:00:00. > :00:00.This is BBC World News Today, broadcasting in the UK
:00:00. > :00:16.Thank you for your love, and thank you for just being you.
:00:17. > :00:18.The former First Lady of the United States Nancy Reagan
:00:19. > :00:26.A suicide attack in Iraq kills at least 47 people.
:00:27. > :00:33.Islamic State group claim responsiblity.
:00:34. > :00:35.At least 25 people have died after a boat carrying migrants
:00:36. > :00:39.capsized while crossing from Turkey to Greece.
:00:40. > :00:41.A billionaire Iranian businessman who helped Tehran get around
:00:42. > :00:59.sanctions has been sentenced to death.
:01:00. > :01:03.The wife of the former US President Ronald Reagan has died.
:01:04. > :01:07.Nancy Reagan was 94 and passed away from congestive heart failure.
:01:08. > :01:09.She met her husband when they were both Hollywood actors.
:01:10. > :01:12.And they shared more than five decades of marriage before
:01:13. > :01:21.Nancy's support was a strong influence throughout her husbands
:01:22. > :01:23.-- Nancy's support was a strong influence throughout her husband's
:01:24. > :01:25.political career from Governor of California until he
:01:26. > :01:28.Nancy Reagan died at her home in Los Angeles,
:01:29. > :01:33.She had been my First Lady since long before the White House.
:01:34. > :01:39.It was a marriage made for the silver screen,
:01:40. > :01:41.the partnership portrayed here in a political campaign
:01:42. > :01:56.The romance began in Hollywood, they met as minor actors
:01:57. > :02:06.But by the time her husband became President, he had served eight years
:02:07. > :02:17.Nancy Reagan was ready for her starring role.
:02:18. > :02:22.The adoring gaze a symbol of her loyalty and devotion.
:02:23. > :02:26.Nancy Reagan's time as First Lady was controversial,
:02:27. > :02:32.as she redecorated the White House and splurged on gowns and banquets.
:02:33. > :02:36.She was accused of interfering in staff matters and was ridiculed
:02:37. > :02:38.for consulting an astrologer, apparently to decide
:02:39. > :02:44.But she was driven by something much more down to earth.
:02:45. > :02:48.A determination to protect our husband.
:02:49. > :02:51.It could make her look overbearing, like this prompt when he lost his
:02:52. > :03:02.(Doing everything we can.) Doing everything we can.
:03:03. > :03:07.But when it turned out that Ronald Reagan's memory was was due
:03:08. > :03:10.-- But when it turned out that Ronald Reagan's memory was due
:03:11. > :03:12.to illness, sinking slowly into the darkness of Altzheimer's,
:03:13. > :03:14.the nation began to understand and sympathise.
:03:15. > :03:21.Each day brings another reminder of this very long goodbye.
:03:22. > :03:25.At President Reagan's state funeral in 2004,
:03:26. > :03:31.it felt like the world was intruding on a poignant, private farewell.
:03:32. > :03:40.Nancy Reagan will be buried next to her husband,
:03:41. > :03:42.here at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California.
:03:43. > :03:44.A short time ago, her step-son released this message.
:03:45. > :03:53."Nancy," he said, "is once again with the man she loved."
:03:54. > :03:55.A short time ago I spoke to Robert McFarlane.
:03:56. > :04:14.He worked with Ronald Reagan and knew Nancy well.
:04:15. > :04:19.She was a woman of grace and, but with absolute devotion to her
:04:20. > :04:24.husband and our country's principles. A great help to him and
:04:25. > :04:32.in political settings, foreign or domestic, a real charmer, a
:04:33. > :04:43.beautiful woman, with phenomenal rise -- pays and at the end of the
:04:44. > :04:50.day, it was asking what she could do, to be more supportive. She was a
:04:51. > :04:59.profound influence on President Reagan, his eight years and
:05:00. > :05:00.supporting him under any and all circumstances, but a significant
:05:01. > :05:14.source of strength. I visited Tower four months ago and
:05:15. > :05:24.her spirit was fighting after ten years of wandering, morning has loss
:05:25. > :05:30.-- on the ring has loss. She was ready to join them. -- she was ready
:05:31. > :05:31.to join hemmer. President Obama has been leading
:05:32. > :05:34.tributes to the former First Lady. In a statement, he acknowledged her
:05:35. > :05:36.charitable work on Alzheimer's disease, from which her husband
:05:37. > :05:38.suffered, and says "she had Former US President,
:05:39. > :05:42.George Bush says his wife and he "are saddened by the loss
:05:43. > :05:44.and that her influence on the White House was
:05:45. > :05:46.complete and lasting." Former US President Jimmy Carter,
:05:47. > :05:49.from whom Ronald Reagan took over in the White House, says "America
:05:50. > :05:52.and the Reagan family have lost Other US political figures have been
:05:53. > :05:59.giving their reaction on twitter. Republican Presidential candidate,
:06:00. > :06:03.Donald Trump, called her "an amazing woman and the wife of
:06:04. > :06:05.a truly great President." His rival, Ted Cruz,
:06:06. > :06:07.says "she will be remembered for her deep passion for the nation
:06:08. > :06:10.and love for her husband, Former Republican Presidential
:06:11. > :06:17.candidate, Mitt Romney, says that with her passing,
:06:18. > :06:20."we say a final goodbye This couple reminded us
:06:21. > :06:23.of the greatness and the endurance A look back at the life
:06:24. > :06:33.of Nancy Reagan who has died In Iraq, a suicide bombing
:06:34. > :06:40.at a crowded checkpoint has killed The "Islamic State" group has
:06:41. > :06:48.claimed responsibility. It happened near the city of Hilla
:06:49. > :06:51.which is about 100 kilometres south Iraqi security officials say a fuel
:06:52. > :06:55.tanker blew up at a checkpoint Our correspondent Jonathan
:06:56. > :07:08.Beale is in Baghdad. From what we can see, it looks like
:07:09. > :07:13.a suicide truck bomb, and some reports say it was a fuel tanker,
:07:14. > :07:19.set off at about lunchtime locally and as you can see, it caused huge
:07:20. > :07:26.devastation. It would have been a time of day when cars were
:07:27. > :07:32.bumper-to-bumper at checkpoints. It completely destroyed that
:07:33. > :07:37.checkpoint, killing a number of Iraqi security forces they are doing
:07:38. > :07:47.the checks but also civilians, including, as we understand, a baby.
:07:48. > :07:52.This is a tactic being used by Islamic State, who have claimed
:07:53. > :08:03.responsibility for this attack. This is not an area where they hold
:08:04. > :08:09.ground. What we think they -- what we think is calling on is that as
:08:10. > :08:15.Islamic State feels the pressure from Iraqi security forces and the
:08:16. > :08:19.coalition here strikes, they will go for a softer targets and
:08:20. > :08:24.particularly the will call for areas trying to deliberately kill
:08:25. > :08:29.civilians. That seems to have been what happened here. It brings
:08:30. > :08:32.attention to their cause and it is a witty for Islamic -- Iraqi security
:08:33. > :08:37.forces here who believe they are making progress coming gaining
:08:38. > :08:42.cloned, but it is very difficult to combat this kind of attack.
:08:43. > :08:44.At least 25 people have died after a boat carrying migrants
:08:45. > :08:46.capsized while crossing from Turkey to Greece.
:08:47. > :08:49.Hundreds more have been rescued from other vessels trying to make
:08:50. > :08:53.The latest deaths come as EU leaders prepare for major summit in Brussels
:08:54. > :08:55.focusing on how to deal with the crisis.
:08:56. > :08:57.From the Greek island of Lesbos our correspondent
:08:58. > :09:05.Midway between Turkey and the Greek islands,
:09:06. > :09:08.the coast guard is picking people up from small boats.
:09:09. > :09:13.338 migrants, from many different nations.
:09:14. > :09:22.We didn't eat no food for two days, two nights.
:09:23. > :09:33.The fate of these people is once again going to be discussed
:09:34. > :09:37.One suggestion is to only let Syrians proceed from here.
:09:38. > :09:43.That could mean that in the near future these people
:09:44. > :09:45.will basically be sorted, Syrians will be allowed some sort
:09:46. > :09:50.of refuge, but everybody else will be set back across the water
:09:51. > :09:53.to Turkey on a journey they have just risked their lives on.
:09:54. > :09:59.The migrants at this hilltop camp nearby are non-Syrian.
:10:00. > :10:00.Desperate people, making desperate threats.
:10:01. > :10:03.If they try to make you go back to Turkey, what do you think
:10:04. > :10:07.I will not go back, I will jump in the sea or hang
:10:08. > :10:16.If they forced me to go back in Turkey or Pakistan,
:10:17. > :10:22.I'm not going back because it is a matter of my life.
:10:23. > :10:27.Back on the beach this afternoon, we found another raft arriving.
:10:28. > :10:29.Doctors and other aid workers were quickly on the scene to get
:10:30. > :10:43.Further south, a similar boat sank just off the Turkish coast.
:10:44. > :10:48.There were a few survivors, but the death toll in the sea has
:10:49. > :10:53.This sea is extremely dangerous, it has been perilous,
:10:54. > :10:59.not just this year where over 400 people have lost their lives,
:11:00. > :11:01.but in the last alone, in the Mediterranean, year,
:11:02. > :11:05.It's an extremely taxing and shocking experience.
:11:06. > :11:09.For many of them it is the first time they are in the sea.
:11:10. > :11:13.For now, these people are ashore and safe in Europe.
:11:14. > :11:20.The overtures from Brussels are all about somehow sending
:11:21. > :11:26.many of them back to Turkey and closing down these routes.
:11:27. > :11:27.Danny Savage, BBC News, Lesbos.
:11:28. > :11:31.An Iranian court has convicted a businessman of corruption
:11:32. > :11:34.Babak Zanjani was accused of embezzling nearly
:11:35. > :11:38.His death sentence follows a crackdown on corruption ordered
:11:39. > :11:48.A lawyer for Mr Zanjani says an appeal will be lodged
:11:49. > :11:52.Amir Azimi from BBC Persian's been telling me more
:11:53. > :12:07.Many people follow the news and the trial over the past few months.
:12:08. > :12:12.Also, many expected a very harsh sentence because it has been the
:12:13. > :12:17.case in the past we have had a few similar cases over the past few
:12:18. > :12:22.decades that people have been tried and sentenced to death and some of
:12:23. > :12:27.them have been hanged for the same accusations. Is this a fight against
:12:28. > :12:32.corruption or an opportunity to settle political scores, do you
:12:33. > :12:37.think? The government says this is a fate against corruption. This man
:12:38. > :12:43.was arrested a day or two after the president announced the will be
:12:44. > :12:46.tough on corruption and they will tackle the corruption that is a
:12:47. > :12:57.major issue in UserLand. But every time the government goes out and a
:12:58. > :13:01.new one comes in, they accuse the previous government of all sorts of
:13:02. > :13:05.corruption and a few people who are not particularly connected to the
:13:06. > :13:09.Iranian press -- politicians but have had relations with them are
:13:10. > :13:14.tried and some of them are faced with a long prison sentence or even
:13:15. > :13:16.death. Some people say it is political. Then if you see it as
:13:17. > :13:22.tackling corruption. -- very few. Stay with us on BBC
:13:23. > :13:36.World News, still to come: We'll have all the latest
:13:37. > :13:38.from Sunday's English Premier League action as the race for
:13:39. > :13:49.Champions League places tightens. The Conservative Mayor
:13:50. > :13:51.of London Boris Johnson -- who's campaigning to leave the EU --
:13:52. > :13:54.says reform on the key issue of sovereignty is not achievable
:13:55. > :13:57.if Britain stays in. He told the BBC the government had
:13:58. > :14:00.been unable to deliver fundamental change and he said he'd been happy
:14:01. > :14:03.with a reform deal that would have returned powers of sovereignty
:14:04. > :14:05.from Brussels to the UK. But he revealed government lawyers
:14:06. > :14:07.considered that unworkable and said measures to bolster British courts
:14:08. > :14:10.and the House of Commons were not Finally we had some language that
:14:11. > :14:16.had bite, seemed to work. Went back to the
:14:17. > :14:19.government lawyers. A suicide attack in Iraq
:14:20. > :15:04.kills at least 47 people. The Islamic State group
:15:05. > :15:14.claim responsibility. Wins for Liverpool and West Brom
:15:15. > :15:16.in Sunday's English Premier League. Albion beat a 10 man
:15:17. > :15:18.Manchester United at home in the league for the first
:15:19. > :15:21.time in 32 years. The result is a blow to United's
:15:22. > :15:25.hopes of a top four finish. They're sixth 3-points
:15:26. > :15:41.of City in fourth. There is always discussion
:15:42. > :15:45.afterwards. When you know the player, she never hurts a player.
:15:46. > :15:54.It's always when you play ten against 11, it is more difficult and
:15:55. > :15:56.we have to run a lot and we have to play the five -- four matches ending
:15:57. > :16:07.90s and now the first. Next up for United are
:16:08. > :16:09.bitter rivals Liverpool Liverpool will be on a high
:16:10. > :16:14.after coming back from a goal down and a man down to beat
:16:15. > :16:17.Crystal Palace 2-1 at Selhurst Park. Christian Benteke got
:16:18. > :16:31.a controversial winner in injury Food policy a lot of things and
:16:32. > :16:39.sometimes it's all about passion and I saw that today. -- football is a
:16:40. > :16:50.lot of things. They defended with all the had and that is good to see.
:16:51. > :16:51.Peyton Manning - the Denver Broncos quarterback -
:16:52. > :16:55.one of the biggest names in US sport - will announce his retirement
:16:56. > :16:56.from the National Football League tomorrow.
:16:57. > :16:59.Manning is one of the most prolific passers in NFL history.
:17:00. > :17:02.During an 18-year career he won two Super Bowl titles and five most
:17:03. > :17:06.Manning, turns 40 later this month he and goes out on top
:17:07. > :17:08.after winning his second Super Bowl with a victory over
:17:09. > :17:17.Great Britain have beaten Japan to reach the quarter-finals
:17:18. > :17:20.of the Davis Cup where they'll face Serbia and the world number one
:17:21. > :17:23.Andy Murray's singles match went to five sets
:17:24. > :17:28.He eventually came out on top to seal a 3-1 win for Great Britain,
:17:29. > :17:40.sparing Dan Evans from playing a deciding rubber.
:17:41. > :17:42.Novak Djokovis beat Mikhail Kukushkin in five sets
:17:43. > :17:44.to help Serbia on their way to an eventual win over Kazahkstan.
:17:45. > :17:47.The world number one was recovering from an eye infection AND struggling
:17:48. > :17:51.In Sunday's decisive rubber, Serbia's No 2 Viktor Troicki beat
:17:52. > :18:03.USA have beaten Australia 3-1 in their Davis Cup qualifier,
:18:04. > :18:04.after John Isner defeated Bernard Tomic.
:18:05. > :18:07.But there are some bad vibes in the Aussie camp right now
:18:08. > :18:09.with Tomic, overheard during a changeover questioning
:18:10. > :18:11.Nick Kyrgios's excuse of being sick, and missing the tie.
:18:12. > :18:14.Tomic was heard saying "that's twice he's done it" and "If he plays"
:18:15. > :18:17.in the Indian Wells tournament this week, "then he's definitely lost
:18:18. > :18:41.Australia squared their twenty twenty series with South Africa
:18:42. > :18:43.by winning the second match off the very last ball.
:18:44. > :18:45.South Africa set the Aussies 204 for victory
:18:46. > :18:48.and they got most of the runs thanks to a T20 Aussie record partnership
:18:49. > :18:58.of 161, between David Warner and Glenn Maxwell.
:18:59. > :19:01.Mitchell Marsh and James Faulkner needed 11 off the final five balls
:19:02. > :19:10.Family and friends of those on board the missing Malaysian Arirlines
:19:11. > :19:12.flight MH370 have held a remembrance service to mark the second
:19:13. > :19:25.They've urged the authorities not to give up the search
:19:26. > :19:27.for the aircraft which vanished whilst travelling from
:19:28. > :19:32.Another piece of debris that may have come from the plane was found
:19:33. > :19:40.From Kuala Lumpur our South Asia correspondent Jonathan Head reports.
:19:41. > :19:43.They didn't want this to be a sombre occasion.
:19:44. > :19:50.Rather a celebration of the memories of those they have lost.
:19:51. > :19:53.But there was a serious message but hides this event,
:19:54. > :19:55.a plea to the authorities in Malaysia and
:19:56. > :19:59.elsewhere not to stop looking for the missing plane.
:20:00. > :20:03.The disappearance of MH370 is an astonishing mystery
:20:04. > :20:06.with troubling implications for the aviation industry.
:20:07. > :20:08.More than that it is a tragedy for the
:20:09. > :20:10.families of those on board who have been unable to grieve,
:20:11. > :20:20.And their great fear as the months passed by their plight will be
:20:21. > :20:25.The search continues over a huge stretch of the southern
:20:26. > :20:31.Indian Ocean where it is believed the missing airliner came down.
:20:32. > :20:33.But that is due to end in three months' time.
:20:34. > :20:38.So far the only trace of MH370 has-been this piece of a wing found
:20:39. > :20:49.And possibly this fragment found off the coast of Mozambique.
:20:50. > :20:54.It is flimsy evidence, suggesting the plane did crash
:20:55. > :20:57.in the sea, but telling the families nothing about how and why it went
:20:58. > :21:08.For the first year and a half I would always
:21:09. > :21:10.expect to see my mother in the house, sitting
:21:11. > :21:14.I still have those thoughts, those feelings, I still miss her.
:21:15. > :21:19.But at the same time I have not come to an acceptance that I will never
:21:20. > :21:29.They finished by releasing balloons carrying the names of each
:21:30. > :21:33.Lifting into the sky their hope that one day they will find
:21:34. > :21:45.Let's return to our top story now, Nancy Regan, the wife of former US
:21:46. > :22:02.The former First Lady was an ambassador for
:22:03. > :22:03.the Ronald Reagan Foundation and Library.
:22:04. > :22:07.Joining me from the foundation is John Heubusch.
:22:08. > :22:11.Despite her age, I understand she continued to campaign right up
:22:12. > :22:27.Absolutely. You're right. At 94, she was a little frail. In the past
:22:28. > :22:33.year, we haven't seen her as many public events but mentally she was a
:22:34. > :22:37.joy because she was at 110%. I talk to ten days go on the phone and was
:22:38. > :22:41.always a delight to talk to our. She was with her in that sense -- she
:22:42. > :22:45.was with ours in that sense, right up until the end.
:22:46. > :22:49.in work with Stem cell research, a decsion she didn't take lightly
:22:50. > :22:55.and put her at odds with some in the Republican party.
:22:56. > :23:00.Yes, it did. But she still in the face of some terrible diseases and
:23:01. > :23:10.one that had a great effect on her husband, but also she took up many
:23:11. > :23:13.causes, including press Qatar and other cancer researchers, so she
:23:14. > :23:17.felt that if there was any clues were keys that could be fun to
:23:18. > :23:18.listen the suffering of people with his dreaded diseases that we should
:23:19. > :23:20.find ways to help them. Her views weren't always
:23:21. > :23:33.on the side of public opinion. I'd have to say that she wasn't a
:23:34. > :23:38.public policy maker in the United States. She did not advise President
:23:39. > :23:43.Reagan on foreign policy or tax policy or things like that. Why
:23:44. > :23:54.should we was was a solid power -- power of a spot -- power of support
:23:55. > :23:58.for President Regan. I think she took the brunt of any criticism
:23:59. > :24:01.involving public decision and he just stood by his side.
:24:02. > :24:04.She'll be buried, next to her husband at the Foundation.
:24:05. > :24:22.That is quite a question. But a little personal, but I have a bed of
:24:23. > :24:26.that dreaded disease on my own I have been dating for three years and
:24:27. > :24:34.my last phone call with horror was hardest trying to make me feel good
:24:35. > :24:42.and bought me up about it and it was her typical pressing the foreword to
:24:43. > :24:47.hang in there and she just displayed all sorts of warmth and grace, as
:24:48. > :25:00.she always does and it was a privilege to be able to talk to are
:25:01. > :25:03.as recently as I did. Will you be attending her funeral? Yes. I'm
:25:04. > :25:07.involved in the planning of the event. There will be thousands of
:25:08. > :25:10.people that would like to be there but they can't because they couldn't
:25:11. > :25:15.all not fit them. The funeral will be by event -- invitation only.
:25:16. > :25:19.Everyone that was to pay their respects will be able to do so in
:25:20. > :25:22.the next few days. We will be making announcements as to when they can
:25:23. > :25:34.come to the library and pay their respects.
:25:35. > :25:43.What would be the few last word you had for her?" Britain you had your
:25:44. > :25:49.eye lady, Margaret Thatcher, Nancy Reagan was never referred to as an
:25:50. > :25:54.iron Lady. I would have to say to President Reagan, that really must
:25:55. > :25:58.have been what she was to him in so many ways because there was no
:25:59. > :26:04.greater protector, supporter or defender of the President Reagan.
:26:05. > :26:05.I'm so sorry to interrupt but thank you for being with us on BBC world
:26:06. > :26:08.News.