:00:00. > :00:08.This is BBC World News Today with me Nuala McGovern.
:00:09. > :00:11.The murder of a former Russian spy in London -
:00:12. > :00:16.an official report points the finger at the Kremlin.
:00:17. > :00:19.Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned with a radioactive substance -
:00:20. > :00:22.Russian president Putin probably ordered the assassination.
:00:23. > :00:26.Brazil struggles to contain a mosquito-borne virus thought
:00:27. > :00:29.to cause a rare brain defect in babies.
:00:30. > :00:32.How US doctors brought this man back to life,
:00:33. > :00:36.after he was frozen for several hours and believed dead.
:00:37. > :00:38.He was tipped for a nomination - now he's not even going
:00:39. > :00:52.Will Smith is the latest start to boycott this year's Oscars.
:00:53. > :01:00.This is about children that will down, watched the show, and they're
:01:01. > :01:14.not going to see themselves represented.
:01:15. > :01:18.Alexander Litvinenko died from poisoning nearly a decade ago
:01:19. > :01:29.And they are politically explosive. an inquiry into his death
:01:30. > :01:32.is 'likely' to have sanctioned the former Russian spy's poisoning.
:01:33. > :01:35.It matches the accusation made by Litvinenko himself,
:01:36. > :01:43.Our Security Correspondent Gordon Corerra reports.
:01:44. > :01:49.Today a judge concluded he was killed in an operation
:01:50. > :01:55.by the Russian security service, the FSB, likely authorised
:01:56. > :02:01.The FSB operation to kill Mr Litvinenko was probably approved
:02:02. > :02:05.by Mr Patrushev, then head of the FSB, and also by President
:02:06. > :02:17.Litvinenko was a former Russian intelligence officer,
:02:18. > :02:29.who had spoken out about corruption, and then fled with his
:02:30. > :02:31.Former FSB officer Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitry Kovtun both caught
:02:32. > :02:38.In the Pine Bar Litvinenko was served a drink from this teapot
:02:39. > :02:41.which was laced with radioactive polonium.
:02:42. > :02:46.Police would be able to follow a trail of radioactivity
:02:47. > :02:48.across London, from restaurants to football stadium,
:02:49. > :02:54.It took Litvinenko himself three weeks to die.
:02:55. > :03:00.There were audible gasps here in court when the judge said
:03:01. > :03:03.responsibility probably lay at the highest levels
:03:04. > :03:09.And this report argues the motive was that Litvinenko was viewed
:03:10. > :03:17.Litvinenko was so hated that Russians special forces
:03:18. > :03:25.Today's report says his accusations that the FSB was behind these
:03:26. > :03:29.bombings of apartments in Moscow to justify a war
:03:30. > :03:32.as well as his disclosure about corruption and a personal
:03:33. > :03:36.animosity with Vladimir Putin all made him a target.
:03:37. > :03:40.And then there was also the fact that the Russians learned he had
:03:41. > :03:44.begun working with Britain's intelligence service MI6.
:03:45. > :03:48.Today, his widow who fought for years for this inquiry told me
:03:49. > :03:52.the British Government should now expel all Russian spies
:03:53. > :03:55.in their London embassy, and impose travel bans and sanctions
:03:56. > :04:05.I believe only these things might help Russian people one day
:04:06. > :04:13.Today in the Commons the Government said it would consider
:04:14. > :04:19.The conclusion that the Russian state was probably involved
:04:20. > :04:23.in the murder of Mr Litvinenko is deeply disturbing.
:04:24. > :04:25.It goes without saying, that this was a blatant
:04:26. > :04:32.and unacceptable breach of the most fundamental tenets of international
:04:33. > :04:40.But the opposition criticised the Government's response.
:04:41. > :04:43.I am not sure it goes anywhere near enough in answering
:04:44. > :04:48.the seriousness of the findings in this report.
:04:49. > :04:51.Indeed it could send a dangerous signal to Russia that our response
:04:52. > :04:59.Today, two of the most powerful men in Russia were named as likely
:05:00. > :05:02.responsible for what has been described as an act of nuclear
:05:03. > :05:06.A murder which a decade on remains a defining issue
:05:07. > :05:14.Now there's mounting pressure on the government here in Britain
:05:15. > :05:17.to take further action against Russia.
:05:18. > :05:20.The Russian Foreign Ministry has once again denied any involvement
:05:21. > :05:23.in the assassination and said the inquiry had been politicised.
:05:24. > :05:26.Our Moscow Correspondent Sarah Rainsford looks at where today's
:05:27. > :05:31.report leaves relations between Britain and Russia?
:05:32. > :05:34.You wouldn't know Russia's President has just been implicated
:05:35. > :05:39.People here are more worried about and economic crisis,
:05:40. > :05:50.That is partly down to the message they are getting
:05:51. > :05:56.It is reporting the inquiry into Alexander Litvinenko's murder,
:05:57. > :05:59.as a farce, biassed against Moscow from the start.
:06:00. > :06:02.Reporters are playing down the conclusion,
:06:03. > :06:05.that President Putin probably approved the killing.
:06:06. > :06:10.And in public at least, Russian officials are unflustered.
:06:11. > :06:13.At the foreign ministry the spokeswoman deflected my
:06:14. > :06:16.question over the trail of deadly polonium, dismissing the whole
:06:17. > :06:20.We take it as a step towards to discredit Russia,
:06:21. > :06:26.and Russian official, Russian leaders, as we understand
:06:27. > :06:32.it was not a legal process, it was an imitation
:06:33. > :06:36.Russia has become the master of denial.
:06:37. > :06:40.Of painting the most serious accusations as part
:06:41. > :06:43.of an international political campaign against Moscow.
:06:44. > :06:46.That may work with the audience here at home, but the conclusions
:06:47. > :06:48.of the Litvinenko inquiry have the potential to plunge
:06:49. > :06:53.relations with the west to a new low.
:06:54. > :06:56.Despite calls to extradite the chief suspects to the UK,
:06:57. > :06:58.they are still here in Russia, today Andrei Lugovoi
:06:59. > :07:07.He has become a minor celebrity here.
:07:08. > :07:09.The murder of Alexander Litvinenko had major repercussions
:07:10. > :07:16.Contacts between security services cut.
:07:17. > :07:22.But five years on, David Cameron was in Russia, encouraging trade
:07:23. > :07:26.Then came the conflict in Ukraine and the annex casing of Crimea
:07:27. > :07:33.The inquiry into Litvinenko's killing was announced.
:07:34. > :07:36.Now it its damning conclusion is out Russia's ambassador has been
:07:37. > :07:42.But some argue Russia's role in Syria makes it risky
:07:43. > :07:47.Since it began air strikes there, Moscow has become central
:07:48. > :07:56.I personally do not think we should be concerned about deepening the row
:07:57. > :08:01.as such, the Russians themselves ought to have some consideration
:08:02. > :08:12.for that, and whether it is the, there is any sense in having
:08:13. > :08:15.a bigger bust up than the one we are having already.
:08:16. > :08:17.Tonight the Kremlin was sounding defiant.
:08:18. > :08:19.President Putin's spokesman call the murder inquiry a joke,
:08:20. > :08:32.and insisted that Moscow will not accept its findings.
:08:33. > :08:42.A car bomb has exploded in the capital of Somalia, Mogadishu. It
:08:43. > :08:49.was in the city's popular live goat destination beach. Explosions and
:08:50. > :08:50.gunfire have been heard nearby. We will bring you more on that
:08:51. > :08:54.developing story as we get it. Brazil says thousands of babies have
:08:55. > :08:56.been born with abnormally small The health system is struggling
:08:57. > :09:00.to cope with the outbreak linked to the Zika virus -
:09:01. > :09:02.which is spread by mosquitoes. The rare brain defect affects
:09:03. > :09:04.the babies' physical The disease has spread across Brazil
:09:05. > :09:15.- with close to 4,000 It is now showing up in other
:09:16. > :10:07.South American countries. The Zika virus appears to have the
:10:08. > :10:09.ability to cause birth defects, when the baby is born to other infected
:10:10. > :10:45.pregnancy. Camilla Costa from BBC
:10:46. > :10:47.Brazil is in Sao Paulo. It is difficult to
:10:48. > :10:59.are still being investigated point, how widespread the cases are.
:11:00. > :11:03.The Zika virus is quite detect right now, we still don't
:11:04. > :11:15.have specific tests to detect detect right now, we still don't
:11:16. > :11:17.mothers. Silas the bit about detect right now, we still don't
:11:18. > :11:24.they have told you? There is a lot of anxiety, when
:11:25. > :11:24.they have told you? There is a lot news, the mothers feel sad
:11:25. > :11:31.they have told you? There is a lot do about the
:11:32. > :11:44.they have told you? There is a lot cannot predict
:11:45. > :11:46.they have told you? There is a lot know what exactly awaits them. What
:11:47. > :11:51.is the government saying they will do, in particular to help these
:11:52. > :11:54.mothers? State governments are actually trying to increase the
:11:55. > :12:01.number of centres they have, which are prepared to give orientation to
:12:02. > :12:06.those mothers, and to start a rehabilitation sessions with those
:12:07. > :12:13.babies. This is one thing you can do to help stimulate some areas of the
:12:14. > :12:22.baby's brains. The budget for city governments to tackle the mosquito
:12:23. > :12:26.that transmits the Zika virus, to prevent another epidemic next year.
:12:27. > :12:32.We are hearing them may have been a couple of cases in Colombia? Is that
:12:33. > :12:34.something the government is talking about, prevention to normal people
:12:35. > :12:43.as well as attacking the mosquito? Definitely. The mosquito has been
:12:44. > :12:47.constant in Brazil and most countries in Latin America for
:12:48. > :12:52.decades, since we are tropical countries, something we have dealt
:12:53. > :12:55.with for a long time. It is a mosquito that transmits at least
:12:56. > :13:03.seven diseases, quite urgent to tackle the situation. Just as the
:13:04. > :13:11.Zika virus came, and may have caused those cases of malformation, other
:13:12. > :13:17.cases could come. In Britain David Cameron has said a referendum on
:13:18. > :13:21.membership of the good, sinister, if they deal can be negotiated with the
:13:22. > :13:29.rest of the EE members by the end of next month. In Davos, the
:13:30. > :13:34.Netherlands' Prime Minister said the deadline is doable. He spake to Abba
:13:35. > :13:42.economics editor, who asked him what the EU's most pressing issue is
:13:43. > :13:47.right now? Clearly the refugee crisis is the most pressing issue.
:13:48. > :13:51.We need to bring numbers down through Turkey and Egypt, coming to
:13:52. > :13:56.Europe. This is not sustainable. The main issue. At the same time even to
:13:57. > :14:03.drive growth, improve the common market, particularly in digital
:14:04. > :14:08.services, capital union, energy. There is enormous room for
:14:09. > :14:14.improvement. 1.25 euros trillion in extra GDP to get. For Britain, one
:14:15. > :14:18.of the major issues is the renegotiation, that the Prime
:14:19. > :14:21.Minister is attempting. When you look at what the Prime Minister is
:14:22. > :14:29.putting on a table, DEC the chance for radial by February? Yes, I am
:14:30. > :14:33.relatively optimistic we can get a deal, and we could get a deal in
:14:34. > :14:39.February. There is still work to be done. He has put on the table wishes
:14:40. > :14:53.in various domains. For me, I think it is crucial become to an agreement
:14:54. > :14:56.on the 28th, for all 28. So you make maximum use of the UK referendum to
:14:57. > :15:01.improve your for everybody, particularly in the areas of growth,
:15:02. > :15:06.how to deal with countries in the Eurozone and outside the Eurozone.
:15:07. > :15:11.It is doable, but still work to be done. Lex ability necessary? Yes,
:15:12. > :15:18.that everybody will acknowledge we have Europe that has different
:15:19. > :15:23.speeds. Already there, the Eurozone, Schengen, some countries having
:15:24. > :15:30.country specific opt outs. It is not new in itself. For me, the nation of
:15:31. > :15:37.ever closer union, this was putting in the past, it is history. Ever
:15:38. > :15:43.closer union, not of the People's of the European Union, but I know for
:15:44. > :15:47.him, it is important, so we have to deal with it.
:15:48. > :15:50.Now to a remarkable story about a man called Justin Smith
:15:51. > :15:54.The 26-year-old was walking home from a local bar when he fell
:15:55. > :15:56.in the snow and was knocked unconscious.
:15:57. > :15:58.He was found hours later in freezing conditions and paramedics concluded
:15:59. > :16:02.Justin was then taken to hospital where doctors thought his life
:16:03. > :16:56.I started shaking his head, no, you can't leave me.
:16:57. > :17:01.I have never even heard anything like this, amazing. Something I have
:17:02. > :17:08.not heard of, can't thank everyone enough.
:17:09. > :17:14.Dr James Wu was one of the doctors involved in the procedure to revive
:17:15. > :17:21.He says this procedure is not actually new to health care
:17:22. > :17:29.professionals. It is an older technology, it is a
:17:30. > :17:35.heart and lung machine, and can be used outside the body, for different
:17:36. > :17:42.purposes. Most recently, it has been used for the flu epidemic, causing
:17:43. > :17:48.severe lung problems, what we call ARDS. It is done great job in terms
:17:49. > :17:54.of saving those patients who would be dead. The technology has
:17:55. > :17:59.involved, with better Jew being and cannulas, we can drain blood out of
:18:00. > :18:06.the patient and put it back in. -- better Jew being. We are moving to
:18:07. > :18:20.the forefront of recess at a science. Cardiac arrest,
:18:21. > :18:33.hypothermia, and other uses. What is PE? Pulmonary images. -- embolism. A
:18:34. > :18:38.police officer said he was dead for many hours, what with the chances
:18:39. > :18:43.for revival? Truly incredible. When we saw him at the hospital, he had
:18:44. > :18:52.no vital signs. No pulse. No electrical activities. This is what
:18:53. > :18:56.they saw, when he was there. The chances of a patient surviving from
:18:57. > :19:02.those set of conditions is extremely low. But there were two things going
:19:03. > :19:07.for Justin, one was hypothermia, a lot of the metabolism of his brain
:19:08. > :19:18.and other bodily functions were kept to a minimum. Did not need to use a
:19:19. > :19:24.lot of energy or oxygen. Another thing was he was 25 years old, young
:19:25. > :19:30.patients can survive a great deal of trauma, and still do OK. As a
:19:31. > :19:37.doctor, what did this procedure mean to you? To bring someone phrasing
:19:38. > :19:46.back to life? Furious for your personal take? He was not completely
:19:47. > :19:54.frozen. Once you are truly completely frozen, your body and
:19:55. > :19:57.cells were crystallised. His lowest temperature was 18 degrees, the
:19:58. > :20:03.blood was still flowing, albeit very sluggishly. Again, under those
:20:04. > :20:09.circumstances, looking at getting the heart function back, and the
:20:10. > :20:14.organs, and then the brain, we were not sure about. Remarkably it came
:20:15. > :20:19.back almost completely. Incredible job done by this doctor.
:20:20. > :20:21.He was tipped by some for an Oscar nomination -
:20:22. > :20:23.now he's not even going to the ceremony.
:20:24. > :20:26.Will Smith, who had the leading role in film Concussion,
:20:27. > :20:30.is the latest star to boycott this year's Academy Awards over
:20:31. > :20:34.That was sparked by all 20 of the main acting
:20:35. > :20:43.Let's hear what he's said on US TV in the last few hours.
:20:44. > :20:56.This is so deeply not about me. This is about children that are going to
:20:57. > :21:04.sit there on, they are going to watch this show. And they are not
:21:05. > :21:09.going to see themselves represented. We heard your wife says she was not
:21:10. > :21:15.going to be attending, nor will she be watching? Will you be attending
:21:16. > :21:26.the Oscars? No, it would be awkward for me to show up with Charlize! We
:21:27. > :21:34.have discussed it, we are part of this community at this current time,
:21:35. > :21:42.we're uncomfortable to stand there and say this is OK. I asked Neal
:21:43. > :21:46.Smith, our entertainment reporter, how significant this boycott is?
:21:47. > :21:53.He's by far the biggest Hollywood start to turn his back on the Oscars
:21:54. > :21:57.this year. His worldwide fame will really bring even more attention to
:21:58. > :22:03.this issue than there has been already. It is odd, the film he may
:22:04. > :22:08.have been nominated for was called Concussion. I imagine the academy
:22:09. > :22:13.are feeling something similar foot of it seems to grow and grow. The
:22:14. > :22:19.awards are not until the end of February, at about one month ago. Do
:22:20. > :22:24.you think it will continue to gather steam, or get more names? Already
:22:25. > :22:30.some big hitters? Absolutely, Spike Lee, various other people. A lot of
:22:31. > :22:37.pressure on the house, Chris Rock. People saying he should be pulling
:22:38. > :22:42.out. -- host. Not dealing with this slightly tainted ceremony. The
:22:43. > :22:47.Justin Kemp will be the next week, the Academy will have a board
:22:48. > :22:52.meeting. Standard board meeting. Now, I think people will look at
:22:53. > :22:56.this, and for something concrete to come out of it. If something
:22:57. > :23:00.concrete does come out of it, they may be able to nip this in the bud.
:23:01. > :23:15.Can you tell us what the Academy has said a fire in response to people
:23:16. > :23:17.speaking out? Everyone from Whoopi Goldberg to Idris Elba. They said
:23:18. > :23:27.more must be done to broaden Goldberg to Idris Elba. They said
:23:28. > :23:30.Now they need to see something more concrete. Talking about radical
:23:31. > :23:36.changes, possibly more acting nominees. A limit of ten films every
:23:37. > :23:42.year, as opposed to the sliding scale between 5-10. Talking about
:23:43. > :23:47.some quite seismic changes. What do the Academy say so far about why
:23:48. > :23:57.there were no people of colour in the nominations? The Academy
:23:58. > :24:01.president has said she's very disappointed, that unfortunately you
:24:02. > :24:04.can only nominate what is out there. There were far stronger candidates
:24:05. > :24:12.last year, in terms of critical support, groundswell of popular
:24:13. > :24:15.opinion. Selma, for instance, some thought they were robbed. No
:24:16. > :24:18.high-profile candidates this year. It's possible that there is a huge
:24:19. > :24:21.ninth planet on the outer edge of our solar system -
:24:22. > :25:55.and it may be ten times But for now from me and the rest
:25:56. > :25:58.of the team goodbye.