:00:07. > :00:13.This is BBC World News Today with me, Zeinab Badawi.
:00:14. > :00:16.The interpreter who got it so very wrong at Nelson Mandela's memorial
:00:17. > :00:24.service says he suffered a schizophrenic attack on stage. He
:00:25. > :00:26.suffered from hallucinations. Thamsanqa Dyantyi stood side by side
:00:27. > :00:33.with world leaders, including President Obama. South Africa
:00:34. > :00:38.insists there was no security threat. Bangladesh executes an
:00:39. > :00:40.Islamist politician found guilty of crimes against humanity during the
:00:41. > :00:44.1971 war of independence. Also coming up. The number of women with
:00:45. > :00:48.breast cancer around the world rises, but a new study does reveal
:00:49. > :00:52.some promising news. And two films - 12 Years a Slave and
:00:53. > :01:00.American Hustle - receive seven nominations apiece for Golden Globe
:01:01. > :01:13.awards. They are a curtain raiser for the Oscars.
:01:14. > :01:17.Hello and welcome. Concern has been raised about the potential failure
:01:18. > :01:24.of proper screening at the memorial service for mental -- for Nelson
:01:25. > :01:27.Mandela. The man accused of faking sign language at the memorial
:01:28. > :01:30.service for Nelson Mandela has said he has schizophrenia, and saw angels
:01:31. > :01:32.at the event. Thamsanqa Dyantyi, who stood alongside world leaders
:01:33. > :01:35.including President Obama on the stage, said he sometimes reacted
:01:36. > :01:42.violently to his condition. Here's our Africa Correspondent Andrew
:01:43. > :01:49.Harding. Sharing the stage with Barack Obama, a man who now says he
:01:50. > :01:54.was in the middle of a schizophrenic episode. It was his erratic sign
:01:55. > :02:01.language that first raised concerns. Experts described it as gibbering.
:02:02. > :02:05.When the BBC tracked the man down to his Soweto home today the
:02:06. > :02:14.34-year-old said he was not a fraud, he was simply ill. While I
:02:15. > :02:20.was speaking I had a breakdown. I saw angels. They were coming from
:02:21. > :02:30.the sky. Photos proved that he had often worked at vestiges events. He
:02:31. > :02:33.says his illness has made him violent in the past. Today an
:02:34. > :02:40.official insisted world leaders had not been in any danger. You
:02:41. > :02:45.embarrassed about what happened? Nail I am not and I have no reason
:02:46. > :02:50.to be. But the scandal is an awkward distraction. As crowds queued for a
:02:51. > :02:56.second day to see the body of Nelson Mandela. It may seem like a
:02:57. > :03:00.relatively minor incident but inevitably people are making
:03:01. > :03:05.comparisons between Nelson Mandela and the current leadership. The
:03:06. > :03:14.revelations lead into a broader sense that South Africa may be
:03:15. > :03:17.losing its way. Joining me from Maryland outside
:03:18. > :03:21.Washington is former Secret Service Agent to President Barack Obama, Dan
:03:22. > :03:25.Bongino. He also served under George W Bush and his new book is called,
:03:26. > :03:31.Life Inside The Bubble: Why a Top-Ranked Secret Service Agent
:03:32. > :03:38.Walked Away From It All. Failure of proper screening, do you think? I do
:03:39. > :03:42.not think there is any question. I just want to make sure that the
:03:43. > :03:48.general public understand, because he was not properly screened, he
:03:49. > :03:54.literally was a fraud, does not mean that he was an imminent threat to
:03:55. > :04:00.the president. But there has clearly been a failure. But if this man is
:04:01. > :04:04.mentally ill and he himself has said he can act in an on-board it will
:04:05. > :04:18.way, do you think that that fact should have been made known? I am
:04:19. > :04:23.sorry about that. The line has sailed from Maryland. I do not think
:04:24. > :04:28.that we can restore it. But we did here he felt they had been a failure
:04:29. > :04:34.to properly screen the sign interpreter at that Nelson Mandela
:04:35. > :04:40.memorial service. But the South African government insisted there
:04:41. > :04:42.has been no security breach. In Bangladesh, the Islamist
:04:43. > :04:45.opposition leader, Abdul Kader Mullah, has been executed. He'd been
:04:46. > :04:48.found guilty of crimes against humanity during the 1971 war of
:04:49. > :04:51.independence. The Supreme Court had cleared the way for Mr Mullah's
:04:52. > :04:55.execution after judges rejected a last-minute appeal. Security had
:04:56. > :04:58.been stepped up throughout Bangladesh after the ruling, and
:04:59. > :05:05.this has led to violent protests by his Jamaat-e-Islami party
:05:06. > :05:12.supporters. With me is the BBC's World Service South Asia Editor,
:05:13. > :05:18.Ethirajan Anbarasan. What was he accused of actually doing during the
:05:19. > :05:26.War of Independence? He was accused of carrying out mass murder and rape
:05:27. > :05:38.in the suburbs of Dakar. When Bangladesh was trying to get away
:05:39. > :05:44.from Pakistan. The gym party were opposed to breaking away from
:05:45. > :05:48.Pakistan. So this tribunal was set up by the present government. They
:05:49. > :05:54.had pledged to try all those Bangladeshis accused of carrying out
:05:55. > :06:01.atrocities. Tens of thousands were people -- of people were killed in
:06:02. > :06:06.1971. This is the first execution after the courts found him guilty of
:06:07. > :06:16.carrying out atrocities. How effective was this tribunal? How
:06:17. > :06:23.transparent was it? There has been controversy about this, there is no
:06:24. > :06:31.doubt. Jamaat-e-Islami says it was a political elite motivated trial. And
:06:32. > :06:36.they did not follow proper procedures while carrying out the
:06:37. > :06:43.execution. The human rights people have said it fell short 's of
:06:44. > :06:55.international standards. -- fell short. The trial was said not to be
:06:56. > :06:59.up to international standards. But they're obviously web crimes
:07:00. > :07:03.committed and they must be a large body of opinion in Bangladesh that
:07:04. > :07:08.feels that they must have been justice. But now that he has been
:07:09. > :07:14.executed, what will the result we? As soon as the execution was carried
:07:15. > :07:19.out hundreds of people gathered to celebrate in the city centre. These
:07:20. > :07:27.people had been demanding the death penalty for Mr Mullah. So this trial
:07:28. > :07:33.did have widespread support because many Bangladeshi people had lost
:07:34. > :07:37.relatives. But how it has been carried out is the question. Soon
:07:38. > :07:43.after the execution there were classes -- clashes in some parts of
:07:44. > :07:49.Bangladesh. It is expected that there will be tensions. There is a
:07:50. > :07:52.political protest going on by the main opposition against the
:07:53. > :07:59.elections. They say they do not want to take part in elections under the
:08:00. > :08:07.present government. We have another protest by Jamaatee Islami. Thank
:08:08. > :08:14.you very much for explaining all that. Now some other news in brief.
:08:15. > :08:19.The Spanish government has insisted it will block plans for a referendum
:08:20. > :08:24.on independence for Catalonia. Catalan separatist parties agreed to
:08:25. > :08:29.hold the vote in November next year but the Spanish justice minister
:08:30. > :08:34.that it will not take place. The highest court in Australia has
:08:35. > :08:36.overturned a law regarding same-sex marriage.
:08:37. > :08:42.It ruled only federal legislation could redefine the marriage laws. It
:08:43. > :08:48.shatters the dreams of same-sex couples married in the territory in
:08:49. > :08:52.the past week. And the ongoing political crisis now in Thailand.
:08:53. > :08:56.The leader of the opposition party was in court today to face murder
:08:57. > :09:02.charges in connection with the military clamp-down when he was
:09:03. > :09:13.Prime Minister three years ago. Abhisit Vejjajiva denied the charges
:09:14. > :09:17.and was granted bail. More pressure was piled on the government of
:09:18. > :09:20.Yingluck Shinawatra. Demonstrators cut electricity to her office and
:09:21. > :09:27.demanded that police leave. Jonathan Head reports from Bangkok. Today the
:09:28. > :09:32.opposition leader was in court facing a charge of murder for
:09:33. > :09:34.ordering the use of lethal force against protesters trying to bring
:09:35. > :09:40.down his government when he was Prime Minister three and a half
:09:41. > :09:43.years ago. Back then it was supporters of the current Prime
:09:44. > :09:54.Minister who were on the streets of Bangkok. They had occupied parts of
:09:55. > :09:59.the city centre. He ordered the army to clear them out using weapons by
:10:00. > :10:02.direct the other protesters. He always argued it was necessary
:10:03. > :10:10.because of armed elements among the protesters. There were certainly
:10:11. > :10:17.some present, court here on camera. -- court on camera. But most of
:10:18. > :10:25.their weapons were improvised. Most of the big tins of army gunfire were
:10:26. > :10:29.unarmed protesters. In 2010 you ordered the army to use lethal
:10:30. > :10:37.force. That is because there was unarmed insurrection. The only
:10:38. > :10:43.violence that erupted at first was because the government brought in
:10:44. > :10:46.the red shirts. But this time the government can its supporters to one
:10:47. > :10:51.stadium well away from the centre of Bangkok. When clashes occurred it
:10:52. > :10:55.stopped its supporters from holding any rallies. Today 's
:10:56. > :11:00.anti-government movement still holding out, unmoved by the primer
:11:01. > :11:05.Mr's offered this week of an election. Some of them tried once
:11:06. > :11:11.again to break into her office, cutting the wire and eventually the
:11:12. > :11:17.power. But this is all symbolic. She is not there. For all their talk of
:11:18. > :11:22.establishing a rival administration is still a long way from their goal
:11:23. > :11:32.of restructuring plan and's physical system although their actions have
:11:33. > :11:42.certainly weakened it. It has not been a bad 12 months for
:11:43. > :11:47.president Putin of Russia. He has put pressure on Ukraine to prevent
:11:48. > :11:53.the defining a trade deal with Europe. He has met Pope Francis,
:11:54. > :11:57.been voted for the most powerful person in the world and got his
:11:58. > :12:02.ninth degree lap belt in tae kwon do. A lot for him to talk about at
:12:03. > :12:07.his annual state of the nation address as our correspondent
:12:08. > :12:13.explains. Always a grand Kremlin occasion, the
:12:14. > :12:21.President of Russia's vision of the year ahead, on occasion where
:12:22. > :12:28.President Putin outlines where he is taking Russia. For the Ukraine he
:12:29. > :12:33.said he would no pressure on the president to back out of a deal to
:12:34. > :12:40.secure closer ties with the European union. The latest news is that the
:12:41. > :12:45.Ukrainian president may change his mind again. President Putin said
:12:46. > :12:49.there was no rivalry between Russia and the European union over the
:12:50. > :12:55.Ukraine but other side say he's on the lookout to defend what he sees
:12:56. > :13:00.as Russia's vital interests. Like the Arctic north, increasingly a
:13:01. > :13:04.zone of geopolitical attention because of its rich resources onto
:13:05. > :13:09.the ice and the trade routes opened up by global warming. Just this week
:13:10. > :13:15.Mr Putin ordered plans to upgrade Russian military bases there to
:13:16. > :13:19.protect Russian claims from foreign interference. Also this week Mr
:13:20. > :13:27.Putin out of the blue declared he was abolishing respected Russian
:13:28. > :13:31.news agency. It is shocked staff who had no idea but it was coming.
:13:32. > :13:35.Perhaps it was relatively objective coverage of the UK -- of the
:13:36. > :13:51.Ukrainian protest which seal their fate. In the Kremlin today is an
:13:52. > :13:57.Putin said there was nothing wrong with conservative values which
:13:58. > :14:02.distinguish between good and evil. Increasingly his message seems to be
:14:03. > :14:06.that he once Russia to offer the world an alternative standpoint
:14:07. > :14:16.which challenges what he sees as Europe and America's over liberal
:14:17. > :14:20.attitudes. Some news now from a jet where we are feeling about a car
:14:21. > :14:32.bomb attack in the east of the country. -- eejit. It was detonated
:14:33. > :14:38.beside the Suez Canal. -- Egypt. There have been a string of attacks
:14:39. > :14:43.since the ousting of the Prime Minister in July.
:14:44. > :14:51.Figures out today say there have been an increase in the number of
:14:52. > :14:54.women diagnosed with breast cancer across the world. That's partly down
:14:55. > :14:57.to changes in lifestyles like greater alcohol consumption and a
:14:58. > :15:00.rise in obesity. The World Health Organisation says since 2008 the
:15:01. > :15:03.number of cases has increased by more than 20%. Breast cancer now
:15:04. > :15:06.represents one in four of all cancers in women globally. There's
:15:07. > :15:10.also positive news from a study which suggests that a particular
:15:11. > :15:13.drug can almost halve the number of breast cancer cases in high risk
:15:14. > :15:23.women after the menopause. Our health correspondent Branwen
:15:24. > :15:27.Jeffreys has the details. In the abnormal cells of breast
:15:28. > :15:33.cancer. Some women have a greater lifetime risk. A family history of
:15:34. > :15:39.the disease or some change which can act as a warning sign. This women
:15:40. > :15:42.saw her mother go through cancer treatment but now she is delighted
:15:43. > :15:50.there's hope for high-risk women like herself. For five years, she
:15:51. > :15:57.took the tablet and as part of the trial she did not know whether it
:15:58. > :16:05.was the tablet or the placebo. When I heard about the trial, I wanted to
:16:06. > :16:11.go on it and when I heard the results, I was absolutely amazed
:16:12. > :16:17.because it is fantastic. Women with a risk factor and who had gone
:16:18. > :16:23.through the menopause where included in this trial. But every one of
:16:24. > :16:28.those in high-risk women, they would usually be 43 cases over five years,
:16:29. > :16:34.but in those women get in those women getting the drug, it fell to
:16:35. > :16:41.20 with virtually no side effects. A reduced risk of 53%. One of the
:16:42. > :16:46.doctors told me the research came about through seeing how the drug
:16:47. > :16:54.was working. We have used this to treat breast cancer and we have seen
:16:55. > :17:02.in women using this, the risk of developing a second cancer was
:17:03. > :17:06.significantly lower. It is already one of the most successfully treated
:17:07. > :17:11.types of cancer but this research is another step towards preventing it
:17:12. > :17:17.in women whose families have often been devastated by the disease. With
:17:18. > :17:22.the results of the trial revealed, she knows she has help other women
:17:23. > :17:27.and no charities want guidelines for the NHS review. They see this
:17:28. > :17:33.research has shown the drug can make a difference to high-risk women,
:17:34. > :17:35.saving many the mental and physical ordeal of the fight with breast
:17:36. > :17:38.cancer. Nelson Mandela's legacy as the
:17:39. > :17:42.greatest South African of the modern era, some say ever, is assured. And
:17:43. > :17:46.as clouds in Pretoria pay their respects to him and file past his
:17:47. > :17:49.coffin in deference and grief this is all in stark contrast with the
:17:50. > :17:52.widespread discontent about the current leadership of South Africa.
:17:53. > :17:55.Our South Africa correspondent Nomsa Maseko has been looking at why many
:17:56. > :17:58.are fed up with Nelson Mandela's successors as leaders of the ANC
:17:59. > :18:13.including President Jacob Zuma himself.
:18:14. > :18:20.This is not what Nelson Mandela wanted for his people. A township in
:18:21. > :18:27.northern Johannesburg established in 1995, one year after South Africa's
:18:28. > :18:33.first democratic elections. People here feel let down. They were
:18:34. > :18:40.promised so much more when Nelson Mandela came to power. Let us build
:18:41. > :18:47.the future together and forge a better life for all South Africans.
:18:48. > :18:54.This woman has been living here for 15 years. She tells me that she is
:18:55. > :18:58.still waiting for the host provided by the government, fresh drinking
:18:59. > :19:07.water and electricity. That is what she voted for. Home video of recent
:19:08. > :19:14.trouble in the township. It had been brewing for months. There's a lot of
:19:15. > :19:21.anger here. I am angry that the government are just setting. The
:19:22. > :19:33.toilet does not flush, everything is very bad for us. The ANC can do
:19:34. > :19:36.nothing for the people. It is not just the failure of government to
:19:37. > :19:42.deliver basic services that is fuelling discontent. The scandal of
:19:43. > :19:48.President Jacob Zuma spending public money on his private home has
:19:49. > :19:54.angered many. I think there's a sense of burning rage at the of
:19:55. > :20:07.society, and the marginalised, the wrist to anger. If we do not help
:20:08. > :20:12.this, we can imperil the reconciliation. They there's little
:20:13. > :20:16.doubt that many South Africans are angry that their lives are not
:20:17. > :20:21.getting better as promised by Nelson Mandela and the ANC, but the
:20:22. > :20:27.question is, will become their discontent by turning their backs on
:20:28. > :20:32.the party? Maybe not in next year's collection but there's a growing
:20:33. > :20:44.realisation they must act urgently to avoid losing support.
:20:45. > :20:50.The preparations are well underway for Nelson Mandela's funeral ends
:20:51. > :20:56.Sunday. -- on Sunday. Our correspondent has stopped along the
:20:57. > :21:02.way. This is still a place of extreme
:21:03. > :21:08.poverty. When I first visited here during the days of apartheid, it was
:21:09. > :21:12.an independent homeland, a place where the white government could not
:21:13. > :21:18.black people they did not want leading in white South Africa. One
:21:19. > :21:23.of the consequences of that action was to strengthen the position of
:21:24. > :21:28.Nelson Mandela's ANC. It was always a stronghold of the party and from
:21:29. > :21:32.the 1980s onwards it would become a launching pad for the rebellion.
:21:33. > :21:37.This would culminate in the release of Nelson Mandela in 1990 and then
:21:38. > :21:44.the elections which took place in 1984. 20 years after Nelson
:21:45. > :21:49.Mandela's election, there have been improvements to people's likes here.
:21:50. > :21:54.Electricity provision and new schools, but also protests against
:21:55. > :21:59.the authorities because people feel their lives have not changed enough.
:22:00. > :22:04.None of that has been directed against Nelson Mandela. He is not so
:22:05. > :22:12.much a global icon here but a local hero. How do you feel about the
:22:13. > :22:20.death of Madiba? I am still very sad because he is gone and he gave us so
:22:21. > :22:26.much. We are as we are now because of him. He gave us freedom. He
:22:27. > :22:31.showed us a lot of things and still does a lot of things. Now he is
:22:32. > :22:50.gone, how do you feel about the future of South Africa? Even the
:22:51. > :22:59.president, I am not sure now. I am sure that it will... I am not sure.
:23:00. > :23:02.Gauging the opinion on the Eastern Cape Wear Nelson Mandela's funeral
:23:03. > :23:05.will take place. It's that time of year again, the
:23:06. > :23:09.film awards season in Hollywood. The Golden Globe nominations are
:23:10. > :23:12.announced today. A film about slavery in America and another about
:23:13. > :23:18.con-men in the 1970s feature heavily. 12 Years a Slave and
:23:19. > :23:21.American Hustle both picked up seven nominations each. The Golden Globes
:23:22. > :23:31.are often seen as a guide to which films will do well at the Oscars.
:23:32. > :23:37.Let's discuss these nominations with a film critic for screen
:23:38. > :23:44.International. Run through the nominations, Best film, Best actor
:23:45. > :23:51.and so on. I don't have them in front of me! I cannot really list
:23:52. > :23:56.them like that for you. We can go through some things you would like
:23:57. > :24:04.to ask me? 12 Years A Slave, Steve McQueen, a British director for that
:24:05. > :24:11.film and hugely praised. I think Steve McQueen had the reputation
:24:12. > :24:15.among our people and now he has made the epic of the year, and
:24:16. > :24:21.emotionally wrenching film about the most important issue in American
:24:22. > :24:30.history. How could this not get the nominations. The awards are
:24:31. > :24:35.absolutely logical this year, at least the nominations. And then a
:24:36. > :24:43.completely different film, American hustle. -- American Hustle. That
:24:44. > :24:49.also got seven nominations. I think it is fantastic. It shows that
:24:50. > :24:57.profound human foolishness can have a grace about it. Bravely,
:24:58. > :25:01.corruption, lots of sex. Audiences can laugh in the cinema about things
:25:02. > :25:08.they can do nothing about in real life. It is fun and when it is done
:25:09. > :25:17.well, the audience and the awards respond. I am convinced that Amy
:25:18. > :25:26.Adams will get the Academy award for the role. She is fantastic. There
:25:27. > :25:39.are some surprising omissions, and I am thinking about The Butler. That
:25:40. > :25:44.is glaring in its mission? Awards people tend not to vote for producer
:25:45. > :25:56.of scientific dead, hardly wine scene would probably not get any
:25:57. > :26:08.awards. -- Harvey Weinstein. It is completely overshadowed. What about
:26:09. > :26:13.Idris Elba nominated for best actor for the film about Nelson Mandela
:26:14. > :26:21.which premiered in London on the day it was announced he had dry? This is
:26:22. > :26:30.the film of the moment. I think it is likely he will win the award.
:26:31. > :26:35.Robert Redford is also nominated, and otherwise it might have been
:26:36. > :26:41.seen as his year, but Idris Elba is the favourite.
:26:42. > :26:45.Thank you for taking us through the nominations and that is all for the
:26:46. > :26:50.programme, Next the weather. But for now, goodbye.