:00:00. > :00:07.This is BBC World News Today, broadcasting in the UK
:00:08. > :00:12.I'm Alpa Patel, here are the headlines.
:00:13. > :00:15.As a truce in Syria largely holds, we give you a glimpse of the battle
:00:16. > :00:18.against so-called Islamic State - a BBC team reaches an area freed
:00:19. > :00:27.by Kurdish fighters - but still littered by bombs
:00:28. > :00:34.Look at the crater left by this one. The Kurds got lucky, they found it,
:00:35. > :00:36.stopped it and detonated it. It sent saybury for hundreds of meeters
:00:37. > :00:39.across this field. And Islamic State claims
:00:40. > :00:41.responsibility for a bombing at a crowded market in Iraq -
:00:42. > :00:49.leaving dozens dead. The Vatican's Finance Minister,
:00:50. > :00:55.Cardinal George Pell gives evidence from the Vatican to an Australian
:00:56. > :00:58.inquiry into child abuse. Also coming up: Manchester United
:00:59. > :01:06.derails Arsenal's Premier League challenge at Old Trafford. And, is
:01:07. > :01:08.this the year when Leonardo DiCaprio finally sees off the competition to
:01:09. > :01:20.win the Oscar for Best Actor? The first nationwide truce
:01:21. > :01:26.in Syria's five year civil war is into its second day and appears
:01:27. > :01:30.to be largely holding. This is Aleppo, Syria's largest
:01:31. > :01:37.city. In a strategic location and so has
:01:38. > :01:40.experienced intense fighting Today, though, there
:01:41. > :01:44.appears to be calm. Civilians are on the streets,
:01:45. > :01:51.in this first pause But both the opposition and Russia
:01:52. > :01:54.are reporting breaches Air strikes have been
:01:55. > :01:58.reported in the north - though it's unclear who carried them
:01:59. > :02:02.out and who was being Well Islamic State is excluded
:02:03. > :02:08.from the agreement. Our correspondent Quentin Somerville
:02:09. > :02:10.is in Northern Syria. While we have been here,
:02:11. > :02:12.there have still been air strikes, shootings and car bombs
:02:13. > :02:15.but there has been a big change. They have mainly been in battles
:02:16. > :02:17.with the Islamic State Syrians we have been speaking
:02:18. > :02:23.to are using a different language. In fact they are using a word
:02:24. > :02:26.we don't often here in these parts The truce is on in Syria, but so,
:02:27. > :02:38.too, still, is the fight In Shaddadi, air strikes
:02:39. > :02:41.and the Kurds drove out IS. Here, on the streets,
:02:42. > :02:44.the militants once held a slave But the Islamic State
:02:45. > :03:00.can still surprise. American jets help repel
:03:01. > :03:06.an attack in Talabiad. This town was taken months ago
:03:07. > :03:09.by the Kurds, but IS snipers and commandos attacked in droves
:03:10. > :03:11.an hour before the truce. And across a long
:03:12. > :03:19.stretch of territory. IS attacks have transformed
:03:20. > :03:22.the security situation here in north-west Syria,
:03:23. > :03:24.security is a lot tighter along the roads, in fact, it's
:03:25. > :03:26.impassable from the West. If we stop the vehicle,
:03:27. > :03:33.this wasn't just an attack with ground troops and snipers,
:03:34. > :03:35.they also deployed typical The Kurds got lucky, they found it,
:03:36. > :03:48.stopped it and detonated it. It scattered debris for hundreds
:03:49. > :03:56.of meters across these fields. Just imagine the damage this
:03:57. > :04:04.would have done to local So the Kurds have control
:04:05. > :04:07.here but it isn't absolute and, of course, there is no truce
:04:08. > :04:10.with the Islamic State. But elsewhere this ceasefire
:04:11. > :04:13.of sorts is mostly holding. It's not a return to normal
:04:14. > :04:21.life, but it's a start. Today, the jets flew over,
:04:22. > :04:24.but they didn't bomb us. We hope that they stick
:04:25. > :04:28.to their word and the calm Back in Shaddadi it's a defeat,
:04:29. > :04:36.not a ceasefire, that is making The Islamic State is gone,
:04:37. > :04:44.but their markings on shop fronts We'll all come back here
:04:45. > :04:54.to recover our lives taken This town was a place
:04:55. > :04:59.for the whole nation, Arabs, Kurds, Christians,
:05:00. > :05:01.we all lived together. The men with guns won't
:05:02. > :05:04.be disappearing here. A truce isn't peace,
:05:05. > :05:09.but it's a moment of calm. And, for Syria right now,
:05:10. > :05:13.that's good enough. So calm is a start but also then
:05:14. > :05:22.comes hope and the hope is that the ceasefire
:05:23. > :05:24.of sorts continues and And in fact in the last
:05:25. > :05:28.half hour, the BBC has heard from the United Nations
:05:29. > :05:30.that tomorrow humanitarian aid will finally start making it
:05:31. > :05:32.into besieged towns, villages and cities in Syria
:05:33. > :05:36.and they are hoping that over the next five days they'll get
:05:37. > :05:39.released to over 150,000 people. That's a remarkable
:05:40. > :05:47.weekend for Syria. To Iraq where IS have claimed
:05:48. > :05:49.responsibility for what it called Two bombs exploded in
:05:50. > :06:00.a crowded market in Baghdad. Local medics are reported as saying
:06:01. > :06:05.at least 70 people have been killed. The blasts - which are the worst
:06:06. > :06:16.to hit Baghdad in recent months - happened in the mainly Shia
:06:17. > :06:18.neighbourhood of Sadr City. Our Defence Correspondent Jonathan
:06:19. > :06:20.Beale has this update. This was the second significant
:06:21. > :06:22.attack by so-called Islamic State in the capital, within
:06:23. > :06:24.the last few days. On Thursday, a Shia mosque
:06:25. > :06:27.was targeted by two suicide bombers, Then on Sunday, the Sunni
:06:28. > :06:30.extremists set off explosions in Sadr city,
:06:31. > :06:33.a large Shia district in Baghdad. The blast killed dozens
:06:34. > :06:42.of people and left IS has recently been
:06:43. > :06:45.using tactics involving double A second device detonated
:06:46. > :07:03.soon after the first, With so could have called Islamic
:07:04. > :07:10.states suffering recent setbacks in the rest of the city,
:07:11. > :07:13.there are fears attacks may be stepped up in the capital.
:07:14. > :07:15.To Iran, where counting continues in elections there.
:07:16. > :07:17.And the scale of the losses suffered by conservatives
:07:18. > :07:20.Two of the most senior hardliners have lost their seats.
:07:21. > :07:22.Whereas moderates and reformists backing President Rouhani have
:07:23. > :07:26.Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has praised the high
:07:27. > :07:28.turnout, describing Iran as a wise and determined nation.
:07:29. > :07:41.The counting of the votes has been slow, not surprisingly
:07:42. > :07:45.became clear that Iranians have come out in big numbers
:07:46. > :07:50.All 30 seats in parliament for Tehran went to these reformist
:07:51. > :07:53.Here with their mentor, former president, Ali Akbar
:07:54. > :08:00.Here is one of the winners of parliamentary seats in Tehran
:08:01. > :08:13.It means that we want to remove what has happened
:08:14. > :08:25.It means that we want to empower our women.
:08:26. > :08:27.President Rouhani has all but claimed victory saying
:08:28. > :08:35.aside rivalries and revive the economy.
:08:36. > :08:38.The results are a major boost for him and his nuclear deal
:08:39. > :08:42.But it seems many millions of Iranians came out to vote
:08:43. > :08:51.tactically to prevent the hardliners from moving Iran
:08:52. > :08:54.At the so-called Assembly of Experts, this council of elder
:08:55. > :08:58.and senior clerics, with the power to select
:08:59. > :09:00.the next supreme leader, things are more interesting.
:09:01. > :09:02.Former president Rafsanjani, who used to chair this assembly
:09:03. > :09:10.Now he is back at the top of the polls.
:09:11. > :09:13.Hardline figures such as the present chair
:09:14. > :09:21.and the ideologue of the hardliners have lost their seats.
:09:22. > :09:33.The hardliners in Parliament here calling for the death
:09:34. > :09:36.of the opposition leaders a few years ago may have
:09:37. > :09:38.lost their majority in parliament after having lost the presidency
:09:39. > :09:42.The balance of power has shifted in favour of moderates.
:09:43. > :09:48.Millions of Iranians have said no to these hardliners.
:09:49. > :09:49.To another election this time in Switzerland,
:09:50. > :09:51.where voters have rejected a proposal to automatically deport
:09:52. > :09:56.The plan was opposed by 59% of those who took part
:09:57. > :10:02.It was put forward by the right-wing Swiss People's Party,
:10:03. > :10:08.which argued that social problems are linked to rising immigration.
:10:09. > :10:16.One of Vatican's top officials is due to begin giving evidence
:10:17. > :10:19.to a public inquiry into child abuse in Australian
:10:20. > :10:22.Cardinal George Pell has been accused of helping to cover
:10:23. > :10:25.up cases of abuse by paedophile priests during his time in
:10:26. > :10:30.Cardinal Pell, who's now in charge of the Vatican's finances, will give
:10:31. > :10:36.A group of survivors of abuse have travelled to Rome to be present
:10:37. > :10:43.Here's our Australia correspondent Jon Donnison.
:10:44. > :11:07.-- As the head of the Australian Catholic Church, Cardinal George
:11:08. > :11:10.Pell leads an institution that has been rocked by scandal.
:11:11. > :11:12.He is a former Archbishop of Melbourne in Victoria,
:11:13. > :11:14.the state with the church has acknowledged with 600 cases
:11:15. > :11:19.That led in part to the government setting up a wide-ranging public
:11:20. > :11:21.enquiry into child abuse within Australian institutions.
:11:22. > :11:24.The Cardinal has already given evidence on two occasions.
:11:25. > :11:27.David Ridsdale was sexually abused by his own uncle,
:11:28. > :11:31.who is now in jail for abusing more than 50 children.
:11:32. > :11:34.David has already told the enquiry that, back in the 1990s,
:11:35. > :11:38.the Cardinal tried to bribe him to keep quiet,
:11:39. > :11:54.Cardinal Pell's behaviour was more akin to the CEO of a big
:11:55. > :11:58.corporation. He has moved responsibility
:11:59. > :12:00.downstream, he has protected assets. And in all of his letters
:12:01. > :12:03.and commentary, he rarely mentions Many of the hundreds of victims
:12:04. > :12:19.of abuse in the Catholic Church here are angry that
:12:20. > :12:21.Cardinal Pell has not returned to Australia to attend
:12:22. > :12:23.the hearings in person. He's done that in the past,
:12:24. > :12:25.but on this occasion, for medical reasons,
:12:26. > :12:28.he was unable to do so. Instead, he will give evidence
:12:29. > :12:30.through a video link from Rome. A group of around 15 victims have
:12:31. > :12:33.raised the money themselves to fly Cardinal Pell's testimony
:12:34. > :12:37.is expected to last three Much of the abuse carried out
:12:38. > :12:41.by his colleagues happened before he was in a senior position,
:12:42. > :12:44.but the enquiry will want to know how much he knew, when he knew it
:12:45. > :12:47.and what he did about it. Greece has warned that the number
:12:48. > :12:54.of migrants and refugees in the country could triple
:12:55. > :12:57.in the next month because of caps imposed at border
:12:58. > :13:07.crossings in the Balkans. 22,000 migrants are
:13:08. > :13:09.already in Greece, including several thousand
:13:10. > :13:11.in a makeshift camp Here's our correspondent
:13:12. > :13:13.Danny Savage. For days now just a trickle
:13:14. > :13:16.of people have moved north out The crossing to Macedonia has
:13:17. > :13:26.remained closed for most of the time, and the 6000 people
:13:27. > :13:29.here are growing restless We will try to cross
:13:30. > :13:36.the border not from this gate, Hundreds of miles south in Athens
:13:37. > :13:46.ferries from the Greek islands have all but stopped bringing
:13:47. > :13:50.migrants to the mainland. That's because the camps and holding
:13:51. > :13:57.centres are filling up fast, there's a real feeling of no more
:13:58. > :14:01.room at the inn here. To illustrate that point, on Friday,
:14:02. > :14:04.1700 people arrived on little boats But on the same day,
:14:05. > :14:11.just 10% of that number left Greece So the government is scrambling
:14:12. > :14:14.to build new camps to house The army is moving in to put tents
:14:15. > :14:18.up on the new sites, At one proposed camp,
:14:19. > :14:29.locals blocked the gates in protest, they say they don't want to be
:14:30. > :14:32.outnumbered by migrants. TRANSLATION: How many people
:14:33. > :14:34.will amass on the border? We're talking about a bundle
:14:35. > :14:46.of souls we cannot take care of. We feel that we live
:14:47. > :14:48.in a country where noone Migrants are not prisoners,
:14:49. > :14:51.they are free to move. We found this queue of taxis outside
:14:52. > :14:54.a camp in northern Greece. 80 euros will buy a ride
:14:55. > :14:57.to the border and there's This afternoon, migrants managed
:14:58. > :15:06.to block the railway line next This week is a crunch point
:15:07. > :15:10.for this chaotic situation. With politicians planning
:15:11. > :15:12.more Europe-wide talks. A tiny minority are
:15:13. > :15:17.getting out of Greece. The one-month-old twins we found
:15:18. > :15:20.last week were two of the few Still to come: It's nearly time
:15:21. > :15:36.for Hollywood's biggest night We'll find out which films
:15:37. > :16:48.are the favourites in the race Several air-strikes have been
:16:49. > :16:57.reported in northern Syria on the second day
:16:58. > :16:59.of a nationwide truce but in general, the cessation
:17:00. > :17:01.of hostilities is holding. Islamic State claims responsibility
:17:02. > :17:07.for a bombing at a crowded Baghdad It's almost time for the stars
:17:08. > :17:10.to hit the red carpet The Revenant is leading the race
:17:11. > :17:15.for this year's Oscars Rapid change, that's
:17:16. > :17:31.what the Academy is promising as the red carpet's
:17:32. > :17:33.prepared for tonight. But there is a perceived
:17:34. > :17:35.overall lack of diversity. This isn't just talking
:17:36. > :17:37.about diversity for the sake of diversity, it is also bad
:17:38. > :17:40.for business, it's bad for Hollywood to be so behind in the times
:17:41. > :17:43.that they are not developing projects for people of different
:17:44. > :17:45.backgrounds and people Movies reflect our society
:17:46. > :17:48.and are supposed to be a reflection For Hollywood not to make diverse
:17:49. > :17:53.movies really is a big problem. Actors who have long campaigned
:17:54. > :17:58.for greater diversity are welcoming that it has become an issue
:17:59. > :18:01.recognised at all levels. I think it really must start
:18:02. > :18:04.in the boardrooms and it's going to take bravery and it's
:18:05. > :18:07.going to take courage. And, you know, making sure that
:18:08. > :18:13.people aren't fearful to cast black actors, black actresses,
:18:14. > :18:15.in roles that may not be For many, the expectation
:18:16. > :18:21.is that this will be the last year the acting winners
:18:22. > :18:24.are all guaranteed to be white and that the discussion becomes
:18:25. > :18:26.exclusively about The numbers clearly indicate that
:18:27. > :18:38.there were senior clergy involved. For Best Film, the Academy
:18:39. > :18:40.loves to reward stories Will the spotlight this
:18:41. > :18:43.year fall on Spotlight? A film about the Boston Globe's
:18:44. > :18:45.investigation of a church When the banks committed
:18:46. > :18:48.the greatest fraud in US history... Or perhaps The Big Short,
:18:49. > :18:51.about the run-up to the global But the narrow favourite is perhaps
:18:52. > :18:57.survival drama The Revenant. Its lead actor, Leonardo DiCaprio,
:18:58. > :19:03.looks almost certain Even last year's winner,
:19:04. > :19:06.Eddie Redmayne, nominated I think it's pretty much
:19:07. > :19:09.certainly Leo's year, In a year where everyone,
:19:10. > :19:17.including, of course, this year's host, recognises that
:19:18. > :19:20.what's been happening around the Oscars has, to a degree,
:19:21. > :19:35.overshadowed the awards themselves. Manchester City have beaten
:19:36. > :19:40.Liverpool on penalties, Goalkeeper Willy Cabellero -
:19:41. > :19:43.the man everyone said should NOT be starting -
:19:44. > :19:45.except for the manager Manuel Pellegrini of course -
:19:46. > :19:53.was the hero. On what was a dramatic day
:19:54. > :19:57.at Wembley, City took the lead But with just a few minutes
:19:58. > :20:00.remaining, Liverpool levelled No more goals in normal or extra
:20:01. > :20:07.time meant it was penalties, There were two very important
:20:08. > :20:10.Premier League matches today too. We'll tell you about Spurs
:20:11. > :20:12.in a moment, but first, third placed Arsenal travelled
:20:13. > :20:14.to Manchester United. The Gunners slipped up
:20:15. > :20:16.against Louis Van Gaal's side United teenager Marcus Rashford
:20:17. > :20:24.stole the show in the Europa League on Thursday, and did so again
:20:25. > :20:27.with two more goals Danny Welbeck got one back,
:20:28. > :20:33.before Ander Herrera made it 3-1 Mesut Ozil got the Gunners
:20:34. > :20:44.to within one but it wasn't enough. Arsenal remain five points
:20:45. > :20:46.behind leaders Leicester. But Tottenham Hotspur
:20:47. > :20:48.are just two points behind, after beating Swansea
:20:49. > :20:50.2-1 at White Hart Lane. Spurs were one down at half time
:20:51. > :20:53.to an Alberto Poloshi goal, but substitute Nacer Chadli
:20:54. > :20:55.equalised with 20 minutes to play before Danny Rose hit the winner
:20:56. > :21:02.a few minutes after. The new man in charge of world
:21:03. > :21:05.football says Fifa can be fixed and fast, if it puts
:21:06. > :21:08.wide-ranging reforms in place. Swiss Gianni Infantino was elected
:21:09. > :21:11.to succeed Sepp Blatter as the ninth Our Sports Correspondent Richard
:21:12. > :21:17.Conway reports from Zurich. Gianni Infantino
:21:18. > :21:22.is a man in a hurry. Elected to the top job in world
:21:23. > :21:25.football, Sepp Blatter's successor Is it a good feeling
:21:26. > :21:29.to be Fifa president? Despite his election, Fifa
:21:30. > :21:35.is still mired in a deep crisis. Vital reforms have been agreed upon,
:21:36. > :21:40.but it must continue to satisfy US and Swiss prosecutors
:21:41. > :21:43.in its clamping down on corruption. The reforms are to be implemented
:21:44. > :21:46.now, they need to be implemented So I will go up to the office
:21:47. > :21:58.and start looking at concretely how to implement these reforms
:21:59. > :22:01.so that we can hopefully very soon Infantino's victory
:22:02. > :22:03.came as a surprise. He upset the odds to beat
:22:04. > :22:05.long-time frontrunner Today, his first task as President
:22:06. > :22:11.was to open Fifa's shiny But his political juggling skills,
:22:12. > :22:18.honed during years at the top of the European game,
:22:19. > :22:21.will be needed now more than ever. These reforms have been approved,
:22:22. > :22:32.you have to start us off now As of now, and for the future,
:22:33. > :22:37.there will be no issues anymore. And as for the past, of course,
:22:38. > :22:40.we have to make sure that we cooperate fully
:22:41. > :22:42.with the authorities to make sure that everything comes out
:22:43. > :22:44.if something has happened. Swiss media reports say that
:22:45. > :22:49.as a baby, Infantino's life was saved after receiving a vital
:22:50. > :22:52.transfusion of his rare blood type Are we claiming you as
:22:53. > :22:56.one of our own now? Yes, you can claim I am one
:22:57. > :22:58.of yours, absolutely. Many others as well,
:22:59. > :23:02.that's why I am a world citizen! This weekend, Gianni Infantino
:23:03. > :23:06.is basking in the glory of winning the Fifa presidential election,
:23:07. > :23:09.but tomorrow he will be behind his new desk for the first
:23:10. > :23:27.time, and that is when the hard On Oscars day, Liverpool and
:23:28. > :23:30.Manchester City put on a bit of a show stopper but City took the
:23:31. > :23:37.prize. That's' all the sport for now.
:23:38. > :23:44.A group of disabled people from Bolivia have been suspending
:23:45. > :23:52.themselves from a bridge. The protest is the latest in a campaign
:23:53. > :23:58.which has lasted for several weeks. Forced they say, to take a protest
:23:59. > :24:01.to a new level, claiming the government won't listen to their
:24:02. > :24:06.demands. Passing traffic looked on in disbelief, part of a concerted
:24:07. > :24:09.effort to raise the problems of people faced with disability in
:24:10. > :24:15.Bolivia. The campaigners are asking for higher state subsidy of around
:24:16. > :24:20.$70 a month. That many feel the message isn't getting through.
:24:21. > :24:24.TRANSLATION: Unfortunately, since we have not had an answer from the
:24:25. > :24:32.Government, we've had to take these extreme measures. 9 protesters said
:24:33. > :24:35.they tried to take zrectly to President Morales when he visited
:24:36. > :24:43.the city this week but were stopped by the police. The Government said
:24:44. > :24:47.they have allocated $900 million. The protesters are saying they are
:24:48. > :24:49.not seeing the benefit of it and are now thinking of taking their protest
:24:50. > :24:54.to the president. A communications breakdown has led
:24:55. > :24:57.to the French city of Reims scrubbing away what may have
:24:58. > :24:59.appeared to be graffiti but was actually artwork
:25:00. > :25:01.commissioned by the city itself. This artwork, showing a sulky boy
:25:02. > :25:04.painted onto the side of a transformer next to the town
:25:05. > :25:06.hall, was cleared just It was produced by the artist
:25:07. > :25:14.Christian Guemy - known by the tag But the department which deals
:25:15. > :25:19.with graffiti was not informed. Monsieur Guemy says he will paint
:25:20. > :25:37.something similar in its place. It The main news: As a truce in
:25:38. > :25:41.Syria largely holds, we give you a glimpse of the battle against
:25:42. > :25:46.so-called Islamic State. A BBC team reaches an area free bid Kurdish
:25:47. > :25:51.fighters that is still littered by bombs. That's for now. Thank you for
:25:52. > :25:55.being with the programme. You can message me on Twitter. I will be
:25:56. > :26:05.back with the headlines shortly. But for now, thank you.
:26:06. > :26:12.Hello. Good evening. Last night t got very cold in the
:26:13. > :26:18.north and west of Scotland. -- it got very cold. Not so tonight. More
:26:19. > :26:19.cloud in a southerly breeze, eventually bringing in