:00:00. > :00:00.This is BBC World News Today with me, Alice Baxter.
:00:00. > :00:11.A setback for Ukrainian forces as they're forced to withdraw
:00:12. > :00:15.Pro-Russian separatists have made gains in the east of the country -
:00:16. > :00:17.Ukraine's President has accused Moscow of direct
:00:18. > :00:24.Iraqi Government forces drive Islamic State militants
:00:25. > :00:26.from the town of Amerli - we report on what life's been
:00:27. > :00:40.A Railway at War everything is safe, but we have a huge at work to do to
:00:41. > :00:42.restore this town back to what it was.
:00:43. > :00:45.The British Prime Minister unveils new powers to stop
:00:46. > :00:51.Britons going abroad to fight with terrorist groups.
:00:52. > :00:57.A Railway at War we will introduce legislation to fill this gap by
:00:58. > :00:59.providing police with temporary powers to seize a passport. They
:01:00. > :01:00.will be able to investigate individuals.
:01:01. > :01:03.We'll have all the comings and goings on football's transfer
:01:04. > :01:18.deadline day - the window closes in a few hours' time.
:01:19. > :01:22.Ukrainian forces fighting separatists in the east
:01:23. > :01:26.of the country have been forced to retreat from the strategically
:01:27. > :01:30.important airport at Luhansk after they were attacked by a column
:01:31. > :01:37.Kiev says it is also sending reinforcements to fight separatists
:01:38. > :01:41.in the north-eastern port city of Mariupol.
:01:42. > :01:43.Ukraine's President has again accused Russia
:01:44. > :01:47.of launching direct and open agression on the eastern region.
:01:48. > :01:50.But the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, denies there has
:01:51. > :01:54.been any military intervention, calling for "a peaceful settlement"
:01:55. > :02:00.Meanwhile, President Putin says Ukraine is refusing to engage in
:02:01. > :02:17.What is the essence of the tragedy that is happening now in Ukraine? I
:02:18. > :02:20.think the main reason is that the key authorities do not want to
:02:21. > :02:24.conduct substantive political dialogue with the east of the
:02:25. > :02:28.country. Now is the beginning of a very important process, the process
:02:29. > :02:35.of direct negotiations. We have been working on it for a long time and we
:02:36. > :02:36.agree with President Poroshenko, such contacts are starting now.
:02:37. > :02:44.our correspondent Mike Wooldridge has this report.
:02:45. > :02:49.In the restive region now at the centre of a progressively
:02:50. > :02:52.intensifying diplomatic crisis, pro-Russian separatists prepare to
:02:53. > :02:56.fight. One of their leaders said they were heading to Donetsk
:02:57. > :03:00.airport, shut at the end of May after clashes between the rebels and
:03:01. > :03:06.Government forces. It has been under control of the military ever since.
:03:07. > :03:14.Today, Russia's Foreign Minister repeated Moscow's denials of direct
:03:15. > :03:17.involvement in a new global push. He said talks on the Ukraine crisis is
:03:18. > :03:24.taking place today in Minsk were mainly about an imminent and
:03:25. > :03:29.unconditional cease-fire. But international concern now focusing
:03:30. > :03:33.on the key port city of Mariupol, its defence is being reinforced
:03:34. > :03:39.because it is only a short distance from the swathe of territory seized
:03:40. > :03:43.by separatists in recent days. Residents of Mariupol took to the
:03:44. > :03:53.streets yesterday to protest and to pray for peace. The Ukrainian
:03:54. > :03:55.President used a gathering of military cadets to accuse Russia of
:03:56. > :04:01.what he called direct and open aggression against his country. He
:04:02. > :04:05.said it had radically changed the situation in the zone of conflict.
:04:06. > :04:12.The US and Europe have also challenged -- charged rusher with
:04:13. > :04:16.sending its own troops to intervene. But the OSCE said today it was hard
:04:17. > :04:22.to confirm the presence of regular Russian forces within Ukrainian
:04:23. > :04:28.territory. That said, Australia has stepped up its sanctions against
:04:29. > :04:31.Russia. I want to make it clear, the bullying of small nations by big
:04:32. > :04:36.ones and assertions that might bullying of small nations by big
:04:37. > :04:41.right should have no place in our world. In the latest developments on
:04:42. > :04:45.the ground, Ukrainian officials say the troops have retreated from the
:04:46. > :04:46.airport close to this, the rebel stronghold of Luhansk, after coming
:04:47. > :04:49.under artillery fire. The German Chancellor, Angel Merkel,
:04:50. > :04:51.has said it was now clear that the conflict in Eastern Ukraine had
:04:52. > :04:54.never been an internal one, Let's talk about this radical change
:04:55. > :05:07.correspondent, Bridget Kendall. Let's talk about this radical change
:05:08. > :05:11.we have seen on the battle Let's talk about this radical change
:05:12. > :05:16.does seem to be an Let's talk about this radical change
:05:17. > :05:21.turnaround. Ukrainian to say this is about Russian troops coming over the
:05:22. > :05:25.turnaround. Ukrainian to say this is is typical of President Putin when
:05:26. > :05:30.there is a setback, you will remember when the ousted President
:05:31. > :05:34.Fred -- fled from the Ukraine, there is a pause and then he goes on the
:05:35. > :05:39.offensive. In that case, he took over Crimea. It does seem that the
:05:40. > :05:42.pictures of Russian hardware and troops coming over the border, and
:05:43. > :05:48.it is the case that Ukrainian forces are having to retreat, they seem to
:05:49. > :05:53.be very worried in Kiev that they are on the back foot. Moscow
:05:54. > :05:56.consistently saying they are not directly involved, but what do you
:05:57. > :06:01.think is the strategic thinking of the Kremlin? Mr Putin and his
:06:02. > :06:05.advisers keep saying we do not want to break up Ukraine or invade
:06:06. > :06:09.Ukraine. Maybe they really do mean that because it looks as though what
:06:10. > :06:13.they want to do is to make President Poroshenko realise he cannot win
:06:14. > :06:15.this war, that Russia is too powerful ally for the rebels to let
:06:16. > :06:21.that happen. And powerful ally for the rebels to let
:06:22. > :06:30.no choice but to reach a peace deal on Russia's terms. That brings us to
:06:31. > :06:33.no choice but to reach a peace deal talks, what Mr Putin wants is an
:06:34. > :06:38.agreement that bubble leaders in southeastern Ukraine should have a
:06:39. > :06:42.new status, which would give it a veto over important decisions in
:06:43. > :06:46.Kiev, which would give Russia a leverage to influence what happens
:06:47. > :06:51.in Kiev. Timing is important, this is on the eve of the NATO summit.
:06:52. > :07:03.Maybe Mr Putin is sending a message to the Ukrainian leader. Not to rely
:07:04. > :07:06.on NATO. We are seeing a softening of the tone coming out
:07:07. > :07:12.on NATO. We are seeing a softening conflict. Do you think that this
:07:13. > :07:17.plan you suggest of Mr Putin will actually work? I am not sure. He may
:07:18. > :07:22.think he is offering a decent deal to President Poroshenko, he is just
:07:23. > :07:26.saying that perhaps the root not break away, they just want more
:07:27. > :07:33.autonomy. But there is so little now. Kiev will be worried that this
:07:34. > :07:37.is a way of Russia poking its nose into Ukrainian politics. Besides
:07:38. > :07:43.which, when you try and force a position through threats, they and
:07:44. > :07:48.the European leaders may just think, Mr Putin is too dangerous, we have
:07:49. > :07:51.to stand up to him. We already know that tougher sanctions are around
:07:52. > :07:57.the corner and there will be intense debate on how we should help Ukraine
:07:58. > :07:59.inside the EU and inside NATO. How worried do you think Mr Putin and
:08:00. > :08:05.the Kremlin generally will be by those comments from Angela Merkel?
:08:06. > :08:10.Not that worried. The general view of the Kremlin is that this is an
:08:11. > :08:15.existential fight for them, they see Ukraine as part of Russia's broader
:08:16. > :08:20.sense of itself, they are prepared to go to the end on this and I think
:08:21. > :08:24.Europe will either be divided or it will care too much about trade and
:08:25. > :08:27.relations with Russia, and in the end, this will get resolved
:08:28. > :08:30.diplomatically and they will get their way.
:08:31. > :08:32.The Iraqi Army, backed by Shia militias and Kurdish
:08:33. > :08:35.fighters, is continuing its biggest offensive so far against
:08:36. > :08:41.Islamic State jihadists to try to win back towns and territory.
:08:42. > :08:44.The UN says about 1,400 people were killed
:08:45. > :08:49.The BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse managed to get into the town of Amerli,
:08:50. > :09:08.where thousands of people had been trapped for months.
:09:09. > :09:14.This is the first time in two months that we have been able to go down
:09:15. > :09:20.this road. We are skirting round Amerli to the East and trying to
:09:21. > :09:26.come at it from there, because of two are right, there are still
:09:27. > :09:34.pockets of Islamic State fighters. We are off dust everywhere, heading
:09:35. > :09:42.along a bumpy road. What we do not know is what we will find at the end
:09:43. > :09:48.of this, in Amerli. This is it, the entrance to Amerli, and these are
:09:49. > :09:52.the men who held out for two months, surrounded by Islamic State
:09:53. > :09:55.fighters. They say everything is OK now, everything is safe, but we have
:09:56. > :10:05.a huge amount of work to do to restore this time back to what it
:10:06. > :10:11.was. -- this town. These are incredibly emotional scenes. This
:10:12. > :10:15.commander who calls himself the son of Iraq, has not seen his family for
:10:16. > :10:26.two months. There have been tears, hugs and kisses, reuniting with his
:10:27. > :10:32.father and family. This woman is expanding to me how they survived
:10:33. > :10:38.those two long months. She would bake bread here in oven. But as
:10:39. > :10:45.fuel, they had to use cow dung. She has just been showing me. Down here,
:10:46. > :10:52.the cow dung is what they had to use as fuel, to fire the oven. The
:10:53. > :11:00.water, they had to rely on this tiny borehole over here. This tiny little
:11:01. > :11:05.hole in the ground is where they got their water from. She is saying that
:11:06. > :11:10.at times, they did not have enough milk for their babies and they ran
:11:11. > :11:11.out of flour, and life was very tough.
:11:12. > :11:13.British police will be given temporary powers to seize passports
:11:14. > :11:16.at UK borders of British citizens they believe are travelling abroad
:11:17. > :11:22.The Prime Minister says airlines will now be legally obliged to
:11:23. > :11:27.hand over passenger lists to help identify Islamist fighters.
:11:28. > :11:30.David Cameron told Parliament that the terrorist threat
:11:31. > :11:33.from the Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq poses a direct
:11:34. > :11:44.Our deputy political editor, James Landale, reports.
:11:45. > :11:50.No one knows how may Britons like these are fighting for Islamic State
:11:51. > :11:55.in Syria and Iraq. Some officials say about 500, others think it might
:11:56. > :12:01.be more. What we all agree is that some will pose a huge security
:12:02. > :12:04.threat if they return home. David Cameron's security people do not
:12:05. > :12:09.like him walk into Westminster, but today, just days after the threat
:12:10. > :12:11.level was raised to severe, the Prime Minister marched down
:12:12. > :12:17.Whitehall to tell MPs that threat from British jihadis was real. I
:12:18. > :12:20.have said all along there should not be a knee jerk reaction or the
:12:21. > :12:24.introduction of sweeping new powers that would ultimately be
:12:25. > :12:29.ineffective. That is not what those who work so hard to keep us safe
:12:30. > :12:34.want. They want a targeted approach that reflects a forensics focus on
:12:35. > :12:39.the threat we face. He announced the police would have temporary new
:12:40. > :12:42.powers to save -- sees passports. Airlines would have to hand over
:12:43. > :12:49.more information about passenger lists earlier, and security services
:12:50. > :12:53.would be given back the power to relocate terror suspects away from
:12:54. > :12:58.their home towns, power they have had until control orders were
:12:59. > :13:02.abolished. But it was clear that the coalition parties had been unable to
:13:03. > :13:05.agree on plans to stop British fighters returning home. We are
:13:06. > :13:08.clear that what we need is a targeted discretionary power to
:13:09. > :13:12.allow us to exclude British nationals from the UK and we will
:13:13. > :13:16.work up proposals on this basis with our agencies in line with our
:13:17. > :13:28.obligations and discuss the details on a cross-party basis. In other
:13:29. > :13:30.words, after days of warning about the threats from British jihadis,
:13:31. > :13:33.there is still no agreement about how to stop them coming home. The
:13:34. > :13:37.Government is constrained by law and politics. We have been listening to
:13:38. > :13:42.this for over a decade, it does not replace charges, evidence, proof and
:13:43. > :13:46.prison. The Government insists these announcements are not the whole
:13:47. > :13:49.story. These threats will only be resolved by political change on the
:13:50. > :13:50.ground. But that will not be coming soon.
:13:51. > :13:53.To Pakistan now, where there's been a day of violent clashes in the
:13:54. > :13:55.capital, Islamabad, as protestors continue to press their calls
:13:56. > :13:59.for the country's Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, to step down.
:14:00. > :14:01.At one point they occupied the headquarters of state
:14:02. > :14:07.broadcaster PTV, but were eventually ousted by security forces.
:14:08. > :14:14.With the very latest, here's Shazeb Jillani.
:14:15. > :14:24.Angry, violent and determined to get rid of the Pakistani Prime Minister.
:14:25. > :14:29.These protesters met with resistance when they stormed the headquarters
:14:30. > :14:38.of PTV. Once inside, they went on the rampage, smashing broadcast
:14:39. > :14:41.equipment and harassing staff. Protesters have managed to barge
:14:42. > :14:46.their way into PTV headquarters and they have made their way into some
:14:47. > :14:51.of the newsrooms. They are armed with sticks and the important thing
:14:52. > :14:55.is, we must remain calm, there is no reason to panic at this stage. Soon
:14:56. > :15:00.after, troops arrived and cleared the building. The protesters welcome
:15:01. > :15:03.the soldiers and shouted slogans in favour of the Pakistani army. The
:15:04. > :15:07.channel is now back on favour of the Pakistani army. The
:15:08. > :15:12.troops are now guarding the building. What this incident shows
:15:13. > :15:13.is that unless this confrontation is resolved peacefully, things can get
:15:14. > :15:17.out of hand. The Pakistani army has asked
:15:18. > :15:19.the government to resolve But without resorting to use
:15:20. > :15:24.of force. The Army's position appears to
:15:25. > :15:27.have emboldened the protesters. Earlier today, they pushed forward
:15:28. > :15:31.towards government buildings, The protesters now occupy more
:15:32. > :15:36.and more space on this main road He said he has used it on policemen,
:15:37. > :15:53.but in his defence. The government has said the Prime
:15:54. > :15:58.Minister will not resign, but it is running out of options to resolve
:15:59. > :16:07.this confrontation peacefully. With me is Shahid Sadullah, a
:16:08. > :16:24.commentator on Pakistani politics. Who is behind these protests? Do
:16:25. > :16:31.these opposition figures really enjoy mass popular support? The
:16:32. > :16:41.turnout in the demonstrations that have been going on have not been as
:16:42. > :16:42.massive as they were originally claimed to be. Imran Khan is a
:16:43. > :16:51.popular politician. claimed to be. Imran Khan is a
:16:52. > :17:00.8 million votes in the last election. But addressing your
:17:01. > :17:11.question, who is behind this? The common perception is that Imran
:17:12. > :17:19.Khan's demands are for the resignation of the Prime Minister,
:17:20. > :17:24.which is where everything has got stuck. Other demands have been
:17:25. > :17:30.agreed upon. That demand is so extreme that there is no
:17:31. > :17:37.constitutional way of solving it. Pakistan has spent 33 years of its
:17:38. > :17:42.60 years of independence under military rule. The most common
:17:43. > :17:59.conclusion is that the Armed Forces will be behind it. The president of
:18:00. > :18:07.the party of Imran Khan has left over the differences in strategy. He
:18:08. > :18:12.is quoted as saying that Imran Khan has said the Army was behind this.
:18:13. > :18:21.The storming of the television station came after two weeks of
:18:22. > :18:25.protests. People are asking if this could have happened without the
:18:26. > :18:33.consent of the Army? The government itself has been very slow in acting.
:18:34. > :18:46.It should originally... These troubles should have been taken care
:18:47. > :18:53.of much earlier. Protesters were killed and the government refused to
:18:54. > :19:00.launch an investigation. Imran Khan has been saying that the elections
:19:01. > :19:08.were not really free of malpractice. He has been seeing this the better
:19:09. > :19:14.part of 13 or 14 months. That demand has never really been addressed.
:19:15. > :19:16.There has been a lot that has been going on. Thank you for talking to
:19:17. > :19:19.us. Now a look at some
:19:20. > :19:22.of the day's other news. A couple who removed their
:19:23. > :19:25.seriously ill son from hospital in Britain are in a Spanish jail after
:19:26. > :19:28.refusing to return back to the UK. A judge in Madrid has ruled that
:19:29. > :19:32.the couple must be held while the court considers whether to grant
:19:33. > :19:37.Britain an extradition request. Five-year-old Ashya
:19:38. > :19:39.King has brain cancer. His family say they took him
:19:40. > :19:43.to Spain in search Iran's President, Hassan Rouhani,
:19:44. > :19:48.has urged his country's clerics to be more tolerant of the internet
:19:49. > :19:50.and new technologies. In a speech broadcast on Iranian
:19:51. > :19:53.television, Mr Rouhani said the internet was
:19:54. > :19:56.vital to connect with the world of science, and the younger generation
:19:57. > :20:01.should not be denied access to it. Edinburgh Zoo says it fears that
:20:02. > :20:05.the UK's only female giant panda Keepers say Tian Tian is now
:20:06. > :20:15.past her due date and hormone They say there is still a remote
:20:16. > :20:18.chance the panda might give birth this year but the evidence suggests
:20:19. > :20:26.it is more likely to be bad news. Now, for those of you looking for
:20:27. > :20:29.that little something extra in your In China, it seems,
:20:30. > :20:35.brides-and-grooms-to-be want a bit more than just
:20:36. > :20:37.a nice record of the day. John Sudworth reports
:20:38. > :20:39.on the country's booming industry It is a photo shoot guaranteed
:20:40. > :20:55.to take the breath away. China's buoyant,
:20:56. > :20:57.booming economy has seen a splurge in wedding spending in
:20:58. > :21:01.recent years and with it has come a It is special for us because a lot
:21:02. > :21:09.of couples choose original styles, I think underwater is more
:21:10. > :21:21.beautiful for the couple, I think. If you can't afford time off work
:21:22. > :21:25.for those special images, then why These photos of a paramilitary
:21:26. > :21:31.police officer and his wife recently Unlike in the West, couples have
:21:32. > :21:42.their main set of photographs taken well in advance of the wedding
:21:43. > :21:45.and with more than half a million registered wedding photographers
:21:46. > :21:51.countrywide, competition is fierce. In Shanghai alone, there are dozens
:21:52. > :21:54.of studios with the special tanks China might not have invented
:21:55. > :22:04.the genre, but it has caught on fast as old traditions are
:22:05. > :22:09.swamped by a flood of new ones. This photo shoot is costing this
:22:10. > :22:14.couple a little more than US$300, but with some ten million Chinese
:22:15. > :22:19.couples tying the knot each year, that spending soon adds up
:22:20. > :22:22.and the industry today is worth That is more than
:22:23. > :22:28.the total output of some European economies and includes all wedding
:22:29. > :22:35.spending, ceremonies, For photographers who want to hang
:22:36. > :22:38.onto their share of it, spotting the next new trend may
:22:39. > :22:47.decide whether they sink or swim. Now to football and the clock is
:22:48. > :22:51.ticking for clubs to sign that new star player with the transfer window
:22:52. > :22:55.closing across Europe within hours. English clubs such as
:22:56. > :22:59.Manchester United have already spent a record $1.3 billion
:23:00. > :23:01.on new players this year. Tulsen Tollett has all the latest
:23:02. > :23:21.news from the BBC Sport Centre. There are only a few hours left in a
:23:22. > :23:39.transfer window. It has been a busy day. Manchester United, Falcao, that
:23:40. > :23:42.is the biggest one. $10 million. Manchester United will pay on a
:23:43. > :23:50.permanent deal if everything works out for Falcao at Old Trafford, that
:23:51. > :23:54.is $72 million. That is not an eye watering amount of money for
:23:55. > :24:04.somebody described as the best in the world. But $10 million for a few
:24:05. > :24:15.months is a lot. He has been here for five years, for three different
:24:16. > :24:18.teams and he has a goal record of scoring in every game. And that is
:24:19. > :24:29.something that Manchester United need. Javier Hernandez has moved to
:24:30. > :24:33.Real Madrid, where will you fit in? I'm not sure of what the answer to
:24:34. > :24:41.that is. Perhaps it Real Madrid or in a situation where Benzema is
:24:42. > :24:46.guaranteed to start up front. He has been a player that has not benefited
:24:47. > :24:56.from having someone to challenge him. 24 hours ago, everyone thought
:24:57. > :25:07.that Falcao would be going to Real Madrid. Danny Welbeck, another one
:25:08. > :25:20.from Manchester United. There is talk of him going to Arsenal. I was
:25:21. > :25:24.in danger, people have a go at him when he does not sign players, but
:25:25. > :25:28.they will have a go at him if he signs as one. I was in danger has
:25:29. > :25:33.not come out and said he needs a striker, but why would he? -- ours
:25:34. > :25:41.and if they can get Danny Welbeck in on
:25:42. > :25:48.loan, that will look like a good deal. Lewis Holtby did not have a
:25:49. > :26:04.good time at Tottenham, he is on his way to Hamburg. That is a great
:26:05. > :26:08.deal. He has fallen off the face of international football since moving
:26:09. > :26:16.to Tottenham. I think he will be buying back in his homeland. What
:26:17. > :26:31.about better check, he has been treating today. -- better check...
:26:32. > :26:34.He has been saying that anything can happen today.
:26:35. > :26:44.Transfer deadline day, dreams are made and shattered today. I watering
:26:45. > :26:46.sums involved. That is from the programme. The weather coming up
:26:47. > :26:51.next.