06/03/2016 World News Today


06/03/2016

Similar Content

Browse content similar to 06/03/2016. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more!

Transcript


LineFromTo

This is BBC World News Today, broadcasting in the UK

:00:00.:00:00.

Thank you for your love, and thank you for just being you.

:00:00.:00:16.

The former First Lady of the United States Nancy Reagan

:00:17.:00:18.

A suicide attack in Iraq kills at least 47 people.

:00:19.:00:26.

Islamic State group claim responsiblity.

:00:27.:00:33.

At least 25 people have died after a boat carrying migrants

:00:34.:00:35.

capsized while crossing from Turkey to Greece.

:00:36.:00:39.

A billionaire Iranian businessman who helped Tehran get around

:00:40.:00:41.

sanctions has been sentenced to death.

:00:42.:00:59.

The wife of the former US President Ronald Reagan has died.

:01:00.:01:03.

Nancy Reagan was 94 and passed away from congestive heart failure.

:01:04.:01:07.

She met her husband when they were both Hollywood actors.

:01:08.:01:09.

And they shared more than five decades of marriage before

:01:10.:01:12.

Nancy's support was a strong influence throughout her husbands

:01:13.:01:21.

-- Nancy's support was a strong influence throughout her husband's

:01:22.:01:23.

political career from Governor of California until he

:01:24.:01:25.

Nancy Reagan died at her home in Los Angeles,

:01:26.:01:28.

She had been my First Lady since long before the White House.

:01:29.:01:33.

It was a marriage made for the silver screen,

:01:34.:01:39.

the partnership portrayed here in a political campaign

:01:40.:01:41.

The romance began in Hollywood, they met as minor actors

:01:42.:01:56.

But by the time her husband became President, he had served eight years

:01:57.:02:06.

Nancy Reagan was ready for her starring role.

:02:07.:02:17.

The adoring gaze a symbol of her loyalty and devotion.

:02:18.:02:22.

Nancy Reagan's time as First Lady was controversial,

:02:23.:02:26.

as she redecorated the White House and splurged on gowns and banquets.

:02:27.:02:32.

She was accused of interfering in staff matters and was ridiculed

:02:33.:02:36.

for consulting an astrologer, apparently to decide

:02:37.:02:38.

But she was driven by something much more down to earth.

:02:39.:02:44.

A determination to protect our husband.

:02:45.:02:48.

It could make her look overbearing, like this prompt when he lost his

:02:49.:02:51.

(Doing everything we can.) Doing everything we can.

:02:52.:03:02.

But when it turned out that Ronald Reagan's memory was was due

:03:03.:03:07.

-- But when it turned out that Ronald Reagan's memory was due

:03:08.:03:10.

to illness, sinking slowly into the darkness of Altzheimer's,

:03:11.:03:12.

the nation began to understand and sympathise.

:03:13.:03:14.

Each day brings another reminder of this very long goodbye.

:03:15.:03:21.

At President Reagan's state funeral in 2004,

:03:22.:03:25.

it felt like the world was intruding on a poignant, private farewell.

:03:26.:03:31.

Nancy Reagan will be buried next to her husband,

:03:32.:03:40.

here at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California.

:03:41.:03:42.

A short time ago, her step-son released this message.

:03:43.:03:44.

"Nancy," he said, "is once again with the man she loved."

:03:45.:03:53.

A short time ago I spoke to Robert McFarlane.

:03:54.:03:55.

He worked with Ronald Reagan and knew Nancy well.

:03:56.:04:14.

She was a woman of grace and, but with absolute devotion to her

:04:15.:04:19.

husband and our country's principles. A great help to him and

:04:20.:04:24.

in political settings, foreign or domestic, a real charmer, a

:04:25.:04:32.

beautiful woman, with phenomenal rise -- pays and at the end of the

:04:33.:04:43.

day, it was asking what she could do, to be more supportive. She was a

:04:44.:04:50.

profound influence on President Reagan, his eight years and

:04:51.:04:59.

supporting him under any and all circumstances, but a significant

:05:00.:05:00.

source of strength. I visited Tower four months ago and

:05:01.:05:14.

her spirit was fighting after ten years of wandering, morning has loss

:05:15.:05:24.

-- on the ring has loss. She was ready to join them. -- she was ready

:05:25.:05:30.

to join hemmer. President Obama has been leading

:05:31.:05:31.

tributes to the former First Lady. In a statement, he acknowledged her

:05:32.:05:34.

charitable work on Alzheimer's disease, from which her husband

:05:35.:05:36.

suffered, and says "she had Former US President,

:05:37.:05:38.

George Bush says his wife and he "are saddened by the loss

:05:39.:05:42.

and that her influence on the White House was

:05:43.:05:44.

complete and lasting." Former US President Jimmy Carter,

:05:45.:05:46.

from whom Ronald Reagan took over in the White House, says "America

:05:47.:05:49.

and the Reagan family have lost Other US political figures have been

:05:50.:05:52.

giving their reaction on twitter. Republican Presidential candidate,

:05:53.:05:59.

Donald Trump, called her "an amazing woman and the wife of

:06:00.:06:03.

a truly great President." His rival, Ted Cruz,

:06:04.:06:05.

says "she will be remembered for her deep passion for the nation

:06:06.:06:07.

and love for her husband, Former Republican Presidential

:06:08.:06:10.

candidate, Mitt Romney, says that with her passing,

:06:11.:06:17.

"we say a final goodbye This couple reminded us

:06:18.:06:20.

of the greatness and the endurance A look back at the life

:06:21.:06:23.

of Nancy Reagan who has died In Iraq, a suicide bombing

:06:24.:06:33.

at a crowded checkpoint has killed The "Islamic State" group has

:06:34.:06:40.

claimed responsibility. It happened near the city of Hilla

:06:41.:06:48.

which is about 100 kilometres south Iraqi security officials say a fuel

:06:49.:06:51.

tanker blew up at a checkpoint Our correspondent Jonathan

:06:52.:06:55.

Beale is in Baghdad. From what we can see, it looks like

:06:56.:07:08.

a suicide truck bomb, and some reports say it was a fuel tanker,

:07:09.:07:13.

set off at about lunchtime locally and as you can see, it caused huge

:07:14.:07:19.

devastation. It would have been a time of day when cars were

:07:20.:07:26.

bumper-to-bumper at checkpoints. It completely destroyed that

:07:27.:07:32.

checkpoint, killing a number of Iraqi security forces they are doing

:07:33.:07:37.

the checks but also civilians, including, as we understand, a baby.

:07:38.:07:47.

This is a tactic being used by Islamic State, who have claimed

:07:48.:07:52.

responsibility for this attack. This is not an area where they hold

:07:53.:08:03.

ground. What we think they -- what we think is calling on is that as

:08:04.:08:09.

Islamic State feels the pressure from Iraqi security forces and the

:08:10.:08:15.

coalition here strikes, they will go for a softer targets and

:08:16.:08:19.

particularly the will call for areas trying to deliberately kill

:08:20.:08:24.

civilians. That seems to have been what happened here. It brings

:08:25.:08:29.

attention to their cause and it is a witty for Islamic -- Iraqi security

:08:30.:08:32.

forces here who believe they are making progress coming gaining

:08:33.:08:37.

cloned, but it is very difficult to combat this kind of attack.

:08:38.:08:42.

At least 25 people have died after a boat carrying migrants

:08:43.:08:44.

capsized while crossing from Turkey to Greece.

:08:45.:08:46.

Hundreds more have been rescued from other vessels trying to make

:08:47.:08:49.

The latest deaths come as EU leaders prepare for major summit in Brussels

:08:50.:08:53.

focusing on how to deal with the crisis.

:08:54.:08:55.

From the Greek island of Lesbos our correspondent

:08:56.:08:57.

Midway between Turkey and the Greek islands,

:08:58.:09:05.

the coast guard is picking people up from small boats.

:09:06.:09:08.

338 migrants, from many different nations.

:09:09.:09:13.

We didn't eat no food for two days, two nights.

:09:14.:09:22.

The fate of these people is once again going to be discussed

:09:23.:09:33.

One suggestion is to only let Syrians proceed from here.

:09:34.:09:37.

That could mean that in the near future these people

:09:38.:09:43.

will basically be sorted, Syrians will be allowed some sort

:09:44.:09:45.

of refuge, but everybody else will be set back across the water

:09:46.:09:50.

to Turkey on a journey they have just risked their lives on.

:09:51.:09:53.

The migrants at this hilltop camp nearby are non-Syrian.

:09:54.:09:59.

Desperate people, making desperate threats.

:10:00.:10:00.

If they try to make you go back to Turkey, what do you think

:10:01.:10:03.

I will not go back, I will jump in the sea or hang

:10:04.:10:07.

If they forced me to go back in Turkey or Pakistan,

:10:08.:10:16.

I'm not going back because it is a matter of my life.

:10:17.:10:22.

Back on the beach this afternoon, we found another raft arriving.

:10:23.:10:27.

Doctors and other aid workers were quickly on the scene to get

:10:28.:10:29.

Further south, a similar boat sank just off the Turkish coast.

:10:30.:10:43.

There were a few survivors, but the death toll in the sea has

:10:44.:10:48.

This sea is extremely dangerous, it has been perilous,

:10:49.:10:53.

not just this year where over 400 people have lost their lives,

:10:54.:10:59.

but in the last alone, in the Mediterranean, year,

:11:00.:11:01.

It's an extremely taxing and shocking experience.

:11:02.:11:05.

For many of them it is the first time they are in the sea.

:11:06.:11:09.

For now, these people are ashore and safe in Europe.

:11:10.:11:13.

The overtures from Brussels are all about somehow sending

:11:14.:11:20.

many of them back to Turkey and closing down these routes.

:11:21.:11:26.

Danny Savage, BBC News, Lesbos.

:11:27.:11:27.

An Iranian court has convicted a businessman of corruption

:11:28.:11:31.

Babak Zanjani was accused of embezzling nearly

:11:32.:11:34.

His death sentence follows a crackdown on corruption ordered

:11:35.:11:38.

A lawyer for Mr Zanjani says an appeal will be lodged

:11:39.:11:48.

Amir Azimi from BBC Persian's been telling me more

:11:49.:11:52.

Many people follow the news and the trial over the past few months.

:11:53.:12:07.

Also, many expected a very harsh sentence because it has been the

:12:08.:12:12.

case in the past we have had a few similar cases over the past few

:12:13.:12:17.

decades that people have been tried and sentenced to death and some of

:12:18.:12:22.

them have been hanged for the same accusations. Is this a fight against

:12:23.:12:27.

corruption or an opportunity to settle political scores, do you

:12:28.:12:32.

think? The government says this is a fate against corruption. This man

:12:33.:12:37.

was arrested a day or two after the president announced the will be

:12:38.:12:43.

tough on corruption and they will tackle the corruption that is a

:12:44.:12:46.

major issue in UserLand. But every time the government goes out and a

:12:47.:12:57.

new one comes in, they accuse the previous government of all sorts of

:12:58.:13:01.

corruption and a few people who are not particularly connected to the

:13:02.:13:05.

Iranian press -- politicians but have had relations with them are

:13:06.:13:09.

tried and some of them are faced with a long prison sentence or even

:13:10.:13:14.

death. Some people say it is political. Then if you see it as

:13:15.:13:16.

tackling corruption. -- very few. Stay with us on BBC

:13:17.:13:22.

World News, still to come: We'll have all the latest

:13:23.:13:36.

from Sunday's English Premier League action as the race for

:13:37.:13:38.

Champions League places tightens. The Conservative Mayor

:13:39.:13:49.

of London Boris Johnson -- who's campaigning to leave the EU --

:13:50.:13:51.

says reform on the key issue of sovereignty is not achievable

:13:52.:13:54.

if Britain stays in. He told the BBC the government had

:13:55.:13:57.

been unable to deliver fundamental change and he said he'd been happy

:13:58.:14:00.

with a reform deal that would have returned powers of sovereignty

:14:01.:14:03.

from Brussels to the UK. But he revealed government lawyers

:14:04.:14:05.

considered that unworkable and said measures to bolster British courts

:14:06.:14:07.

and the House of Commons were not Finally we had some language that

:14:08.:14:10.

had bite, seemed to work. Went back to the

:14:11.:14:16.

government lawyers. A suicide attack in Iraq

:14:17.:14:19.

kills at least 47 people. The Islamic State group

:14:20.:15:04.

claim responsibility. Wins for Liverpool and West Brom

:15:05.:15:14.

in Sunday's English Premier League. Albion beat a 10 man

:15:15.:15:16.

Manchester United at home in the league for the first

:15:17.:15:18.

time in 32 years. The result is a blow to United's

:15:19.:15:21.

hopes of a top four finish. They're sixth 3-points

:15:22.:15:25.

of City in fourth. There is always discussion

:15:26.:15:41.

afterwards. When you know the player, she never hurts a player.

:15:42.:15:45.

It's always when you play ten against 11, it is more difficult and

:15:46.:15:54.

we have to run a lot and we have to play the five -- four matches ending

:15:55.:15:56.

90s and now the first. Next up for United are

:15:57.:16:07.

bitter rivals Liverpool Liverpool will be on a high

:16:08.:16:09.

after coming back from a goal down and a man down to beat

:16:10.:16:14.

Crystal Palace 2-1 at Selhurst Park. Christian Benteke got

:16:15.:16:17.

a controversial winner in injury Food policy a lot of things and

:16:18.:16:31.

sometimes it's all about passion and I saw that today. -- football is a

:16:32.:16:39.

lot of things. They defended with all the had and that is good to see.

:16:40.:16:50.

Peyton Manning - the Denver Broncos quarterback -

:16:51.:16:51.

one of the biggest names in US sport - will announce his retirement

:16:52.:16:55.

from the National Football League tomorrow.

:16:56.:16:56.

Manning is one of the most prolific passers in NFL history.

:16:57.:16:59.

During an 18-year career he won two Super Bowl titles and five most

:17:00.:17:02.

Manning, turns 40 later this month he and goes out on top

:17:03.:17:06.

after winning his second Super Bowl with a victory over

:17:07.:17:08.

Great Britain have beaten Japan to reach the quarter-finals

:17:09.:17:17.

of the Davis Cup where they'll face Serbia and the world number one

:17:18.:17:20.

Andy Murray's singles match went to five sets

:17:21.:17:23.

He eventually came out on top to seal a 3-1 win for Great Britain,

:17:24.:17:28.

sparing Dan Evans from playing a deciding rubber.

:17:29.:17:40.

Novak Djokovis beat Mikhail Kukushkin in five sets

:17:41.:17:42.

to help Serbia on their way to an eventual win over Kazahkstan.

:17:43.:17:44.

The world number one was recovering from an eye infection AND struggling

:17:45.:17:47.

In Sunday's decisive rubber, Serbia's No 2 Viktor Troicki beat

:17:48.:17:51.

USA have beaten Australia 3-1 in their Davis Cup qualifier,

:17:52.:18:03.

after John Isner defeated Bernard Tomic.

:18:04.:18:04.

But there are some bad vibes in the Aussie camp right now

:18:05.:18:07.

with Tomic, overheard during a changeover questioning

:18:08.:18:09.

Nick Kyrgios's excuse of being sick, and missing the tie.

:18:10.:18:11.

Tomic was heard saying "that's twice he's done it" and "If he plays"

:18:12.:18:14.

in the Indian Wells tournament this week, "then he's definitely lost

:18:15.:18:17.

Australia squared their twenty twenty series with South Africa

:18:18.:18:41.

by winning the second match off the very last ball.

:18:42.:18:43.

South Africa set the Aussies 204 for victory

:18:44.:18:45.

and they got most of the runs thanks to a T20 Aussie record partnership

:18:46.:18:48.

of 161, between David Warner and Glenn Maxwell.

:18:49.:18:58.

Mitchell Marsh and James Faulkner needed 11 off the final five balls

:18:59.:19:01.

Family and friends of those on board the missing Malaysian Arirlines

:19:02.:19:10.

flight MH370 have held a remembrance service to mark the second

:19:11.:19:12.

They've urged the authorities not to give up the search

:19:13.:19:25.

for the aircraft which vanished whilst travelling from

:19:26.:19:27.

Another piece of debris that may have come from the plane was found

:19:28.:19:32.

From Kuala Lumpur our South Asia correspondent Jonathan Head reports.

:19:33.:19:40.

They didn't want this to be a sombre occasion.

:19:41.:19:43.

Rather a celebration of the memories of those they have lost.

:19:44.:19:50.

But there was a serious message but hides this event,

:19:51.:19:53.

a plea to the authorities in Malaysia and

:19:54.:19:55.

elsewhere not to stop looking for the missing plane.

:19:56.:19:59.

The disappearance of MH370 is an astonishing mystery

:20:00.:20:03.

with troubling implications for the aviation industry.

:20:04.:20:06.

More than that it is a tragedy for the

:20:07.:20:08.

families of those on board who have been unable to grieve,

:20:09.:20:10.

And their great fear as the months passed by their plight will be

:20:11.:20:20.

The search continues over a huge stretch of the southern

:20:21.:20:25.

Indian Ocean where it is believed the missing airliner came down.

:20:26.:20:31.

But that is due to end in three months' time.

:20:32.:20:33.

So far the only trace of MH370 has-been this piece of a wing found

:20:34.:20:38.

And possibly this fragment found off the coast of Mozambique.

:20:39.:20:49.

It is flimsy evidence, suggesting the plane did crash

:20:50.:20:54.

in the sea, but telling the families nothing about how and why it went

:20:55.:20:57.

For the first year and a half I would always

:20:58.:21:08.

expect to see my mother in the house, sitting

:21:09.:21:10.

I still have those thoughts, those feelings, I still miss her.

:21:11.:21:14.

But at the same time I have not come to an acceptance that I will never

:21:15.:21:19.

They finished by releasing balloons carrying the names of each

:21:20.:21:29.

Lifting into the sky their hope that one day they will find

:21:30.:21:33.

Let's return to our top story now, Nancy Regan, the wife of former US

:21:34.:21:45.

The former First Lady was an ambassador for

:21:46.:22:02.

the Ronald Reagan Foundation and Library.

:22:03.:22:03.

Joining me from the foundation is John Heubusch.

:22:04.:22:07.

Despite her age, I understand she continued to campaign right up

:22:08.:22:11.

Absolutely. You're right. At 94, she was a little frail. In the past

:22:12.:22:27.

year, we haven't seen her as many public events but mentally she was a

:22:28.:22:33.

joy because she was at 110%. I talk to ten days go on the phone and was

:22:34.:22:37.

always a delight to talk to our. She was with her in that sense -- she

:22:38.:22:41.

was with ours in that sense, right up until the end.

:22:42.:22:45.

in work with Stem cell research, a decsion she didn't take lightly

:22:46.:22:49.

and put her at odds with some in the Republican party.

:22:50.:22:55.

Yes, it did. But she still in the face of some terrible diseases and

:22:56.:23:00.

one that had a great effect on her husband, but also she took up many

:23:01.:23:10.

causes, including press Qatar and other cancer researchers, so she

:23:11.:23:13.

felt that if there was any clues were keys that could be fun to

:23:14.:23:17.

listen the suffering of people with his dreaded diseases that we should

:23:18.:23:18.

find ways to help them. Her views weren't always

:23:19.:23:20.

on the side of public opinion. I'd have to say that she wasn't a

:23:21.:23:33.

public policy maker in the United States. She did not advise President

:23:34.:23:38.

Reagan on foreign policy or tax policy or things like that. Why

:23:39.:23:43.

should we was was a solid power -- power of a spot -- power of support

:23:44.:23:54.

for President Regan. I think she took the brunt of any criticism

:23:55.:23:58.

involving public decision and he just stood by his side.

:23:59.:24:01.

She'll be buried, next to her husband at the Foundation.

:24:02.:24:04.

That is quite a question. But a little personal, but I have a bed of

:24:05.:24:22.

that dreaded disease on my own I have been dating for three years and

:24:23.:24:26.

my last phone call with horror was hardest trying to make me feel good

:24:27.:24:34.

and bought me up about it and it was her typical pressing the foreword to

:24:35.:24:42.

hang in there and she just displayed all sorts of warmth and grace, as

:24:43.:24:47.

she always does and it was a privilege to be able to talk to are

:24:48.:25:00.

as recently as I did. Will you be attending her funeral? Yes. I'm

:25:01.:25:03.

involved in the planning of the event. There will be thousands of

:25:04.:25:07.

people that would like to be there but they can't because they couldn't

:25:08.:25:10.

all not fit them. The funeral will be by event -- invitation only.

:25:11.:25:15.

Everyone that was to pay their respects will be able to do so in

:25:16.:25:19.

the next few days. We will be making announcements as to when they can

:25:20.:25:22.

come to the library and pay their respects.

:25:23.:25:34.

What would be the few last word you had for her?" Britain you had your

:25:35.:25:43.

eye lady, Margaret Thatcher, Nancy Reagan was never referred to as an

:25:44.:25:49.

iron Lady. I would have to say to President Reagan, that really must

:25:50.:25:54.

have been what she was to him in so many ways because there was no

:25:55.:25:58.

greater protector, supporter or defender of the President Reagan.

:25:59.:26:04.

I'm so sorry to interrupt but thank you for being with us on BBC world

:26:05.:26:05.

News.

:26:06.:26:08.

Download Subtitles

SRT

ASS