:00:00. > :00:12."Roll up your sleeves we have a score to settle".
:00:13. > :00:15.Islamist militants in Iraq urge supporters to march
:00:16. > :00:21.The final countdown begins for football fans around the world - the
:00:22. > :00:35.The former Pakistan president who is on trial for treason is granted
:00:36. > :00:41.permission to leave the country. Texting people have been reported to
:00:42. > :00:44.have been killed in US drone strikes in Pakistan.
:00:45. > :00:54.-- 16 people. Islamist militants who've overrun
:00:55. > :00:58.large areas of Northern Iraq are now urging their supporters to march
:00:59. > :01:02.on the capital Baghdad. On Tuesday they took control of
:01:03. > :01:06.Mosul but there are now conflicting reports about who holds Tikrit,
:01:07. > :01:11.the birthplace of Saddam Hussein. An audio recording has emerged
:01:12. > :01:16.of ISIS spokesman Abu Muhammad Al-Adnani in which he
:01:17. > :01:24.calls for the Sunni insurgents not to give up one inch of the land
:01:25. > :01:30.they've liberated, as he puts it. He urges them to advance towards
:01:31. > :01:33.the capital, describing the city He says they have a score to settle
:01:34. > :01:40.for there is an old imbalance He's speaking on behalf of Abu Bakr
:01:41. > :01:45.al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS. The 42-year-old is believed to have
:01:46. > :01:52.been born in Samarra, Nicknamed "the invisible sheikh"
:01:53. > :01:56.because he wears a mask There are only two authenticated
:01:57. > :02:02.photos of him, and unlike Al-Qaeda leaders such as Osama Bin Laden
:02:03. > :02:06.and Ayman al-Zawahiri, he does not Reports suggest he was radicalised
:02:07. > :02:11.during the four years he was held at Camp Bucca, a US facility in
:02:12. > :02:15.southern Iraq but he has not sworn In 2011, the US officially
:02:16. > :02:23.designated al-Baghdadi as a terrorist and offered a $10
:02:24. > :02:26.million reward for information The Sunni militants have
:02:27. > :02:37.swept through norhtern Iraq Burning vehicles marked
:02:38. > :02:41.their advance on Tikrit just 80 They conquered Iraq's second city,
:02:42. > :02:47.Mosul earlier this week, quickly This was an Army base nearby,
:02:48. > :02:56.now overrun with insurgents, Iraq's Prime Minister
:02:57. > :03:03.though is pledging to fight back. We are not going to allow this to
:03:04. > :03:11.carry on regardless of the price. We are getting ready,
:03:12. > :03:17.we are organising. The militants themselves are
:03:18. > :03:19.an Al-Qaeda leader splinter group The creation of a single Islamic
:03:20. > :03:27.state stretching down to Israel Britain and the US have ruled out
:03:28. > :03:33.military intervention but Washington is promising more support for Iraqi
:03:34. > :03:36.forces. You can expect we will provide
:03:37. > :03:39.additional assistance to the Iraqi government to combat the threat
:03:40. > :03:43.from ISIS but I'm not in Half a million people have fled to
:03:44. > :03:51.Kurdish-controled Iraq and for many This man says he rescued these
:03:52. > :03:59.children Iraq's post-war stability has always
:04:00. > :04:06.been precarious, but now the country appears on the verge
:04:07. > :04:20.of a grave and bloody new chapter. The BBC's Rami Ruhayem is in Irbil,
:04:21. > :04:23.Kurdish-run northern Iraq and has been listening to
:04:24. > :04:26.the full ISIS statement. The statement began
:04:27. > :04:29.by offering thanks to God There was a rallying cry to
:04:30. > :04:36.the fighters not to get too smug about their victories and not to be
:04:37. > :04:40.too happy with the equipment they And the fighters were told, this is
:04:41. > :04:53.a result of God being on your side. Remember to remain faithful
:04:54. > :04:58.and remember not to get arrogant. That was the first bit
:04:59. > :05:04.which was a rallying cry to the attack, which we are quite used
:05:05. > :05:12.to from ISIS spokespeople Sectarian language against the Shia
:05:13. > :05:23.in general and calls for an advance on Baghdad which could be a call
:05:24. > :05:28.for fighters to advance but it also could be a manoeuvre which we have
:05:29. > :05:34.seen them doing in the past. What we heard
:05:35. > :05:38.from the refugees coming from Mosul, the militants in general, whether
:05:39. > :05:43.ISIS or other militants who took People we spoke to said what they
:05:44. > :05:52.were fleeing was fears of the response the Iraqi army could
:05:53. > :06:08.do in response. William Hague has ruled out any
:06:09. > :06:15.British military involvement in Iraq. The United States said
:06:16. > :06:19.yesterday it was dividing further assistance to the Iraqi government.
:06:20. > :06:23.William Hague has told the BBC Britain will support the United
:06:24. > :06:30.States but try morally responsibility rests with the Iraqi
:06:31. > :06:37.authorities. They are considering sending Yaman at Aryan aid.
:06:38. > :06:41.The World Cup kicks off in just under ten hours,
:06:42. > :06:44.as FIFA estimates as many as one billion people may tune in to watch
:06:45. > :06:51.But not all Brazilians are experiencing football fever.
:06:52. > :06:54.Airport workers in Brazil's second largest city,
:06:55. > :06:58.Rio de Janiero, are staging a partial strike while protests
:06:59. > :07:01.at the cost of the tournament are planned across the country.
:07:02. > :07:04.But after the frantic rush to get the venues ready on time the
:07:05. > :07:16.Hopes will be high among Brazil's Latin American neighbours, as
:07:17. > :07:37.If Brazilian fans have been slow to get in the mood, their neighbours
:07:38. > :07:45.haven't. Latin American supporters are here in big numbers. But all of
:07:46. > :07:56.the negativity of the last year will be swept aside as the home nation
:07:57. > :07:57.takes centre stage. Here at Sao Paulo, the stadium is barely ready.
:07:58. > :08:00.Despite delays and criticism of the problems in recent months, the
:08:01. > :08:03.Brazilian government is putting up a defence on how it has organised this
:08:04. > :08:08.tournament. It has come down to the last minute, but the opening stadium
:08:09. > :08:13.is ready and the World Cup, they say, it will be a huge success. It
:08:14. > :08:21.is moving and changing so well. We are celebrating. Stadium worries
:08:22. > :08:27.aside, the big concern is disruption from strikes and protests. These
:08:28. > :08:32.activists camped out within sight of the opening venue, one of many
:08:33. > :08:39.groups threatening to demonstrate against excessive spending on the
:08:40. > :08:42.cob. FIFA and the Brazilian government hope those voices will be
:08:43. > :08:43.drowned out as fans get behind one of the world's great sporting
:08:44. > :08:50.events. Fans around the world and indeed
:08:51. > :08:54.above the world are making their final preparations for the World
:08:55. > :08:56.Cup. Thailand's military government has
:08:57. > :08:59.ordered that all World Cup matches be shown for free as part of its
:09:00. > :09:04.campaign to "return happiness to the Thai people". It will cost the
:09:05. > :09:07.government thirteen million dollars in compensation to the private
:09:08. > :09:10.company which had purchased the broadcast rights. Football is very
:09:11. > :09:13.popular in Thailand although the nation has never been to the World
:09:14. > :09:31.Cup finals. German fans are hoping to attract
:09:32. > :09:38.12,000 fans to watch the game be seen -- between Brazil and Croatia
:09:39. > :09:43.later. A group of football fans also keeping an eye on the World Cup of
:09:44. > :09:48.the astronauts on board the International Space Station. They
:09:49. > :09:54.have tried out their soccer skills. Keep ERP is not a problem. Look at
:09:55. > :09:59.that save! Pretty awesome. Looks brilliant.
:10:00. > :10:06.We will be keeping you up-to-date on that. Back to the top story because
:10:07. > :10:09.in Iraq we have just heard the parliament has failed to hold its
:10:10. > :10:16.emergency meeting to vote on a state of emergency due to a lack of
:10:17. > :10:27.decorum. The speaker has suspended the meeting. This is according to a
:10:28. > :10:29.rack of -- Iraqi television. The Prime Minister wanted to impose a
:10:30. > :10:33.state of emergency and called civilians to arms after militants
:10:34. > :10:41.said they would march on the capital, bag dad. But the government
:10:42. > :10:47.has not been able to meet. We will up date you and verify the report as
:10:48. > :10:52.soon as we can. We're going to Pakistan because a
:10:53. > :10:57.court has approved a request by the former president to leave the
:10:58. > :11:02.country. Subject to a possible appeal by the government. He is
:11:03. > :11:11.currently on trial for treason. Let's go to our correspondent in
:11:12. > :11:18.Karachi. Explain why the former president is dominating the news and
:11:19. > :11:23.the politics? He has faced a whole host of troubles since he made an
:11:24. > :11:29.attempt to return from exile to Pakistan to return to politics. He
:11:30. > :11:35.was refused permission to take part in last year's election. He was then
:11:36. > :11:41.arrested and faces many charges, the most serious being treason which put
:11:42. > :11:47.him at risk of life imprisonment or even death if he is convicted. While
:11:48. > :11:50.those court appearances have been going on over many months, these
:11:51. > :11:56.applications have been made for him to leave the country. They have been
:11:57. > :12:01.unsuccessful so far, but today in Karachi, in the High Court, he was
:12:02. > :12:10.given permission to leave. But not immediately, the court ruled not for
:12:11. > :12:13.15 days and it is subject to the government is appealing against it.
:12:14. > :12:18.His lawyer said in the spirit of this ruling, the government might
:12:19. > :12:24.let him leave earlier than 15 days. I asked a lawyer, if indeed he is
:12:25. > :12:33.now leaving the country, will he be doing so reluctantly? Of course, he
:12:34. > :12:37.would want to participate in political life, but he does not want
:12:38. > :12:41.to remain a convict. He wants to clear his name and does not want any
:12:42. > :12:48.other cases pending against him. That is the type of verse and he has
:12:49. > :12:54.come across. He is set to come back and face any other criminal
:12:55. > :12:59.proceedings. This has transpired because of the illness of his
:13:00. > :13:06.mother, firstly. And secondly, his own illness. His backbone fracture
:13:07. > :13:11.is not treatable in Pakistan. The government said they would pay the
:13:12. > :13:17.expenses for his mother to travel to Pakistan is also not an option. She
:13:18. > :13:24.is too old and she has been advised not to travel to Pakistan. It is
:13:25. > :13:28.possible he could leave this country in terms of the order and then
:13:29. > :13:35.return again to clear his name? That is what he has told me. If he wants
:13:36. > :13:41.to go and see his mother, and he wants to go and see his mother, he
:13:42. > :13:43.is going to come back. There is pressure on the government from two
:13:44. > :13:49.directions in this case. Those opponents of the former president
:13:50. > :13:53.who want to see him convicted, but also there has been disquiet from
:13:54. > :13:59.the Army, expressed over the past few weeks about the notion of a
:14:00. > :14:03.former chief of staff being dragged through the courts in this way. It
:14:04. > :14:09.might seem extraordinary to hear him say that if he goes, he would come
:14:10. > :14:20.back again to continue his battle in the courts. But he wrote a biography
:14:21. > :14:25.called In The Line Of Fire and he is used to being in battle. The United
:14:26. > :14:31.States has launched two drone strikes. The first since it
:14:32. > :14:36.suspended operations in December. Reports say at least 16 people were
:14:37. > :14:43.killed on the border with Afghanistan. The attack comes days
:14:44. > :14:48.after the Pakistani Taliban attack Karachi airport which sought nearly
:14:49. > :14:48.50 people killed including ten attackers.
:14:49. > :14:49.Karachi airport which sought nearly 50 people Our correspondent told us
:14:50. > :14:53.what the public Karachi airport which sought nearly
:14:54. > :14:58.50 people Our correspondent reaction was in the latest round of drone
:14:59. > :15:02.strikes. If you go by social media you will find mixed views. But some
:15:03. > :15:07.people think it is unavoidable and some kind of military action is
:15:08. > :15:12.needed in tribal areas. The president has tried peace talks and
:15:13. > :15:18.for the past few months they have tried to engage the Taliban in
:15:19. > :15:21.talks. This is why the United States is believed to have suspended drone
:15:22. > :15:28.attacks. But that process did not get anywhere. In the end the Taliban
:15:29. > :15:32.said this government is not serious so we will relaunch our campaign of
:15:33. > :15:39.violence. The pressure is on the government to do something about
:15:40. > :15:52.this. Drone strikes overnight, most people would say if they are killing
:15:53. > :15:55.suspect had militants, then it is good.
:15:56. > :15:57.Stay with us on BBC World News, still to come:
:15:58. > :16:00.A high-powered commission calls for low-level drug offences to be
:16:01. > :16:06.Jean-Claude Juncker's campaign to become the next president
:16:07. > :16:08.of the European Commission has taken a hit, following the decision
:16:09. > :16:10.by his campaign manager to accept a job with
:16:11. > :16:15.Huge divisions are developing among the countries that make up the
:16:16. > :16:18.EU over who should be offered one of the bloc's most important jobs.
:16:19. > :16:20.German Chancellor Angela Merkel has publicly backed Mr Juncker, the
:16:21. > :16:37.Here's our Europe correspondent, Matthew Price, to explain.
:16:38. > :16:45.This is the EU civil service. The European Commission. This place runs
:16:46. > :16:50.the union under the direction of the 28 member states, and the European
:16:51. > :16:54.Parliament. Up there, on the 13th floor is where the commission
:16:55. > :16:58.president chairs his meetings. The current Portuguese politician in
:16:59. > :17:05.charge leaves office soon, so enter a former Prime Minister of
:17:06. > :17:09.Luxembourg as contender. Jean-Claude Juncker was the top candidate for
:17:10. > :17:13.the group that ran the Parliament elections last month. Here at the
:17:14. > :17:18.parliament, they say that makes him the automatic choice as the next
:17:19. > :17:22.commission president. Not necessarily so, say the EU member
:17:23. > :17:27.states who want to nominate their own favourite candidate. For now, he
:17:28. > :17:33.is actually the choice of Angela Merkel. But David Cameron does not
:17:34. > :17:38.want him holding the reins. Often, it takes weeks of compromise for a
:17:39. > :17:42.majority of EU governments and the European Parliament to find a
:17:43. > :17:47.candidate they can agree on. But this time, it is arguably even more
:17:48. > :17:58.important. The next president will have to deal with especially Britons
:17:59. > :17:59.who make in the coming years hold a referendum on whether to leave
:18:00. > :18:13.altogether. "Roll up your sleeves,
:18:14. > :18:16.we have a score to settle." Islamist militants
:18:17. > :18:18.in Iraq urge supporters to march Fans gather
:18:19. > :18:21.as the final countdown begins. The World Cup kicks off in Brazil
:18:22. > :18:27.in a few hours time. Here in London,
:18:28. > :18:29.international leaders are meeting to discuss how to tackle sexual
:18:30. > :18:35.violence in conflict. One of the countries under
:18:36. > :18:36.scrutiny is South Sudan. There's been a sharp rise
:18:37. > :18:44.in the number of sexual assaults The UN says up to 24,000
:18:45. > :18:52.women there are at risk. Karen Allen reports from
:18:53. > :19:02.South Sudan. Conflict has made this woman in
:19:03. > :19:10.refugee in her own land. Beneath the surface, we find another 60 threat,
:19:11. > :19:15.sexual violence on a scale never seen before. Women here are being
:19:16. > :19:23.sexually abused, singled out because of their tribe. Tens of thousands
:19:24. > :19:28.are now packed into camps. Jane is breaking a taboo by speaking of
:19:29. > :19:31.sexual assault. She cowered in the grass clutching her son as her
:19:32. > :19:40.sister in law was attacked, then shot dead in front of her.
:19:41. > :19:47.Four of them attacked her. To the extent she was screaming in a loud
:19:48. > :19:52.voice, until she lost her voice and was not able to scream again.
:19:53. > :19:56.31 women were allegedly attacked there that day. It happened in
:19:57. > :20:02.31 women were allegedly attacked deserted town, packed with
:20:03. > :20:06.pro-government soldiers claimed that this crime. All sides are accused of
:20:07. > :20:15.sexual violence on an alarming scale.
:20:16. > :20:23.When rebel forces seized this radio station in April, the manager was
:20:24. > :20:29.forced to hand over the control. Protecting civilians is a top
:20:30. > :20:33.priority in a new UN mandate, but attacks are taking place outside the
:20:34. > :20:38.very camps that are meant to provide sanctuary.
:20:39. > :20:42.This is an observation tower. On the periphery of the camp. In the
:20:43. > :20:46.distance, there is a cluster of trees. A number of cases have been
:20:47. > :20:50.reported where women claim they have been attacked by Government
:20:51. > :20:54.soldiers, and in one case a woman claimed she was held, dried through
:20:55. > :20:58.the undergrowth to a shipping container beyond that and repeatedly
:20:59. > :21:04.attacked. This is not the international
:21:05. > :21:08.community's problem to fix, the South Sudanese had to come together
:21:09. > :21:13.and build their country and make sure the population is safe.
:21:14. > :21:16.There are very real fears women could be denied justice for the sake
:21:17. > :21:21.of peace. But the authorities have promised action. Securing the means
:21:22. > :21:36.to survive is likely to take priority.
:21:37. > :22:51.Let us look at the numbers that revealed the scale of this problem.
:22:52. > :22:58.We have spoken to these women, I have looked in their eyes, and I
:22:59. > :23:00.can't stand that they feel ashamed for what happened to them, I can't
:23:01. > :23:29.stand it. Some of the really shocking numbers
:23:30. > :23:35.that are driving that conference forward.
:23:36. > :23:38.Should low level drug use be de-criminalised in West Africa?
:23:39. > :23:41.That's the suggestion from a high powered commission, which has been
:23:42. > :23:43.looking at the region's growing drugs problem. It says there's no
:23:44. > :23:46.benefit in punishing people for using marijuana, it just fills up
:23:47. > :23:49.prisons and encourages corruption. Thomas Fessy in Dakar told me about
:23:50. > :24:04.This commission is presided over by the former Nigerian President, and
:24:05. > :24:10.it was commissioned, convened by the former UN Secretary General Kofi
:24:11. > :24:15.Adnan. A pretty high-level of independent experts put together in
:24:16. > :24:17.that commission. They are saying that criminalising
:24:18. > :24:21.that commission. They are saying that drug users has not worked,
:24:22. > :24:26.especially in a region where the judicial system is pretty weak, the
:24:27. > :24:31.prisons are crowded, and some of the drugs users being arrested are
:24:32. > :24:36.waiting for trials or to seek a court for months if not a couple of
:24:37. > :24:43.years sometimes. And so there is a problem, they say, and they
:24:44. > :24:55.recognise that west Africa is being used as a transit road for cocaine
:24:56. > :24:58.on the way to a rock. They say the consumption of drugs is increasing
:24:59. > :25:02.in the region and it should be addressed as a public health issue
:25:03. > :25:05.rather than a criminal issue. It says the drugs users should not be
:25:06. > :25:10.punished, but they should be helped. So, the focus should be on
:25:11. > :25:15.high-level targets, the traffickers and their accomplices, but the drugs
:25:16. > :25:20.users themselves should be helped and treated for their addiction.
:25:21. > :25:25.Do we have any idea of the numbers of users of cannabis in west Africa
:25:26. > :25:32.compared with other parts of the world? How big is the problem?
:25:33. > :25:38.When it comes to cannabis, the consumption is believed to be a
:25:39. > :25:45.little bit above the average of the worldwide figure, the prevalence
:25:46. > :25:50.rate is above 12% in the adult population in the region. But what
:25:51. > :25:58.this commission is looking at is not only cannabis but all drugs
:25:59. > :26:03.together. So, it is not calling for the decriminalisation of cannabis
:26:04. > :26:07.use only, but of drugs use, that users should not be punished but
:26:08. > :26:18.treated, and governments should be looking at opening treatment centres
:26:19. > :26:25.to get them off drugs basically. Our top story, Islamists Britons
:26:26. > :26:31.have urged their supporters to march on the capital, Baghdad. An audio
:26:32. > :26:35.recording has emerged of one of the leaders of ISIS apparently telling
:26:36. > :26:44.his supporters to run up their sleeves, there is a score to settle.
:26:45. > :26:48.The barrister has asked parliament to grant emergency powers but
:26:49. > :26:53.reports suggest their session has been suspended because not enough
:26:54. > :26:56.MPs were able to turn up. The British Foreign Secretary has also
:26:57. > :27:00.rolled out any British military involvement.
:27:01. > :27:01.This is BBC World News. Goodbye.