:00:00. > :00:11.This is BBC World News Today, with me Zeinab Badawi.
:00:12. > :00:16.He had a $5 million bounty on his head and was one of the world's most
:00:17. > :00:20.wanted men. Now, the leader of the Pakistan Taliban is said to be dead.
:00:21. > :00:26.Reports say Hakimullah Mehsud was killed in a US drone strike on his
:00:27. > :00:32.home and car in north-west Pakistan. Around six also died with him and
:00:33. > :00:35.many others were wounded. Several people have been injured
:00:36. > :00:39.following a shooting incident at Los Angeles International Airport.
:00:40. > :00:41.Flights in and out of the airport are suspended.
:00:42. > :00:44.Also coming up... We hear from a survivor from the
:00:45. > :00:47.Sahara Desert tragedy, who buried her sisters and mother and said
:00:48. > :00:52.passing truck drivers refused to stop and help.
:00:53. > :00:58.And forget about hammering out scripts and letters. One artist has
:00:59. > :01:13.found a new use for the humble typewriter.
:01:14. > :01:28.Hello and welcome. Let us take you straight to California, to Los
:01:29. > :01:32.Angeles International airport. Several people are reported to be
:01:33. > :01:44.injured after a shooting in terminal three. Authorities are holding a
:01:45. > :01:48.press conference right now. We will next year from the FBI agent in
:01:49. > :02:02.charge, who will talk a little about about the investigation. Good
:02:03. > :02:06.afternoon. Firstly, we are working hand-in-hand with our partners, the
:02:07. > :02:13.Los Angeles Police apartment, the airport police in respect of these
:02:14. > :02:18.investigation. It is ongoing. We have got very few facts. We are
:02:19. > :02:26.working with the US attorney 's office, as well, but I am not going
:02:27. > :02:32.to talk about the victims as yet. We will bring our resources to be in
:02:33. > :02:37.conjunction with our teams here which includes a response teams and
:02:38. > :02:53.any other resources. At this point, we do not see any additional threats
:02:54. > :02:57.at the airport. Thank you. The last speaker to speak to you, before I
:02:58. > :03:05.take questions, I want to thank the officers from the Los Angeles Police
:03:06. > :03:13.Department here, whose quick action saved many more lives today. Good
:03:14. > :03:18.morning. I just want to reiterate what has been said and to thank the
:03:19. > :03:24.first responders here, the airport police, the fire department, the FBI
:03:25. > :03:27.and the Los Angeles police department. There is a natural
:03:28. > :03:34.inclination when you hear gunfire to fully and duck and in this instance,
:03:35. > :03:40.the people who hear them ran towards the incident to save lives. To see
:03:41. > :03:44.the command working together here today seamlessly was awe-inspiring.
:03:45. > :03:49.I also want to thank the public for their patients and their cooperation
:03:50. > :04:00.and ask that that continues throughout the day. We have heard
:04:01. > :04:11.there are two fatalities and one critical? Can you confirm that? I
:04:12. > :04:17.cannot confirm that at this moment. This is an airport that has very
:04:18. > :04:34.little jurisdiction. We have FBI as it is on board and the investigative
:04:35. > :04:41.lead has been taken by the FBI. Is there any indication as to why he
:04:42. > :04:49.was doing this? Not I am that I am aware of. Any dynamic situation we
:04:50. > :04:58.have things unfold so rapidly, and many people come forward, there is
:04:59. > :05:03.always some bit of chaos at times like this. People are always putting
:05:04. > :05:10.forward the theory that there could be additional suspects. As we stand
:05:11. > :05:14.at the moment, there is only one individual responsible for the
:05:15. > :05:20.shooting. I want to follow up what the mere had said regarding the
:05:21. > :05:23.officers who went on after this individual. This individual was
:05:24. > :05:29.shooting as he went into the terminal. The officers, ADP, they
:05:30. > :05:39.did not hesitate. They went after this individual when confronted them
:05:40. > :05:44.in our airport. Unfortunately, it involved a shooting, but that is
:05:45. > :05:50.what needed to be done at that time. We practice for this. Not three
:05:51. > :05:53.weeks ago, we took every one of our officers and a couple of hundred
:05:54. > :05:58.officers from the Los Angeles Police department and we practised an exact
:05:59. > :06:04.scenario to that which played out today. I was talking to the officers
:06:05. > :06:08.involved in this a few minutes ago and he said that training was
:06:09. > :06:14.critical to how they responded to this. They are well trained
:06:15. > :06:20.officers. All of the agency 's acumen, for there is from the Los
:06:21. > :06:25.Angeles police department or those who work at the airport hand-in hand
:06:26. > :06:28.with them, everyone with them came to help us get through this
:06:29. > :06:39.particular incident and we appreciate the help. Why are you not
:06:40. > :06:48.addressing the information I was asking about? I do not know that
:06:49. > :06:52.information. We are trying to develop information on the suspect.
:06:53. > :06:59.That is the responsibility of the FBI. That will be determined. If you
:07:00. > :07:04.are asking me whether that information is clear at this point,
:07:05. > :07:18.it is not. That is the official response. I'd using you do not know
:07:19. > :07:23.who the shooter is? The suspect got back into the terminal, near a
:07:24. > :07:27.burger king, and was able to get back there. I appreciate all the
:07:28. > :07:35.questions and we will have more information shortly. You are
:07:36. > :07:38.listening to a live press conference from Los Angeles International
:07:39. > :07:43.airport, because there was a shooting their earlier today. One
:07:44. > :07:50.gunman has been shot by police and taken into custody. The suspect had
:07:51. > :08:05.been carrying a high-powered rifle. The police believe only one is
:08:06. > :08:10.involved. The policy someplace are arriving at the airport now. In the
:08:11. > :08:14.past few hours it has been reported that the leader of the Pakistani
:08:15. > :08:17.Taliban was one of three people killed in a suspected US drone
:08:18. > :08:20.strike. Intelligence officials in Pakistan
:08:21. > :08:23.say agents sent to the site of the attack in the North Waziristan
:08:24. > :08:26.tribal area Friday confirmed the death of militant leader Hakimullah
:08:27. > :08:30.Mehsud. If this is confirmed, it would
:08:31. > :08:35.represent a major blow at the heart of the Pakistan Taliban.
:08:36. > :08:38.In a recent BBC interview, Mehsud had indicated that he was willing to
:08:39. > :08:41.hold talks with the Pakistani authorities and, indeed, today, the
:08:42. > :08:45.Government was planning to send a peace delegation to hold talks with
:08:46. > :08:49.the Taliban, to try to get it to end its violence.
:08:50. > :08:54.In a moment we talk to a former official in Waziristan. First, this
:08:55. > :09:04.is what Mehsud told the BBC in an exclusive interview just last month.
:09:05. > :09:10.We believe in having talks. The government has taken no serious step
:09:11. > :09:17.two approaches. The government needs to set weathers and then we will
:09:18. > :09:20.present our conditions. That was talking to the BBC last month.
:09:21. > :09:23.Joining us now from Washington is Professor Akbar Ahmed, who served as
:09:24. > :09:27.Pakistan's High Commissioner here in London and was also an official in
:09:28. > :09:41.South Waziristan. This is a big catch for the United States? It is.
:09:42. > :09:46.It is a very big deal. By all accounts, this man was the head of
:09:47. > :09:52.the most deadly fire day of the Caliban and we do not want to
:09:53. > :10:00.glamorise a massmurderer like him, but he had the skill, and I for
:10:01. > :10:06.military skill and tactics, causing hail across Pakistan and really
:10:07. > :10:13.causing chaos to the law and order the and has death is wonderful for
:10:14. > :10:23.Pakistan and the United States. Of course, it may create many other
:10:24. > :10:29.problems. What now for the Pakistan Taliban?
:10:30. > :10:34.Hakimullah Mehsud had asked for talks with the Government there Is
:10:35. > :10:37.this a reflection of his organisation's growing
:10:38. > :10:44.marginalisation or may it even be a shot in the arm for the Taliban
:10:45. > :10:49.there? He will be very quickly replaced, but the question is
:10:50. > :10:52.whether the new man wants to continue a question of dialogue or
:10:53. > :10:59.whether he wants to follow the path of revenge for the dead leader and
:11:00. > :11:13.to campaign -- continually campaign of terror. What is your guests to
:11:14. > :11:17.that big question? It does not just involve the tribal leaders, but also
:11:18. > :11:21.Islam a bad, it involves Washington and the president of the United
:11:22. > :11:29.States and the president of Pakistan. It was assumed that the
:11:30. > :11:35.drone attacks would be suspended, but on his return, the Prime
:11:36. > :11:42.Minister sought to drone strikes. The tradesmen say, who do we talk
:11:43. > :11:48.to? Who can we trust in this campaign if we want to have dialogue
:11:49. > :11:56.and we want peace? Above all, they must be peace and stability, that is
:11:57. > :12:01.the priority. Will the Pakistan authorities come out against the use
:12:02. > :12:08.of drone strikes, particularly if this images that innocent civilians
:12:09. > :12:14.died in this? That is another good question. On the one hand, there is
:12:15. > :12:20.no doubt that the will be released and happiness that this man has been
:12:21. > :12:25.taken out, but there is the official position on the Domino Pakistan that
:12:26. > :12:30.we do not want any more drone strikes, which we view as a
:12:31. > :12:34.violation of all types of treaties. It is a delicate balance that the
:12:35. > :12:39.gunmen of Pakistan will have do maintain. Many people in the Army
:12:40. > :12:45.will be real weaved he is dead, but once again, Pakistani air space has
:12:46. > :12:52.been violated. The United States also has the sure some delicacy
:12:53. > :12:59.handling this crisis. Thank you very much for talking to his. We have got
:13:00. > :13:04.some other breaking news. This time, from Greece. Police say two men have
:13:05. > :13:09.been shot dead in what they say was a drive-by shooting outside the
:13:10. > :13:18.office of the far right Golden Dawn Harty. It is not known who the
:13:19. > :13:21.attack -- the victims where or whether it was a politically
:13:22. > :13:25.motivated attack. We will bring you more geeky news on that as soon as
:13:26. > :13:31.we get it. The identities not yet known. .
:13:32. > :13:34.The German government says it wants to talk to fugitive US intelligence
:13:35. > :13:37.contractor Edward Snowden, to find out more about the reports of the
:13:38. > :13:40.bugging of Chancellor Angela Merkel's telephone.
:13:41. > :13:42.This comes on the day that an MP from the German Green Party,
:13:43. > :13:47.Hans-Christian Stroebele, has been talking about his meeting with
:13:48. > :13:50.Edward Snowden in Moscow this week. He says Mr Snowden told him that he
:13:51. > :14:02.is willing to help a German investigation. The German NPD
:14:03. > :14:08.skaters see our meeting with Eduard Snowden and Moscow. He said the
:14:09. > :14:11.fugitive seemed happy and healthy. He wants to explain how the United
:14:12. > :14:21.States intelligence agencies broke a law. Eduard Snowden is how he may
:14:22. > :14:26.look move from Russia to Germany. He can imagine travelling to Germany,
:14:27. > :14:31.providing there is a guarantee he could stay the or another country
:14:32. > :14:39.where he could be saved. He is seeking safe passage following
:14:40. > :14:47.asylum. Eduard Snowden 's fees to stay in Russia expires next June and
:14:48. > :14:55.if it does not be extended, he will face a problem. In BLM, the American
:14:56. > :15:07.ambassador said as embassy is not a nest to end espionage, as it has
:15:08. > :15:10.been labelled by some. We add in the communication business. We
:15:11. > :15:15.communicate with other embassies around the world, back to
:15:16. > :15:22.Washington. We have satellite dishes and received telecommunications and
:15:23. > :15:26.other types of communication. I would not get too excited about
:15:27. > :15:34.these articles that they are all sorts of electronics in the
:15:35. > :15:37.embassy. Some MPs are treating Edward Snowden like a hero and the
:15:38. > :15:43.Government says it is interested in what information he has. It is clear
:15:44. > :15:46.that in this country, he is not public enemy number one as he may be
:15:47. > :15:58.in parts of the United States. The Government of new share has
:15:59. > :16:03.declared three days of mourning after 92 days were found in the
:16:04. > :16:06.Sahara desert -- in Niger. Most of them were women and children. Their
:16:07. > :16:10.vehicles had broken down as they were trying to cross the desert and
:16:11. > :16:14.they died of thirst. Migrants are usually men and the authorities in
:16:15. > :16:19.Niger say they are puzzled about what this group was doing there
:16:20. > :16:26.Still, Northern Niger lies on a major corridor for irregular Mike
:16:27. > :16:29.Gration -- irregular migration. The movements of this particular group
:16:30. > :16:35.are shown on the map. They travelled north from the city of Agadez in
:16:36. > :16:39.central Niger and headed towards Algeria, they broke down about ten
:16:40. > :16:43.kilometres from the border. 19 of the group managed to reach the
:16:44. > :16:48.Algerian city of Tamanrasset but were caught and sent back to Niger.
:16:49. > :16:51.This route is often used by migrants heading towards the Mediterranean
:16:52. > :16:58.coast cities of Algiers and Tripoli in Libya, trying to cross the sea to
:16:59. > :17:02.Europe. One of those who survived this arduous journey has been
:17:03. > :17:12.talking to the BBC. 14-year-old Shafa from Niger told us her
:17:13. > :17:16.ordeal. TRANSLATION: We waited for four days in the desert with no
:17:17. > :17:21.water before we started walking Some vehicles passed us by and we
:17:22. > :17:26.try to stop them but nobody would stop. We sat under a tree and that
:17:27. > :17:35.was where one of my sisters died. We buried her there. Then we continued
:17:36. > :17:39.walking and after a day, our second sister died. And then on the third
:17:40. > :17:45.day, my mother died. I buried all of them myself. I am living with my
:17:46. > :17:53.aunt. I heard that only myself and a little girl and 18 men survived the
:17:54. > :18:01.journey out of more than 100 of us. The voice that of Shafa who survived
:18:02. > :18:05.that tragic journey across the desert. Germany has become the first
:18:06. > :18:10.country in Europe to allow newborn babies with physical characteristics
:18:11. > :18:15.of both sexes to be registered as neither male nor female. From today,
:18:16. > :18:19.the parents of such children will be allowed to leave the gender bank on
:18:20. > :18:23.birth certificates. The move is aimed at removing pressure on
:18:24. > :18:26.parents to make quick decisions about sex assignment surgery for
:18:27. > :18:30.newborn babies. It is thought that up to one in every 2000 people
:18:31. > :18:37.worldwide have characteristics of both sexes. They are known as
:18:38. > :18:39.intersex because they have a mixture of male and female chromosomes or
:18:40. > :18:44.even genitalia which have characteristics of both genders
:18:45. > :18:52.German passports which currently list the holder's sex as M or F will
:18:53. > :19:00.have a third for intersex holders, X. I have been joined here in the
:19:01. > :19:04.studio by Professor Faisal Ahmed from the University of Glasgow
:19:05. > :19:07.conducting research into this area of medicine and also by Holly
:19:08. > :19:15.Greenberry, the founder of Intersex UK. Holly, first of all, tell us
:19:16. > :19:20.what you think about this move. Not just your own personal opinion but
:19:21. > :19:24.everybody involved in your work at Intersex UK. Initially it has been a
:19:25. > :19:27.great move to bring this to the attention of the Government. There
:19:28. > :19:41.are some concerns over this, potentially giving a child and X
:19:42. > :19:44.identifier could give them an unusual circumstance, there may be a
:19:45. > :19:54.concern over children who may be identified with an X. Faisal Ahmed,
:19:55. > :19:57.what do you think about this? Does it make sense from a medical board
:19:58. > :20:03.of you to give doctors and parents a bit of reading space? Before they
:20:04. > :20:07.decide whether to carry out reassignment surgery? Yes, I guess
:20:08. > :20:14.the reassignment surgery is a small part of that. From a clinical
:20:15. > :20:18.perspective, I think the issue has been very much that in Germany there
:20:19. > :20:26.has been lots of pressure on the professionals as well as parents to
:20:27. > :20:33.come up with decisions on sexual reassignment on 14 days of the
:20:34. > :20:36.birth. These are other true deadlines and in England, Northern
:20:37. > :20:43.Ireland, Wales, our deadline is about 42 days. That is not much
:20:44. > :20:48.longer though, is it? That is naturally quite a long time mummy
:20:49. > :20:55.are looking at the time needed to do tests -- that is actually quite a
:20:56. > :20:58.long time when you look at the time needed to do tests. A period when
:20:59. > :21:06.they are deciding for themselves what they would like as far as what
:21:07. > :21:09.the gender should be. It is a long period and adults are not completely
:21:10. > :21:16.sure what gender they may be so that is another issue. As they get older,
:21:17. > :21:21.they are maybe not sure. Holly, when a child is born and then perhaps has
:21:22. > :21:26.no surgery but doctors are forced to put down male or female, later on in
:21:27. > :21:28.life, that person grows up and thinks they have got the wrong
:21:29. > :21:33.gender, they cannot change their birth certificate then, can they?
:21:34. > :21:37.Because that would amount to falsifying a public document so they
:21:38. > :21:42.may be lumbered with a document that says female when they are really
:21:43. > :21:46.living as a male. There are a number of conditions where that can occur
:21:47. > :21:52.and for some people, that is the case certainly. What is important in
:21:53. > :21:56.the UK is we recognise that what is vital is the support of parents when
:21:57. > :22:01.a child with an intersex condition is born or as a child grows and the
:22:02. > :22:08.condition is discovered. We have to stop medicalising it and feel that
:22:09. > :22:15.these are irreversible changes and do them -- and put these children
:22:16. > :22:21.through irreversible changes. There is a loss of body autonomy,
:22:22. > :22:27.significant damage that it can create and it is irreversible.
:22:28. > :22:34.Doctors do not know how a child will develop by inference. And parents
:22:35. > :22:45.need that support. Professor, is the surgery irreversible? Is an IDM
:22:46. > :22:49.medically. There are a number of conditions. We are trying to move
:22:50. > :22:54.away from the phrase "intersex" and try to describe it as differences in
:22:55. > :23:00.sex development and so on, to give the impression and it is an image
:23:01. > :23:09.that there is a spectrum so there are children born who have... Boys
:23:10. > :23:18.who have a he is and it is not in the right place -- who have male
:23:19. > :23:27.genitalia. Or a female with an ovary and they won but perhaps more like
:23:28. > :23:31.male genitalia. -- an ovary and a womb. The surgery itself would be
:23:32. > :23:36.irreversible but there is a trend nowadays that there is less surgery
:23:37. > :23:38.going on compared to what it was before but absolutely, there are
:23:39. > :23:44.different standards of care across the country and the world and we
:23:45. > :23:49.have to appreciate that and try to educate people. Thank you very
:23:50. > :23:54.much, both of you. Sorry to rush you on this rather delicate matter.
:23:55. > :23:57.Thank you very much. In a world of computers, iPods and smartphones,
:23:58. > :24:02.the humble typewriter has found itself on the shelf but one woman
:24:03. > :24:08.has found a new way of using those forgotten Remingtons, Olivettis and
:24:09. > :24:11.Adlers. Keira Rathbone uses them to create artworks like those behind
:24:12. > :24:14.me. She found inspiration after sitting behind a typewriter with a
:24:15. > :24:27.desire to type something that found she had nothing to say. I have the
:24:28. > :24:35.typewriter in front of me, and a desire to type but nothing to say. I
:24:36. > :24:40.started pressing the same keys and looking at the marks to try to make
:24:41. > :24:48.something visual. Rather than actually making words.
:24:49. > :24:59.I started around ten years ago. I thought everybody would want to do
:25:00. > :25:02.this. But as I noticed it was my art form and tried to contextualise it
:25:03. > :25:08.at university, I quickly discovered nobody was doing it now. The little
:25:09. > :25:12.figures can be just a few seconds and then something like the
:25:13. > :25:18.Hammersmith Bridge, I would go down there and type things which would
:25:19. > :25:25.take about two or three hours over ten or 12 sessions like that.
:25:26. > :25:37.The last event I did was an art fair in London and for the first time, I
:25:38. > :25:39.had an open typewriter so I was just typing anything and then I would
:25:40. > :25:45.type the people. There is one. This skirt has got a
:25:46. > :25:51.jazzy pattern on it and good shoes as well. It is more like the essence
:25:52. > :26:03.of what you see rather than the detail which I enjoyed. If they
:26:04. > :26:09.move, you just get like the arm they don't get a head. Some people
:26:10. > :26:12.are very sentimental about them and they want to tell me about how their
:26:13. > :26:16.dad used to repair them but for me it is just when the kids come along
:26:17. > :26:20.and they have never seen a typewriter before. They say, "what
:26:21. > :26:29.is it?" I think they will all outlive us,
:26:30. > :26:31.typewriters! I do not think we will run out of them unless everybody
:26:32. > :26:43.puts them in landfill. Keira Rathbone and her amazing
:26:44. > :26:45.typewriter art. That is all from the programme, next the weather, no
:26:46. > :26:55.storms in Europe I hope this weekend. Goodbye.
:26:56. > :26:59.Strong winds will feature in the weather for some of us this weekend
:27:00. > :27:00.as yet another