:00:00. > :00:00.This is BBC World News Today, broadcasting in the UK
:00:07. > :00:12.The headlines: A war of words between the US and Russia -
:00:13. > :00:15.Secretary of State John Kerry warns Moscow it must stop targeting
:00:16. > :00:19.legitimate opposition groups in Syria.
:00:20. > :00:22.A big turnout to welcome Pope Francis in Mexico
:00:23. > :00:26.as he challenges the country's leaders to bring 'true justice
:00:27. > :00:31.Brazil's President insists the rapid spread of the Zika virus will not
:00:32. > :00:34.compromise this year's Olympics in Rio.
:00:35. > :00:38.Why there will be no celebrations of romantic love
:00:39. > :00:50.on St Valentine's Day in a district in the north west of Pakistan.
:00:51. > :00:55.A war of words has broken out between Russia and the West -
:00:56. > :01:00.a day after they agreed a pause in the fighting in Syria.
:01:01. > :01:03.At a security conference in Germany, Russia's Prime Minister said
:01:04. > :01:06.the West was rekindling the Cold War.
:01:07. > :01:09.NATO responded by accusing Moscow of intimidation -
:01:10. > :01:13.while the US said Russia was bombing civilians in Syria.
:01:14. > :01:33.Russia's jets, still in the skies over Aleppo, still bombing targets
:01:34. > :01:38.in the rebel-held East in a divided city. In west Aleppo, President
:01:39. > :01:45.Assad and his best friends are in control. And they are popular. The
:01:46. > :01:49.Russians are our brothers, this speaker says. They are honest and
:01:50. > :01:55.stand behind us along with Iran and Hezbollah. There is praise for Putin
:01:56. > :01:58.from this taxi driver. He said he changed the balance of power here.
:01:59. > :02:06.And that is the point made here in Munich, too. The vast majority, in
:02:07. > :02:09.our opinion, of Russia's attacks have been against legitimate
:02:10. > :02:14.opposition groups. To adhere to the agreement that has been made, we
:02:15. > :02:21.think it it a call that Russia's targeting changes. Nato's policy
:02:22. > :02:27.with regard to Russia remains unfriendly and opaque. One could go
:02:28. > :02:33.as far as to say that we have slid back to a new cold war, almost on an
:02:34. > :02:37.everyday basis. Last year at this major forum, the main crisis was
:02:38. > :02:41.Ukraine. This year it is Syria but the issue hasn't changed, the
:02:42. > :02:45.growing power of Russia and how it is calling the shots. The big
:02:46. > :02:48.question for world leaders is if they can't resolve major crises
:02:49. > :02:53.without Russia, can they find ways to work with it? And they are moving
:02:54. > :02:59.on some issues. Trucks are being loaded with aid to ease the
:03:00. > :03:05.suffering. If the Munich agreement holds, more aid will soon be on its
:03:06. > :03:06.way. But if fighting doesn't stop, and even more terrifying chapter
:03:07. > :03:09.will start. As we heard in Lyse's report,
:03:10. > :03:11.the agreement reached includes allowing more access
:03:12. > :03:13.for humanitarian aid agencies. The BBC has filmed this footage
:03:14. > :03:16.of the Syrian Red Crescent leading four trucks into the
:03:17. > :03:19.Damascus suburb of Douma. Which is currently controlled
:03:20. > :03:22.by opposition forces but besieged The district has seen fierce
:03:23. > :03:27.fighting between the two sides. The opposition says there is a dire
:03:28. > :03:31.shortage of food and medicine in Douma but the Syrian government
:03:32. > :03:34.disputes that and says it has Here's what the Syrian Red
:03:35. > :03:51.Crescent had to say. We have in our fourth trucks, as you
:03:52. > :03:59.see, these trucks, we have chronic diseases, it is coming from WHO. And
:04:00. > :04:06.we have vaccinations. From the Ministry of health in Syria. Add we
:04:07. > :04:13.have other things. And we have meat powder for children.
:04:14. > :04:15.On his first full day in Mexico, Pope Francis has called
:04:16. > :04:17.on the country's leaders to combat drug crime.
:04:18. > :04:20.He warned that a society driven by greed and selfishness was fertile
:04:21. > :04:26.The Pontiff was cheered by huge crowds as he travelled
:04:27. > :04:43.After a day of making history in Cuba, Pope Francis was
:04:44. > :04:47.enthusiastically welcomed by the Mexicans. The screams of excitement
:04:48. > :04:52.has not abated. Is that it is morning talking to the crowds
:04:53. > :04:55.outside his residence. He made his way to the National Palace, streets
:04:56. > :05:05.lined with Mexicans charting his name. This is Pope Francis first
:05:06. > :05:09.trip to Mexico. As a fellow Latin American, many people here see him
:05:10. > :05:12.as one of their own. But more than that, big expectations are being
:05:13. > :05:19.pinned on this trip that what he says and does could have a big
:05:20. > :05:26.impact on the country's politics. We love the Pope! Later on Saturday, he
:05:27. > :05:30.will make his way to the Pacific of the virgin of whether Lupe. This is
:05:31. > :05:35.the highlight for many, people travelling from farther away.
:05:36. > :05:41.Carmine slept overnight to get a good spot to see the Pope.
:05:42. > :05:45.TRANSLATION: I cannot explain it, it is incredible. For us, he is a
:05:46. > :05:50.representative of Christ and he has come to give us a message of peace
:05:51. > :05:56.and mercy at a time when our country is giving a different time. Ritter
:05:57. > :06:00.was given six months to live. But she survived, thanks to a miracle
:06:01. > :06:05.and has travelled to Los Angeles to give thanks to the Pope and the
:06:06. > :06:08.virgin. For many here, the excitement masks a wider
:06:09. > :06:12.disillusionment among Mexicans, the feeling that the government has not
:06:13. > :06:20.done enough to curb the violence and corruption that has become such a
:06:21. > :06:25.problem here. We Mexicans are fed up with violence and corruption. We are
:06:26. > :06:33.looking for alternatives, both Catholics and the non-X. We hope the
:06:34. > :06:37.Pope can be an ingredient in the creation of this huge coalition. The
:06:38. > :06:46.Pope talked about the dangers of a society driven by greed and
:06:47. > :06:49.selfishness. TRANSLATION: Sooner or later, society becomes fertile
:06:50. > :06:53.terrain for drug trafficking, the exclusion of different cultures,
:06:54. > :06:59.violins and even kidnapping and death. The journey for some pilgrims
:07:00. > :07:03.have been harder for some than others. It is a long night for some
:07:04. > :07:06.who waited in the cold but that is not important, everybody here is
:07:07. > :07:08.celebrating the Pope. Brazil's president has insisted
:07:09. > :07:11.that the Zika virus will not More than 220,000 soldiers have been
:07:12. > :07:14.deployed across Brazil to warn Authorities are investigating almost
:07:15. > :07:18.4,000 cases of birth defects in babies - which could be
:07:19. > :07:23.linked to the virus. Speaking in Rio, President Rousseff
:07:24. > :07:27.said that everyone must play part in fighting the mosquito
:07:28. > :07:45.responsible for spreading Zika. The government is going to do its
:07:46. > :07:50.bit and so is the mayor, the governors and the armed forces. But
:07:51. > :07:54.none of our actions will work if the population is not with us. Fighting
:07:55. > :07:56.for the sake of our children. Our Brazil correspondent Wyre Davies
:07:57. > :08:08.gave us more details It is interesting that a
:08:09. > :08:12.disproportionately large of the 200,000 troops on the streets of
:08:13. > :08:16.Brazil have been focused on the city of Rio de Janeiro and that is
:08:17. > :08:22.because of the Olympic Games later this year. The president is adamant
:08:23. > :08:25.the Zika virus will not be out to jeopardise the league games. That is
:08:26. > :08:33.why so much of the effort the government is putting in to try and
:08:34. > :08:37.combat Zika virus and the mosquito which carries the violets is being
:08:38. > :08:43.focused here in Rio de Janeiro. Any suggestion that the gains could be
:08:44. > :08:50.called off, the president is keen to avoid that. The outbreak has caused
:08:51. > :08:55.considerable alarm. How much confidence is there that it can be
:08:56. > :09:00.dealt with by the Olympics games? That is a good question. I think the
:09:01. > :09:03.limits are taking place in the winter time here. They are putting a
:09:04. > :09:07.great deal of faith here and that the mosquito will be less active
:09:08. > :09:11.during the winter. They are a long way off finding out exactly how the
:09:12. > :09:16.virus works on the human body. They think, but they are not sure, but
:09:17. > :09:25.this causal link between Zika virus and microcephaly, the damaging
:09:26. > :09:28.condition in infants. Also another condition which is paralysing. All
:09:29. > :09:33.of these things are being blamed on the Zika virus and they haven't yet
:09:34. > :09:36.got a vaccine. Developing and producing a vaccine can take a long
:09:37. > :09:41.time so they are hoping they can keep the mosquito down by the time
:09:42. > :09:45.the lyrics are here. But any suggestion that it will be
:09:46. > :09:48.completely eradicated and the Zika virus will be defeated by the time
:09:49. > :09:53.the Lebanese comes around, is rather fanciful. The government has come
:09:54. > :09:59.under criticism for not getting on top of this virus earlier. What are
:10:00. > :10:03.your thoughts? It is difficult to criticise them for not getting onto
:10:04. > :10:07.but the virus because it has only been imprisoned for just over a
:10:08. > :10:12.year. In that space of time, more than 1 million resilience have been
:10:13. > :10:18.infected by it. You cannot blame them for the appearance of the
:10:19. > :10:22.virus. But they can be blamed for not getting on top of the mosquito
:10:23. > :10:29.which carries Zika virus because it also carries the dinky virus. The
:10:30. > :10:34.government deserves criticism for not having got on top of that virus
:10:35. > :10:38.which we knew was around and we need the mosquito was carrying that, the
:10:39. > :10:41.same mosque either that also delivers mosque Ito -- Zika virus.
:10:42. > :10:44.The Somali Islamist group, al-Shabab, says it was behind a bomb
:10:45. > :10:47.attack earlier this month that blasted a hole in the fuselage
:10:48. > :10:50.The suspected bomber was the only person killed by the explosion
:10:51. > :10:55.Hundreds of people have gathered at a hospital in Australia,
:10:56. > :10:58.to show their support for doctors, refusing to release a baby girl
:10:59. > :11:03.They say the child will not be discharged until a
:11:04. > :11:08.She suffered serious burns at an offshore migrant centre
:11:09. > :11:15.The US Senate has supported a plan to name a plaza in Washington
:11:16. > :11:19.after the Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner, Liu Xiaobo.
:11:20. > :11:23.Mr Liu is a pro-democracy dissident and the plaza lies in front
:11:24. > :11:28.The White House said that President Obama would
:11:29. > :11:35.A medieval ship has been raised after half a millennium of resting
:11:36. > :11:39.A team of construction workers stumbled upon the 20 metre long
:11:40. > :11:42.vessel when they were preparing to excavate the port
:11:43. > :11:51.From the Netherlands, Anna Holligan sent this report.
:11:52. > :12:03.Buried deep beneath the sand and silt, a 15th century trading vessel
:12:04. > :12:12.that once sailed the North and Baltic Seas. This animation shows
:12:13. > :12:19.how archaeologists used a specially constructed metal frame and straps
:12:20. > :12:25.to act as a harness. It is rare to find a medieval vessel so remarkably
:12:26. > :12:29.well preserved. Even the brick oven and glazed tiles on the Maria deck
:12:30. > :12:34.are still intact. Experts say the metal joints make her more robust
:12:35. > :12:38.than most ships of the same Iran and meant they could use a remote
:12:39. > :12:46.control to slowly bring her to the surface. Once we lifted it enough to
:12:47. > :12:49.measure the weight which was 40 times, we knew we had a stable
:12:50. > :12:56.situation and could carry on lifting. The delicate wreck has been
:12:57. > :13:04.called something after the River Delta where she lay undiscovered for
:13:05. > :13:08.500 years. She has been taken to a heritage centre where she will be
:13:09. > :13:11.restored to her ancient glory and kept wet at all times to ensure she
:13:12. > :13:14.never crumbles. Still to come:
:13:15. > :13:21.Latest sports news this time at the hands
:13:22. > :14:41.of struggling Sunderland. This is BBC world News. The latest
:14:42. > :14:47.headlines. A war of words between the US and Russia as Secretary of
:14:48. > :14:48.State John Kerry warns Moscow it must stop targeting legitimate
:14:49. > :14:51.opposition groups in Syria. Let's stay with Syria now -
:14:52. > :14:54.thousands of people are still stranded on the border with Turkey
:14:55. > :14:56.and in desperate need of help. Let's just remind ourselves how
:14:57. > :14:58.this latest humanitarian The Munich agreement should make it
:14:59. > :16:51.easier for humanitarian agencies to reach the people
:16:52. > :16:53.in need inside Syria. But the situation on the ground
:16:54. > :16:56.makes access difficult, as Misty Buswell from the charity
:16:57. > :17:08.Save the Children explains. It is really unclear how this is
:17:09. > :17:11.going to work. We need to have a lot more detail than we also need to
:17:12. > :17:18.make sure that this is not just going to be one-off convoys. A few
:17:19. > :17:26.weeks ago, we actually had people starving to death and two convoys
:17:27. > :17:32.able to get in, so not sufficient to help the situation there. What we
:17:33. > :17:36.need is sustained humanitarian access and not one-off convoys but
:17:37. > :17:40.right now we don't have any idea what this will look like. What is
:17:41. > :17:47.your thought that a humanitarian access is being agreed alongside a
:17:48. > :17:52.pause in the fighting, very much part of the political bartering
:17:53. > :17:57.here? It is unfortunate that it has taken this kind of agreement to
:17:58. > :18:01.ensure or even discuss aid getting into besieged areas. Aid should not
:18:02. > :18:06.be used as a bargaining chip. People have a right to get food when they
:18:07. > :18:14.are starving, they have a right to health care, basic humanitarian aid.
:18:15. > :18:19.So, it is very worrying that it has taken this kind of political
:18:20. > :18:24.negotiation to get the issue a few and tearing access on the table. We
:18:25. > :18:28.are talking about quite dangerous conditions that aid workers with no
:18:29. > :18:33.guarantee that all sides will honour this pause and fighting. That is
:18:34. > :18:41.right. We just don't know what this will look like right now. Anything
:18:42. > :18:46.that brings a pause or stop to the violence is potentially a positive
:18:47. > :18:50.thing but we don't know what it is going to look like. We don't know
:18:51. > :18:53.whether all parties are going to agree to this. And we don't know
:18:54. > :18:57.whether it is actually going to make a difference on the ground. Over the
:18:58. > :19:01.last few weeks, we have seen a massive escalation in the conflict
:19:02. > :19:07.in the north, around Aleppo, but also in the South, with lots of
:19:08. > :19:11.people forced to move to flee the fighting. And the situation has
:19:12. > :19:16.become so insecure that aid agencies have even had to stop their
:19:17. > :19:19.programming and have not been able to respond in some areas to the
:19:20. > :19:24.people who really desperately needed. So, you know, at this point,
:19:25. > :19:30.we just don't know what is going to happen.
:19:31. > :19:34.Now let's get all the sports news. Sunderland have beaten
:19:35. > :19:36.Manchester United at the Stadium Of Light for the first
:19:37. > :19:39.time in the Premier League era - boosting their survival hopes
:19:40. > :19:41.and increasing the pressure Wahbi Khazri put Sam
:19:42. > :19:44.Allardyce's side ahead after three minutes
:19:45. > :19:45.with a free-kick. Anthony Martial levelled
:19:46. > :19:48.but the Black Cats won it when Lamine Kone's header went
:19:49. > :19:51.in via a deflection off David de Gea In the late game Chelsea thrashed
:19:52. > :20:08.Newcastle 5-1 to pile A big blow. I said we have to win
:20:09. > :20:13.this match because we have to be in the race for the top four positions
:20:14. > :20:14.in the league. And then you have to win these kinds of matches. But I
:20:15. > :20:20.think we can only blame ourselves. In the late game Chelsea thrashed
:20:21. > :20:22.Newcastle 5-1 to pile Elsewhere today there
:20:23. > :20:26.were wins for Stoke, Norwich threw away a two goal lead
:20:27. > :20:31.against West Ham with it finishing In Spanish football,
:20:32. > :20:34.Gary Neville's Valencia are playing The home side trailed
:20:35. > :20:38.at half time but now lead 2-1 in what would be Neville's
:20:39. > :20:43.first league win for the club. Earlier Real Madrid were 4-2 winners
:20:44. > :20:46.over Athletic Bilbao to move a point behind leaders Barcelona,
:20:47. > :20:51.who have two games in hand. And a meeting of the top two
:20:52. > :20:56.in Italy at the moment, with Juventus taking
:20:57. > :20:58.on leaders Napoli in Turin. Ireland's hopes of a third
:20:59. > :21:05.successive Six Nations title are all but gone after a 10-9 defeat
:21:06. > :21:09.to France in Paris.Ireland posed most of the attacking threat
:21:10. > :21:11.in the first half but poor handling meant they had to settle for a 9-3
:21:12. > :21:16.lead courtesy of three Johnny Sexton Maxime Medard's 70th minute try set
:21:17. > :21:20.France up for victory, their first over the Irish in five
:21:21. > :21:38.years to take them top of the table. It was hard having no wins for the
:21:39. > :21:41.first two games. I think Fox ask, we are probably looking at the second
:21:42. > :21:49.half that we just didn't quite get the dominance we had in the first.
:21:50. > :21:53.It is hard, you know, with the question. But we look at that as a
:21:54. > :21:56.massive missed opportunity for us. Wales came from behind in the second
:21:57. > :21:59.half to beat Scotland 27-23, in a great match under
:22:00. > :22:01.the roof in Cardiff. Wales move into second
:22:02. > :22:20.on the table with three points, Big when new Scotland would turn up.
:22:21. > :22:24.We knew it would be a tough challenge. It is a tough six Nations
:22:25. > :22:31.this year. I think it is wide open. And that's because Australia's
:22:32. > :22:35.Adam Voges has bettered Sir Donald Bradman's
:22:36. > :22:41.test cricket average, for now, to more than 100
:22:42. > :22:44.in the first Test against Usman Khawaja hit 140
:22:45. > :22:49.as Australia closed on 463 for 6... Voges is 176 not out and moved ahead
:22:50. > :22:54.of Bradman - whose career average of 99-point-94 from 52 Tests -
:22:55. > :23:00.WAS the best of all time. Voges' average is 100.33,
:23:01. > :23:02.although that will drop if he doesn't score any more runs,
:23:03. > :23:05.in his 19th Test innings. To Pakistan now: The President,
:23:06. > :23:12.Mamnoon Hussain, has denounced St Valentine's Day, saying
:23:13. > :23:14.the festival has no connection He was speaking a day after Kohat
:23:15. > :23:20.district in the conservative north-west announced a ban
:23:21. > :23:23.on all sales of Peshawar has also
:23:24. > :23:29.banned celebrations. But the moves have divided
:23:30. > :23:32.opinion in the country. Our South Asia Editor,
:23:33. > :23:45.Charles Haviland reports. The day which originated in the
:23:46. > :23:53.Christian church and celebrates romantic love is celebrated this
:23:54. > :23:57.Sunday. Conservative Muslim Pakistanis view Federico 14th as
:23:58. > :24:01.detrimental to traditional marriage. One newspaper report called at a
:24:02. > :24:10.festival of 70. The local authorities in co-hat on Friday
:24:11. > :24:16.ordered police to stamp out any sale of Valentines merchandiser in the
:24:17. > :24:19.nearby city of Peshawar, where Valentine's Day is perhaps
:24:20. > :24:22.surprisingly popular, the council passed a resolution to ban
:24:23. > :24:27.celebration of what it calls the useless day. Then, the president,
:24:28. > :24:31.seen here on a recent visit to China, told a student gathering that
:24:32. > :24:37.Valentine's Day belonged to Western tradition and convicted --
:24:38. > :24:43.conflicted with modern culture -- Muslim culture. We don't have to
:24:44. > :24:46.express love on this particular day. Love for your mother, wife,
:24:47. > :24:50.brothers, etc, that is an everyday thing. Why should we wait until
:24:51. > :24:55.Valentine's Day to express such love. This day comes only once a
:24:56. > :25:00.year. Those who are in love get to meet and sometimes get chance to
:25:01. > :25:04.propose on this day so we should celebrated and that is why I'm
:25:05. > :25:11.celebrating. Disagreements over St Valentine's Day in the past spurred
:25:12. > :25:15.violence. But it has continued to appeal to many Pakistanis, including
:25:16. > :25:20.for commercial reasons. Indeed, late on Friday came the news that both
:25:21. > :25:25.the ban and the resolution in Peshawar are being disregarded.
:25:26. > :25:26.Police and civil officials say the anti-Valentine measures are both
:25:27. > :25:35.unpopular and illegal. A reminder of our top story. The US
:25:36. > :25:40.Secretary of State John Kerry has said Russia needs to changes policy
:25:41. > :25:45.are best legs in Syria to keep an agreement to end the war. He told a
:25:46. > :25:48.conference in Munich that Russian forces were mainly bombing
:25:49. > :25:54.legitimate opposition groups. If you want to get in touch with me, Du
:25:55. > :25:55.Cann, via twitter. That is it for now. Thank you for being with the
:25:56. > :25:59.programme.