18/08/2014 BBC World News

After the worst overnight violence in Ferguson in the American city

of St Louis the National Guard is sent in to restore peace and order.

Molotov cocktails were thrown, there were shootings, looting, vandalism

and other acts of violence. After two years of seeking asylum,

the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, says he will leave the

Ecuadorian embassy in London soon. The Iraqi army says its security

forces and Kurdish peshmerga fighters have re-taken a key dam in

Mosul in the north of the country The governor of the US state

of Missouri, Jay Nixon, has signed an order to send in the National

Guard to restore peace and order in Ferguson, where protests have

escalated over the shooting dead by police of an unarmed black

teenager more than a week ago. Police in the St Louis suburb say

shots were fired at their officers in overnight violence

and petrol bombs were thrown. The BBC's Aleem Maqbool is in

Ferguson, Missouri - we spoke to him It is an extraordinary announcement

by the Government, it comes after we heard the police chief saying they

were going to look at ways they could change things operationally

because clearly the tactics, while things are calm now, it has been

another violent evening on the streets of Ferguson. My only sent,

having spoken to people here, is that it will antagonise people

more. They already felt they have been overrun by police who in some

cases to them look like an invading army, and that has meant that more

wants to come out onto the streets. It's why we saw some of the violence

this evening, because some of the protesters have made a plan to tell

the police that this was their area, it was not the police that control

things but they were the ones who could take to the streets if they

wanted to. They still feel they should be able to take to the

streets to talk to something -- about something they are very

passionate about - the killing of Michael Brown. The introduction of

the National Guard however may well stop some of the looting and

violence ultimately, but I can only see at introducing more tension

here. On the other hand the police feel like they need to do something

else. It has been very different each night, and the last night has

been particularly bad. What has been going on? What we saw 24 hours ago

is that as soon as the curfew came into place, even though the

protesters at the time were protesting peacefully, the police

fired teargas immediately. This time around it felt like the protesters

were not going to let it get to that point so we had a violent evening

where petrol bombs were thrown, rocks were thrown at police, police

fired teargas back, and sound bombs were used as well. They formed lines

and formations to move through a very small stretch really that has

seen most of the violence, but we also worryingly heard live gunfire

through the night, so another chaotic evening in Ferguson.

Malik Shabazz is President of Black Lawyers for Justice and he

Let me say this, things have deteriorated, and things have

deteriorated for a couple of reasons. I think there is an over

the militarisation of the police, and it is antagonistic. There are

Agent Provocateur 's amongst legitimate demonstrators who are

here to support Michael Brown, and I don't know who they are working for

but they are agents for somebody. What they want to do is to mar the

demonstrations so I do think the teargas came too early. I don't

think it was necessary. I think there are carried police here on top

of State police and it is not clear the chain of command, and I think

there are too many police to deal with the demonstrators, which is

antagonistic. The demonstrators want to make sure that tonight ends with

a confrontation with the police. And it's been reported that

Michael Brown, whose death sparked off the wave of protest in Ferguson,

was shot by police at least six The New York Times has acquired the

results of a preliminary, private post mortem, which was conducted at

the request of the victim's family. The US Attorney General,

Eric Holder, has said the Justice Department would conduct

its own separate post mortem, due to what he called the extraordinary

circumstances involved in the case. The Wikileaks founder,

Julian Assange, has said he will leave the Ecuadorean embassy

in London soon, but he didn't say He's spent the last two years

there trying to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he's facing sexual

assault charges, which he denies. If he's sent there he says he could

then face US charges over the leaking

of secret government documents. Speaking at a press conference

inside the Ecuadorean embassy Julian Assange said his health had

suffered over the last 2 years. As you can imagine, being detained

in various ways in this country without charge for four years and in

this embassy for two years, which has no outside area or no sunlight,

as a result of the obstruction that is presently in place by the UK and

the policing costs of more than 6.5 million pounds. It is an environment

in which any healthy person would find themselves soon enough with

certain difficulties. That was Julian Assange speaking during a

webcast in London. Let's discuss this further with our legal affairs

correspondent. There is a lot to dissect here, but one of the main

points he was making is that he could potentially be leaving soon.

What implications does that have for him? The legal position has not

changed, he will be arrested by the British police and then extradited

to Sweden to face those allegations of sexual assault, and that would

happen within ten days. There has been some suggestion that his

health... That he is in poor health and that perhaps would be a bar to

extradition. If he needs hospital treatment in this country that

period of ten days could be expanded somewhat, but health grounds alone

would not provide another legal avenue. The legal issues have been

fought, all the way to the Supreme Court, who two years ago decided by

a strong majority that Julian Assange had no grounds for resisting

extradition. He was arguing that the prosecuting authorities in Sweden

that had requested his extradition were not a judicial authority. The

Supreme Court decided they were and that his extradition should take

place. Nothing has really changed since that time, and if he sets foot

outside the embassy the likelihood is that he will be arrested. If he

needs medical care he will get that, but he will be extradited to face

those allegations within ten days. He was implying that the stands, the

attitude in the UK towards these laws have somewhat changed? I was

puzzled by that because there have been no changes to the arrest scheme

as far as I am aware. The scheme is a fast-track extradition schemes

that came in after 911. It is based on a simple idea that every justice

system within Europe is of equal quality, you get is fair trial in

one as you get in another so it is extremely difficult to resist

extradition. Julian Assange tried to do so, he went to the Supreme Court

and he failed, so nothing has changed in that time. I'm not quite

sure what was being alluded to by changes. Extradition lawyers I have

spoken to this morning are pretty confident nothing has changed and he

will be extradited. Briefly, he is annoyed that the press are

misrepresenting telling his story, that he faces these charges but they

are not charges yet. Yes, under the scheme he does not need to be

charged in Sweden. A well founded allegation or an allegation that the

prosecution authorities say is well founded is sufficient. The fact he

hasn't been charged does not affect the extradition to Sweden. He has

said that if he goes to Sweden he could also face charges from the

US. The United States have not formally sought his extradition. If

they did seek his extradition from Sweden, they would also need the

consent of the British government. He couldn't just be extradited from

Sweden to the United States, there is a protection built in that the

original surrendering country would have to give permission for him to

be extradited on to be extradited onto the United States. It is a

protection for people, it is not that one country can just grab

somebody and extradite him, they have to go back to the original

surrendering country, ourselves, and we have to give our consent.

Kalashnikov wielding robbers have attacked the motorcade of a Saudi

prince in Paris. French police said thieves made up -- made off with

250,000 euros in cash and stole sensitive documents. More than

100,000 mourners in Brazil have turned out to pay their respects to

the presidential candidate, Eduardo Campos. He was killed in a plane

crash on Wednesday and his remains were buried after ten hours of

ceremonies on Sunday. The capital came to a halt to bid farewell to

Eduardo Campos, the state's most prominent politician. The event

started early on Sunday, people gathered for the public service at

the Palace. He had governed here and stepped down just a few months ago

to run for president. His home state is still in shock after the plane

crash on Wednesday. Many people came to pay their respects, ordinary

people including current politicians. Thousands followed

along the streets as his body was taken to the cemetery. His widow and

children clinging to the coffin. On the truck, a sentence he had said

before dying, we will not give up on Brazil. This is a symbol of his

popularity and his importance to the country. Lots more still to come,

including the secret gambling dens on the Chinese border. We have a

special report. Western Iran has been hit by an

earthquake of magnitude 6.3. It struck near the provincial capital

of Dezful. There are no reports of casualties. It's one of the toughest

sports around so when the women's World Cup finals were played out in

Paris over the weekend, critics of the women's game wondered if it

would be as hard fought a tournament as it is in its male counterpart.

England's red roses, as they are known, were taking on Canada. Unlike

their male counterparts, these players had to take unpaid leave

from their day jobs to play in Paris. Canada were never going to be

overawed, they had already put out France and soon proved they were up

to the task. But England looking for their first World Cup final win in

20 years were in commanding form. Danielle Waterman eventually

rounding off the try. Both sides kicked long and with accuracy. But

it was outside centre and the tournament's top scorer who

eventually broke through the Canadian line, getting England's

second try which she then converted for the victory.

The state governor of Missouri has instructed the National Guard to

restore peace and order to Ferguson after another night of violence

following the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by police .

The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, says he plans to

leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London soon but has given no hint

Iraqi military forces say they have regained control of the country's

largest dam from the hands of Islamic militants who captured it

less than two weeks ago. The development marks the first major

victory for Iraqi and Kurdish troops since US airstrikes began earlier

this month. The Mosul dam holds great strategic value as it supplies

electricity and water to a large part of the country.

With me is Karim Gohary from BBC Arabic.

I have said this dam is significant. Put this into context

for us. It's the largest dam in the country. It's 30 miles upstream from

Mosul and controls most of the country's water and electricity.

Islamic state militants have had control of it for a few months now

but there has also been a lot of fighting to try and regain control.

The Iraqi military and Kurdish forces have regained control of it.

If this dam remained under the control of Islamic militants, they

could flood areas around the dam as well as stopping drinking water

getting to people and cutting electricity off. This is the only

dam they have tried to gain control of. There are the damage they have

had control of. They have also tried to gain control of the second

largest dam in the country in the north-west and that controls 30% of

the country's electricity. It seems to be a strategy by the Islamic

state to gain control of oil fields and water. This will try and

pressurise the government forces. When they gained control, did they

know how to work it? There are workers who are still there and they

have threatened them: If you don't continue working, you or your family

might be killed. But they sometimes close off some of these dams. Other

times, they flood whole areas. It's a very important, strategic move.

Myanmar has a long history of civil war.

Some of those past conflicts have left behind a patchwork

Special Region Number Four, also known as Gong La, is one such strip

It's existed entirely outside central government control

for more than 25 years and the area has evolved into a place

Our Myanmar correspondent, Jonah Fisher, has this exclusive report.

We are looking for one of Myanmar's worst kept secrets. Our official

guide refused to take us so we hired motorbikes. After half an hour of

darkness, there are distant, Gerrish lights. It's a gambling complex

aimed exclusively at Chinese customers. Casinos are illegal in

mainland China and Myanmar but the gambling walls here are not all

tourists. Look closely at the people wearing headphones. They work here,

placing bets on behalf of clients back in China. A satellite dish

outside makes sure the connection never drops and the money keeps

coming in. Welcome to gong La, a Sin city state of gambling, prostitution

and drugs. There is no real law enforcement here so this market in

particular has become notorious for openly trading in the parts of

exotic and endangered animals. We filmed secretly and saw stalls of

ivory, leopard-skin, tour the cis and snakes. That is the hide of an

anteater. It's in endangered species. Not far away, we see to

that are still just about alive. The menu also includes black bear and

Python. This small zoo is in itself shocking. A small tiger skull? So

this is about 1000 US dollars? It is thought there are fewer than 4000

tigers living wild in the whole world. At the moment, the Chinese

provide electricity, investment and tourists. The Burnley 's have very

little influence so as long as China keeps turning a blind eye to the

gambling, the weird, wild world will continue to thrive.

Cycling is good for our health and heart.

It also has a positive impact on our bank balance, the environment

But with the rapid growth of mega cities across the globe, cycling

So why are some cities safer for cyclists than others?

Saddle up and take two wheels to cities

London, with our reporter, Tulip Mazumdar.

Cycling: And elegant answer to the age old question, how to get from a

to B? Getting around London on public transport can be pretty

pricey but the cheaper alternative is one of these. You avoid the

packed London underground and buses during rush hour and get to keep

fit. With London's bike hire scheme, you get access to 10,000 bikes you

can pick up from over 700 docking stations. The first 30 minutes free

and then you pay according to how long you cycle four. Whizzing around

London gives you a liberating feeling but you are quite exposed

well. You have also got to content with the buses as well. Here is a

band that has pulled up, so let me go around that. Safety is a big

issue on London roads. Given how many cyclists there are in London,

deaths are thankfully relatively rare. When it happens, they are

remembered by these white painted ghost bikes. They also serve as a

stark reminder to other cyclists and drivers to stay careful on the

roads. Getting on a bike anywhere in the world is a risky business, as we

will be hearing in our series. I fell down and broke my arm year ago

and a couple of months ago, I broke two bones here. It's not just the

risk of falling off your bike the causes problems as well. People are

not used to seeing women on bikes in some cities. People sometimes make

bad comments to me. Look at this woman. Why is she cycling? She is

crazy! Cycling is not just a way of getting around for many Londoners.

It's a way of life. Many come here for a well-deserved cup of coffee

after their two wheeled escalates. Over the next week, cyclist from

Rio, Beijing, Delhi, Nairobi and Amsterdam will share their

experiences of life behind handlebars. Join us as we hear from

cycling in Pewsey acids from right across the globe. The clock faces on

London's Big Ben have been cleaned for the first time since 2010. It

has seen workers abseiling down to carry out work on the big clock. The

hounds will be temporarily paused with ongoing work. It would take

five days to clean. Hi, I'm Richard Osman

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