:00:08. > :00:09.This is BBC World News Today with me, Nuala McGovern.
:00:10. > :00:13.A clinical trial in France to test a new painkiller has
:00:14. > :00:17.One man is declared brain dead and another three face
:00:18. > :00:25.After a week of tough economic news, there's been another sharp fall
:00:26. > :00:32.Guys, you can start opening your cuff check list to page seven.
:00:33. > :00:36.A spacewalk to repair parts of the International Space Station
:00:37. > :00:42.is cut short, after one astronaut reports a water leak in his helmet.
:00:43. > :00:44.China says it's planning a space mission - to the dark side
:00:45. > :01:03.A clinical trial of a new drug in France has left one person
:01:04. > :01:06.brain-dead and another five people in hospital,
:01:07. > :01:12.The painkiller was being tested in a government-approved laboratory
:01:13. > :01:18.in Rennes in northwest France and was given to 90 people.
:01:19. > :01:20.The study has been halted and all the volunteers
:01:21. > :01:23.Earlier reports that the drug was a cannabis-based painkiller have
:01:24. > :01:29.The chief neuroscientist says there's no known antidote
:01:30. > :01:37.to the experimental drug they were testing.
:01:38. > :01:39.TRANSLATION: Four of the five other patients have neurological problems
:01:40. > :01:42.of different levels of seriousness.
:01:43. > :01:44.One patient has no symptoms but is being
:01:45. > :01:49.carefully watched because of what happen to other patients that
:01:50. > :01:54.Among the four patients, three are already in a condition
:01:55. > :01:57.that is sufficiently serious to cause us to fear a handicap
:01:58. > :02:04.which could be irreversible in the best possible situation.
:02:05. > :02:12.Our Medical Correspondent, Fergus Walsh, is here.
:02:13. > :02:22.What else do we know? We heard about the number of people, one brain dead
:02:23. > :02:27.and another five in hospital. Are they releasing more information
:02:28. > :02:32.about these people? It is important to set this in context. All the six
:02:33. > :02:39.men are part of a clinical trial which actually began in July last
:02:40. > :02:45.year. 90 healthy volunteers have been given this experimental drug,
:02:46. > :02:50.which works on the pain and mood receptors in the brain. They have
:02:51. > :02:57.been gradually given escalating doses. It is a phase one safety
:02:58. > :03:02.trial. Up to date there have been no apparent serious side effects for
:03:03. > :03:07.the last week, the six men were given the highest dose so far. Three
:03:08. > :03:12.days later one of them was rushed into hospital with a catastrophic
:03:13. > :03:16.brain injury, others then followed. The first man is brain dead. It is
:03:17. > :03:21.just a question of time before the life support is switched off. Three
:03:22. > :03:26.others may have irreversible brain damage. The doctors are struggling
:03:27. > :03:34.because they do not know how to treat this. It is important to
:03:35. > :03:39.stress this is not a first in man trial, it has been going on for six
:03:40. > :03:43.months. There is always a risk with these safety trials that at some
:03:44. > :03:46.months. There is always a risk with point there will be a side-effect.
:03:47. > :03:52.It does seem like a very unusual story. It is a rare thing to happen.
:03:53. > :03:55.It is. There are strict procedures. Across Europe they were tightened
:03:56. > :03:58.considerably after a Across Europe they were tightened
:03:59. > :04:05.years ago in London six men, a Across Europe they were tightened
:04:06. > :04:09.they all became ill within minutes of receiving
:04:10. > :04:11.they all became ill within minutes That was the first time it had been
:04:12. > :04:17.given to man. You can see it is That was the first time it had been
:04:18. > :04:22.quite different here. We were like, we all rely, on volunteers, who come
:04:23. > :04:27.forward. They would have been paid for this debate
:04:28. > :04:28.forward. They would have been paid the drugs. Without them, we would
:04:29. > :04:32.not have the drugs. Without them, we would
:04:33. > :04:36.called a serious accident. Strong words from the health Ministry in
:04:37. > :04:40.France. What do you think will happen in the next day or so?
:04:41. > :04:42.France. What do you think will inquiries have been setup.
:04:43. > :04:43.France. What do you think will Health Minister has been to meet
:04:44. > :04:52.France. What do you think will focus is on trying to their
:04:53. > :04:56.condition. This lab, it is a Portuguese company which has this
:04:57. > :04:59.private land in north-west France. They were inspected two years
:05:00. > :05:05.private land in north-west France. and that all went through. The trial
:05:06. > :05:13.data, that was approved last year. We await to see whether there were
:05:14. > :05:15.any indications in the earlier test result of what might happen. If that
:05:16. > :05:20.emerges, result of what might happen. If that
:05:21. > :05:27.wrong with the dizzying, then it is not just simply an accident.
:05:28. > :05:28.Fascinating story. Thank you for bringing us up with our top story
:05:29. > :05:31.this hour. US stocks have fallen
:05:32. > :05:45.sharply in morning trading. At times, the Dow Jones has been as
:05:46. > :05:47.much as 500 points down. Oil has fallen below $30 about for the
:05:48. > :05:59.second time this week. What can you tell us about the
:06:00. > :06:06.situation right now? Well, the Dow is down, as you say, over 400
:06:07. > :06:13.points. It was at 500 points down early in the day. It is the lowest
:06:14. > :06:17.it has been since August when we saw the Chinese turmoil and all the
:06:18. > :06:23.panic created in Wall Street in August. Stocks have had the worst
:06:24. > :06:26.start to year ever. This is really concerning for investors. As you
:06:27. > :06:34.said, the oil price for the second time this week is below $30 about.
:06:35. > :06:39.We are now in $29 barrel territory. You also have China today, the stock
:06:40. > :06:45.market entered into bearish territory. Declining 20% from their
:06:46. > :06:50.eyes. It really caused nervousness there. -- their highs. Another big
:06:51. > :06:55.factor is playing into how we have seen the market plunging since this
:06:56. > :07:00.morning. It is the fact we have had US economic data at which has been
:07:01. > :07:04.really weak. US retail sales were down, which was unexpected in
:07:05. > :07:08.December. That shows concern about consumer spending, which was
:07:09. > :07:13.supposed to be a bright spot. Manufacturing data has also peaked
:07:14. > :07:18.or December. We saw a broad sell-off across all indices. We are seeing
:07:19. > :07:23.people moving their money into Treasuries or gold, which are
:07:24. > :07:30.considered more say. Traders are saying this is the most fear they
:07:31. > :07:36.have experienced in a while. Officials in Sierra Leone have
:07:37. > :07:38.confirmed a death from ebola, hours after the World Health
:07:39. > :07:41.Organization declared the latest Tests on the person who died
:07:42. > :07:46.in northern Sierra Leone earlier this week proved positive
:07:47. > :07:49.according to an ebola The country was declared free
:07:50. > :07:54.of the virus late last year, and the region as a whole
:07:55. > :07:57.was cleared when Liberia was pronounced
:07:58. > :08:00.ebola-free on Thursday. The WHO has warned, however,
:08:01. > :08:03.that more flare-ups are expected. The BBC's Umaru Fofana sent this
:08:04. > :08:11.report from Freetown. There is bewilderment
:08:12. > :08:13.all across Sierra Leone today, as people come to the realisation
:08:14. > :08:16.that a woman who died some three years ago was in fact
:08:17. > :08:18.killed by ebola. The 22-year-old apparently
:08:19. > :08:21.got into a district on the border with Guinea but moved
:08:22. > :08:26.further into the north where she got She was discharged from hospital
:08:27. > :08:32.and died a couple of days Her body was released
:08:33. > :08:36.to her family to bury. There was angry reaction from people
:08:37. > :08:39.in that town who have been They said they should
:08:40. > :08:45.not have allowed the body to be released
:08:46. > :08:48.to the family for them to bury, nor should the woman
:08:49. > :08:50.have been discharged without first being
:08:51. > :08:52.diagnosed with ebola. This comes two months
:08:53. > :08:54.after the World Health Organisation declared the end of
:08:55. > :08:57.the outbreak in Sierra Leone. But nevertheless it should not
:08:58. > :09:03.mean people should worry about it because it can be
:09:04. > :09:08.contained, however rapid deployment, medical personnel who are ready
:09:09. > :09:12.to contain any eventual situation This is Sierra Leone's
:09:13. > :09:21.largest referral hospital. It still operates its ebola
:09:22. > :09:24.holding centre, where patients are brought
:09:25. > :09:26.in and they are released once they are deemed not to be
:09:27. > :09:28.carrying the ebola virus. and the hope is that the ebola virus
:09:29. > :09:34.will stop where it has raised its head again in the
:09:35. > :09:36.north of the country. Confirms are being expressed
:09:37. > :09:39.around that many have gone back to the old ways
:09:40. > :09:45.of doing things. I have seen, for example,
:09:46. > :09:48.signs of people eating bush meets These are animals deemed to be
:09:49. > :09:53.harbouring the virus. Now a look at some of
:09:54. > :09:56.the day's other news. The Islamist group Al Shabaab
:09:57. > :09:59.says it's taken control of an African Union base in southern
:10:00. > :10:01.Somalia near the border Residents in the town of El Adde
:10:02. > :10:11.report many Kenyan troops Al Shabaab says its killed more
:10:12. > :10:15.than sixty Kenyan soldiers and seized military vehicles,
:10:16. > :10:18.arms and ammunition. The United States Coast Guard
:10:19. > :10:20.is searching for two military helicopters that reportedly collided
:10:21. > :10:24.mid-air near the island of Oahu The Coast Guard says they've found
:10:25. > :10:29.debris in the water - There were a total of 12 people
:10:30. > :10:46.on board the helicopters. The court in Burundi has sentenced
:10:47. > :10:52.ex-generals to life in prison. That failed coup was sparked when the
:10:53. > :10:57.president announced his decision to run for a controversial third term.
:10:58. > :10:58.Hundreds of people have been killed in the country in subsequent
:10:59. > :11:04.arrests. after fellow astronaut Tim Kopra
:11:05. > :11:16."reported a water bubble They had been carrying out repairs
:11:17. > :11:20.on the International Space Station. It was the first spacewalk done
:11:21. > :11:23.by an astronaut representing the UK. Our Science Editor
:11:24. > :11:25.David Shukman reports. The first British citizen
:11:26. > :11:27.to walk in space today, A moment of exploration history,
:11:28. > :11:31.as Tim Peake prepares to venture Weightless, but jammed
:11:32. > :11:34.into a bulky spacesuit, he needs his colleagues to guide him
:11:35. > :11:38.into the airlock and hear Make sure the large hook is attached
:11:39. > :11:46.to the large hook in the airlock. There have been plenty of space
:11:47. > :11:49.walks before but they are always At about one o'clock,
:11:50. > :11:52.it was time to float out. A tiny figure against
:11:53. > :12:01.the vast space station. Seeing the Union Jack go outside,
:12:02. > :12:04.exploring all over the world, And, by hand, Tim Peake
:12:05. > :12:14.and a fellow astronaut, Filmed by his American colleagues,
:12:15. > :12:26.Tim Peake is perched at the very edge of the space station,
:12:27. > :12:30.in position to help carry out But look how hard it is
:12:31. > :12:32.managing tools in space. This is the view from
:12:33. > :12:34.Tim Peake's own camera. Everything is weightless
:12:35. > :12:41.and wants to float away. One hour 22 minutes
:12:42. > :12:43.into today's spacewalk... Stepping outside the International
:12:44. > :12:45.Space Station is always risky but spacewalks are essential
:12:46. > :12:53.to build and fix things. The astronauts emerge
:12:54. > :12:55.through an airlock here. If we take a closer look,
:12:56. > :12:57.we can see how they had to make their way, about 60 metres,
:12:58. > :13:00.to replace what is called That is part of the power supply
:13:01. > :13:04.connecting the solar panels. So, how do they stay safe
:13:05. > :13:07.while they are out there? Their spacesuits have 14
:13:08. > :13:09.layers of material to give protection from the vacuum of space
:13:10. > :13:14.and temperatures ranging Backpacks contain oxygen,
:13:15. > :13:23.a power supply, and In case the astronauts
:13:24. > :13:27.drift away, small thruster jets can manoeuvre
:13:28. > :13:32.them back to safety. The main task was to
:13:33. > :13:34.replace that power unit. They had to get it down
:13:35. > :13:37.within 31 minutes. That is how long night lasts
:13:38. > :13:40.on the space station. If sunlight hit the solar panels,
:13:41. > :13:44.they could have been electrocuted. or to try to drink it
:13:45. > :14:02.and note the taste. China is planning to launch
:14:03. > :14:43.a mission to land on the dark side good to have you with us. Let's talk
:14:44. > :15:10.a little bit about this. Somewhere good to have you with us. Let's talk
:15:11. > :15:14.that he wins have not actually got to experience
:15:15. > :15:16.that he wins have not actually got fascination? To begin with, the dark
:15:17. > :15:20.side of fascination? To begin with, the dark
:15:21. > :15:23.snowman. It is actually the far side of the moon. Because it is on the
:15:24. > :15:31.far side of the of the moon. Because it is on the
:15:32. > :15:35.our own eyes on it. We have seen photographs but no one has ever
:15:36. > :15:39.landed, even robotically, on the far side of the moon. China is about to
:15:40. > :15:45.break new ground in terms of landing a probe on the far side of the moon
:15:46. > :15:51.and taking some samples, which is the plan. Take some samples and try
:15:52. > :15:57.to figure out what the differences, apart from it being a shade darker
:15:58. > :16:04.than we are used to looking at. Exactly. There is some evidence that
:16:05. > :16:07.the far side of the moon seems to have undergone some different
:16:08. > :16:11.effects. Material which has risen to the service may be slightly
:16:12. > :16:15.different from the part of the moon we can see and therefore it has
:16:16. > :16:20.always been something that many scientists hope to do, to land there
:16:21. > :16:26.and take some samples, do chemical and other tests, to see if there is
:16:27. > :16:31.a difference. We can show our viewers some of the pictures so far.
:16:32. > :16:35.The first is the Soviet spacecraft which happen to take some pictures.
:16:36. > :16:41.You can imagine how exciting that was full of it is called the lunar
:16:42. > :16:46.spacecraft. The pictures are still impressive, I think, even 55 years
:16:47. > :16:54.later. It began to show a little bit of the surface. It did those then
:16:55. > :17:00.move on. We got another clearer, better picture, coming back in July.
:17:01. > :17:04.That is when Nasa decided to have a satellite that was able to take
:17:05. > :17:09.these pictures. When you looked at those pictures, what were you
:17:10. > :17:15.thinking? It has been such a long time since we have gone back to the
:17:16. > :17:18.moon. Despite the fact it is our nearest celestial neighbour, we
:17:19. > :17:22.still actually know relatively limited amounts about it. When I
:17:23. > :17:26.heard the news Chinese are interested in doing this, more than
:17:27. > :17:31.anything else, it was a feeling of, about time. What would you like them
:17:32. > :17:39.to find out? What was the burning question when it comes to the far
:17:40. > :17:43.side of the moon? Among other things, the positioning of it, where
:17:44. > :17:47.it may have suffered more hits from asteroids and things. It may have
:17:48. > :17:55.churned up deeper down some of the soil. What would it look like on the
:17:56. > :18:00.far side of the moon? What might we learn from asteroids bits and
:18:01. > :18:06.pieces? What has greater exposure to a different set of conditions
:18:07. > :18:11.resulted in? Is there water? We have already found there is more water on
:18:12. > :18:16.the near side of the Moon. Will it also be the case on the far side?
:18:17. > :18:23.Chinese plans are very ambitious. What about the United States? China
:18:24. > :18:27.is going to lead this. Is there some competition when it comes to new
:18:28. > :18:32.adventures like this, getting to the far side of the moon? Speaking a lot
:18:33. > :18:40.about the terminated spacewalk early that this is a whole other area.
:18:41. > :18:44.Yes. Basically, in terms of deep space exploration, the United States
:18:45. > :18:50.really has been alone. We just had the new Horizons project. There are
:18:51. > :18:55.probes currently planned for places like Jupiter and Saturn. Much of the
:18:56. > :19:01.outer solar system in particular, certainly nothing has landed on
:19:02. > :19:06.those planets and moons. Even the flybys are rare. One can only hope
:19:07. > :19:13.this excites a new generation of students around the world to renew
:19:14. > :19:18.their interest and go and explore our own solar system. It remains to
:19:19. > :19:23.be seen. One person who were very much be watching as China gets that
:19:24. > :19:31.under way, and that is deemed sharing. Speaking to bus from the
:19:32. > :19:35.United States. That will be taking place in 2018. -- speaking to us.
:19:36. > :19:38.The actor Sean Penn has defended his secret trip to Mexico
:19:39. > :19:40.to interview the notorious drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman
:19:41. > :19:42.while he was in hiding from authorities.
:19:43. > :19:44."El Chapo" was recaptured last week more than six months
:19:45. > :19:50.after his dramatic escape from maximum-security prison.
:19:51. > :19:57.It later emerged Sean Penn had boosted the drug lord last October
:19:58. > :20:02.and the actor published his account of the visit in Rolling Stone
:20:03. > :20:10.magazine. Sean Penn says he is hoping to change the conversation
:20:11. > :20:15.around the so-called war on drugs. The discussion around this article
:20:16. > :20:22.ignores its purpose, which was to try to contribute to this discussion
:20:23. > :20:27.about the policy and war on drugs. Let's go to the big picture of what
:20:28. > :20:33.we all want. We all want this drug problem to stop. We all want the
:20:34. > :20:37.killings in Chicago to stop. We are the consumer. Whether you agree with
:20:38. > :20:43.Sean Penn or not, there is a complicity there. If you are in them
:20:44. > :20:47.all right or the far left, just as many of your children are doing
:20:48. > :20:50.drugs. The Archbishop of Canterbury today
:20:51. > :20:52.apologised to the gay and lesbian community for the "hurt and pain"
:20:53. > :20:55.caused by the Anglican church. Justin Welby was speaking at the end
:20:56. > :20:58.of a meeting of senior bishops The Episcopal Church
:20:59. > :21:01.in the United States has been suspended from the Anglican
:21:02. > :21:03.communion for three years - because of its support
:21:04. > :21:05.for same-sex marriage. Our Religious Affairs correspondent,
:21:06. > :21:11.Caroline Wyatt, reports. Gay and lesbian protesters in places
:21:12. > :21:14.where being gay is still a crime gathered just outside
:21:15. > :21:16.Canterbury Cathedral. Here, Anglican leaders have been
:21:17. > :21:30.discussing the issue. Between the minority who approve of
:21:31. > :21:33.same-sex marriage and the majority that do not.
:21:34. > :21:42.They have reiterated that marriage within the church remained
:21:43. > :21:45.between a man and a woman and have had a telling off from the Episcopal
:21:46. > :21:53.church in America for allowing same-sex marriage.
:21:54. > :21:56.With gay and lesbian, and Anglicans say they feel abandoned.
:21:57. > :21:58.They say that in some countries, being homosexual is still
:21:59. > :22:21.the Archbishop of Canterbury was flanked by three
:22:22. > :22:25.other Anglican leaders, although not the most conservative.
:22:26. > :22:27.Justin Welby started with an apology.
:22:28. > :22:31.I would like to say how sorry I am for the hurt and pain in the past
:22:32. > :22:35.and present that the Church has caused, and that they love
:22:36. > :22:43.that we have at times completely failed to show.
:22:44. > :22:45.If you condemn homophobic prejudice or have done just now,
:22:46. > :22:48.why was it not mentioned in the joint resolution that you put
:22:49. > :22:51.out, because the protesters outside have been saying that they feel
:22:52. > :22:55.It was not mentioned in the joint resolution that was done yesterday,
:22:56. > :22:57.because that was going to be published today.
:22:58. > :22:58.It just happened that someone leaked it.
:22:59. > :23:00.So what do the more traditionalists think?
:23:01. > :23:15.Even if we disagree, we still love each other,
:23:16. > :23:18.And sometimes we have to argue, and that is OK, it is not
:23:19. > :23:21.The Archbishop of Canterbury says the next conference will come
:23:22. > :23:28.in 2020, and by then, the differences between
:23:29. > :23:30.the Conservative Churches of the south and the liberal
:23:31. > :23:34.treating congregations of the North will not have gone away.
:23:35. > :23:39.South African Airways has blacklisted a passenger who could be
:23:40. > :23:48.part of a crime syndicate on its long haul flights. There were a
:23:49. > :23:50.number of tests last month. $2.5 million of items were taken on
:23:51. > :23:55.flights to Hong Kong in 2014. Now, what's the longest number
:23:56. > :23:57.of rainy days you've experienced? Well, in the village
:23:58. > :23:59.of Eglwyswrw in Pembrokeshire, Wales, it's rained every day
:24:00. > :24:04.since October 26th last year. The BBC's Wales correspondent,
:24:05. > :24:09.Hywel Griffith, has been there. Spare a thought for the parents
:24:10. > :24:13.of Britain's wettest village. It has been too rainy for children
:24:14. > :24:29.to play out for 81 days. Endless wet days have
:24:30. > :24:30.taken their toll. Very wound up and very
:24:31. > :24:33.difficult, I have to admit. Nestled on the edge
:24:34. > :24:51.of the mountains, at least Eglwyswrw But since its last village
:24:52. > :24:54.pub closed last year, it has had nowhere for people
:24:55. > :24:57.to drown their sorrows. But not everyone's spirits
:24:58. > :24:58.have been dampened. We sell waterproofs and Wellington
:24:59. > :25:02.boots and you could not survive or get about anywhere without a good
:25:03. > :25:05.pair of Wellington boots And those wellies have
:25:06. > :25:09.been put into action. John Davis is the fourth generation
:25:10. > :25:12.of his family to farm this land and he has never known
:25:13. > :25:16.it to be so wet. With lambing just a few weeks away,
:25:17. > :25:20.his sheep are being kept They say maybe it's
:25:21. > :25:24.coming to an end. If that's the case,
:25:25. > :25:26.there will be a party It is one record we do not
:25:27. > :25:34.want to be famous for. 81 days is enough, that's
:25:35. > :25:36.what the villagers are saying. That record of 89 days of rain
:25:37. > :25:49.was on the Isle of Isla in 1923. Here, they are keeping their eyes
:25:50. > :25:54.on the skies and hoping the record From me and the rest of the team,
:25:55. > :26:05.goodbye.