17/06/2014 BBC World News

Hello. This is BBC World News. Heavy fighting continues in Iraq between

Government forces and Sunni militants, but the Government says

there is no danger of the country splitting up. Iraq will remain

united and it will overcome these terrorists. These terrorists are

rejected by the Sunni community, by Sunni leaders and they will be

defeated. At least ten people are killed in a

new Islamist terror attack in Kenya after Sunday's raid on a coastal

town. A British satellite company says

investigators looking for the missing Malaysian airliner have to

search in the hotspot of the Indian Ocean.

World Cup day five was full of surprises a sending off and the

tournament's first stalemate. We will have the highlights from

Brazil. Hello. Welcome. Iraqi Government

forces are continuing to engage in heavy clashes with Sunni Islamist

militants. Already in control of a number of key cities in the country

including the towns of Mosul and Fallujah, ISIS militants are

reported to be less than an hour's drive from the capital, Baghdad.

They are now around the town of Baquba. With the group encroaching

on the capital, Posh says he is - President Obama says he is sending

300 troops to protect the American Embassy and its staff in Baghdad.

The British Government set out plans to re-open its embassy in Iran.

Earlier I spoke to a spokesman for the Government.

These people have been able to get a grip because they are supported by

former Saddam militants. They are the same people who terrorised Iraq

for 30 years. And getting back and supporting and arms from regional

countries with the West turning a blind eye and leaving them a vacuum

in Syria to work from, they have been able to take over these areas,

but also they have been working on this secretly for sometime,

undermining Army generals in that area who are former Saddam Army

generals, but were brought back into the army under the plan of

reconciliation and affecting corrupt leaders, mostly Sunni leaders of

that area as well in order to give instructions to the Iraqi army in

that area to disband so there was no fight. They were able to come in,

but they also, these Ba'thist militants used ISIS and these

terrorists as a front. So you know, the collapse of the Iraqi Army was

something that was planned for, but this will not be repeated anywhere

else and we will be able to reclaim our country and get rid of these

terrorists. I'm interested to get your views on what the Kurdish Prime

Minister has been saying to Jim Muir. He is saying the Sunnis felt

undermined by the Government and perhaps the best solution would be

like a Kurdish autonomous, a Sunni autonomous Government. He doesn't

think that Iraq post Mosul will be the same again? That's rejected by

all Iraqis. Firstly, the Sunni community had a lot of

representation in the Government. The head of Parliament is a Sunny.

The Deputy Prime Minister is a Sunni. The heads of Army are Sunnis.

The ministers, there are over ten ministers in the Government who are

Sunnis. They have had their representation. If there are

grievances then we have a democratic Parliament and system that they can

air their grievances. That is not an excuse to take any armed struggle.

In fact, they are not taking any arms struggle, it is these

terrorists who have used this as a excuse to come in, backed as I say,

by the militants, Saddamists. Can Iraq stay together? Yes, Iraq can

stay together and it will stay together because all Iraqis voted on

a constitution of a united Iraq. And Iraq will remain united and it will

overcome these terrorists. These terrorists are rejected by the Sunni

community, by Sunni leaders and they will be defeated.

Let's move on. We're going to leave events in Iraq. We have more to

bring you. We're waiting for the British Foreign Secretary, William

Hague, to make a statement to Parliament about Britain reopening

its embassy in Tehran in Iran. He is on his feet. He is speaking very

shortly about the situation about the British wanting to re-open the

embassy in Tehran. As soon as that happens in the House of Commons, we

will bring that to you. It is over 100 days since the

Malaysian Airlines plane went missing. The wreckage of Flight

MH370 lies south-west of the area that has been the focus. Pal

Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 set off for Beijing. On board were 239

passengers and crew. 40 minutes into the flight, air traffic controllers

lost radio contact with the crew and lost track of the plane on their

radar. But hourly electronic connections between the jet and a

communications satellite showed that the plane continued to fly for

several hours. The data, from the company that own the satellite,

suggested that the plane had come down in the southern Indian Ocean.

An Australian naval vessel was sent to investigate the region West of

Perth, but the vessel never got to the most probable area because it

picked up signals some distance away, but the search team thought

was coming from the jet's flight recorders. But the lead turned out

to be a dead end. It was by no means an unrealistic location, but it was

further to the north-east than our area of highest probability.

Australian authorities leading the hunt are making a detailed under sea

map of the new search area. This is likely to take several months, but

once they know the precise shape of the seabed, they can choose the

vessel's best suited to continue the underwater sweep.

For those of you watching in the UK, you can see the full story on

Horizon. The programme is on BBC Two at 9pm this evening and it will also

be on the BBCi player after that. The programme is called Where is

Flight MH370? Let's go to events in Kenya.

The Somali Islamist group, Al-Shabab, has staged another attack

on Kenya's coast killing at least ten people. Al-Shabab says those

killed include police officers and wildlife wardens. The gunmen

targeted villages in the Poromoko area close to the town of Mpeketoni

where 48 people were killed on Sunday night. Al-Shabab claims the

attacks are in response to the presence of Kenyan troops in

Somalia, and the harassment of Muslims in Kenya.

Our correspondent is in Nairobi, I asked him for the latest? A while

ago there was an announcement saying 15 people are reported dead. Most of

them from the forest and the nearby bushes. This is coming at a time

when people are outraged, especially on social media about the attacks

there and insecurity in general saying that the Government and all

the top security agencies keep promising Kenyans of security, but

they are slow to act and very quick to react.

Al-Shabab claiming responsibility as we have acknowledged, but do we know

why? In revenge for earlier attacks. Have they said why exactly? In the

last couple of hours, there has been a twist to this theory as to whether

it is Al-Shabab responsible despite the fact that they have claimed

responsibility for the two attacks and the Government is saying that

this issue is all about politics. They're saying that in that

particular area, there have been an issue of resources and land with a

tribe there being accused that they have taken over land and that the

people originally acquired the land saying that the land belongs to

them. So there are political under tones from the Government and they

are not coming out very clear on who is behind this. But althat Shah bab

-- but Al-Shabab have claimed responsibility. It appears to be a

separate idea that the Government know who is is behind this. And

there is an argument that Al-Shabab are taking advantage of the social

political gap in the area. William Hague is about to announce

that Britain intends to re-open its embassy in Tehran. Let's speak to my

colleague from BBC Persian. He is in Vienna because that's where talks

are happening, but I'm guessing the situation in Iraq and the reopening

of the embassy are being talked about as well?

PROBLEM WITH SOUND Unfortunately we don't have our

correspondent there. We had the line, but we didn't have the sound.

So we will try and re-establish the line to Vienna and speak to our

correspondent for his views. Let's round-up some of the other

main stories. Muslims in Kenya.

The French president, Francois Hollande, has condemned a savage

attack on a Roma teenager in Paris suburb. The 16-year-old boy is in a

critical condition after he was beaten by a mob who suspected him of

being behind a burglary. The president said it was "unspeakable

and unjustifiable". Crew members of the South Korean

ferry that sank in April with the loss of 300 lives have argued it was

up to the Coast Guard to rescue the passengers. The fifteen surviving

crew of the Sewol are on trial for charges ranging from negligence to

homicide after abandoning the ship with most of the passengers still on

board. At least 20 people have been killed

and 10 injured in a bus crash in Venezuela. The bus was travelling

from the central western city of Barquisimeto. It was 35 kilometres

from the capital Caracas when the driver lost control. The bus hit the

central road barrier and then a tree.

Still to come: 50 asylum seekers who died in a shipwreck off Christmas

Island four years ago. Their relatives are suing the Australian

Government. We will find out why. There have been more angry scenes at

the trial of crew members from the South Korean ferry that sank in

April. Some of the accused could face the death penalty in convicted.

Their names are fodder from front pages. Their deeds the subject of

national debate. Some still hid their faces. The 15 crew members

arrived for this preliminary hearing in handcuffs and prison overalls.

Through a separate door, the families of those rescuers never

reached. This couple lost their younger daughter in the Dayser. Her

-- disaster. Her mother told me she held the crew responsible. "They

should go the same death my child suffered. They should be drowned."

She said. Deadened, anxious faces, parents who

feel these 15 survivors must have caused their loss. The story of what

happened is only just beginning. Lawyers have tabled over 1900 pieces

of evidence so far. Today, the final four defendants heard their

indictments before the hearings start next month.

Inside this courtroom, family members cursed and shouted as

defence lawyers said no rescuers, no matter how thorough could have saved

everyone on board. Even the appearance of the crew was enough to

upset some relatives, why are they allowed to sit comfortably on

chairs, one shouted, they should be made to kneel? This case is likely

to take many months and with even the president judging the crew's

actions as tantamount to murder, there are concerns over whether they

will get a fair trial. This is BBC World News.

The headlines: Heavy fighting continues in Iraq

between Government forces and ISIS militants. The latest battles are 60

kilometres from Baghdad. Iraq's biggest oil refinery has been

shutdown and its foreign staff evacuated.

Ten people are killed in a new Islamist terror attack in Kenya

after Sunday's raid on a coastal town. Let's return to developments

concerning William Hague who is about to announce Britain is about

to reopen its embassy in Tehran. He will be speaking in the House of

Commons. But our correspondence is in Vienna. He is in Vienna because

in Iran the Western powers are talking about the nuclear programme.

They must be talking about everything that is happening in

Iraq? In this building behind me Iran is sitting down with six world

powers to talk about its nuclear problem and crisis. But the

questions in Iraq is overshadowing these talks. How Iran can help solve

this problem or reduce the extent of this crisis is an issue. It was only

yesterday Iran had direct talks in Vienna with the United States and on

the sidelines of that, they talked about Iraq. Today we see the new

developments in the relations between Iran and Britain. It was

only yesterday the UK Foreign Secretary, William Hague, talked on

the phone to Iran's Foreign Minister about the Iraqi issue. Now, we see

it looks like the problem in Iraq, the crisis has given new impetus to

efforts to improve bilateral relations within Iran and the UK. It

looks as though events in Iraq has spared those diplomatic efforts

along. Thanks for your analysis. The families of a group of Iraqi

and Iranian asylum seekers who drowned trying to reach Australia

are suing the Government for what 50 people died in 2010

when their flimsy boat crashed into rocks off the remote Australian

outpost of Christmas Island. An eight-month coroner's inquiry

into the disaster blamed people But the coroner also criticised the

government for not having adequate The lawyer representing the families

says the Australian government Well they will be arguing that on

the evening in question the government knew that there were boat

arrivals coming to Christmas Island in the midst of a storm and that

there were vulnerable men, women and children on the high seas in danger

and that the government did not have an operating, sea-worthy rescue

service on Christmas Island and Australia's Immigration Minister

Scott Morrison was highly critical of

the decision to take legal action. I think this is a shameful and

offensive claim to be making. People have the right to bring cases to

court, we are a free country but they have to be accountable for the

claims they bring. The men and women who served that day showed a level

of drapery, sacrifice that we have seen only on rare occasions. --

bravery. The response from the people on Christmas Ireland and all

ex-dash-macro Australians was extraordinary. This claim just

beggars belief. One person has died and others have been injured in a

tornado in Nebraska. Wendy Urquhart has the details. I

think we have lost that package. We have got a little gremlin in the

system, my apologies. We will talk about what is happening with the

World Cup next. But four Englishmen decided to

get there from Argentina on foot. They walked 1966 kilometres -

significant because it was in 1966 Here's the story

of their incredible journey. My name is Adam Burns and I am from

Suffolk. We are for friends who wanted to go to the World Cup. We

also wanted to help a charity close to our hearts. We set out to walk

1966 kilometres from Mendoza to Brazil. The last time England won

the World Cup was 1966, so it is an iconic number for England fans. Part

of me did not know what to expect. It was my first time in South

America. The reality was it was ruling.

of me did not know what to expect. It was my first We walked through

the desert in Argentina. No shade, the biggest mosquito is we have ever

seen and we have two sleeping abandoned train stations, charged by

balls. We had to go over cobbles and sleepers for about five kilometres

and then we realised it was a ridiculous idea. We were walking

through a field with thick and heavy mud. We came to a fence and we tried

to lift the fence up to take the golf buggies and, but we were

electrocuted and nearly vomited. We are all very good set -- friends.

But there has been times where it is difficult to live in each other's

pockets for 100 days. We did it and we got there without anybody

massively falling out. The best thing about being in Argentina they

show foot all all day. We managed to watch the end of the Premier League

season, the Champions' League finals and also local foot ball. When we

were walking through your guy, what we thought was a stray dog began

following is. He did stink. Peter named him Stephen Jeppesen. Then we

found out he wasn't a stray dog. We got a message from a Uruguayan man

whose friend had spotted Jefferson in a local newspaper. We found -- we

told our plan and we reunited them. It was very emotional. Getting onto

the pitch was unending point. It was a journey that has taught me a lot

about myself and being resilient. One way to get noticed is by making

as much noise as possible. Jon Sopel is on Copacabana Beach. Have you

heard the one about being Lishman, the Australian, the Argentinian and

the German? We have or add them here and it is about the competing World

Cup sounds. The whistle. Rubbish. Give me that. That is what you are

meant to do. Which is the best sound? The best is

mine. You are making no sound. I know. Do you think it is right to

ban these from inside the grounds? It is so wrong. We were making so

much fun. ban these from inside the grounds?

It is so wrong. It is so nice. We should share it all around the

world. It represents culture of a country. When the country is hosting

the World Cup, we should respect that culture. If this belongs in

South Africa, it should be in every game. It is a beautiful noise. It is

part of the atmosphere and they should let them in. That is the

verdict of the fans. They want as much noise as possible, it seems.

And if you're following the World Cup on Twitter you might have

noticed that world leaders have been enjoying the action too.

Here's a selfie posted by the German player Lukas Podolski with

Chancellor Angela Merkel after the team's 4-0 victory over Portugal.

And here's the Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, clearly glued to

Remember you can tweet a picture to show us at the BBC

where you're watching the World Cup using the hashtag #myworldcupseat.

And don't forget there's plenty more at the BBC Sport website.

You can find post-match analysis and a look ahead to Day Six

A 2000 year old tapestry has been repatriated in Peru.

And very delicate homecoming. Peeling back the layers of history,

this 2000 year old Clough has been returned 80 years after being stolen

by the Swedish console in the 1930s. Once on display in Gothenberg, it is

one of nearly 90 antiquities which will be returned to South America, a

process that will take seven years. TRANSLATION: thank goodness they are

Swedish uncivilised. They have returned them to benefit the roof.

The calendar textile is described as a gem of the collection. With 80

different colours, it is made up of 32 frames are picketing frogs, cats,

corn and humanlike figures. Researchers believe it is used to

track farming seasons. It is a technique so it looks like it is

emitted. But it is an embroidery. There is only one other similar

textile and that is in New York. Peruvian officials have been

reclaiming thousands of cultural treasures lost to other countries.

Each new piece returned, another thread in the country's history.

That