:00:00. > :00:00.This is BBC World News Today, broadcasting in the UK
:00:07. > :00:13.A triple bomb attack near the holiest Shia shrine
:00:14. > :00:17.in Damascus kills at least 50 people.
:00:18. > :00:21.The so called 'Islamic State' group claims responsibility.
:00:22. > :00:28.There appears to be a military target for the attack but also a
:00:29. > :00:29.very large number of civilians who are in this neighbourhood and also
:00:30. > :00:33.affected. There's fresh hope at the Syrian
:00:34. > :00:36.peace talks in Geneva as the UN envoy plans talks with
:00:37. > :00:38.both sides for Monday. A village in north eastern Nigeria
:00:39. > :00:40.is attacked by suspected Boko Haram militants - leaving
:00:41. > :00:43.at least 50 people dead. One of Canada's most notorious mafia
:00:44. > :00:49.bosses is shot dead at his home. His son-in-law is
:00:50. > :01:07.charged with murder. As attempts are made to get peace
:01:08. > :01:10.talks on Syria under way in Geneva, Syrian state media is reporting that
:01:11. > :01:15.at least 45 five people have been killed in a triple bomb attack
:01:16. > :01:18.on the outskirts of the capital Damascus - some reports say
:01:19. > :01:22.the number of death could be as high The attack was near the highly
:01:23. > :01:34.important Shia shrine The attack has been largely
:01:35. > :01:39.condemned as an attempt Our correspondent Rami Ruhighem has
:01:40. > :01:46.just sent this report. A sight not seen here around for
:01:47. > :01:52.months. This is south-east of Damascus. The people here are safe
:01:53. > :01:58.from air strikes, but today not from suicide attacks. We have slight
:01:59. > :02:01.delifrn accounts but what we know for sure is this street in the
:02:02. > :02:05.Sayyida Zeinab neighbourhood was the target of the attack. This is the
:02:06. > :02:09.building which is the closest to the attack. We are told that the ground
:02:10. > :02:14.floor was a military headquarters and the rest of it housed the
:02:15. > :02:18.families of the forces who lived on the ground floor. There was fury as
:02:19. > :02:23.soldiers gathered around the wreckage.
:02:24. > :02:28.TRANSLATION: We are not afraid to die. They can send all the cars they
:02:29. > :02:33.want to Sayyida Zeinab, and all of Damascus. But soldiers weren't the
:02:34. > :02:37.only ones affected. Opposite the army building is a fraught and
:02:38. > :02:44.vegetable market. Testament to a street that was bustling just before
:02:45. > :02:48.the blast You can still smell a very strange mixture, I think perhaps of
:02:49. > :02:54.blood and fruit, on the site of the explosion.
:02:55. > :02:59.In Geneva the UN was still struggling to kickstart the talks
:03:00. > :03:06.but on the ground, all over Syria's fragmented landscape, the war raged
:03:07. > :03:13.on, unaffected. We will hear more on the significance of a see ya
:03:14. > :03:16.district being targeted in Damascus. Islam zwraict or so-called Islamic
:03:17. > :03:23.State is a sunny fundamentalist group. It considers Shia in general
:03:24. > :03:28.at heretics and it has said so many time it is raging war against Shia.
:03:29. > :03:32.We have seen similar attacks in Iraq. There is a similar factor
:03:33. > :03:37.which is that many militants, or militias fighting the IS at the
:03:38. > :03:43.moment are Shia militias, coming from Iraq, from Iran, and they are
:03:44. > :03:47.Hezbollah militias as well. And many of them actually go to Sayyida
:03:48. > :03:52.Zeinab shrine in a pilgrimage, even before they start fighting IS. These
:03:53. > :03:59.are two important factors to bear in mind in this context. Well, to the
:04:00. > :04:03.talks now and the main Syrian opposition group, the HNC says it
:04:04. > :04:06.will not negotiate directly with the Syrian government at the talks until
:04:07. > :04:10.massacres have stopped. Earlier, they did have an initial
:04:11. > :04:13.informal meeting with the UN's envoy He's due to hold separate talks
:04:14. > :04:17.on Monday, first with government representatives, and then delegates
:04:18. > :04:19.from the opposition The US Secretary of State,
:04:20. > :04:22.John Kerry, has appealed to the parties involved in the talks
:04:23. > :04:29.to make "concrete progress". While battlefield dynamics can
:04:30. > :04:35.affect the negotiating leverage, in the end there is no military
:04:36. > :04:39.solution to the conflict. Without negotiations, the bloodshed will
:04:40. > :04:43.drag on until the last city is reduced to rubble and virtually
:04:44. > :04:47.every home, every form of infrastructure and every semblance
:04:48. > :04:52.of civilisation is destroyed. And that will ensure an increased number
:04:53. > :04:57.of terrorists, created by and attracted to this fight. This
:04:58. > :05:02.conflict could easily engulf the region, if left to spiral completely
:05:03. > :05:09.out of control. That is what the negotiations in Geneva can prevent.
:05:10. > :05:15.It's being reported that at least 50 people have been killed in an attack
:05:16. > :05:17.by Islamist militants in the village of Dalori -
:05:18. > :05:19.close to the city of Maiduguri in north eastern Nigeria.
:05:20. > :05:22.A military spokesman said that Boko Haram were behind the attack
:05:23. > :05:26.Pictures from the scene of the attack show burnt buildings
:05:27. > :05:32.and livestock and it's been reported that the fire could be seen
:05:33. > :05:37.I got more details from the BBC's Tomi Oladipo in Nairobi.
:05:38. > :05:44.We heard on Saturday this attack happened. Thesis lambist Milne tants
:05:45. > :05:52.stormed the village and attacked, opening fire, setting buildings on
:05:53. > :06:02.fire eye witnesses saying some people were trapped in their houses
:06:03. > :06:06.as they were set on fire. But the army came into the town and fighting
:06:07. > :06:11.continued for hours but as we speak, much of the building was in ruins
:06:12. > :06:15.pretty much most of the buildings burnt down. This is not the first
:06:16. > :06:19.time we have had a lull in the way Boko Haram operates there. They go
:06:20. > :06:22.sometimes for weeks or even months almost quite and relying on the
:06:23. > :06:26.kinds of suicide bombings we have been seeing over the past few weeks.
:06:27. > :06:33.But it doesn't mean that the group has been destroyed. They are known
:06:34. > :06:36.to have sleeper cells within major urban centres and they are still
:06:37. > :06:41.able it carry out attacks like the one we have seen. The fact they have
:06:42. > :06:45.carried out such an attack on such a scale, shows how great they are - I
:06:46. > :06:49.mean how great their firepower is and how they are able to regroup and
:06:50. > :06:52.restrategise and come back again. So a lot for the Nigerian military to
:06:53. > :06:56.think about in terms of strategy, a lot to think about in terms of
:06:57. > :06:59.intelligence-gathering, so they can stop this group from coming back
:07:00. > :07:01.again and wrecking havoc across the north-east of the country, as we
:07:02. > :07:06.have seen. In the United States
:07:07. > :07:07.it's the final weekend of campaigning before
:07:08. > :07:09.the Iowa caucuses on Monday. It's the first chance that voters
:07:10. > :07:12.get to decide who'll be the presidential candidate for each
:07:13. > :07:14.of the main parties. Well, just before this crucial vote,
:07:15. > :07:17.one respected opinion poll suggests that Donald Trump is ahead
:07:18. > :07:20.in the Republican contest. and Bloomberg Politics gives
:07:21. > :07:30.Donald Trump a 5 point lead over It puts Trump at 28%
:07:31. > :07:38.and Cruz at 23%. On the Democratic side,
:07:39. > :07:40.the poll gives Hillary Clinton a more narrow lead
:07:41. > :07:42.over Bernie Sanders. Clinton is on 45% while
:07:43. > :07:44.the Vermont Senator There's a margin of error
:07:45. > :07:48.of plus or minus 4 Gary O'Donoghue is in
:07:49. > :08:02.Iowa and joins us live. Of course, this is that one time
:08:03. > :08:07.that Iowa ends up being on the global stage. Usually it isn't.
:08:08. > :08:11.That's absolutely right. I mean this is a small state, but it is not a
:08:12. > :08:17.very populated state, only 3 million people here and they get an enormous
:08:18. > :08:21.say as the first one in the nation to actually cast some votes in the
:08:22. > :08:27.nomination. Now, as you pointed out, Donald Trump is leading the
:08:28. > :08:30.Republican field, the surprise candidacy, really of Donald Trump
:08:31. > :08:33.and really sweeping a lot of the other candidates before him. Getting
:08:34. > :08:38.a lot of mainstream votes as well, Donald Trump. It is not just fringes
:08:39. > :08:43.voting for him. A lot of mainstream Republicans are backing him. Second
:08:44. > :08:47.place, Senator Ted Cruz from Texas. He is popular among the socially
:08:48. > :08:54.conservative and evangelicals and there are lots of those among
:08:55. > :08:59.Republican voters in eye owia. On the Democratic side, Hillary
:09:00. > :09:04.Clinton, here lead over Bernie Sanders, within the margin of error
:09:05. > :09:09.there. It is neck-and-neck in that race and a lot of the vote in the
:09:10. > :09:13.colleges here supporting Bernie Sanders and those colleges are in
:09:14. > :09:16.session at the moment. That's in the always the case during the Iowa
:09:17. > :09:20.caucuses, the students aren't always here but they are this time and the
:09:21. > :09:24.Sanders campaign will be hoping that means that their vote will get
:09:25. > :09:31.boasted by their presence. So, an awful lot hangs on the vote on
:09:32. > :09:34.Monday. It will help it, indeed - particularly the Republican side
:09:35. > :09:39.where there are still 11 candidates, Chris, in the race, it'll help to
:09:40. > :09:45.narrow that #2350e8d down. Some on 1, 2, 3%, may not last into the next
:09:46. > :09:49.primary which is in New Hampshire in just over a week's time. -- narrow
:09:50. > :09:52.that vote down. Well thank you for that.
:09:53. > :09:56.The White House hopefuls have to get out to meet voters face to face
:09:57. > :09:59.rather than rely on reaching them through television adverts.
:10:00. > :10:04.Monday's caucus is the first contest in the long nominating process,
:10:05. > :10:07.and all candidates are keen to shake as many hands and kiss as many
:10:08. > :10:13.We sent the BBC's Rajini Vaidyanathan out on the campaign
:10:14. > :10:19.trail in Iowa to see how many candidates she could see in a day.
:10:20. > :10:29.It is just ever 9.00 in De Moines in Iowa. The candidates are trying to
:10:30. > :10:34.get as many votes as they can. I have a list of where they will be. I
:10:35. > :10:46.will see how many of them I can meet. Wrong car, wrong car. Stop
:10:47. > :10:50.number 1, candidate Ric Santorum, who is doing a coffee and bagels
:10:51. > :10:52.meeting. Just over there. Do you think you have a shot in this race?
:10:53. > :11:05.Of course I do. We are off. What is this place called? We have
:11:06. > :11:13.been in the car for two hours a and we are now hoping to catch the next
:11:14. > :11:19.candidate but we are late. You should have the right to exercise
:11:20. > :11:23.your second amendment rights. Are we allowed to replace restrictions on
:11:24. > :11:26.that? Only in the most extreme circumstances. That was Chris
:11:27. > :11:32.Christie, our second candidate of today. Got more to go.
:11:33. > :11:39.Stop number 3, a Bernie Sanders event. We are talking about making
:11:40. > :11:48.public colleges and universities tuition-free.
:11:49. > :11:55.You know you have to drive a short way from our last one. Already met
:11:56. > :11:57.three candidates and a long queue for the next person we are hoping to
:11:58. > :12:17.see. It's 5.30pm and we have driven all
:12:18. > :12:25.across this state searching for candidates. Candidates we are now in
:12:26. > :12:29.Wilson and off to see one more It's protected the second amendment
:12:30. > :12:34.rights to bear arms of law-abiding citizens. We travelled 315 miles.
:12:35. > :12:39.Met four candidates and one former President who is married to a
:12:40. > :12:42.candidate. It made us realise if we are exhausted, imagine what the
:12:43. > :12:49.capped dates go through on a daily basis as they work to get the vote.
:12:50. > :12:52.Let's bring you some other news in brief now:
:12:53. > :12:55.The Israeli cabinet has voted to create a separate prayer space
:12:56. > :12:57.for non-Orthodox Jews at the Western Wall in Jerusalem
:12:58. > :13:01.The contentious decision means a new prayer area will be situated
:13:02. > :13:04.adjacent to the existing Orthodox compound where men and women
:13:05. > :13:09.are segregated for prayers, in line with tradition.
:13:10. > :13:13.Police in Tanzania say they have arrested three men after a British
:13:14. > :13:14.helicopter pilot was killed while tracking
:13:15. > :13:19.The pilot, Roger Gower, died on Friday when his helicopter
:13:20. > :13:22.was shot down during a patrol in the Maswa game reserve
:13:23. > :13:28.Russian officials say 12 people, including three children,
:13:29. > :13:32.have died in a huge fire at a textile factory in Moscow.
:13:33. > :13:34.The victims were migrant workers who had been living and working
:13:35. > :13:44.A former Mafia boss has been shot dead at his home in the Canadian
:13:45. > :13:59.in southern Italy, according to Canadian media.
:14:00. > :14:02.He was once one of Toronto's most powerful mafia leaders.
:14:03. > :14:03.Zito's son-in-law, Domenico Scopelliti,
:14:04. > :14:05.has been charged with murder after turning himself in to police.
:14:06. > :14:08.Rob Lamberti is a veteran crime reporter for the Toronto Sun
:14:09. > :14:17.snr one could be forgiven, Rob, for not thinking of Canada and the Mafia
:14:18. > :14:24.and finding the Mafia there. Well, surprise, we probably have the most
:14:25. > :14:28.powerful Ndrangheta groups outside of Italy, based in Toronto area. How
:14:29. > :14:33.much trouble do they cause? They are worth millions of dollars. A will
:14:34. > :14:37.the of the money that's generated in -- a lot of the money generated in
:14:38. > :14:41.Italy finds its way here because they have found Canada a very safe
:14:42. > :14:45.place to invest their gains. They are in semi, they are almost in
:14:46. > :14:48.retirement then when they get to candidate I wouldn't say that. We do
:14:49. > :14:59.have our problems. We have had at bit of a gang war in Canada, pitting
:15:00. > :15:04.Sicillian-based organised group in Montreal with Calabrian groups in
:15:05. > :15:09.Ontario. Things have calmed down and the splice done good work,
:15:10. > :15:15.especially in cue Beck, where they have made some arrests. Tell us more
:15:16. > :15:24.about Rocco Zito and what we know about his death? He was born into a
:15:25. > :15:29.Mafia family in Calabrian in 1928. He tried to sneak into North America
:15:30. > :15:32.twice, once as a stowaway in a boat, to New York City, but American
:15:33. > :15:37.officials caught him and sent him back and again he was caught in
:15:38. > :15:43.Texas when he was trying to sneak in from Mexico when they sent him back.
:15:44. > :15:46.In 1955 he came to Canada as a legal immigrant and became a citizen
:15:47. > :15:54.shortly after that. Police started noticing him in about 1960 when he
:15:55. > :16:01.was fined for $108 Canadian for having an illegal still and they
:16:02. > :16:09.spotted him at a mob boss's house in nearbyburg ton, Ontario. What he
:16:10. > :16:14.didn't know in 1962 he became a founding member of a Board of
:16:15. > :16:18.Directors of organised crime. They sell disputes, carve up territories,
:16:19. > :16:23.make deals. Sort of what you have seen on television in the God skas
:16:24. > :16:28.father movies and so on. Police didn't know of this Board until 1968
:16:29. > :16:32.but by that time Rocco had been developing as a masterful and very
:16:33. > :16:38.quiet and traditional leader among organised crime groups. He wasn't a
:16:39. > :16:44.flashy kind of guy. He lived in a very non-disscript neighbourhood in
:16:45. > :16:49.North for on con a very non-descript bung low. He raised five daughters,
:16:50. > :16:54.has become a grandfather. He was finally caught in 1987 in a murder
:16:55. > :17:00.which he was convicted of man slutter. And then later in a theft.
:17:01. > :17:05.I'm going to have to wind you up a little bit. It is fascinating but
:17:06. > :17:09.obviously his murder will continue to be invested but, wow, a whole
:17:10. > :17:16.book to be written there but we have to leave it there, many thanks. OK.
:17:17. > :17:23.To Probably a movie to be made as well. Stay with us. Still to come.
:17:24. > :17:27.Awesome in Australia. Tennis world number one, Novak Djokovic beats
:17:28. > :17:56.Andy Murray to win Melbourne's Grand Slam for a sixth time.
:17:57. > :18:02.The earthquake brought buildings down in seconds. Tonight the search
:18:03. > :18:07.for any survivors has an increasing desperation about it, as the hours
:18:08. > :18:14.pass. The new government is finally in
:18:15. > :18:20.control of the entirely republic of Uganda. Moscow go the its first
:18:21. > :18:24.taste as Western fast food as McDonald's opened his first
:18:25. > :18:29.restaurant but the hundreds of Muscovites that queued up won't find
:18:30. > :18:32.it cheap. It'll cost half a day's wages for the average Russian.
:18:33. > :18:38.# This is BBC World News Today.
:18:39. > :18:42.The headlines: Bomb attacks in Damascus have killed at least 50
:18:43. > :18:46.people near the country's most important Shia Muslim shrine.
:18:47. > :18:49.So-called Islamic state have claimed responsibility.
:18:50. > :18:54.There is some hope for progress at the Syrian peace talks in Geneva, as
:18:55. > :19:00.both sides agree to meet the UN's envoy for separate discussions.
:19:01. > :19:03.More than 50 thousand migrants have made the perilous sea crossing
:19:04. > :19:04.from Turkey to Greece this past January.
:19:05. > :19:16.That's a 35-fold increase from this time last year.
:19:17. > :19:17.During the same period, 250 people have
:19:18. > :19:21.Our correspondent James Reynolds has been aboard a rescue
:19:22. > :19:30.25 Iraqi migrants wave from their broken boats.
:19:31. > :19:44.A private company, called MOAS, supports the Greek coastguard.
:19:45. > :19:45.Winter has not stopped migrants from coming.
:19:46. > :19:48.But it has made their journey much more dangerous.
:19:49. > :19:55.A child can survive in these waters for only 15 minutes.
:19:56. > :20:07.The migrants, their children coming aboard now.
:20:08. > :20:10.For those who have been at sea for such a long time,
:20:11. > :20:13.this moment of rescue must surely be one of the great moments
:20:14. > :20:25.Inside the ship, an Italian medical team treats a man who has collapsed
:20:26. > :20:38.And are ready to stop being smothered.
:20:39. > :20:45.This man and his family have escaped Islamic State in Iraq.
:20:46. > :20:56.At dawn the rescue boat heads to Greece, towing with it
:20:57. > :21:03.Their first steps in Europe are a little uncertain.
:21:04. > :21:20.We are hearing from our correspondent in Downing Street in
:21:21. > :21:24.London that no deal has been reached between the British Prime Minister,
:21:25. > :21:29.David Cameron, and the European Union President, Donald Tusk, aimed
:21:30. > :21:33.at pressing the UK's case for curbing the benefits of European
:21:34. > :21:34.Union migrants can claim. Another 24-hour talks has been agreed.
:21:35. > :21:46.Now the sport. A fantastic night in Melbourne for
:21:47. > :21:47.Novak Djokovic. A sixth title for him.
:21:48. > :21:49.It was another emotional night for Andy Murray in Melbourne,
:21:50. > :21:52.Runner up for a fourth time at the Australian Open
:21:53. > :22:00.With fatherhood just days away, he admitted
:22:01. > :22:05.that he may have been affected by off-court distractions.
:22:06. > :22:11.The prize that has eluded Andy Murray for so long was perched
:22:12. > :22:13.tantalisingly close, but Novak Djokovic's grip on that
:22:14. > :22:18.trophy and Britain's number one has been vice-like.
:22:19. > :22:22.The first set followed a familiar pattern.
:22:23. > :22:25.Murray simply outclassed as the Serb took the first set 6-1.
:22:26. > :22:28.Murray had been late to bed the previous night after watching
:22:29. > :22:35.brother Jamie win the doubles and in the second set he finally
:22:36. > :22:38.woke up, matching his nemesis, until at 5-5, once again,
:22:39. > :22:40.he fell under Djokovic's spell, another crucial break, 2-0.
:22:41. > :22:45.At least Murray had shown some fight and that continued in the third
:22:46. > :22:53.where he managed to break Djokovic and level at 3-3.
:22:54. > :22:55.Murray forced a tie-break but during that, the trophy looked
:22:56. > :23:01.Novak finished things with an ace, one that seemed to bring tears
:23:02. > :23:08.The Serb's six Australian Open titles are matched only by the great
:23:09. > :23:20.Murray, once again, is left dreaming of a first.
:23:21. > :23:27.It's phenomenal. I'm very proud of it, as is my team. We worked hard to
:23:28. > :23:31.be in this position and we should enjoy T we should cherish every
:23:32. > :23:36.moment that we get to experience now, because these are the
:23:37. > :23:42.tournament we all value. Enjoy it. We want it play well. No doubt I'm
:23:43. > :23:44.playing the best tennis of my life these last 15 months.
:23:45. > :23:55.11 titles for Djokovic. Still celebrating her first Slam
:23:56. > :23:57.is the German Angelique Kerber who sensationally beat Serena
:23:58. > :24:07.Williams in Saturdays women's final. They end she came to me and said
:24:08. > :24:11.that she would really like to say that I'm deserved. That's also
:24:12. > :24:16.something that's still in my heart. I have had the best two weeks of my
:24:17. > :24:21.life and the best moment of my career last night when I won the
:24:22. > :24:26.matchpoint and really took the Grand Slam. It was always my dream and my
:24:27. > :24:34.dream came true. When I was a kid I was always dreaming of this, to win
:24:35. > :24:38.one day a Grand Slam. I think I had a really crazy week, in the first
:24:39. > :24:47.round, where I was matchpoint down but the best weeks of my life.
:24:48. > :24:50.The draws been made for the FA Cup fifth round, Chelsea will play
:24:51. > :24:53.Manchester City, Oscar scored a first half hatrick as they beat MK
:24:54. > :24:57.One other line to emerge after that match, John Terry will be leaving
:24:58. > :25:02.He confirmed that he hasn't been offered a new contract by the club.
:25:03. > :25:04.The 35 year old, who has spent his entire career
:25:05. > :25:07.at Stamford Bridge, says he will keep playing but it won't be
:25:08. > :25:21.Thank you. Let's remind you of our main story on the programme tonight:
:25:22. > :25:26.A triple bomb attack near the holly Shia shrine in Damascus has killed
:25:27. > :25:28.at least 50 people. So-calledist Islamic State group have claimed
:25:29. > :25:33.responsibility and there is fresh hope at the Syrian peace talks in
:25:34. > :25:37.general ehave as the UN enjoy plans talks about both sides for Monday.
:25:38. > :25:42.-- Geneva. That's all from the programme R you
:25:43. > :25:45.can keep up-to-date with all the latest developments, analysis and
:25:46. > :25:47.news at the BBC website. From me and the rest of the team. Thanks for
:25:48. > :26:12.watching. Winds will start to pick up
:26:13. > :26:13.overnight ahead of the arrival of Storm Henry,