struggle. Essentially, between Islamist groups and even between
:18:52. > :18:55.Al-Qaeda linked groups. It may be that some parts of the Syrian
:18:56. > :18:59.opposition want to crush them all together. It may be that other
:19:00. > :19:06.groups simply wants to co-opt them into the fight and make it more
:19:07. > :19:11.cooperative, to carry on the fight. It is overly complex when the United
:19:12. > :19:17.States and Iran both seem to be wanting to back the same side.
:19:18. > :19:30.The United States and Iran actually shared interests here. They want to
:19:31. > :19:34.defeat the United Al-Qaeda groups. Remember, this builds up to a peace
:19:35. > :19:38.conference which we expect to take place in Geneva in a couple of
:19:39. > :19:41.weeks, which is meant to sort out a road map for the future of the
:19:42. > :19:45.Syrian conflict. The opposition is meant to be represented at this
:19:46. > :19:50.conference but remember, at the moment, the rebel factions fighting
:19:51. > :19:55.among themselves so much that it is difficult to have any sense of a
:19:56. > :20:00.corky reserve -- cohesive opposition taking part in those talks. And is
:20:01. > :20:05.there anything to suggest who is winning this particular battle? It
:20:06. > :20:12.is obviously going to and fro, but does one side have the upper hand? I
:20:13. > :20:15.think it is very difficult to tell. At the moment, the bigger point is
:20:16. > :20:19.this. There are several different wars going on in Syria at the
:20:20. > :20:24.moment. There is the war between President Assad's forces and
:20:25. > :20:30.opposition forces but increasingly, we find ourselves talking about an
:20:31. > :20:35.internal war between jihadists and Islamist fighting among themselves.
:20:36. > :20:39.That is at the moment taking precedence. As to who is winning,
:20:40. > :20:43.one day there is a car bomb in a town and the checkpoints switch
:20:44. > :20:47.hands. One of the largest security
:20:48. > :20:51.operations in Olympic history has begun in Russia. This is ahead of
:20:52. > :20:54.the start of the Winter Games in the city of Sochi next month. There's
:20:55. > :20:57.concern about a terrorist attack, particularly after two suicide
:20:58. > :21:03.bombings in nearby Volgograd, which killed more than thirty people in
:21:04. > :21:13.total. Michael Payne is former head of commercial operations for the
:21:14. > :21:17.International Olympic Committee. First of all, I suppose it is no
:21:18. > :21:23.surprise that there is a massive security operation. Do you buy it
:21:24. > :21:28.when you hear the president of the IOC and every other senior figure in
:21:29. > :21:31.the IOC saying, we have absolute confidence in the security measures
:21:32. > :21:37.for the Games? Security has always been the number one issue for the
:21:38. > :21:43.Olympic organisers and the IOC, ever since the tragedy in Munich in 1972.
:21:44. > :21:48.And each games face new security challenges. I'm not sure that the
:21:49. > :21:55.security being put in place by Russia is any more than London had
:21:56. > :22:01.on the Thames, or when you think about Salt Lake ten years ago after
:22:02. > :22:05.9/11, the security situation was very fragile. And I suppose the
:22:06. > :22:10.challenges to reassure people, particularly after what has happened
:22:11. > :22:14.in Volgograd. The must be athletes going there are very anxious about
:22:15. > :22:20.what they might find. I think people were anxious when they went to Salt
:22:21. > :22:28.Lake City. But the organisers' ability to lock down the host city
:22:29. > :22:32.with a ring of steel, that is what the plan has been for years. The
:22:33. > :22:38.broader issue is what is happening outside of Sochi. Would you accept
:22:39. > :22:42.that this time around it is going to be tighter than ever before? We have
:22:43. > :22:49.already spoken about Waterstones being set out. It is an opportunity
:22:50. > :22:52.for minority campaigners to make their mark about what they think
:22:53. > :22:59.about Russia already. With every Olympic Games, the media profile
:23:00. > :23:03.attracts issues to be debated. But do not think that security year is
:23:04. > :23:07.going to be any more than we have seen in Salt Lake City, London or
:23:08. > :23:12.bridging. -- Beijing. More from Iraq now,
:23:13. > :23:15.where, for many women, life has been defined by violence and sectarian
:23:16. > :23:18.conflict. Thousands have been widowed, but in a Conservative
:23:19. > :23:21.society, it can be extremely difficult for them to find work to
:23:22. > :23:25.support their families. The BBC's Shaimaa Khalil has been finding out
:23:26. > :23:35.how tough it can be for women in Baghdad.
:23:36. > :23:39.Putting on the finishing touches. In this sawing workshop, a group of
:23:40. > :23:45.widows and divorcees are learning a new skill. In the hope of getting
:23:46. > :23:49.work and supporting their families. Finding a job is not easy in
:23:50. > :23:54.Baghdad. But when you are a woman on your own, it is most impossible.
:23:55. > :24:01.This woman has been a widow for over a decade and she struggles to make
:24:02. > :24:04.ends meet will stop --. TRANSLATION: I am in mother and father at the
:24:05. > :24:12.same time. I have no other income, just a pension. I try to manage but
:24:13. > :24:17.it is difficult. In another training room, it is the university graduates
:24:18. > :24:22.trying to get a head start in the job market. It is not just searching
:24:23. > :24:27.for work that they struggle with. TRANSLATION: Security is a big
:24:28. > :24:34.issue. There are no services and the works. -- no work. We have graduated
:24:35. > :24:40.but we are unemployed and the jobs go to those with connections. Like
:24:41. > :24:43.everyone, women in Iraq have to deal with a deteriorating security
:24:44. > :24:46.situation and limited prospects. But they also face a conservative
:24:47. > :24:51.society that allows them very little freedom. Life is difficult in Iraq
:24:52. > :24:57.as it is. But it is especially challenging for women. In cafes like
:24:58. > :25:07.this, it is unusual to see women out and about. I'm told that these women
:25:08. > :25:13.often come here behind their family's backs. What is it like to
:25:14. > :25:20.be a young woman in Baghdad? It is a big problem to be a woman in
:25:21. > :25:24.Baghdad. Why didn't come to this cafe when you know it is a problem?
:25:25. > :25:31.These people have to know that it is normal to be a woman here. -- and
:25:32. > :25:36.why do you come. Maybe more women will come and something will change,
:25:37. > :25:43.step by step. Do you see a future for yourself here? TRANSLATION: I
:25:44. > :25:47.know they future I'll want. I would like to live outside Iraq. I have
:25:48. > :25:53.many ambitions but they cannot come true here. Most women dream of a
:25:54. > :25:58.chance at a better life and a sense of safety and security in their own
:25:59. > :26:07.country. But there are many others who want to escape Iraq's
:26:08. > :26:10.unfulfilled dreams. And no to a story we have followed
:26:11. > :26:15.closely. A Chinese icebreaker which helped to rescue passengers trapped
:26:16. > :26:19.in ice in Antarctica last week and then got caught up itself, has
:26:20. > :26:27.managed to break free from the ice sheet. This is the official Chinese
:26:28. > :26:31.news agency reporting that the vessel has pulled free of the ice
:26:32. > :26:38.and navigated into the open waters. Just last week, the helicopter
:26:39. > :26:43.picked up 52 passengers in all, stranded on the Russian vessel for
:26:44. > :26:47.ten days. It moved them to the safety of an Australian vessel.
:26:48. > :26:50.A reminder of our top story. Turkey's Prime Minister has fired
:26:51. > :26:52.three of his most senior police chiefs, following an anti-corruption
:26:53. > :27:01.enquiry which he claims is politically motivated. The giver
:27:02. > :27:03.watching. -- thank you for watching.