07/01/2016 World News Today

I'm Nualka McGovern with BBC World News.

Our top story - on the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attack,

police in Paris shoot and kill a man with a knife

The man was carrying an Islamic State emblem as he tried

to get into the police station with a knife.

Shocking images from the Syrian town of Madaya, under siege by government

The UN says aid will now be allowed to go through.

The Shanghai Exchange is suspended for the second time in a week -

And we speak with the award winning South African artist

Marcus Neustetter on a visit to the Museum of African

There's been a shooting in Paris exactly a year to the day that

Islamist gunmen killed 12 people in an assault

A man armed with a knife and wearing a fake suicide vest was shot dead

as he tried to attack a police station.

Prosecutors say he was carrying a piece of paper bearing the emblem

We can bring you some pictures. This is Place de la Republique. It has

just gone 8pm in Paris. As they have done over the past year, they have

left flowers, candles to pay their respects and remember victims of

terror attacks in their city. That is here now from our Paris

correspondence. In northern Paris today, the now

familiar feeling of France coming under attack. Exactly one year since

gunmen burst into the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a lone assailant

armed with a kitchen knife. Just after 1130 this morning, he

approached the police station here in the capital's 18th district where

officers shot him dead. TRANSLATION: They told him to get back and he did

but then he stepped towards them again. They warned him once more. He

lifted his arms and they shot him three times. On his body, a harmless

home-made device made to look like a suicide belt. And say police, and

image of the flag used by Islamic State. Some eyewitnesses say the man

shouted Allahu Akbar as he ran towards the police station. This

time the only cos was the attacker himself but on the anniversary of

the shootings at Charlie Hebdo, it is a reminder of the threat France

still faces one year on. News of the assault trickled through the lines

of police officers gathered at their Paris headquarters today. They had

come to hear President: the paid tribute to three of their colleagues

killed in last January's attacks. Hard to imagine that it would just

be the beginning. TRANSLATION: We are now facing hardened fighters who

have decided to kill even at the cost of their own lives. Their

attacks are coordinated from abroad ordered by the Organisation called

Islamic State. That is why I say that we are at war. Charlie Hebdo

itself marked today's anniversary with a special edition aimed at none

other than God himself. It is a pointed headline, the killer is

still out there. Investigators don't yet know what links if any today's

attacker may have had with jihadists networks, but amid this week's

commemorations, Paris is remembering its victims with a sound of sirens

once again bringing through its streets.

Our correspondent in Paris Hugh Schofield says the timing

of the attempted attack was significant.

The timing was extraordinary but in retrospect probably no coincidence

that all that it was just as President Hollande was speaking in

the barracks of the police that this man struck in the 20 macro

neighbourhood in the north. In fact when you look at the timing it was

possibly extremely significant. It was 1130 when this man struck and it

was 1130 exactly a year ago that they Kouachi brothers appeared and

launched their attack with all that followed that we know. It was a

reminder of how precarious things still are. This was an attack of a

completely different nature, obviously from the Charlie Hebdo

attacks and also the November 13 attacks which were planned and

involved large numbers of people. This was a lone figure, he might

have had some accomplices but pretty feeble, the most he could have

expected that it was perhaps kill one police officer before being

killed himself. He did not succeed in any of that but it is a reminder

that Jihadism and the threat calls in all cases from the very big

coordinated attacks to this which may just have been something which a

lone figure cooked up by himself under the influence of all the

propaganda coming out of Syria. Michel Platini has said

that he is withdrawing his bid to become the next president of FIFA

- the governing body of world Platini's bid to take football's top

job had been put on hold because of a payment he received

from current president, Both men were initially suspended

by FIFA for 90 days before being banned for eight years last

month for a conflict of interest over the $1.35 million payment -

which is also the subject of a criminal investigation

in Switzerland. He is appealing his suspension and

insists he has done no wrong. The United Nations says it's taking

action as a terrible humanitarian crisis is worsening on the border

between Syria and Lebanon. It says the Syrian government has

agreed to allow humanitarian aid to the besieged town of Madaya

where people are reported There've been urgent calls in recent

days for aid to be allowed in. People are also reported to be

eating grass to survive in the government-held Foah

and Kefraya, in the north-west. Our Middle East correspondent

Jim Muir reports. You may find some of the pictures

in his report distressing. This is the grim result of a siege

that has gone on for six months, with no food at all reaching the

town of Madaya since October. This little boy give his name is

Muhammad. We believe these pictures show him talking to a doctor

recently. He said it has been a whole week since he had anything at

all to it. What would he like most, he was asked? Something sweet, he

said. You are not hungry, we are, shocked and angry man at a fighter.

said. You are not hungry, we are, Conditions at the blockade town have

got even worse with the arrival of winter. Back in October when the

last food got in, things were already bad enough. We saw a huge

lack of basic needs such as food, water, and medicine. We couldn't

access Madaya or other areas since October 2015, so yes, the situation

is extremely dire, we are very concerned. The plight of Madaya has

prompted angry demonstrations by sympathisers in other rebel held

areas further north. This man warned that if the siege of Madaya was not

lifted, to government held villages besieged by the levels would be

attacked and destroyed. That threat has been

military commanders, under an military commanders, under an

both Madaya and the two villages. Now the Government has given the

green light for aid supplies to Now the Government has given the

come in a matter of days but both sides will have to cooperate if it

is to work. It's the worst bomb attack in Libya

since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi. More than 50 people are reported

to have been killed at a police Reports say hundreds of recruits had

gathered there just It comes at a time when there's

concern that Islamic State militants Let's get more from our world

affairs correspondent It was in this former military

compound in Zlitan that the huge bomb was detonated. At least 300

police recruits who had gathered bomb was detonated. At least 300

here in the morning were cut down in the explosion which was heard miles

away. It the explosion which was heard miles

bomber. TRANSLATION: This recruit who survived the attack said a

bomber had driven a truck at high speed through the gate, and thence

came the explosion. There were so many casualties that hospitals

across the region, including here in Miss Rutter, were needed to deal

with what is believed to be the worst bomber that in Libya since the

fall of the Gaddafi regime five years ago. This morning, Thursday,

we received a number of wounded from the police academy. TRANSLATION: The

injuries range from moderate to serious and critical. The attack in

Zlitan which lies near the coast not far from the capital Tripoli could

have been carried out by far from the capital Tripoli could

many Libyan militias or a criminal gang or jihadists. Fighters from the

group calling itself Islamic State have been steadily expanding their

influence in Libya. These pictures apparently showing an attack this

week on a vital oil depot on the coast. And this, the aftermath.

Several storage tanks containing more than 2 million barrels of oil

still ablaze. Despite the efforts of local firefighting teams.

TRANSLATION: I appeal to the national oil company and also the

United Nations. If there is any kind of response, even if it was just a

little help, as we are facing a disaster, environmental and

economic. While it is known that so called Islamic State was behind the

attack here, so far no group has admitted carrying out there is no's

bombing which killed and injured so many police recruits in Zlitan. What

is beyond doubt is that Libya's descent into chaos continues

unabated. A leaked police report written

immediately after the New Year's Eve sex attacks in Cologne reveals

that there were significant numbers of Afghan, Syrian and Iraqi asylum

seekers in the crowd that night. Speak like that is according to

German media reports. It's not clear whether the migrants

were involved in the attacks. Some 121 women have filed criminal

complaints to say they were sexually And to get more on this story,

let's cross to Viviane Teitelbaum in Good to have you with us. How are

you seeing this story? What do you feel we really need to know? Well,

first of all I want to say that at the European woman's lobby and women

all over Europe are very concerned by what has happened, because it is

really something that is shameful. It is an outrage, and sexual

harassment or sexual crimes can never be a collateral damage to

anything or to any cause, and so I think the first thing that is very

important is to find the perpetrators and to punish those who

organised those different crimes under different scenes. They have

dropped you for a moment? What do you mean that these -- may I

interrupt you? What do you mean by they may have been collateral

damage? It has been said in that way by the Mayor in Germany asking women

may be to back off and behave differently. I think we have to be

very careful on that. Women today are in the 21st-century and should

be able to live the way they want to live, day or night, behave the way

they want to behave, dressed the way they want to dress. It can never be

something that we put in danger today. We can ask women to live

differently and we cannot say that it may be a consequence of any event

in the world. Equality between men and woman is something we want to

reach for in every country in the world. With this particular case,

and Angela Merkel did come under a lot of criticism for her comments,

code of conduct it was cold, what do you want to see happen with this kit

next? We are beginning to get reports of some information or

arrests being done. I think maybe the first thing is that we need to

realise how important it is to fight violence against women, to see how

important it is to react every time something happens. We know that one

woman out of three in the world is over will be a victim of sexual

harassment, sexual assault. So, we cannot on the one hand look cat that

happening, not reacting, -- look at that happening, on an european

level, to fight that violence against women but then on the other

hand say it, this cannot happen, we look at this and then we feel that

something is wrong. Yes, there are a lot of things going on that wrong

regarding equality and the strategy against violence against women. In

Europe every day, seven women die because of violence against women.

With this particular case, as you have seen no doubt, the police chief

and his team have said they need to rethink their strategy, because they

were unprepared I think most would say for this incident, which

happened in more cities than in Cologne in Germany on a smaller

scale. Do you trust that the police in this case will be able to combat

a crime like this in this context? Well, at this point, I would like to

say yes, but they don't think any woman in Europe and probably not in

Germany can at this point be sure of that, because I don't think police

forces get enough training on those issues when women are assaulted many

times, they don't have the procedure is, they don't have to deal with it,

and sold to many times it is something that is disregarded. So,

maybe the first thing to do here is to ask police to be capable of

reacting and capable of acknowledging what is going on and

then put procedures into place to be able to deal with it. Thank you very

much. Those details are still evolving from a story which we will

keep putting across. It has been another day, and the markets.

China's Sokol circuit breaker mechanism was triggered for a second

time in a week and this meant it was automatically halted because shares

plummeting so quickly. It was all over today in 30 minutes. China's

shortest trading day in history and the circuit breaker is triggered

when stocks tumble below 7% but now there are concerns it may be making

things worse so China says. Using the circuit breaker. So, what

exactly has the global knock on effect been from China's problems?

Tanya Beckett explains. Markets around the world were jolted after

circuit breakers in China kicked in to prevent panic selling of stocks.

It was the second time in four days. China's currency has plunged to its

lowest level in 4.5 years. The news from China rippled through global

markets, sending the oil price to a fresh 11 year low, then it $33 a

barrel by Brent crude. All this has spooked investors and stock markets

across Asia, Europe and the United States fell sharply. Add into the

gloom the World Bank has cut its global economic forecast for this

year. It blames the weaker performance of emerging markets.

With US interest rates on the rise, it is the economists could find

themselves caught in a choppy economic waters.

A short time ago, that is a Business Correspondent give this analysis.

Regulators in China announced that they would be suspending the circuit

breakers as of January the 8th, tomorrow. Don't forget that these

were first introduced back in December following the aftermath of

a massive loss on the Chinese stock market. But it only really came into

effect early this week on Monday, the first trading day of 2016. As

you are saying just a few minutes ago, we saw very clearly what

happened as a result of these circuit breaker mechanism is coming

into place. I think they really made investors very anxious. Many trees

are absurd that we just heard from reflecting those concerns and so

those regulators there have decided to scrap them for now. We talked

about this shortest day of trading, just 30 minutes. Will it have

long-term consequences? I think what is really important to remember is

what all this anxiety is telling us about how investors are feeling

about the Chinese economy. It should not come as a surprise to anyone

that the economy is slowing down. The Government has been saying that

for some time and that it needs to transition from a manufacturing

state led investment type of economy to one that is dependent on

services. The problem is earlier this week, we received data from the

Chinese economy saying that even the services sector is slowing down,

earlier today the Government, the central bank, reduced the price of

the currency and I think that has anyone concerned about what the next

move is. The Polish president has signed

a controversial law giving the government control

over state TV and radio. Under the new legislation,

senior figures in public radio and television will be appointed

and sacked by the treasury minister. The EU's executive body -

the European Commission - has expressed concerns over media

freedom but the Polish government TRANSLATION: It is important to the

president that Polish state media is impartial, credible and objective.

The president has carefully examined all the proposals, views and

objections that have been received by the presidency or published by

the media. The president believes strongly that the state media as to

preserve public mission. That is why the president signed the radio and

TV law. Let's talk to Maciej Czajkowski,

who works at Poland's public Good to have you with us. First of

all, it is this set in stone or can it be appealed? No, it can't. The

situation is really surreal, just to understand what does it mean for us,

it is like George Osborne getting to decide who is going to run and

published television and radio. Basically, we are facing up to the

situation that cannot be changed at the moment. Obviously, all

unfriendly journalists who are working for Polish television, they

are expecting to be asked to leave. For our global listeners, or

viewers, I would say, like a Finance Secretary or Treasury Secretary

making the decision, as you say. How will it affect you directly, as you

work at the television station, do you believe? Probably, I will lose

my job and for another one, which is maybe not a problem... Let me stop

you there for one second, you really think you will lose your job? Why? I

think so, even if I will be kept, if they were asked me to stay, I do not

wish to work for the television public broadcaster which is run by

the Government directly. The only important thing and the most

important thing for me. We are supposed to be a democratic mother

and country and Poland is a fantastic country. It is a fantastic

nation. I hope that Polish people will see what is happening really

and they will put pressure on the Government, and they will need to

make some changes. At the moment, we cannot appeal at all, no. Thank you

very much. Speaking to us from Warsaw today on that new Law brought

in by the Government of Poland. The award winning South African

artist Marcus Neustetter works with light-creating massive

installations in places where darkness is often

associated with crime, poverty and his country's

legacy of apartheid. He's been visiting the Museum

of African Art in Washington DC, where the BBC's Jane O'Brien

caught up with him. I'm like a scientist has discovered

a new planet. On the surface of a new Korean. Most people visit

museums were the objects on display, but Marcus Neustetter prefers

playing with shadows behind the scenes. I am entering a space that

has a lot of mystery unknown to them, and my mission is about

exploring these imaginary worlds that reveal themselves. But how do

you work with light? I feel that if we can interact and hold and

facilitate and moved light around, we can take control of what right

does. We can throw light in the air, or on the floor. The act of doing

that really gets you involved in making the artwork. A winner at the

2015 world technology award for art, Marcus Neustetter is trying to

overcome negative perceptions of darkness and the very real danger it

poses for people living in the dark. The notion of darkness is associated

with not having light or power, power being literal and otherwise.

It is actually a form of a lack of development or a fear factor that

comes with it. Darkness and silence at places of uncertainty are usually

associated with any sense of darkness, so I am dropping a little

bit of light into it and it changes the interaction with people have

with their context and hopefully the way they see the city. The idea is

to help South Africans tell their own stories. There are pre-dinosaur

footprints that are embedded in the ground and there is a museum that

speaks of these predators were footprints and the dinosaurs and

then kind of skips a whole timeline. There is this gap that doesn't talk

about the kind of communities that are being ignored in that context.

And so using this, he drew the dinosaur footprint and the youth

group were performing a real dance and this links culturally

traditional lead to the place. What you see in the image are kids

wearing lights while they dance in the document. But darkness isn't

always bad, for some it is even a commodity. To be in a place of

darkness is actually a privilege. We know this ourselves. All the time we

are looking at lights, advertising is flashed that you, it is fantastic

to walk into town Square to be bombarded by light but to remove

yourself is sometimes very hard, how do you teach people that actually

being in that place is a good thing? Sometimes you shed light on it in

order to show that the darkness can be good.

Now, a reminder of the news that has broken. Michel Platini has said that

he is withdrawing his bid to be the next president of Fifa. His bid to

take the top job had been put on hold because of a payment that he

received from the current President Sepp Blatter are back in 2011. Both

men have been suspended for eight years by the Fifa ethics committee.

You can find more on that story on the website. Just click on the sport

tab. That is all from this programme for now. You will get the weather in

a few minutes time. For now, goodbye for now.

Good evening. It has been raining for days and days in the north-east

of Scotland. A rain warning remains in force until tomorrow morning.

That rain could see this weather font that is slowly moving north. It

turns colder tonight. You could see a touch of ice and