10/06/2014 BBC World News

top stories: Another attack near Karachi airport. Authorities say

that a shooting incident has taken place a day after a major Pakistani

Taliban assault there killed over 30 people.

Five US soldiers and two Afghans die in the South of Afghanistan after a

NATO air strike accidentally hits its own forces.

The trial begins of 15 crew members of the South Korean ferry which

capsized in April killing nearly 300 people.

And owning a monkey is on the rise in Britain but now a group of

politicians are looking for a complete ban.

Hello and a warm welcome to the programme. The Pakistani army says

the chase is on after another attack at Karachi airport.

A day after security forces regained control of the airport

from militants, two gunmen on motorbikes fired shots

at a training camp used by security forces just outside the perimeter.

It comes after militants attacked the airport on Monday.

The Pakistani military carried out air strikes in retaliation,

The strikes targeted militant hideouts here in the Tirah Valley

of Khyber tribal region near the border with Afghanistan.

As I said, that's after a brazen assault by Taliban militants

at Jinnah International Airport, the country's biggest and busiest.

Seven more bodies have been recovered from a building

In total, more than 30 people died there including ten militants.

The Pakistani Taliban says it carried out the raid as revenge

for the killing of the group's leader last year.

Lots to take in. Let's go live to Karachi. Mohammed Hanif joins us.

Lots of detail. This most recent attack at Karachi airport, which the

authorities are not describing as an attack, just tell us what has

happened. A couple of hours ago, the facility right next to the airport

which is used by airport security forces for training purposes, that

came under attack. Gunmen on a motorbike opened fire. The security

forces returned fire and they fled. As you can imagine, there was panic

all around. This airport reopened less than 24 hours ago after that

long siege that lasted the whole night. So troops rushed to this

facility. Ambulances were seen scrambling to this place. But there

were no casualties. The head of the airport security forces just spoke

to us a while ago and he insists that journalists are describing it

as an attack but it was a shooting incident, a drive-by shooting.

Operations at Karachi airport were suspended for a couple of hours.

Incoming flights were diverted but we have just been told operations

have resumed again. We understand that the authorities are trying to

play this down by not describing it as an attack but can you confirm

whether this was the Pakistani Taliban behind it? The Taliban say

they were behind it. There speaks a person -- their spokesperson tweeted

minutes after the incident saying they had attacked security forces

again. What they are trying to do is send a very clear message, not just

to the state of Pakistan, but to its citizens and security forces as

well. They are not very far from wherever the target might be. What

happened was, after the siege at Karachi airport, the Pakistani air

force bombed tribal areas where it supposedly Talibans hideout. One of

the targets in one of the main cities in Pakistan, that is where

security forces go after Taliban hideouts in the tribal areas, but

nothing has ever been done in the main cities. So the attackers might

have come from tribal areas, but surely they didn't land here just

before the attack. I am sure somebody brought them here. They

found cover here. They had time for reconnaissance, time to get

uniforms, arms, whatever else you need for an operation like that.

After declaring the airport safe and open, all the security forces went

home. It seems to be back to business as usual. The Taliban just

sent us a very stark reminder that they are here and if they want to

attack again, they can. A very stark reminder indeed. For the moment,

Mohammed Hanif, live from Karachi, thank you for the latest. We will

continue to monitor those events. Reports from Afghanistan suggest

that an incident in which five US soldiers died on Monday may have

been a case of friendly fire. It's thought

the soldiers were killed by a bomb dropped from a coalition plane

in the southern province of Zabul. Just over an hour ago, the US put

out a fuller statement than they had done three hours ago when they first

confirmed that five people were killed. Their statement now calls it

fratricidal. Tragically, it may have been fratricide. Our thoughts go out

to the families involved. That is a word used by the US army to mean the

times when they killed the inside. We understand from Afghan sources on

the ground, and I should stress that we have not had this from

international sources but from Afghan civilian and military sources

in the South, who have been talking to us in more detail this morning,

they say there was a joint US-Afghan operation yesterday trying to clear

this valley, presumably because of the election on Saturday. The second

round of the Afghan elections. Afghan and US forces are trying to

secure as much ground as possible ahead of that election. Towards the

end of the operation, the Taliban counter-attacked. An air strike was

called in to deal with it, and in it, five US soldiers, an Afghan

interpreter and an Afghan soldier were killed. In a separate

development there are concerns over the whereabouts of 35 teachers. What

more can you tell us? A busy day for security in Afghanistan. On the main

arterial road running from the North to the South, there was a group of

University teachers, we understand, on a bus travelling from Kandahar in

the South, to Kabul. They would not have been far from the region of the

air strike yesterday. Near the centre of the country, which has

been a place where there has been a lot of Taliban activity in recent

years, some gunmen apparently boarded the bus and kidnapped more

than 35 of those University teachers, but that is really all we

know about it. We heard that initially from social media sites.

Local journalists are now talking about it and local officials are

desperately trying to find these 35 people.

Thank you. To Iraq now where

the northern province The country's Parliament Speaker

told a press conference a short while ago that insurgents

linked to Al-Qaeda had seized It follows earlier reports that

hundreds of gunmen had launched an attack on the city of Mosul in

Nineveh province, taking over the provincial government headquarters

and setting free detainees There's been fierce fighting

in the city for days. Iraqi security forces are reported

to have abandoned their posts while thousands

of residents have fled the city. The trial of 15 crew members on

board the stricken Sewol ferry has begun in South Korea. More than 300

people died in the disaster, many of them teenagers from one high school

north of Seoul. For almost to months they have been

labelled guilty. Today they began their trial. Captain Lee was among

those facing the most serious charges of homicide through wilful

negligence. A conviction could mean the death penalty, although South

Korea has not executed anyone for nearly 20 years. Also arriving at

court, the families of some of those who died. One held a banner. You are

not human, it read. There were scuffles as security guards removed

it from the court. The routine proceedings that began the trial to

date hide the massive interest here in this unusual case. Many believe

the South Korean media have already tried and convicted the captain.

There are images like this of him being rescued with passengers still

on board being replayed on television networks. The President

later labelled the actions of the captain and his crew is tantamount

to murder and according to local media, many private law firms have

refused to defend them. This disaster has shaken South Korea's

relationship between citizens and the Government. In the search for

blame, some key figures are still unaccounted for. The head of the

ferry company has so far evaded a nationwide manhunt. Warrants have

been issued for him and his children. Catching him might be

proving difficult but if the past two months are anything to go by,

ensuring him a fair trial might be harder still.

At least 20 women have been abducted in northern Nigeria,

close to the area where Islamist militants kidnapped more than 200

A village elder has told the BBC that men dressed

in army uniforms took the women at gunpoint near Chibok.

They were driven away to an unknown location.

The BBC's Tommy Oladipo, in Abuja, says this latest abduction throws

up questions about security in the area.

The women who were taken away were from a nomadic community who move

around that area. Just considering the amount of attention that Chibok

in particular has received following the abduction of the 200

schoolgirls, one would expect that security would be intensified around

the area, so the fact that this attack could happen again, it has

been confirmed by residents and local officials, shows there is a

huge gap in military deployment despite the state of emergency in

place. More to come on BBC World News,

including: The actress Angelina Jolie opens a conference on ending

sexual violence and conflict. We will hear from the United Nations's

special representative on the issue. Trades union leaders in Brazil have

warned that a Metro strike could resume in Sao Paolo just in time

for the World Cup opening ceremony. They've suspended the strike for two

days to allow for negotiations. Industrial action

and demonstrations have brought widespread traffic disruption in

Sao Paulo for several days. The week started badly for Sao

Paulo. By seven o'clock on Monday morning, riot police were using tear

gas to disperse hundreds of protesters. Authorities are making

sure they can put a stop to any hint of unrest. Five days of strikes have

brought widespread traffic disruption to Sao Paulo and

frustration for millions of the city's commuters. The subway

workers' strike affects working people. You wake up at four o'clock

in the morning to take a crowded train and face this mess. Later came

a small victory. Union members voted to suspend the strike. It is not a

done deal yet. There will be a meeting on Wednesday and the unions

made clear that unless the company reinstates dozens of workers who

were fired on Monday, the strike will resume on the opening day of

the World Cup. The homeless workers movement, which in recent weeks has

occupied land near the World Cup Stadium, took part in Monday's

protest and said they had negotiated with authorities to legally build

housing. The hope is this could cut the number of protesters on the

street but it was not all good news. One construction worker died and two

others were injured after a section of monorail under construction

collapsed. The project had been designed for the World Cup but was

behind schedule. With just two days before opening match day, Sao Paolo

is stealing the headlines but for the wrong reasons. The Government

will be under pressure to turn that around by kick-off.

killed 30 people. Five American soldiers and two Afghans have been

killed in a friendly fire incident in southern Afghanistan.

The Oscar winning actor Angelina Jolie is

in London to raise awareness of sexual violence in war is currently

taking place As a United Nations Special Envoy she's hosting a four

day conference alongside the British Foreign Secretary William Hague.

The event, the largest-ever of its kind, is

the result of an intense two-year campaign to raise awareness.

Angelina Jolie has just been speaking at the conference

about what needs to be done to tackle the problem.

We need to see real commitment to go after the worst perpetrators, to

fund proper protection for vulnerable people and to step in and

help the worst affected countries. We need all armies, peacekeeping

troops and police forces to have the prevention of sexual violence in

conflict as part of their training. More than 100 countries will be

represented at this summit. And we are asking them to take these

measures. Angelina Jolie speaking earlier in London.

Zaniab Bangura, the UN Special Representative on sexual violence in

conflict. has been speaking to the BBC about what can be done to tackle

The only way to end impunity, is to make sure all the perpetrators, you

put them on trial. You have to give justice. That trial is basically to

send a message that whoever commits sexual violence will be put in a

court of law and tried, both at the national level and community level

and international level. Isn't the problem these horrific crimes are

taking place in places of conflict, where it's nigh on impossible to get

proof, to even capture these perpetrators in many cases. That is

again what this conference is about. In the cases like what has

mentioned, the first responders are the end-users. You have to collect

the documents, 72 hours after crime has happened. They are going to be

in this conference, so basically the conference is bringing, for the

first time in the world, all the players, lawyers, judges, ministers

of defence, UN agencies, NGOs and victims, to let them know in this

big challenge around the world, what can each one of us do, and what do

we the able to act when? So we can come with firm commitments and

concrete action that will turn the UN resolutions into solutions. If we

don't have everybody on the table and we all agree, when do we come in

and what do we do? When you see these people, the perpetrators, and

you cannot actually physically bring them to a court of law, whether it's

the country or an international court, then it just seems completely

pointless to many women who are the victims of this, and men, of course.

If you are able to collect the evidence, you can keep the evidence.

In countries, I do agree with you, in central Africa today, we have no

court of law. So at the end of the day, you have to have the evidence,

whether you treat their women medically or provide social support

them to build their life, but you have to store the evidence, to be

able to make sure in a court of law you can use it. That is what the is.

We wish it will hope to help us that there will be proper prosecution.

But you have do provide support for the victims and survivors. That's

where we have to work a lot, so we don't forget the victims. It's

important they have the right medical treatment and are able to

have trauma counselling, so that they can stand up in front of the

perpetrators and give evidence. Briefly, how do you change the

mentality of people so they Briefly, how do you change the

mentality of people just stop? It's such a powerful and effective tool,

how do you stop that? It's making sure you have the right laws in the

country, ensuring political commitment at the highest level. If

you don't have that political commitment, you will not break the

culture of silence and denial. It is making sure this thing is

perpetrated. remains, who will be the next

president of the European Commission? The German Chancellor

and the British minister have differing ideas about where the

future of the union will lie. Ben Wright caught up with the Swedish

Prime Minister and asked him how they could settle their remaining

differences. The important message from these four leaders, who have

worked together closely before, is that, look, where is Europe heading

now? We have ideas how to create more jobs, how to become more

competitive, how to pull better the resources given to research and

development. If we can agree on that, we will also then name and

name to lead the commission, but I don't think that is what you should

do first, that is what you should do after you have finalised what you

want to do. So the priorities of the next commission should come first.

You have held off naming Jean-Claude Junker as a man you are opposed to.

Do you think David Cameron and the British have been a bit clumsy

here, by making their hostility to him so clear? Hasn't he just rallied

support behind him in Berlin, for instance? I think we have arguments

with regards to principal. We don't agree with the idea that the party

groups should appoint frontrunners very much in advance of the election

to the European Parliament because it disqualifies a lot of candidates

that could actually run for these important positions. Here we are

like-minded, I've been in principle against that, and therefore I'm now

trying to respect the way the process should be done, with the

European Council president consulting with the countries for

the weeks to come. What we have agreed today is what is the content

of what this commission and should do. That is very important. It's

very often forgotten. People are asking more to see the results

rather than the name to lead. Parliament will vote but you are

quite clear it is the council that needs to decide on a name

quite clear it is the council that needs to decide on and they should

have their autonomy to do so. It's a balance between the two. The Lisbon

Treaty says we will present a candidate with the qualified

majority if needed, and that the European Parliament will elect that

person. So respect that balance that reflects the way very often

discussed in Europe, the balance between the European institutions

and the nation states and their leaders. If he doesn't get the job,

might you fancy it? I have an election mid-September. I'm trying

to win my third election in a row, so that's my message to the Swedish

people. David Cameron wants this with negotiation that will

eventually be put to a referendum if the Conservative Party wins, do you

share the same things? We are very like-minded in getting more

effective, less bureaucratic European Union. I'm very clear to

David Cameron that it is of utmost importance that the United Kingdom

stays inside the European Union, so that the European Union can be a

political and economical heavyweight in the world. We are very

like-minded in the view of free trade and effectiveness. But, of

course, it's for Britain to show what kind of reforms they are asking

from the European Union, and we don't know that yet. We will do

whatever we can to support the British people if it is called to a

referendum, to say yes to staying inside the European Union.

They look cute and they're undeniably intelligent, but would

It's thought that around 9,000 monkeys

and other primates are being kept as household pets, here in the UK.

There've been calls for urgent action to monitor

their welfare, including setting up a register of owners.

I love them more than people. Like they are your kids? Yes, some

similarity to kids. This woman has five

squirrel monkeys. She has converted her house

inside and out to make sure they are Monkeys are some

of our nearest living relatives Curious, intelligent,

social creatures. But even when they are kept in very

good conditions like this, there are some that thing keeping monkeys as

pets is cruel and should be banned. A capuchin monkey kept on his own

in a small cage for years. When he was finally rescued,

vets found he had rickets caused by a lack of sunlight,

his bones fused and curved. Joey is now recovering

in a primate century in Cornwall. The report today by the environment

select committee says the rules on how monkeys are kept need to be

tightened to protect their welfare. We believe we need to look carefully

at the conditions in We also need to look closely at any

potential trade in these animals. We need to be sure whether these are

imported from third countries or Two years ago we filmed Troy,

and marmoset bought for ?800 on the Troy was sold soon after we filmed

this, again on the internet. It is an unregulated trade,

you don't need a licence to buy, sell or breed smaller species

of primates, and they can sell To keep larger primates,

like these lemurs, you do need a dangerous wild animals

licence, but the RSPCA estimate 90% Tweaking the current

regulations isn't enough. There are huge problems with

noncompliance and lack of enforcement and people applying the

current laws, not knowing what they We don't think that will be

solved by the system that Back in Essex, this woman says many

people who buy a monthly don't know Back in Essex, this woman says many

people who buy a monkey don't know how to keep them and much of the

trade, she says, is unscrupulous. People unfortunately put

the money before the monkey. They treat them like money and breed

them in a shed or in a basement. Those kind of people, they should

be banned from any animals. MPs want the government to set up

a voluntary register of owners Critics say it will never happen

and for them, it is simply wrong in Flights are resuming at Pakistan's

busiest airport. The latest incident, two gunmen opened fire on

motorbike at a training base just beyond the perimeter fence at

Karachi airport. No one was hurt, lots more on our website. Thank you

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