:00:15. > :00:22.United States and Russia put on a brave face while the relationship
:00:22. > :00:27.grows frosty. John Kerry sets down with his Russian counterpart and
:00:27. > :00:33.says ties have been complicated. There is no secret we have
:00:33. > :00:40.experienced challenging moments. Gunman opened fire on a mosque in
:00:40. > :00:44.Pakistan and a credible threat shuts the US consulate in Lahore.
:00:44. > :00:50.Oprah Winfrey says she was racially discriminated against while trying
:00:50. > :00:56.to buy a handbag in Switzerland. Miss Iceland's crown is up for grabs
:00:56. > :01:06.and thousands have applied, but many think there's an ugly sides to the
:01:06. > :01:10.
:01:10. > :01:15.beauty pageant. Good evening. Russia and United
:01:15. > :01:18.States are trying to the parent relationship that has become very
:01:18. > :01:24.frosty. The US Secretary of State says the relations have been by what
:01:24. > :01:29.he called challenging moments. John Kerry and his Russian counterpart
:01:29. > :01:36.Sergey Lavrov have been meeting in Washington just days after President
:01:36. > :01:40.Obama called off a meeting with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.
:01:40. > :01:44.Central to the debate is Edward Snowden, given refuge by Russia but
:01:44. > :01:53.the Americans want him back. The relationship was already on
:01:53. > :01:57.Rockingham Road over Syria. -- rocky ground. We have had some challenging
:01:57. > :02:05.moments and not just over the Edward Snowden case. We will discuss the
:02:05. > :02:13.difference to do -- differences today, but this meeting goes above
:02:13. > :02:15.and beyond the collisions and disagreements. We must prevent the
:02:15. > :02:22.stabilisation of the global situation and the proliferation of
:02:22. > :02:28.mass destruction. We must ensure a peaceful settlement of crises in the
:02:28. > :02:35.global community and resist forceful solutions. We have seen examples in
:02:35. > :02:43.the past that we have seen they are not working. Let's talk to our
:02:43. > :02:51.correspondence lives now from Washington. These people -- these
:02:51. > :02:57.two countries hardly agree on anything? The agony for example that
:02:57. > :03:03.a political solution is needed in Syria, but they do not agree at all
:03:03. > :03:09.on how to get there and what a political transition might look
:03:09. > :03:15.like. On the issue of Edward Snowden in particular, there is a lot of
:03:15. > :03:20.tension between the US and Russia, but it is important to point out
:03:20. > :03:25.that this case was really the catalyst for the crisis between
:03:25. > :03:31.Russia and the US, which led to the cancellation of the summit. The
:03:31. > :03:34.countries have been far apart on many issues over the last two years
:03:34. > :03:40.and Syria is one of those issues and Syria is one of those issues in
:03:40. > :03:46.particular which has maybe divide grow day by day. They are very much
:03:46. > :03:53.at odds and, in essence, fighting a proxy war in Syria with the US
:03:53. > :04:03.supporting the levels and Russia behind the President Assad. It is a
:04:03. > :04:06.
:04:06. > :04:10.throwback to the Cold War days. The US is engaged in this dynamic as
:04:10. > :04:16.well as Russia. Have we any idea what President Obama is going to
:04:16. > :04:25.say? President Obama is going to give a press conference in about an
:04:25. > :04:30.hour and he will be asking for measures to add transparency to
:04:30. > :04:37.America's surveillance programme. He may be asked about the cancellation
:04:37. > :04:44.of his summit with President Putin and we will see what -- we will see
:04:44. > :04:48.what he has to say about that. Thank you. Some off today's other
:04:48. > :04:53.news. Turkey is advising its national is to leave Lebanon on
:04:53. > :04:57.after two pilots were abducted in what appears to be a revenge
:04:57. > :05:05.kidnapping. They were snatched from a shuttle bus near Beirut
:05:05. > :05:10.International airport. This is the highway that connects
:05:10. > :05:15.the airport to the capital city year. The pilots were on board a bus
:05:15. > :05:22.belonging to a hotel here and they were only if you meters away from an
:05:22. > :05:27.army checkpoint when they were attacked. A previously unknown group
:05:27. > :05:31.has claimed responsibility and is demanding the release of nine
:05:31. > :05:35.Lebanese pilgrims kidnapped in Syria last year by a group claiming to
:05:35. > :05:44.belong to the Syrian opposition. This incident is an embarrassment
:05:44. > :05:49.for 11 on because this highway is meant to be heavily guarded. Another
:05:49. > :05:53.worrying indication that they are unable to control the ongoing
:05:53. > :05:58.violence directly linked to the violence in Syria.
:05:58. > :06:05.For the second time in two days, militants have targeted the
:06:05. > :06:15.Pakistani city of Quetta. Gunman opened fire outside a mosque killing
:06:15. > :06:22.
:06:22. > :06:31.20 people. -- there was also a credible threat to the US
:06:31. > :06:37.consulate. All US personnel have been evacuated
:06:37. > :06:42.from their embassy following a credible threat. With the diplomats
:06:42. > :06:47.now out of the building, no date has been set for their retirement. US
:06:47. > :06:56.officials declined to elaborate on the net but the country's
:06:56. > :07:01.relationship with Pakistan is now very fraught. With US drone attacks
:07:01. > :07:07.continuing to infuriate many Pakistanis, including government
:07:07. > :07:13.politicians. Visiting last week, the US Secretary of State John Kerry
:07:13. > :07:18.said the attacks would stop soon but State Department officials refused
:07:18. > :07:25.to endorse that phrase. The US says several militant groups exist posing
:07:25. > :07:29.a threat to the citizens. More often, Pakistanis are hit by
:07:29. > :07:35.extremists and promises by the new Prime Minister to name their men
:07:35. > :07:42.have so far come to nothing. In the western city of Quetta, four
:07:42. > :07:49.unidentified men shot dead nine others. On Thursday, there people
:07:49. > :07:54.were killed by a suicide bomber in the same city. With so many attacks
:07:54. > :07:59.around the country, the capital remains in a state of high alert but
:07:59. > :08:06.Britain is not advising its citizens to avoid Pakistan as America are.
:08:06. > :08:16.They are merely warning people to avoid visiting certain places. A
:08:16. > :08:22.
:08:22. > :08:31.fugitive mafia boss found hiding in a London suburb has been remanded in
:08:31. > :08:36.custody. " and facing deportation, and then
:08:36. > :08:41.casually dressed, he has escaped justice for a year of living quietly
:08:41. > :08:51.in this house under the name of Mark Skinner. Neighbours say he was a
:08:51. > :08:53.
:08:53. > :08:58.quiet man and security conscious. He always seemed quiet and friendly.
:08:58. > :09:07.Thinking now, when he moved them, he built up the bushes at the front of
:09:07. > :09:16.the garden. Domenico Rancadore, a former teacher, was reputedly known
:09:16. > :09:24.as the Professor. He was cleared of mafia allegations at the end of a
:09:24. > :09:29.three-year trial in 1993, after which he moved to the UK, but he was
:09:29. > :09:39.convicted in his absence in a second trial. He was wanted by the Italian
:09:39. > :09:44.
:09:44. > :09:52.authorities ever since. It was very hard for the Italian authorities to
:09:52. > :09:59.seek extradition from England. Italian prosecutors say the Cosa
:09:59. > :10:03.Nostra is one of the most powerful mafia organisations in Sicily. The
:10:03. > :10:08.official RS warrant contains defects and is today another one was the
:10:08. > :10:16.lovebirds. With his wife and daughter looking on anxiously,
:10:16. > :10:20.Domenico Rancadore refused to give his asset to being extradited.
:10:20. > :10:26.Despite being told that he had no travel documents and was prepared to
:10:26. > :10:34.be put under a strict curfew, Beale was the night and he was remanded in
:10:34. > :10:39.custody. -- bail was denied. The Italian authorities are now a
:10:39. > :10:44.step closer to bringing one of the most wanted to justice. 218-year-old
:10:45. > :10:53.British girls entered in an acid attack in Zanzibar have arrived
:10:53. > :10:58.home. Katie Gee and Kirstie Trup were working as volunteer teachers.
:10:58. > :11:03.Zanzibar police have offered a reward of $6,000 leading to
:11:03. > :11:06.information -- for information leading to arrests.
:11:06. > :11:13.A top economic official in China has been expelled from the Communist
:11:13. > :11:16.Party for alleged corruption. Liu Tienan accepted huge bribes when he
:11:16. > :11:20.was one of the country's top economic officials. The case is
:11:20. > :11:21.being seen as a rare victory for public efforts to expose official
:11:21. > :11:24.corruption. More than 1500 people have been
:11:24. > :11:31.forced to flee their homes as wildfires continue to spread across
:11:31. > :11:36.Southern California. They have spread over the desert range of
:11:36. > :11:41.about 145 kilometres from Los Angeles. Six people have been
:11:41. > :11:44.injured since the fire started on Wednesday.
:11:44. > :11:50.In Egypt, pro-Mohamed Morsi demonstrators have again turned out
:11:50. > :11:54.to demonstrate in the tens of thousands. The military have banned
:11:54. > :11:58.such gatherings threatening to forcefully remove them. The head of
:11:58. > :12:06.the Coptic Orthodox Church is so worried about attacks that he has
:12:06. > :12:11.publicly suspended weekly meetings. There has been a heightening of
:12:11. > :12:15.tension between groups since the president was ousted from power.
:12:15. > :12:21.These attacks against the Christian population are not unprecedented but
:12:21. > :12:25.there is concern the tensions and escalating? This has been escalating
:12:25. > :12:32.over the course of the year with several attacks in April and it
:12:32. > :12:42.again began to increase after July three when President Mohamed Morsi
:12:42. > :12:43.
:12:43. > :12:51.was posted. There was some groups thinking that the Christians
:12:51. > :12:54.colluded to have him taken out of power. It is. Several Coptic
:12:54. > :13:00.Christians within Egypt have been killed since July and there are
:13:00. > :13:05.things like graffiti on the walls and an atmosphere of fear for the
:13:05. > :13:14.Coptic Christians, who are a minority here and around 10% of the
:13:14. > :13:20.population. The Coptic Pope said he would no longer be giving his weekly
:13:20. > :13:28.sermon here out of worries about wider safety for Christians in
:13:28. > :13:37.Egypt. The pro Mohamed Morsi is demonstrators are out once again in
:13:37. > :13:42.protest against his posting. ousting. They have been at the
:13:42. > :13:48.camps, and the number one camp outside of Cairo was around 8000
:13:48. > :13:56.people. It is not the scale of the demonstrations but what might happen
:13:56. > :14:03.next. The government may engage its security forces at sometime after
:14:03. > :14:11.Eid, and people here think it's good, bad -- think it could come
:14:11. > :14:21.soon. If people are made to be scapegoats it will raise pensions
:14:21. > :14:21.
:14:21. > :14:24.and the spectre of more sectarian violence here then Egypt.
:14:24. > :14:33.Zimbabwe's opposition movement for Democratic change has launched a
:14:33. > :14:39.legal challenge against last week's presidential election.
:14:39. > :14:44.The election was won by Robert Mugabe by an overwhelming margin.
:14:44. > :14:50.They say this legal challenge is on 15 grounds and they are alleging
:14:50. > :14:56.massive fraud, intimidation and bravery, with many items from food
:14:56. > :15:03.to Cech and were given to every village leader in order to persuade
:15:03. > :15:08.people to vote. They say 1.2 million people were disenfranchised, 900,000
:15:08. > :15:16.current away from polling stations and 300,000 call were asked into
:15:16. > :15:20.being assessed and voters. They were helped into the voting booth and
:15:20. > :15:28.influenced in their choice. The appeal has been lodged in the
:15:28. > :15:32.international court, where there are nine judges, many of whom are
:15:32. > :15:37.supporters of Robert Mugabe, so they have made this appeal public and
:15:37. > :15:45.have bowed to produce some of the items they say were given as bribes.
:15:45. > :15:54.-- vowed. Robert Mugabe and his party said it was a fair and square
:15:54. > :15:59.refectory but the opposition have said they are determined to appeal.
:15:59. > :16:06.Russia is being asked how it will implement a law banning homosexual
:16:06. > :16:14.propaganda. An online petition is gaining ground in opposition to the
:16:14. > :16:24.law. Thousands of people are calling for aid boycott of the Winter
:16:24. > :16:26.
:16:26. > :16:31.Olympics in Sochi. We understand the law, we are
:16:31. > :16:35.prepared to abide by the Olympic charter and it is very clear. Sport
:16:35. > :16:45.is a human right and it should be available to all regardless of
:16:45. > :16:47.
:16:47. > :16:53.race, sex and sexual orientation. To discuss this I am joined by gay
:16:53. > :16:56.rights campaigner Peter Tatchell. Jacques Rogge making a point that
:16:56. > :17:05.they think this is about translation rather than being a fundamental
:17:05. > :17:10.issue. The first thing to say is that I find Jacques Rogge's
:17:10. > :17:15.statement hard to take seriously. Last summer the Russian government
:17:15. > :17:25.announced it was banning the hosting of a gay pride march at the Sochi
:17:25. > :17:27.
:17:27. > :17:33.Olympics. They said a gay pride house was banned. Jacques Rogge and
:17:33. > :17:37.the Olympic Committee did and said nothing. So if they are now claiming
:17:37. > :17:43.to be opposed to discrimination, why did they allow the Russians to ban
:17:43. > :17:49.the pride house in the first place? There was a pride house in the
:17:49. > :17:54.London Olympics for example? Yes, and in other previous games, so the
:17:55. > :17:59.Russians are taking a hard line stand that they discriminate against
:17:59. > :18:05.gay competitors and athletes. This gay pride house in Sochi was for
:18:05. > :18:10.athletes and spectators and they have said it will not be happening.
:18:10. > :18:18.What do you make of this petition to boycott the games? Do you think this
:18:18. > :18:24.would benefit the games? In my heart I support a boycott. I think any
:18:24. > :18:29.country that discriminate against anybody is not fit to host the
:18:29. > :18:32.Olympics but I am mindful that Russian gay competitors say they
:18:32. > :18:40.believe a ban could be counter-productive, that it would be
:18:40. > :18:44.used against them, they would get all of the vilification and it could
:18:44. > :18:48.intensify the homophobic persecution they are suffering. Whatever the
:18:48. > :18:55.final decision, one thing that is important is that those who do go to
:18:55. > :18:59.the games where rainbow T-shirts, hats, scarves on a wave rainbow
:18:59. > :19:04.flags during the competition, and I know that already people are talking
:19:04. > :19:08.about plans for massive gay rights protests in the city of Sochi during
:19:08. > :19:13.the Winter Olympics. That will be a test of how sincere the Russians
:19:13. > :19:18.are. I do not believe they are because I have experienced them
:19:18. > :19:24.myself, I participated in a lawful gay rights protest in Moscow in 2007
:19:24. > :19:29.and I was almost eaten unconscious why neo-Nazis in the full view of
:19:29. > :19:34.the city police and the riot officers. They allowed me to be
:19:34. > :19:38.beaten and when I was almost unconscious they dragged in and
:19:38. > :19:42.arrested me and allowed my assailants to walk free. Russia is
:19:42. > :19:47.not a safe place for gay people, it is not a country governed by the
:19:47. > :19:52.rule of law. These attacks on gay rights are part of a broader attack
:19:53. > :19:58.on the civil rights of all Russian people. The Russians say they will
:19:58. > :20:06.respect the participants of the games. Are you not in the position
:20:06. > :20:12.of now politicising what essentially should be something about sport?
:20:12. > :20:17.have not done anything, it is the Russians, by their discrimination. I
:20:17. > :20:22.don't believe for one minute there see rinses. A young gay man the
:20:22. > :20:27.other day held up a sign saying, homosexual is normal. He has been
:20:27. > :20:32.arrested under the anti-gay law and faces prosecution. Other people held
:20:32. > :20:35.up signs saying, I support gay equality, and they get arrested. Any
:20:35. > :20:40.attempt by any gay or straight person to say that they support gay
:20:40. > :20:46.equality in a public place, they will get immediately arrested and
:20:46. > :20:52.probably beaten up. That is the state of dire homophobic cross --
:20:52. > :21:01.persecution in Russia. It is not just gay people, lawyers, fume and
:21:01. > :21:05.right defenders, journalists are also being targeted. -- human rights
:21:05. > :21:08.defenders. The Russian people need to stand together and say they
:21:08. > :21:15.reject tyranny, that gay people and all Russians have the right to
:21:15. > :21:20.freedom of expression guaranteed under the Russian constitution.
:21:20. > :21:24.Peter, thank you so much for describing your experiences.
:21:24. > :21:32.When one of the world's richest women goes shopping you would think
:21:32. > :21:38.she would be able to fight -- to buy anything she wanted but when Oprah
:21:38. > :21:42.Winfrey was in zero she expressed interest in the 35 that -- 30 $5,000
:21:42. > :21:52.handbag only to be told by a shop assistant that it was too expensive
:21:52. > :21:58.
:21:58. > :22:02.for her. -- 3500 a la handbag. -- $35,000 handbag.
:22:02. > :22:07.Oprah Winfrey was in town for Tina Turner's wedding and she wanted to
:22:07. > :22:12.buy a handbag to take to the big day.
:22:12. > :22:17.She refused to get it and she started the show me these are the
:22:17. > :22:24.little bags and I said, one more time, I tried to say, I really do
:22:24. > :22:28.just want to see that one. She said, I don't want to hurt your feelings.
:22:28. > :22:35.I said, thank you so much, you are probably right, I can't afford it.
:22:35. > :22:41.Why would she do that? Today the shop owner told the BBC this was not
:22:41. > :22:46.racism and she has a message for Oprah Winfrey. I would take you in
:22:46. > :22:55.my arms and kiss you and apologise and tell you, really, it was a
:22:56. > :23:01.misunderstanding and please forgive me and give Switzerland the chance.
:23:01. > :23:07.Oprah Winfrey has a personal estimated wealth of $2.8 billion.
:23:08. > :23:13.Her talk show ended in 2011 but her TV network and her $77 million last
:23:13. > :23:21.year. She could have bought the entire shop, not just the bag she
:23:21. > :23:29.had her eye on. But her story, already being dubbed handbag gate in
:23:29. > :23:36.the Swiss media, comes at a bad time. Immigration is a hot potato,
:23:36. > :23:39.new rules are being introduced for asylum seekers which human rights
:23:39. > :23:46.activists say are close to apartheid. They are banned from
:23:46. > :23:51.using public swimming pools in zero. Switzerland has a tradition of
:23:52. > :23:57.welcoming immigrants but 25% of its 8 million people are now foreign and
:23:57. > :24:01.discrimination is becoming a problem. The debate over immigration
:24:01. > :24:08.and discrimination in Switzerland will continue. Meanwhile, one
:24:08. > :24:14.embarrassed shop owner in is your it is hoping that Oprah Winfrey might
:24:14. > :24:17.just pop by for a hug. When the new head of the Miss
:24:18. > :24:24.Iceland beauty pageant attempted to deflect criticism by saying there is
:24:24. > :24:28.no Miss Iceland stereotype, he could not have imagined the response. 1300
:24:28. > :24:33.people including an 80-year-old pensioner, feminists and even some
:24:33. > :24:39.men have entered the contest. The winner will compete in Miss world
:24:39. > :24:43.next year. They say it is to prove a point, to make fun of the pageant
:24:43. > :24:47.that is becoming increasingly unpopular in the Nordic country.
:24:47. > :24:57.Joining us is a member of the Social Democratic Alliance who signed up to
:24:57. > :24:59.
:24:59. > :25:04.compete. Why have you done that? started as a spontaneous personal
:25:04. > :25:10.thing but I did not imagine the political impact. My political views
:25:10. > :25:17.are shared by a lot of people, both men and women and all ages, and I am
:25:17. > :25:25.sending the message to teenagers and young women that they should not
:25:26. > :25:30.allow society to judge them by their looks but by their capabilities.
:25:30. > :25:34.When we look at previous Miss worlds and Miss Icelands, how do you
:25:34. > :25:44.think that would make them feel, when you give this impression that
:25:44. > :25:55.
:25:55. > :25:58.you don't agree with what they have one? -- one. Won. These conditions
:25:58. > :26:06.have become absurd and this is a mainstream opinion in Iceland and I
:26:06. > :26:13.was glad to get support from one of the former competitors in Miss
:26:13. > :26:17.Iceland, advising young women not to come -- to compete. Many of them
:26:17. > :26:24.found it humiliating and many of them agree with all of these people
:26:24. > :26:30.who are signing up to the protest. We should also remember that most
:26:30. > :26:35.contests are being held because somebody is gaining by objectifying
:26:35. > :26:45.women and thereby these humanising them. In many countries people do
:26:45. > :26:50.
:26:50. > :27:00.not agree with that. -- dehumanising.
:27:00. > :27:08.
:27:08. > :27:11.Thank you very much. From all of us a cool start to the weekend. Most
:27:12. > :27:17.places will have a few showers and there will be a cool breeze by
:27:17. > :27:21.Sunday. The isobars are fairly well spaced. This weather front brought
:27:21. > :27:25.the rain last night. There are weather fronts waiting to bring some
:27:25. > :27:31.showery rain later on in the weekend. The showers will scatter on
:27:31. > :27:36.Saturday, a few more by the afternoon, particularly in Scotland
:27:36. > :27:41.and across northern England. Some perhaps affecting the test match in
:27:41. > :27:46.Chester-le-Street. In the southern half of the country showers will be
:27:46. > :27:50.few and far between. Places generally cooler than on Friday but
:27:50. > :28:00.temperatures getting into the low 20s. Clouding over a cross
:28:00. > :28:03.
:28:03. > :28:07.south-west England and southern Wales. -- across. Some sunshine in
:28:07. > :28:12.Northern Ireland between the showers and temperatures in the high teens.
:28:12. > :28:16.A mixture of sunshine and showers across most of Scotland,