:00:09. > :00:14.Welcome to BBC World News. Our top story. Syria's peace talks face
:00:15. > :00:18.tough questions but there is new hope for women and children trapped
:00:19. > :00:20.by the fighting. Australian police are searching for missing boy
:00:21. > :00:26.attacked by crocodile whilst swimming. Ukraine's Justice Minister
:00:27. > :00:33.threatens to declare a state of emergency. With ministries following
:00:34. > :00:39.in other cities across the country, it seems that the protests are
:00:40. > :00:46.spreading and not being contained. The robots would like to thank...
:00:47. > :00:54.And Daf punk get lucky. They are the big winners at the Grammys. -- Daft
:00:55. > :01:09.Punk. The talks on Syria today look and
:01:10. > :01:16.one of the toughest questions, the potential transfer of power in a
:01:17. > :01:18.country at war. Over the weekend, there have been some development in
:01:19. > :01:23.Geneva. The Syrian government says it will allow women and children to
:01:24. > :01:29.leave the old city of Homs. Homs is the third-largest city in Syria and
:01:30. > :01:31.it has played a central role in the uprising. But it is now largely
:01:32. > :01:35.controlled by government forces. The battle is focused on the old city,
:01:36. > :01:41.where hundreds of civilians are believed to be trapped. In October,
:01:42. > :01:49.activists reported severe food and energy shortages in the region. 9.3
:01:50. > :02:00.million in Syria need humanitarian aid, and a quarter of them are in
:02:01. > :02:04.areas where access is restricted. The people trapped inside Homs. No
:02:05. > :02:12.one can get out. -- there are people. We have at least 4000
:02:13. > :02:20.innocent civilians in the besieged area. Most of them need to be
:02:21. > :02:29.immediately evacuated. At 600 days in a row, under siege, there has
:02:30. > :02:37.been no food. Last week, we lost two innocent people, who died because of
:02:38. > :02:42.the black of food. Our correspondent is in Geneva. -- the lack of food.
:02:43. > :02:48.Has there been any development? No development yet. We're waiting, and
:02:49. > :02:57.the convoy of aid is waiting outside. The opposition says that it
:02:58. > :03:00.cannot... The food convoy should arrive in the cities on the families
:03:01. > :03:04.who want to leave should have the liberty to decide whether they want
:03:05. > :03:09.to leave the city or not. They want aid in and not evacuation. On the
:03:10. > :03:14.broader question, what will happen today? There is a question of
:03:15. > :03:21.transition of power, something that the Syrian government is not
:03:22. > :03:24.accepting. Indeed. And the morning meeting is still ongoing between the
:03:25. > :03:30.two sites. The main topic on the agenda is the forming of the
:03:31. > :03:35.transitional governing body and the issue of the dispute between the two
:03:36. > :03:40.sides. But before moving on with this issue, the main concept of the
:03:41. > :03:46.Geneva communique, endorsed last year, everybody here including the
:03:47. > :03:53.diplomats and the UN are counting on the government to respond at least
:03:54. > :03:57.to the humanitarian aid. And then to the release of prisoners. Today,
:03:58. > :04:02.there is a big question, as if no food convoy is allowed in, that is
:04:03. > :04:07.not a good sign for the talks to move on. But if the government is
:04:08. > :04:12.not accepting the original starting point of this idea, what are we
:04:13. > :04:20.likely to see. What a leveraged to people have? -- was leveraged do
:04:21. > :04:22.people have? The important thing is what is happening behind the scenes
:04:23. > :04:30.and the diplomacy that is being played at. Mostly by Russia,
:04:31. > :04:35.Syria's main ally. They have been pushing for the fermentation of the
:04:36. > :04:44.first Geneva Communique. Russia is facing the international community,
:04:45. > :04:47.if the government does not deliver the simplest request of allowing
:04:48. > :04:55.humanitarian aid. We hear that the opposition are meeting today, in a
:04:56. > :05:07.last day of waiting, to see the escalation of pressure on Russia to
:05:08. > :05:11.deliver something will work. In Australia, police are searching
:05:12. > :05:17.for a 12-year-old boy missing after a crocodile attacked a group of
:05:18. > :05:19.children in a waterfall. Rangers are hunting for the animal in the Kakadu
:05:20. > :05:26.National Park in the Northern Territory.
:05:27. > :05:35.The missing boy is from the small aboriginal community here, west of
:05:36. > :05:38.the mining town of jackaroo. It is thought that he was snatched by a
:05:39. > :05:44.saltwater crocodile. Moments earlier, it mauled another
:05:45. > :05:49.12-year-old. He suffered bite wounds as he fought off the reptile and
:05:50. > :05:53.managed to escape. There has been no sign of his friend. He had been
:05:54. > :05:58.swimming in a waterfall in the Kakadu National Park east of Darwin.
:05:59. > :06:03.Boats have been scouring the area and armed Rangers brought in to
:06:04. > :06:10.track down the crocodile. We have continued the search last night. In
:06:11. > :06:19.the early hours, we located two crocodiles, one three metres, and
:06:20. > :06:22.one of them was 4.7 metres. Both of them were shot and removed from the
:06:23. > :06:30.area. We looked at both crocodiles and neither of them had anything in
:06:31. > :06:36.their stomachs. Crocodile attacks in Australia are but when they occur,
:06:37. > :06:39.they are swift and ferocious. The world's largest reptile is an
:06:40. > :06:46.aggressive predator and is described by scientists as simply a killing,
:06:47. > :06:48.eating machine. In Australia, they are a protected species and have
:06:49. > :06:55.been since hunting was outlawed in the 1970s. Since then, numbers have
:06:56. > :07:03.increased sharply. That makes swimming in waterways in the
:07:04. > :07:07.tropical north from with danger. The US military is carried out a
:07:08. > :07:12.strike in Somalia, targeting a suspected militant leader with ties
:07:13. > :07:17.to Al-Qaeda and Al-Shabaab. The strike was aimed at a vehicle in a
:07:18. > :07:24.remote area of southern Somalia, near a militant stronghold. Our
:07:25. > :07:35.correspondent is in Nairobi. What we know so far is what we have
:07:36. > :07:43.had from the residents of the area. The people have been telling us that
:07:44. > :07:48.a senior Al-Shabaab militant was killed in the attack. The Americans
:07:49. > :07:54.have not confirmed that and they have not said what the target was,
:07:55. > :08:01.or if they have got their target. But locals tell us that the man's
:08:02. > :08:05.driver was killed. He is one of the senior Al-Shabaab figures, a member
:08:06. > :08:14.of the intelligence committee within the group. He is closely linked with
:08:15. > :08:17.the leader of the group in Somalia. This is not the first time the
:08:18. > :08:24.Americans have taken action in Somalia. It is not. It is not the
:08:25. > :08:35.first time Americans have staged an attack inside Somalia. There was an
:08:36. > :08:43.attack in Kenya as well in which nearly 70 people were killed. The
:08:44. > :08:57.Americans have since intensified their attacks. A senior member of
:08:58. > :09:01.the team that attacked the Kenyan mall was targeted and since then,
:09:02. > :09:06.American officials have said that they have sent several advisers to
:09:07. > :09:10.help the African Union mission, to help them fight the Al-Shabaab
:09:11. > :09:16.group, who have been staging attacks in Somalia.
:09:17. > :09:19.Ukraine's justice minister has warned anti-government ministers
:09:20. > :09:23.that she will call for a state of emergency if they do not leave.
:09:24. > :09:27.These are some of the live pictures coming through where demonstrators
:09:28. > :09:31.have been camped out in the central square. Some protesters have seized
:09:32. > :09:37.the justice ministry building, setting up barricades with bags of
:09:38. > :09:40.snow. Unrest is spreading with activists taking over buildings in
:09:41. > :09:45.several cities. Matthew Price sent this report. Yet
:09:46. > :09:50.another ministry has been barricaded up. These are bits of furniture
:09:51. > :10:00.pushed against the walls. At the Ministry of Justice, of all places.
:10:01. > :10:04.And heading back through, there is a kiosk here, which is where the keys
:10:05. > :10:09.are capped. And the workers have not turned up today. Those are the
:10:10. > :10:14.office keys, all still walked up. There are some stickers here from
:10:15. > :10:20.this group, basically saying, we're not going anywhere, we are staying
:10:21. > :10:23.put and other president resigned. The problem is, it is hard to see
:10:24. > :10:28.that happening. There is a crucial vote on Tuesday at which they are
:10:29. > :10:36.going to discuss this crisis, but with ministries following, and also
:10:37. > :10:39.the front doors locked up. -- and those are the front doors. With
:10:40. > :10:43.ministries following and other cities experiencing problems, it
:10:44. > :10:48.seems that the process is spreading and not being contained.
:10:49. > :10:53.Turkey is in the grips of a political power struggle which is
:10:54. > :10:55.shaking the nation. Corruption investigations and allegations have
:10:56. > :10:59.forced ministers to resign and hundreds of members of the police
:11:00. > :11:09.and judiciary purged from office. The Prime Minister has blamed
:11:10. > :11:15.one-man of being behind the attack. The Telugu and has lived in
:11:16. > :11:22.self-imposed exile in the United States since the 90s. -- Fethullah
:11:23. > :11:26.Gulen. He leads an Islamic movement called Hizmet, which attracts
:11:27. > :11:34.millions of followers beyond Turkey. He has given his first broadcast
:11:35. > :11:37.interview in 16 years to the BBC. He is one of the most powerful men
:11:38. > :11:41.in Turkey but he does not live in Istanbul. Rather, this Islamic
:11:42. > :11:49.cleric lives in small-town Pennsylvania. In almost total
:11:50. > :11:54.seclusion. Fethullah Gulen has been widely reported to have ordered his
:11:55. > :11:58.followers to pursue investigations into corruption at the top of the
:11:59. > :12:02.government. It was not me, he said, it was just the officials doing
:12:03. > :12:06.their job. TRANSLATION: Be investigating prosecutors and police
:12:07. > :12:10.do not know that these misdeeds were no longer considered crimes and
:12:11. > :12:14.paper should this matter. This made the government unhappy, and as a
:12:15. > :12:22.result, they are talking about these officials being a state within a
:12:23. > :12:27.state. The Turkish Prime Minister, Erdogan, used to be seen as an ally
:12:28. > :12:33.but more recently he has attempted to control the influence of
:12:34. > :12:36.Fethullah Gulen's movement, ordering the closure of the school network
:12:37. > :12:42.and sacking police officers deemed to be behind him. Fethullah Gulen
:12:43. > :12:45.has made enemies in the Turkish establishment before. He came to the
:12:46. > :12:49.US in the 90s at was charged with crimes against the state will stop
:12:50. > :12:52.judges he was later cleared of. As we have found, from the scale of
:12:53. > :13:01.this estate, the movement that he now heads leverage is enormous money
:13:02. > :13:05.and influence. -- charges he was later cleared of. This is why this
:13:06. > :13:11.struggle matters. If the Prime Minister succeeds in shutting out or
:13:12. > :13:14.co-opting the Fethullah Gulen movement, there is no other social,
:13:15. > :13:20.political or economic security force in Turkey that he will mod have
:13:21. > :13:24.control over, and that drives a dagger through the heart of the
:13:25. > :13:27.rollers. On the other hand, says the ambassador, if the man who lives in
:13:28. > :13:35.these private quarters fends off the premise to, there could be a danger
:13:36. > :13:39.to democracy in an unelected man outside the country dictating
:13:40. > :13:43.terms. -- fends off the banister. Would he support in the elections?
:13:44. > :13:48.If I say something, it will be this. Vote for whoever stands for the rule
:13:49. > :13:53.of law, for whoever is respectful of democracy. Everyone sees what is
:13:54. > :13:58.going on. Fethullah Gulen is a frail man, we have to stop twice during
:13:59. > :14:03.the interview so that he could have his blood pressure taken. But his
:14:04. > :14:10.word, from even 8000 kph way, as the power to shape the political
:14:11. > :14:17.landscape. -- 8000 kilometres away. Still to come, a ringing
:14:18. > :14:29.endorsement. The president of the World Bank held the BBC that he is
:14:30. > :14:35.optimistic about Myanmar's future. Monday is Holocaust Rememberance
:14:36. > :14:40.Day, and ceremonies will be held to remember the victims of the Nazi
:14:41. > :14:45.Holocaust during the Second World War. 6 million Jews, 2 million Roma
:14:46. > :14:49.and thousands of other people were killed in Nazi death camps. There
:14:50. > :14:55.are now fears that anti-Semitism is on the rise. A recent survey of 6000
:14:56. > :15:00.Jewish people found that a third had faced physical or verbal abuse.
:15:01. > :15:05.The issue of anti-Semitism in Germany is different from in other
:15:06. > :15:11.countries. This synagogue was attacked exactly 75 years ago by the
:15:12. > :15:16.Nazis. Having said that, Jews are migrating to Germany, including from
:15:17. > :15:20.Israel. The Jewish community in Berlin is 10,000 strong, and people
:15:21. > :15:27.don't tend to migrate to countries where they feel hostility. Leaders
:15:28. > :15:32.of the Jewish community here say that the government of Germany is
:15:33. > :15:40.absolutely strong on sending the message that anti-Semitism is
:15:41. > :15:50.completely unacceptable. I think Germany is doing a lot to teach
:15:51. > :15:55.about Judaism and to fight anti-Semitism. If it is ever going
:15:56. > :15:59.to be enough is a big question. I see a lot of activities and a lot of
:16:00. > :16:06.sensibility towards the topic, though. On the latest figures, for a
:16:07. > :16:11.full year, there were 27 violent attacks on Jews in the whole of
:16:12. > :16:17.Germany. That's compared with 16 violent attacks the previous year.
:16:18. > :16:22.So anti-Semitism is rising. Jewish leaders say that the nature of
:16:23. > :16:30.anti-Semitism seems to be changing. It isn't now just German neo-Nazis.
:16:31. > :16:36.There are also verbal attacks, in particular, from people of Middle
:16:37. > :16:40.Eastern background. China's transport system is reported
:16:41. > :16:44.to be close to full capacity, as hundreds of millions of people start
:16:45. > :16:49.their journeys ahead of the Spring Festival. Tickets for trains in many
:16:50. > :16:55.areas have sold out, even with extra rolling stock being made available.
:16:56. > :16:59.More than 3.5 billion journeys are expected to be made over the holiday
:17:00. > :17:07.period, the largest human migration to be held on record.
:17:08. > :17:11.This is BBC World News. The latest headlines: Opposing sides in the
:17:12. > :17:14.Syrian conflict continue talks, as they and approach the divisive issue
:17:15. > :17:16.of transfer of power. Australian police are searching for
:17:17. > :17:28.crocodile which attacked a 12-year-old boy on Sunday. He is
:17:29. > :17:33.still missing. The World Bank has announced plans
:17:34. > :17:37.for a $2 billion development programme to help Myanmar. In an
:17:38. > :17:42.exclusive interview -- interview for the BBC, the World Bank president
:17:43. > :17:46.said he was optimistic that the country's reform process would
:17:47. > :17:52.continue. Most of the money will be used for health care and energy
:17:53. > :18:00.generation. Two Yang Guang's Golden Temple came
:18:01. > :18:06.a man bearing gifts from afar. He is the first World Bank president ever
:18:07. > :18:13.to come here. This is a ringing in Dawson for Myanmar's reforms. -- a
:18:14. > :18:17.ringing endorsement. For years, the government here spent lest of its
:18:18. > :18:23.government -- lest of its budget here on health than any other
:18:24. > :18:28.government in the world. The neglect can be seen in this delivery room.
:18:29. > :18:38.It belongs in a history book. Only the most basic care for having
:18:39. > :18:42.babies is provided for free. If there is something else, your life
:18:43. > :18:48.will depend on the generosity of others. Any fully trained doctor
:18:49. > :18:53.himself, the World Bank president chose a hospital to announce a mix
:18:54. > :18:59.of loans and grants would be made available to improve access to
:19:00. > :19:04.health care, and $1 billion targeted at Myanmar's electricity supply.
:19:05. > :19:09.Large amounts to sink into a country where further reform far from
:19:10. > :19:13.guaranteed. We need to begin to show that if a country begins to commit
:19:14. > :19:21.to reforms to the extent this government has, the local community
:19:22. > :19:25.is prepared to come in and take action on reforms. If we come
:19:26. > :19:30.together and provide this kind of support, it will create space for
:19:31. > :19:35.the government to continue and expand reforms. Are there conditions
:19:36. > :19:40.attached to this money, if the reforms don't continue? Could you
:19:41. > :19:44.ask for your money back? We will continue to follow the progress as
:19:45. > :19:49.we go. In terms of the investments in health care, we are committed to
:19:50. > :19:53.those health care improvement. We will be working very closely with
:19:54. > :19:56.the government. We will be in continuous conversation with the
:19:57. > :20:01.government and we will continue touring Courage the reforms. Today,
:20:02. > :20:08.I'm optimistic they will continue. A closer look at the figures shows
:20:09. > :20:12.that money the government spends on health is continuing to rise, but
:20:13. > :20:17.ministers are all too aware that Myanmar may not have a permanent
:20:18. > :20:23.place in the global good books. Everybody knows this will not last
:20:24. > :20:28.forever. One day, the window of opportunity will close. Before that
:20:29. > :20:35.happens, we have to make the most of it. We have to build our capacity.
:20:36. > :20:39.Myanmar's democratic rebirth is in its early days. Its prognosis is far
:20:40. > :20:44.from certain. By putting serious money on the table, donors are
:20:45. > :20:53.hoping to strengthen those who are pushing for still greater freedom.
:20:54. > :20:58.The head of the Egyptian Armed Forces is being promoted to the
:20:59. > :21:05.country's highest rank. Mr CC will step up from general to field
:21:06. > :21:10.marshal. He is seen as the driving force behind the removal from office
:21:11. > :21:20.of the Muslim Brotherhood president, Mohamed Moustaoui. -- Mohammed
:21:21. > :21:24.Morsi. There is speculation in Egypt that he will present himself as a
:21:25. > :21:27.candidate in the forthcoming election.
:21:28. > :21:31.British Government officials are warning that more terrorist attacks
:21:32. > :21:35.are likely to occur in Russia in the run-up to or jeering the Winter
:21:36. > :21:40.Olympics. 88 countries will be competing at the Games in Sochi,
:21:41. > :21:48.which will begin next week. An assessment says an Islamist group
:21:49. > :21:51.from nearby Dagestan is the most serious threat. It is important to
:21:52. > :21:56.distinguish between the threat that they think is taking place in Russia
:21:57. > :22:05.generally, and the threat inside the actual venue of the Olympics, which
:22:06. > :22:13.is harder to hit. The threat is coming from the emirate of Caucasus.
:22:14. > :22:17.They are on a wall with President Putin. Their beef is not with
:22:18. > :22:23.international athletes or the west, it is with Russia. People are being
:22:24. > :22:27.warned against all travel to Chechnya and Dagestan, where the
:22:28. > :22:30.threat is deemed to have come from. There are suicide bombers that the
:22:31. > :22:35.Russians are continuing to hunt. They fear one of them may have got
:22:36. > :22:44.inside the secure areas of the Sochi Olympics. It is a 35 kilometre by
:22:45. > :22:51.100 kilometre ring of steel that they have. 45,000 security officers,
:22:52. > :22:57.drones, speedboats, mobile phone intercepts... All sorts of measures.
:22:58. > :23:03.Inside the Sochi venue itself, it is relatively safe, but what the
:23:04. > :23:07.government assessment is is that it's very likely we will see attacks
:23:08. > :23:13.possibly elsewhere in Russia, like Volgograd, which was the one in late
:23:14. > :23:18.December that killed 35 people in a twin bombing, by groups attempting
:23:19. > :23:22.to mar the Olympics. To be clear, this is from the British government.
:23:23. > :23:28.They are not saying they think there is a risk within the venue? There is
:23:29. > :23:33.always a risk anywhere. There was a risk to the British Olympics, but
:23:34. > :23:37.nothing materialised. What they are saying is that the Winter Games will
:23:38. > :23:42.take place against a backdrop of violence in the region, that means
:23:43. > :23:46.the Caucasus region in southern Russia. Attacks are likely to occur
:23:47. > :23:50.in Russia in the run-up to or during the Games. They will occur
:23:51. > :23:56.irrespective of the event, particularly in the Dagestan region.
:23:57. > :24:02.The biggest night in the music calendar, the Grammy Awards, has
:24:03. > :24:05.taken place in Los Angeles. The French duo Daft Punk, along with
:24:06. > :24:15.Macklemore and Brian Davies, where the big winners. -- Ryan Lewis. Paul
:24:16. > :24:19.McCartney and Ringo Starr were given a lifetime award, and perform
:24:20. > :24:26.together. Music royalty always make a big show
:24:27. > :24:33.of it at the Grammys. Pink in red, Katy Perry in right. Dance music and
:24:34. > :24:38.country sharing the same red carpet. It is the music industry's
:24:39. > :24:43.Oscars. It is about awards, but also about putting on a great live show,
:24:44. > :24:49.with some of music's biggest names. And it was a great show. Music's
:24:50. > :24:54.power couple, Beyonce and Jay Z, singing together to open the night.
:24:55. > :25:02.Then a show stopper from Katy Perry, being burnt at the stake. And Pink,
:25:03. > :25:07.singing while performing a trapeze act, with a bit of audience
:25:08. > :25:14.participation. As for the prizes, it was the night of the robots. Stevie
:25:15. > :25:20.Wonder's sang with Daft Punk. The French duo one Best pop group,
:25:21. > :25:25.record of the year and album of the year. Speaking for them, Pharrell
:25:26. > :25:33.Williams, who picked up four Grammys, including best music
:25:34. > :25:39.producer. And it was an amazing night format one Mac, a 17-year-old
:25:40. > :25:45.New Zealander who won Song of the year for Royals, and best solo
:25:46. > :25:49.performance. Then there was the much talked about reunion of Sir Paul
:25:50. > :25:53.McCartney and Ringo Starr. A lifetime achievement award for the
:25:54. > :26:02.Beatles, 50 years after they first played America, and best rock song
:26:03. > :26:10.for support's Cut Me Some Slack. The best newcomers were Macklemore and
:26:11. > :26:15.Ryan Lewis. We are gathered here to celebrate love and harmony. There
:26:16. > :26:19.was a mass wedding to show Grammy support for same-sex weddings. Gay
:26:20. > :26:30.and straight, old and young. Who else would be the wedding singer but
:26:31. > :26:38.Madonna? That is some party. Before we go,
:26:39. > :26:41.time to tell you about the Chinese and their space endeavours.
:26:42. > :26:46.Scientists are saying they have tried to fix their moon rover
:26:47. > :26:51.because it broke down. The six wheeled Jade Rabbitt suffered a
:26:52. > :26:56.mechanical control abnormality, caused by the complicated lunar
:26:57. > :27:00.surface. It is the first setback for China's ambitious space programme,
:27:01. > :27:01.after several successful manned space