:00:00. > :00:07.This is BBC World News Today, broadcasting in the UK
:00:08. > :00:12.The headlines: Both the US and Iranian presidents have praised
:00:13. > :00:20.the new nuclear deal and lifting of sanctions on Tehran.
:00:21. > :00:22.President Obama says the agreement guaranteed Iran would not
:00:23. > :00:27.So-called Islamic State is accused of killing and kidnapping hundreds
:00:28. > :00:31.of people in the Syrian city of Deir al-Zour.
:00:32. > :00:34.Also coming up: The 29 victims of the gun attack in Burkina Faso
:00:35. > :00:39.include Canadians, Americans and Libyans.
:00:40. > :00:41.Campaigners in the UK welcome new marine conservation zones
:00:42. > :01:01.but fishermen are worried it will affect their business.
:01:02. > :01:04.A day after international sanctions against Iran were lifted,
:01:05. > :01:07.the presidents of both the United States and Iran have been
:01:08. > :01:11.praising the deal, saying it's an opportunity to improve relations
:01:12. > :01:16.Whilst most sanctions have now been eased,
:01:17. > :01:19.the United States Treasury has imposed some fresh sanctions
:01:20. > :01:24.against Iran, in response to a recent ballistic missile test.
:01:25. > :01:27.Meanwhile, three out of the four Iranian-Americans released
:01:28. > :01:31.in a prisoner exchange have now flown out of Tehran and arrived
:01:32. > :01:38.This is the first photo of one of those former prisoners -
:01:39. > :01:41.the Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian -
:01:42. > :01:46.greeting US officials during a brief stop-off in Geneva.
:01:47. > :01:48.Our Diplomatic Correspondent Bridget Kendall has
:01:49. > :01:54.Less than 24 hours after, the first reaction directly
:01:55. > :02:00.from the American president to the latest breakthrough with Iran.
:02:01. > :02:04.Sanctions have been lifted, but the key, he argued,
:02:05. > :02:07.is that Iran no longer poses a nuclear threat.
:02:08. > :02:10.If Iran tries to cheat, if they try to build a bomb
:02:11. > :02:15.So the bottom line is this, whereas Iran was steadily
:02:16. > :02:19.expanding its nuclear programme, we have now cut off every single
:02:20. > :02:24.path Iran could have used to build bombs.
:02:25. > :02:31.New sanctions slapped on today by the US
:02:32. > :02:34.Treasury to punish Iran for testing a ballistic missile last year.
:02:35. > :02:36.Clearly, the Americans held up until yesterday's deal
:02:37. > :02:43.In Tehran, the Iranian focus so far has been on the bigger prize.
:02:44. > :02:47.In Parliament, President Rouhani greeted his Foreign Minister who had
:02:48. > :02:55.just returned from Vienna to lift sanctions enthusiastically.
:02:56. > :02:57.TRANSLATION: It is true that the Zionists and hard-liners
:02:58. > :03:04.inside America campaign against this deal, but we all know that the world
:03:05. > :03:06.has realised that sanctions are not a good solution.
:03:07. > :03:13.Everybody has realised that Iran is reliable.
:03:14. > :03:16.Though he did add that any new measures imposed
:03:17. > :03:21.by the Americans would receive an appropriate response.
:03:22. > :03:26.But on the streets of Tehran today, the mood was quietly jubilant.
:03:27. > :03:29.Newspaper headlines spoke of a great agreement and a new era for Iran
:03:30. > :03:40.The United States delayed any fresh sanctions until now -
:03:41. > :03:43.the prisoner swap, including among others, Iranian-American reporter
:03:44. > :03:51.Colleagues in Washington were already celebrating.
:03:52. > :03:54.This afternoon, it emerged he and fellow detainees had now
:03:55. > :03:57.flown out of Iran and were on the first stage
:03:58. > :04:03.Reportedly flying first to Geneva and then onto an American military
:04:04. > :04:09.It is here at the US Ramstein air base, near Frankfurt in Germany,
:04:10. > :04:12.that these prisoners who were being held in Iran
:04:13. > :04:16.will get their first taste of life after the nightmare.
:04:17. > :04:18.American doctors will be assessing their health
:04:19. > :04:20.and they will be meeting relatives who have flown
:04:21. > :04:26.This breakthrough with Iran is not just a diplomatic triumph.
:04:27. > :04:29.For several Iranians-American families, it is a very personal
:04:30. > :04:38.Amir Paivar is from the BBC Persian Service and told me more
:04:39. > :04:48.about what the lifting of sanctions will actually mean to Iran.
:04:49. > :04:56.Three main sets of sanctions, UN sanctions, those of the United
:04:57. > :05:01.States and those of the EU, they will all be removed, but these will
:05:02. > :05:05.be sanctions which were in place because of the nuclear programme.
:05:06. > :05:10.Those that were imposed because of terrorism watch human rights
:05:11. > :05:15.violations will remain. These sanctions are broadly all economic,
:05:16. > :05:22.so energy, trade, finance, and King, shipping, insurance, sales of
:05:23. > :05:27.precious metals. -- finance, banking. They will be permissible.
:05:28. > :05:36.In case of US sanctions, those will apply to non-US persons or
:05:37. > :05:41.companies, so the US companies, and US persons, will still not be
:05:42. > :05:45.allowed to do business with Iran. In terms of the nuclear programme,
:05:46. > :05:50.President Obama said the deal meant that Iran would not be able to build
:05:51. > :05:55.a nuclear bomb but Iran insists it still can continue with its nuclear
:05:56. > :05:59.energy programme. As I understand it, its capabilities have been
:06:00. > :06:06.reduced. Its uranium stockpile has to be reduced by 98% over the next
:06:07. > :06:12.15 years, but they can maintain their nuclear facilities for energy
:06:13. > :06:15.purposes. That is right. The Iranians nuclear programme will be
:06:16. > :06:21.limited and there will be a cap on how much uranium Iran can enrich and
:06:22. > :06:28.to what a degree. Basically, the idea is to block every route which
:06:29. > :06:36.is suspected of leading Iran to have a nuclear bomb, whether by enriching
:06:37. > :06:43.uranium to a very high degree or by converting a heavy water reactor
:06:44. > :06:49.by-products into plutonium, which can be used in a nuclear bomb. They
:06:50. > :06:55.all do limit Iran's ability of dashing towards a bomb, but it will
:06:56. > :07:03.keep Iran's basic facilities to enrich uranium enough for its
:07:04. > :07:09.nuclear power station. How has the deal gone down inside Iran? The deal
:07:10. > :07:17.has been embraced with jubilation in Iran. It had, in July in Vienna. The
:07:18. > :07:22.difference this time is, against all the odds, this deal, as President
:07:23. > :07:29.Obama said, is a done deal. In July it was all about what Iran will do
:07:30. > :07:30.as its commitments. Now, it is all about what Iran has done.
:07:31. > :07:37.And you can keep in touch with all the latest to do with Iran
:07:38. > :07:39.and the lifting of international sanctions by visiting our website.
:07:40. > :07:43.You will find analysis, background and reports
:07:44. > :07:44.from our correspondents around the world.
:07:45. > :07:51.Alternatively try the BBC News app for mobile and tablet devices.
:07:52. > :07:53.At least 400 civilians in a Syrian village have been kidnapped
:07:54. > :07:56.by militants from so-called Islamic State.
:07:57. > :07:58.That according to the UK-based monitoring group the Syrian
:07:59. > :08:03.Syrian state media is reporting that IS has also
:08:04. > :08:09.It said most of those killed in the attack near the city of Deir
:08:10. > :08:13.al-Zour were women, children and the elderly.
:08:14. > :08:30.Jim Muir has been monitoring events from the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
:08:31. > :08:38.This stems from an attack on the outskirts of Deir al-Zour. The
:08:39. > :08:41.attack started on Saturday. It seems IS were using militants who blew
:08:42. > :08:48.themselves up, they overran the area. The government is saying that
:08:49. > :08:52.300 people were massacred in the wake of that attack. The Syrian
:08:53. > :08:56.Observatory for human rights, which tracks events on the ground in a
:08:57. > :09:03.pretty neutral way, says the figure was 135 killed, of whom some died in
:09:04. > :09:07.battle, they were soldiers, but others were killed, they were family
:09:08. > :09:13.members or bath party officials. 85 of them were put to death, according
:09:14. > :09:17.to them. But it also says that 400 of the family members and relatives
:09:18. > :09:23.of pro-government loyalists were taken away, rounded up and taken off
:09:24. > :09:28.in the direction of Raqqa, further to the north-west, up the Euphrates
:09:29. > :09:33.river, and is the head quarters of IS. It says there are very real
:09:34. > :09:38.fears for their fate because in similar circumstances people have
:09:39. > :09:39.been massacred. So a lot of anxiety about what is happening to those 400
:09:40. > :09:41.people. Let's take a look at
:09:42. > :09:43.some other stories now. A man who was left brain-dead
:09:44. > :09:46.after taking part in a controversial Five other volunteers who became
:09:47. > :09:50.unwell following the trial are said They are being treated
:09:51. > :09:57.in the western city of Rennes. The trial was conducted by Biotrial,
:09:58. > :10:00.a company who are based in France and are trying to establish
:10:01. > :10:04.exactly what went wrong. Pope Francis has become
:10:05. > :10:08.only the third leader of the Roman Catholic church
:10:09. > :10:11.to visit the main synagogue in Rome. It's being seen as an official sign
:10:12. > :10:14.of 50 years of improving relations His trip follows the Vatican's
:10:15. > :10:19.declaration in December that it did not support efforts to convert
:10:20. > :10:25.Jews to Christianity. At least 13 people have been killed
:10:26. > :10:28.by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan who attacked the home of a prominent
:10:29. > :10:31.local politician in the eastern Obaiduallah Shinwari's brother had
:10:32. > :10:37.recently been released from Taliban captivity, and people had gathered
:10:38. > :10:40.to welcome him back. The Taliban has denied
:10:41. > :10:48.responsibility. More details have emerged
:10:49. > :10:50.about the attack by Islamist militants on a hotel
:10:51. > :10:54.and cafe in Burkina Faso. Among the 29 killed in the attack,
:10:55. > :10:57.there are now thought to be people from nine different countries,
:10:58. > :11:00.including six Canadians, Meanwhile, Australia says
:11:01. > :11:06.it is working with the Burkinabe authorities to try to secure
:11:07. > :11:09.the release of an elderly couple kidnapped by suspected Islamists
:11:10. > :11:14.in the town of Djibo in the north Our correspondent Thomas Fessy
:11:15. > :11:35.is in the capital Ouagadougou. some of the bodies have yet to be
:11:36. > :11:40.identified. Investigators working at this scene in the Hotel behind me,
:11:41. > :11:48.including a team of French forensic experts. What we know is that people
:11:49. > :11:51.from Canada, France, the Ukraine, United States, Portugal, the
:11:52. > :11:57.Netherlands, Switzerland and Libya were among those who died during the
:11:58. > :12:01.attack. Clearly, the Al-Qaeda militants targeted a hotel where
:12:02. > :12:06.they knew they were going to find Westerners. They actually stormed
:12:07. > :12:10.the cafe right opposite the hotel before they entered the hotel. At
:12:11. > :12:16.the cafe, that is where most of the bodies were found. They were able to
:12:17. > :12:21.take their time there before security forces arrived to shoot and
:12:22. > :12:24.to kill people inside the cafe. So quite clearly, the Westerners were
:12:25. > :12:30.the prime target for those jihadists. We also understand that
:12:31. > :12:36.an Australian elderly couple were kidnapped near the border with Mali.
:12:37. > :12:42.They were working there on medical facilities since the 1970s. They
:12:43. > :12:46.were quite popular among the locals and, in fact, quite a strong show of
:12:47. > :12:48.support in social media, with the local setting up a page to call for
:12:49. > :12:50.their release. It's been described as Britain's
:12:51. > :12:53."Blue Belt" and is made up of protected areas under the sea
:12:54. > :12:55.around the coastline. Campaigners are welcoming 23
:12:56. > :12:57.newly-designated marine conservation It means there are now around
:12:58. > :13:00.20,000 square kilometres But, as our Environment
:13:01. > :13:04.Correspondent Claire Marshall reports from Cornwall,
:13:05. > :13:06.there are concerns about how it could affect those who make
:13:07. > :13:13.a living from the sea. A glimpse of the remarkable
:13:14. > :13:16.world beneath our waves. These images were captured
:13:17. > :13:19.on a recent expedition to a deepwater canyon
:13:20. > :13:23.off the Cornish coast. Designated as a marine
:13:24. > :13:24.reserve two years ago, Now, 23 new zones have been added
:13:25. > :13:33.to this conservation network. A lot of what we're doing
:13:34. > :13:36.is protecting what is already there for the future and trying
:13:37. > :13:39.to enhance the status of these habitats, and the truth is,
:13:40. > :13:42.as we have ever more intense uses in our marine environment,
:13:43. > :13:44.in renewable energy, digging in cables, fishing
:13:45. > :13:47.activity, for instance, we need to make sure that we protect
:13:48. > :13:51.the vast array of marine habitats Some 20% of English waters are now
:13:52. > :13:58.considered protected. The reserves range from Cromer
:13:59. > :14:03.in the North Sea to Cumbria and down The waters around Newquay lie
:14:04. > :14:12.in one of the newer areas. We went rock pooling
:14:13. > :14:20.with a representative It is not just about
:14:21. > :14:26.the colourful and charismatic, it is about conserving the familiar
:14:27. > :14:31.wild places, like this. We have been damaging our
:14:32. > :14:34.seas for centuries now. Overfishing and polluting
:14:35. > :14:37.and using the protected area networks is one way
:14:38. > :14:43.to start to look after it. To give our species and our habitats
:14:44. > :14:48.the space and the time to start to recover, and hopefully they can
:14:49. > :14:54.then start to thrive again. These waters may now be part
:14:55. > :14:57.of a marine reserve, There are no rules or regulations
:14:58. > :15:01.in place to say what you can And that is what concerns
:15:02. > :15:06.the fishermen who work They don't yet know what the impact
:15:07. > :15:13.will be on their way of life. The worst-case scenario
:15:14. > :15:18.is complete closure, stopping fishing and we're hoping
:15:19. > :15:21.that there is a far more nuanced and realistic measure in place that
:15:22. > :15:25.does allow the fishing activity that The marine world needs
:15:26. > :15:37.to be protected. And a balance must now be found
:15:38. > :16:01.between the sea and the humans Some breaking news just coming in.
:16:02. > :16:07.US authorities are saying that they are aware of reports that a group of
:16:08. > :16:13.American citizens are missing in Iraq. A State Department spokesman,
:16:14. > :16:16.Dominic Kirby, said the US is cooperating with Iraqi authorities
:16:17. > :16:26.to try and locate and recover the individuals.
:16:27. > :16:33.Still to come, it was the Battle of two old rivals in the Premier
:16:34. > :16:34.League. We will have the details of the clash between Liverpool and
:16:35. > :16:35.Manchester United. The Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn,
:16:36. > :16:38.suggests there could be a future for the Trident submarine fleet
:16:39. > :16:40.without nuclear warheads. He said that protecting defence jobs
:16:41. > :16:43.was his "first priority" and there were "options" for doing
:16:44. > :16:45.this while taking a lead Defence Secretary Michael Fallon
:16:46. > :17:02.said Labour would weaken the UK's Labour have set up a review into the
:17:03. > :17:04.long-term viability of Trident submarines. Defence Secretary
:17:05. > :17:10.Michael Fallon said Labour would weaken the UK's defences. Mr Corbyn
:17:11. > :17:15.said he didn't believe nuclear weapons were still a solution.
:17:16. > :17:17.The nuclear weapons system is something of the Cold War
:17:18. > :17:20.I don't believe, in the insecurities of today, nuclear weapons
:17:21. > :17:32.Look at the problems in the Middle East and elsewhere, were nuclear
:17:33. > :17:37.weapons any help? No, they were not. We have achieved a fantastic step
:17:38. > :17:41.forward with Iran. That is the way forward. Diplomacy comes first.
:17:42. > :17:55.President Obama hails the nuclear deal with Iran. He says it will make
:17:56. > :17:58.the world a safer place. So-called Islamic State are accused of killing
:17:59. > :17:59.and kidnapping hundreds of people in Syria.
:18:00. > :18:06.Arsenal have returned to the top of the Premier League this evening,
:18:07. > :18:08.after drawing 0-0 with Stoke at the Britannia.
:18:09. > :18:13.They were without Mesut Ozil, who has a foot injury,
:18:14. > :18:15.and they missed him, lacking their usual creativity
:18:16. > :18:19.But they move ahead of Leicester at the top of the league
:18:20. > :18:33.We needed to be strong physically, to have a great spirit, and we did
:18:34. > :18:39.that very well. They did fight very hard for 90 minutes and we could
:18:40. > :18:44.take our chances and in the end, it was hard-fought, where we came out
:18:45. > :18:49.having done better than it is before. We have shown again that we
:18:50. > :18:51.can fight, even though we missed many players.
:18:52. > :18:54.It was a big day for this man Wayne Rooney, he fired
:18:55. > :18:55.Manchester United closer to the Champions League
:18:56. > :18:57.qualification places, after he scored the winner against
:18:58. > :19:02.It was his first goal at Anfield in 11 years as United move to fifth
:19:03. > :19:04.in the table, two points off fourth placed Tottenham.
:19:05. > :19:07.It was a vital win for United and manager Louis van Gaal,
:19:08. > :19:10.who has come under pressure in recent weeks with just two wins
:19:11. > :19:21.We have survived but, in the second half, it was a match, we are coming
:19:22. > :19:28.in the match was we could keep the ball much more and we have created
:19:29. > :19:32.chances and we have scored the winning goal, so I am very happy,
:19:33. > :19:37.the players are very happy and the fans are more happy.
:19:38. > :19:51.We lost a game which we shouldn't have lost. That is the situation.
:19:52. > :19:54.But, yeah, the goal was to defend, and we didn't. That is our
:19:55. > :19:58.responsibility. We have to change it. So we have to do it better and
:19:59. > :20:02.then we can win games. Staying with the Premier League,
:20:03. > :20:05.and Swansea City are set to appoint former Udinese manager
:20:06. > :20:07.Francesco Guidolin as head coach. He'll be alongside Alan Curtis
:20:08. > :20:19.until the end of the season. Real Madrid remain four points
:20:20. > :20:25.behind their city rivals Atletico Madrid but they enjoyed an emphatic
:20:26. > :20:31.5-1 victory over Sporting Gijon. Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice.
:20:32. > :20:37.Gareth Bale also scored. Gareth Bale went off injured. Barcelona error a
:20:38. > :20:51.point behind but they could leapfrog them.
:20:52. > :20:57.Lord Coe says the reputation of athletics is unlikely to be restored
:20:58. > :21:02.during his reign as IAAF president. An independent report earlier this
:21:03. > :21:08.week said corruption had been embedded during the governing body.
:21:09. > :21:12.On the BBC, Coe said public trust might return but it would take
:21:13. > :21:15.longer than his stint in charge. I hope that they see that we were
:21:16. > :21:22.unflinchingly on the changes we made. I hope they are able to look
:21:23. > :21:28.at athletics and say it has now become a well-run federation, that
:21:29. > :21:33.it may even be an exemplar, a road map for other federations, but I
:21:34. > :21:38.don't necessarily think they will be sitting there being trustful about
:21:39. > :21:42.everything we have done. In the Australian open, that begins on
:21:43. > :21:46.Monday. Victory for Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams in Melbourne
:21:47. > :21:50.last year kick-started an incredible run for both of them, as they went
:21:51. > :21:55.on to win three of the sport's four majors. Both showed off their
:21:56. > :21:59.trophies to the media. Serena Williams has struggled with knee
:22:00. > :22:03.problems and she has not played competitively since the US open
:22:04. > :22:05.semifinal last year. Djokovic is in search of a record sixth title in
:22:06. > :22:08.Melbourne. That is all of the sport. The most effective form
:22:09. > :22:10.of protection against contracting In Kenya, almost half of new HIV
:22:11. > :22:16.transmissions occur between couples where one is HIV positive
:22:17. > :22:20.and the other is negative. But for those who want children,
:22:21. > :22:23.a new project is helping them have a family without
:22:24. > :22:25.risking their health, There are over 250,000 couples
:22:26. > :22:34.in Kenya where only one partner is positive for HIV
:22:35. > :22:39.and the other one is not. Condoms are the best ways
:22:40. > :22:42.to stop transmission, but they cannot solve
:22:43. > :22:45.the problem on their own, so a new generation of drugs that
:22:46. > :22:48.can block HIV transmission has Josephine is HIV-positive, and lives
:22:49. > :22:55.with her HIV-negative partner, Throughout the trial,
:22:56. > :23:05.John took drugs known as preexposure prophylaxis, or PREP,
:23:06. > :23:07.which act as a barrier I found out in 2007 that
:23:08. > :23:21.I was HIV-positive. In a situation like that,
:23:22. > :23:26.when your partner is HIV-positive, many people I think
:23:27. > :23:32.would find it difficult. A condom sometimes
:23:33. > :23:38.is cumbersome to use, I think, throughout your life,
:23:39. > :23:47.so if there was another solution, maybe like the one
:23:48. > :23:49.we were looking for, Once inside the body, the virus,
:23:50. > :23:58.represented by a red sweets, hides in areas around the body,
:23:59. > :24:04.creating reservoirs, which means it can
:24:05. > :24:06.never be flushed out. The drugs, represented by blue
:24:07. > :24:13.sweets, attack the virus. If a non-infected person
:24:14. > :24:16.who already has the drugs, when the virus enters
:24:17. > :24:20.their system it gets killed. This means it does not have a chance
:24:21. > :24:23.to hide in reservoirs, so that person does
:24:24. > :24:28.not get infected. The team behind the trial monitor
:24:29. > :24:30.the couple's progress, together with a number
:24:31. > :24:35.of other case studies. This was one of many studies
:24:36. > :24:43.conducted in Kenya and Uganda, We gave them the retro viral drug,
:24:44. > :24:51.to provide enough for the negative We were able to demonstrate to 75%
:24:52. > :25:07.lower risk of acquiring HIV among those who took the drug,
:25:08. > :25:11.compared to those who did not This year, the drug was approved
:25:12. > :25:22.for prophylaxis in Kenya. Very exciting news, so we feel
:25:23. > :25:25.that this will open the door and we are hoping that the next step
:25:26. > :25:28.is that the government For couples like John and Josephine,
:25:29. > :25:55.achievements of such weight reignite The main news. President Obama says
:25:56. > :25:59.the implementation of the nuclear deal with Iran and the release of US
:26:00. > :26:03.prisoners has vindicated its policy of direct engagement with Tehran.
:26:04. > :26:07.Stay with us.