:00:00. > :00:07.This is BBC World News Today, with me, Philippa Thomas.
:00:08. > :00:11.News of further attacks by Boko Haram in Nigeria - does the Islamist
:00:12. > :00:16.militant group have Nigeria's government and military on the run?
:00:17. > :00:20.They follow the devastating double explosion in
:00:21. > :00:27.the city of Jos - where the death toll has now reached more than 120.
:00:28. > :00:32.dollar, three-decade gas deal - it's been ten years in the making.
:00:33. > :00:36.The former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to three
:00:37. > :00:48.And why being happy got the makers of this YouTube video
:00:49. > :01:02.arrested by police in Iran and paraded on State TV.
:01:03. > :01:12.As Nigerian rescue workers comb through rubble searching
:01:13. > :01:15.for bodies after the bombings in the Nigerian city
:01:16. > :01:27.The Islamist group Boko Haram has been accused of killing at least
:01:28. > :01:30.27 people in attacks on two more villages in north-east Nigeria.
:01:31. > :01:32.The attacks happened here in Alagarno and Shawa.
:01:33. > :01:34.In Alagarno, Boko Haram fighters reportedly spent hours killing
:01:35. > :01:39.As you can see the attack was very close to Chibok
:01:40. > :01:42.where more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped more than a month ago.
:01:43. > :01:46.As I mentioned it comes just a day after twin blasts in Jos
:01:47. > :01:49.killed more than 120 near the city's Terminus market and the University
:01:50. > :01:55.So this year alone, more than 1,000 people have been killed
:01:56. > :02:02.The Nigerian government has been quick to condemn the attacks.
:02:03. > :02:06.But its ability, and even willingness, to put an end to them
:02:07. > :02:17.Scenes of panic in Jos when the two bombs were detonated.
:02:18. > :02:24.Terrified, they ran for their lives in search of safety.
:02:25. > :02:28.These were two extremely powerful blasts, the aim clearly to kill
:02:29. > :02:31.as many people as possible in the crowded market.
:02:32. > :02:37.An indiscriminate attack which killed Christians and Muslims.
:02:38. > :02:42.Amongst the chaos, the emergency services tried to help
:02:43. > :02:47.Many had open wounds, fractures and burns.
:02:48. > :02:50.Although it is not known who carried out the attack,
:02:51. > :02:53.the Islamist extremist group known as Boko Haram has targeted Jos
:02:54. > :02:56.before, bombing churches in what was then seen as an effort
:02:57. > :03:03.For more than a decade, the middle belt of Nigeria has been the scene
:03:04. > :03:08.They are often described as religious clashes but are in fact
:03:09. > :03:11.rooted in competition for land, resources and political power.
:03:12. > :03:15.The bombs in Jos follow the recent past in the capital Abuja as well
:03:16. > :03:21.The Islamist extremists are still holding more than 200 schoolgirls
:03:22. > :03:31.Just hours after the bombings in Jos, another attack took place,
:03:32. > :03:35.this one in the rural north-east, in a village.
:03:36. > :03:38.There Islamist militants fighters went in, looted, killed
:03:39. > :03:43.at least 17 people, and then set fire to almost the entire village.
:03:44. > :03:47.They were there for several hours throughout the night.
:03:48. > :03:51.And then they left and vehicles that they stole.
:03:52. > :03:54.There is no sign that the authorities have the capacity
:03:55. > :03:57.to turn the tide against this brutal campaign of violence.
:03:58. > :04:05.That is what terrifies many Nigerians.
:04:06. > :04:08.With me is Alice Ukoko, a lawyer from Nigeria who runs
:04:09. > :04:22.Thank you for coming in. You have published an open letter to the
:04:23. > :04:27.Nigerian president calling on him to step aside. You see a potentially
:04:28. > :04:31.great nation is on his knees. Why should he go? The evidence is so
:04:32. > :04:37.clear. If you look Nigeria, one may argue that they
:04:38. > :04:43.have come and take an over. Nigeria, one may argue that they
:04:44. > :04:53.point is security is nonexistent across
:04:54. > :04:56.point is security is nonexistent problem. We see Nigeria
:04:57. > :04:56.point is security is nonexistent electricity. There is no evidence of
:04:57. > :05:01.governments in Nigeria. The issue of electricity. There is no evidence of
:05:02. > :05:03.corruption is backbreaking and electricity. There is no evidence of
:05:04. > :05:10.obviously there is a electricity. There is no evidence of
:05:11. > :05:14.is going on there. What should be electricity. There is no evidence of
:05:15. > :05:20.Nigeria, there is no education, no water, no resemblance of governments
:05:21. > :05:23.in Nigeria. So many issues. If we look at security. What
:05:24. > :05:31.in Nigeria. So many issues. If we with the military, do you think it
:05:32. > :05:38.cannot deal with those endured -- insurgency or is there no willpower?
:05:39. > :05:45.People are not thinking in terms of the country. They are pursuing their
:05:46. > :05:51.personal goal, that is their personal path. They do not care at
:05:52. > :05:57.all. What we are seeing is not... We are dealing with a government that
:05:58. > :06:06.lacked the will or as is divorced but lacks the ability to keep
:06:07. > :06:17.Nigerians say. Dash-mac a security force. If we wind up back, and go to
:06:18. > :06:21.the state of emergency that was declared in those three states in
:06:22. > :06:30.May last year, you will find for that alone, the president should
:06:31. > :06:36.step down. The civil politicians should also the site. One of the
:06:37. > :06:41.issues is if you want to crack down on people and criminals in a
:06:42. > :06:46.particular place, for instance criminals come to your home, what is
:06:47. > :06:52.the first thing you do? You lock your door. Then you deal with them.
:06:53. > :06:57.But what we have seen in all year, we have seen since May last year,
:06:58. > :07:03.that this government declared a state of emergency in three states.
:07:04. > :07:06.Broke off this social fabric in the States and put out the security
:07:07. > :07:12.forces that were there killing nobody but civilians opened the
:07:13. > :07:17.borders so Boko Haram and the terrorists were going and coming as
:07:18. > :07:26.we like. Do you think there is any hope of getting the girls back? You
:07:27. > :07:32.could take each topic in this and ask the president to step away. To
:07:33. > :07:41.allow, if you look at the kidnappings in the first place, they
:07:42. > :07:45.are saying first, the security forces were lacking. They were told
:07:46. > :07:52.that the schools were going to be attacked, nothing will happen. The
:07:53. > :07:57.girl who came outside, the vehicle broke down and they were there
:07:58. > :08:01.trying to fix it which gave the girl the opportunity to escape. All of
:08:02. > :08:07.that, there was no security person to comment and challenge them in
:08:08. > :08:10.that broken down vehicle. We have to leave it there. There are so many
:08:11. > :08:16.problems that we need to talk about. I appreciate you coming in.
:08:17. > :08:21.Now finally Russia has signed a 30-year gas deal with China.
:08:22. > :08:23.The agreement - estimated to be worth $400 billion -
:08:24. > :08:27.hands Vladimir Putin a diplomatic and economic boost, at a time
:08:28. > :08:29.when Russia risks losing European gas customers, due to sanctions over
:08:30. > :08:33.The deal was signed in Shanghai, where
:08:34. > :08:35.the Russian President was attending an Asian security conference.
:08:36. > :08:37.From there, Damian Grammaticas reports.
:08:38. > :08:44.China is rising, and taking it all in, Russian naval officers, today
:08:45. > :09:05.The two sides fought 50 years ago but now they are friends.
:09:06. > :09:08.To seal that growing friendship, the biggest deal
:09:09. > :09:12.China will buy hundreds of billions of dollars of Russian gas.
:09:13. > :09:17.Vladimir Putin looked delighted and well he might.
:09:18. > :09:20.Just as Europe is talking of buying less gas from him,
:09:21. > :09:28.The bargaining has taken 10 years and went on even today
:09:29. > :09:35.behind-the-scenes as the leaders met at this security summit in Shanghai.
:09:36. > :09:38.Both China and Russia feel under increasing pressure from the West,
:09:39. > :09:42.that may have been the final nudge to do their deal.
:09:43. > :09:47.And the two sides share common interests - China needs to secure
:09:48. > :09:50.new sources of energy to ensure it will be able to power its growing
:09:51. > :09:57.The pall of smog over Shanghai, a reminder it wants clean fuels.
:09:58. > :10:01.Russia needs the cash and investment China can bring as Western sanctions
:10:02. > :10:08.Economically, both benefit because they need the sale in the bag.
:10:09. > :10:11.Politically it sends a message, that we have closer
:10:12. > :10:19.The deal won't affect Russia's energy supplies to Europe.
:10:20. > :10:22.China's gas will come from fields in Siberia,
:10:23. > :10:30.It's the timing and the symbolism of it all that matters.
:10:31. > :10:34.So President Putin leaves his with a significant deal in his pocket.
:10:35. > :10:38.China may have driven a hard bargain, but for Mr Putin the
:10:39. > :10:44.The West may be trying to isolate him, but this is his riposte.
:10:45. > :10:53.He is building a powerful new relationship here in the East.
:10:54. > :10:56.In Thailand, there's been an emergency meeting of political
:10:57. > :11:02.leaders called by the army following its declaration of martial law.
:11:03. > :11:08.Defying martial law, one local radio station keeps
:11:09. > :11:13.There are hundreds like it run by red shirt activists who support
:11:14. > :11:24.And now they have learnt the soldiers are on their way here too.
:11:25. > :11:27.There is a heated debate among local residents.
:11:28. > :11:34.Should they resist or should they cave in?
:11:35. > :11:39.There has been no violence here to justify shutting it down.
:11:40. > :11:41.We are just ordinary people who have no weapons.
:11:42. > :11:45.Only our hearts calling for democracy.
:11:46. > :11:48.It seems like they are trying to close down our eyes and ears.
:11:49. > :11:52.No one is yet quite sure what the real intentions of
:11:53. > :11:56.the generals are, are they actors, honest brokers, or are they trying
:11:57. > :12:02.But their but their heavy-handed control of the media does risk
:12:03. > :12:07.a public backlash, especially here among the government's supporters.
:12:08. > :12:11.Today the army commander summoned all of the leaders of all
:12:12. > :12:14.of the different groups with some involvement in Thailand's crisis.
:12:15. > :12:19.For the first time, they sat down together.
:12:20. > :12:32.To hear the general tell them he wanted an end to the deadlock.
:12:33. > :12:36.But can what seems very like military rule achieve what
:12:37. > :12:41.The Army is not seen as a neutral party.
:12:42. > :12:48.Back at the radio station, they held a vote to decide.
:12:49. > :12:52.When the soldiers come, would they fight or giv in?
:12:53. > :12:56.A small exercise in democracy in a country where that seems
:12:57. > :13:07.For them, martial law is already unacceptable.
:13:08. > :13:15.How many others will follow their example?
:13:16. > :13:19.An Egyptian court has convicted the former President Hosni Mubarak
:13:20. > :13:22.of embezzling public funds and sentenced him to three years
:13:23. > :13:30.The trio were found guilty of spending more than $17 million
:13:31. > :13:32.of public money - funnelled into presidential palaces
:13:33. > :13:44.Hosni Mubarak was looking relaxed as and sent us this report.
:13:45. > :13:47.Hosni Mubarak was looking relaxed as he waited to hear the verdict. The
:13:48. > :13:50.86-year-old who was in a he waited to hear the verdict. The
:13:51. > :13:54.was flanked by his sons in their he waited to hear the verdict. The
:13:55. > :13:59.prison whites. The embezzlement was a family affair. The judge said
:14:00. > :14:02.Mubarak had a family affair. The judge said
:14:03. > :14:05.sons the freedom to take whatever they wanted from the public 's
:14:06. > :14:14.money. All three were sentenced to jail but
:14:15. > :14:26.money. All three were sentenced to served. Outside,
:14:27. > :14:33.money. All three were sentenced to said. Supporters claimed
:14:34. > :14:37.money. All three were sentenced to understand me? He is a hero, I used
:14:38. > :14:43.to dream of him. I used to follow him. This is not fair. Because of
:14:44. > :14:47.politics. him. This is not fair. Because of
:14:48. > :14:48.more. These him. This is not fair. Because of
:14:49. > :14:52.vocal but only a tiny number have him. This is not fair. Because of
:14:53. > :14:58.come here today. The reality is Egyptians appear to have lost
:14:59. > :15:04.interest in the former leader and his legal problems. He is facing
:15:05. > :15:06.many more days in court. He is being retried for complicity in the
:15:07. > :15:13.killing of protesters and the 2011 revolution. After the brief hearing
:15:14. > :15:18.behind these walls, the deposed president was returned to a military
:15:19. > :15:20.hospital. Sources say doctors will decide if he is well enough to go to
:15:21. > :15:26.jail. Now a look at some of the day's
:15:27. > :15:40.other news. The Pakistani military say 60
:15:41. > :15:42.militants have been killed after after fighter jets bombed suspected
:15:43. > :15:45.militant positions in the north of the country, close to
:15:46. > :15:48.the border with Afghanistan. say a number of those killed were
:15:49. > :15:51.important commanders and foreign fighters in the tribal region of
:15:52. > :15:53.North Waziristan. The internet auction site eBay says
:15:54. > :15:56.it's asking its users to change their passwords after hackers
:15:57. > :15:58.attacked a database, compromising its security. eBay, which has 128
:15:59. > :16:01.million users worldwide, says the database contained encrypted
:16:02. > :16:03.passwords, plus personal information - including postal addresses. The
:16:04. > :16:06.company says it has no evidence that The company says it has no
:16:07. > :16:09.evidence that hackers accessed The US Coastguard says it?s covered
:16:10. > :16:14.nearly 3,000 square miles in the search for four British sailors
:16:15. > :16:16.missing in the Atlantic. Their 40ft yacht, the Cheeki Rafiki,
:16:17. > :16:20.was sailing back to the UK from a regatta in Antigua when it got
:16:21. > :16:23.into difficulties on Friday. A UK military plane has also joined
:16:24. > :16:32.the search, which resumed yesterday. The French train operator SNCF has
:16:33. > :16:34.discovered that hundreds of new trains it ordered
:16:35. > :16:40.at huge expense are too wide The embarrassing blunder has so far
:16:41. > :16:44.cost the rail operator more than almost 70 million dollars, but those
:16:45. > :16:48.costs are likely to rise further. Construction work has begun
:16:49. > :16:50.on altering hundreds From Paris, our correspondent
:16:51. > :17:01.Christian Fraser sent this report. The rail operator in France has
:17:02. > :17:06.just found out the hard way. Before train company SNCF ordered
:17:07. > :17:09.hundreds of new traits, they asked the operator RFF to measure the
:17:10. > :17:12.space between platforms and tracks. The dimensions they were given
:17:13. > :17:15.were from those platforms built 30 years ago, but some 1,200
:17:16. > :17:18.platforms date further back. The new trains are too wide
:17:19. > :17:20.for some stations. The local authorities that paid
:17:21. > :17:23.for them can't believe it. "It is outrageous", said this
:17:24. > :17:25.councillor in Toulouse, "we will be returning any bill
:17:26. > :17:28.they send us. "We are not paying a centime
:17:29. > :17:32.towards it." The new rolling stock is only ten
:17:33. > :17:35.centimetres bigger on each side, Long stretches of platform
:17:36. > :17:41.will now have to be modified. RFF say they budgeted
:17:42. > :17:44.50 million euros. French reports say
:17:45. > :17:48.the costs will go far higher. They are saying that this will not
:17:49. > :17:56.lead to an increase in the cost The finger of blame is being
:17:57. > :18:08.pointed in all directions. Having first admitted it had
:18:09. > :18:12.realised its mistake a bit late, the rail operator is now saying
:18:13. > :18:15.it's inevitable that platforms will have to be adjusted
:18:16. > :18:19.when new rolling stock arrives. Through the years,
:18:20. > :18:23.the French have invested billions in the fast TGV, but the provincial
:18:24. > :18:29.connections are not as good. The opening event of Madrid's
:18:30. > :18:51.bullfighting season has had to be cancelled after three matadors
:18:52. > :18:53.were gored by bulls. The worst injuries were suffered
:18:54. > :18:56.by David Mora, after one of the animals rammed its horn into
:18:57. > :19:00.his leg and threw him into the air. It's the first time in 35 years
:19:01. > :19:16.the event has been suspended. Tell us about this sequence of
:19:17. > :19:21.rather gory events, Tom Burridge. We can show you some dramatic photos of
:19:22. > :19:28.this bull fight, which had to be called off. As you say, it is
:19:29. > :19:34.extremely rare, normally there are six bulls in a bull fight, and three
:19:35. > :19:40.matadors. These pictures show how seriously these three bull-fighters
:19:41. > :19:48.were injured, the first, David Mora, particularly badly injured, caught
:19:49. > :19:57.twice in the leg and the arm and then two other bull-fighters that
:19:58. > :20:02.stepped into the ring also got caught in serious incidents. A very
:20:03. > :20:09.rare incidents that all three would be injured so much that it had to be
:20:10. > :20:14.called off. How many are actually staged in Spain each year? It is
:20:15. > :20:17.fewer and fewer, the number of bull fight is in decline. Many are
:20:18. > :20:22.indifferent to bull-fighting, some are obviously opposed. There is a
:20:23. > :20:27.core contingent in this country and it cuts across the political
:20:28. > :20:32.spectrum of people on the left and the right. It is particularly
:20:33. > :20:39.popular in the south and it is connected to the festivals in Spain,
:20:40. > :20:45.Pamplona in the north, down in the south, in Seville, there is a
:20:46. > :20:51.festival, and here in the capital of Madrid. So bull-fighting still has
:20:52. > :20:56.its fishy in orders, the hard core of supporters. It is with some
:20:57. > :20:59.people a culture and tradition --has its officiant orders. For people
:21:00. > :21:03.outside of Spain, it can be gory and evil and cruel, but it is still
:21:04. > :21:05.going strong to a certain extent but generally speaking it is on the
:21:06. > :21:08.decline. Tom Burridge, thank you. Prince Charles has criticised
:21:09. > :21:09.President Putin, between Russia's role in Ukraine
:21:10. > :21:15.and Germany under the Nazis. He made his remarks
:21:16. > :21:20.during a private conversation on a trip to Canada, but the apparent
:21:21. > :21:23.readiness of the King-in-waiting to voice political opinions has once
:21:24. > :21:25.again proved controversial. Here's our Royal Correspondent
:21:26. > :21:37.Nicholas Witchell. , packed with 40 engagements.
:21:38. > :21:48.Literally hundreds of brief conversations with strangers. In
:21:49. > :21:52.Nova Scotia, in Halifax, Prince Charles had met Marion Ferguson and
:21:53. > :21:57.she told him how her and her sister had lived in Danzig, in Poland, and
:21:58. > :22:00.were Jewish and fled for their light ahead of the invasion by the Nazis
:22:01. > :22:04.and their leader, Adolf Hitler, an invasion which led to the Second
:22:05. > :22:08.World War. In his conversation over a cup of tea with Mrs Ferguson,
:22:09. > :22:12.Prince Charles evidently drew a comparison with what the Nazis did
:22:13. > :22:17.in Europe then and what the Russians, under Vladimir Putin, are
:22:18. > :22:20.doing now in Ukraine. The precise words are disputed but a Daily Mail
:22:21. > :22:26.reporter who was present, that is her behind the pillar, claims the
:22:27. > :22:31.Prince said in relation to the Ukraine "and now Putin is doing just
:22:32. > :22:35.about the same as Hitler". Charles has met blood Amir Putin several
:22:36. > :22:42.times in the past and in a couple of weeks, they were both be attending
:22:43. > :22:44.the 70th anniversary of D-day -- Vladimir Putin. Any connection
:22:45. > :22:46.between him and Hitler will be seen by the Russian leadership is deeply
:22:47. > :22:52.offensive. You can't be much more insulting
:22:53. > :22:55.about a Russian than comparing them to Hitler, because Hitler, of
:22:56. > :22:58.course, killed 26 million Russians, and I suspect that privately he
:22:59. > :23:05.will be rather angered by it. Political leaders here are divided
:23:06. > :23:06.over the remarks. The Deputy Prime Minister said he was entitled to say
:23:07. > :23:08.what he did. Prince Charles is is able,
:23:09. > :23:12.I would have thought, to be free to I don't know exactly what he did or
:23:13. > :23:17.didn't say in that conversation, because he thought it was
:23:18. > :23:19.a private conversation. The Leader of the Opposition
:23:20. > :23:22.said the Prince has a point. I think he has got a point
:23:23. > :23:24.about President Putin's actions and he is absolutely entitled to say
:23:25. > :23:30.there are real concerns about that. But Nigel Farage said the Prince
:23:31. > :23:32.should keep quiet. Sometimes,
:23:33. > :23:34.there are issues that it would be better if elected governments dealt
:23:35. > :23:42.with more than the monarchy. Interventions by Charles has
:23:43. > :23:48.certainly raised eyebrows before, but as he moves ever closer to the
:23:49. > :23:51.throne, they pose obvious risks, as the Prince knows. One point of view
:23:52. > :23:54.is that Charles was merely articulating what many people have
:23:55. > :23:58.said in private. The question, though, is whether it was wise for
:23:59. > :24:02.the future king of the United Kingdom to share such views with a
:24:03. > :24:06.complete stranger. Or might it may be more prudent for him to follow
:24:07. > :24:17.more closely the example of his mother?
:24:18. > :24:20.Next the story of six young people in Iran who were arrested
:24:21. > :24:24.for posting a video of themselves dancing to the hit "Happy" by the
:24:25. > :24:27.Police in Tehran said the film showing
:24:28. > :24:29.women without headscarves dancing with men, "hurt public chastity".
:24:30. > :24:33.Latest reports from Iran say some of the dancers have now been released.
:24:34. > :24:41.The video that has gone viral since it was first uploaded a month ago.
:24:42. > :24:45.It shows a group of young Iranians dancing on the rooftops of Tehran to
:24:46. > :24:52.Like many other Pharrell fans around the world, they made
:24:53. > :25:07.On Tuesday night, Tehran's police chief Hossein Sajedinia said they
:25:08. > :25:15.But the pictures and video were blurred for people watching in Iran.
:25:16. > :25:19.The detainees confessed, saying they were deceived into making the video.
:25:20. > :25:22.Following the State TV programme, a huge campaign started on social
:25:23. > :25:31.#FreehappyIranians is now trending on Twitter and Facebook.
:25:32. > :25:33.Pharrell Williams has also made a statement
:25:34. > :25:45.Experts say on the face of it, the reason they were arrested was
:25:46. > :25:47.because the women weren't wearing headscarves
:25:48. > :25:53.But today, the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani tweeted an excerpt
:25:54. > :25:57.from a speech he made last year, in which he said happiness was a right,
:25:58. > :26:01.though hardliners are worried about the potential use of social media to
:26:02. > :26:05.whip up support for causes they don't agree with.
:26:06. > :26:17.Latest reports say the men and women have been released on bail.
:26:18. > :26:23.And just time to remind you of our main news. The militant Islamist
:26:24. > :26:27.group Boko Haram has been blamed for attacks on to remote images in
:26:28. > :26:31.north-eastern Nigeria, in which 27 people have been killed. This comes
:26:32. > :26:38.after twin bombs on Tuesday claimed at least 122 lives. The Government
:26:39. > :26:46.has blamed the Islamic group of the attack. Rescue workers searched the
:26:47. > :26:48.central market today. I am Philippa Thomas, thank you for being with us
:26:49. > :27:00.today. Hello, once again. After a pretty
:27:01. > :27:04.decent day in many parts of the British Isles, except the North of
:27:05. > :27:06.Scotland, it has to be said, tomorrow could come as