:00:00. > :00:00.This is BBC World News Today with me, Zeinab Badawi.
:00:07. > :00:11.Its star player Luis Suarez is banned
:00:12. > :00:16.from nine international matches and all football for four months.
:00:17. > :00:20.Uruguay is to appeal against the ban imposed by FIFA on Suarez
:00:21. > :00:28.for biting an Italy defender in a World Cup group match on Tuesday.
:00:29. > :00:30.I'm Peter Okwoche, live in Rio with all the latest
:00:31. > :00:42.I will also have the latest update on the pitch.
:00:43. > :00:44.Iraq's Prime Minister confirms Syrian warplanes targeted ISIS
:00:45. > :00:46.jihadist forces on the border with his country.
:00:47. > :00:49.He tells the BBC he welcomes the attack.
:00:50. > :00:54.The radical preacher, Abu Qatada, is found not guilty of terrorism
:00:55. > :01:06.offences by a court in Jordan, but he's not a free man yet.
:01:07. > :01:09.And, nearly a century after Europe went to war, its leaders unite to
:01:10. > :01:15.But fresh battles lie ahead as they begin to decide who will lead
:01:16. > :01:44.He was one of the major attractions of the World Cup, but now Luis
:01:45. > :01:48.Suarez finds himself and from playing at the tournament in Brazil
:01:49. > :01:56.after receiving the biggest penalty in World Cup history. Uruguay's star
:01:57. > :01:59.striker is to be suspended for nine international matches, starting with
:02:00. > :02:08.Uruguay's Matt later this week against Colombia. It has sparked a
:02:09. > :02:14.huge upset in Uruguay, where the country's Football Association says
:02:15. > :02:19.it will oppose the ruling. My colleague joins us now live from
:02:20. > :02:28.Rio. A lot of upset fans, I should imagine. Yes, a lot of upset
:02:29. > :02:33.Uruguayan fans. It is that third time Luis Suarez has done this and I
:02:34. > :02:38.think the punishment tries to take that into consideration. Nine
:02:39. > :02:41.matches, he has been banned from playing for the Uruguayan team, and
:02:42. > :02:45.he has been banned from all the falling activity for the next four
:02:46. > :02:52.months, meaning he cannot play for his club side, Liverpool, or the
:02:53. > :02:53.next four months. This is how the spokesperson, Delia Fisher, made the
:02:54. > :02:56.announcement. The player Luis Suarez is to be
:02:57. > :02:58.suspended for nine official matches. The first match of the suspension is
:02:59. > :03:02.to be served in the upcoming FIFA World Cup fixture between Colombia
:03:03. > :03:04.and Uruguay on 28th June 2014. The remaining match suspensions will
:03:05. > :03:09.be served in Uruguay's next FIFA World Cup matches, as long as
:03:10. > :03:13.the team qualifies, and/or in the representative team's subsequent
:03:14. > :03:18.official matches in accordance with article 38 paragraph 2A of the FIFA
:03:19. > :03:24.disciplinary code. The player Luis Suarez is banned
:03:25. > :03:28.from taking part in any kind of football-related activity,
:03:29. > :03:32.administrative, sport or any other for a period of four months
:03:33. > :03:53.in accordance with article 22 Peter, so that is the fate of Luis
:03:54. > :03:58.Suarez for the moment, but just tell us about some of the other matches
:03:59. > :04:05.going on and I am thinking in particular of the United States
:04:06. > :04:09.versus Germany. That game ended one nail in favour of the Germans. Both
:04:10. > :04:14.side needed a draw to make it through, but luckily for the
:04:15. > :04:18.Americans, they also go through simply because in the other game,
:04:19. > :04:27.Garnett needed to win if they were going to progress -- it ended one
:04:28. > :04:30.nail. Our gives you a shot of opposite us on the Copacabana beach,
:04:31. > :04:37.American fans celebrating the fact they have made it through to round
:04:38. > :04:41.16. Thomas Muller scored for the Germans in the first half of their
:04:42. > :04:47.game, he has now scored a total of nine goals at the World Cup, and in
:04:48. > :04:55.the other game, Donna considered a first-half own goal -- Danner. They
:04:56. > :04:59.equalised to become the highest scorning African at the World Cup
:05:00. > :05:08.with six goals, but Cristiani Ronaldo put Portugal ahead as that
:05:09. > :05:12.game ended 2-1. Ghana have been hit with a lot of problems at this World
:05:13. > :05:20.Cup. This morning it was announced two of their star players had been
:05:21. > :05:22.expelled from the team, suspended indefinitely from what began a
:05:23. > :05:29.Football Association is calling gross abuse of behove -- behaviour.
:05:30. > :05:34.They had problems coming into this game and unfortunately it is their
:05:35. > :05:40.last game at this World Cup. Tell us, who are the fancied teams for
:05:41. > :05:48.those who have gone through to the next age? Quite a few good teams
:05:49. > :05:55.have gone through to the next round. Brazil are still in there, Argentina
:05:56. > :05:59.are in, Holland or by their as are France, so people will look to see
:06:00. > :06:03.which of those teams, who are the big teams left in this competition
:06:04. > :06:08.you are still in with a chance to win the World Cup, but my colleague
:06:09. > :06:15.now takes a look at the action on the pitch today. Many would agree
:06:16. > :06:18.with this sentiment, although not perhaps Portugal after their defeat
:06:19. > :06:26.to Germany, organic, who suspended two players. -- or Danner. Portugal
:06:27. > :06:32.had most to do. Rinaldo fought the early pace, nearly scoring one of
:06:33. > :06:38.the best goals of the tournament. His powerful header produced one of
:06:39. > :06:44.the best saves. Portugal took the lead on the half-hour. John boy was
:06:45. > :06:54.the unlucky gamma defender slicing into his own net. Both teams needed
:06:55. > :06:59.more goals to have a chance of progression, and although Ronaldo
:07:00. > :07:03.scored his 50th international goal and secured the win, it was not
:07:04. > :07:12.enough. Portugal and Ghana are both out. Meanwhile, Germany secured top
:07:13. > :07:17.spot with a narrow win over the US. Juergen Klinsmann, a World Cup
:07:18. > :07:22.winner with Germany in 1990, was powerless as Tomas Mejias scored the
:07:23. > :07:32.winner. But the Americans do qualify. I was telling you earlier
:07:33. > :07:37.about the American fans celebrating on the beach. We can now talk to my
:07:38. > :07:50.colleague who was out there. Julia, what is the atmosphere like? I think
:07:51. > :07:54.we had, but I can tell you that looking at it from up here it is a
:07:55. > :08:02.great atmosphere down there, with the Americans really celebrating
:08:03. > :08:07.their passage through to round 16. Later I will be talking about this
:08:08. > :08:10.apparent football fever that seems to affect people in the US. For the
:08:11. > :08:13.moment, Peter, thank you. Don't forget you can also keep up to
:08:14. > :08:16.date with all the news on our website, including all the
:08:17. > :08:19.latest on Suarez and those bans. And don't forget
:08:20. > :08:21.the actual football - we have all The Iraqi Prime Minister,
:08:22. > :08:33.Nouri al-Maliki, has confirmed to the BBC that Syrian
:08:34. > :08:36.fighter jets bombed Sunni rebel The attack on the insurgents, who
:08:37. > :08:40.are linked to the jihadist group ISIS, was carried out on Tuesday
:08:41. > :08:44.in the border town of al-Qaim. Mr al-Maliki says Iraq did not
:08:45. > :08:48.request the raid but welcomed He added that Iraq and Syria are now
:08:49. > :08:59.co-operating over border security. The aftermath of a Syrian attack
:09:00. > :09:02.from the air on a building in the border area between Iraq and
:09:03. > :09:05.Syria, according to the commentary Now Iraq's prime Minister,
:09:06. > :09:11.Nouri al-Maliki, has confirmed there were some strikes, saying they were
:09:12. > :09:19.on the Syrian side of the border. There was no coordination involved
:09:20. > :09:22.but we welcome this action, we welcome any serious strike
:09:23. > :09:24.against ISIS, because this group They carry out their strikes
:09:25. > :09:30.and we carry out ours, and the And against the background of this
:09:31. > :09:36.development, Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague visiting
:09:37. > :09:39.Baghdad, stressing the importance of political unity in Iraq and offering
:09:40. > :09:44.British diplomatic, counterterrorism We urge all Iraq's leaders
:09:45. > :09:53.and communities to unite. The Iraqi state faces an existential
:09:54. > :10:00.threat in the growth and expansion of the area controlled by ISIS with
:10:01. > :10:07.huge implications for the future stability and freedom of this
:10:08. > :10:13.country and many other countries. Batches
:10:14. > :10:16.of recruits have been turning up at this military camp north
:10:17. > :10:19.of Baghdad, declaring themselves Today we brought about 1000 men,
:10:20. > :10:29.says their chief, we have more than 20,000 people
:10:30. > :10:34.willing to join the Army and some They are recruiting
:10:35. > :10:43.and training down in the southern city of Basra too - not, they say,
:10:44. > :10:47.solely in defence of the Shi'ites but in defence of all Iraqis,
:10:48. > :10:53.Shi'ite, Sunni and Christian. Arriving on foot as well as by car,
:10:54. > :10:57.these are among the latest Iraqis to flee their homes in the face
:10:58. > :11:01.of the Sunni insurgent attacks, Christian families seeking sanctuary
:11:02. > :11:08.in Kurdish controlled territory. The checkpoint queues reveal
:11:09. > :11:11.the growing tide of the displaced, as the conflict continues with
:11:12. > :11:14.the new element of the Syrian involvement, the region's conflicts
:11:15. > :11:19.overlapping through ISIS and now Now a look at some
:11:20. > :11:30.of the day's other news. The World Health Organisation says
:11:31. > :11:33.drastic action is needed to fight the outbreak of the deadly Ebola
:11:34. > :11:35.virus in Guinea, The WHO says 399 people have died
:11:36. > :11:41.since the start of the outbreak and more than 600 cases have been
:11:42. > :11:44.reported, making it An investigation into the former BBC
:11:45. > :11:54.radio and TV presenter Jimmy Savile has revealed that he sexually abused
:11:55. > :11:57.patients at hospitals around Britain, with victims ranging
:11:58. > :12:00.from five to 75 years old. Reports covering nearly 30 hospitals
:12:01. > :12:03.found that attacks took place over five decades in wards,
:12:04. > :12:07.corridors and offices. Allegations that Savile was
:12:08. > :12:11.a prolific sex offender only came to light after his death in 2011,
:12:12. > :12:17.at the age of 84. Experts advising the British
:12:18. > :12:19.government on nutrition have recommended halving the daily limit
:12:20. > :12:24.for added sugar in our diets. They say sugar should make up no
:12:25. > :12:28.more than 5% of the daily calories consumed - that's equivalent to
:12:29. > :12:32.one can of fizzy drink. They suggest children should drink
:12:33. > :12:52.water with meals rather than juice. It looks increasingly likely that
:12:53. > :13:00.the former Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Juncker,
:13:01. > :13:02.will be given the post of president of the EU commission.
:13:03. > :13:04.That's despite the best efforts of Britain's Prime Minister,
:13:05. > :13:06.David Cameron, to try and block the appointment.
:13:07. > :13:09.He believes that Mr Juncker might oppose fundamental reform of the EU.
:13:10. > :13:12.Today, Mr Cameron and other EU leaders are in the Belgian city
:13:13. > :13:15.of Ypres, where earlier they paid tribute to those who died in World
:13:16. > :13:26.Europe's leaders came here to remember at the start of World War I
:13:27. > :13:30.100 years ago. The leaders arrive in a town that once had been totally
:13:31. > :13:36.destroyed by artillery fire. For David Cameron, today's solemn
:13:37. > :13:39.ceremony marks the start of a critical summit where he will almost
:13:40. > :13:45.certainly be defeated in his opposition to Jean-Claude Juncker
:13:46. > :13:48.taking the top job in the U. I am unapologetic about standing up for
:13:49. > :13:53.an important principle, which is that elect and heads of government
:13:54. > :13:58.should make these choices, and also about the need for people that will
:13:59. > :14:05.carry forward badly needed reform in Europe. The German Chancellor Angela
:14:06. > :14:10.Merkel knows the focus of the summit will be a split with David Cameron,
:14:11. > :14:15.but she was conscious that this date was about the heavyweight of
:14:16. > :14:19.Europe's history. A van lead Europe's leaders along the main
:14:20. > :14:30.road, which so many troops had marched upon, heading for battle. --
:14:31. > :14:35.a ban -- a band led them. The leaders were determined that
:14:36. > :14:39.argument to date over who should run Europe would not overshadow this day
:14:40. > :14:45.of remembering, but tomorrow David Cameron faces a vote that he is
:14:46. > :14:49.expected to lose heavily. Earlier, Jean-Claude Juncker had appeared
:14:50. > :14:57.optimistic of victory. Is your job a done deal? Angela Merkel signals
:14:58. > :14:59.that after tomorrow's vote she would extend her hand and good compromises
:15:00. > :15:08.could be found with Great Britain. Joining me
:15:09. > :15:10.from Brussels is the Europe analyst and senior adviser to the European
:15:11. > :15:21.Policy Centre, Jacki Davis. Is this snub for David Cameron, or
:15:22. > :15:29.does this tell us more about the direction of the European Union?
:15:30. > :15:35.David Cameron has described this as a first step in a long campaign. He
:15:36. > :15:39.is making it part of the re-negotiation of our membership of
:15:40. > :15:45.the European union and the referendum. There are two battles
:15:46. > :15:52.going on. One is the principal of who gets to choose who runs the
:15:53. > :16:03.European Commission, the EU's executive arm that proposes
:16:04. > :16:05.legislation. Is it EU leaders are the European Parliament? That is an
:16:06. > :16:10.issue that many people are concerned about, but they feel that the
:16:11. > :16:18.bandwagon is rolling so fast bind John Claudette Eurocar, they could
:16:19. > :16:30.not backtrack. -- Jean-Claude Juncker. Now that the conditions
:16:31. > :16:36.attached, does that mean that any federalist ambitions he might have
:16:37. > :16:43.would be contained or limited? I think it is more where you put the
:16:44. > :16:46.focus. The focus for many of these European leaders is on the economic
:16:47. > :16:54.situation, the need to restore competitive notes --
:16:55. > :16:58.competitiveness, jobs. So it is not so much putting a ring fence aren't.
:16:59. > :17:05.This is an important and powerful job, but the commission president is
:17:06. > :17:09.not decide anything. Decisions are taken by the European leaders and
:17:10. > :17:16.the European Parliament. But it does set the direction and tone. It does
:17:17. > :17:20.matter, but the reason this is important is what it tells us about
:17:21. > :17:31.written's relationship with the European and what might happen
:17:32. > :17:35.afterwards. David Cameron is telling us that everything in life has
:17:36. > :17:43.consequences, he is not playing down speculation that this will be linked
:17:44. > :17:49.to be negotiation and referendum. Is the UK going to get a plum job at
:17:50. > :17:52.the commission? David Cameron says this is not about deals and
:17:53. > :18:02.sweeteners, but they will be looking for some way to save some face in
:18:03. > :18:04.the long run. Thank you. That vote expected tomorrow on the new
:18:05. > :18:08.president of the European Commission.
:18:09. > :18:10.The radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada has been found not guilty
:18:11. > :18:12.of terrorism offences by a court in Jordan.
:18:13. > :18:16.But he'll stay in custody until September
:18:17. > :18:19.when the court delivers verdicts on further terrorism charges.
:18:20. > :18:21.His trial follows a decade-long legal battle
:18:22. > :18:30.Our security correspondent Gordon Correra is in Amman.
:18:31. > :18:34.Abu Qatada walked into an iron cage in Jordan's state
:18:35. > :18:42.security court with a wave and a smile to his family and supporters.
:18:43. > :18:46.As the verdict on a charge of being linked to an 1988 bomb plot
:18:47. > :18:52.When news came of his acquittal, there were chaotic scenes and Abu
:18:53. > :18:54.Qatada himself could be glimpsed through the bars clearly emotional.
:18:55. > :18:58.After nearly a decade of legal battles, first in Britain
:18:59. > :19:01.are now in Jordan, the controversial preacher Abu Qatada is now one step
:19:02. > :19:25.Abu Qatada had been linked to at bomb plot in 1988. For family and
:19:26. > :19:31.friends, today's decision shows the evidence was not strong. He is an
:19:32. > :19:36.Islamist, but he does not support violence and terror. Abu Qatada fled
:19:37. > :19:41.Jordan and received asylum in Britain. He developed a reputation
:19:42. > :19:47.as a controversial and radical preacher. That eventually led to an
:19:48. > :19:54.eight year legal battle to send him back to Jordan. He was deported last
:19:55. > :20:01.July. His family today said they were disappointed that he remained
:20:02. > :20:06.in detention. That is because one further charge against him remains.
:20:07. > :20:12.For now, this influential preacher remains in custody. But within
:20:13. > :20:13.months, he could be free. But officials in London say he will not
:20:14. > :20:18.be allowed to return to Britain. It's nearly four months since the
:20:19. > :20:21.Malaysian plane MH370 vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing
:20:22. > :20:24.with 239 passengers on board. The Australian government has now
:20:25. > :20:31.announced that the search will no -- now move to an area 1,800km
:20:32. > :20:38.off the west coast of Australia. With the details here's
:20:39. > :20:40.our Transport correspondent It is the biggest search
:20:41. > :20:46.operation in history. Covering millions
:20:47. > :20:47.of square kilometres and using Hypersensitive microphones to
:20:48. > :20:52.fish for sound, sonar submarines Investigators thought they had heard
:20:53. > :21:02.pings from the plane's black boxes, So now there is
:21:03. > :21:08.a new underwater search area, hundreds of miles further south,
:21:09. > :21:14.but still huge, the size of Norway. This site is the best available
:21:15. > :21:17.and most likely place where The search will still be
:21:18. > :21:27.painstaking, of course, we could be fortunate and find it in
:21:28. > :21:30.the first hour or the first day, but Experts are working
:21:31. > :21:35.on the thinnest of clues. Basic satellite pings that were
:21:36. > :21:37.never meant for finding aeroplanes and educated
:21:38. > :21:40.guesswork on how quickly the Just look at where they think
:21:41. > :21:50.the airliner flew. The data suggests that
:21:51. > :21:57.for five or more hours, flight MH370 was being flown,
:21:58. > :22:10.not by a pilot, but by a computer. It is highly likely that
:22:11. > :22:14.the aircraft was on autopilot, otherwise it could not have
:22:15. > :22:15.followed the orderly path that has been identified through
:22:16. > :22:18.the satellite sightings. That could mean everyone
:22:19. > :22:20.on board was unconscious. Even if it is true, it does not rule
:22:21. > :22:27.out an accident or a deliberate act. Ships are now mapping
:22:28. > :22:31.the seabed before they begin a In the United States, more people
:22:32. > :22:48.than ever before were expected to have watched the match which has
:22:49. > :22:54.just ended. In fact, so large was the TV
:22:55. > :22:57.audience last Sunday that viewing figures were more than for the NBA
:22:58. > :23:00.finals or the World Series. So has America finally welcomed
:23:01. > :23:05.the so-called beautiful game? One man who should know the answer
:23:06. > :23:09.is Chris Harris, the editor and He writes about TV ratings
:23:10. > :23:14.and the growth of soccer He joins us via webcam from
:23:15. > :23:31.West Palm Beach in Florida. Football mad Americans? A bit of a
:23:32. > :23:36.contradiction? Yes, you would think so, but that is the stereotype of
:23:37. > :23:43.yesteryear. This support is growing exponentially. For people under the
:23:44. > :23:53.age of 24, it is the second most popular sport in the United States.
:23:54. > :23:58.For the Hispanic population, it is the most popular sport. It is the
:23:59. > :24:04.coming together of several different things. Demographics, age groups, as
:24:05. > :24:10.well. Is it different from the figures we had for the World Cup
:24:11. > :24:20.four years ago? It is. Four years ago, the United States played Ghana
:24:21. > :24:23.and the TV figures were about 19 million. For the game against
:24:24. > :24:30.Portugal last Sunday, it was almost 25 million. With this game coming up
:24:31. > :24:41.next Tuesday against Belgium or all of Julia, that promises to break
:24:42. > :24:48.that number. -- or Algeria. It is going to be absolutely huge. Is it
:24:49. > :24:57.going up across the United States fairly evenly across age groups,
:24:58. > :25:02.across the demography? I would say so except for middle America. The
:25:03. > :25:07.West Coast of the United States and the east coast, that is really
:25:08. > :25:14.taking off. Middle America is still rapidly growing, but not at the rate
:25:15. > :25:20.of the Coasts. But we have had other games involving Mexico with
:25:21. > :25:25.recognised is as well. It is not just United States focused, it is
:25:26. > :25:33.across the board. People are watching all the games in recognised
:25:34. > :25:44.'s. It is interesting because the US Germany match, their coach is
:25:45. > :25:50.German. How far is this popularity growing? No matter where people come
:25:51. > :25:55.from in the United States, they have ancestors from other countries
:25:56. > :26:01.whether it is Latin America or Europe or beyond. There is that
:26:02. > :26:06.emotional tie in terms of ancestry. But there is that excitement in
:26:07. > :26:10.terms of these matches. It is just one of the most exciting World Cups
:26:11. > :26:20.we have seen in many years. There is a combination of factors but it is
:26:21. > :26:24.on the way up. And one big factor is it is being held in Brazil which is
:26:25. > :26:33.relatively easy for them to get to from the United States? Very much
:26:34. > :26:44.so. And it is better TV times. The TV coverage has been better. But for
:26:45. > :26:50.those US fans going to Brazil, the supporters groups sent down three
:26:51. > :27:01.planes, record numbers. Thank you. Goodbye.
:27:02. > :27:05.After seeing a lot of fine and sunny weather across England and Wales so
:27:06. > :27:11.far this week, Friday will bring a very different story, heavy,
:27:12. > :27:17.thundery rain. Scotland and Northern Ireland will be the driest and
:27:18. > :27:18.brightest prospects. But Northern Ireland could get some rain on