:00:07. > :00:12.This is BBC World News Today with me, Philippa Thomas.
:00:13. > :00:15.The headlines: A father from Syria loses his wife and seven children
:00:16. > :00:22.when they drown trying to reach Greece after fleeing the civil war.
:00:23. > :00:27.I would say do not take this risk. Do not go by sea. You will lose your
:00:28. > :00:29.children. Greece is preparing to deport
:00:30. > :00:31.thousands of migrants it believes Argentina's new centre-right
:00:32. > :00:35.President is sworn-in with a promise to tackle corruption,
:00:36. > :00:37.but his predecessor refuses A film about a 1950s lesbian romance
:00:38. > :00:41.leads the nominations for the annual It may be winter in Europe,
:00:42. > :01:16.but thousands of migrants and refugees are still
:01:17. > :01:18.trying to cross the sea. And as the flow of people continues,
:01:19. > :01:21.so do the tragedies. This week a mother and her seven
:01:22. > :01:23.children, the youngest just weeks old, drowned while trying
:01:24. > :01:26.to cross the Aegean sea. Our Turkey correspondent Mark Lowen
:01:27. > :01:36.has been speaking to him. Somewhere in the vastness
:01:37. > :01:40.of the Aegean, he lost them. He scours the spot where he and his
:01:41. > :01:43.family took the boat, His wife and his seven
:01:44. > :01:52.children drowned. The smugglers told them
:01:53. > :02:02.they would not need life jackets They fled Islamic State
:02:03. > :02:18.and hoped for sanctuary, believing the worst
:02:19. > :02:19.horrors were behind them. TRANSLATION: I had the most
:02:20. > :02:41.affectionate wife. The smugglers are traitors. I say to
:02:42. > :02:42.others, do not risk your life at sea. Stay in Syria, however
:02:43. > :02:52.difficult it is. Shortly after Ali and his family set
:02:53. > :02:55.off from here, the waves rose up Over 3500 have died this year tried
:02:56. > :03:01.to make the trip to Europe. The EU is giving Turkey money
:03:02. > :03:03.and resources to patrol But still, even in winter,
:03:04. > :03:15.the desperate ones are making On a nearby speech, Afghans and
:03:16. > :03:22.Iranians carry whoever they can, like pilgrims on an endless path.
:03:23. > :03:26.TRANSLATION: I escaped the Taliban and Islamic State. There is always
:03:27. > :03:31.risk, however you migrate from your country. I am ready. They find
:03:32. > :03:34.shelter in a derelict village and wait for the smugglers to call. News
:03:35. > :03:41.of spread of Syrians Hugh drowned but they are ready to go. I grew up
:03:42. > :03:47.in the war. Had you heard about the children that died here in the last
:03:48. > :03:54.few days? Yes. Does it change your desire to take the boat? It does
:03:55. > :03:57.not. He tried the journey and his dreams of Europe are now just
:03:58. > :04:08.wretched memories. But how many more will follow in his wake?
:04:09. > :04:15.His was one of many families trying to reach northern Europe, but Greece
:04:16. > :04:19.is preparing to deport thousands of migrants it thinks might not be
:04:20. > :04:23.entitled to asylum. Migrants have been turned back from the northern
:04:24. > :04:27.border of the Macedonia decided it would only accept refugees from
:04:28. > :04:32.Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. Greece said those that refuse to apply for
:04:33. > :04:36.asylum in 30 days or be sent back to their own countries. Among temporary
:04:37. > :04:42.reception centres where people are waiting the old Athens airport as
:04:43. > :04:45.the Olympic Stadium, where a migrant from Iran has spoken to the BBC
:04:46. > :04:51.about the conditions he is living in.
:04:52. > :05:00.They gave me a couple of blankets. Two people, one blanket. Imagine two
:05:01. > :05:07.blankets with cold weather two persons, it is crazy and so sad. For
:05:08. > :05:18.the food, you had to go outside and stand in line. It is like a jungle.
:05:19. > :05:23.We have two survive and we have two ask other people, push each other
:05:24. > :05:27.and I see some people getting hurt when they stand in the line, when
:05:28. > :05:30.the food comes. Because they are hungry right now and do not know
:05:31. > :05:38.what to do. They keep pushing each other to get in. If you see the
:05:39. > :05:42.inside, there is no hope at all. Everybody is just depressed and do
:05:43. > :05:47.not know what will happen later. Because we do not have a choice. We
:05:48. > :05:54.have to stay here. No matter how hard it is. However sick, or hungry
:05:55. > :06:02.we are. We have to keep going. We have no choice. Because we have lost
:06:03. > :06:06.money. We can only stay here because Greece do not have a good economy
:06:07. > :06:13.for taking care of us. We cannot go back to the country, because we will
:06:14. > :06:19.go to jail, or some of us will get stoned.
:06:20. > :06:22.The Syrian civil war is of course driving much of this
:06:23. > :06:25.Today Syrian opposition groups meeting in Saudi Arabia have united
:06:26. > :06:28.around a set of demands ahead of expected peace talks
:06:29. > :06:29.with President Bashar al-Assad's government.
:06:30. > :06:34.They said President Assad and his aides must step down at
:06:35. > :06:52.But one of the major groups has said it would pull out.
:06:53. > :06:55.Nine people have been found guilty of terrorism offences after one
:06:56. > :06:58.of the biggest terror trials ever to take place in the Netherlands.
:06:59. > :07:00.The verdicts were handed down at the high security 'Bunker'
:07:01. > :07:06.The BBC's Anna Holligan was in court.
:07:07. > :07:11.According to the judges, the aim of this group was to support terrorist
:07:12. > :07:14.activities in the middle east, by recruiting young people in the
:07:15. > :07:20.Netherlands and financing trips to take part in the armed struggle, or
:07:21. > :07:23.jihad, in Syria. Six defendants were found guilty of being members of
:07:24. > :07:28.this organisation with links to the so-called Islamic State and
:07:29. > :07:32.Al-Qaeda. Three others were found guilty of being supporters. The one
:07:33. > :07:38.woman on trial today was found guilty of incitement, for sharing a
:07:39. > :07:41.message on Twitter. A number of people on trial travelled to take
:07:42. > :07:47.part in a terrorist training camp in Syria. Three defendants were not in
:07:48. > :07:53.court today. One was in a prison cell. Two others have not been
:07:54. > :07:56.apprehended. They are thought to still be in Syria.
:07:57. > :07:59.Mauricio Macri has been sworn in as Argentina's new president,
:08:00. > :08:06.The centre-right Mr Macri took the oath of office in Congress
:08:07. > :08:08.but his inauguration was boycotted by his predecessor,
:08:09. > :08:10.Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, in a row over where he should
:08:11. > :08:16.stipulates that a president can't rule for more than two consecutive
:08:17. > :08:19.terms, but Ms Fernandez is seemingly unhappy to be leaving her post
:08:20. > :08:21.and used her farewell speech to blast the incoming
:08:22. > :08:34.Mauricio Macri has promised to overhaul the country's struggling
:08:35. > :08:36.economy, which is slumping toward recession, improve relations
:08:37. > :08:41.I've been hearing more from the BBC's Ignacio de Los Reyes
:08:42. > :08:47.in Buenos Aires about the new President Macri.
:08:48. > :08:57.He is a former businessman. He is also the son of one of the richest
:08:58. > :08:59.businessmen in Argentina. And also president of the most popular
:09:00. > :09:07.football club in the country in the 1990s. That is why he became famous
:09:08. > :09:15.in national politics. He then became the May Buena saris. And he formed a
:09:16. > :09:21.new -- in Buena saris. And he formed companies and think tanks that
:09:22. > :09:25.wanted to be part of a new wave of Argentina politics. All of a sudden
:09:26. > :09:32.he has become the new leader, the man that ended 12 years of the
:09:33. > :09:39.previous rule. He is now supposed to meet his new cabinet and members of
:09:40. > :09:48.other parties and a member of the former resident's cabinet. It is a
:09:49. > :09:54.way of showing national reconciliation and unity, one of his
:09:55. > :09:58.big promises. Argentina's people are anxious to see if he can deliver on
:09:59. > :10:03.his promises of ending poverty, fighting corruption and tackling
:10:04. > :10:06.crime. He needs to pull together different interests if he is going
:10:07. > :10:13.to tackle the economy. It is such a big challenge. Exactly. Especially
:10:14. > :10:17.because currently in Argentina prices are on the rise and inflation
:10:18. > :10:22.is up at 25% according to some estimates. There is a big crisis
:10:23. > :10:27.with foreign reserves at the Central bank. Crumbling foreign investment.
:10:28. > :10:33.At the same time he knows he must create jobs. He knows millions of
:10:34. > :10:40.people rely on social aid, government assistance. He is
:10:41. > :10:43.actually promising to keep some of his predecessor policies on social
:10:44. > :10:51.issues and at the same time try and open up the economy. Thank you.
:10:52. > :10:56.A final decision on whether or not to build a run at Heathrow airport
:10:57. > :10:59.has been delayed for another six months after a debate among senior
:11:00. > :11:04.British ministers in Downing Street tonight. A commission has
:11:05. > :11:08.recommended a third runway at Heathrow this July and business
:11:09. > :11:16.leaders had called for a decision by the end of the year.
:11:17. > :11:18.Republican Presidential contender, Donald Trump, has cancelled
:11:19. > :11:21.He announced his decision on Twitter, saying he'll meet
:11:22. > :11:23.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, once he becomes
:11:24. > :11:26.It comes soon after he caused worldwide controversy by saying
:11:27. > :11:34.Muslims should be barred from entering the US.
:11:35. > :11:37.The Polish Prime Minister has said she does not "see eye to eye"
:11:38. > :11:39.with David Cameron over his plans to change benefits rules
:11:40. > :11:42.for European Union migrants coming to work in the UK.
:11:43. > :11:46.Mr Cameron, who's visiting the Polish capital Warsaw,
:11:47. > :11:49.has made the idea one of his main demands as he tries to negotiate
:11:50. > :11:51.a new relationship with the EU before the UK's
:11:52. > :12:08.In Poland's capital city, signs the British lifestyle holds appeal.
:12:09. > :12:11.Many here live and work in the UK, which is why Poland matters
:12:12. > :12:12.when it comes to migration.
:12:13. > :12:17.If I were to move to England, I would not expect to get any
:12:18. > :12:22.I would just expect to find a decent job, to work as hard as I can
:12:23. > :12:29.But David Cameron thinks stopping migrants claiming in work benefits
:12:30. > :12:38.like tax credits will reduce immigration.
:12:39. > :12:42.It is a key chain he wants to make to the EU before a Referendum.
:12:43. > :12:43.But his Polish counterpart needs convincing.
:12:44. > :12:45.TRANSLATION: Of course there are discussions and issues
:12:46. > :12:47.where we do not see eye to eye today.
:12:48. > :12:52.Poland is willing to work on solutions and does back
:12:53. > :12:57.the Prime Minister's other proposed reforms,
:12:58. > :13:00.but he needs agreement from 26 other EU leaders as well and there is no
:13:01. > :13:05.Is it time for you to compromise on the proposed benefit ban?
:13:06. > :13:08.There is real engagement with the agenda we have set out,
:13:09. > :13:10.a lot of common ground, a lot of agreement
:13:11. > :13:29.Everyone is committed to doing that further work and reaching agreement.
:13:30. > :13:32.The reason it is such a sticking point is the Polish Government
:13:33. > :13:35.and other EU leaders think of the citizens getting less in work
:13:36. > :13:37.benefits than UK workers and that amounts to discrimination.
:13:38. > :13:40.Others think it will not make much difference.
:13:41. > :13:45.I can't imagine being paid less for doing the same job.
:13:46. > :13:47.I do not think it will stop people coming there.
:13:48. > :13:52.Maybe they will not stay for a longer time.
:13:53. > :13:54.While in Warsaw the Prime Minister marked past joint battles.
:13:55. > :13:58.He knows in Poland he has a political ally who wants the UK
:13:59. > :14:00.Resolving this conflict on welfare changes looks likely
:14:01. > :14:20.What Hollywood insiders call the "Awards Season" kicked off
:14:21. > :14:21.today, with nominations for the 2016 Golden Globes.
:14:22. > :14:24.The Globe nominees are decided by the Hollywood Foreign Press
:14:25. > :14:28.They're sometimes seen as a sign of what we might expect
:14:29. > :14:31.when the Oscar nominations are announced not long after.
:14:32. > :14:33.We'll be hearing from the BBC's Peter Bowes in Los Angeles
:14:34. > :14:37.in a moment but first let's take a quick look at the film that got
:14:38. > :14:38.the most nominations: "Carol" starring Cate Blanchett
:14:39. > :15:05.It is very original. Well. Your first name? To rouse. Not to reason?
:15:06. > :15:13.Terez. It is lovely. And yours? Carol. Carol. It leads the pack.
:15:14. > :15:18.Cate Blanchett is the start of the film and also nominated for best
:15:19. > :15:22.actress. It is I think the film of the moment which the rest have two
:15:23. > :15:29.beat. It is certainly getting a lot of critics of a love this movie,
:15:30. > :15:34.1950s romance, between two women and it looks good as far as Cate
:15:35. > :15:40.Blanchett is concerned. And she is involved in the Oscar nominations in
:15:41. > :15:52.a few weeks. One that usually Arti on this award is there are different
:15:53. > :15:56.best film categories. -- one unusual eventuality is there are different
:15:57. > :15:59.film categories. Christian bale and Steve Correll both have nominations
:16:00. > :16:04.for this film. It is about the financial crisis, and Brad Pitt is
:16:05. > :16:09.also involved in this film and says it is a story which had to be told.
:16:10. > :16:14.The interesting thing about the Golden Globes is they are split into
:16:15. > :16:20.comedies and dramas. Unlike the Oscars with just one category for
:16:21. > :16:26.Best picture. We get a much wider field. But it does give us a good
:16:27. > :16:31.showing in terms of the range of films on offer this year. I think
:16:32. > :16:35.the headline might at the end of the day, particularly strong roles for
:16:36. > :16:41.women that we are seeing this year, and the diversity in terms of the
:16:42. > :16:45.types of stories. This might just be personal because I really loved this
:16:46. > :16:51.movie, but what about ridge of spies? We will show the view is a
:16:52. > :16:56.taste of the trailer. Is it a big snub for such a big star, Tom Hanks
:16:57. > :17:02.and Stephen Spielberg that it does not feature very much?
:17:03. > :17:14.Overrun by the border guards. This man is my father's friend. Every
:17:15. > :17:24.time they hit him he stood back up. They hit him harder. Still he got
:17:25. > :17:33.back to his feet. I think because of this they let him live. Well, you
:17:34. > :17:37.are right. What you say is what is reflected by a lot of critics in
:17:38. > :17:40.Hollywood. Some are astonished that it has not featured more heavily
:17:41. > :17:45.than it has today. It does have a best supporting actor nation but two
:17:46. > :17:52.heavyweight with Tom Hanks and Stephen Spielberg. -- nomination.
:17:53. > :17:55.Some say it is such a crowded field in terms of the best actor
:17:56. > :17:59.nomination that Tom Hanks was just pushed out of the top five. Such a
:18:00. > :18:02.big range of entries for the Golden Globes. Not everybody can go home
:18:03. > :18:11.with that golden statue. Peter. A new road tax introduced
:18:12. > :18:13.last month in Russia, had led to protests by long distance
:18:14. > :18:16.lorry drivers all over the country. The levy requires large vehicles
:18:17. > :18:19.to pay additional tax for every The government says it's needed
:18:20. > :18:23.to repair the damage caused to roads But drivers say they pay enough tax
:18:24. > :18:27.already and the extra toll will mean they won't make any profit and that
:18:28. > :18:31.as a result the price of food Richard Galpin has been to one
:18:32. > :18:34.of their protest camps Well, this is one of the locations
:18:35. > :18:38.around Moscow where lorry drivers have based themselves as part
:18:39. > :18:41.of a protest against the road tax. They have put wreths on this lorry
:18:42. > :18:46.saying that the road tax will lead A lot of posters on the lorries
:18:47. > :18:57.against the road tax But this one here is saying that it
:18:58. > :19:02.will not just affect lorry drivers, but the whole country,
:19:03. > :19:04.saying that essentially it will lead to increased prices for food,
:19:05. > :19:07.inflation and also a lot Since the tax came
:19:08. > :19:17.in, I have lost out. We're all here protesting
:19:18. > :19:20.because we want the government to see us and pay attention to
:19:21. > :19:23.entrepreneurs and small businesses. This new law is suffering
:19:24. > :19:27.for the business. There are 1.5 million
:19:28. > :19:30.like me, about that. The protest does not look
:19:31. > :19:37.threatening but it is significant because none of the people
:19:38. > :19:39.here are opposition activists. With a country in a profound
:19:40. > :19:47.economic crisis, the worry for the government is that this
:19:48. > :19:51.could spark much wider protest. Inside this truck you can see
:19:52. > :19:54.the hot food and drink What they are saying is that quite
:19:55. > :20:07.a lot of food here has been donated by local people
:20:08. > :20:19.supporting the protest. Despite the very real anger
:20:20. > :20:21.told by these drivers, plans that some of them had to try
:20:22. > :20:24.and blockade one of the major routes around Moscow has so
:20:25. > :20:26.far not materialised. But it does seem the protest
:20:27. > :20:28.is having some effect and the government seems to be
:20:29. > :20:31.looking at various different ways A township may be the last place
:20:32. > :20:45.you'd expect to produce wine, but a small South African wine
:20:46. > :20:48.company is doing just that and hoping its modest project
:20:49. > :20:50.will help change perceptions This is known as the gangster's
:20:51. > :21:08.paradise, home to drugs, She has been involved in the project
:21:09. > :21:15.for more than one year and now spends her days caring for her vine,
:21:16. > :21:19.hoping one day to week the reward. TRANSLATION: I have
:21:20. > :21:29.always loved farming. But growing grapes in the township
:21:30. > :21:36.is not common but I am hoping to teach my children and neighbours
:21:37. > :21:38.what I have learned. If more people got involved,
:21:39. > :21:41.it will help to create Some of the growers here now have
:21:42. > :21:46.access to an industry that has for centuries been
:21:47. > :21:49.reserved for the elite. Once her grapes leave the township,
:21:50. > :21:52.they are mixed with produce from some of the best in the region
:21:53. > :21:57.to produce a top wine. From the township to the factory,
:21:58. > :22:00.here the grapes are paired according to type and the year
:22:01. > :22:02.they were planted. Once the blend is just right,
:22:03. > :22:06.the wine is bottled and labelled, There are challenges which include
:22:07. > :22:13.ensuring a steady stream of growers, By going to the woman and saying
:22:14. > :22:21.this is the idea we have, we will teach you how to actually
:22:22. > :22:27.look after the vines and with the skill that you have
:22:28. > :22:30.and once we have it in harvesting It is not going to be
:22:31. > :22:35.an easy moneymaking scheme, you're not going to get
:22:36. > :22:39.rich in two years. Within that you will get exposure,
:22:40. > :22:42.we will bring people to this idea that we have, we would love to grow
:22:43. > :22:45.it, and after five years then we will harvest whatever we can
:22:46. > :22:54.harvest from those wines. The word is out and wine lovers come
:22:55. > :22:57.to this bottled store, an exclusive supply in the city
:22:58. > :23:00.centre, to get their hands The store owner said the wine
:23:01. > :23:03.is changing stereotypes For us to have a wine made
:23:04. > :23:07.by the people who started with nothing and to put something
:23:08. > :23:10.that has this kind of quality, South Africa's wine industry
:23:11. > :23:20.is slowly changing and soon the women here hope the wine
:23:21. > :23:23.will have pride of place tasters, not just here,
:23:24. > :23:35.but around the world. Madonna has staged an impromptu
:23:36. > :23:37.performance in Paris to honour the victims of last
:23:38. > :23:39.month's terror attacks. She was in the city as part
:23:40. > :23:42.of her tour but after her official show she tweeted fans
:23:43. > :23:45.that she was singing in Place de la She performed John Lennon's Imagine,
:23:46. > :23:52.a song that became an unofficial anthem
:23:53. > :23:54.in the aftermath of the attacks. She also sang some of her own songs
:23:55. > :23:57.including Like A Prayer. # In the midnight hour,
:23:58. > :24:02.I can feel your power # Just like a prayer,
:24:03. > :24:06.you know I'll take you there # When you call my name,
:24:07. > :24:09.it's like a little prayer # I'm down on my knees,
:24:10. > :24:14.I wanna take you there # In the midnight hour,
:24:15. > :24:29.I can feel your power... # in the midnight hour # I can feel
:24:30. > :25:01.your power # when you call my name # in the midnight hour # I can feel
:25:02. > :25:15.your power # just like a prayer # you know I will take you the...
:25:16. > :25:21.If you like solving problems, see if you can give this a crack. A cryptic
:25:22. > :25:24.twist on a Christmas card by one of the most secretive groups, and
:25:25. > :25:29.intelligence gathering organisation, GCHQ. As you can see from this
:25:30. > :25:34.picture, it is quite a code breaking challenge with a very difficult grid
:25:35. > :25:38.of numbers up here for you to work on but you will probably need more
:25:39. > :25:44.time than we are getting here. If you are interested, head to the
:25:45. > :25:48.website and have a go. Some breaking news, a final decision on whether to
:25:49. > :25:51.build a new runway at Heathrow Airport has been delayed for another
:25:52. > :25:57.six months after a debate among senior British ministers in Downing
:25:58. > :26:00.Street. Businesses urge the government to make a decision by the
:26:01. > :26:07.end of the year. Thanks for being with us on World News Today.
:26:08. > :26:13.The weather front has been slipping southwards in England and Wales and
:26:14. > :26:15.will almost grinds to a halt across southern Britain as we head into
:26:16. > :26:16.Friday. This