:00:07. > :00:20.This is BBC World News Today with me, Philippa Thomas. President Obama
:00:21. > :00:23.has urged the world to help dismantle what he calls the Islamic
:00:24. > :00:30.State's "network of death". The United States continues to
:00:31. > :00:34.target Islamic State fighters with five more air-strikes across Syria
:00:35. > :00:37.and Iraq. And combating the militant group
:00:38. > :00:39.-tops the agenda at the United Nations General assembly in New
:00:40. > :00:43.York. Also coming up: Radical Muslim
:00:44. > :00:48.cleric Abu Qatada is freed from prison after a Jordanian court rules
:00:49. > :00:51.there was insufficient evidence to convict him of terrorism offences.
:00:52. > :00:54.Around the world in architectural styles - we'll take you on a journey
:00:55. > :01:17.through the eyes of some of the world's top photographers.
:01:18. > :01:20.Hello and welcome. President Obama tells the UN, the only language
:01:21. > :01:29.Islamic State fighters understand is force, as the US-led coalition
:01:30. > :01:31.military launched five more air-strikes near the Iraqi Syrian
:01:32. > :01:35.border. Key IS targets were hit in an air strike in the Syrian town of
:01:36. > :01:38.Al Qa'im on the Iraqi border. Two air strikes west of Baghdad and two
:01:39. > :01:42.strikes southeast of Irbil destroyed IS vehicles, a weapons cache and key
:01:43. > :01:49.militant fighting positions. Earlier there were reports of strikes near
:01:50. > :01:54.the Syrian border with Turkey, around the Kurdish town of Kobane,
:01:55. > :01:58.which has been besieged by IS fighters. It comes a day after the
:01:59. > :02:03.first US airstrikes hit several key towns and cities across Syria
:02:04. > :02:08.including Raqqa - Islamic State's self-declared capital. So far the US
:02:09. > :02:11.military has launched missiles from two destroyers, a guided missile
:02:12. > :02:14.cruiser in the Gulf and a destroyer in the Red Sea. Our Security
:02:15. > :02:28.Correspondent Frank Gardner reports.
:02:29. > :02:44.Called Islamic State, the United States has launched an offensive
:02:45. > :02:53.against them. Britain did not take part in the attacks Pat has hinted
:02:54. > :03:01.they may. We are working to make sure that we ultimately destroy this
:03:02. > :03:10.evil organisation. These are Australian attack jets arriving at
:03:11. > :03:13.an airbase. Five Arab countries have taken part in the air strikes with
:03:14. > :03:19.others offering discreet logistical support. The governments see the
:03:20. > :03:25.jihadists as a real threat although not all their populations will
:03:26. > :03:33.agree. There is no doubting the deepening humanitarian crisis caused
:03:34. > :03:39.by Islamic State crossing borders. Border guards and tacky as
:03:40. > :03:49.struggling to contain the exodus of refugees. It is said that Islamic
:03:50. > :03:58.State since militants have stepped up the pressure, the situation is
:03:59. > :04:04.worsening. The latest figures are very worrying. I do not need to
:04:05. > :04:11.quote the numbers again but there are 11 million people in need in
:04:12. > :04:17.Syria. Much of the top at the United Nations today is how Islamic State
:04:18. > :04:38.to defeat the so-called. Islamic State. Ran has called the air
:04:39. > :04:46.strikes are legal. Iran has called the air strikes illegal. By Friday
:04:47. > :04:49.we should know if Britain will take part in the air strikes.
:04:50. > :04:52.And it's been confirmed within the last hour that the UK Parliament
:04:53. > :04:55.will be recalled on Friday to debate British air strikes. Now our Chief
:04:56. > :04:58.International Correspondent Lyse Doucet joins us from Baghdad - Lyse,
:04:59. > :05:01.what part is the Iraqi military playing, or expecting to play, in
:05:02. > :05:20.Any military officer would tell you that it will not be won through air
:05:21. > :05:29.strikes. There have been six weeks of air strikes and 3000 sorties and
:05:30. > :05:33.2000 raids have not diminished in any way the strength of the fighters
:05:34. > :05:38.who are controlling about a quarter of Iraq. The Iraqi army which has
:05:39. > :05:43.been backed up by air strikes has taken back a few times and some key
:05:44. > :05:47.installations but every day we're still getting reports of their
:05:48. > :05:54.brutality. Today 11 Iraqi soldiers were beheaded by Islamic state
:05:55. > :06:00.fighters and a 16th century Islamic cemetery was destroyed and a seventh
:06:01. > :06:05.century judge was also destroyed. A massacre of 300 or more Iraqi
:06:06. > :06:10.soldiers killed at the base not far from Baghdad. This war is not over
:06:11. > :06:15.and in the end it will have to be the Iraqi army on the ground that
:06:16. > :06:21.will have to take the territory back and trying to work with the
:06:22. > :06:35.malicious who are talking of forming a National Guard. --with the
:06:36. > :06:47.militias. It will take time to mash together the volunteers and the
:06:48. > :07:03.regular army. --mesh Full stop what do you make of the appeal by
:07:04. > :07:11.President Obama not to -- for young Muslims not to take up arms? I would
:07:12. > :07:17.say if I were a young Muslim that these calls should be matched by
:07:18. > :07:20.action. They want jobs and investment in these areas and
:07:21. > :07:26.opportunities and political stability but in one country after
:07:27. > :07:50.another they have been better lonely -- bitterly disappointed by the
:07:51. > :08:07.interaction of the West. President of Bama was speaking to the United
:08:08. > :08:17.Nations in New York. --Obama. This is the president arriving. Here at
:08:18. > :08:29.the United Nations, the president explained why this was not possible
:08:30. > :08:32.when it came to extremists. There is no God who justifies this terror and
:08:33. > :08:37.no grievance justifies these actions. There can be no reasoning
:08:38. > :08:42.or negotiation with this brand of evil. The only language understood
:08:43. > :08:50.by killers like this is the language of force. The United States of
:08:51. > :08:55.America will work with a broad coalition to dismantle this network
:08:56. > :09:05.of death. America has pulled together an international coalition
:09:06. > :09:12.of around 40 countries. Five Arab states have joined. Not satisfied
:09:13. > :09:17.with 40 nations, the president says that he wants the whole world to
:09:18. > :09:24.unite in the fight against Islamic State. He also wants to deal with
:09:25. > :09:34.the corruption of young minds by violent ideology. There were fresh
:09:35. > :09:42.air strikes overnight and this unverified footage posted online
:09:43. > :10:05.Islamic State purports to show fighting on Monday for control of
:10:06. > :10:09.our time. -- a town. American jets committed air strikes against our
:10:10. > :10:11.town in the morning. Thank God that only minor injuries and that life as
:10:12. > :10:21.normal. France has confirmed that a French
:10:22. > :10:24.tourist who was taken hostage in Algeria on Sunday has been killed.
:10:25. > :10:27.Earlier an Algerian jihadist group with links to Islamic State released
:10:28. > :10:30.a short video it said showed Herve Gourdal being beheaded. The group is
:10:31. > :10:32.demanding an end to French Max Boot is a leading American
:10:33. > :10:41.military historian and senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
:10:42. > :11:02.He joins me from New York. Do you think that President Obama,
:11:03. > :11:17.and Nobel Peace Prize winner, is turning into hock? -- a hawk? I
:11:18. > :11:22.think it will take more effective ground action to destroy this group
:11:23. > :11:29.which controls an area larger than the United Kingdom. As the White
:11:30. > :11:40.House considers that, do you feel that the heat is now of President
:11:41. > :12:01.Assad? My concern is that we may be going to IDE factual Alliance --de
:12:02. > :12:08.facto alliance. This alliance with President Assad and his resume would
:12:09. > :12:18.be unfortunate because they have been even more brutal Islamic State
:12:19. > :12:22.than Islamic State. They will not join any coalition in which Iran and
:12:23. > :12:38.proxies of Iran and proxies overran figure prominently. It does look
:12:39. > :12:54.like a rapprochement of sort. Iran is making the situation worse in
:12:55. > :13:02.Syria and not better. Their hardline militias have driven people into the
:13:03. > :13:11.arms of Islamic State. I think you can get a much more stable Iraq by
:13:12. > :13:19.trying to mobilise moderate factions amongst several of the ethnic
:13:20. > :13:31.groups. There are more responsible voices Npower in Baghdad, if this is
:13:32. > :13:36.the case, and more active roles are taken by other factions, there is
:13:37. > :13:47.the possibility of effectively sidelining Iran. During the US-led
:13:48. > :14:07.surge into Iraq in 2007 2008, this card. --this occurred four. The
:14:08. > :14:16.Iranians with their murderous tactics as just a big problem as
:14:17. > :14:23.Islamic State. We should not align ourselves with one group of and Thai
:14:24. > :14:38.Western extremists with another group of anti-western instruments.
:14:39. > :14:47.--anti-Western extremists. Abu Qatada was deported from the UK
:14:48. > :14:49.in 2013. He was freed
:14:50. > :14:51.from prison earlier today. June Kelly's report contains
:14:52. > :15:05.some flash photography. Abu Qatada return to his own country
:15:06. > :15:11.last year as a terrorist suspect. Today he became a free man. One of
:15:12. > :15:19.his first gestures was to kiss the feet of his father in a traditional
:15:20. > :15:25.show of respect. He thanked first guard and then his lawyer for his
:15:26. > :15:33.freedom. Earlier he was brought into the cage of the dark in the security
:15:34. > :15:39.court to learn his faith. -- fate. As the knot guilty verdict was
:15:40. > :15:44.delivered, the formality of the court was forgotten. -- not guilty.
:15:45. > :15:52.His many sisters and brothers have followed his case from the start.
:15:53. > :15:58.For his lawyer, there was a kiss. He has been cleared of conspiring in a
:15:59. > :16:02.plot which was thwarted to attack Western and Israeli interests in
:16:03. > :16:06.Jordan to 15 years ago. This has been an international legal
:16:07. > :16:09.marathon. Abu Qatada took his case through every British court and then
:16:10. > :16:16.on to Europe as he fought against being sent ask here to face these
:16:17. > :16:20.charges. As part of the deal with the UK, the Jordanians promised that
:16:21. > :16:24.test me obtained through torturing of the suspects would not be used
:16:25. > :16:29.against him. The judge said the other remaining evidence was too
:16:30. > :16:35.weak to convicted. There is no chance of him returning to Britain.
:16:36. > :16:41.The UK courts here with clear that he was a threat. He is subject to a
:16:42. > :16:46.deportation order and is subject to a UN travel ban and that means he
:16:47. > :16:50.will not be returning to the UK. This afternoon, he made his way back
:16:51. > :16:55.to the family home which he left when he moved to London and
:16:56. > :17:01.established himself as an extremist preacher of international influence.
:17:02. > :17:07.Since he was deported to the Middle East, he has condemned Islamic
:17:08. > :17:10.state. But as he returns to family life he remains a supporter of
:17:11. > :17:15.Al-Qaeda and Abu Qatada is now free to speak openly once again.
:17:16. > :17:18.Now a look at some of the day's other news.
:17:19. > :17:21.NATO says there's been a significant withdrawal of Russian
:17:22. > :17:23.conventional troops from inside eastern Ukraine, although
:17:24. > :17:26.Moscow has never acknowledged the presence of Russian troops
:17:27. > :17:31.The European police agency, Europol, says more than1,000 people have
:17:32. > :17:33.been arrested in what it said was the biggest ever
:17:34. > :17:35.operation against organised crime across the continent.
:17:36. > :17:38.200 people, 30 of them children, were saved from traffickers and
:17:39. > :17:49.France's Defence minister has admitted that an operation to fly
:17:50. > :17:51.suspected Islamic militants from Turkey to France was a "muddle"
:17:52. > :17:55.and a "mess" after they walked free from Marseilles airport.
:17:56. > :17:57.French police had been waiting for them at an airport in Paris.
:17:58. > :18:03.In the end they handed themselves in to the authorities.
:18:04. > :18:06.Air France has had to cancel more than half its scheduled flights
:18:07. > :18:09.today - far more at some airports - following a ten day strike
:18:10. > :18:11.by its pilots plans to expand its low cost airline Transavia.
:18:12. > :18:16.Transavia carried 6.5 million passengers last year,
:18:17. > :18:23.and Air France would like to double that number by 2017.
:18:24. > :18:25.So what's the objection and how much damage is the strike
:18:26. > :18:31.In our Paris studio is the Aviation consultant and CEO of the auditing
:18:32. > :18:51.How bad is this for Air France? It is a terrible impact. The strike is
:18:52. > :19:00.costing about 20 million euros in operational cost. Also in terms of
:19:01. > :19:07.credibility, image, for maybe weeks, months and even years. It has a
:19:08. > :19:13.terrible impact on duty-free shops, retail shops, taxis and the French
:19:14. > :19:18.tourism industry. Tens of thousands of people have been stranded at
:19:19. > :19:23.world airports for the past ten days. Tens of thousands of tourists
:19:24. > :19:27.who were about to come to France for the holidays, thousands of investors
:19:28. > :19:35.and businessmen prevented on coming to France to do their business. It
:19:36. > :19:39.has a bad impact on the finances of Air France and the image and
:19:40. > :19:44.credibility of France as a business and touristic destination. How is
:19:45. > :19:51.the airline trying to change its business model in expanding this low
:19:52. > :19:57.cost airline? Their plan is to expand Transavia France which is a
:19:58. > :20:04.fully owned subsidy based in France and they are trying to set up a
:20:05. > :20:09.company called Transavia Europe outside of France. A low-cost
:20:10. > :20:14.subsidiary which will be in line in terms of the business model of
:20:15. > :20:19.Ryanair and easyJet. That is their plan for the next few years to try
:20:20. > :20:24.to compete against the low-cost airlines on European routes. That is
:20:25. > :20:35.the main issue for the pilots, who fear that their jobs will be
:20:36. > :20:47.relocated in other countries, and less in favour with the pilots
:20:48. > :20:50.because of lower wages. That is at the heart of the problem at the
:20:51. > :20:57.moment in the conflict between Air France and its pilots. Air France is
:20:58. > :21:03.also trying to get round France's strict labour laws? They are trying
:21:04. > :21:07.to get round the French labour laws indeed. Trying to find a business
:21:08. > :21:11.model that will allow them to compete more affect Eveleigh against
:21:12. > :21:21.Ryanair and easyJet and other low-cost airlines. -- compete
:21:22. > :21:27.effectively. That is indeed the plan, they are trying to find ways
:21:28. > :21:35.to pay their pilots lower wages and find ways to pay lower social
:21:36. > :21:39.charges and find ways to have more flexible labour law to improve the
:21:40. > :21:45.flexibility of the pilots's schedules. I am afraid we are going
:21:46. > :21:51.to happen to leave it there. But thank you very much.
:21:52. > :21:53.India has become the first country to succeed
:21:54. > :21:56.in putting a spacecraft into orbit around Mars on the first attempt.
:21:57. > :21:59.It is also one of the cheapest missions to Mars ever carried out.
:22:00. > :22:08.Sanjoy Mujumder sent this report from Bangalore.
:22:09. > :22:14.Celebrating a historic triumph at mission control. Reaching the red
:22:15. > :22:22.planet on the very first attempt and joining an elite club of space
:22:23. > :22:25.explorers. A proud moment for the scientists and India's Prime
:22:26. > :22:33.Minister who had flown in a specially for the moment. History
:22:34. > :22:40.has been created today. We have dared to reach out into the unknown
:22:41. > :22:49.and have achieved the near impossible. There were a few tense
:22:50. > :22:52.moments as the spacecraft was put through a series of critical moments
:22:53. > :22:58.before being placed in orbit. But it all went to plan. There is a sense
:22:59. > :23:02.of pride for not only succeeding in sending a mission to Mars on the
:23:03. > :23:08.very first attempt, they have done it at a fraction of the cost of
:23:09. > :23:12.compatible missions. India's home-grown mission is almost a 10th
:23:13. > :23:18.of the cost from NASA, even cheaper than the Hollywood Lock buster,
:23:19. > :23:22.gravity. It will explore the red planet's atmosphere and send its
:23:23. > :23:28.findings back to Earth. But today was all about national pride.
:23:29. > :23:31.From the first skyscrapers in New York to the modern towers of
:23:32. > :23:33.Venezuela and the construction around
:23:34. > :23:35.China's Three Gorges Dam, a new exhibition is opening on Thursday
:23:36. > :23:37.that brings together powerful photographs of modern architecture.
:23:38. > :23:39.I've been talking to some of the international photographers
:23:40. > :23:41.featured in "Constructing Worlds" at London's Barbican Centre
:23:42. > :23:55.This is the opening image of the exhibition, taken in 1932. It is
:23:56. > :24:03.night view in New York. It was taken from the top of the Empire State
:24:04. > :24:09.building, looking down at twilight on the December solstice. It begins
:24:10. > :24:23.a global journey. Some of the images are grandiose, others are very down
:24:24. > :24:28.to earth. The intention early on was to provide a global journey through
:24:29. > :24:33.the 20th and 21st century, looking at how history is expressed through
:24:34. > :24:38.architecture and the built form. We wanted to traverse the globe,
:24:39. > :24:45.starting with New York and the first modern metropolis. Quickly sites of
:24:46. > :25:00.interest is have changed over the last two decades. I am interested in
:25:01. > :25:01.looking at the world with attention. To photograph something that is
:25:02. > :25:08.obvious that doesn't require attention. I think attention is
:25:09. > :25:20.better described by photographing the everyday. What seems fascinating
:25:21. > :25:33.to me, is to go through life and the most ordinary moments with
:25:34. > :25:41.attention. Here is work by a British-based photographer in 2007.
:25:42. > :25:46.He travelled from the mouth of a river in Shanghai through to Tibet.
:25:47. > :25:52.In one of his journeys he came across this brutalist sculpture
:25:53. > :26:03.which is a controversial monument to the three Gorges Dam. I was in
:26:04. > :26:11.Berlin and I had the opportunity to go and visit the Jewish Museum. It
:26:12. > :26:14.is a very important Goulding and was still in construction, which is
:26:15. > :26:21.something I love to photograph because the building is like a
:26:22. > :26:25.skeleton. It is just concept, you don't need Windows or a fire escape.
:26:26. > :26:35.It is just the main idea of the architecture. After those images
:26:36. > :26:40.celebrating lights, comes a room in which darker forms loomed towards
:26:41. > :26:48.us. The work of a Japanese photographer. His 1997 image of the
:26:49. > :26:51.twin towers, the World Trade Center serves as a memorial to what is
:26:52. > :26:53.gone. That is all, thanks for being here
:26:54. > :27:04.today. Most of us have enjoyed some
:27:05. > :27:09.sunshine today. Tomorrow will be different. We will have cloud around
:27:10. > :27:21.and it will be thick enough to bring out rakes of rain. Weather fronts
:27:22. > :27:22.continue to blow in. On Thursday, it will be a damp and mild