:00:00. > :00:07.I'm Nualka McGovern with BBC World News.
:00:08. > :00:10.Our top story - on the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attack,
:00:11. > :00:13.police in Paris shoot and kill a man with a knife
:00:14. > :00:19.The man was carrying an Islamic State emblem as he tried
:00:20. > :00:21.to get into the police station with a knife.
:00:22. > :00:31.Shocking images from the Syrian town of Madaya, under siege by government
:00:32. > :00:34.The UN says aid will now be allowed to go through.
:00:35. > :00:39.The Shanghai Exchange is suspended for the second time in a week -
:00:40. > :00:44.And we speak with the award winning South African artist
:00:45. > :00:46.Marcus Neustetter on a visit to the Museum of African
:00:47. > :01:05.There's been a shooting in Paris exactly a year to the day that
:01:06. > :01:08.Islamist gunmen killed 12 people in an assault
:01:09. > :01:16.A man armed with a knife and wearing a fake suicide vest was shot dead
:01:17. > :01:18.as he tried to attack a police station.
:01:19. > :01:21.Prosecutors say he was carrying a piece of paper bearing the emblem
:01:22. > :01:39.We can bring you some pictures. This is Place de la Republique. It has
:01:40. > :01:45.just gone 8pm in Paris. As they have done over the past year, they have
:01:46. > :01:49.left flowers, candles to pay their respects and remember victims of
:01:50. > :01:50.terror attacks in their city. That is here now from our Paris
:01:51. > :01:58.correspondence. In northern Paris today, the now
:01:59. > :02:04.familiar feeling of France coming under attack. Exactly one year since
:02:05. > :02:09.gunmen burst into the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a lone assailant
:02:10. > :02:13.armed with a kitchen knife. Just after 1130 this morning, he
:02:14. > :02:19.approached the police station here in the capital's 18th district where
:02:20. > :02:22.officers shot him dead. TRANSLATION: They told him to get back and he did
:02:23. > :02:26.but then he stepped towards them again. They warned him once more. He
:02:27. > :02:36.lifted his arms and they shot him three times. On his body, a harmless
:02:37. > :02:42.home-made device made to look like a suicide belt. And say police, and
:02:43. > :02:48.image of the flag used by Islamic State. Some eyewitnesses say the man
:02:49. > :02:52.shouted Allahu Akbar as he ran towards the police station. This
:02:53. > :02:57.time the only cos was the attacker himself but on the anniversary of
:02:58. > :03:02.the shootings at Charlie Hebdo, it is a reminder of the threat France
:03:03. > :03:06.still faces one year on. News of the assault trickled through the lines
:03:07. > :03:10.of police officers gathered at their Paris headquarters today. They had
:03:11. > :03:15.come to hear President: the paid tribute to three of their colleagues
:03:16. > :03:20.killed in last January's attacks. Hard to imagine that it would just
:03:21. > :03:25.be the beginning. TRANSLATION: We are now facing hardened fighters who
:03:26. > :03:30.have decided to kill even at the cost of their own lives. Their
:03:31. > :03:33.attacks are coordinated from abroad ordered by the Organisation called
:03:34. > :03:41.Islamic State. That is why I say that we are at war. Charlie Hebdo
:03:42. > :03:45.itself marked today's anniversary with a special edition aimed at none
:03:46. > :03:51.other than God himself. It is a pointed headline, the killer is
:03:52. > :03:56.still out there. Investigators don't yet know what links if any today's
:03:57. > :04:00.attacker may have had with jihadists networks, but amid this week's
:04:01. > :04:03.commemorations, Paris is remembering its victims with a sound of sirens
:04:04. > :04:05.once again bringing through its streets.
:04:06. > :04:07.Our correspondent in Paris Hugh Schofield says the timing
:04:08. > :04:15.of the attempted attack was significant.
:04:16. > :04:20.The timing was extraordinary but in retrospect probably no coincidence
:04:21. > :04:24.that all that it was just as President Hollande was speaking in
:04:25. > :04:30.the barracks of the police that this man struck in the 20 macro
:04:31. > :04:35.neighbourhood in the north. In fact when you look at the timing it was
:04:36. > :04:41.possibly extremely significant. It was 1130 when this man struck and it
:04:42. > :04:44.was 1130 exactly a year ago that they Kouachi brothers appeared and
:04:45. > :04:51.launched their attack with all that followed that we know. It was a
:04:52. > :04:55.reminder of how precarious things still are. This was an attack of a
:04:56. > :04:59.completely different nature, obviously from the Charlie Hebdo
:05:00. > :05:02.attacks and also the November 13 attacks which were planned and
:05:03. > :05:08.involved large numbers of people. This was a lone figure, he might
:05:09. > :05:11.have had some accomplices but pretty feeble, the most he could have
:05:12. > :05:14.expected that it was perhaps kill one police officer before being
:05:15. > :05:19.killed himself. He did not succeed in any of that but it is a reminder
:05:20. > :05:24.that Jihadism and the threat calls in all cases from the very big
:05:25. > :05:29.coordinated attacks to this which may just have been something which a
:05:30. > :05:31.lone figure cooked up by himself under the influence of all the
:05:32. > :05:35.propaganda coming out of Syria. Michel Platini has said
:05:36. > :05:39.that he is withdrawing his bid to become the next president of FIFA
:05:40. > :05:42.- the governing body of world Platini's bid to take football's top
:05:43. > :05:46.job had been put on hold because of a payment he received
:05:47. > :05:48.from current president, Both men were initially suspended
:05:49. > :05:54.by FIFA for 90 days before being banned for eight years last
:05:55. > :05:58.month for a conflict of interest over the $1.35 million payment -
:05:59. > :06:02.which is also the subject of a criminal investigation
:06:03. > :06:12.in Switzerland. He is appealing his suspension and
:06:13. > :06:17.insists he has done no wrong. The United Nations says it's taking
:06:18. > :06:19.action as a terrible humanitarian crisis is worsening on the border
:06:20. > :06:22.between Syria and Lebanon. It says the Syrian government has
:06:23. > :06:24.agreed to allow humanitarian aid to the besieged town of Madaya
:06:25. > :06:27.where people are reported There've been urgent calls in recent
:06:28. > :06:33.days for aid to be allowed in. People are also reported to be
:06:34. > :06:36.eating grass to survive in the government-held Foah
:06:37. > :06:40.and Kefraya, in the north-west. Our Middle East correspondent
:06:41. > :06:43.Jim Muir reports. You may find some of the pictures
:06:44. > :06:57.in his report distressing. This is the grim result of a siege
:06:58. > :07:04.that has gone on for six months, with no food at all reaching the
:07:05. > :07:08.town of Madaya since October. This little boy give his name is
:07:09. > :07:12.Muhammad. We believe these pictures show him talking to a doctor
:07:13. > :07:15.recently. He said it has been a whole week since he had anything at
:07:16. > :07:29.all to it. What would he like most, he was asked? Something sweet, he
:07:30. > :07:34.said. You are not hungry, we are, shocked and angry man at a fighter.
:07:35. > :07:36.said. You are not hungry, we are, Conditions at the blockade town have
:07:37. > :07:41.got even worse with the arrival of winter. Back in October when the
:07:42. > :07:48.last food got in, things were already bad enough. We saw a huge
:07:49. > :07:54.lack of basic needs such as food, water, and medicine. We couldn't
:07:55. > :07:59.access Madaya or other areas since October 2015, so yes, the situation
:08:00. > :08:04.is extremely dire, we are very concerned. The plight of Madaya has
:08:05. > :08:09.prompted angry demonstrations by sympathisers in other rebel held
:08:10. > :08:14.areas further north. This man warned that if the siege of Madaya was not
:08:15. > :08:18.lifted, to government held villages besieged by the levels would be
:08:19. > :08:22.attacked and destroyed. That threat has been
:08:23. > :08:29.military commanders, under an military commanders, under an
:08:30. > :08:31.both Madaya and the two villages. Now the Government has given the
:08:32. > :08:37.green light for aid supplies to Now the Government has given the
:08:38. > :08:39.come in a matter of days but both sides will have to cooperate if it
:08:40. > :08:41.is to work. It's the worst bomb attack in Libya
:08:42. > :08:44.since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi. More than 50 people are reported
:08:45. > :08:48.to have been killed at a police Reports say hundreds of recruits had
:08:49. > :08:52.gathered there just It comes at a time when there's
:08:53. > :08:57.concern that Islamic State militants Let's get more from our world
:08:58. > :09:11.affairs correspondent It was in this former military
:09:12. > :09:13.compound in Zlitan that the huge bomb was detonated. At least 300
:09:14. > :09:16.police recruits who had gathered bomb was detonated. At least 300
:09:17. > :09:19.here in the morning were cut down in the explosion which was heard miles
:09:20. > :09:27.away. It the explosion which was heard miles
:09:28. > :09:30.bomber. TRANSLATION: This recruit who survived the attack said a
:09:31. > :09:36.bomber had driven a truck at high speed through the gate, and thence
:09:37. > :09:40.came the explosion. There were so many casualties that hospitals
:09:41. > :09:44.across the region, including here in Miss Rutter, were needed to deal
:09:45. > :09:48.with what is believed to be the worst bomber that in Libya since the
:09:49. > :09:54.fall of the Gaddafi regime five years ago. This morning, Thursday,
:09:55. > :09:58.we received a number of wounded from the police academy. TRANSLATION: The
:09:59. > :10:06.injuries range from moderate to serious and critical. The attack in
:10:07. > :10:07.Zlitan which lies near the coast not far from the capital Tripoli could
:10:08. > :10:12.have been carried out by far from the capital Tripoli could
:10:13. > :10:19.many Libyan militias or a criminal gang or jihadists. Fighters from the
:10:20. > :10:23.group calling itself Islamic State have been steadily expanding their
:10:24. > :10:27.influence in Libya. These pictures apparently showing an attack this
:10:28. > :10:35.week on a vital oil depot on the coast. And this, the aftermath.
:10:36. > :10:40.Several storage tanks containing more than 2 million barrels of oil
:10:41. > :10:46.still ablaze. Despite the efforts of local firefighting teams.
:10:47. > :10:49.TRANSLATION: I appeal to the national oil company and also the
:10:50. > :10:55.United Nations. If there is any kind of response, even if it was just a
:10:56. > :10:59.little help, as we are facing a disaster, environmental and
:11:00. > :11:04.economic. While it is known that so called Islamic State was behind the
:11:05. > :11:07.attack here, so far no group has admitted carrying out there is no's
:11:08. > :11:14.bombing which killed and injured so many police recruits in Zlitan. What
:11:15. > :11:15.is beyond doubt is that Libya's descent into chaos continues
:11:16. > :11:25.unabated. A leaked police report written
:11:26. > :11:27.immediately after the New Year's Eve sex attacks in Cologne reveals
:11:28. > :11:30.that there were significant numbers of Afghan, Syrian and Iraqi asylum
:11:31. > :11:34.seekers in the crowd that night. Speak like that is according to
:11:35. > :11:39.German media reports. It's not clear whether the migrants
:11:40. > :11:42.were involved in the attacks. Some 121 women have filed criminal
:11:43. > :11:45.complaints to say they were sexually And to get more on this story,
:11:46. > :11:58.let's cross to Viviane Teitelbaum in Good to have you with us. How are
:11:59. > :12:04.you seeing this story? What do you feel we really need to know? Well,
:12:05. > :12:08.first of all I want to say that at the European woman's lobby and women
:12:09. > :12:12.all over Europe are very concerned by what has happened, because it is
:12:13. > :12:17.really something that is shameful. It is an outrage, and sexual
:12:18. > :12:24.harassment or sexual crimes can never be a collateral damage to
:12:25. > :12:29.anything or to any cause, and so I think the first thing that is very
:12:30. > :12:34.important is to find the perpetrators and to punish those who
:12:35. > :12:37.organised those different crimes under different scenes. They have
:12:38. > :12:44.dropped you for a moment? What do you mean that these -- may I
:12:45. > :12:48.interrupt you? What do you mean by they may have been collateral
:12:49. > :12:53.damage? It has been said in that way by the Mayor in Germany asking women
:12:54. > :13:00.may be to back off and behave differently. I think we have to be
:13:01. > :13:05.very careful on that. Women today are in the 21st-century and should
:13:06. > :13:08.be able to live the way they want to live, day or night, behave the way
:13:09. > :13:14.they want to behave, dressed the way they want to dress. It can never be
:13:15. > :13:20.something that we put in danger today. We can ask women to live
:13:21. > :13:24.differently and we cannot say that it may be a consequence of any event
:13:25. > :13:27.in the world. Equality between men and woman is something we want to
:13:28. > :13:33.reach for in every country in the world. With this particular case,
:13:34. > :13:38.and Angela Merkel did come under a lot of criticism for her comments,
:13:39. > :13:42.code of conduct it was cold, what do you want to see happen with this kit
:13:43. > :13:47.next? We are beginning to get reports of some information or
:13:48. > :13:53.arrests being done. I think maybe the first thing is that we need to
:13:54. > :14:00.realise how important it is to fight violence against women, to see how
:14:01. > :14:03.important it is to react every time something happens. We know that one
:14:04. > :14:10.woman out of three in the world is over will be a victim of sexual
:14:11. > :14:17.harassment, sexual assault. So, we cannot on the one hand look cat that
:14:18. > :14:21.happening, not reacting, -- look at that happening, on an european
:14:22. > :14:24.level, to fight that violence against women but then on the other
:14:25. > :14:29.hand say it, this cannot happen, we look at this and then we feel that
:14:30. > :14:32.something is wrong. Yes, there are a lot of things going on that wrong
:14:33. > :14:38.regarding equality and the strategy against violence against women. In
:14:39. > :14:42.Europe every day, seven women die because of violence against women.
:14:43. > :14:47.With this particular case, as you have seen no doubt, the police chief
:14:48. > :14:51.and his team have said they need to rethink their strategy, because they
:14:52. > :14:53.were unprepared I think most would say for this incident, which
:14:54. > :14:58.happened in more cities than in Cologne in Germany on a smaller
:14:59. > :15:06.scale. Do you trust that the police in this case will be able to combat
:15:07. > :15:10.a crime like this in this context? Well, at this point, I would like to
:15:11. > :15:15.say yes, but they don't think any woman in Europe and probably not in
:15:16. > :15:21.Germany can at this point be sure of that, because I don't think police
:15:22. > :15:27.forces get enough training on those issues when women are assaulted many
:15:28. > :15:30.times, they don't have the procedure is, they don't have to deal with it,
:15:31. > :15:37.and sold to many times it is something that is disregarded. So,
:15:38. > :15:40.maybe the first thing to do here is to ask police to be capable of
:15:41. > :15:44.reacting and capable of acknowledging what is going on and
:15:45. > :15:49.then put procedures into place to be able to deal with it. Thank you very
:15:50. > :15:57.much. Those details are still evolving from a story which we will
:15:58. > :16:01.keep putting across. It has been another day, and the markets.
:16:02. > :16:06.China's Sokol circuit breaker mechanism was triggered for a second
:16:07. > :16:08.time in a week and this meant it was automatically halted because shares
:16:09. > :16:13.plummeting so quickly. It was all over today in 30 minutes. China's
:16:14. > :16:17.shortest trading day in history and the circuit breaker is triggered
:16:18. > :16:22.when stocks tumble below 7% but now there are concerns it may be making
:16:23. > :16:26.things worse so China says. Using the circuit breaker. So, what
:16:27. > :16:32.exactly has the global knock on effect been from China's problems?
:16:33. > :16:37.Tanya Beckett explains. Markets around the world were jolted after
:16:38. > :16:43.circuit breakers in China kicked in to prevent panic selling of stocks.
:16:44. > :16:49.It was the second time in four days. China's currency has plunged to its
:16:50. > :16:54.lowest level in 4.5 years. The news from China rippled through global
:16:55. > :16:59.markets, sending the oil price to a fresh 11 year low, then it $33 a
:17:00. > :17:04.barrel by Brent crude. All this has spooked investors and stock markets
:17:05. > :17:10.across Asia, Europe and the United States fell sharply. Add into the
:17:11. > :17:13.gloom the World Bank has cut its global economic forecast for this
:17:14. > :17:18.year. It blames the weaker performance of emerging markets.
:17:19. > :17:22.With US interest rates on the rise, it is the economists could find
:17:23. > :17:26.themselves caught in a choppy economic waters.
:17:27. > :17:33.A short time ago, that is a Business Correspondent give this analysis.
:17:34. > :17:38.Regulators in China announced that they would be suspending the circuit
:17:39. > :17:43.breakers as of January the 8th, tomorrow. Don't forget that these
:17:44. > :17:47.were first introduced back in December following the aftermath of
:17:48. > :17:51.a massive loss on the Chinese stock market. But it only really came into
:17:52. > :17:56.effect early this week on Monday, the first trading day of 2016. As
:17:57. > :18:01.you are saying just a few minutes ago, we saw very clearly what
:18:02. > :18:05.happened as a result of these circuit breaker mechanism is coming
:18:06. > :18:08.into place. I think they really made investors very anxious. Many trees
:18:09. > :18:12.are absurd that we just heard from reflecting those concerns and so
:18:13. > :18:17.those regulators there have decided to scrap them for now. We talked
:18:18. > :18:23.about this shortest day of trading, just 30 minutes. Will it have
:18:24. > :18:27.long-term consequences? I think what is really important to remember is
:18:28. > :18:31.what all this anxiety is telling us about how investors are feeling
:18:32. > :18:34.about the Chinese economy. It should not come as a surprise to anyone
:18:35. > :18:39.that the economy is slowing down. The Government has been saying that
:18:40. > :18:42.for some time and that it needs to transition from a manufacturing
:18:43. > :18:45.state led investment type of economy to one that is dependent on
:18:46. > :18:51.services. The problem is earlier this week, we received data from the
:18:52. > :18:57.Chinese economy saying that even the services sector is slowing down,
:18:58. > :19:01.earlier today the Government, the central bank, reduced the price of
:19:02. > :19:02.the currency and I think that has anyone concerned about what the next
:19:03. > :19:04.move is. The Polish president has signed
:19:05. > :19:06.a controversial law giving the government control
:19:07. > :19:09.over state TV and radio. Under the new legislation,
:19:10. > :19:12.senior figures in public radio and television will be appointed
:19:13. > :19:15.and sacked by the treasury minister. The EU's executive body -
:19:16. > :19:18.the European Commission - has expressed concerns over media
:19:19. > :19:34.freedom but the Polish government TRANSLATION: It is important to the
:19:35. > :19:37.president that Polish state media is impartial, credible and objective.
:19:38. > :19:41.The president has carefully examined all the proposals, views and
:19:42. > :19:45.objections that have been received by the presidency or published by
:19:46. > :19:50.the media. The president believes strongly that the state media as to
:19:51. > :19:51.preserve public mission. That is why the president signed the radio and
:19:52. > :19:52.TV law. Let's talk to Maciej Czajkowski,
:19:53. > :20:03.who works at Poland's public Good to have you with us. First of
:20:04. > :20:12.all, it is this set in stone or can it be appealed? No, it can't. The
:20:13. > :20:19.situation is really surreal, just to understand what does it mean for us,
:20:20. > :20:24.it is like George Osborne getting to decide who is going to run and
:20:25. > :20:27.published television and radio. Basically, we are facing up to the
:20:28. > :20:35.situation that cannot be changed at the moment. Obviously, all
:20:36. > :20:42.unfriendly journalists who are working for Polish television, they
:20:43. > :20:49.are expecting to be asked to leave. For our global listeners, or
:20:50. > :20:54.viewers, I would say, like a Finance Secretary or Treasury Secretary
:20:55. > :20:58.making the decision, as you say. How will it affect you directly, as you
:20:59. > :21:07.work at the television station, do you believe? Probably, I will lose
:21:08. > :21:12.my job and for another one, which is maybe not a problem... Let me stop
:21:13. > :21:21.you there for one second, you really think you will lose your job? Why? I
:21:22. > :21:28.think so, even if I will be kept, if they were asked me to stay, I do not
:21:29. > :21:34.wish to work for the television public broadcaster which is run by
:21:35. > :21:40.the Government directly. The only important thing and the most
:21:41. > :21:46.important thing for me. We are supposed to be a democratic mother
:21:47. > :21:54.and country and Poland is a fantastic country. It is a fantastic
:21:55. > :22:02.nation. I hope that Polish people will see what is happening really
:22:03. > :22:06.and they will put pressure on the Government, and they will need to
:22:07. > :22:13.make some changes. At the moment, we cannot appeal at all, no. Thank you
:22:14. > :22:15.very much. Speaking to us from Warsaw today on that new Law brought
:22:16. > :22:20.in by the Government of Poland. The award winning South African
:22:21. > :22:22.artist Marcus Neustetter works with light-creating massive
:22:23. > :22:23.installations in places where darkness is often
:22:24. > :22:25.associated with crime, poverty and his country's
:22:26. > :22:27.legacy of apartheid. He's been visiting the Museum
:22:28. > :22:29.of African Art in Washington DC, where the BBC's Jane O'Brien
:22:30. > :22:42.caught up with him. I'm like a scientist has discovered
:22:43. > :22:47.a new planet. On the surface of a new Korean. Most people visit
:22:48. > :22:48.museums were the objects on display, but Marcus Neustetter prefers
:22:49. > :22:55.playing with shadows behind the scenes. I am entering a space that
:22:56. > :22:59.has a lot of mystery unknown to them, and my mission is about
:23:00. > :23:05.exploring these imaginary worlds that reveal themselves. But how do
:23:06. > :23:07.you work with light? I feel that if we can interact and hold and
:23:08. > :23:13.facilitate and moved light around, we can take control of what right
:23:14. > :23:17.does. We can throw light in the air, or on the floor. The act of doing
:23:18. > :23:22.that really gets you involved in making the artwork. A winner at the
:23:23. > :23:26.2015 world technology award for art, Marcus Neustetter is trying to
:23:27. > :23:30.overcome negative perceptions of darkness and the very real danger it
:23:31. > :23:35.poses for people living in the dark. The notion of darkness is associated
:23:36. > :23:40.with not having light or power, power being literal and otherwise.
:23:41. > :23:44.It is actually a form of a lack of development or a fear factor that
:23:45. > :23:47.comes with it. Darkness and silence at places of uncertainty are usually
:23:48. > :23:51.associated with any sense of darkness, so I am dropping a little
:23:52. > :23:53.bit of light into it and it changes the interaction with people have
:23:54. > :23:57.with their context and hopefully the way they see the city. The idea is
:23:58. > :24:04.to help South Africans tell their own stories. There are pre-dinosaur
:24:05. > :24:08.footprints that are embedded in the ground and there is a museum that
:24:09. > :24:13.speaks of these predators were footprints and the dinosaurs and
:24:14. > :24:18.then kind of skips a whole timeline. There is this gap that doesn't talk
:24:19. > :24:24.about the kind of communities that are being ignored in that context.
:24:25. > :24:28.And so using this, he drew the dinosaur footprint and the youth
:24:29. > :24:32.group were performing a real dance and this links culturally
:24:33. > :24:36.traditional lead to the place. What you see in the image are kids
:24:37. > :24:42.wearing lights while they dance in the document. But darkness isn't
:24:43. > :24:46.always bad, for some it is even a commodity. To be in a place of
:24:47. > :24:51.darkness is actually a privilege. We know this ourselves. All the time we
:24:52. > :24:55.are looking at lights, advertising is flashed that you, it is fantastic
:24:56. > :24:58.to walk into town Square to be bombarded by light but to remove
:24:59. > :25:05.yourself is sometimes very hard, how do you teach people that actually
:25:06. > :25:08.being in that place is a good thing? Sometimes you shed light on it in
:25:09. > :25:13.order to show that the darkness can be good.
:25:14. > :25:19.Now, a reminder of the news that has broken. Michel Platini has said that
:25:20. > :25:25.he is withdrawing his bid to be the next president of Fifa. His bid to
:25:26. > :25:29.take the top job had been put on hold because of a payment that he
:25:30. > :25:34.received from the current President Sepp Blatter are back in 2011. Both
:25:35. > :25:40.men have been suspended for eight years by the Fifa ethics committee.
:25:41. > :25:44.You can find more on that story on the website. Just click on the sport
:25:45. > :25:49.tab. That is all from this programme for now. You will get the weather in
:25:50. > :26:03.a few minutes time. For now, goodbye for now.
:26:04. > :26:12.Good evening. It has been raining for days and days in the north-east
:26:13. > :26:15.of Scotland. A rain warning remains in force until tomorrow morning.
:26:16. > :26:20.That rain could see this weather font that is slowly moving north. It
:26:21. > :26:21.turns colder tonight. You could see a touch of ice and