:00:00. > :00:10.Hello. I'm Sally Bundock with BBC World News. Our top stories:
:00:11. > :00:13.The UN confirms that Islamist insurgents in Iraq have carried out
:00:14. > :00:21.summary executions of civilians and Iraqi soldiers.
:00:22. > :00:24.The football World Cup gets underway in Brazil,
:00:25. > :00:29.as the home side gets off to a winning start in the opening match.
:00:30. > :00:32.Thailand's military ruler announces ambitious plans to boost
:00:33. > :00:37.And the self-styled hubcap artist - we take a look at sculptures made
:00:38. > :01:02.Within the last hour, disturbing details have been emerging
:01:03. > :01:07.of the human impact of the rapid Islamist militant advance in Iraq.
:01:08. > :01:09.The United Nations human rights commission says the number
:01:10. > :01:14.of summary executions after ISIS overran the city
:01:15. > :01:19.The militants have taken the cities of Mosul
:01:20. > :01:24.And the latest reports suggest they seized two more towns overnight
:01:25. > :01:33.The insurgents have threatened to march on to the capital, Baghdad
:01:34. > :01:40.and regions further south dominated by Iraq's Shia Muslim majority,
:01:41. > :01:47.Now, UN human rights spokesman Robert Colville says he's received
:01:48. > :01:49.reports of the execution of 17 civilians working
:01:50. > :01:56.The BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Geneva and told me what she's been hearing
:01:57. > :02:12.Well, what the UN human rights office has just told us in Geneva is
:02:13. > :02:17.that they have verified reports, you know there is the United Nations
:02:18. > :02:21.Assistance Programme In Iraq, so they have people there, various
:02:22. > :02:26.reports that civilians have been executed, apparently by Islamist
:02:27. > :02:36.militants. Just two days ago in Mosul, the Islamist 's overran the
:02:37. > :02:39.town. 17 civilians, in one street. That is a verified report. They were
:02:40. > :02:45.apparently working with the Iraqi police. In another incident, 12
:02:46. > :02:49.members of the security forces also, it seems, executed by Islamist
:02:50. > :02:54.militants. The many checkpoints that have been set up in and around
:02:55. > :03:04.Mosul, by the Islamic militant group there, they seem to be being used to
:03:05. > :03:08.identify, detain anyone connected with the Iraqi government. It
:03:09. > :03:13.interesting that you say that, because our correspondence in Erbil
:03:14. > :03:18.say that some people are returning to Mosul because they feel it is
:03:19. > :03:21.safer than it was. I noticed they were saying that government forces
:03:22. > :03:25.have also committed excesses as well? That's right, during the
:03:26. > :03:32.battle for Mosul, which appears to be over for the time being, the UN
:03:33. > :03:36.believes that Iraqi forces were indiscriminately shelling areas
:03:37. > :03:41.where civilians were living and that many people died as a result of
:03:42. > :03:45.that. That in total, hundreds of people have been killed in the last
:03:46. > :03:52.few days in this fighting. It's true, there are some reports that
:03:53. > :03:55.some people, not that many, are returning to Mosul because
:03:56. > :04:00.apparently the electricity and water is back on. If you have nowhere to
:04:01. > :04:04.go, no water, as we head in that report, you can't afford to buy a
:04:05. > :04:09.bottle of water, perhaps he will return home. But I would not
:04:10. > :04:12.underestimate the death of concern of the UN human rights monitors
:04:13. > :04:18.about the events that have been taking place in Mosul. Imogen
:04:19. > :04:23.Foulkes in Geneva. With the last few moments, reports from Iraq say the
:04:24. > :04:32.most senior Shi'ite cleric has urged people to take up arms and defend
:04:33. > :04:39.their country. So, this situation is escalating now, moment by moment. We
:04:40. > :04:44.are hearing different elements from different sides of this? Indeed, the
:04:45. > :04:48.situation is escalating and expected to escalate. I was always saying,
:04:49. > :04:52.over the past couple of days, the incident, although it is a huge and
:04:53. > :04:55.significant incident, what is much more significant, in my opinion, is
:04:56. > :05:01.how this will grow, the implication of it. On the inside of Iraq we have
:05:02. > :05:09.seen mobilisation. This cleric is calling for mobilisation. On the
:05:10. > :05:12.other side, the Sunni tribes and militants have aligned with ISIS,
:05:13. > :05:17.which has created a sort of mess. Kurdish militants are advancing to
:05:18. > :05:27.secure places where Iraqi forces left behind. There could be
:05:28. > :05:31.publications in Syria, Turkey and neighbouring countries as well.
:05:32. > :05:35.Everybody is watching Baghdad now. It would seem that the insurgents
:05:36. > :05:38.are heading in that direction. Yet, the Iraqi government have been
:05:39. > :05:44.speaking to the press and saying, we have a plan to defend the capital.
:05:45. > :05:47.What are you hearing about Baghdad? Indeed, there is anxiety amongst
:05:48. > :05:51.people in Baghdad. They are expecting clashes. It is because
:05:52. > :05:58.Baghdad will become an open clash between both parties if it happens.
:05:59. > :06:07.I doubt if ISIS will launch a major attack on Baghdad. Talking about
:06:08. > :06:11.their strategic games, in terms of conventional attacks, it would
:06:12. > :06:22.benefit them more than a conventional attack. The major
:06:23. > :06:27.gain, they are up to, and I'm talking about ISIS, it is to shake
:06:28. > :06:31.the confidence of people in government. They will threaten to
:06:32. > :06:35.attack Baghdad, but I doubt they will put themselves in the middle of
:06:36. > :06:39.Baghdad, under the fire of the Army. The events this week have
:06:40. > :06:44.highlighted that the government has major weaknesses in areas. What do
:06:45. > :06:47.you think the future will hold? Are we looking at a split Iraq? This is
:06:48. > :06:55.a very important question. We have not seen any calls for separatism,
:06:56. > :07:00.if you like, even ISIS. They are saying to the Sunnis, this is our
:07:01. > :07:08.country, we should take over it as United. Nobody is putting it on the
:07:09. > :07:15.table, the enclaves, so far. The open clashes are however expected in
:07:16. > :07:22.Iraq. Thanks for coming from our BBC Arabic service, with your specialist
:07:23. > :07:23.experience. Let's move onto one of the other big events of the 24
:07:24. > :07:25.hours. Brazilians have been celebrating
:07:26. > :07:27.after making a winning start Several hundred million people
:07:28. > :07:31.around the world are thought to have Croatia took the early lead,
:07:32. > :07:36.when a cross was turned in by Brazil's star player Neymar
:07:37. > :07:42.responded, with a low, sweeping effort from twenty-five metres that
:07:43. > :07:44.just evaded the goalkeeper. A controversial goal turned
:07:45. > :07:49.the game, when Brazil were awarded a penalty
:07:50. > :07:54.after Fred tumbled in the box. Neymar just beat
:07:55. > :07:58.the keeper to give Brazil the lead. And, in stoppage time,
:07:59. > :08:00.it was Oscar who finished And despite earlier unrest,
:08:01. > :08:06.by kick-off time the streets were largely deserted,
:08:07. > :08:09.as most Brazilians stopped to watch These children in the Mangueira
:08:10. > :08:19.slum, in Rio de Janeiro, were dressed in the national colours
:08:20. > :08:22.as they followed the game Each day of the World Cup,
:08:23. > :08:29.we'll present a striking image from the tournament, here on BBC World
:08:30. > :08:37.News and also online at bbc.com. And how's this for dedication to
:08:38. > :08:41.your favourite football team? A Dutch fan has driven
:08:42. > :08:46.his 50 year-old pick-up truck from San Francisco
:08:47. > :08:48.in the US to north-eastern Brazil. But there's just one problem -
:08:49. > :08:59.he doesn't have a ticket. BBC Brasil's Julio Gomes
:09:00. > :09:14.has been speaking to him. My name is Ben, coming all the way
:09:15. > :09:17.from San Francisco. I travelled over 20,000 kilometres with old nearly.
:09:18. > :09:22.Here I am, in Bahia, Brazil. Beautiful. I made it out here for
:09:23. > :09:37.one reason, one reason only. Hopefully, the Dutch, one day, will
:09:38. > :09:44.win the World Cup. Right, let me see if she wants to start today. Like
:09:45. > :10:01.clockwork. 1955. 1955. 60 years old. When I left San Francisco, I said
:10:02. > :10:06.goodbye to my friends and family. I drove south towards the Mexican
:10:07. > :10:17.border. A lot of people say, like... A lot of people say,
:10:18. > :10:30.Benard, you're crazy. You won't even make Mexico with nearly. I said, OK,
:10:31. > :10:33.we'll see. I'm going to go and see Holland play Spain. It's almost like
:10:34. > :10:37.sweet revenge for the World Cup in South Africa. I don't feel sad that
:10:38. > :10:43.I don't have tickets. I made it, I'm in Bahia a mine where I wanted to
:10:44. > :10:44.be. I agree, you have to be a little crazy. Otherwise you would not do
:10:45. > :11:13.stuff like this. Lets hope he gets a ticket! Let's
:11:14. > :11:18.remind you that a repeat of the last World Cup final, between Spain and
:11:19. > :11:26.the Netherlands, that gets the second day of the World Cup under
:11:27. > :11:27.way. That kick-off is at 1900 GMT. We are in GMT, for the international
:11:28. > :11:44.audience. Now, the military ruler of Thailand,
:11:45. > :11:45.Prayuth Chan-ocha, has announced ambitious plans to boost the
:11:46. > :11:48.economy. The general, who seized power
:11:49. > :11:50.in a coup last month, says he'll cut the cost of living
:11:51. > :11:53.and re-think farming subsidies. He's also promised to appoint
:11:54. > :11:55.an interim government within the next three months.
:11:56. > :11:57.Jonathan Head is in Bangkok. He says the biggest priority
:11:58. > :12:09.of the military is to reform The political system and, to some
:12:10. > :12:14.degree, the judicial system is broken. This is a very ambitious
:12:15. > :12:18.agenda, for what is normally a very temporary form of ruling military
:12:19. > :12:22.council. That is what makes this a coup very different from the last
:12:23. > :12:26.one, eight years ago, or even coups before that. They always appointed
:12:27. > :12:29.interim government is very quickly. They have quick timetables for a
:12:30. > :12:35.return to democracy. Generally, they had an ambitious agendas. This feels
:12:36. > :12:39.very different. The military said, we got it wrong last time, the
:12:40. > :12:43.problems are deep and we are going to fix them. Although he's given a
:12:44. > :12:47.date for the interim government, it is going to be three four months
:12:48. > :12:51.after the coup before we have a Prime Minister in the cabinet. Even
:12:52. > :12:54.at this early stage, the general and his military council are talking
:12:55. > :12:59.about ramping up infrastructure spending even beyond that of the
:13:00. > :13:06.Yingluck Shinawatra government. We are talking massive amounts of
:13:07. > :13:08.money. He's talking about reforming education to make it more
:13:09. > :13:14.nationalistic. It's talking about price controls, revamping subsidies
:13:15. > :13:17.for farmers. These are enormous agendas. He does have a problem with
:13:18. > :13:21.the economy. It has slumped because of political turmoil. Some feel-good
:13:22. > :13:28.measures were inevitable. But this seems to be going far beyond what
:13:29. > :13:31.you would expect, normally a temporary military administration,
:13:32. > :13:48.has an agenda. What is the reaction to this key? People feeling like
:13:49. > :13:52.there be serious reform, or are they balking at a military ruler? Well, a
:13:53. > :13:55.lot of people didn't like the previous regime. They held a coup,
:13:56. > :13:59.even if you don't like one, was one way of rating the turmoil and fix
:14:00. > :14:04.some of the problems like corruption.
:14:05. > :14:08.Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, the US army Sergeant who was held captive by the
:14:09. > :14:14.Taliban in Afghanistan for five years has arrived back in the US. He
:14:15. > :14:17.has been taken to an Army medical Centre in Texas, where the military
:14:18. > :14:23.says he will continue the next phase of recovery and reintegration.
:14:24. > :14:46.Stay with us on BBC News. Still to come:
:14:47. > :14:56.famous pop star and ask what women want from this vote. The Ukraine
:14:57. > :15:00.President claims Russian tanks have crushed over into his country and
:15:01. > :15:05.are being used by separatist rebels in the east of the country. Petro
:15:06. > :15:10.Poroshenko has told resident Putin, it is unacceptable. Russia has
:15:11. > :15:14.denied the allegation. The US has sent some of its long-range bombers
:15:15. > :15:23.to Europe for the first time in ten years.
:15:24. > :15:26.Tensions simmer in the eastern Ukrainian city of done yet. Van
:15:27. > :15:31.burns outside the headquarters of the pro-Russian separatist movement.
:15:32. > :15:37.They declare the city Independent from Ukraine last month. The rebels
:15:38. > :15:43.say the van was deliberately targeted because it is regularly
:15:44. > :15:49.used by this man. Keira Bull leader. He was not in it at the time.
:15:50. > :15:53.Tensions have fled between Kiev and Moscow after the Ukrainian interior
:15:54. > :15:55.minister accused pro-Russian rebels are bringing tanks and other
:15:56. > :16:03.equipment over the border into Ukraine.
:16:04. > :16:07.TRANSLATION: according to intelligence and surveillance,
:16:08. > :16:11.despite the Russian adoration statements it welcomes the peace
:16:12. > :16:15.process and the order has been given to strengthen border controls, we
:16:16. > :16:19.have been observing within the past three days, columns passing through
:16:20. > :16:26.check points captured why terrorists in the area. Moscow has emphatically
:16:27. > :16:30.denied the allegation and accused the new Ukrainian president of not
:16:31. > :16:35.following through with a promise to end the violence in the east of the
:16:36. > :16:40.country. Cities like Sloviansk have suffered where pro-Russian
:16:41. > :16:46.separatists have continued to engage in East fighting with Ukrainian
:16:47. > :16:47.forces. It seems for now, with no agreement insight, neither side is
:16:48. > :16:59.backing down. I'm Sally Bundock.
:17:00. > :17:02.The latest headlines: The UN says it has evidence
:17:03. > :17:04.of Islamist insurgents in Iraq carrying out summary executions
:17:05. > :17:08.of civilians and Iraqi soldiers in the city of Mosul.
:17:09. > :17:10.The football World Cup gets underway in Brazil as the home side gets
:17:11. > :17:20.off to a winning start in the opening match.
:17:21. > :17:23.Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has given
:17:24. > :17:27.an exclusive interview to the BBC's Newsnight programme.
:17:28. > :17:29.As ever, she remained guarded about whether she would run
:17:30. > :17:34.But high on the agenda was the current escalating violence in Iraq.
:17:35. > :17:38.Clinton has called on the country's prime minister to do more to create
:17:39. > :17:54.She is back in the limelight, Hillary Clinton is revelling in the
:17:55. > :18:00.limelight as she launches her new book and tests the waters for a
:18:01. > :18:03.potential presidential run. Today in New York she gave the BBC and
:18:04. > :18:11.exclusive interview, starting with Iraq. Barack Obama said he is ready
:18:12. > :18:15.to take action to help, but echoing the American president, Hillary
:18:16. > :18:20.Clinton said Iraq had to up their game as well. That is not a role for
:18:21. > :18:27.the United States. There needs to be a number of steps the Iraqi
:18:28. > :18:37.government must take to show commitment to an inclusive Iraq. If
:18:38. > :18:44.Britain followed the US into the Iraq war, the crisis involving Syria
:18:45. > :18:49.unfolded differently last year when President Obama was considering
:18:50. > :18:56.launching military strikes against President Assad's government. If
:18:57. > :19:08.nothing is done he will conclude he can use these weapons again and
:19:09. > :19:12.again. After heated debate in the House of Commons in August, the
:19:13. > :19:13.Prime Minister lost the vote on military action and it had
:19:14. > :19:14.repercussions across the Atlantic. Individual votes were defeated but
:19:15. > :19:16.if you add up the individual votes for everything that would have been
:19:17. > :19:17.a positive, you could have gotten to that. I don't understand the
:19:18. > :19:22.intricacies of British politics, it was a defeat for the idea there
:19:23. > :19:24.should be intervention. Hillary Clinton told the BBC the special
:19:25. > :19:33.relationship with the UK mattered a great deal. She even commented on
:19:34. > :19:37.the Scottish referendum. There have been legal processes associated with
:19:38. > :19:41.it and we will see what the people of Scotland decide. I think it would
:19:42. > :19:48.be a loss for both sides, but I don't have a vote. We asked her what
:19:49. > :19:52.everybody wants to know. We'll sheet, or won't she? I am about to
:19:53. > :19:57.be a grandmother and I am excited about that. I want to relish the
:19:58. > :20:01.experience. I don't want to be passing through it and looking
:20:02. > :20:07.forward. I want to be in the middle of it. A presidential campaign is
:20:08. > :20:13.all consuming and I am not ready for that. But it is not the questions,
:20:14. > :20:19.will you run, can you win? But what is your vision for America and can
:20:20. > :20:24.you lead it there? If she does run and win, she will be making history
:20:25. > :20:27.in the US as the first woman president and as the first
:20:28. > :20:28.residential couple returning to the White House with their roles
:20:29. > :20:31.reversed. Voters in Afghanistan will head back
:20:32. > :20:34.to the polls on Saturday, for the final round
:20:35. > :20:36.of the Presidential Elections. It's a straight contest between the
:20:37. > :20:39.country's former foreign minister But what do Afghanistan's women
:20:40. > :20:44.want from the next leader? BBC Persian's Tahir Qadiry talked to
:20:45. > :20:49.one of the country's most famous pop stars, Ariana Saeed, who lives in
:20:50. > :21:21.London but regularly travels home. TRANSLATION: I was born in
:21:22. > :21:26.Afghanistan in the beautiful city of Kabul. Since I was eight years old I
:21:27. > :21:32.have been living abroad. I started my artistic career five years ago
:21:33. > :21:42.and I have played about 70 to 80 concerts around the world. Two years
:21:43. > :21:48.ago, I worked for Afghanistan's channel one and had Mike Jones
:21:49. > :21:56.show, it was called Night Of Music. I presented it. -- my own television
:21:57. > :22:09.show. Things like music and art have
:22:10. > :22:16.progressed in Afghanistan since the Taliban's rule was ended. People
:22:17. > :22:30.have accepted women as artists. Ten years ago, women would not even have
:22:31. > :22:34.appeared on stage. It is priceless that after so many years, the people
:22:35. > :22:47.of Afghanistan now have a voice in the future of their country. They
:22:48. > :22:53.can vote to choose their own leader. I have three requests for the future
:22:54. > :22:57.president of Afghanistan. My first request is about women's rights.
:22:58. > :23:02.Rights should be given to women. My second request is to help Afghan's
:23:03. > :23:08.street children. They don't have anyone to take care of them. My
:23:09. > :23:14.third request is to get rid of sectarianism. This is what I hope
:23:15. > :23:25.the next president will do. The power of art.
:23:26. > :23:29.Ptolemy Elrington sees animals in everyday objects -
:23:30. > :23:31.usually unwanted objects that have been discarded and left as rubbish.
:23:32. > :23:34.The self-styled hubcap artist first became fascinated with scrap when he
:23:35. > :23:48.found an abundance of plastic car waste near his home in Bradford.
:23:49. > :23:59.If it apiece I really like, I make it expensive because I don't want to
:24:00. > :24:05.sell it. Great for the kids, I won't let them drive past a hope Tom and
:24:06. > :24:06.they have to pick it up. It seems pointless throwing it out when it
:24:07. > :24:23.all has value. I used to live in Bradford. There is
:24:24. > :24:32.a bend on the road where I used to live. The cars and when I was
:24:33. > :24:39.walking by I would see them regularly. I started thinking about
:24:40. > :24:42.the waste, the time and effort that has gone into designing these things
:24:43. > :24:52.and in the sunlight they looked really beautiful. I started to
:24:53. > :25:03.collect them with an idea of making something out of them. The idea was
:25:04. > :25:10.to make a suit of armour. I never got round to it, the fish got in the
:25:11. > :25:16.way. I see a lot of detail within the hubcaps. Reminds me of other
:25:17. > :25:24.things. It is all hand tools, hacksaw and craft knife. Benz, score
:25:25. > :25:30.and cut. Drill holes. I use galvanised wire which I get from
:25:31. > :25:37.skips and it does not rust. I make stable shapes and fit the bits
:25:38. > :25:41.together. When I left Bradford I went to India for a year and saw the
:25:42. > :25:45.amount of poverty. But everybody used and reused things. If something
:25:46. > :25:46.was amount of poverty. But everybody
:25:47. > :25:50.used and reused things. If broke and they did not throw it away and get a
:25:51. > :25:53.new one like we often do in the West. They mended it or changed it
:25:54. > :25:59.into something else. I wanted to include that concept into my art. I
:26:00. > :26:06.don't want to get rid of any of them because I have two but a lot of
:26:07. > :26:10.myself into these things, but I have to make a living. I could carry on
:26:11. > :26:15.making these things for the rest of my life and not make a dent on the
:26:16. > :26:21.amount of stuff there is out there. Amazing. Based in Brighton in the
:26:22. > :26:28.south of England. The last World Cup, do you remember Paul the
:26:29. > :26:31.octopus? Sadly no longer with us but rival claimants have emerged from
:26:32. > :26:37.the animal kingdom to claim his crown for picking winners. So
:26:38. > :26:45.naturally and octopus is among the contenders. Regina from Berlin will
:26:46. > :26:49.attempt to emulate Paul when she makes her prediction on Monday's
:26:50. > :26:56.match. But this sea turtle is off the mark giving do not for Brazil to
:26:57. > :26:59.beat Croatia. And this panda bear in China is off to a successful start
:27:00. > :27:09.as she opts for the box of What's the hardest thing
:27:10. > :27:11.about being a foster parent? You're constantly trying
:27:12. > :27:15.to build the elusive trust.