:00:00. > :00:10.I'm Philippa Thomas, live at Celtic Manor.
:00:11. > :00:13.NATO leaders prepare to tighten sanctions against Russia over
:00:14. > :00:21.its actions in Ukraine, even as ceasefire talks are imminent.
:00:22. > :00:29.We must ensure that NATO remains ready, able and willing to defend
:00:30. > :00:32.all allies against any threat. Also at the summit,
:00:33. > :00:35.plans take shape to tackle the threat from Islamic State,
:00:36. > :00:38.the US forming what it calls a core I'm Kasia Maderea in London with
:00:39. > :00:44.our other top stories. Iran's supreme leader approves
:00:45. > :00:48.contacts with US military officials, paving the way for cooperation
:00:49. > :00:51.in Iraq. And a lucky escape for two
:00:52. > :00:54.American kayakers after an attack by a great white shark off the coast
:00:55. > :01:16.of Massachusetts. NATO leaders are discussing plans
:01:17. > :01:18.for a new force to boost their rapid-response capabilities
:01:19. > :01:32.in their summit in Newport. We can cross over live to our
:01:33. > :01:41.correspondent there for the very latest on the NATO summit.
:01:42. > :01:46.Thank you. Western nations are poised to toughen up sanctions on
:01:47. > :01:51.Russia even as the cease-fire talks are imminent. Because of Russia's
:01:52. > :01:57.involvement in the conflict in eastern Ukraine. That is just one of
:01:58. > :02:01.the pressing issues for the 28 NATO leaders here. There are talks
:02:02. > :02:04.between the Kiev government, the Russian government and the
:02:05. > :02:09.pro-Russian separatists. They will begin shortly. As that is happening,
:02:10. > :02:17.there is also fighting which has broken out in the southeastern port
:02:18. > :02:23.city of Mariupol. Nick Childs has the latest for us.
:02:24. > :02:33.Most immediately, what chance talks in another place, in Belarus, will
:02:34. > :02:37.produce a cease-fire? As the leaders of days on a display of NATO air
:02:38. > :02:43.power, there is hope perhaps but also a hefty dose of scepticism. The
:02:44. > :02:48.message from here that planned US and EU sanctions against Russia will
:02:49. > :02:53.go ahead for now anyway. Based on our experience, what would be
:02:54. > :02:58.sensible is to go ahead with the plan for increased sanctions. If
:02:59. > :03:04.there is a cease-fire, if it is signed and if it is implemented, we
:03:05. > :03:08.can then look at lifting sanctions. But as you said earlier, there is a
:03:09. > :03:12.great degree of scepticism about whether this action will
:03:13. > :03:17.materialise, whether the cease-fire will be real. The leaders will also
:03:18. > :03:22.endorse a new alliance rapid reaction force to reassure NATO's
:03:23. > :03:26.uneasy Eastern European members and to send a message to the Kremlin
:03:27. > :03:32.whose actions they believe have contributed to a newly dangerous
:03:33. > :03:36.world. As we meet today, the principal foundations of global
:03:37. > :03:45.security are being challenged. In a way we have not seen since the end
:03:46. > :03:48.of the Cold War. By Russia's actions against Ukraine, instability and
:03:49. > :03:56.violent extremism across the Middle East and North Africa and new
:03:57. > :04:01.threats such as cyber attacks and missile attacks. Also a message for
:04:02. > :04:05.the members of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. They should be very
:04:06. > :04:09.clear of these terrorists, their threats will only harden our resolve
:04:10. > :04:15.to stand up for our values and to defeat them. To do so and to deal
:04:16. > :04:20.with all of the threats we face, our great alliance must now evolve and
:04:21. > :04:26.refocus on the new capabilities we need to keep our people say. On the
:04:27. > :04:30.ground in Ukraine, they have been bracing themselves for days around
:04:31. > :04:33.the town of Mariupol, for now still in government hands. With word of
:04:34. > :04:38.new heavy fighting here ahead of the latest peace talks, the fear is the
:04:39. > :04:48.anguish and the tensions in this crisis will go on. Many eyes here
:04:49. > :04:52.are on those talks in Belarus between Russia, Ukraine and the
:04:53. > :04:55.pro-Russian rebels. Although people are watching, there is no great
:04:56. > :05:00.expectation of a breakthrough. Several people have said, President
:05:01. > :05:04.Putin may have put forward this peace plan, but it seems to amount
:05:05. > :05:09.to telling the Ukrainian army to back off and get out of the East of
:05:10. > :05:14.Ukraine. That is not going to be acceptable. For a view from the
:05:15. > :05:18.ground, I have been speaking to the BBC's correspondent in Donetsk. I
:05:19. > :05:23.asked him how the prospect of a cease-fire was seen from there. We
:05:24. > :05:28.have spent a lot of time talking to people here. I think the people
:05:29. > :05:32.here, as in the rest of the region, are desperate for there two BAC 's
:05:33. > :05:38.fire. They have endured four, five months of conflict that macro they
:05:39. > :05:44.are desperate for there to be a cease-fire. One person was saying,
:05:45. > :05:50.we never expected that we would be living in a war zone, that there
:05:51. > :05:54.would be a war in this area. It is really traumatising people. Many
:05:55. > :05:58.people have been killed and injured. They are desperate for a cease-fire
:05:59. > :06:07.for those fighting to finish as quickly as possible. We were just
:06:08. > :06:10.saying that many NATO members at this summit in Wales view President
:06:11. > :06:15.Putin's peace plan with some scepticism. They see it as saying to
:06:16. > :06:21.the Ukrainian army, you have got to get out of the East and capitulate.
:06:22. > :06:28.I have to say, reading the seven point peace plan, that does strike
:06:29. > :06:32.you. It says both sides have to stop firing. But it says the Ukrainian
:06:33. > :06:35.military has to pull back from positions around the towns and
:06:36. > :06:41.cities, which means their positions in artillery range, that they can
:06:42. > :06:49.shoot into those towns and cities. They are talking having to move back
:06:50. > :06:53.20, 30km. The rabbles' leadership have said it is going to be more
:06:54. > :06:58.than that, it needs to be the Ukrainian village to pulling out of
:06:59. > :07:00.the whole region -- the rabbles'. It is difficult to see how the
:07:01. > :07:07.Ukrainian government could accept that. They are saying, OK, we stop
:07:08. > :07:12.firing and we leave you, the rebels, completely in control of the region.
:07:13. > :07:15.There does not seem to be any similar demand for whether the
:07:16. > :07:26.rebels should be pulling back from anywhere. Therefore, the scepticism.
:07:27. > :07:30.Among those really urging NATO's leadership to take a tough line
:07:31. > :07:35.against Russia are the Baltic states, the former Soviet Union
:07:36. > :07:39.states, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, states such as Poland, they
:07:40. > :07:50.are very pleased that today one of the things to be announced is the
:07:51. > :07:55.creation of a NATO rapid reaction. -- rapid reaction force. They could
:07:56. > :07:58.go to any hotspot within a matter of days. I have been speaking to one of
:07:59. > :08:03.the Baltic statement as is, the Foreign Minister of Estonia, asking
:08:04. > :08:10.him about his view of Russia and Ukraine. Of course, everyone hopes
:08:11. > :08:16.the killings and violence. In Ukraine. We will see. The cease-fire
:08:17. > :08:20.will be welcomed. But of course, there are serious doubts. One of the
:08:21. > :08:27.problems is that Russia so far did not admit that Russia is one part of
:08:28. > :08:33.the conflict and Russia is crucial if you want to find solutions. How
:08:34. > :08:39.do you perceive President Putin's strategy? Do you think he wants to
:08:40. > :08:43.push ahead into Ukraine? I am pessimistic. It is clear Russia
:08:44. > :08:48.wants to stop Ukraine's movement closer to the west and closer to the
:08:49. > :08:55.European Union. Winter is coming. There will be a big problem in the
:08:56. > :09:03.economy and energy sphere. And also the Crimea issue. It means most
:09:04. > :09:06.probably Russia wants to create a physical connection between Russia
:09:07. > :09:14.and Crimea. There are lots of risks and concerns. Most probably starting
:09:15. > :09:17.negotiations for a cease-fire. The Estonian Foreign Minister expressing
:09:18. > :09:21.his concerns and fears about Russia's ambitions for its
:09:22. > :09:26.neighbours. The other big issue on the agenda at the NATO summit is
:09:27. > :09:30.what to do about the Islamic State jihadists fighting in both Iraq and
:09:31. > :09:36.Syria. They are talking about that right now. We have also had this
:09:37. > :09:41.line from Washington, from the American delegation, saying, they
:09:42. > :09:46.intend to convene what they called a core coalition to try to battle the
:09:47. > :09:49.militants in Iraq, calling for broad support from allies and partners in
:09:50. > :09:54.the region, making it very clear, as John Kerry puts it, there is a red
:09:55. > :09:58.line, no boots on the ground this time. Let us look at the players
:09:59. > :10:02.involved. Who would be needed in any fight against Islamic State? Here is
:10:03. > :10:08.our Middle East editor, Jeremy Bowen.
:10:09. > :10:12.The Americans have been bombing IS in Iraq at the request of the Iraqi
:10:13. > :10:15.government. They are unlikely to get a UN resolution to extend the
:10:16. > :10:21.strikes to the IS power base in Syria. The bombers will not get an
:10:22. > :10:25.invitation from the Syrian government either. Without the kind
:10:26. > :10:30.of deal with the regime which Washington and London say would be
:10:31. > :10:34.unacceptable. There is another legal argument for bombing, about
:10:35. > :10:38.protecting civilians, but it is very controversial. Whatever happens, if
:10:39. > :10:43.the NATO allies want to fight IS, they will need to build a coalition.
:10:44. > :10:52.Saudi Arabia and Iran bowed EIS as a threat. -- both CIF as a threat.
:10:53. > :11:00.They back opposing sides. The Saudis oppose rebels, some of which
:11:01. > :11:05.support Islamic State. Iran supports Assad and it talks of cooperation
:11:06. > :11:10.against IS. Many IS fighters travelled through Turkey to get to
:11:11. > :11:18.Syria and Iraq. From Turkey, you can see IS flags flying in a town they
:11:19. > :11:20.control just over the Syrian border. Turkey's president celebrated a
:11:21. > :11:25.national holiday at the weekend before he left for the NATO summit.
:11:26. > :11:30.His allies might be pressing him to tighten up the Turkish border. The
:11:31. > :11:37.conflict with IS is tearing apart the already ragged state of Iraq. In
:11:38. > :11:41.northern Iraq, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters are seen as a vital force
:11:42. > :11:45.against IS, so far they have had more promises of weapons from abroad
:11:46. > :11:54.and deliveries. The Kurds say they need much more, much faster. IS
:11:55. > :11:56.propaganda boasts of how they have abolished the border between Iraq
:11:57. > :12:01.and Syria. They want to remake the Middle East. The turbulence in the
:12:02. > :12:09.region means a response is very difficult.
:12:10. > :12:14.Just one more thought about what is happening at the NATO summit, as
:12:15. > :12:17.Jeremy was just telling you, many IS fighters travelled through Turkey to
:12:18. > :12:21.get to Syria and Iraq and there is a very important meeting in about
:12:22. > :12:26.three hours time, President Obama is going to sit down with the Turkish
:12:27. > :12:30.president. That is one of those crucial meetings taking place behind
:12:31. > :12:35.the scenes. Thank you very much. My colleague
:12:36. > :12:40.reporting live from the two-day NATO summit. As we heard, the threat from
:12:41. > :12:44.Islamic State is being very much discussed at the summit. There has
:12:45. > :12:57.now been a suggestion that Iran will cooperate with the fight to contain
:12:58. > :13:01.the Islamic State. Iran's supreme leader has approved talks with US
:13:02. > :13:06.military officials. Let us get the latest on this. Fill us in on the
:13:07. > :13:12.details. Several sources in Tehran are telling us of this new
:13:13. > :13:19.development. The information is that the Iranians supreme leader,
:13:20. > :13:23.Ayatollah Khamenei, has authorised a top commander of the Revolutionary
:13:24. > :13:33.guard in Iran to maintain contact and keep contact and discussions
:13:34. > :13:37.with the US. Also with Iraqiforces and Kurdish forces in northern Iraq
:13:38. > :13:47.to coordinate efforts against IS. This is new. We knew that the
:13:48. > :13:52.Iranians regarded Isis as a threat to them and to their allies, both
:13:53. > :14:00.Syria and Iraq. Now it seems the Iran supreme leader has seen the
:14:01. > :14:06.threat serious enough to take the new step. It goes to show how the
:14:07. > :14:09.alignments are shifting. Beforehand, you would not have expected the US
:14:10. > :14:14.and Iran to be discussing anything together. The threat from IS very
:14:15. > :14:19.much bringing different parties that you would not expect together. That
:14:20. > :14:27.is right. And we did not expect it. We knew that if it came to it in
:14:28. > :14:31.northern Iraq, they may be coordinating and helping each other.
:14:32. > :14:37.But this is the confirmation of that, if you like, that they already
:14:38. > :14:46.in cooperation. We know that last week when the Kurdish forces and
:14:47. > :14:56.Iraqi Shi'ite militias, helped by US air strikes, took the town which was
:14:57. > :15:01.in the hands of the Islamic State. Iranians Shi'ite militias and the
:15:02. > :15:06.Revolutionary guard advisers were already there. There are pictures of
:15:07. > :15:13.the commander of the Revolutionary guard in that area during that
:15:14. > :15:17.operation. It seems that cooperation between Iran and the US has already
:15:18. > :15:21.begun. For the time being, thank you.
:15:22. > :15:27.The World Health Organisation is is giving advice today on potential
:15:28. > :15:29.new drugs to tackle the world's worst ever outbreak of Ebola.
:15:30. > :15:31.Experts have been examining eight experimental treatments and two
:15:32. > :15:40.Earlier I spoke to our correspondent in Geneva Imogen Foulkes.
:15:41. > :15:43.She gave me the latest on the experimental drugs that are
:15:44. > :15:56.There are a number of possible treatments but this is what the
:15:57. > :16:00.issue is. None of these have been properly tested the way you would
:16:01. > :16:07.expect if you were to go to your doctor and get a prescription. It is
:16:08. > :16:15.a long process and it often takes a good few years. With the spread of
:16:16. > :16:20.Ebola and the death toll rising so dramatically, there is a real sense
:16:21. > :16:23.of urgency. In fact, something really has to be achieved in terms
:16:24. > :16:28.of treatment for this disease because it has a high mortality rate
:16:29. > :16:35.as we know. What they are looking at is how fast they can get testing
:16:36. > :16:40.done. Can we bypass some of the normal phases of testing and how
:16:41. > :16:45.fast can we get drugs on the market? Even with FastTrack testing, it it
:16:46. > :16:47.is going to be the end of the year at the earliest before any of it is
:16:48. > :17:02.ready. Stay with us on BBC World News,
:17:03. > :17:11.still to come: Pakistan deploys troops to rescue victims
:17:12. > :17:13.of late monsoon flooding, which Extra police are being deployed
:17:14. > :17:17.in the French Port of Calais to tackle a surge in the number of
:17:18. > :17:21.migrants trying to get to Britain. Crowds of men, desperate to reach
:17:22. > :17:24.the UK are now also trying to jump into private cars and trucks
:17:25. > :17:26.which are crossing the channel. Local authorities are asking
:17:27. > :17:33.for more help from the British Calais is overrun, according to the
:17:34. > :17:35.mayor, but these people do not care. They aren't interested in staying
:17:36. > :17:39.in France. They want to get to England and they
:17:40. > :17:43.will run, climb or hide to do it. And not just
:17:44. > :17:45.on lorries or commercial vehicles. They are now targeting cars as well.
:17:46. > :17:47.Eurotunnel has taken the unprecedented step
:17:48. > :17:49.of giving guidance to drivers to help them avoid unwittingly taking
:17:50. > :18:14.on migrants. That is what happened to Sue Taper
:18:15. > :18:17.from Kent yesterday morning. I got my car and let my dogs out
:18:18. > :18:21.and as they got out, a leg came out followed by another
:18:22. > :18:25.leg, then the seat went up and a man about my height got out of the car.
:18:26. > :18:28.The man in her car was arrested and handed over to immigration officers.
:18:29. > :18:30.In Calais, those who tried to storm the ferry were turned back,
:18:31. > :18:33.but every day, more migrants are arriving, watching and waiting.
:18:34. > :18:35.Now there are an estimated 1,300 in the town,
:18:36. > :18:38.leading the mayor of Calais to threaten to block the port unless
:18:39. > :18:44.Britain and the rest of Europe do more to help solve the problem.
:18:45. > :18:53.This volcano has been shooting Lavery into the sky since Sunday.
:18:54. > :18:58.There is currently an orange alert for visiting the area but it is
:18:59. > :19:04.still possible to fly overhead, and if you want to, get a glimpse of the
:19:05. > :19:17.action from the air. Those are the shots over the volcano in Iceland.
:19:18. > :19:19.You are watching BBC World News. The headlines: Western leaders at the
:19:20. > :19:23.NATO summit in preparing tougher sanctions against
:19:24. > :19:26.Russia over its actions in Ukraine. plans are taking shape to tackle
:19:27. > :19:29.the threat from Islamic State, the US forming what it calls a "core
:19:30. > :19:38.coalition" to take on the jihadists. Rescue teams are trying to reach 34
:19:39. > :19:41.miners trapped in a coal mine Officials say
:19:42. > :19:44.the men are stuck more than 500 metres below ground, but they are
:19:45. > :19:48.alive and have enough air for now. Our correspondent Guy De
:19:49. > :20:07.Launey is in Belgrade. Wales are a dreadful situation,
:20:08. > :20:12.bring us up to date. The miners have been brought up in the last hour or
:20:13. > :20:17.so. 29 have emerged but we are getting reports that five have not
:20:18. > :20:21.survived. The chair of the union is saying he has known about it for
:20:22. > :20:27.some time but has not been able to bring the news to us. It appears we
:20:28. > :20:32.have a loss of life. What reaction from the local community? They are
:20:33. > :20:39.very angry and said the management of the mine have understated what
:20:40. > :20:43.has happened and have said only eight people were trapped but there
:20:44. > :20:47.were actually three dozen. This is the third explosion there in a year
:20:48. > :20:57.and this one was apparently triggered by a minor earthquake.
:20:58. > :21:02.Three explosions in a year. Indeed, and it is a mining area, and this is
:21:03. > :21:11.going to be of grave concern to those near to other minds. What are
:21:12. > :21:15.the unions saying about this? -- mines. The unions are very unhappy
:21:16. > :21:22.with the safety situation, and as you say, this is an area that has
:21:23. > :21:26.traditionally been a mining area. You have that balance between safety
:21:27. > :21:32.issues, fear about the safety of workers and the workers themselves,
:21:33. > :21:40.but also the need to make a living. It is a difficult position to be in.
:21:41. > :21:46.It is worth adding that in the past, three dozen people died in an
:21:47. > :22:07.explosion at the mine. Thank you very much for the latest.
:22:08. > :22:15.Nearly 100 people have been killed in late monsoon flooding in Pakistan
:22:16. > :22:18.The flooding is in the Punjab region which straddles the border
:22:19. > :22:21.between the two countries, and in the disputed territory of Kashmir.
:22:22. > :22:23.The army is helping with rescue efforts and has urged many
:22:24. > :22:27.The BBC's South Asia Correspondent Andrew North is in Islamabad.
:22:28. > :22:32.As you can see, it has been raining here and has been raining for most
:22:33. > :22:35.of the day. In places, it has been raining for almost two days, and
:22:36. > :22:40.this has caught many people by surprise. Normally, this is the end
:22:41. > :22:46.of the monsoon so these are late rains. The quantity of water that is
:22:47. > :22:50.coming down is causing large-scale flooding in many parts of the
:22:51. > :22:56.region. The latest we have heard from the Pakistani disaster
:22:57. > :22:59.authority is that at least 66 people have been killed and there are
:23:00. > :23:04.reports that the figure is getting higher than that because there are
:23:05. > :23:10.parts of the region that have been cut off by landslides. The army is
:23:11. > :23:14.involved in the rescue effort that has not managed to get to the areas
:23:15. > :23:20.affected. What has happened in a lot of cases is that people are dying
:23:21. > :23:24.because their houses are collapsing because they are waterlogged. They
:23:25. > :23:28.have been crushed to death and others have been electrocuted. These
:23:29. > :23:34.are what have been causing the deaths so far. This area straddles
:23:35. > :23:42.two countries so how does that affect the rescue operation? Well,
:23:43. > :23:48.certainly, with landslides and this continuous rain, that makes it a lot
:23:49. > :23:56.harder. The Army is already moving more forces up into Pakistani
:23:57. > :24:03.administered Kashmir which has been cut off. They are flying in on
:24:04. > :24:10.helicopters to help out. To some extent, authorities are still
:24:11. > :24:19.catching up. They were not expecting this level of rain at this time of
:24:20. > :24:23.the year. And Q4 bring us an update. -- thank you.
:24:24. > :24:26.Two American kayakers had a lucky escape when they were
:24:27. > :24:28.attacked by a Great White Shark off the coast of Massachusetts.
:24:29. > :24:31.The women were rescued by the coast guard after making a frantic call
:24:32. > :24:44.Ida and Christin had set off on kayaks to take pictures of seals
:24:45. > :24:53.when something hit them out of the blue. I looked back at her and it
:24:54. > :24:57.came directly out of the water. It is launched her backwards and
:24:58. > :25:04.flipped me over. I was talking to her and the next thing I knew I was
:25:05. > :25:08.in the water. It was a dark grey Great White Shark with big teeth and
:25:09. > :25:14.big eyes, it was right next to me. Not knowing where the sharp was and
:25:15. > :25:19.100 metres from the shore, one of the girls made a panicked call to
:25:20. > :25:24.rescue service. We are stuck in the water and there is a sharp! The
:25:25. > :25:33.harbour master is on his way there. -- shark. One of the 30 minutes, the
:25:34. > :25:38.girls were brought safely to shore. These bite marks show how close they
:25:39. > :25:43.were to not making it home. The number of shark attacks has risen in
:25:44. > :25:51.recent years of the Massachusetts coast. Remain experts say the shark
:25:52. > :26:06.in this attack most likely Mr the shark for a seal. -- Marine experts
:26:07. > :26:17.say the shark was most mistaken as a seal. What you can see there is a
:26:18. > :26:21.dog 's stomach. And there you can see 44 socks. The great Dane was
:26:22. > :26:26.rushed into hospital with stomach pains and underwent two hours of
:26:27. > :26:34.surgery. There was a plus side to this. The unnamed dog was the winner
:26:35. > :26:40.of the competition called, They Eight What? The winner was a dog who
:26:41. > :26:47.ate 30 ornamental rocks. -- Ate. And later on BBC World News we have
:26:48. > :26:50.a special programme looking at how recent conflicts are
:26:51. > :26:53.affecting the current world order. From the crisis in Ukraine,
:26:54. > :26:55.to the continuing threat from IS, and wider instability
:26:56. > :26:58.across the Middle East - does the world need to rethink how it deals
:26:59. > :27:01.with a changing global landscape? Join Lucy Hockings for
:27:02. > :27:03.The New World Disorder at 1300GMT.