:00:00. > :00:07.This is BBC World News Today with me, Zeinab Badawi.
:00:08. > :00:10.EU leaders choose the next president of the European Commission,
:00:11. > :00:22.but Britain still insists they've chosen the wrong person for the job.
:00:23. > :00:30.Looks on the former Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker is the nominee
:00:31. > :00:34.for the new European Commission president. It is seen as a
:00:35. > :00:42.diplomatic humiliation for Britain. This is a bad day for written. It
:00:43. > :00:46.will undermine the position of national parliaments and it hands
:00:47. > :00:48.new power to the European Parliament.
:00:49. > :00:51.Has the EU set itself on a collision course with Moscow
:00:52. > :00:54.after three of Russia's neighbours - including Ukraine - sign landmark
:00:55. > :00:56.Moscow say there will be grave consequences.
:00:57. > :01:00.Freed from a Sudanese prison - the mother who was sentenced to
:01:01. > :01:04.death for renouncing Islam talks exclusively to the BBC.
:01:05. > :01:09.And the Glastonbury Music Festival kicks off under cloudy skies
:01:10. > :01:33.EU leaders have approved the nomination of Jean-Claude Juncker
:01:34. > :01:37.as the President of the European Commission, in spite of objections
:01:38. > :01:43.He had just one ally in the vote - Hungary - which means
:01:44. > :01:50.the decision was approved by 26 leaders and opposed by only two.
:01:51. > :01:58.Let's go now to the BBC's Lucy Hockings in Brussels.
:01:59. > :02:07.This was not an unexpected outcome. Nevertheless, a snub for David
:02:08. > :02:12.Cameron. It is difficult to see it any other
:02:13. > :02:16.way. After months of talks and deals, the decision that Jean-Claude
:02:17. > :02:23.Juncker will be denomination fought the new president felt inevitable.
:02:24. > :02:30.But David Cameron it did take a stand. He had one ally, as you said.
:02:31. > :02:37.David Cameron insisted on a vote, but the final result was 26 votes to
:02:38. > :02:42.two. It is difficult to see it as anything else than a diplomatic
:02:43. > :02:46.humiliation. David Cameron was not happy about how this process worked,
:02:47. > :02:51.but also not happy about what he believes Jean-Claude Juncker
:02:52. > :02:57.represents, an old style federalist who wants more power in Brussels. He
:02:58. > :03:03.said that this was a sad day for Europe.
:03:04. > :03:07.This is a bad day for Europe. It risks undermining the position of
:03:08. > :03:11.national governments, the power of national parliaments, and it hands
:03:12. > :03:14.new power to the European Parliament. It is therefore
:03:15. > :03:19.important that the European Council has agreed today to review what has
:03:20. > :03:30.happened and to consider how we handle the next appointment of the
:03:31. > :03:34.Presidents next time around. The man at the centre of the
:03:35. > :03:39.controversy is Jean-Claude Juncker. He is the former Prime Minister of
:03:40. > :03:44.Luxembourg and one of the architects of the euro. Now that he has been
:03:45. > :03:50.nominated for the top job, how will the European Union work under him
:03:51. > :03:55.Chris Mark how will you work with him?
:03:56. > :04:01.Even as the leaders were having dinner last night, the judgement had
:04:02. > :04:08.started. One newspaper described David Cameron as the loneliest man
:04:09. > :04:12.in your report. Others were said to be accused of going to regret their
:04:13. > :04:15.decision, but they were unmoved. I think that the decision for
:04:16. > :04:23.Jean-Claude Juncker will allow us to have a president who has got
:04:24. > :04:26.experience and he will allow the feelings of the individual states as
:04:27. > :04:32.well as the European Parliament. Throughout the summer, the German
:04:33. > :04:37.Chancellor has appeared to reach out to the UK. She specifically said
:04:38. > :04:41.that she shares some of Britain's concerns about what a modern Europe
:04:42. > :04:48.should look like. The message that Mr Juncker is open to reform is
:04:49. > :04:54.being pressed. He is saying that he is open to
:04:55. > :04:58.proposals about how to reform, how to cut red tape, how to make the
:04:59. > :05:04.European Union more efficient. None of these can disguise the
:05:05. > :05:09.bitter divide over Jean-Claude Juncker. David Cameron sees someone
:05:10. > :05:13.who undermines the parliament, but the German Chancellor sees a
:05:14. > :05:19.committed European. There was anxiety that this defeat
:05:20. > :05:22.could hasten the accident of the UK from the youth. There was a note of
:05:23. > :05:28.frustration from the French president who said that Britain has
:05:29. > :05:33.two play by the same rules. -- the X said of the UK from the European
:05:34. > :05:38.Union. We need to learn to live together in
:05:39. > :05:45.a framework of rules and treaties. There is no other way out.
:05:46. > :05:50.There is a lot of talk here about a humiliated David Cameron. But the
:05:51. > :05:58.leaders added a paragraph to the final communication, that Britain's
:05:59. > :06:03.concerns need to be addressed. We will return to Lucy. Britain's
:06:04. > :06:10.objections to Jean-Claude Juncker are because he is seen as a
:06:11. > :06:15.federalist by London. To what extent is his appointment to giving an idea
:06:16. > :06:20.of what direction the European Union is heading?
:06:21. > :06:23.What's David Cameron will be hoping when he addresses the House of
:06:24. > :06:29.Commons is that he can convince people that those concerns of these
:06:30. > :06:33.are not as real as he thought. That he will be able to renegotiate
:06:34. > :06:39.Britain's relationship with the European Union and that we will see
:06:40. > :06:43.a Brussels that is not as changed as people fear. David Cameron has
:06:44. > :06:49.promised that the fight will continue, but he has to convince the
:06:50. > :06:55.voters if they re-elect him. There will be a referendum about whether
:06:56. > :07:01.written will be part of the European Union in 2017. -- Britain.
:07:02. > :07:02.Well, there was another big development
:07:03. > :07:05.at the EU summit, which provoked an angry reaction from Russia.
:07:06. > :07:07.Moscow says there would be grave consequences for three
:07:08. > :07:10.of its neighbours - Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia - after they
:07:11. > :07:15.signed trade and political agreements with the European Union.
:07:16. > :07:17.Particularly important is the deal with Ukraine - it's the
:07:18. > :07:22.biggest pact of its kind the EU has ever agreed with any other country.
:07:23. > :07:26.It is the deal which Ukraine's former President Viktor Yanukovych
:07:27. > :07:40.refused to sign late last year , which led to the current crisis.
:07:41. > :07:49.It was first business at the summit today. The signing of the trade and
:07:50. > :07:55.economic deals, with nonmember countries Ukraine, and Moldova.
:07:56. > :07:59.Ukraine's president was unrestrained when he talked about what this deal
:08:00. > :08:06.could mean for his country. What a great day. Most important day
:08:07. > :08:16.for my country after the Independence Day. A moment that is
:08:17. > :08:21.historical and future orientated. It shows how dramatically things can
:08:22. > :08:27.change in a short time if the people 's will is strong enough.
:08:28. > :08:31.Moscow's warnings about the European Union doing business with Ukraine
:08:32. > :08:41.were supported by a personal attack on the president.
:08:42. > :08:49.This government is the largest region of Ukraine.
:08:50. > :08:56.You saying that he is a Nazi? He supported the Nazis. He supported
:08:57. > :08:59.the right sector. And in Kiev after the signing,
:09:00. > :09:06.people gathered to celebrate the event.
:09:07. > :09:11.It was all so different here last winter when the very deals signed
:09:12. > :09:17.today was the trigger for deadly protests. The pro-Russian leader at
:09:18. > :09:23.the time, Viktor Yanukovych, had decided not to go ahead with the
:09:24. > :09:27.deal. That led to his ousting and the conflict between the Ukrainian
:09:28. > :09:32.government and the pro-Russian separatists. One of Ukraine's most
:09:33. > :09:35.experienced politicians has now called for the introduction of
:09:36. > :09:42.martial law in parts of the Donetsk and the eastern regions.
:09:43. > :09:48.As she did so, thousands of Ukrainians were lining up to cross
:09:49. > :09:52.into Russia to escape an uncertain future. President Vladimir Putin
:09:53. > :09:58.called for a long-term cease-fire, but he also said that Ukrainian
:09:59. > :09:59.society was splits, after being forced to choose between Europe and
:10:00. > :10:14.Russia. The president said that it was a
:10:15. > :10:25.great day for Ukraine. How is the deal going?
:10:26. > :10:29.As you say, a historic day and a momentous day for many Ukrainians in
:10:30. > :10:34.the capital, because this is where the revolution took place. This is
:10:35. > :10:39.where the street protests broke out at the original cancellation of the
:10:40. > :10:43.signing of the agreements. And then ultimately Viktor Yanukovych was
:10:44. > :10:49.driven from power. You can believe that many people here are satisfied
:10:50. > :10:54.at the turn of events with the successor signing this deal. But
:10:55. > :11:00.there are a number of other emotions mixed with that, one of them concern
:11:01. > :11:04.about what will happen in the east, especially with the cease-fire and
:11:05. > :11:10.if that is not extended. And also concerns about what Russia's next
:11:11. > :11:18.move might be, as they say that they could take action against Ukraine,
:11:19. > :11:22.at least economically. Georgia is one of those countries
:11:23. > :11:24.that has signed one of those agreements.
:11:25. > :11:27.With me here in the studio is the former Georgian
:11:28. > :11:39.Are you concerned about the serious consequences that Russia is
:11:40. > :11:44.threatening? We have been living with these
:11:45. > :11:50.consequences for years. There was the Rose Revolution, we raised the
:11:51. > :11:57.European flag. Then a Brussels started to pay attention. They were
:11:58. > :12:02.lukewarm, then they warmed up. After Russia acted, there was the
:12:03. > :12:12.response. Yes, there was a rush it -- a war in
:12:13. > :12:16.2008. We tried to live differently, change the system. We ran into
:12:17. > :12:22.problems with Russia. It was also connected.
:12:23. > :12:27.We are also looking at where we are today. Are you worried that Russia
:12:28. > :12:33.could threaten serious consequences? These three countries
:12:34. > :12:38.have strong trade ties with Russia. We are lucky that we managed to get
:12:39. > :12:46.energy independence. We managed to get the independents. Ukraine is
:12:47. > :12:50.still strongly dependent, but Georgia is a good example. Moldova
:12:51. > :12:57.is very vulnerable and Russia will act, but President Putin was going
:12:58. > :13:05.to do it anyway. I was about to ask you, you said
:13:06. > :13:09.that Russia cannot touch you, but all three of you have some kind of
:13:10. > :13:15.land dispute with Russia. You have the breakaway republics. The
:13:16. > :13:20.international communities say that they are part of Georgia, Russia say
:13:21. > :13:25.that they are independent, they have Russian troops there. Why you not
:13:26. > :13:36.concerned about these territories? The idea is that Russia is now only
:13:37. > :13:47.ten or 15,000 people living there. It is the neighbour, it is a very
:13:48. > :13:55.bad job. As well as it is very similar situation to Crimea. It is
:13:56. > :14:00.what they had in Donetsk. Are you concerned? We are very
:14:01. > :14:08.worried. The West and Russia is quite weak, but there is a strong
:14:09. > :14:15.will. The West is much stronger, but it lacks the will to come forward.
:14:16. > :14:22.Eventually, Europeans can stop Russia. It is in their hands now.
:14:23. > :14:27.There can be sanctions. This is not going away. Things will get worse
:14:28. > :14:33.before they get better. At a certain moment, the Europeans will have two
:14:34. > :14:40.act. They will pay a higher price. There are already sanctions.
:14:41. > :14:50.Yes, but we have the experience. If it takes those politicians to bring
:14:51. > :14:53.about the action. You are a university friend of the
:14:54. > :15:01.President of Ukraine. Won't this deal make the resolve of the
:15:02. > :15:09.separatists more strong? Right now, there are directed by
:15:10. > :15:17.President Putin. But some of them are pro-Russian?
:15:18. > :15:22.We are ending a risk. We will get millions of internally displaced
:15:23. > :15:28.people who will go to Europe, because Ukraine cannot receive them.
:15:29. > :15:34.There will be the traffic to Europe because that is where the money is.
:15:35. > :15:38.I am not of the opinion that Europe will do something just for the sake
:15:39. > :15:42.of Ukraine and Georgia, but it should do something for its own
:15:43. > :15:47.interest. President Putin is talking about peace cos he wants to fight
:15:48. > :15:56.away, but the more that he talks about this, that is our experience.
:15:57. > :16:01.There is the communication, he is a liar.
:16:02. > :16:11.I am sure that he sees himself as having a valid case. Can I asked
:16:12. > :16:15.your -- you about your position? There was talk of criminal
:16:16. > :16:18.misreading is being launched against you for a whole host of
:16:19. > :16:23.allegations. You have denied them. You are not going back to Georgia
:16:24. > :16:27.because you might be apprehended. According to the European Union,
:16:28. > :16:30.Georgia was the least corrupt country in Europe. Nobody can accuse
:16:31. > :16:36.my government of corruption. There were allegations put forward but
:16:37. > :16:40.because the European union and Brussels knew there were not true,
:16:41. > :16:46.they warned them not to go that way. I stayed away because I did not
:16:47. > :16:50.want to spoil it until it is done. Of course I am going to go to
:16:51. > :16:55.Georgia at a certain point. When? Sooner than people think. I stayed
:16:56. > :17:00.away because I did not want to spoil this. You can go back now, you are
:17:01. > :17:05.not worried about being arrested and put on trial? We have created a
:17:06. > :17:10.modern state which few politicians can do. We are proud of it. Our
:17:11. > :17:14.people have progressed. The reality is we are under tremendous strain
:17:15. > :17:21.from Russia, both the government and opposition should unite to fight
:17:22. > :17:24.away. It is not time for internal fighting, when facing the bear
:17:25. > :17:30.knocking on the door with one leg inside your house. Thank you very
:17:31. > :17:36.much for coming in to talk to us. Now the other news in brief.
:17:37. > :17:39.The most senior Shia cleric in Iraq has urged the country's leaders to
:17:40. > :17:42.agree on the appointment of a prime minister, president and
:17:43. > :17:44.parliamentary speaker before the first session of the newly-elected
:17:45. > :17:46.The intervention by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani
:17:47. > :17:49.suggests that both he and perhaps Iran believe the level of threat
:17:50. > :17:52.requires immediate action and probably the removal of the current
:17:53. > :18:01.Serbs in Bosnia have unveiled a statue to Gavrilo Princip,
:18:02. > :18:03.a Serbian nationalist whose assassination of Archduke Franz
:18:04. > :18:06.Ferdinand led to the outbreak of the First World War 100 years ago.
:18:07. > :18:08.The local Serb mayor in eastern Sarajevo described Princip
:18:09. > :18:13.The Italian defender who was bitten by the Uruguayan footballer Luis
:18:14. > :18:17.Suarez in a World Cup match has criticised FIFA's subsequent
:18:18. > :18:21.punishment of the striker. Giorgio Chiellini said the ban imposed -
:18:22. > :18:26.four months and nine international games - was excessive. There have
:18:27. > :18:30.been no games at the World Cup today, but tomorrow the first of the
:18:31. > :18:44.At least 15 people have died after a gas pipeline exploded
:18:45. > :18:47.in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, destroying homes
:18:48. > :18:48.and forcing the evacuation of neighbouring villages.
:18:49. > :18:51.Residents of the village of Nagaram said they had complained that
:18:52. > :19:00.the pipelines had become rusty and were not being properly maintained.
:19:01. > :19:07.A massive fire, after a state-owned gas pipeline exploded near the
:19:08. > :19:12.village. It happened at dawn. The blast was powerful. The fire it
:19:13. > :19:18.calls so ferocious that nearby villages had to be evacuated. It
:19:19. > :19:27.took three hours to get the flames under control. In a local hospital,
:19:28. > :19:37.doctors treated people that had been injured. 15 died in the explosion.
:19:38. > :19:40.In the afternoon, local men gathered in the village, angry it took so
:19:41. > :19:44.long for rescue teams to arrive. Everyone wanted to know why the
:19:45. > :19:51.explosion happened and what was being done to prevent another. So
:19:52. > :19:52.far, there are not many answers. Authorities in Andhra Pradesh say
:19:53. > :20:09.they are investigating the blast. The Sudanese Christian woman whose
:20:10. > :20:12.death sentence was quashed this week, but then found herself
:20:13. > :20:15.detained by police, has now been freed and given sanctuary in the US
:20:16. > :20:17.Embassy in the capital Khartoum. Meriam Ibrahim, who gave birth in
:20:18. > :20:20.prison, was convicted of renouncing The Glastonbury festival has long
:20:21. > :20:31.been one of the main fixtures in She has been talking exclusively to
:20:32. > :20:42.the BBC. Philippa Thomas has the From detention to a place of
:20:43. > :20:47.temporary safety. Meriam Ibrahim held onto the baby bore -- the baby
:20:48. > :20:50.girl she had borne in jail. Her husband with the baby boy. The baby
:20:51. > :20:54.boy. 27-year-old gave this world exclusive interview to the BBC.
:20:55. > :20:58.TRANSLATION: I would like to thank the Sudanese
:20:59. > :21:05.people and the Sudanese police. I am really grateful to all of them. I
:21:06. > :21:14.would like to thank all those who stood beside me. Do you consider
:21:15. > :21:17.yourself a Christian? TRANSLATION:
:21:18. > :21:21.Not only was it me, but also the court that released me. What is your
:21:22. > :21:24.plan now? TRANSLATION:
:21:25. > :21:31.I will leave it to God. I didn't have the chance to see my family
:21:32. > :21:38.after I got out of prison. Their ordeal began when Meriam worried
:21:39. > :21:42.Daniel Wani, a Christian from South Sudan and a US citizen. She was
:21:43. > :21:47.jailed because some Muslim members of her family were outraged,
:21:48. > :21:50.accusing her of apostasy, which a court sentenced her to hang after
:21:51. > :21:56.receiving 100 lashes for adultery. After widespread opposition, the
:21:57. > :22:01.Sudanese Supreme Court in Khartoum let Meriam go free, but on Tuesday
:22:02. > :22:06.she was detained at the airport, refused permission to travel on
:22:07. > :22:09.papers issued by South Sudan. She has gone to the embassy of the
:22:10. > :22:11.United States, which is ready to welcome her, but she is not yet
:22:12. > :22:18.allowed to leave. There may have been no World Cup
:22:19. > :22:21.action today but the Queen's grandson, Prince Harry, has been
:22:22. > :22:23.in action in Brazil - he visited There he learned
:22:24. > :22:36.about a government project to cut His visit to a neighbourhood known
:22:37. > :22:41.as crackle and attracted a lot of attention and needed heavy security.
:22:42. > :22:45.-- crack land. It is not often a member of the Royal family drops in
:22:46. > :22:52.on a no-go part of Sao Paulo, when product -- Greg Dyke -- drug addicts
:22:53. > :22:55.and dealers converge. He was here to learn about a new government
:22:56. > :22:59.project, where addicts are given food, health care and shelter and
:23:00. > :23:02.don't insist they give up the drug either. Harry was mobbed as he
:23:03. > :23:07.walked through the neighbourhood and met crack addicts employed as street
:23:08. > :23:11.sweepers. The prince wanted to see for himself how authorities are
:23:12. > :23:14.dealing with the problem of crack cocaine and it has thrown the
:23:15. > :23:19.spotlight on an issue that some experts have called an epidemic.
:23:20. > :23:22.Brazil has more than 1 million crack cocaine users. Meters from the
:23:23. > :23:27.Prince, people were using the drug in the open air. One person
:23:28. > :23:30.threatened us when we tried to film openly, despite the heavy police
:23:31. > :23:36.presence. I met one of the people on the government programme. The Clown
:23:37. > :23:41.used to work in the circus, but he has been an addict for 20 years.
:23:42. > :23:44.When the World Cup is over, he told me, he wants to rebuild his
:23:45. > :23:49.relationship with his family and children. When I smoke I feel
:23:50. > :23:53.relaxed and good, he tells me, but crack is like AIDS, it has no cure
:23:54. > :24:00.he says. The problem is that the broadest cheap. One gram can cost
:24:01. > :24:04.just 20 cents. A rock, little over four dollars. Rising wealth has seen
:24:05. > :24:09.the problems saw in the past few decades. It used to be homeless
:24:10. > :24:16.people but now the drug has spread to all social classes, middle-class
:24:17. > :24:21.people, high-class people. It is a problem for the whole society now. A
:24:22. > :24:24.scene that was clear as Prince Harry walked the streets, not an average
:24:25. > :24:30.day in cracolandia, or for the Prince.
:24:31. > :24:33.The Glastonbury festival has long been one of the main fixtures in
:24:34. > :24:36.But it's also become a huge international event,
:24:37. > :24:38.attracting performers as diverse as Dolly Parton, Metallica
:24:39. > :24:51.Despite a gloomy and wet forecast, the start of the festival turned out
:24:52. > :24:55.unexpectedly sunny, with thousands flocking to acts across the site.
:24:56. > :24:59.Glastonbury's continuing success depends on fans trusting that
:25:00. > :25:03.the line-up, particularly the headliners, play the kind of
:25:04. > :25:06.music they expect to see and hear, especially as they spend more than
:25:07. > :25:10.?200 on a ticket before it's even announced who is playing. And many
:25:11. > :25:14.expressed their unhappiness when Glastonbury's choice for Saturday
:25:15. > :25:22.Metallica are the first big metal band to be given
:25:23. > :25:30.Their reputation as one of music's most spectacular acts is one reason
:25:31. > :25:34.Glastonbury's founder thinks the pessimists will be proved wrong.
:25:35. > :25:36.I think they're going to go down really well because
:25:37. > :25:43.the enthusiasm to play this event has been second to none, you know.
:25:44. > :25:46.There is no other band in the world that was
:25:47. > :25:51.To many, the festival's image is one of
:25:52. > :25:56.One of Glastonbury's biggest performers disagrees.
:25:57. > :26:01.She never goes anywhere that doesn't have a seat, and she's here.
:26:02. > :26:05.If my mum can go here, it is for everyone.
:26:06. > :26:06.You think it is an inclusive festival?
:26:07. > :26:11.Yes, if you ignore the mud and focus on the music it's good.
:26:12. > :26:16.Blondie were having hits long before Ed Sheeran was even born.
:26:17. > :26:20.They believe their inclusion on one of the main stages is recognition
:26:21. > :26:26.Music is what I do and what I love to do.
:26:27. > :26:32.I think I do it better than I did before, so why shouldn't we
:26:33. > :26:39.And the thousands in an audience of all age groups gave every
:26:40. > :26:41.impression that this was exactly the kind of start to
:26:42. > :27:03.What is it, goodbye, enjoy your weekend.
:27:04. > :27:13.More thunderstorms tomorrow, but they should not be as widespread.
:27:14. > :27:20.Further south, rather than through Wales and Midlands. That is because
:27:21. > :27:21.at times this activity is moving