:00:00. > :00:00.This is BBC World News Today with me, Chris Rogers.
:00:07. > :00:10.Political turmoil in Brazil as a judge overturns
:00:11. > :00:13.the cabinet appointment of Lula da Silva.
:00:14. > :00:16.It comes just hours after the former president was sworn into the post.
:00:17. > :00:22.it's alleged he accepted the role to avoid prosecution for corruption.
:00:23. > :00:25.The US Secretary of State, John Kerry, accuses the so-called
:00:26. > :00:28.Islamic State group of committing genocide
:00:29. > :00:45.Daesh is genocidal by self proclamation, by ideology and by
:00:46. > :00:47.actions. What it says, what it believes and what it does.
:00:48. > :00:50.Can the EU and Turkey finally agree a way to tackle
:00:51. > :01:00.We have a special report it on the fight against Boko Haram in
:01:01. > :01:06.Cameroon. And no more killer whales
:01:07. > :01:08.at SeaWorld as the American theme park company announces it's
:01:09. > :01:15.ending its breeding programme. Brazil's former president
:01:16. > :01:17.Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been suspended from his government job
:01:18. > :01:20.just hours after taking He'd been given the post of chief
:01:21. > :01:24.of staff by the woman who succeeded him as president,
:01:25. > :01:29.his ally Dilma Rousseff. But shortly after he signed
:01:30. > :01:32.the paperwork, than a judge ruled that a federal investigation
:01:33. > :01:34.into government corruption could be In Brazil, cabinet members can
:01:35. > :01:38.only be investigated by the Supreme Court,
:01:39. > :01:41.not by federal courts. Lula is under investigation
:01:42. > :01:43.in connection with a corruption Lula's appointment has divided
:01:44. > :01:47.Brazil, and there have been days of protests since news
:01:48. > :01:51.of his appointment broke While the signing ceremony took
:01:52. > :01:54.place, there were noisy demonstrations for and against
:01:55. > :02:15.Lula's outside the presidential Hundreds of people at are here
:02:16. > :02:19.outside demonstrating to show their support for the president and for
:02:20. > :02:26.Lula, defending his reputation. They are chanting, Lula is a fighter.
:02:27. > :02:30.CHANTING. But other groups are protesting
:02:31. > :02:33.against the government. They are calling for the impeachment of
:02:34. > :02:38.President Dilma Rousseff and they very are angry at the appointment of
:02:39. > :02:43.former President Lula to government. They say it is an attempt to shield
:02:44. > :02:47.charges against him. He faces corruption allegations and they see
:02:48. > :02:51.this as a way to grant him special privileges to avoid his being
:02:52. > :02:54.charged by regular tribunal 's. These people have come to Parliament
:02:55. > :03:03.here where President Dilma Rousseff is based, and lots of tension is
:03:04. > :03:06.building up in the streets of Brasilia and other parts of Brazil
:03:07. > :03:08.with this escalating political crisis.
:03:09. > :03:10.Adding to the latest twist in the corruption investigation,
:03:11. > :03:12.a judge made public a taped phone conversation
:03:13. > :03:14.between President Rousseff and Lula, which has been interpreted by some
:03:15. > :03:17.to show that Lula was given the post of chief of staff
:03:18. > :04:14.I had been speaking to Camilla Coster from BBC Brazil about the
:04:15. > :04:17.significance of that phone call between President Rousseff and
:04:18. > :04:24.Lula. Supporters have been saying this call doesn't prove anything,
:04:25. > :04:27.and the government is saying, we were trying to find a new plan for
:04:28. > :04:34.the possibility that he wasn't able to attend the ceremony all was going
:04:35. > :04:39.to be sworn in as chief of staff. Then government critics say this
:04:40. > :04:44.conversation shows signs that the President Dilma Rousseff was trying
:04:45. > :04:49.to obstruct investigations against former President Lula Da Silva,
:04:50. > :04:55.because once he becomes the chief of staff, he can only be prosecuted, be
:04:56. > :04:59.judged, by the Supreme Court, not by Federal Justice. And obviously an
:05:00. > :05:04.investigation is needed into that taped conversation, no doubt there
:05:05. > :05:07.will be won. But what about the wider investigation into government
:05:08. > :05:12.corruption, that puts the current and former presidents in a very
:05:13. > :05:16.difficult situation. Guess, operation Car wash, as it is called,
:05:17. > :05:21.a major corruption investigation that has been going on for two
:05:22. > :05:28.years. They have started investigating a scheme to secure
:05:29. > :05:33.contracts in Brazil's oil state company for Brazil's top
:05:34. > :05:38.construction companies by giving kickbacks and bribes to top
:05:39. > :05:42.government officials. Now, President Dilma Rousseff hasn't been
:05:43. > :05:45.officially accused of corruption in that investigation yet, but
:05:46. > :05:51.President Lula is under investigation in connection to that,
:05:52. > :05:55.so this has been a big destabilising factor in President Dilma Rousseff's
:05:56. > :06:00.government, but we do have to bear in mind that there is a legal side
:06:01. > :06:03.and the political side to this. On the legal side, how the
:06:04. > :06:08.investigation will move on, who will be accused and prosecuted, then you
:06:09. > :06:14.have obviously the political side. The impeachment process that
:06:15. > :06:16.Congress moves to start against President Dilma Rousseff is very
:06:17. > :06:20.much a political process, so all of President Dilma Rousseff is very
:06:21. > :06:22.this as two are very unstable situation at the moment.
:06:23. > :06:25.The US Secretary of State, John Kerry, has accused co called
:06:26. > :06:38.Daesh is genocidal by self as Americans refer to them -
:06:39. > :06:43.Daesh is genocidal by self proclamation, by ideology, and by
:06:44. > :06:50.actions. In what it says, what it believes and what it does. Daesh is
:06:51. > :06:53.also responsible for crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing,
:06:54. > :06:59.directed at the same groups, and in some cases also against Sunni
:07:00. > :07:02.Muslims, Kurds and other minorities. Let's get some reaction to this.
:07:03. > :07:04.With me is Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the Coptic
:07:05. > :07:13.What difference do the words of John Kerry make to the situation that
:07:14. > :07:17.millions of Christians are experiencing in the Middle East? I
:07:18. > :07:24.think it is a recognition of what a lot of people are going through, and
:07:25. > :07:27.as this has proven, it is Christians as much as Muslim communities. I
:07:28. > :07:32.returned from Washington last week and there was a lot of rallying. The
:07:33. > :07:37.concern was there was going to be genocide declared against Yazidis
:07:38. > :07:41.but not Christians, which I think would have caused greater
:07:42. > :07:43.persecution because it would see the international community not
:07:44. > :07:47.supporting them as much, but at least this recognises the suffering
:07:48. > :07:51.of all, because at the end of the day it is happening in the same
:07:52. > :07:56.time, by the same people in the same way. But many governments, in
:07:57. > :08:00.particular the British government, do not acknowledge persecution of
:08:01. > :08:03.Christianity. They do on a case-by-case basis but not of the
:08:04. > :08:07.general situation. Could that no change, because it doesn't help
:08:08. > :08:12.people seeking asylum, running for their lives in many cases, to other
:08:13. > :08:16.countries. What we are seeing happening in Iraq have thrown out
:08:17. > :08:19.the rule book. What we have seen us persecution over the past decades
:08:20. > :08:27.doesn't come near what we are seeing now, more systematic, ruthless,
:08:28. > :08:34.medieval practice that takes us back millennium. The fact that the EU and
:08:35. > :08:38.US have declared genocide I hope will be an encouragement for Her
:08:39. > :08:40.Majesty's government to do the same. There is a big group of
:08:41. > :08:46.parliamentarians working on this at the moment, and we hope that in the
:08:47. > :08:50.same way, it is a way of declaring but also reassuring the people there
:08:51. > :08:55.that we feel their pain, we understand what they are going
:08:56. > :08:58.through. That helps, perhaps, Christians in the Middle East, but
:08:59. > :09:03.what about Christians being persecuted in other parts of the
:09:04. > :09:07.world such as Pakistan, we know there is a problem there. I think
:09:08. > :09:13.the recognition of persecution in one place makes it a model you can
:09:14. > :09:16.apply as a measuring point. So if we see the same thing happening in the
:09:17. > :09:20.same way, of course if it is declared as persecution on one end
:09:21. > :09:23.it must be on the other. It is undeniable that there is
:09:24. > :09:28.persecution, and other Christian and a Christian minister I am not just
:09:29. > :09:32.advocating for Christians, because I think there is an essential sanctity
:09:33. > :09:38.of life issue, and importance and dignity of life that we need to look
:09:39. > :09:42.up for everyone, whether Christians, Muslims or other religions, if we
:09:43. > :09:46.had to look at each person's intrinsic freedom to follow his or
:09:47. > :09:50.her faith, we need to look across the board, and therefore, if we do
:09:51. > :09:55.that collaboratively, we are able to hope other people. Bishop Angaelos,
:09:56. > :09:57.thank you for giving us your reaction and insight.
:09:58. > :10:00.Fresh efforts to tackle the large numbers of people trying to reach
:10:01. > :10:02.Europe by sea are being debated by EU leaders in Brussels.
:10:03. > :10:05.The proposed plan would see migrants arriving in Greece
:10:06. > :10:08.But Turkey wants a number of concessions from the EU,
:10:09. > :10:10.including a guarantee that its membership bid
:10:11. > :10:19.The number of migrants waiting at the Greece-Macedonia border has
:10:20. > :10:21.already reached around 15,000, after countries further north
:10:22. > :10:25.The German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she's optimistic but cautious
:10:26. > :10:35.Damian Grammaticas joins us now from Brussels.
:10:36. > :10:42.A lot of optimism but what makes this summit different from all the
:10:43. > :10:46.others over the last year? I think what makes it different is the
:10:47. > :10:51.knowledge and the scenes on the ground in Greece at that northern
:10:52. > :10:55.border with Macedonia, where you have 15,000 people camped, unable to
:10:56. > :11:00.move further forward, while more are still arriving on the Greek islands.
:11:01. > :11:06.European leaders know they need some sort of solution, or the situation
:11:07. > :11:09.on the ground in Greece will deteriorate further. There is a bit
:11:10. > :11:13.of optimism and a lot of realism going into the talks now, leaders
:11:14. > :11:18.are just sitting down to dinner, where this will be the topic of
:11:19. > :11:23.discussion, and the difficulties they have are many. There are legal
:11:24. > :11:26.difficulties about whether this plan will accord with international or
:11:27. > :11:30.human rights law, there have been many criticisms about that because
:11:31. > :11:39.of the idea of taking all the people who arrive in Greece, migrants,
:11:40. > :11:41.refugees, whoever, returning them to Turkey, because EU human rights law
:11:42. > :11:44.says they must all be given an individual hearing into their case,
:11:45. > :11:48.so there is a legal difficulty, a practical difficulty, Greece doesn't
:11:49. > :11:52.have the capacity to hold them to process and return them at the
:11:53. > :11:56.minute, and there is a political difficulty which is striking a deal
:11:57. > :12:00.with Turkey, giving it concessions such as speeding up these free
:12:01. > :12:05.access to the EU, speeding up those accession talks to the EU. Many
:12:06. > :12:09.European countries are anxious about being seen to make concessions to
:12:10. > :12:16.Turkey at a time when there are real concerns about the direction of
:12:17. > :12:18.human rights into geeks and press freedoms, and the government of
:12:19. > :12:23.Cyprus. EU with an unresolved conflict with Turpie Turkey, Turkish
:12:24. > :12:26.troops on the island, Turkey doesn't recognise the government of Cyprus
:12:27. > :12:30.and the want a Mac says that has to change before it can happen, so many
:12:31. > :12:39.parts of this equation need to fall into place. Many thanks.
:12:40. > :12:41.The Office of the Attorney General in Switzerland says it's conducting
:12:42. > :12:43.criminal proceedings against the former Fifa Secretary
:12:44. > :12:46.The proceedings for "criminal mismanagement" follow allegations
:12:47. > :12:48.made against Mr Valcke in connection with the investigation carried out
:12:49. > :12:52.The prosecutors said on Thursday that they've conducted searches
:12:53. > :12:54.and interviews, but no arrests have been made.
:12:55. > :12:57.The Kurdish militant group TAK says it carried out a suicide bomb attack
:12:58. > :13:01.in the capital, Ankara, on Sunday which killed 37 people.
:13:02. > :13:03.TAK stands for the Kurdistan Freedom Hawks.
:13:04. > :13:06.It claims the bombing, which took place in a busy
:13:07. > :13:08.commercial district and transport hub of the city, was in revenge
:13:09. > :13:11.for the government's continued military action in the south east
:13:12. > :13:15.The BBC's Mark Lowen, who's in Istanbul, told us
:13:16. > :13:30.It is basically disavowed its links with the PKK because it disagreed
:13:31. > :13:38.with the PKK's attempts that these buyers etc, and it was much more
:13:39. > :13:44.hardline -- attempt that ceasefires. It focuses more on civilian areas
:13:45. > :13:48.while PKK attacks have focused more on military and governmental
:13:49. > :13:52.targets. You can compare their relationship to the IRA and the Real
:13:53. > :13:57.IRA, the latter more militant and more hardline. The government,
:13:58. > :14:02.though, says they are the same organisation and that the PKK has
:14:03. > :14:06.used alter ego is, aliases, to hide behind them and blur accountability
:14:07. > :14:11.and protect the inner core of the PKK leadership. It comes down to
:14:12. > :14:13.this attack on Sunday being carried out by Kurdish militants as we know,
:14:14. > :14:16.with very devastating consequences. Cameroon has sentenced 89 members
:14:17. > :14:18.of the Nigerian Islamist militant They were convicted by a military
:14:19. > :14:23.court for their roles in several attacks in the co untry's north,
:14:24. > :14:25.which borders Nigeria. The news comes as the Nigerian army
:14:26. > :14:29.has been making headway in the fight against the group, leading
:14:30. > :14:31.the militants ever closer At least 15,000 people have been
:14:32. > :14:36.killed in the region by the group - which has been affiliated
:14:37. > :14:38.with the so-called The BBC's Maud Jullien has this
:14:39. > :14:57.exclusive report from Northern This camp in Cameroon is home to
:14:58. > :15:01.nearly 50,000 people who fled violence across the border in
:15:02. > :15:06.Nigeria. Naomi is one of them. She was kidnapped by the Islamist group
:15:07. > :15:10.Boko Haram days after her baby was born and spent two months in
:15:11. > :15:17.captivity before escaping. She says as long as you pretended to convert
:15:18. > :15:21.to Islam they didn't harm you. TRANSLATION: We stayed and prayed
:15:22. > :15:25.with them but we played tricks on them. They would cut your throat if
:15:26. > :15:29.you disobeyed and especially if you are a man, they would cut your
:15:30. > :15:35.throat if they didn't like you, and drink your blood. The militants took
:15:36. > :15:40.Naomi to a cave in the mountain is. On the border between Nigeria and
:15:41. > :15:44.Cameroon. As the threat has become regional, so has the response. Five
:15:45. > :15:52.African countries are taking part in the fight against Boko Haram with
:15:53. > :15:54.support from American troops. We are with the rapid interventional
:15:55. > :15:59.brigade who have been at the forefront of the fight against Boko
:16:00. > :16:04.Haram. This small village on the border with Nigeria was attacked
:16:05. > :16:05.last month. Dozens of Boko Haram insurgents shot into the air and
:16:06. > :16:19.looted shops. TRANSLATION: In this war, tactics are changing.
:16:20. > :16:28.They are now pushing desperately at and is across the border to
:16:29. > :16:34.resupply. Before 2014 they used to carry out huge attacks with vehicles
:16:35. > :16:39.and heavy weapons, and we have no more such attacks. Why have you not
:16:40. > :16:44.yet been able to fully defeat Boko Haram? Because very often they are
:16:45. > :16:49.involved in the population, so you don't know who is Boko Haram. They
:16:50. > :16:55.are people you live with in the daylight, but in the night, they
:16:56. > :17:00.turn into terrorists. And it is here, in the cupboard maze of the
:17:01. > :17:03.market, that it is difficult to tell who is who. Just this summer,
:17:04. > :17:10.suicide blasts killed at least 20 people in the region's biggest city.
:17:11. > :17:13.There were two suicide attacks here on the same day. A young girl
:17:14. > :17:19.standing about where I am standing was wearing a large dress and a belt
:17:20. > :17:23.full of explosives that she detonated, killing 17 people. Local
:17:24. > :17:29.policemen investigated the attacks. They say the use of young girls is
:17:30. > :17:33.becoming an alarming trend. TRANSLATION: The little girls were
:17:34. > :17:37.explosive -- where explosives but they don't know what they are
:17:38. > :17:41.carrying. They say they do not know what is in the belts, so there must
:17:42. > :17:48.be someone else next to them detonating the explosives. Boko
:17:49. > :17:52.Haram has been weakened in the last few months but it is a zillion.
:17:53. > :17:57.Eyewitnesses have told the BBC militants are blending in with
:17:58. > :18:02.refugees to cross the board while others are reorganising in huge
:18:03. > :18:06.caves in the mountains. This is a new phase in the war against Boko
:18:07. > :18:10.Haram and African armies will need to doubt. More than before it will
:18:11. > :18:14.be about cross-border collaboration and gaining support from local
:18:15. > :18:17.people. More Julian, BBC News, northern Cameroon.
:18:18. > :18:19.South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has strongly denied allegations
:18:20. > :18:22.that his cabinet appointments have been influenced by a wealthy family.
:18:23. > :18:25.He's been facing questions in parliament about his relationship
:18:26. > :18:27.with the Guptas - a story sparked when the country's
:18:28. > :18:29.deputy finance minister, Mcebeesi Jonas claimed members
:18:30. > :18:31.of the Gupta family had offered him his boss's job.
:18:32. > :18:45.Mr Zuma was pressed on the issue by the opposition leader.
:18:46. > :18:55.Mr President, Deputy Minister Mcebeesi Jonas has already confirmed
:18:56. > :19:03.that the Gupta is offered him the position of Finance minister before
:19:04. > :19:08.it was even offered to the Minister. It has become quite clear that power
:19:09. > :19:16.no longer sits at the union building. In fact, worse, it does
:19:17. > :19:17.not even sit at a house, it now sits there.
:19:18. > :19:20.In response, President Zuma rejected suggestions that the Guptas had any
:19:21. > :19:26.influence over government appointments.
:19:27. > :19:34.I am in charge of the government, I am in charge, I point. In terms of
:19:35. > :19:41.the Constitution, there is no minister who is here who was ever
:19:42. > :19:42.appointed by the Gupta s or by anybody else. Ministers here were
:19:43. > :19:49.appointed by me. CHEERING. Order. President Vladimir Putin has warned
:19:50. > :19:51.that Russia could build up its military presence in Syria
:19:52. > :19:54."within hours" if needed, and urged all sides in the conflict
:19:55. > :19:56.to respect a ceasefire. Most of the Russian forces in Syria
:19:57. > :20:00.left the country earlier this week. A ceremony was held today
:20:01. > :20:04.for returning servicemen. Our correspondent in Moscow,
:20:05. > :20:17.Steve Rosenberg, reports. FANFARE.
:20:18. > :20:20.He had already declared Russia's operation in Syria Mission
:20:21. > :20:26.accomplished. Today bladder may and invited his troops to the Kremlin.
:20:27. > :20:34.St George's all is where Russian Czar 's celebrated their military
:20:35. > :20:38.victories. We have created the conditions for a peace process, the
:20:39. > :20:47.president said. This road to peace was opened by you, the soldiers of
:20:48. > :20:52.Russia, he said. There were words of comfort for the widows of four
:20:53. > :20:56.Russian soldiers killed in Syria, and a pledge that the war against
:20:57. > :21:03.terrorism will continue. Russia isn't pulling out all its troops.
:21:04. > :21:12.And then the medals. Russian soldiers made Russian heroes.
:21:13. > :21:16.APPLAUSE. So why all the pomp? Think of the
:21:17. > :21:21.circumstantial. This is a country which lost an empire, the soviet
:21:22. > :21:26.union, it lost the Cold War. That is why today the Kremlin is seeking new
:21:27. > :21:33.heroes and new victories to send a message that Russia once again is a
:21:34. > :21:37.great power. Two years ago Moscow's annexation of Crimea was condemned
:21:38. > :21:46.by the West, but the Kremlin used it to spark a wave of patriotism across
:21:47. > :21:49.Russia. Now, with Russian pilots returning as heroes, Syria is
:21:50. > :21:55.portrayed as Russia's latest triumph. That is Moscow now too
:21:56. > :22:01.reliant on seeking military success? We have switched from a country of
:22:02. > :22:05.prosperity to a country of war, a country of permanent mobilisation,
:22:06. > :22:11.and the authority needs new targets and new causes for the rally. If
:22:12. > :22:16.Russia is now in a state of permanent mobilisation, you can
:22:17. > :22:19.expect more patriotism at home and possibly more tension with the West.
:22:20. > :22:21.Steve Rosenberg, BBC News, Moscow. In December, women in Saudi Arabia
:22:22. > :22:24.were elected for the first time to municipal councils,
:22:25. > :22:27.a step that was considered a landmark for women's rights
:22:28. > :22:30.in the conservative kingdom. Since their election,
:22:31. > :22:33.some female members of the councils It was an historic moment,
:22:34. > :22:43.the first time Saudi women voted Women making it to local councils
:22:44. > :22:52.was a huge step forward here. However, those who made it into this
:22:53. > :22:55.building here in Jeddah haven't found it as smooth
:22:56. > :23:03.as they were hoping. Rasha Hefzi is a successful
:23:04. > :23:05.businesswoman who makes things But in the local council,
:23:06. > :23:09.where she was recently elected, she was not welcome
:23:10. > :23:11.to sit at the same table Segregation is still deeply rooted
:23:12. > :23:19.in the culture here. But she is not short of
:23:20. > :23:25.determination to bring about change. We've been used to that,
:23:26. > :23:27.with other entities, and it is just about time
:23:28. > :23:29.that it will change. Even when I used to go
:23:30. > :23:32.to the council, I got acceptance from a few members in
:23:33. > :23:39.the council, not all. But step-by-step we used to go
:23:40. > :23:42.and sit with them and they used So I think it is about
:23:43. > :23:51.time for change. 21 women were elected
:23:52. > :23:54.for the municipal councils. Although the councils have little
:23:55. > :23:57.powers, hopes were high that it was a landmark moment
:23:58. > :23:59.in the process towards real change for women in a country
:24:00. > :24:07.where inequalities still an issue. I think the election part
:24:08. > :24:10.was shocking because it shows that when they are given the same chance,
:24:11. > :24:13.they managed to come on equal parts. But in the only country that
:24:14. > :24:18.bans women from driving, the question is - what has
:24:19. > :24:32.really been achieved? TRANSLATION: I think a woman
:24:33. > :24:34.being selected is a good step for our image in the world and it's
:24:35. > :24:38.only windowdressing for the West. I believe the real change
:24:39. > :24:40.will happen when I become Saudi Arabia has a guardianship
:24:41. > :24:50.system, where women need their male relatives' permission
:24:51. > :24:54.for their day-to-day life decisions. Many women are making noises to push
:24:55. > :24:57.the wheel of change, but are still wondering
:24:58. > :25:07.how far it can go. The US theme park company SeaWorld
:25:08. > :25:13.has announced that it will no longer It said the current generation
:25:14. > :25:17.of animals would be the last The company, which has a variety
:25:18. > :25:20.of parks across the United States, has faced intense criticism
:25:21. > :25:23.for keeping orcas in captivity after a documentary highlighted
:25:24. > :25:25.the impact on the animals. SeaWorld said that instead
:25:26. > :25:27.of running theatrical shows it would introduce what it called new,
:25:28. > :25:38.natural encounters with the orcas. A court in Brazil has suspended
:25:39. > :25:42.the appointment of the former President, Luiz Inacio Lula da
:25:43. > :25:44.Silva, as chief of staff The court order in Brasilia came
:25:45. > :25:51.shortly after Lula was sworn Lula's critics accuse him
:25:52. > :25:54.of taking it to try Well, that's all from the programme.
:25:55. > :25:57.Next, the weather. But for now, from me,
:25:58. > :26:00.Chris Rogers, and the rest