:00:11. > :00:13.This is BBC World News Today with me Philippa Thomas.
:00:14. > :00:16.Women will be bishops in the Church of England after a vote today
:00:17. > :00:19.The vote comes 20 years after the first women priests were
:00:20. > :00:23.We'll ask what it means for the global Anglican Church.
:00:24. > :00:26.As the firing continues between Israel and Gaza, the UN says
:00:27. > :00:31.17,000 Palestinians from Northern Gaza are sheltering in schools.
:00:32. > :00:35.We look at one of the biggest maritime salvage
:00:36. > :00:37.operations in history, as efforts begin to re-float the
:00:38. > :00:49.Victory for Germany - the side celebrate becoming
:00:50. > :01:08.the first European team to win the World Cup in the Americas.
:01:09. > :01:12.Centuries of tradition have been overturned with a vote by the Church
:01:13. > :01:16.It's an issue that has deeply divided the church for decades.
:01:17. > :01:19.Just two years ago, a similar vote failed by the narrowest of margins.
:01:20. > :01:21.Today, both the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Prime Minister
:01:22. > :01:29.To remind you, it's 20 years since the Church of England first
:01:30. > :01:32.One in five within the Church of England are now women.
:01:33. > :01:35.The first female bishop is likely to be ordained next year.
:01:36. > :01:37.Mark Easton reports from the church's governing body,
:01:38. > :01:48.The leadership had asked for restraint and sensitivity,
:01:49. > :01:51.but those who have been campaigning for decades could not disguise
:01:52. > :01:56.In fact, even the archbishops of York and Canterbury could not
:01:57. > :02:01.20 years since the first women priests, the established
:02:02. > :02:06.church has finally agreed that woman can also be bishops.
:02:07. > :02:09.I have been campaigning for women in the church -
:02:10. > :02:12.not just for women to be ordained, but to be respected and valued.
:02:13. > :02:17.This is such a wonderful thing that has happened.
:02:18. > :02:20.The crucial vote, when it came, was overwhelmingly in favour - no
:02:21. > :02:28.The motion has been carried in all three houses.
:02:29. > :02:31.The watchword today has been ?unity?.
:02:32. > :02:33.The Church of England searching for a way to reconcile traditional
:02:34. > :02:35.religious beliefs and contemporary liberal values - profoundly held,
:02:36. > :02:44.This woman from Canterbury was among those who feared Synod was
:02:45. > :02:49.Have we said that the Bible doesn?t matter anymore and
:02:50. > :03:02.But many others thought the church was broad enough to
:03:03. > :03:05.The church now needs the different and special gifts of
:03:06. > :03:09.women in holy orders, not because of justice, but because of our need as
:03:10. > :03:15.The yes vote is a triumph for the deal-making skills and
:03:16. > :03:18.strategic thinking of the Archbishop of Canterbury - Justin Welby is
:03:19. > :03:25.The compromise was found with the help of professional mediators
:03:26. > :03:31.Opponents will be able to request a male bishop, with an ombudsman to
:03:32. > :03:38.The first female bishop could be named by the end of the year
:03:39. > :03:48.It may seem perfectly unremarkable nowadays, but the idea of a woman
:03:49. > :03:51.CoE vicar was hugely controversial just 20 years ago - The Vicar of
:03:52. > :03:57.Ladies and gentlemen, your new vicar.
:03:58. > :04:09.It was a change church leaders agreed in 1992 by just one vote.
:04:10. > :04:12.The first women were ordained in 1994,
:04:13. > :04:15.but it was more than a decade before Synod paved the way for a vote on
:04:16. > :04:22.women bishops and in 2012 the ruling body voted down the proposal -
:04:23. > :04:27.The then Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, said the Church of
:04:28. > :04:33.This famous picture shows the anguish of one supporter.
:04:34. > :04:37.Dr Paula Gooder was all smiles this afternoon.
:04:38. > :04:41.The tone in this Inner Chamber last time was really difficult and very
:04:42. > :04:49.The tone this time was very much more welcoming and accepting.
:04:50. > :04:51.?One church, one faith, one Lord?, the hymn says, but this was
:04:52. > :04:54.a historic vote to keep the Church of England together, to reconcile
:04:55. > :05:06.For international reaction let's go to the United States and speak with
:05:07. > :05:09.the retired Bishop of Maine, the Right Rev Chilton Knudsen.
:05:10. > :05:21.She joins me via webcam from the town of Bath in Maine.
:05:22. > :05:29.How significant step is this for the church? It is a major step. I am
:05:30. > :05:33.thrilled that have enormous compassion for those who are
:05:34. > :05:39.distressed about the change. This is as -- this is an adventure. It is
:05:40. > :05:46.stepping out in faith. Baptism is the sacrament that invites everyone
:05:47. > :05:52.into the church in equal partnership. England is following
:05:53. > :05:56.were others have led. There are Anglican women bishops around the
:05:57. > :06:00.world, so what do you think this might signal to others? That's
:06:01. > :06:07.right. There have been Anglican women bishops for a number of
:06:08. > :06:12.years. I believe the evidence is solid that the ministry of women as
:06:13. > :06:17.bishops has been blessed and has been a blessing to the church. What
:06:18. > :06:21.would your advice be to the first woman ordained here as bishops?
:06:22. > :06:26.There has been resistance, there are a feelings. There may be some who
:06:27. > :06:32.don't woman -- don't want women bishops about them still.
:06:33. > :06:37.Absolutely. The realistic viewpoint is that this legislation is not
:06:38. > :06:41.going to solve the concerns. It is simply going to open the door to
:06:42. > :06:47.another step in reconciliation and adventure. My three pieces of advice
:06:48. > :06:52.on any sister bishop he is a lack did and appointed anywhere in the
:06:53. > :06:57.Anglican Communion for the first time, first of all, keep a strong
:06:58. > :07:03.prayer life. That is where your sense of occasion comes from.
:07:04. > :07:06.Secondly, have a good support system of people who will listen to you,
:07:07. > :07:14.walk with you and tell you the truth and help you put yourself forward in
:07:15. > :07:20.a centred and focused way, even as lots of emotions stirred. Thirdly, I
:07:21. > :07:24.think it is important to keep your sense of humour and your sense of
:07:25. > :07:30.balance. Many things may be complicated and difficult, but often
:07:31. > :07:37.times the mere passage of days makes things look better and look easier.
:07:38. > :07:42.Do you think this will change the way women are regarded at other
:07:43. > :07:46.levels in the church as well? It is certainly made prayer that ways in
:07:47. > :07:51.which we regard women in every sphere of our lives will be elevated
:07:52. > :07:57.by this decision. Women need everywhere in the world to be
:07:58. > :08:05.affirmed, valued, acknowledged, there are gifts split to use for the
:08:06. > :08:14.welfare of the whole community. Thank you for your time.
:08:15. > :08:19.Well, let's cross to your riverboat took place at the General Synod.
:08:20. > :08:22.Robert Pigott is there. I'd believe you expected the vote to go through
:08:23. > :08:26.this time, not without a lot of heavy pressure, though. That's
:08:27. > :08:32.right. The pressure has been building steadily on the General
:08:33. > :08:35.Synod here. There has been an increasing alienation from the
:08:36. > :08:42.church and society, so people that the church serves have been
:08:43. > :08:49.embracing radical equality for years but it has been seen to be dragging
:08:50. > :08:55.its heels. It seems that the church is the signal that it now wants to
:08:56. > :08:58.be part of mainstream society. The other main thing that has been
:08:59. > :09:04.building over the years is the idea that the church has been alienating
:09:05. > :09:08.part of its membership, so the concern of a lot of people here are
:09:09. > :09:11.in favour of women bishops is that the traditionalists who did not want
:09:12. > :09:17.to serve under them would be cast out. The fact that they have been
:09:18. > :09:24.reassured by extra concessions, they have been placated with today's
:09:25. > :09:27.decision. Have you heard any members of the church say they will leave
:09:28. > :09:32.over this, or are the compromise is enough? I think those who have
:09:33. > :09:40.wanted to leave have already done so. There was a considerable group
:09:41. > :09:43.from the high end of the church who left when women priests were
:09:44. > :09:50.ordained for the first time 20 years ago. I think the numbers who would
:09:51. > :09:56.want to leave over women bishops have already done so. The Pope set
:09:57. > :09:59.up a special wing of the Catholic Church for Anglicans who wanted to
:10:00. > :10:04.make that decision. I don't really think there are many more people to
:10:05. > :10:11.go. There is this mood that there will be a place for them, and
:10:12. > :10:16.honoured place in Anglicanism for them. There will be a special effort
:10:17. > :10:18.to reinforce that you. The numbers who believe will be very slight, I
:10:19. > :10:31.think. 17,000 Palestinians from Northern
:10:32. > :10:34.Gaza have taken shelter in schools, according to the United Nations,
:10:35. > :10:37.after Israel said it would start targeting the area with airstrikes.
:10:38. > :10:40.A week of rocket and missile exchanges has now left more than 170
:10:41. > :10:41.Palestinians dead. So far there have been no Israeli fatalities. Jeremy
:10:42. > :10:55.Bowen has spent the day in Gaza. This is a typical street in Gaza
:10:56. > :10:58.city, not too poor or densely populated by local standards.
:10:59. > :11:08.Typical, too, because it has been bombed more than once. CCTV in the
:11:09. > :11:15.street last Saturday saw a group of men chatting on a front step. They
:11:16. > :11:18.were also under Israeli surveillance. When the Israelis kill
:11:19. > :11:30.them with a missile, the camera copyright. -- cut out. When we
:11:31. > :11:33.arrived soon afterwards, the family and neighbours were shocked and
:11:34. > :11:41.angry. Israeli military said they had killed three Palestinian
:11:42. > :11:44.fighters. Today, the place where it happened, the force of the explosion
:11:45. > :11:49.can be seen clearly. The Israelis had their target, you can see the
:11:50. > :11:56.shrapnel marks on the pavement. Sitting with this tab polonaise now
:11:57. > :12:00.is where the three men were sitting. They were killed instantly. Just a
:12:01. > :12:12.few doors up, on that step, were three other men, neighbours in their
:12:13. > :12:20.50s. They were killed to. --, too. They were just in the wrong place at
:12:21. > :12:23.the wrong time. Back in Gaza, a Palestinian human rights campaigner
:12:24. > :12:29.said Israel's strategy of hitting the homes of wanted them guaranteed
:12:30. > :12:34.that innocent people would die. They know they have committed war crimes,
:12:35. > :12:42.crimes against humanity and deliberately intending to destroy
:12:43. > :12:49.houses with civilians living in it. That is clearly illegal. The
:12:50. > :12:52.bombardment went on this morning. Israel has been accused of not
:12:53. > :12:58.distinguishing between military and civilian targets in Gaza. The
:12:59. > :13:04.Israeli government says that if Palestinian civilians die, it is the
:13:05. > :13:09.fault of her mass. We are dealing with the South. They are at terror
:13:10. > :13:15.group that reducing its own people and its own civilians to hide
:13:16. > :13:30.weapons and missile launchers and should on Israeli citizens. Israel
:13:31. > :13:34.calls them terrorists. Until the cease-fire comes, it looks as if
:13:35. > :13:44.there will be many more civilian funerals, too.
:13:45. > :13:47.Bowen has spent the day in Gaza. As salvage operations go, it doesn't
:13:48. > :13:50.get much bigger or more expensive than this one. The cruise ship the
:13:51. > :13:54.Costa Concordia has now been lifted about a metre above the seabed,
:13:55. > :13:56.where it came to rest in January 2012, in the final phase of an
:13:57. > :13:59.extremely delicate operation. 32 people died when the vessel struck a
:14:00. > :14:01.reef off the Italian island of Giglio and capsized. From Giglio,
:14:02. > :14:12.the BBC's Matthew Price reports. Looking out from the ferry to Judeo,
:14:13. > :14:16.you cannot miss the Costa Concordia. It is no longer a place
:14:17. > :14:22.of dreams, but that twisted, rusting wreck. At first light, the salvage
:14:23. > :14:28.engineers still did not know for sure that their audacious floating
:14:29. > :14:34.operation would work. Today we find that if the calculations were
:14:35. > :14:40.accurate, based on the assumptions. The weather is good and everybody is
:14:41. > :14:46.ready. For two and a half years this cruise ship has lain for lawn. Its
:14:47. > :14:52.bars and cafes saturated, lifeless, with much of the ship only
:14:53. > :14:57.accessible to divers. No longer. In September they pulled it up right.
:14:58. > :15:01.Today they pumped air into giant flotation tanks welded on the
:15:02. > :15:15.sides. Inch by inch, the Costa Concordia rose. Early afternoon, a
:15:16. > :15:20.grubby water line out. -- stood out. This is the biggest maritime salvage
:15:21. > :15:28.operation ever conducted. On board that ship, 32 people died, including
:15:29. > :15:31.a five-year-old girl. It was winter when the ship capsized. Passengers
:15:32. > :15:38.scrambled for safety after it hit rock is. Most of the 4,000 on board
:15:39. > :15:44.made live. The captain is on trial for manslaughter. This ship is about
:15:45. > :15:48.to embark on its final journey, taking with that the hundreds of
:15:49. > :15:53.salvage workers who have made decide on their home for the last two
:15:54. > :15:55.years. The Costa Concordia put Judeo on the map, but few here will be sad
:15:56. > :16:03.to see it go. Germany is still celebrating
:16:04. > :16:06.after its team's World Cup win - the first since East and
:16:07. > :16:08.West Germany came together. A quarter of a million people packed
:16:09. > :16:11.into the centre of Berlin last night partying into the early hours
:16:12. > :16:21.after Germany beat Argentina. Tomorrow even more people are
:16:22. > :16:23.expected to line the streets of the capital to greet
:16:24. > :16:41.the homecoming players. This is the moment that hundreds of
:16:42. > :16:46.thousands of fans and that the World Cup had been won. There was dazzling
:16:47. > :16:55.in the streets in Berlin. Germany, we're champions! We are champions
:16:56. > :17:02.excavation Mark this is exciting, this is exciting. And today, the
:17:03. > :17:07.clean-up. Down came the sponsors banners, ready for the victory
:17:08. > :17:11.parade tomorrow, when the World Cup winners will appear at the
:17:12. > :17:14.Brandenburg gate. Maybe with the Chancellor, Angela Merkel. She was
:17:15. > :17:18.in the changing room in Rio when they came off the field. She has
:17:19. > :17:24.tied herself to the success of the national side. World champion, the
:17:25. > :17:29.papers are full of football. But there is the morning after the night
:17:30. > :17:33.before, so the -- some reflection. They say that victory is about
:17:34. > :17:41.showing that Germany is in the top flight of nations. When West Germany
:17:42. > :17:48.one the World Cup in 1954, the team came home by train. They won it in
:17:49. > :17:54.1974 and 1990. Last night was the first time a united Germany had won
:17:55. > :17:59.it. Four times champions, and are there lessons for British football?
:18:00. > :18:03.The British league is the best in the world, but that is because they
:18:04. > :18:07.have all of these foreign stars. Sometimes you forget to put your own
:18:08. > :18:12.people into the team and give them experience, so they can be really
:18:13. > :18:20.experienced on the national level as well. The victory celebration was
:18:21. > :18:27.the modules. And it will be allowed tomorrow -- it was the modules.
:18:28. > :18:39.Germany is European football's success story.
:18:40. > :18:41.Germany was in fact so confident it would win the World
:18:42. > :18:44.Cup that it pre-printed a run of five million stamps commemorating
:18:45. > :18:47.its soccer victory - before the final game even took place.
:18:48. > :18:48.Just hours after Germany's victory, the country's
:18:49. > :18:51.German Finance Ministry presented a new stamp honouring the new
:18:52. > :18:56."during the last few days, before the outcome" of the final.
:18:57. > :18:59.when Germany hosted the World Cup, made in 2006
:19:00. > :19:03."but the plans got shelved as Germany didn't reach the final."
:19:04. > :19:09.Do we notice how much we take animals for granted, from food to
:19:10. > :19:12.A documentary being released in the UK tomorrow argues that
:19:13. > :19:18.The film, called "The Ghosts in Our Machine", follows
:19:19. > :19:20.the photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur as she documents animal stories
:19:21. > :19:31.across the US, Canada and Europe over the course of a year.
:19:32. > :19:42.I am joined by the director and producer of the film, Liz Marshall.
:19:43. > :19:47.Why The Ghosts In Our Machine? The ghosts are those animals that are
:19:48. > :19:51.often hidden from view. The film aims to eliminate their stories.
:19:52. > :20:00.There individual stories. -- to eliminate. As we are individual eyes
:20:01. > :20:05.animals and think of them as individuals. The truth is, there are
:20:06. > :20:11.billions of animals affected wee chap within the machinery of the
:20:12. > :20:18.modern world. -- which arch wrapped within the machinery of. When we
:20:19. > :20:24.think about eating meat slaughtering animals for their photo where, are
:20:25. > :20:30.bit animals -- are the elements that might surprise viewers in this film,
:20:31. > :20:35.you think? There are lots of surprises. They are hidden, these
:20:36. > :20:42.industries which use animals, and they are hidden from view. The
:20:43. > :20:47.subject, in and of itself, is rather surprising to the vast majority.
:20:48. > :20:53.Which kind of industries are you thinking of? Entertainer, in theme
:20:54. > :21:01.parks and zoos, for example, a subject that which is -- a subject
:21:02. > :21:13.that we cover. And animals used for biomedical research.
:21:14. > :21:18.Joining me from Coventry is the film critic, Scott Jordan Harris.
:21:19. > :21:25.Do you think this documentary is persuasive? It has some very
:21:26. > :21:29.disturbing images that will affect anybody who sees it. My only concern
:21:30. > :21:33.is that it does not fully acknowledge the nuances of the
:21:34. > :21:38.debate that those images throw up. I did not feel that the difference
:21:39. > :21:40.between animals being used for medical testing that might save
:21:41. > :21:45.lives and the difference between animals being used in entertainment
:21:46. > :21:51.and performance is sufficiently acknowledged. Although those behind
:21:52. > :21:54.the film might not think there is a difference between testing in
:21:55. > :22:01.animals and seeing them in a marine park, for example, many of the
:22:02. > :22:09.viewers will. I wonder if it will preach mainly to the converted. Your
:22:10. > :22:13.thoughts on that? This is a consciousness-raising film about a
:22:14. > :22:18.very tough subject. I think that we both agree that animals used in
:22:19. > :22:24.industry is a subject that we would rather not look at. And the film is
:22:25. > :22:29.an entry point, using the power of cinema, to persuade the viewer to
:22:30. > :22:37.actually look, to see them, the animals. We cover all of the
:22:38. > :22:43.different industries. We are not creating at Hauraki that dogs are
:22:44. > :22:49.more important than cows -- we are not creating a hierarchy.
:22:50. > :22:55.Collectively as a society, we are finally getting to the place where
:22:56. > :23:01.we can recognise that some animals are more significant... You are not
:23:02. > :23:05.ranking them in terms of intelligence in the animal kingdom?
:23:06. > :23:10.The film is trying to unpack that notion that there is a hierarchy,
:23:11. > :23:15.and it is not suggesting that animals should have the same rights
:23:16. > :23:19.as humans. The argument about rights pertaining to animals is very
:23:20. > :23:25.complex. And the film does not go there. Rather, the film is saying
:23:26. > :23:31.that this is a morally important subject, that we need to pay
:23:32. > :23:35.attention to, and it is presenting it and making an Aga meant for the
:23:36. > :23:40.case that we need to pay attention, we need to start listening to this.
:23:41. > :23:45.Scott, you were struck by that argument about animal rights and
:23:46. > :23:53.human rights, and how we should put them together. That is, I think, the
:23:54. > :23:58.crux of the film. That is what most people will find most disturbing. I
:23:59. > :24:02.was sad that that was not explored with the same rigour that it is in
:24:03. > :24:12.films like blackfish, animal-rights documentaries of recent vintage. The
:24:13. > :24:16.main thing, I hope that this helps people to go out and look into the
:24:17. > :24:19.issues themselves. You do not hear both sides of the argument in the
:24:20. > :24:26.debate but you will see an oft that you want to research it for
:24:27. > :24:35.yourself. -- PC enough. -- you see enough. Do you think that people are
:24:36. > :24:42.somehow being blind? It is a polemic statement and you obviously feel
:24:43. > :24:46.passionate about it. It is moral -- it is more of a philosophical
:24:47. > :24:53.conversation opener about something that people do not want to pay
:24:54. > :24:57.attention to. We are all complicit. It is a self reflexive title, The
:24:58. > :25:06.Ghosts In Our Machine, it is a big subject that deserves our attention.
:25:07. > :25:09.I would say that the time is now, on the heels of the green,
:25:10. > :25:16.environmental movement, and we are starting to recognise it seriously,
:25:17. > :25:26.that there are other species beyond ourselves, that matter.
:25:27. > :25:29.The South African novelist and Nobel Laureate, Nadine Gordimer,
:25:30. > :25:32.The anti-Apartheid campaigner, and close friend to Nelson Mandela,
:25:33. > :25:35.wrote 15 novels as well as short stories and works of non-fiction,
:25:36. > :25:38.many of which dealt with the moral and political issues
:25:39. > :25:39.South Africa faced under white minority rule,
:25:40. > :25:50.and the challenges it continues to face today.
:25:51. > :25:58.There have been spectacular scenes on the streets of Paris as France
:25:59. > :26:01.celebrates Bastille Day. Troops gathered on the shops of easy to
:26:02. > :26:05.mark 100 years since the beginning of the First World War.
:26:06. > :26:09.Traditionally there is a grand military parade followed by
:26:10. > :26:12.fireworks across France. Bastille Day marks the storming of the
:26:13. > :26:22.Bastille prison which started the French Revolution in July, 1789. And
:26:23. > :26:32.some pictures that have just come along. These must be good. Dog
:26:33. > :26:36.owners in California put their pet dogs on the water. You can see them
:26:37. > :26:43.surfing. The waves are not massive so there were not many wipe-outs.
:26:44. > :26:46.And it is hard to judge how much the contestants are enjoying it, but
:26:47. > :26:50.apparently, we just had to bring that to you. That's all from us here
:26:51. > :27:04.Over the next few days temperatures are going to climb, but humidity
:27:05. > :27:10.will increase as well. For most of us on Tuesday it will be dry. The
:27:11. > :27:13.remains of a weather front still potentially across the south-east,
:27:14. > :27:18.first thing in the morning. That could produce some showers, but
:27:19. > :27:19.behind it, some breaks