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:00:00. > :00:00.This is BBC World News Today with me Kasia Madera.

:00:00. > :00:08.Sunni tribal leaders in Iraq say they are ready to work

:00:09. > :00:12.with the new prime minister Haider al-Abadi and fight against

:00:13. > :00:16.Islamic State jihadists IF his government restores Sunni rights.

:00:17. > :00:22.The development comes as foreign ministers meet

:00:23. > :00:25.in Brussels to discuss the situation in Iraq, but they've stopped short

:00:26. > :00:31.of an EU-wide decision to provide military aid to Kurdish forces.

:00:32. > :00:33.The Ebola outbreak in west Africa has been vastly underestimated

:00:34. > :00:40.according to the World Health Organisation.

:00:41. > :00:44.They say it may take six months to bring it under control.

:00:45. > :00:47.Ukraine says its forces have destroyed most of a Russian armoured

:00:48. > :00:50.column, after it crossed the border last night under cover of darkness.

:00:51. > :00:53.CCTV footage is released by Ferguson police of an incident at a

:00:54. > :00:56.convenience store on the day unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was

:00:57. > :01:13.Sunni tribal leaders say they're ready to work with Iraq's new

:01:14. > :01:16.Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, as long as the government protects

:01:17. > :01:22.It comes as ministers from across Europe have been in emergency talks

:01:23. > :01:26.trying to work out a coordinated response to the Iraq crisis.

:01:27. > :01:31.The British government said it would consider favourably any request

:01:32. > :01:35.from the Kurds for arms to push back Islamic State fighters who've

:01:36. > :01:42.Britain would join France and the United States in supplying arms to

:01:43. > :01:45.the Kurds, who are also struggling with a massive influx of refugees.

:01:46. > :01:51.It's thought 200,000 people are now in refugee camps

:01:52. > :01:53.in Kurdish-controlled Iraq and in parts of Syria.

:01:54. > :01:56.Our Correspondent Paul Wood has travelled to Syria

:01:57. > :02:16.This camp in Syria is the first place of century for thousands of

:02:17. > :02:23.years ED refugees. People walked 40 miles in 50 degrees heat to get

:02:24. > :02:32.here, across mountain and desert. -- Yazidis refugees. This camp has

:02:33. > :02:38.swollen to 15,000 people. Patriotic music drifts across the camp. We

:02:39. > :02:44.have heard our women screaming, says the song. Do not be afraid, we will

:02:45. > :02:49.defend this land and for get -- defend our honour. The song is an

:02:50. > :02:55.attempt to recruit among the Yazidis refugees. I know

:02:56. > :02:58.attempt to recruit among the Yazidis because I grew up in the mountains.

:02:59. > :03:04.I will go to my village and where ever I find the Islamic state I will

:03:05. > :03:09.kill them. They have captured our women and they are selling them, I

:03:10. > :03:15.will go to free my people, I will go to protect my land. The Kurdish

:03:16. > :03:20.forces will find a lot of volunteers in refugee camps like this. Any new

:03:21. > :03:25.recruits will be going up against battle hardened veterans and the jet

:03:26. > :03:28.had these are very well equipped and they have weapons and ammunition

:03:29. > :03:32.they captured from the Iraqi forces. Even with air support from

:03:33. > :03:38.the West the Kurdish forces will have a long and difficult task to

:03:39. > :03:44.recapture the towns and villages that these people came from. The

:03:45. > :03:49.Kurdish military have begun a training programme to get a army

:03:50. > :03:54.capable of defeating the jet had these. We did not choose this war,

:03:55. > :03:59.he says, but we have no choice to fight. The Yazidis people our our

:04:00. > :04:04.people and if we had not confronted the Islamic State there would have

:04:05. > :04:09.been a genocide. Just over the border into Iran a brand-new camp is

:04:10. > :04:14.being built for displaced Yazidis. The camp is better than what greeted

:04:15. > :04:18.them when they first fled into Syria but it is another depressing sign

:04:19. > :04:33.that there will be no quick end to this crisis. Thank you very much for

:04:34. > :04:39.I am joined by Dr Salah Al-Shaikhly, coming to speak to us.

:04:40. > :04:45.the former Iraqi ambassador to Britain.

:04:46. > :04:51.What are these people calling for? For a couple of years they have been

:04:52. > :04:55.demanding to be part of a decision-making process. Their

:04:56. > :05:01.complaint was that a decision was taken in Baghdad totally separate

:05:02. > :05:05.from the community. We have just had an election and all communities have

:05:06. > :05:11.elected their own representative to Parliament. I think number one with

:05:12. > :05:15.the new Prime Minister is a very intelligent and pragmatic person and

:05:16. > :05:20.he needs to consult the people who have been elected to Parliament and

:05:21. > :05:23.who have good representation in parliament of Sunni blocks and I am

:05:24. > :05:28.sure he will consult with the appropriate tribal leaders, but I

:05:29. > :05:39.must sound a word of caution. We need to be very careful about this,

:05:40. > :05:43.the Prime Minister needs to widen his advisories beyond the close

:05:44. > :05:48.circles that he is at present dealing with. Put it into context

:05:49. > :05:52.for us, how significant is it for these Sunni tribal leaders to say

:05:53. > :05:59.they are considering working with Haider al-Abadi. It is significant.

:06:00. > :06:04.They are not shying away from participating in the process. They

:06:05. > :06:07.are saying they want to participate and unfortunately previously they

:06:08. > :06:12.were barred from participating and accused of all sorts of things such

:06:13. > :06:17.as harbouring terrorists and being incubators for terrorism. They

:06:18. > :06:23.cannot except that because these people had been tried and proven to

:06:24. > :06:31.be good nationalists. During the Al-Qaeda surge, they did help in

:06:32. > :06:35.restraining Al-Qaeda until they diminished to nothing. These are

:06:36. > :06:41.patriots who actually want to work with the government for the national

:06:42. > :06:47.interest. Why did Haider al-Abadi when the previous man was in power,

:06:48. > :06:53.why did he not try to influence them to be more inclusive? If you follow

:06:54. > :06:58.the news you will find that the previous Prime Minister had a close

:06:59. > :07:03.circle of people on whom he depended for advice. This is really one of

:07:04. > :07:10.the problem is why everybody wanted a change of leadership. Hyder al

:07:11. > :07:13.Mahdi was a chairman for another parliamentary committee and

:07:14. > :07:18.consequently he was concentrating on his work. -- Haider al-Abadi. I

:07:19. > :07:25.think the situation is now very different and the country is facing

:07:26. > :07:31.a huge problem with ISIS and then the occupation of one third of

:07:32. > :07:38.Iraq. We now have the U repair in union saying that member states can

:07:39. > :07:43.help to arm the Kurds. -- the European Union. Are you happy with

:07:44. > :07:49.that and the arrival of an autonomous Kurdish military? This is

:07:50. > :07:52.good news. I have no fear of an autonomous Kurdish region because

:07:53. > :07:58.the Kurds have been good Iraqis. They willing in 2003 came to Baghdad

:07:59. > :08:03.and they wanted to participate in the political process. They want to

:08:04. > :08:09.be autonomous? Eventually perhaps they do. If we had managed to solve

:08:10. > :08:13.the problem in 1918 we would not have this problem now. The problem

:08:14. > :08:20.is every single Iraqi government that came to power in Baghdad

:08:21. > :08:27.decided to put them down. These are a proud people. Of course they want

:08:28. > :08:32.their own national aspirations but nothing to do with whether or not

:08:33. > :08:38.they want to acquire arms from the European Union. They want to acquire

:08:39. > :08:43.arms to defend the borders that extend from Syria to Iran where

:08:44. > :08:48.there are pressuring -- where they are facing huge pressure from ISIS.

:08:49. > :08:52.Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. A lot more on our website

:08:53. > :08:54.as always. Now let us move on. Ukrainian officials are saying their

:08:55. > :08:56.artillery destroyed a significant part of a Russian armored column

:08:57. > :08:59.that is reported to have crossed Nato has condemned what it said was

:09:00. > :09:02.an incursion and Britain has summoned the Russian

:09:03. > :09:06.envoy over the reports. Meanwhile Ukrainian border guards

:09:07. > :09:08.have begun inspecting a convoy of more than 200 Russian trucks

:09:09. > :09:15.carrying aid to eastern Ukraine. The convoy is currently parked south

:09:16. > :09:32.of the city of Kamensk-Shakhtinski. David, a discrepancy over this

:09:33. > :09:37.armoured column. What is happening there? Well, the armoured column

:09:38. > :09:44.apparently moved into Ukraine from Russian territory late on Thursday

:09:45. > :09:49.night and this is not the first time we have heard from Western

:09:50. > :09:52.officials, from Ukrainian officials, saying that armoured vehicles are

:09:53. > :09:56.entering from Russia with Russian troops. It is the first time that

:09:57. > :10:02.Western journalists have witnessed and there were two Western

:10:03. > :10:06.journalists that saw armed personnel vehicles moving into Ukraine. The

:10:07. > :10:11.Ukrainians say they destroyed a significant portion of this column

:10:12. > :10:17.and this convoy. The Ukrainian president said this. The Russians

:10:18. > :10:21.deny that any column went into Ukraine and as a result they are

:10:22. > :10:26.denying that any column was destroyed but in return they are

:10:27. > :10:29.saying that the Ukrainians are trying to derail the humanitarian

:10:30. > :10:33.effort on purpose by escalating the fighting and this is causing a great

:10:34. > :10:37.deal of concern. We are expecting that the Foreign Minister is of

:10:38. > :10:41.Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France will be meeting in Berlin on Sunday

:10:42. > :10:45.to try and de-escalate this situation that seems to be rising in

:10:46. > :10:53.another upsurge, as we have seen before. Meanwhile the actual aid

:10:54. > :11:00.convoy is still on the border? That is absolutely right. There is some

:11:01. > :11:05.progress. The Ukrainian officials have come onto Russian territory,

:11:06. > :11:10.border guards and customs officials and they are supposed to start

:11:11. > :11:13.looking at the cargo and ultimately giving it approval. This does not

:11:14. > :11:17.necessarily mean that when the approval comes the trucks will be

:11:18. > :11:22.moving immediately onto Ukrainian territory. It should be said that

:11:23. > :11:27.Russian trucks will be moving into Ukraine, this is apparently the

:11:28. > :11:31.agreement. This cargo will be taken over by the Red Cross but the Red

:11:32. > :11:35.Cross say they need security guarantees for their own people

:11:36. > :11:40.before they give the green light. This is a very critical situation,

:11:41. > :11:45.the populations in eastern Ukraine are facing a humanitarian crisis and

:11:46. > :11:49.we are also seeing humanitarian aid coming from the Ukrainian side which

:11:50. > :11:50.will hopefully reach the civilian population soon. Thank you very

:11:51. > :11:53.much. The World Health Organisation says

:11:54. > :11:55.the scale of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa could be vastly

:11:56. > :11:57.underestimated. The official death toll has now

:11:58. > :12:00.risen to 1,145, however the real WHO says extraordinary measures

:12:01. > :12:05.are needed to tackle the epidemic. Our Health Correspondent Branwen

:12:06. > :12:24.Jeffreys has more details. Dealing with a health crisis in a

:12:25. > :12:28.popular situation like this is a huge challenge for the authorities.

:12:29. > :12:32.In bowl is deadly and contagious and there are fears it could spread

:12:33. > :12:36.easily from busy hubs like this, especially since that redbrick

:12:37. > :12:40.building is a hospital where the first victim was diagnosed and then

:12:41. > :12:44.died. The authorities have since introduced stringent measures to

:12:45. > :12:49.prevent the pirates from spreading. We have some of our officers who are

:12:50. > :12:55.screening and dedicated to reviewing the forms, already completed on

:12:56. > :13:01.board. We have somebody doing the observation and walking through the

:13:02. > :13:09.passengers and holding a hand-held digital infrared monitor to read the

:13:10. > :13:13.temperature. Anything beyond 30 Celsius is maybe indicative of the

:13:14. > :13:17.Ebola virus. The government is educating the public as it tries to

:13:18. > :13:23.contain the virus and keep it from spreading. One of Nigeria's

:13:24. > :13:27.favourite delicacies is this spicy roast meat. Normally this place

:13:28. > :13:30.would be teeming with customers but the government is watching the

:13:31. > :13:34.public -- warning the public to watch what they touch and eat. Much

:13:35. > :13:38.of this is beef and they are concerned it may have come into

:13:39. > :13:42.contact with bush meat that could be contaminated with the bowler virus.

:13:43. > :13:46.The lack of customers here could mean that the message is getting

:13:47. > :13:54.through to some. Nigerians are now changing their habits as the fear of

:13:55. > :13:58.the Ebola by risky than alert. I am a pharmacist and previously I did

:13:59. > :14:03.not use to work with gloves but in recent times I have had to do that

:14:04. > :14:07.because I have two protect myself. I come into contact with all sorts of

:14:08. > :14:11.people every day. The main concern is that such a deadly virus if not

:14:12. > :14:13.contained could spread easily and lead to a crisis in this densely

:14:14. > :14:16.populated city. Police in the US state of Missouri

:14:17. > :14:19.have named Darren Wilson as the police officer who shot dead an

:14:20. > :14:22.unarmed black teenager last weekend. The shooting of Michael Brown

:14:23. > :14:24.triggered several nights Ferguson police chief Thomas Jackson

:14:25. > :14:28.earlier refused to name the officer, By naming officer Wilson

:14:29. > :14:32.the authorities have met demands by protesters and civil liberty

:14:33. > :14:36.campaigners to identify him. They have released a surveillance

:14:37. > :14:38.video which shows Michael Brown and another man coming into

:14:39. > :14:45.confrontation with a man over a box of cigars. He is the prime suspect

:14:46. > :14:48.in an alleged robbery that occurred minutes before the shooting,

:14:49. > :14:54.describing him as being dressed in khaki shorts and a white T-shirt and

:14:55. > :14:56.a red baseball hat. The police have named the officer involved as Darren

:14:57. > :14:59.Wilson. Shayan Elahi is

:15:00. > :15:12.a civil rights attorney in Dallas. He is a Pakistani American

:15:13. > :15:15.and he joins me now through Skype. The release of this that each will

:15:16. > :15:23.inflame the situation which is already highly volatile. It may but

:15:24. > :15:28.the focus will remain the same, that another black teenager who was

:15:29. > :15:32.unarmed was shot by a police officer in broad daylight. It doesn't matter

:15:33. > :15:38.what this gentleman was doing beforehand. The whole idea that he

:15:39. > :15:41.was on armed and killed in his own neighbourhood. There is a systemic

:15:42. > :15:45.problem. A lot of people will distract from the issue to put the

:15:46. > :15:50.focus on this young man, just like they tried to do with another young

:15:51. > :15:57.man who was killed. But is where America goes wrong. Any to focus on

:15:58. > :16:04.the problem itself. What is the problem in your understanding? The

:16:05. > :16:08.problem is illustrated by the response in Missouri. Right after

:16:09. > :16:12.the death of Michael Brown, of course people will be upset and come

:16:13. > :16:19.out onto the street. The paramilitary response is completely

:16:20. > :16:22.symbolic of what has happened to the American police force and how it

:16:23. > :16:27.overreacts to every given situation. This is a problem that

:16:28. > :16:34.President Obama is ignoring in his second term in office. Is this an

:16:35. > :16:39.issue that the police are armed? A race issue? What is your

:16:40. > :16:44.understanding of it? There is a huge racial undertone to the way the

:16:45. > :16:48.police department behave with young black men in America. There is no

:16:49. > :16:53.question about that. The statistics back it up completely. Just this

:16:54. > :17:00.week, there was an on armed death in Dallas by the hand of a police

:17:01. > :17:04.officer, another black man. These things keep happening. Why? There

:17:05. > :17:10.was a problem. President Obama has a great opportunity to tie any help he

:17:11. > :17:26.gives and we know a lot of paramilitary equipment is given to

:17:27. > :17:31.the police by defence and... We have seen some of the problems, we have

:17:32. > :17:38.seen some of the riots and the amount of teargas and we have seen

:17:39. > :17:41.the situation dissolves somewhat with the way that the state police

:17:42. > :17:47.have come in. Is that the way forward? That is a Band-Aid. They

:17:48. > :17:53.have brought in this African-American race officer and

:17:54. > :18:00.put him in charge. That is really putting a Band-Aid on a deep wound.

:18:01. > :18:05.It is essentially even pandering, some would say. Even

:18:06. > :18:07.African-American police officers behaved badly with young

:18:08. > :18:14.African-American men and that is as distant Mick issue. You don't have

:18:15. > :18:19.to believe... Numbers don't lie. There are more on armed black males

:18:20. > :18:22.being killed in America by police officers than anyone else. Thank

:18:23. > :18:27.you. Clashes have broken out

:18:28. > :18:29.in the Pakistani city of Gujranwala after shots were fired

:18:30. > :18:32.at the car of Pakistani opposition His spokeswoman says his car was

:18:33. > :18:37.hit but Mr Khan was not injured. He was on his way to the capital

:18:38. > :18:40.Islamabad with a group of supporters to try and put pressure on Prime

:18:41. > :18:44.Minister Nawaz Sharif to resign. We can talk to our correspondent

:18:45. > :19:02.Shahzeb Jillani in Islamabad. The last thing on the details, the

:19:03. > :19:09.circumstances of this attack. I am currently in is a bad on the road

:19:10. > :19:15.where Imran Khan is expected next couple of hours. He said off from

:19:16. > :19:21.the eastern city of Lahore yesterday for is bad. Earlier today, his

:19:22. > :19:31.convoy was passing through the city of Gujurat and did came under attack

:19:32. > :19:35.from a mob. There was panic. His supporters sought cover, baby Kelly

:19:36. > :19:41.aided and in the clashes, quite a few Biba were injured. -- and in the

:19:42. > :19:49.clashes, quite a few people were injured. We have talked to be blunt

:19:50. > :19:59.the ground, there was no evidence yet of shots being fired at him but

:20:00. > :20:05.after that incident, Imran Khan essentially switched. His convoy had

:20:06. > :20:10.been moving slowly, he moved into a bullet-proof vehicle and has been

:20:11. > :20:14.speeding his way to Islamabad. He is approaching the outskirts of

:20:15. > :20:21.Islamabad. He is expected in the next few hours. The plan is, when he

:20:22. > :20:28.gets here, they plan to hold a sit in an demand resignation from the

:20:29. > :20:38.Prime Minister Nass was Sheriff. -- as was Sharif. -- the Prime

:20:39. > :20:41.Minister. There is a lot of nervousness and uncertainty of what

:20:42. > :20:50.might happen in Islamabad today and tomorrow. Thank you.

:20:51. > :20:53.The drugs watchdog for the NHS in England is being criticised

:20:54. > :20:56.for rejecting a treatment for men with prostate cancer.

:20:57. > :20:58.Abiraterone is available after chemotherapy, but

:20:59. > :21:01.the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence says it's too

:21:02. > :21:13.Our health correspondent Dominic Hughes reports.

:21:14. > :21:21.For this man, a prostate cancer diagnosis was a shock but the drug

:21:22. > :21:26.abiraterone has kept healthy and well enough to continue working.

:21:27. > :21:30.Life has not gone dramatically down. I have been able to keep things

:21:31. > :21:37.stable, enjoy family and working life and to carry on the way I have

:21:38. > :21:41.done before. This drug is already prescribed to some men as an end of

:21:42. > :21:53.life treatment when they are dying from prostate cancer treatment. --

:21:54. > :21:57.from prostate cancer. Last week, with the breast cancer drug, the NHS

:21:58. > :22:02.watchdog says this treatment fails to offer value for money. The

:22:03. > :22:07.company is asking for, it simply doesn't match that additional

:22:08. > :22:12.benefits that it brings. This is a general problem for mice macro at

:22:13. > :22:19.the moment with new cancer treatment. Every year, laboratories

:22:20. > :22:23.like this one diagnosed around 40,000 cases of prostate cancer

:22:24. > :22:30.across the UK. It is the most common form of the disease in men. As

:22:31. > :22:34.tested has improved, the disease has been spotted quicker so survival

:22:35. > :22:38.rates have soared in recent decades. But campaign groups say men deserve

:22:39. > :22:47.access to the best treatment. This is a fiasco. We have blame giving to

:22:48. > :22:51.each other for why this isn't happening. They all say they are

:22:52. > :22:56.disappointed but disappointed is not good enough. These are difficult

:22:57. > :23:00.judgements, balancing the gift of precious time with families against

:23:01. > :23:05.an NHS drugs bill that could soar out of control.

:23:06. > :23:07.It seems like these days you can rent just about anything,

:23:08. > :23:12.In Germany, a scheme that roughly translates as 'adopt a grandparent'

:23:13. > :23:28.This girl goes for a cycle ride with her grandparents, well, sort of.

:23:29. > :23:32.Paul and Charlotte are her adopted grandparents, part of a scheme to

:23:33. > :23:37.link young families with older couples who want grandchildren. If

:23:38. > :23:41.you look at other older people, they are just sitting in front of the

:23:42. > :23:46.television. I have this lively relationship. It gives me something

:23:47. > :23:51.to do. And when she is drawing a picture and she draws three Hearts

:23:52. > :24:02.and my name is on one of them, that really touches me. Paul and his wife

:24:03. > :24:06.have helped raise to raise said she was three, as well as psycho, they

:24:07. > :24:14.have taught her to swim and taken her on holiday. -- as well as

:24:15. > :24:19.cycling. Every Monday, Charlotte meets me after school and we go

:24:20. > :24:25.swimming. Then, we go home and have food. After, I can go home or stay

:24:26. > :24:29.the night with Charlotte and Paul. The older people who get involved in

:24:30. > :24:35.the scheme are often driven by a desire to have in their lives. This

:24:36. > :24:42.scheme is allows German pensioners to remain active, contribute and

:24:43. > :24:46.feel valued, as well as providing essential support to the young

:24:47. > :24:52.families they help. Relationships have broken down and to paedophiles

:24:53. > :24:56.have got past the check-in procedures over the 25 year history

:24:57. > :25:01.of the scheme. But the project remains popular with good feedback.

:25:02. > :25:06.A lot of the grandparents say they feel better, they have something to

:25:07. > :25:11.do, it helps them that their health and it helps them understand young

:25:12. > :25:19.people. Back at the cycle park, the mother is there. She says they help

:25:20. > :25:31.is invaluable. I wanted to have an older couple for to raise because to

:25:32. > :25:37.have parents and grandparents and my parents are far away from Berlin. A

:25:38. > :25:41.true Bond has developed between these one-time strangers, providing

:25:42. > :25:48.both young and old with much-needed friendship and support.

:25:49. > :25:51.Shrien Dewani, the British man accused of murdering his wife

:25:52. > :25:54.while on honeymoon, has been found fit to stand trial in South Africa

:25:55. > :25:59.The 34 year old Bristol businessman is accused of ordering the murder

:26:00. > :26:02.of his 28-year-old wife Anni, who was shot in Cape Town in 2010.

:26:03. > :26:13.Mr Dewani, who denies murder, was extradited from Britain in April.

:26:14. > :26:17.Let's end the programme on the southern coast of France

:26:18. > :26:20.where President Hollande has joined anniversary of one

:26:21. > :26:23.of the most important operations of World War II.

:26:24. > :26:27.On August 15, 1944, 50,000 Allied troops stormed the coast

:26:28. > :26:31.near Marseille and Toulon, beginning the liberation

:26:32. > :26:36.It came two months after the successful D-Day landings

:26:37. > :26:39.in Normandy in northern France, and was aimed at opening up

:26:40. > :27:04.More on our website. Goodbye. Clear skies overnight will allow

:27:05. > :27:07.temperatures to fall away. This area of low pressure just north of the

:27:08. > :27:13.British Isles will control out whether through the weekend. The

:27:14. > :27:14.winds will get pretty strong so it will be blustery. Outbreaks