:00:00. > :00:10.This is BBC World News Today with me, Philippa Thomas. The UN warns of
:00:11. > :00:14.a humanitarian disaster in the making in the Central African
:00:15. > :00:17.Republic. Almost half of the population of the capital has fled
:00:18. > :00:26.in fear of the sectarian violence between Muslim and Christian
:00:27. > :00:29.militias. There are barely enough international troops to secure this
:00:30. > :00:35.place. There are certainly not enough to stop the blood-letting in
:00:36. > :00:39.the capital or countryside beyond. Too hot to play? The Secretary
:00:40. > :00:49.General of FIFA says 2022 World Cup in Qatar should not be played in the
:00:50. > :00:57.summer. It is so cold in the United States that Hell has frozen over,
:00:58. > :01:00.Held, Mitch Ugen. And the film award season in full swing. The space
:01:01. > :01:12.drama Gravity leads this year's BAFTA nominations.
:01:13. > :01:17.Hello and welcome. We begin with a special BBC report from inside the
:01:18. > :01:21.Central African Republic, where the United Nations Children's Fund is
:01:22. > :01:24.warning of a humanitarian disaster. There've been reports of widespread
:01:25. > :01:27.atrocities by both sides, in the conflict between Muslim and
:01:28. > :01:34.Christian communities, and masses of people have fled the fighting. This
:01:35. > :01:37.week, aid agencies have been getting food to some of the one million
:01:38. > :01:43.people who've been driven from their homes. The violence is thought to
:01:44. > :01:45.have claimed at least 1,000 lives in the last month alone. Our
:01:46. > :01:48.correspondent Paul Wood and cameraman Fred Scott have reached
:01:49. > :01:56.the capital Bangui and sent us this report.
:01:57. > :02:05.Dramatic evidence of how the crisis in the Central African Republic is
:02:06. > :02:10.deepening. In one month this camp has grown to perhaps 1000 people to
:02:11. > :02:13.100,000. They press right up against the airport runway, hoping the
:02:14. > :02:17.French troops there will provide a measure of safety. Almost half the
:02:18. > :02:24.capital of Bangui has fled. These are Christians will stop they told
:02:25. > :02:29.us that Muslim secular militia have gone house-to-house, killing the
:02:30. > :02:34.young men. Ellen's son was shot dead in front of her, she tells me. Her
:02:35. > :02:38.second son was killed with a machete this morning. They'd gone to their
:02:39. > :02:45.house to get their belongings. Many people had similar stories. The calm
:02:46. > :02:48.here is deceptive. Last week there was sniping from the perimeter of
:02:49. > :02:53.the camp which killed three children, including a six-month-old
:02:54. > :02:57.baby girl. There are barely enough international troops to secure this
:02:58. > :03:02.place. There are certainly not enough to stop the blood-letting in
:03:03. > :03:06.the capital or countryside beyond. There is a threat of cholera,
:03:07. > :03:13.typhoid and, among children, measles. But people are still too
:03:14. > :03:16.terrified to go home. We are not confident yet. It can be the calm
:03:17. > :03:20.before the storm, nobody really knows. People are saying to me, if I
:03:21. > :03:26.have to choose between living in these conditions and my life, I
:03:27. > :03:31.choose my life. The mainly Muslim militia, accused by Christians of
:03:32. > :03:36.mass murder. They say they are defending their communities from
:03:37. > :03:40.Christian vigilantes. Aid workers say the violence is increasingly
:03:41. > :03:44.neighbour against neighbour. That may be the kind of killing not even
:03:45. > :03:49.the resignation of a president can stop. In neighbouring South Sudan,
:03:50. > :03:53.the fighting has also reached crisis point, and the BBC is tonight in
:03:54. > :03:56.Bentiu in the oil-rich Unity State in the north of the country, where
:03:57. > :04:00.people are grabbing their belongings and fleeing in their thousands. The
:04:01. > :04:04.town had been seized by rebels, but now government troops are closing
:04:05. > :04:15.in. Alastair Leithead is live for us in Bentiu. Tell us what you've
:04:16. > :04:19.witnessed. Just that, many, many people with all the possessions they
:04:20. > :04:25.can carry. Children carrying younger children, walking down the road
:04:26. > :04:31.here, along the dusty tracks. Just outside this UN compound where I am
:04:32. > :04:35.is actually between the city and where the government troops will be
:04:36. > :04:42.advancing from. They started the day 40 kilometres or more away. They
:04:43. > :04:46.were 25 kilometres away some hours ago. The message reached people
:04:47. > :04:50.here. They grabbed what they could and headed down the road and over
:04:51. > :04:54.the bridge, a strategic bridge, the only crossing point in about 100
:04:55. > :05:01.kilometres, where people could then get on beyond the city south if they
:05:02. > :05:06.need to. We also saw movement of the rebel forces. These are the units of
:05:07. > :05:08.the militarily who split from the government and have backed the
:05:09. > :05:13.former vice president. They were seen moving back down the road on
:05:14. > :05:18.the back of a truck. There was a tank, heavy weapons, lots of
:05:19. > :05:22.movement and uncertainty, as they move into that city, presumably
:05:23. > :05:26.waiting for the government troops to arrive. Then people are expecting
:05:27. > :05:30.them to fight. That could be quite a battle, if the government tried to
:05:31. > :05:35.move in and take over the city once again. We may have more from you
:05:36. > :05:39.tomorrow, thank you very much. It looks like the 2022 football World
:05:40. > :05:42.Cup in Qatar will not be at the usual time of June and July, but
:05:43. > :05:45.will be shifted to November, December and January, when the
:05:46. > :05:49.searing heat simmers down to more acceptable levels for the players.
:05:50. > :05:54.It's a decision that could affect football seasons across Europe and
:05:55. > :06:04.beyond. But we can't confirm the move for you yet, as our reporter
:06:05. > :06:07.Chris Mitchell explains. Since December 2010, when Qatar was
:06:08. > :06:10.awarded the right to stage the tournament, it seems everyone in
:06:11. > :06:15.world football has had their say on when the World Cup should be
:06:16. > :06:18.played. On Wednesday it was the turn FIFAgeneral secretary, Jerome
:06:19. > :06:25.Valcke. TRANSLATION: The dates for the World
:06:26. > :06:29.Cup will not be June July. To be honest, I think it will be held
:06:30. > :06:35.between the 15th of November and the 15th of January at the latest. If
:06:36. > :06:39.you play between the 15th of November and the end of December,
:06:40. > :06:42.that's the time when the weather conditions are best. When you can
:06:43. > :06:46.play in temperature is equivalent to a warm spring season in Europe,
:06:47. > :06:52.averaging 25 degrees. That would be perfect for playing football.
:06:53. > :06:56.It appears Jerome Valcke may have overstepped the mark. FIFA certainly
:06:57. > :06:59.reacted swiftly to his comments. The precise events dates are still
:07:00. > :07:03.subject to an ongoing consultation process, they said. They insist no
:07:04. > :07:09.decision will be made until after the World Cup in Brazil, which ends
:07:10. > :07:14.on July 13. What we are seeing our talks between Sheik Salman Butt
:07:15. > :07:17.Isner commission for FIFA, and the Premier League and the other
:07:18. > :07:21.big-league, the advertisers and sponsors are all getting involved in
:07:22. > :07:24.this, to see how a practical solution can be found. That will go
:07:25. > :07:29.on for some time, through to March or April this year, then they decide
:07:30. > :07:34.the international calendar, and we could -- we should hear in December
:07:35. > :07:37.on the outcome. Qatar won the bid with traditional summer dates in
:07:38. > :07:42.their proposal. But soon after that, doctors, including the chairman of
:07:43. > :07:47.FIFA's medical committee, said the risks to supporters attending the
:07:48. > :07:50.event were too great, with temperatures reaching as high as 50
:07:51. > :07:54.Celsius in June or July. FIFA's vice president said he was totally
:07:55. > :07:58.surprised at Jerome Valcke's statement, and confirmed the
:07:59. > :08:01.decision had to be taken by FIFA's executive committee. The organising
:08:02. > :08:05.committee in Qatar said regardless of the outcome of the consultation,
:08:06. > :08:09.they will be ready to host the World Cup, whatever the dates. Joining me
:08:10. > :08:13.from Southampton on the south coast of England is Mark Palios. He's a
:08:14. > :08:17.former chief executive of the English Football Association, the
:08:18. > :08:27.FA. And with me in the studio is the sports writer and broadcaster Mihir
:08:28. > :08:32.Bose. Thinking about this, Mark, if we can come to you first. What will
:08:33. > :08:36.this mean for football? A decision to move the World Cup in Qatar would
:08:37. > :08:41.have such a knock-on effect for the English Premier League, as well as
:08:42. > :08:44.many others. I would say that the impetus around to changing the
:08:45. > :08:51.timing of the World Cup, or the suggested change, from the summer to
:08:52. > :08:56.the winter months, whilst the welfare of the players was taken
:08:57. > :09:01.into account, it is one side of the argument that the Qataris would be
:09:02. > :09:04.able to put insufficient air-conditioning around stadiums and
:09:05. > :09:08.training pictures, so it wouldn't dramatically affect the players. I
:09:09. > :09:11.believe the concerns of the medical committee chairman was centred more
:09:12. > :09:15.around the fans than the players. Having said that, for players
:09:16. > :09:20.themselves, they will probably go into a World Cup, certainly for the
:09:21. > :09:23.guys who play in the European leagues, in better physical
:09:24. > :09:27.conditions, ironically, although by the end of the rest of the European
:09:28. > :09:32.season they will have been playing without a break. Whichever way it
:09:33. > :09:36.goes, it's going to be difficult for the players. Just to pick up on what
:09:37. > :09:40.makes it difficult for the players, it might mean having to rearrange
:09:41. > :09:46.English games, for example. Might players be torn between staying here
:09:47. > :09:50.and going to the World Cup? As things stand, I do believe that the
:09:51. > :09:55.Premier League have not really said how they think it will work out.
:09:56. > :09:58.Clearly, what they've been doing is negotiate the position as hard as
:09:59. > :10:02.they can for the best period for them, if it is to be moved. For
:10:03. > :10:05.example, the Premier League would favour the England players being
:10:06. > :10:08.home for Christmas, in terms of being able to play in the
:10:09. > :10:12.traditional fixtures we see in the English Premier League and the
:10:13. > :10:16.English leagues generally. In terms of the knock-on effect, I know there
:10:17. > :10:25.is concern it won't just affect one season, it will affect the season
:10:26. > :10:30.preceding the 20 two and the 2023 season, as well as the following
:10:31. > :10:33.season. If you extend it into May and June, the Premier League in
:10:34. > :10:37.2023, then you have a knock-on effect into the season after that as
:10:38. > :10:41.well. And there is the knock-on effect on the Confederations Cup,
:10:42. > :10:46.which is likely to include a lot of players who will be playing in the
:10:47. > :10:50.Premier League. No decision in football and sport can be taken in
:10:51. > :10:54.isolation, but talk to us more about the logistics behind this decision.
:10:55. > :10:58.If the decision is made to move from the summer months to November,
:10:59. > :11:02.you've got to square it with all sorts of players. You've got to
:11:03. > :11:06.square it with the stakeholders. The most important stakeholders, let's
:11:07. > :11:10.face it, and this is football as business, not the players, though
:11:11. > :11:15.they talk about it, not the supporters, it's the television
:11:16. > :11:19.companies. They pay the big-money. Football for the World Cup, for
:11:20. > :11:23.FIFA, is the only product that makes money. They need to bring in the
:11:24. > :11:28.money. What I suspect has happened today is Jerome Valcke, making this
:11:29. > :11:30.point, is he has squared the American television companies,
:11:31. > :11:33.they've done a big television deal with American television companies,
:11:34. > :11:38.for whom June and July would have been ideal. They must have said, we
:11:39. > :11:42.can move to November, December, that is why he made the statement to
:11:43. > :11:47.date. You may say this sounds cynical, modern sport is cynical.
:11:48. > :11:51.It's about business. While they talk about supporters, and you need
:11:52. > :11:56.supporters in the stadium, you don't want an empty stadium, the big money
:11:57. > :11:59.comes from the television companies. Who do you think will be most
:12:00. > :12:03.inconvenienced if this move goes ahead? The players will be
:12:04. > :12:07.inconvenienced, the supporters might also be. June and July is a
:12:08. > :12:10.traditional holiday time. They will have to rearrange things. What will
:12:11. > :12:15.happen is the whole league programmes of the Europeans, and the
:12:16. > :12:19.Europeans are the dominant force in football, they produce the most of
:12:20. > :12:23.the money and the players, how will that fit in? This might have a two
:12:24. > :12:27.you impact. Many matches will have to be moved around. Will there be
:12:28. > :12:31.the legal process going on while the World Cup is going on? As a
:12:32. > :12:36.spectacle, the World Cup needs to be on its own. When the World Cup is
:12:37. > :12:40.on, you don't want any other match is going on. This will require a lot
:12:41. > :12:44.of planning. And hence we have to stop talking about it now. Mark, do
:12:45. > :12:49.you think that even though there are eight years to go, this shift is
:12:50. > :12:53.going to happen, not least that for many footballers it would be
:12:54. > :12:58.physically impossible or just to wearing to be playing in those
:12:59. > :13:02.conditions? Adding to the factors that you just talked about,
:13:03. > :13:06.certainly the television companies are a major stakeholder. There is
:13:07. > :13:12.one other factor. The International Olympic Committee, the Winter
:13:13. > :13:14.Olympics in January 2022 was an option which would have conflicted
:13:15. > :13:20.with the Winter Olympics. That is also a big concern, moving the games
:13:21. > :13:27.to the suggested period, which I think sounds like it's going to be
:13:28. > :13:32.November, December. We speculate, but I think probably you will see
:13:33. > :13:39.that happen. You have experienced, as a professional footballer, tell
:13:40. > :13:43.us about your hottest matches? As a player for Tranmere, we played a lot
:13:44. > :13:48.of matches but not in those conditions. I played in Greece, it
:13:49. > :13:55.is very hot. The technology is there for them to ameliorate that. Certain
:13:56. > :13:58.sports in certain states are played in air-conditioned stadiums. The
:13:59. > :14:02.important thing is the fans are used to travelling to the stadiums in
:14:03. > :14:06.those conditions and back. There are what a lot of fans won't have had
:14:07. > :14:09.that experience, therefore it is difficult to conceive how they can
:14:10. > :14:14.air-conditioned the arm beyond around the stadium and when you are
:14:15. > :14:23.travelling to games. Not a done deal, but it sounds as if we're
:14:24. > :14:26.moving that way. The former German international Thomas Hitzlsperger
:14:27. > :14:29.has revealed that he is gay. The now-retired player is only the
:14:30. > :14:32.fourth footballer to have ever come out. He says he wants to promote the
:14:33. > :14:34.discussion of homosexuality among professional athletes. A massive
:14:35. > :14:37.assault promised by the Iraq government on the city of Fallujah,
:14:38. > :14:41.controlled by al-Qaeda linked militants, has yet to take place.
:14:42. > :14:44.But the most senior UN official in the country has warned of a critical
:14:45. > :14:47.humanitarian situation there, saying more than 5,000 families have fled
:14:48. > :14:54.as stocks of food, water and medicine start to run out. Here in
:14:55. > :14:57.Britain, an investigation is under way after a US military helicopter
:14:58. > :15:04.crashed on the North Norfolk coast last night, killing all four people
:15:05. > :15:07.onboard. It was taking part in a low-flying exercise when it came
:15:08. > :15:20.down in marshes near the tiny village of Cley-next-the-Sea.
:15:21. > :15:22.Weather records have been broken across America, with all 50 states
:15:23. > :15:28.experiencing sub-zero temperatures on Tuesday. The most extreme arctic
:15:29. > :15:30.blasts were said to have affected nearly 190 million people. Our
:15:31. > :15:39.correspondent Rajini Vaidyanathan has been to Michigan where a town
:15:40. > :15:45.called Hell has frozen over. This is the road to hell, which
:15:46. > :15:58.again. It is treacherous at the moment. --Hell, Michigan. It is in
:15:59. > :16:05.the American midwest. It has felt some of the coldest temperatures in
:16:06. > :16:12.recent days. Around -23 degrees when we arrived. Now with the sun out it
:16:13. > :16:18.has gone up to around -11. But with the wind chill things do feel teeth
:16:19. > :16:26.chattering we cold. There is nowhere around. Hell has become a bit of a
:16:27. > :16:33.ghost town. The ice cream shop is shut today and the Halloween store
:16:34. > :16:38.is also closed. People are heeding the warnings and staying indoors
:16:39. > :16:49.until this frees subsides. -- freeze.
:16:50. > :16:52.An inquest in London into the death of a man whose shooting by police
:16:53. > :16:56.sparked riots across England has concluded that it was a lawful
:16:57. > :16:58.killing. Riots took place in cities across the country after the
:16:59. > :17:02.shooting of Mark Duggan in the summer of 2011. The inquest jury
:17:03. > :17:06.decided that Duggan did have a gun, but had thrown it away before was
:17:07. > :17:09.shot. There were chaotic scenes at the court as the decision was read
:17:10. > :17:18.out, as his family reacted with anger. For as long as it takes, God
:17:19. > :17:24.give my family strength. Also the whole of our legal team, our friends
:17:25. > :17:29.and the people we do not even know that supported us. The majority of
:17:30. > :17:34.people in this country know that Mark was executed. We are going to
:17:35. > :17:44.fight until we have no breath in our body for just this for Mark and all
:17:45. > :17:52.of those deaths in custody. No justice, no peace. Well Matt Roger
:17:53. > :17:56.explains why this case is so controversial. In the two and a half
:17:57. > :17:59.years that Mark Duggan 's family have waited this moment, they
:18:00. > :18:06.believe that they have been robbed of just this, there comment tonight.
:18:07. > :18:11.The police shooting of Mark Duggan had great social impact. What
:18:12. > :18:15.happened after that was that it prompted a protest which sparked
:18:16. > :18:21.riots in Tottenham which led to the worst unrest that had been seen in
:18:22. > :18:24.England for a generation. The jury had to consider a number of
:18:25. > :18:28.questions but it did conclude that Mark Duggan had been lawfully
:18:29. > :18:33.killed. He had been carrying a gun in the minicab on the day he was
:18:34. > :18:43.shot by police but had thrown that gun away, they believe, for police
:18:44. > :18:46.fired the fatal shot. -- before. It's the start of the film awards
:18:47. > :18:49.season and today the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTA,
:18:50. > :18:52.unveiled its annual nominations. The special effects space drama Gravity,
:18:53. > :18:55.starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, leads the way. It picked up
:18:56. > :19:00.11 nominations including Best Film and British Film, Original
:19:01. > :19:08.Screenplay and Original Music. With me is the film critic Jason
:19:09. > :19:15.Solomons. This is the great choice. Gravity is spectacle but also soul.
:19:16. > :19:20.It is. It is directed by a Mexican living in the UK so it has this
:19:21. > :19:28.great Latin American, soulful heart. It is about emotions. It is a
:19:29. > :19:34.spectacular movie, a roller-coaster ride in the purest way. But it is
:19:35. > :19:37.also about being human and being connect to to the earth and what
:19:38. > :19:43.makes us human in this battle for technology. I thought it was a fine
:19:44. > :19:51.space movie in the best tradition. It is great to see it rewarded. And
:19:52. > :19:58.it is a UK film. It was made in London. It belongs to the entire
:19:59. > :20:06.world but was made in the UK. And British pride as well to do with the
:20:07. > :20:09.American story, 12 Years A Slave. You could not get more polar
:20:10. > :20:15.opposite films. How to judge which is the better I do not know. That
:20:16. > :20:24.was directed by Steve McQueen and stars of British actor. It is the
:20:25. > :20:30.story of a man being sold into slavery in Georgia in the 1840s. It
:20:31. > :20:40.is a remarkable true story. Pretty harrowing. Pretty severe but almost
:20:41. > :20:46.emotionless. Hollywood might have ramped up the violins. This is kind
:20:47. > :20:53.of severe but also a brilliant story. Dispassionately told. So it
:20:54. > :20:59.is an interesting way of telling it. But also American Hustle is a
:21:00. > :21:08.contender. That looks good, great names. Well it is probably the best
:21:09. > :21:15.fun around. All of the act does, christian bale, Amy Adams, they have
:21:16. > :21:22.been nominated in all of their categories. -- actors. It is a great
:21:23. > :21:33.fun film going back to the disco era. Lots of great music in it. Our
:21:34. > :21:48.goal last year, it tapped into an era. -- Argo. How do you decide
:21:49. > :21:56.which is better? It is really a dark horse. What does this all tell us
:21:57. > :22:04.about British film? There is a lot of it about. What does it say? I
:22:05. > :22:08.think British film is global. It does stories from all over. But
:22:09. > :22:18.where is the British talent, the stories about Britain? That is what
:22:19. > :22:22.should be rewarded in the BAFTAs. I think it is not a good thing for
:22:23. > :22:33.young talent in this country not to see themselves reflect dead at the
:22:34. > :22:40.BAFTAs. -- reflected. And the BAFTA winners will be
:22:41. > :22:43.announced on the 16th of February. Now let's take you from film to
:22:44. > :22:47.music, and another of the emerging artists on the BBC's Sound of 2014
:22:48. > :22:51.new music list. She is Banks, a 25-year-old from LA who started
:22:52. > :22:55.writing songs on a toy piano as a self-confessed broken-hearted teen.
:22:56. > :23:02.After a year on tour, she's preparing to release her debut
:23:03. > :23:08.album. We are at Notting Hill. It is a
:23:09. > :23:21.special venue for me. My first show I ever played was at this venue. My
:23:22. > :23:26.first real work trip was in London. I grew so much as a person. My mind
:23:27. > :23:32.and my heart grew all within those three weeks. It became such a
:23:33. > :23:51.milestone in my life. It made sense that my first show would be here. #
:23:52. > :23:57.Love is a waiting game. I grew up in Los Angeles. I started
:23:58. > :24:06.writing around ten years ago. I was 14 or 15. I was just going through a
:24:07. > :24:11.really dark time. And writing just made the most sense to me. Somebody
:24:12. > :24:17.gave me a keyboard and it started just naturally coming out. I have
:24:18. > :24:20.always done it just closed off in my room. Very few people heard those
:24:21. > :24:29.intimate thoughts, both dark thoughts. Just the rawest, purest
:24:30. > :24:34.thought I was having that I put in my music. So now everyone is hearing
:24:35. > :24:40.that and it is a bit scary. But it is amazing, I feel I am human and
:24:41. > :24:59.everyone is human and everyone has both feelings. -- those feelings.
:25:00. > :25:05.# This is what it feels like. I am feeling absolutely overwhelmed,
:25:06. > :25:11.in a good way, about where I am at with my music. I feel I have never
:25:12. > :25:18.been so open. I have always been open, before I was doing it, alone.
:25:19. > :25:25.But now I am opening myself up the most, the most vulnerable parts of
:25:26. > :25:29.me. That is scary but it feels so powerful. I'm just so grateful that
:25:30. > :25:40.so many people are connect to with it. I still cannot believe it!
:25:41. > :25:44.Just time to bring you up-to-date on one of the biggest stories last
:25:45. > :25:47.week. Investigators in France have shed some light on the scheme
:25:48. > :25:52.accident that left Michael Schumacher in a coma. They describe
:25:53. > :25:58.the former Formula one champion as an extremely good skier. They said
:25:59. > :26:02.footage from the camera showed he was skiing well off the piste when
:26:03. > :26:09.he crashed. Our main news tonight. The United Nations children's fund
:26:10. > :26:12.is warning of a humanitarian disaster in the making in the
:26:13. > :26:16.Central African Republic. There are reports of widespread atrocities by
:26:17. > :26:18.both sides in the conflict between Muslim and Christian communities and
:26:19. > :26:24.masses of people have fled the fighting. This week aid agencies
:26:25. > :26:27.have been getting food to some of the million people who have been
:26:28. > :26:31.driven from their homes. The violence is thought to have claimed
:26:32. > :26:42.at least a thousand lives in the last month alone. That is all from
:26:43. > :26:57.the programme. From me and the rest of the team, thank you for watching.
:26:58. > :27:09.Hello. It is fair to say that the weather is less unsettled than it
:27:10. > :27:11.was. But the rain is still in the equation. The latest system has been