:00:09. > :00:15.This is BBC World News Today. The headline. David Cameron sets out the
:00:16. > :00:19.case for the UK bombing the so-called Islamic State in sites
:00:20. > :00:24.area. He told a parliamentary debate that doing so it's not only morally
:00:25. > :00:28.right but also in the interests of national security. We have to hit
:00:29. > :00:34.these terrorists in their heartlands right now. We must not shirk our
:00:35. > :00:38.responsibility for security or hand it to others. In Moscow the French
:00:39. > :00:44.President is meeting Vladimir Putin to push for a stronger Coalition
:00:45. > :00:58.against Islamic State. Coming up... Pope Francis celebrates Mass in
:00:59. > :01:01.Nairobi, thousands braved torrential rain to see him and Donald Trump is
:01:02. > :01:14.under fire at this time for marking a disabled New York Times reporter.
:01:15. > :01:17.Hello and welcome. Efforts to build a stronger Coalition against the
:01:18. > :01:21.so-called Islamic State have been given a new urgency following the
:01:22. > :01:25.Paris attacks. In London David Cameron told MPs that Britain has a
:01:26. > :01:29.moral duty to do more and leading the charge for stronger military
:01:30. > :01:33.action against IS militants, the French President is on a
:01:34. > :01:38.globetrotting mission. He is in talks with President Putin in Moscow
:01:39. > :01:45.who says their interests coincide. Francois Hollande began on Monday
:01:46. > :01:48.with two meetings in Paris, the first with David Cameron and after
:01:49. > :01:52.that he received at the President of the European Council. On Tuesday, he
:01:53. > :01:58.flew to Washington with that Racal for talks with President Obama. He
:01:59. > :02:04.was then visited by Angela Merkel and earlier on Thursday he met the
:02:05. > :02:08.Italian feminist. Bringing in the current Moscow trip, the French
:02:09. > :02:13.President will have met three different leaders in four days. As
:02:14. > :02:18.we mentioned, the British Prime Minister has been making the case
:02:19. > :02:23.for UK military action in Parliament. The reason for acting is
:02:24. > :02:29.the very direct threat that IS poses to our country and our way of life.
:02:30. > :02:33.Isil have attacked Ankara, Beirut and Paris as well as the likely
:02:34. > :02:38.blowing up of a Russian plane with 224 people on board. They have
:02:39. > :02:42.already taken the lives of British hostages and inspired the worst
:02:43. > :02:46.terrorist attack against British people since July the 7th on the
:02:47. > :03:05.beaches of Tunisia. Crucially they have repeatedly tried to attack us
:03:06. > :03:07.right here in Britain. In the last 12 months, our police and security
:03:08. > :03:10.services have disrupted no fewer than seven terrorist plots to attack
:03:11. > :03:12.the UK. Every one of which was either linked to Isil or inspired by
:03:13. > :03:15.the propaganda. I am in no doubt that it is in our national interest
:03:16. > :03:18.for action to be taken to stop them and stopping them means taking
:03:19. > :03:20.action in Syria because that is where their headquarters is. Within
:03:21. > :03:24.the past hour or so the Leader of the Opposition Labour Party, Jeremy
:03:25. > :03:28.Corbyn has issued a statement saying he cannot endorse REF air strikes in
:03:29. > :03:32.Syria and his stand is soaring up something of a furious row in Labour
:03:33. > :03:37.and throws into doubt the timetable for any British involvement. If that
:03:38. > :03:42.does happen, what impact good British military action have and
:03:43. > :03:46.would it make this country a bigger target for terror attacks? Ask your
:03:47. > :03:50.tea correspondent has this assessment.
:03:51. > :03:53.Syria hasn't always been at war. Just five years ago it was a popular
:03:54. > :03:56.tourist destination. Ruled by a largely unpopular regime.
:03:57. > :04:01.Then came the Arab Spring. It started as a peaceful protest by
:04:02. > :04:08.unarmed civilians, calling for an end to ash tear arrests and torture.
:04:09. > :04:11.But President Assad's regime responded with bullets and tanks and
:04:12. > :04:24.more torture. By April 2011, the popular up rising was already
:04:25. > :04:25.turning violent. New rebel groups emerged, including radical
:04:26. > :04:29.It became a Civil War. In 2013, Assad's forces were widely
:04:30. > :04:34.blamed for a mass poisonous gas attack. Over 1,000 people died. In
:04:35. > :04:40.2014, the so-called Islamic State seized large parts of Iraq and
:04:41. > :04:44.Syria. US-led air strikes on the group began. Britain joined in but
:04:45. > :04:48.only in Iraq. So does it make military sense to now extend British
:04:49. > :04:53.action into Syria? The military plan is credible in military terms and
:04:54. > :04:57.Britain does have something to contribute as the weapons are
:04:58. > :05:04.accurate, they can be used in a discriminating way. But Britain is
:05:05. > :05:07.not in a position to add huge numbers of aircraft or sorties.
:05:08. > :05:10.Syria has had air strikes for more than four years as rival forces
:05:11. > :05:23.battle for control of territory. The Syrian government is clinging to
:05:24. > :05:25.pockets of land shown in red. Then the rebel groups, moderate and
:05:26. > :05:28.radical, shown in light red. The Kurdish forces in yellow, have been
:05:29. > :05:31.fighting against Islamic State, their forces are shown in orange,
:05:32. > :05:38.they are spread across the border into Iraq where Britain is already
:05:39. > :05:41.bombing them. In Syria, the RAF can only conduct surveillance. If
:05:42. > :05:44.that now changes to British air strikes in Syria, what could go
:05:45. > :05:49.wrong? Many things could go wrong. There are so many steps that have to
:05:50. > :06:05.follow in sequence and as we have seen with the downing of the Russian
:06:06. > :06:08.warplane, that is the kind of thing that can occur and throw
:06:09. > :06:10.off plan. Then there is the terrorist threat
:06:11. > :06:12.here in Britain. IS already want to target this
:06:13. > :06:14.country. But after such a public debate over
:06:15. > :06:20.air strikes, they are thought likely to want to step up their efforts.
:06:21. > :06:27.Let us get more about those who are seeking to step up their efforts,
:06:28. > :06:30.the current meeting of the French and Russian presidents, both dealing
:06:31. > :06:35.with the aftermath of terrorist attacks. I have been talking to our
:06:36. > :06:39.Moscow correspondent about what Francois Hollande and Vladimir Putin
:06:40. > :06:42.are trying to achieve. Acting work closely together is what they are
:06:43. > :06:47.trying to achieve and that is what both men said as they spoke before
:06:48. > :06:50.they headed into their meeting. President Putin talking about Russia
:06:51. > :07:03.being ready to work together with France as part of a broader
:07:04. > :07:05.Coalition in Syria against Isil militants. He said that was
:07:06. > :07:07.necessary and Russia's position and that of France: Side. Both men
:07:08. > :07:09.highlighting the fact that both countries have been victims of
:07:10. > :07:15.serious terrorist attacks in recent weeks. Russia suffered an attack on
:07:16. > :07:21.a plane from Egypt and France saw the attacks in Paris. They stress
:07:22. > :07:25.that that compelled them to unite forces against what has been
:07:26. > :07:29.described as a common threat and President Putin describes it as a
:07:30. > :07:32.common evil. What they can actually do in practical terms, it is
:07:33. > :07:35.difficult to know exactly how much intelligence could be shared, how
:07:36. > :07:40.much proper coordination on the ground there could be, particularly
:07:41. > :07:44.as we know there are such differences particularly between
:07:45. > :07:51.Russia now and Turkey. The situation with Turkey shooting down a Russian
:07:52. > :07:54.fighter jet involved in Syria has complicated the situation. The talk
:07:55. > :08:00.between Ankara and Moscow is very strong, the rhetoric extremely
:08:01. > :08:03.strong, Russia including -- accusing Ankara of siding with terrorists. I
:08:04. > :08:07.think that makes things more complicated even though President
:08:08. > :08:11.Putin says he is committed to a common fight against IS. You are
:08:12. > :08:15.right to point that out. It has been complicated to talk about peace
:08:16. > :08:20.efforts in Syria but I suppose this is a meeting where the two men will
:08:21. > :08:31.agree that there needs to be a transition, a post President Assad
:08:32. > :08:33.Syria, at least pictured and some common ground there. That is
:08:34. > :08:35.something that Moscow has been working towards for some time.
:08:36. > :08:37.Certainly the Syrian Foreign Minister will be here tomorrow
:08:38. > :08:41.meeting with the Russian Foreign Minister. Russia has been pushing
:08:42. > :08:46.for a political solution inside Syria and the problem is over recent
:08:47. > :08:51.months about how the sides see that. I think it is important to point out
:08:52. > :08:56.that Russia has been stressing that it is not wedded to President Assad
:08:57. > :09:00.as the only possible solution in Syria. It has been saying quite
:09:01. > :09:05.clearly that there needs to be a transition there and that President
:09:06. > :09:10.Assad can go. That brings Russia closer to the position of the West
:09:11. > :09:12.if you like and of the French President who previously said that
:09:13. > :09:19.there was no way that President Assad could stay in power because he
:09:20. > :09:21.has been described as a rallying force for jihadist inside Syria.
:09:22. > :09:28.Position seem to have come together in terms of the future of President
:09:29. > :09:32.Assad but it is to move towards any kind of peace and to decide who will
:09:33. > :09:39.be around the negotiating table for any kind kind of political talks. As
:09:40. > :09:42.world leaders talk about Syria and intensifying the air campaign
:09:43. > :09:47.against IS, a big question remains about what follows. I heard from our
:09:48. > :09:51.chief international correspondent that it is doubted that an air
:09:52. > :09:55.campaign without ground troops can succeed. There has been an air
:09:56. > :10:00.campaign for the past year. It has made a difference in the sense that
:10:01. > :10:03.the Pentagon says that 20,000 members of the so-called Islamic
:10:04. > :10:07.State have been killed including top commanders. They had taken some
:10:08. > :10:13.territory but they have not pushed back Islamic State. The head of the
:10:14. > :10:17.campaign said it is a battle of ideas and the idea of Islamic State
:10:18. > :10:22.is no less brilliant for those who want to follow, its brutal tactics
:10:23. > :10:27.and anti-American and Arab state rhetoric. What can we do? You cannot
:10:28. > :10:30.win from the air, the air campaign is not intensive enough and they
:10:31. > :10:34.have not been hitting and they have not been hitting enough all at the?
:10:35. > :10:38.It is more intensive since the Paris attacks and the Russian airliner was
:10:39. > :10:42.brought down. You need boots on the ground but who will lay the? Western
:10:43. > :10:47.countries do not want boots on the ground but Arab states have not been
:10:48. > :11:08.lining up. The problem is everyone has a different enemy. Yes Islamic
:11:09. > :11:10.State is an enemy of all, but are lot of the Arab Gulf leaders are
:11:11. > :11:13.saying we are more worried about Iran and Yemen. Our battles are
:11:14. > :11:16.there. They are engaged in the war in Yemen. Turkey is worried about
:11:17. > :11:19.the Kurds. This is it. I spoke to some senior American officials and
:11:20. > :11:22.said who are you going to use? They said the Kurdish fighters who have
:11:23. > :11:26.been affected against IS on the Turkish border. If the Kurdish
:11:27. > :11:30.forces move down, Turkey is going to protest about that as will other
:11:31. > :11:33.opposition groups who are very well armed, because it is not just
:11:34. > :11:41.Islamic State on the battlefield, there are a number of groups linked
:11:42. > :11:47.to Al-Qaeda as well as the so-called moderates. Religious tolerance, that
:11:48. > :11:52.is what Pope Francis is calling for as he continues his tour of Africa.
:11:53. > :11:56.He held a mass at the university of Nairobi amid tight security with
:11:57. > :12:00.police and soldiers deployed and he met Muslim and Christian leaders in
:12:01. > :12:09.Kenya. Our correspondent reports from Nairobi. There was an energetic
:12:10. > :12:13.welcome for Pope Francis, despite the heavy rain and tight security,
:12:14. > :12:16.which limited the number of people gathering for a mass at the
:12:17. > :12:23.university of Nairobi. Thousands came to hear him speak, but not the
:12:24. > :12:29.1.5 million bikini and government have been predicting. Does
:12:30. > :12:34.nation-macro I am happy for the Pope to be in Africa and Kenya for the
:12:35. > :12:37.first time. He has chosen the right time to be here were we are facing a
:12:38. > :12:44.lot of challenges, corruption being one of them. It is his first trip to
:12:45. > :12:50.Africa, Kenya is just the first stop in the three country pilgrimage
:12:51. > :12:55.which will also take into Uganda and the Central African Republic. He was
:12:56. > :13:05.received by the President and went on to make a live address, televised
:13:06. > :13:11.the nation. All men and women of good will are called to walk for
:13:12. > :13:14.reconciliation and peace. It was a theme that continued in his early
:13:15. > :13:19.morning meeting with religious leaders from different faiths. He
:13:20. > :13:25.made reference to the attacks by Islamist extremists in Kenya and
:13:26. > :13:35.urged that religion not be used to justify hate and violence. He used
:13:36. > :13:39.his master talk about family values, a popular theme in line with the
:13:40. > :13:43.Conservative views of the African Catholic churches and he spoke to
:13:44. > :13:49.the excesses of corruption. It has been 20 years since a Pope last came
:13:50. > :13:53.to Kenya. Pope John Paul II came here and a lot has changed in the
:13:54. > :13:57.world since then. Today the messages are about preventing young people
:13:58. > :14:02.from being radicalised, about tolerance of religions and about
:14:03. > :14:06.climate change. Just days before the Paris conference, he used his
:14:07. > :14:13.longest speech of the day and his strongest words to address the
:14:14. > :14:16.United Nations on climate change. TRANSLATION: We are confronted with
:14:17. > :14:21.a choice that cannot be ignored, either to improve or destroy the
:14:22. > :14:24.environment. Pope Francis will be visiting a slum and speaking at a
:14:25. > :14:34.sports stadium on Friday before heading on to the next leg of his
:14:35. > :14:38.trip to Uganda. As the Pope is very aware, diplomats and climate experts
:14:39. > :14:42.are arriving in Paris next week the back key UN conference on climate
:14:43. > :14:46.change. They will not be far from a country were global warming is
:14:47. > :14:50.materialised in front of our eyes. Scientist warned that all of the
:14:51. > :14:53.large masses of ice in the Swiss Alps will have almost vanished by
:14:54. > :14:59.the end of the century if greenhouse emissions continue to rise at
:15:00. > :15:00.current rates. Doctor David Vulcan explains why he believes the world
:15:01. > :15:23.should be paying more attention. Hi. I'm an expert. Do not switch
:15:24. > :15:29.off. Over the next couple of minutes I'm going to explain to you how this
:15:30. > :15:35.great mass of ice behind me is melting at an alarming rate and why
:15:36. > :15:42.the planet -- the people at the climate conference in Paris must sit
:15:43. > :15:47.up and pay attention. So, let us start by looking at how this play
:15:48. > :15:52.she has receded. This village is currently below but they sure but in
:15:53. > :15:59.1600, the eyes came all the way to this point. By 1856 it had melted
:16:00. > :16:05.back around 300 metres and by 2010 it had receded by around 2000
:16:06. > :16:11.metres, all the way up to the off the rock on the mountain you can see
:16:12. > :16:21.here. This photo taking in 1890, look again, now nothing is left but
:16:22. > :16:30.a scar in the rock. So, what happens to all the melting ice? Take a look
:16:31. > :16:35.at this. The glacial lake, it formed over the last ten years and holds 10
:16:36. > :16:51.million litres of water, water that will add to the rising global sea
:16:52. > :16:56.levels. You can hear water. So much water here. You can see here, a lot
:16:57. > :17:01.of water at the beginning of November, it is not normal, it is
:17:02. > :17:12.crazy. Here you can see, face-to-face, the climate change.
:17:13. > :17:17.So, in conclusion, areas will have almost vanished by the end of the
:17:18. > :17:22.century. Also diplomats in Paris will not be able to reverse rising
:17:23. > :17:25.temperatures. They must negotiate a new agreement to cope with the
:17:26. > :17:35.consequences of our changing climate. As part of the BBC's 100
:17:36. > :17:39.women season today we are looking at the issue of child marriage and we
:17:40. > :17:43.are meeting one young woman in Zambia who was forced into marriage
:17:44. > :17:49.at 15 to a man who was 20 years older, despite years of abuse, she
:17:50. > :18:00.does manage to change her life and this is her story. I am a child
:18:01. > :18:10.marriage survive. I got married off by my father at the age of 15. This
:18:11. > :18:15.is a district in Zambia. At that time, my father was experiencing
:18:16. > :18:20.financial troubles and then he thought marrying me off would at
:18:21. > :18:28.least be able to give him something to quench the problem that he was
:18:29. > :18:40.going through. My payment was about 300 in our currency. That was my
:18:41. > :18:44.bride price. By now it can be around 30 US dollars. I was married off, I
:18:45. > :18:54.had to drop out of school and join my husband who was 20 years older
:18:55. > :18:57.than me. My life in the hands of Batman was very miserable, because
:18:58. > :19:00.he's subjected me to a number of abuses. Physical, emotional and
:19:01. > :19:12.sexual. Sexual urges, he used to abuses. Physical, emotional and
:19:13. > :19:17.painful. I resigned myself to abuses. Physical, emotional and
:19:18. > :19:27.kind of life because I did not know what to do. This tradition puts us
:19:28. > :19:35.down. You are taught never to raise your voice against a man, whether
:19:36. > :19:40.they are treating you well or not. You are told to keep everything,
:19:41. > :19:42.what ever you are going to -- went through, the beatings, whatever
:19:43. > :19:46.you're going through in the matrimonial highs, you do not
:19:47. > :19:54.disclose it to any person. You keep it to yourself, the moment I went
:19:55. > :19:59.back to school, I saw, whatever may be, I was suffering because I did
:20:00. > :20:04.not have an education. I really used to admire people who did. For that
:20:05. > :20:07.reason, I thought, if I can have an education, what ever I am going
:20:08. > :20:17.through right now, would come to an end. I wanted to go back to school.
:20:18. > :20:24.I thought when I had an education, it would be better. He intensified
:20:25. > :20:28.the abuse. He stripped me naked, beat the naked outside world by
:20:29. > :20:33.everyone in the community would see. You hold a lot of talks to talk
:20:34. > :20:38.about child marriage to a lot of people, what do you tell them? I
:20:39. > :20:46.tell them about the dangers of child marriage. I for one, despite being a
:20:47. > :20:55.survivor now, I was a child mother. I was a mother at the age of 15. I
:20:56. > :21:00.had a prolonged and very painful Labour which had not been for the
:21:01. > :21:06.intervention of God, I would have lost my life and the life of my
:21:07. > :21:11.ties. It very bad. And to find out more about our series you can go to
:21:12. > :21:16.our website. There are many more stories are about the fates of
:21:17. > :21:22.daughters including young women in India and Afghanistan as well. At
:21:23. > :21:26.the quality where risk group in the US is offering Donald Trump after he
:21:27. > :21:32.appeared to mark a reporter US is offering Donald Trump after he
:21:33. > :21:36.disability during a speech. He challenged recollections by a New
:21:37. > :21:40.York Times journalist who has a condition that affects the movement
:21:41. > :21:42.of his joints about the 9/11 aftermath. He has made
:21:43. > :21:46.unsubstantiated aftermath. He has made
:21:47. > :21:53.thousands of Muslims in New Jersey were seen celebrating the attack.
:21:54. > :21:58.The Washington Post writes, an article, and one of the paragraphs,
:21:59. > :22:02.it says, and by the way this was right after September the 11th, it
:22:03. > :22:08.was September the 18th and right after, an amazing thing, right after
:22:09. > :22:14.a couple of good paragraphs, talking about Northern New Jersey, draws the
:22:15. > :22:23.eye, and neither per, you have to say this guy, I do not know what I
:22:24. > :22:28.said, I do not remember. This was 14 years ago, they did not do a
:22:29. > :22:32.retraction! 14 years ago, they did no retraction. Kathleen Hawkins are
:22:33. > :22:37.journalist with the BBC disability unit told me that his behaviour is
:22:38. > :22:41.simply ignorant. I think this is incredibly reductive behaviour from
:22:42. > :22:44.Donald Trump. He is talking about a respected journalist, someone who
:22:45. > :22:49.has won a Pulitzer prize, worked for a number of newspapers and he is
:22:50. > :22:55.highlighting his disability as his defining feature. In his biography,
:22:56. > :22:59.he does not mention his disability. He is very respected, and esteemed
:23:00. > :23:02.journalist known for his work. I think if there was a personal
:23:03. > :23:06.attack, Donald Trump should have focused on the journalism angle and
:23:07. > :23:10.not the disability. When we thought about having this chart with you, we
:23:11. > :23:13.thought should we draw attention to the remarks but do you feel it is
:23:14. > :23:18.necessary for Donald Trump to be called out and for this to be spoken
:23:19. > :23:46.about? I think if there was any good thing to come out of this kind of
:23:47. > :23:48.behaviour it has been that people are vocally saying, this is not
:23:49. > :23:51.acceptable in the modern society. It has been on social media all day and
:23:52. > :23:53.widely shared and people are saying, this is not acceptable, parents of
:23:54. > :23:56.disabled children say they are seeing this and look how it can
:23:57. > :23:59.trickle down. How would my child feel if this happened to them? It is
:24:00. > :24:01.so damaging because he is a public figure. He is a celebrity and he has
:24:02. > :24:04.been seen by millions doing theirs. That is an important point to make,
:24:05. > :24:07.he is a public figure and he is someone that a lot of people do see
:24:08. > :24:10.and be picked up on his characteristics. It is not the first
:24:11. > :24:12.time we have seen people in this position do these kind of things
:24:13. > :24:15.about disabled people, John Lennon, there was footage of him in the
:24:16. > :24:19.1960s, mocking people with learning disabilities and comments were
:24:20. > :24:23.coming out about how this is unacceptable now. 50 years on from
:24:24. > :24:28.that, you would think that would be more awareness, do we know how the
:24:29. > :24:33.journalist has reacted? He said he is not surprised by Donald Trump's
:24:34. > :24:37.behaviour and whether that is linked to personal feelings towards Donald
:24:38. > :24:50.Trump and history there, that is unclear at the moment. I spoke to a
:24:51. > :24:52.charity and they said it is not just outdated and outrageous, it is
:24:53. > :24:54.bullying, disco monetary and extremely damaging and promotes
:24:55. > :24:58.prejudice. Is it ever acceptable to call attention in the way that
:24:59. > :25:07.Donald Trump as to disability like this? I think if you are in a
:25:08. > :25:11.trusted group of friends and you know that is going to be acceptable
:25:12. > :25:16.and received OK, then perhaps it would be OK, but for Donald Trump to
:25:17. > :25:21.do this as someone who is in this position of authority and to do it
:25:22. > :25:26.in such an mocking and comedic way is very irresponsible. Kathleen
:25:27. > :25:30.Hawkins. Ever since Sebastien Coe became the President of world
:25:31. > :25:33.athletics he has faced questions over his ambassadorial role with
:25:34. > :25:36.Nikkei. He denied any potential conflict of interest but he has
:25:37. > :25:40.announced that he is stepping back from the role. Lord Coe denied any
:25:41. > :25:44.wrongdoing but he said the issue had become a distraction at a news
:25:45. > :25:48.conference in Monaco, he insisted he wanted to focus on the issues that
:25:49. > :25:56.currently face the world of athletics. You can get a lot more on
:25:57. > :26:00.that story on the BBC Sport website and if you want to talk to me about
:26:01. > :26:07.any of our stories, I am on Twitter. Thank you for watching.
:26:08. > :26:15.Hello. Thursday, has been a fairly quiet weather day across the British
:26:16. > :26:17.Isles. One or two spots, 14 or