:00:07. > :00:10.This is BBC World News Today, with me, Daniela Ritorto.
:00:11. > :00:13.Free for now but found guilty of culpable homicide.
:00:14. > :00:16.Oscar Pistorius leaves court but faces up to 15 years in jail
:00:17. > :00:31.When it comes to murder, Oscar Pistorius is being given the benefit
:00:32. > :00:36.of the doubt. He has had a lucky escape. We will bring you a special
:00:37. > :00:40.report from the Turkish border. The army in Pakistan arrests
:00:41. > :01:00.the gunmen they say tried to kill We say never! Never! And the
:01:01. > :01:05.firebrand of unionism in Northern Ireland, Ian Paisley, has died.
:01:06. > :01:07.Tributes have been paid from across the political spectrum, including
:01:08. > :01:11.from his adverse array turned partner in peace. Today I have lost
:01:12. > :01:21.a friend. -- adversary. It's a case that's
:01:22. > :01:25.captivated the world. A Paralympic superstar on trial for
:01:26. > :01:29.the murder of his model girlfriend. But after a six-month trial
:01:30. > :01:32.South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been found
:01:33. > :01:36.guilty of culpable homicide for shooting dead Reeva Steenkamp
:01:37. > :01:40.on Valentines Day last year. Judge Thokozile Masipa said
:01:41. > :01:50.the state had failed to prove that Her parents have expressed disbelief
:01:51. > :01:53.that Pistorius was cleared of murder, saying it was not justice
:01:54. > :01:56.for Reeva Steenkamp. But sentencing is at the
:01:57. > :01:58.judge's discretion and could be anything from a suspended prison
:01:59. > :02:01.term and fine to the full term. The athlete will learn his fate
:02:02. > :02:03.in a month's time. But with his bail extended, for now
:02:04. > :02:16.Oscar Pistorius is a free man, The BBC's Africa
:02:17. > :02:30.Correspondent It is judgement time, Oscar
:02:31. > :02:32.Pistorius stands and weights. Then Judge Thokozile Masipa gets straight
:02:33. > :02:44.to the point, is the athlete a murderer? Under the criminal Law
:02:45. > :02:53.Amendment act, the accused is found not guilty and is discharged.
:02:54. > :03:02.Instead, he is found guilty of culpable homicide. For once, the
:03:03. > :03:06.reaction is muted. This lesser verdict is the equivalent of
:03:07. > :03:09.manslaughter. Reeva Steenkamp's family and friends try to contain
:03:10. > :03:17.their emotions. It has been an ordeal. From the night the athlete
:03:18. > :03:24.shot Reeva Steenkamp, believing that an intruder had broken in, through
:03:25. > :03:35.to his own tearful evidence at his murder trial. To the anxious wait
:03:36. > :03:39.yesterday and today for a verdict. Immediately afterwards, his uncle
:03:40. > :03:47.thanked the judge for rejecting the charge of murder. We always knew the
:03:48. > :04:00.fact of the matter. And we never had any doubt in Oscar's version. We as
:04:01. > :04:06.a family regrets deeply the impact of the devastating tragic event, and
:04:07. > :04:15.it will not bring Reeva Steenkamp back, or help her family and
:04:16. > :04:18.friends. When it comes to murder Oscar a story as has been given the
:04:19. > :04:27.benefit of the doubt, many here consider he has had a lucky escape
:04:28. > :04:31.-- Oscar Pistorius. Reeva Steenkamp's family will have to wait
:04:32. > :04:39.and see if her killer will spend any time in jail. He left a free man.
:04:40. > :04:45.The judge rejected the state's claimed that he might flee the
:04:46. > :04:51.country. He could still get a prison term. This is a really serious case
:04:52. > :04:58.of culpable homicide because he used a firearm. Four shots were fired.
:04:59. > :05:02.The judge has complete discretion. It could even be a non-jail
:05:03. > :05:08.sentence, but she needs to send a strong message to the public.
:05:09. > :05:14.Tonight, Pistorius is back at his uncle's home. Some in South Africa
:05:15. > :05:16.have forgiven him, some have not. The possibility of a prison sentence
:05:17. > :05:18.still hangs in the air. With me now from Pretoria is the law
:05:19. > :05:29.Professor Shadrack Gutto from Thank you very much for being here.
:05:30. > :05:36.You have been watching this case really closely. What is your
:05:37. > :05:45.opinion? Did the judge get it right? I think the judge did convict Oscar
:05:46. > :05:57.two charges, and dismissed the other three. The main one, murder, she
:05:58. > :06:10.agreed with the version of evidence that Oscar gave, and I think she
:06:11. > :06:14.went too far as to say, part of the reason way is the way he behaved
:06:15. > :06:22.after the killing that he was phoned, he was doing a lot of
:06:23. > :06:27.things, crying and so forth. From that point of view, it is a bit
:06:28. > :06:35.controversial, the argument, I would say at this point. She also
:06:36. > :06:40.intimated that Oscar Pistorius gave contradictory evidence and was
:06:41. > :06:47.devious in many ways in the way he was giving his evidence. And yet, in
:06:48. > :06:52.her conclusions she found that the state did not prove their case
:06:53. > :07:02.beyond reasonable doubt. From a legal point of view, there may very
:07:03. > :07:12.well be an appeal from the state. On culpable homicide, which is the
:07:13. > :07:19.equivalent to manslaughter, he was found guilty. But what that does is
:07:20. > :07:27.say, it was reckless and he should have known that if he had shot
:07:28. > :07:35.somebody he suspected was in their home, who could die or be killed,
:07:36. > :07:40.but that it wasn't that he was thinking that Reeva Steenkamp, his
:07:41. > :07:51.girlfriend, whom he had thought was in the bedroom and so on. So it was
:07:52. > :08:00.an argument where culpable homicide was found to be valid, and he was
:08:01. > :08:04.convicted of that. And as the clip before this interview indicated, the
:08:05. > :08:13.maximum sentence for that is 15 years. The judge has very wide
:08:14. > :08:24.discretion on what to do, we will have to wait and see. What is your
:08:25. > :08:31.opinion on sentencing? My sense is that the judge bent backwards to
:08:32. > :08:45.dismiss the false account, which was murder, with a minimum period, well
:08:46. > :08:50.beyond 15 years, and the judge made something which is probably
:08:51. > :08:56.something between ten ash 15 years. -- 10-15 years. Then there was the
:08:57. > :09:02.other account which was reckless use of a firearm in a restaurant, that
:09:03. > :09:08.one is going to carry a lesser sentence. If they run concurrently,
:09:09. > :09:18.it may be something just below 15 years. I doubt very much if she is
:09:19. > :09:22.going to give the highest. It may be about ten years. Very good to get
:09:23. > :09:26.your thoughts, thank you very much for speaking to us.
:09:27. > :09:33.US Secretary of State John Kerry has announced that America is providing
:09:34. > :09:41.Turkey's role in the fight against Islamic State is yet to be
:09:42. > :09:44.determined. Senator John Kerry is trying to get backing for the new
:09:45. > :09:51.American strategy against Islamic State, and ten Arab countries have
:09:52. > :09:58.agreed to help. Bordering both Iraq and Syria, Turkey has so far refused
:09:59. > :10:01.to let itself be used for US air strikes. The country has been the
:10:02. > :10:05.entry point for many fighters. But the situation
:10:06. > :10:07.has begun to change. Our correspondent Mark Lowen
:10:08. > :10:09.has been given rare access to the Turkish military
:10:10. > :10:24.on the border and sent this report. Their day begins with the oath. To
:10:25. > :10:32.protect the honour of the Turkish border. 30's army is on the front
:10:33. > :10:36.line, Islamic militants in Syria a few hundred metres away. Pausing the
:10:37. > :10:43.Assad regime, Turkey has been blamed for allowing jihadi groups to grow
:10:44. > :10:48.under its watch -- opposing. Suddenly they see movement, people
:10:49. > :10:54.trying to cross. They go down to investigate who has breached the
:10:55. > :10:58.border. It is a family. Just a few of the 3 million Syrian people who
:10:59. > :11:06.have fled the war, young lives destroyed. The troops come heavily
:11:07. > :11:08.armed, taking every precaution in case people are involved in
:11:09. > :11:13.smuggling or other illegal activities. In this case, they are
:11:14. > :11:18.simply refugees hoping for a better life in Turkey. The Army has been
:11:19. > :11:26.accused of being too lax in controlling the border, now it wants
:11:27. > :11:30.to show it is clamping down hard. 22 members of this woman's family left
:11:31. > :11:36.because the regime bombed their village and killed their children.
:11:37. > :11:42.Not all of us made it, she says. Syrian jihadi and foreign fighters,
:11:43. > :11:49.have also crossed the border. But as Islamic State has grown, holding
:11:50. > :11:54.Turkish diplomat in Iraq hostage, Turkey appears to have woken up to
:11:55. > :12:02.the threat. Syria and Iraq are next door. But the Turkish military
:12:03. > :12:07.insists it can protect Europe. TRANSLATION: We were not slow to
:12:08. > :12:12.secure our borders. Europe and Turkey must have confidence. Islamic
:12:13. > :12:17.State will not be able to attack our borders. If they come, we will
:12:18. > :12:25.respond with all of our might. Simple methods are also used. This
:12:26. > :12:29.wall has now been built at the most vulnerable point. But it is only 13
:12:30. > :12:35.kilometres long. The opposition says it is all too late. TRANSLATION: The
:12:36. > :12:45.Turkish government has helped these groups to grow. Areas where IS are
:12:46. > :12:54.really close to the Turkish border. And they disappear fast. We spotted
:12:55. > :12:57.fighters on the other side but they vanished into the forest. It is a
:12:58. > :13:00.reminder of how close the danger is, and how the West relies on 30's
:13:01. > :13:05.ability to confront it. -- Turkey. For more on Turkey's role in the
:13:06. > :13:08.IS crisis we can now speak with a Turkish analyst
:13:09. > :13:16.and researcher Ziya Meral. Thank you very much for coming in.
:13:17. > :13:23.In the last day or so, Turkey has been described as an unwilling out
:13:24. > :13:29.-- ally, the weakest link in the fight against IS. Are these fair
:13:30. > :13:40.criticisms? They are not therefore various reasons. -- they are not
:13:41. > :13:48.fear. Turkish journalists have not been able to report a lot. Turkey
:13:49. > :13:57.has put 6000 people on the no entry list to Turkey. It has arrested
:13:58. > :14:01.17,000 people, and it regularly works with western intelligence
:14:02. > :14:05.agencies on this issue. There is a disparity between what we see in the
:14:06. > :14:13.media and what is happening. Let us not forget, 49 Turkish diplomats are
:14:14. > :14:21.currently captive. That goes to show that Turkey was not necessarily
:14:22. > :14:28.sleeping. I wonder, without dwelling too much on that hostage situation,
:14:29. > :14:35.is that part of the sensitivity that Turkey needs to work with, or that
:14:36. > :14:37.the US needs to work around? Exactly, there are three major
:14:38. > :14:44.sensitivity areas, what will happen to the Turkish diplomats. Turkey
:14:45. > :14:49.cannot jeopardise their safety. Secondly, there is a real threat to
:14:50. > :14:57.Turkey. ISIS has not necessarily targeted Turkey directly, but many
:14:58. > :15:06.states surround its border. Turkey is facing the most immediate terror
:15:07. > :15:12.risk from ISIS. Thirdly, the long-term sensibility. The American
:15:13. > :15:22.plan has no tangible suggestion of a long-term solution. Intervention
:15:23. > :15:28.will bring financial responsibilities and a prolonged
:15:29. > :15:35.security question. Therefore, it is no surprise that the US has placed
:15:36. > :15:41.parameters. Turkey is also suing -- saying, I am with the US but there
:15:42. > :15:45.are certain places I cannot go. Other factors include the Kurdish
:15:46. > :15:49.equation. And Turkey would not want to see anything that would
:15:50. > :15:50.strengthen the Assad regime that it has wanted gone for the last three
:15:51. > :16:00.years? President Obama has acknowledged the
:16:01. > :16:05.idea that we should work with Assad is being politically bankrupt, so
:16:06. > :16:11.that is not really being agreed upon. Turkey has been working
:16:12. > :16:16.through other issues, there have been peace talks promised with PKK
:16:17. > :16:21.and we expect a new road map to be announced. It will optimally tie the
:16:22. > :16:28.question of how Turkey can engage with Kurds in Syria directly, and I
:16:29. > :16:33.think it could also happen for Syria. Thank you so much for coming
:16:34. > :16:36.in and discussing some of the issues with us.
:16:37. > :16:41.Now a look at some of the day's other news.
:16:42. > :16:43.The United States has imposed another round of sanctions
:16:44. > :16:44.against Russia, targeting its biggest bank
:16:45. > :16:45.and five state-owned defence companies.
:16:46. > :16:48.The move is part of a joint effort with Europe over Russia's support
:16:49. > :16:51.Earlier, the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov,
:16:52. > :16:55.accused the EU of disrupting peace efforts with sanctions.
:16:56. > :16:57.Scotland has seen another day of intense campaigning with less
:16:58. > :17:00.than a week until voters go to polls to vote on independence.
:17:01. > :17:03.The Yes campaign leaders visited seven Scottish cities in a day.
:17:04. > :17:08.Meanwhile, the No campaign prepares for a rally tonight led by Labour
:17:09. > :17:10.leader Ed Miliband and former Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
:17:11. > :17:20.The latest polls show the No camp has clawed back a tiny lead.
:17:21. > :17:22.Toronto's embattled Mayor, Rob Ford, has pulled out
:17:23. > :17:26.from the mayoral race, six weeks to go for the election.
:17:27. > :17:31.Ford has been in hospital since Wednesday for an abdominal tumour.
:17:32. > :17:34.The Mayor made global headlines last year for admitting he had smoked
:17:35. > :17:38.crack cocaine, but refused calls to step down.
:17:39. > :17:48.His brother, Doug Ford, who is also a Councillor,
:17:49. > :17:51.Pakistan's Army says it's arrested ten people suspected
:17:52. > :17:54.of shooting the education campaigner Malala Yusufzai.
:17:55. > :17:58.The teenager was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen two years ago.
:17:59. > :18:01.The Nobel Prize nominee survived the attack, going on to win worldwide
:18:02. > :18:07.acclaim as she continued to campaign for girls across the world.
:18:08. > :18:14.The BBC's Shaimaa Khalil is in Islamabad for us.
:18:15. > :18:24.Just run us through the offence, what happened today? Well, the
:18:25. > :18:29.spokesman for the Pakistani military, General Bajwa, has
:18:30. > :18:33.announced the capture of ten men who are allegedly behind the attack on
:18:34. > :18:41.Malala Yousafzai. He showed pictures of a number of them, including the
:18:42. > :18:46.leader, who he said had owned the furniture shop in Swat Valley. He
:18:47. > :18:51.also said that they had found a hit list of 22 names of people that this
:18:52. > :18:56.group was targeting. He said these men belong to do a little-known
:18:57. > :19:00.group called Shura and that this group was acting under the
:19:01. > :19:07.instructions of Mullah Fazlullah, the current leader of the Pakistani
:19:08. > :19:11.Taliban. We have had a number of reactions, one from a hardline
:19:12. > :19:16.faction from the Pakistani Taliban, who said that the army was lying,
:19:17. > :19:21.they were spreading what they described as propaganda, and the
:19:22. > :19:26.added that two of the attackers survived are still at large. Malala
:19:27. > :19:29.Yousafzai's father was quite positive about the announcement,
:19:30. > :19:33.saying it was good news not just for his family, but for the Pakistani
:19:34. > :19:37.people. And also for the people of the civilised world. He said the
:19:38. > :19:41.beginning of apprehending the attackers of his daughter is a first
:19:42. > :19:42.step and it gave hope for hundreds of thousands of people whose lives
:19:43. > :19:47.have been affected by terrorism. Few figures loomed larger
:19:48. > :19:50.in the tumultuous history of Northern Ireland than Ian
:19:51. > :19:52.Paisley, the former First Minister, Reverend Paisley was a Protestant,
:19:53. > :19:59.known for his fiery speeches, who believed that Northern Ireland
:20:00. > :20:03.should remain united with Britain. For decades he opposed closer ties
:20:04. > :20:06.with the Irish Republic, denouncing But after a dramatic change of
:20:07. > :20:13.heart, he agreed to support peace. Chris Buckler looks back
:20:14. > :20:26.at his life. For decades, he was the face and
:20:27. > :20:35.more specifically the voice of hardline unionism in Northern
:20:36. > :20:41.Ireland. We say never, never, never, never! Critics called him Dr
:20:42. > :20:47.No. This one enemy of Irish republicans and a man who refused to
:20:48. > :20:50.compromise his principles. But his life marked one of the most
:20:51. > :20:55.remarkable journeys in modern politics. Eventually he led
:20:56. > :20:59.supporters and his party to government with Sinn Fein. It was a
:21:00. > :21:07.deal that saw him share power with a former IRA leader. We needed someone
:21:08. > :21:10.with the history and long-standing respect that Ian Paisley had, to
:21:11. > :21:15.point out to people that there was a better way ahead. Now we had reached
:21:16. > :21:20.the circumstances where the IRA were no longer going to be involved in
:21:21. > :21:25.using violence. Ian Richard Kyle Paisley was the son of a Baptist
:21:26. > :21:30.minister, and his own passion for preaching and politics was obvious
:21:31. > :21:40.from the start. We declare our intentions that we will organise
:21:41. > :21:44.massive demonstrations! It all made Paisley a brand name. In his image,
:21:45. > :21:49.he built his own Protestant church and his own political party. The DUP
:21:50. > :21:52.even electoral strength and controversy followed him to
:21:53. > :21:57.Stormont, Westminster and the European Parliament. He famously
:21:58. > :22:03.interrupted a papal visit. I now exclude you from this house. To many
:22:04. > :22:08.Catholics, he was a bigot and a bogeyman. He flirted with the
:22:09. > :22:12.extremes of nihilism, including a shadowy group called Ulster
:22:13. > :22:16.Resistance. Successive British governments find him prostrating. He
:22:17. > :22:20.did make our life very unpleasant for a while. But even then,
:22:21. > :22:32.personally, if you met him, he was perfectly charming. Yes, 71.12%.
:22:33. > :22:36.Even made public voted in favour, Paisley continued to say no.
:22:37. > :22:41.Eventually, a deal was agreed that saw the once unthinkable come true.
:22:42. > :22:47.The DUP entered government with Sinn Fein. Perhaps even more shocking was
:22:48. > :22:51.the new First Minister's friendship with his deputy, Martin McGuinness.
:22:52. > :22:57.It was so good, they became known as the Chuckle Brothers. I think we
:22:58. > :23:03.confounded everybody. We, who were political opponents for decades, his
:23:04. > :23:07.allegiance to Britain, my allegiance to Ireland, but we had the ability
:23:08. > :23:14.to have a proper and decent working relationship, and a friendship which
:23:15. > :23:17.has existed to this very day. Is -- the relationship damaged some of Ian
:23:18. > :23:21.Paisley's other friendships, including some of those in his party
:23:22. > :23:25.and his church, but it defined the legacy of the man who went from
:23:26. > :23:30.protest to peacemaker. I have had a good innings, I have made good
:23:31. > :23:33.friends and I have reconciled a lot of enemies.
:23:34. > :23:36.With me now from Belfast in Northern Ireland is
:23:37. > :23:43.He is a fellow member of the Democratic Unionist Party.
:23:44. > :23:52.Someone who knew Ian Paisley for almost 50 years, from when you were
:23:53. > :23:59.a preacher in his church? Yes, I came to Belfast at a very young age,
:24:00. > :24:05.in my mid-teens, and I went to his church and became his assistant
:24:06. > :24:11.minister. I have known him all of those years. There was a time I
:24:12. > :24:17.actually stayed at his home as well. I counted him as a very special
:24:18. > :24:28.friend will stop someone who I would sum up in simple words, he loved the
:24:29. > :24:32.Lord, and unashamedly so, he loved the souls of men and women, and he
:24:33. > :24:40.loved his land. That deserves tribute to the man. I extended to
:24:41. > :24:48.Baroness Paisley and her family my sincere sympathy, and the sympathy
:24:49. > :24:52.of many of her friends. What I have been struck by is something that is
:24:53. > :24:59.surprising, a lot of people speaking about his humour. Absolutely, Ian
:25:00. > :25:07.Paisley was a person who was tremendous, to be in his company, I
:25:08. > :25:14.can remember, maybe if you're down, he would have told you a joke,
:25:15. > :25:20.slapped you on the back, nearly hurt your ribs! Then a big hallelujah,
:25:21. > :25:24.brother, cheer up! He was tremendous at encouraging people. For
:25:25. > :25:27.preachers, he was the best friend a young preacher could have, he was
:25:28. > :25:32.always encouraging. If there were problems, he would try to help you
:25:33. > :25:40.through them. As a politician, he was always there for you. His legacy
:25:41. > :25:49.can be described as confusing. We heard Tom King described him as a
:25:50. > :25:54.menace. I am sure he would have an answer to that. We can view people
:25:55. > :26:00.in different ways. I can assure you that politically and spiritually in
:26:01. > :26:03.Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland was a great debt of gratitude to Ian
:26:04. > :26:10.Paisley, whenever people were turning away from God, he was the
:26:11. > :26:15.person who was used to turn many thousands of precious souls to
:26:16. > :26:18.Christ and was a big Evangelist, and politically, whenever things were
:26:19. > :26:21.difficult, and there was a trend which was ticking Northern Ireland
:26:22. > :26:28.out of the United Kingdom, he was the voice of the people. And make no
:26:29. > :26:34.mistake, at his passing, Northern Ireland is more firm within the UK
:26:35. > :26:38.than ever before, in all my years. It was a tough day for you, so I
:26:39. > :26:43.appreciate your time and your reflections, thank you very much.
:26:44. > :26:46.Thank you very much, we loved the big man.
:26:47. > :26:58.Well, that's all from the programme. Next, the weather.
:26:59. > :27:05.Hello. Lots of fine and settled weather in store for the next few
:27:06. > :27:08.days with high pressure in charge. The weekend looks mainly dry,
:27:09. > :27:10.perhaps the chance of a shower on