:00:00. > :00:11.This is BBC World News Today with me Zeinab Badawi.
:00:12. > :00:15.Russia is not doing enough to defuse the standoff in eastern Ukraine says
:00:16. > :00:29.the west - and they are threatening to impose more sanctions against
:00:30. > :00:42.Moscow. Regardless, Russia flexes its military muscles.
:00:43. > :00:47.Dozens are reported dead after a series of bombings at a political
:00:48. > :00:50.rally in Baghdad will stop And climbers begin leaving Everest base
:00:51. > :00:55.camp, in the face of a strike by Sherpa guides, following a deadly
:00:56. > :00:58.avalanche. Remembering the ground-breaking
:00:59. > :01:01.events that played a role in ending apartheid in South Africa - we talk
:01:02. > :01:20.to the impresario whose global spectaculars are the subject of a
:01:21. > :01:25.new film. Hello and welcome. The war of words
:01:26. > :01:27.between Ukraine and Russia is reflecting the continuing
:01:28. > :01:29.hostilities between the two countries as the interim government
:01:30. > :01:38.in Kiev accuses Moscow of stoking the tensions in the east of Ukraine.
:01:39. > :01:41.Ukraine's prime minister says Russia seems to want to start world war
:01:42. > :01:44.three. President Obama says the West is considering further sanctions
:01:45. > :01:47.against Russia. But President Putin says it is the Ukrainian government
:01:48. > :02:04.that is carrying out bloody crimes against its own people. The BBC's
:02:05. > :02:07.Nick Childs has more. Smoke billows over an eastern Ukrainian airbase.
:02:08. > :02:10.This is unverified footage. There have been reports of a military
:02:11. > :02:13.helicopter being hit by a rocket propelled grenade. Whatever this is,
:02:14. > :02:16.it's likely to add to the sudden, new escalation in tensions here. An
:02:17. > :02:19.armed pro-Russian activist, seemingly very much back in charge
:02:20. > :02:25.outside the eastern Ukrainian town of Sloviansk. A day after
:02:26. > :02:28.short-lived Ukrainian army raids raised the political and diplomatic
:02:29. > :02:31.temperature in this tense stand-off, another significant notch. The
:02:32. > :02:35.Americans are laying the blame for images like these more squarely than
:02:36. > :02:37.ever at Russia's door. This is a full throated effort to actively
:02:38. > :02:44.sabotage the democratic process through gross, external
:02:45. > :02:50.intimidation. Russia has put its faith in distraction, deception and
:02:51. > :02:53.destabilisation. For seven days, Russia has refused to take a single,
:02:54. > :02:59.concrete step in the right direction. But as the diplomatic war
:03:00. > :03:04.intensifies, Russia's Foreign Minister has hit back with some
:03:05. > :03:12.accusation of its own. TRANSLATION: The West, and this is
:03:13. > :03:15.how it all began, wants to seize control of the Ukraine, because of
:03:16. > :03:18.its own political ambitions, not the interests of the Ukrainian people.
:03:19. > :03:23.Just what the Ukrainian military's raids have really achieved, is
:03:24. > :03:26.unclear. They certainly angered Moscow enough for it to order new
:03:27. > :03:32.military manoeuvres, according to one report, within a kilometre of
:03:33. > :03:41.the Ukrainian border. The move prompted this from Ukraine's interim
:03:42. > :03:43.Prime Minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk. Attempts at Russian military
:03:44. > :03:47.aggression on the territory of Ukraine will cause military conflict
:03:48. > :03:50.in the European area, he told a Cabinet meeting. And Russia already
:03:51. > :03:53.wants to start the third World War, he said. With no apparent resolution
:03:54. > :03:56.to the stand-off on the ground, does all this bring a direct
:03:57. > :04:05.confrontation between Ukraine and Russia closer? And if so, what will
:04:06. > :04:08.the international fallout be? In a separate development, Ukraine's
:04:09. > :04:11.interior ministry has said armed separatists in the eastern city of
:04:12. > :04:13.Sloviansk have seized a bus carrying international observers from the
:04:14. > :04:20.OSCE, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The
:04:21. > :04:23.Swedish Foreign Minister, Carl Bildt, tweeted: Extremely concerned
:04:24. > :04:27.with OSCE inspectors being abducted in Eastern Ukraine. Including one
:04:28. > :04:36.Swede. They must be released immediately. Lets speak to the BBC's
:04:37. > :04:50.David Stern - he's in the capital Kiev. Any word on these abducted
:04:51. > :04:57.monitors? Apparently, according to Western news agencies, the local
:04:58. > :05:06.pro-Russian activists have confirmed that they have taken or detained as
:05:07. > :05:12.they put it, these observers. These are not political observers, they
:05:13. > :05:19.are military observers. They are from OSCE member states as part of a
:05:20. > :05:24.bilateral military inspection. Anything which involves the
:05:25. > :05:28.detaining of international observers does add to the mix here and raises
:05:29. > :05:37.the tension even more. Apparently there were seven members of OSCE
:05:38. > :05:43.states and five Ukrainian military members as well. Local authorities
:05:44. > :05:48.accuse them of having a spy among them and that is why they were
:05:49. > :05:54.detained. That adds greatly to the tension in the eastern part of the
:05:55. > :06:05.country. Who is actually in control of Sloviansk? The separatists or
:06:06. > :06:11.Ukrainian forces? In the city itself it is definitely the separatists,
:06:12. > :06:15.the pro-Russian gunmean. The Ukrainians would say it is the
:06:16. > :06:21.Russian government who is in control, they are orchestrating the
:06:22. > :06:26.seizure of government buildings. It seems clear that are now Ukrainian
:06:27. > :06:31.forces there, they are on the outskirts of the town and are
:06:32. > :06:36.creating a to cut off the town without bringing any danger to the
:06:37. > :06:47.civilian population. This is a very sensitive pocket -- sensitive
:06:48. > :06:52.operation. Thank you very much. A stream of climbers has been
:06:53. > :06:59.leaving Mount Everest base camp over fears that the route is not safe.
:07:00. > :07:04.This follows the avalanche last month -- last week. Sherpa guides
:07:05. > :07:10.have also demanded better compensation for the work they do.
:07:11. > :07:14.Climbers tackling Everest would normally be putting the skier or on,
:07:15. > :07:22.but this year they will not get the chance. The avalanche last Friday
:07:23. > :07:29.killed 13 Sherpa games and buried three others. The Mirror -- morale
:07:30. > :07:34.is still low. No reports of fresh ice falls on the same path I raising
:07:35. > :07:40.concerns about whether any climbers will go up here at all. Having been
:07:41. > :07:47.there and seen the conditions myself and the repeated avalanches, not
:07:48. > :07:54.snow avalanches but ice, graziers breaking off and coming down. I know
:07:55. > :08:00.for certain that those conditions are not safe. The Sherpa is now it
:08:01. > :08:05.is not safe. The government knows it is not safe. Anyone who crosses
:08:06. > :08:14.those ice flows at this season are doing great risk to themselves as
:08:15. > :08:18.climbers and to the Sherpas. The discussion over compensation to
:08:19. > :08:23.Sherpas still remains. The government has said it will do all
:08:24. > :08:27.to help. It has ushered climbers their permits will remain valid for
:08:28. > :08:34.five years meaning those who do not want to take the risk can come
:08:35. > :08:38.back. But not everyone has left. TRANSLATION: There are still many
:08:39. > :08:45.smaller groups at the peace camp now. We have a new company and have
:08:46. > :08:52.spent so much money already, who will bear the costs? If other groups
:08:53. > :08:59.want to climb Mount Everest, we are ready to pursue the track. That is a
:09:00. > :09:12.big if. It keeps getting bigger as more teams pull out.
:09:13. > :09:19.To Iraq and now were a series of bomb attacks have hit a campaign
:09:20. > :09:24.rally. We hope to hear from Baghdad first of all but let us show you
:09:25. > :09:29.these pictures. I should warn you they are quite disturbing. This is
:09:30. > :09:38.in the aftermath of the first explosion. There is gunfire and then
:09:39. > :09:43.this happens... The bombs went off as thousands of supporters of Shia
:09:44. > :09:51.political party had gathered in eastern Baghdad. The party is a
:09:52. > :09:58.political wing of Shia group. The Prime Minister is seeking a third
:09:59. > :10:07.term in office. In the late hours of this afternoon between four o'clock
:10:08. > :10:17.and five o'clock, when the gathering of groups were leaving the stadium
:10:18. > :10:28.were the leagues of the righteous, as Shi'ite group who not only are
:10:29. > :10:34.directly backed by Iran, they make no secret of it. They also made
:10:35. > :10:39.public statements about their collusion in the military campaign
:10:40. > :10:44.in Syria. That was part of their electioneering tool. The display
:10:45. > :10:55.pictures of their marchers, about 70 of them. How many were fighting in
:10:56. > :11:02.the first place one has to ask? That is the question for a number of the
:11:03. > :11:08.cine groups inside Iraq. Also the Muslim extremist groups. There is no
:11:09. > :11:15.way to know who is responsible for these attacks but one would draw
:11:16. > :11:22.conclusions. As soon as the supremely dirt of the group finished
:11:23. > :11:33.his address, -- supreme leader of the group, finished his address and
:11:34. > :11:38.left the first explosion went off. Then the second bomb went off. Both
:11:39. > :11:48.were car bombs. The third one was also meant to create as much chaos
:11:49. > :11:53.and havoc as possible which was an IED on the roadsides just on the
:11:54. > :12:06.exit where people were getting out of the stadium. That was the latest
:12:07. > :12:11.from Baghdad. From the moment it was founded in 2007, the Taliban have
:12:12. > :12:16.proved to become a formidable force. At the height of their power in 2008
:12:17. > :12:23.they can trolled to huge swathes of territory in the north-west
:12:24. > :12:29.Pakistan. -- the controlled. Today it has been pushed back to just
:12:30. > :12:39.tribal area. I will be joined in the studio by a world news presenter.
:12:40. > :12:43.With the Prime Minister and are saying that he would not conduct any
:12:44. > :12:48.military campaign against the Taliban, he only wants to have
:12:49. > :12:56.talks, does that mean we will see the end of their pilot campaign? The
:12:57. > :13:03.talks are on but the objective of the talks is unclear. Some people
:13:04. > :13:09.say it is to split the Taliban. Others say they are trying to do a
:13:10. > :13:14.deal. The Army, who have lost 5000 men over the last four years by
:13:15. > :13:19.fighting the Taliban, are not in the mood for compromise. They do not
:13:20. > :13:24.want to lose on the negotiating table what they have one the
:13:25. > :13:30.battlefield. The army are determined they have made progress and will not
:13:31. > :13:36.want to give it up. Looking at the Taliban in Afghanistan, how far are
:13:37. > :13:44.the two Taliban is linked? It is very complicated. The militants can
:13:45. > :13:50.move across borders at will and the armies of Pakistan and indeed
:13:51. > :13:56.America are unable to do so. This has been exploited by both Taliban
:13:57. > :14:01.movements. They are separate and have different agendas. They have
:14:02. > :14:08.cooperated before and will do so in the future. How far will the
:14:09. > :14:15.departure of foreign combat troops help them stop their campaign, have
:14:16. > :14:20.they been principally fighting to remove the foreign presence or do
:14:21. > :14:27.they want to introduce Sharia law to Afghanistan? The signs are they are
:14:28. > :14:32.preparing to fight hard against whoever is in couple. No doubt that
:14:33. > :14:39.will bolster the Pakistani Taliban on the other side of the border.
:14:40. > :14:43.This last remaining area has probably 20,000 Pakistani Taliban is
:14:44. > :14:48.in there. Is the Army going to move in there and cleared the area? It
:14:49. > :14:53.would be extremely violent if the dead. There would be bombs in
:14:54. > :15:01.Pakistani cities if the dead but that is talk of it happening. What
:15:02. > :15:08.is it like there? The Army have sort of control. They have done a lot of
:15:09. > :15:15.infrastructure work. The Taliban are there in some spots. But the Army
:15:16. > :15:18.have done a huge amount of infrastructure work, roads and
:15:19. > :15:23.electricity and people are returning. Their morale is strong,
:15:24. > :15:30.they feel they have made a big success against the Taliban and are
:15:31. > :15:40.consolidating their gains. Thank you. Divers in South Korea have
:15:41. > :15:43.discovered the bodies of 48 girls in life jackets from the Sewol ferry
:15:44. > :15:46.that sank earlier this month. Officials described how the girls
:15:47. > :15:50.had all squeezed into a single room meant to hold 30 people. Divers said
:15:51. > :15:53.the process is being slowed down by floating objects inside the
:15:54. > :16:03.wreckage. They also have to break open windows to access the lower
:16:04. > :16:09.levels of the ferry. President Obama is taken a tough stance on North
:16:10. > :16:15.Korea in his tour of South Korea. Mr Obama said North Korea poses a
:16:16. > :16:18.direct military threat to the United States and the concerns that it is
:16:19. > :16:26.preparing to conduct another nuclear test. The underwater search for the
:16:27. > :16:30.missing Malaysia Airlines plane could expand from its area it has
:16:31. > :16:33.been focusing on in the Indian Ocean. A submersible has completed
:16:34. > :16:36.95% of its search in the area where possible signals from the plane's
:16:37. > :16:42.flight recorder were heard on eight April. -- eighth April. Delays
:16:43. > :16:46.dogging World Cup preparations have been challenging for organisers but
:16:47. > :16:49.the fever general secretary insists that the event is on track to stop
:16:50. > :16:58.delays in stadium contract them at all venues have marred seven years
:16:59. > :17:04.of preparations, causing FIFA to criticise the hosts. It is 20 years
:17:05. > :17:07.this Sunday since the first multi-racial elections took place in
:17:08. > :17:11.South Africa, and a new film marks how many countries around the world
:17:12. > :17:23.united to celebrate the end of apartheid. The film, One Humanity,
:17:24. > :17:25.will be premiered simulatenously in London and Johannesburg this
:17:26. > :17:28.weekend. It focuses on two star-studded global television
:17:29. > :17:30.broadcasts - the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute at Wembley Stadium
:17:31. > :17:34.in London and the International Tribute for a Free South Africa.
:17:35. > :17:36.Hundreds of millions watched the shows worldwide, which included some
:17:37. > :17:40.of the biggest names in popular music. Let's take a look at an
:17:41. > :17:46.extract. This felt like a very special event. I felt emotionally
:17:47. > :17:57.connected to it. So I wanted to be a part of it.
:17:58. > :18:05.We, as individual musicians, are just musicians, but we were
:18:06. > :18:11.endorsing something together, so it was very nice, because it had that
:18:12. > :18:16.little twist. We knew that Mandela was inside and we knew that there
:18:17. > :18:22.was apartheid. I was not very well versed on the political side of it,
:18:23. > :18:26.but I knew how I felt. He was labelled as a terrorist by Margaret
:18:27. > :18:29.Thatcher, so anybody that was supporting Mandela was supporting
:18:30. > :18:38.terrorists. So, from that perspective, we were being
:18:39. > :18:40.rebellious. That was Annie Lennox. We also help from Peter Gabriel and
:18:41. > :18:50.Chrissie Hynde, talking about why they championed the anti-apartheid
:18:51. > :18:52.cause. With me is the man behind those historic broadcasts, British
:18:53. > :18:58.journalist Tony Hollingsworth. For those who do not remember, what did
:18:59. > :19:04.the 70th birthday tribute to Norse Mandela involve? It was 100
:19:05. > :19:10.countries on television, 600 million people watched it, 83 artists
:19:11. > :19:17.involved, all demanding the release of Mandela from prison, in 1988, on
:19:18. > :19:22.his 70th birthday. And within some 16 months of that, his lawyer asked
:19:23. > :19:28.me to stage a second event which would be after his release, that he
:19:29. > :19:31.would attend, and that was to celebrate his release but to give
:19:32. > :19:35.him a platform to speak to the world, and remind the world that his
:19:36. > :19:40.release was not the end of apartheid and that they should be pushing
:19:41. > :19:46.until free elections, which of course are being celebrated this
:19:47. > :19:49.Sunday, their 20th anniversary. It was a mammoth operation that you
:19:50. > :19:57.undertook. What were your motives at the time? Why did you want to do
:19:58. > :20:03.this? It was a terrible thing. It was an inhuman system, apartheid,
:20:04. > :20:06.and it needed to be dismantled. I was given opportunities in the 80s,
:20:07. > :20:11.so many other things had already been done, and the International
:20:12. > :20:20.Solidarity movement have been built since 1946, since the 1946 United
:20:21. > :20:26.Nations, when a motion was put down against racist South Africa, and
:20:27. > :20:30.that was when it was put on the international agenda, that there was
:20:31. > :20:38.this racist system in South Africa, and since then, boulder by boulder,
:20:39. > :20:43.the International Solidarity movement was built that objected and
:20:44. > :20:48.protested against apartheid. We were able to get on top of the mountain
:20:49. > :20:52.and broadcast this appeal for him to be released, on his 70th birthday,
:20:53. > :20:58.but so much had been done already that we were getting on top of the
:20:59. > :21:03.mountain. We had briefly from some of the artists involved. Did they
:21:04. > :21:08.all except very quickly and say, yes, we are going to take part in
:21:09. > :21:12.this? It takes a long time. People talk about snowballs, but they do
:21:13. > :21:18.not tell you that you have to push them up will. But there was a
:21:19. > :21:24.snowball effect. -- uphill. This film that is being given its
:21:25. > :21:29.premiere on Sunday, One Humanity, it is been done by a if African
:21:30. > :21:33.director who has created a celluloid tapestry that weaves in the
:21:34. > :21:36.performances we had in 1988 and 1990 with the real history of how the
:21:37. > :21:42.international solidarity movement was built, and it is a wonderful,
:21:43. > :21:47.dramatic way of telling the story. And we gave it its premiere in
:21:48. > :21:55.Pretoria on April 27, the 20th anniversary, and simultaneously at
:21:56. > :22:04.Bath that in London as well. It is a lovely story that he has created --
:22:05. > :22:07.at BAFTA. Looking back but now looking forward, do you think all of
:22:08. > :22:15.that hope and optimism has been vindicated, that there is a brighter
:22:16. > :22:23.next 20 years for South Africa? Yes, absolutely. I think there is.
:22:24. > :22:28.What people forget is that what was won 20 years ago, is enjoyed by here
:22:29. > :22:33.every day. It is not something that you take on on day one and it goes
:22:34. > :22:41.away, you enjoy every single day. Every time I am in South Africa, I
:22:42. > :22:45.mix with a wonderful mature people, and those human rights and the
:22:46. > :22:49.democracy that is here, it might be new and young, only 20 years old,
:22:50. > :22:57.but it is a wonderful thing to behold, compared with what it was.
:22:58. > :23:03.Did you get the sense that you are part of history? A little part. I
:23:04. > :23:08.was part of a tipping point, that is all. Lots of work had been done,
:23:09. > :23:14.well before we were doing that. It was a moment in history, an
:23:15. > :23:19.important moment. In 1985, Gorbachev got in and started negotiating with
:23:20. > :23:25.Ronald Reagan and by the time you got to 1987, the Cold War is ending
:23:26. > :23:31.and as this film tells, with the Cold War ending, no longer could be
:23:32. > :23:36.apartheid regime justifies itself as being fighting communism in southern
:23:37. > :23:46.Africa, so the support went for the regime, and all of the protest
:23:47. > :23:52.movements could then win through. Thank you very much for joining us
:23:53. > :23:55.live. It is the best selling puzzle toy of all time and has confounded
:23:56. > :24:00.many a generation. Including, it must be said, myself. Well now the
:24:01. > :24:02.Rubik's cube is celebrating its 40th birthday. Symphonies, artwork, and
:24:03. > :24:06.competitions have been inspired by the toy which has had global sales
:24:07. > :24:09.of 350 million. A new exhibition celebrating the history of the Rubik
:24:10. > :24:13.cube opens in New Jersey this weekend - to be followed by a
:24:14. > :24:31.national tour of the US. From New York, here's the BBC's Neda Tawfik.
:24:32. > :24:34.The Rubik's cube is as symbolic of the 80s as Pac-man or Madonna. For
:24:35. > :24:38.some, this toy brings back a flood of memories. ?? YELLOW the Rubik's
:24:39. > :24:42.cube. 25 million Americans have made it part of their lives. This exhibit
:24:43. > :24:46.at the Liberty Science Centre just outside of New York celebrates 40
:24:47. > :24:50.years of the Rubik's cube. From its humble beginnings to its renewed
:24:51. > :24:56.fame. The puzzle became an addictive phenomenon. There are tutorials for
:24:57. > :25:01.solving it. Even robots that work it out. But, for those doing it the
:25:02. > :25:05.old-fashioned way, it is worth remembering that it took inventor
:25:06. > :25:08.Erno Rubik a month to solve it, his first time. The best feeling if
:25:09. > :25:11.you're doing well, if you succeed, it is the best feeling that you can
:25:12. > :25:14.do something without any outside help. The cube has an astonishing 43
:25:15. > :25:18.quintillion combinations. That is 43, with 18 zeros behind it. And
:25:19. > :25:23.three generations later, it is still a test of patience, intelligence and
:25:24. > :25:27.speed. Anthony, you are one of the world's fastest speed cubers. Can
:25:28. > :25:35.you show me just how fast you can solve this? Absolutely. Ready, set,
:25:36. > :25:45.go. Anthony solves the Rubik's cube in just ten seconds. You can even do
:25:46. > :25:56.this blindfold, right? Can you show us how it's done? Yeah. After
:25:57. > :26:00.studying the pattern for a minute, it takes him 32 seconds to complete
:26:01. > :26:03.the puzzle. The Rubik's cube is the world's best selling puzzle toy. One
:26:04. > :26:09.billion have been manufactured and and one out of seven people around
:26:10. > :26:11.the world have tried it. All testament to the fact that whilst it
:26:12. > :26:16.might be frustratingly complicated to solve, its appeal is simple. It
:26:17. > :26:19.is tactile, it is fun to hold, you see people just having fun playing
:26:20. > :26:23.with it even though they are not try to solve it. It appeals to the sense
:26:24. > :26:27.of vision because of the popping colours. It appeals to something in
:26:28. > :26:31.our brain that all of us want to restore order to chaos. This iconic
:26:32. > :26:38.toy has had a fun ride, one that just keeps on going.
:26:39. > :26:45.Celebrating 40 years of the Rubik 's cube. I am going to dig mine out and
:26:46. > :26:50.have another go. That is all from the programme. From me and the team,
:26:51. > :26:50.goodbye and enjoy your weekend. Now the weather.
:26:51. > :27:02.Good evening. It is a wet end to the working week. As you start the
:27:03. > :27:07.weekend, the wind will be picking up. Some blustery showers around as
:27:08. > :27:13.well, but it is not all doom and gloom. Most of us should see some
:27:14. > :27:15.sunshine at some stage. Pretty horrible on the roads across
:27:16. > :27:18.northern England and Scotland tonight. Then the next batch of rain
:27:19. > :27:19.is coming in