:00:00. > :00:00.This is BBC World News Today with me Philippa Thomas.
:00:00. > :00:09.Our top story - one of the bloodiest days in Iraq in years.
:00:10. > :00:11.Iraq's bloodiest day this year - at least 94 people die
:00:12. > :00:26.Many people were killed and you can see blood everywhere. They were poor
:00:27. > :00:28.people who are here to earn their living.
:00:29. > :00:35.After the UK Prime Minister David Cameron labelled Nigeria
:00:36. > :00:36.as "fantastically corrupt", the
:00:37. > :00:45.Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari agrees.
:00:46. > :00:58.Why should I oppose him for telling the truth? I could pretend that
:00:59. > :01:01.Nigerian is corrupt and there is no corruption in Nigeria.
:01:02. > :01:03.High heels or high tail it our of here -
:01:04. > :01:05.the London receptionist sent home from work for apparently refusing
:01:06. > :01:16.It's the bloodiest day of attacks in Iraq this year.
:01:17. > :01:19.More than 90 people killed in a series of bomb blasts.
:01:20. > :01:23.The strikes appear to be orchestrated by the so called
:01:24. > :01:34.Islamic State, their target: Shia communities across
:01:35. > :01:38.The first attack happened at a busy market in the Shia stronghold
:01:39. > :01:40.of Sadr City - at least 63 people died there.
:01:41. > :01:41.Further car bombings in the northwest
:01:42. > :01:43.Kadimiya neighborhood and nearby Jamiya followed -
:01:44. > :02:03.Carnage in Sadr City. Scenes reminiscent of the dark days of Iraq
:02:04. > :02:07.sectarian war. This mainly Shi'ite district witnessing the worst attack
:02:08. > :02:11.on the capital in months. It was rush hour. A pick-up truck.
:02:12. > :02:16.Explosives hidden under fruit and vegetables detonating is the busy
:02:17. > :02:20.market. So-called Islamic State says that it carried out the attack and
:02:21. > :02:27.it was aimed at Shi'ite militia men, but many of the victims were women,
:02:28. > :02:30.some at a nearby beauty salon, preparing for weddings. TRANSLATION:
:02:31. > :02:33.Many people were killed and you can see blood everywhere. They were poor
:02:34. > :02:38.people and they were here to earn their living. They were killed in
:02:39. > :02:41.cold blood. Why did this happen? Can this corrupt Government tell us why?
:02:42. > :02:46.People have been destroyed because of this Government. The blast
:02:47. > :02:49.destroyed vehicles and shops. Some were smouldering hours after the
:02:50. > :02:56.attack. Security has gradually improved in Baghdad, with
:02:57. > :03:00.large-scale attacks happening only occasionally. Islamic State capable
:03:01. > :03:03.of striking fear far beyond the territory it controls. In February,
:03:04. > :03:08.a double suicide bomb killed 70 people, also in Sadr City. But other
:03:09. > :03:17.neighbourhoods were also caught up in the latest violence, with more
:03:18. > :03:21.death and injury in Kadimiya. This was the bloodiest day in Baghdad
:03:22. > :03:26.this year. The attacks come in the midst of a deep political crisis.
:03:27. > :03:29.The Government crippled by factional divisions and Parliament unable to
:03:30. > :03:30.meet. While the politicians dither, civilians wonder why the Government
:03:31. > :03:34.can't do more to protect them. With me is the BBC's Middle East
:03:35. > :03:44.analyst, Alan Johnston. What do you think the self-styled
:03:45. > :03:49.Islamic State was trying to achieve here? Well, think back to my tears
:03:50. > :03:56.to the summer of 2014 and the Islamic State group was rampaging
:03:57. > :04:00.across Iraq seizing towns and cities and great swathes of territory, but
:04:01. > :04:04.the picture now is very different. For several months now, on front
:04:05. > :04:08.lines across the rock to the West, the Islamic State group has been
:04:09. > :04:13.pushed back by the Iraqi security forces, but it does retain the
:04:14. > :04:19.capacity to carry out devastating bomb attacks in the heartland of
:04:20. > :04:24.what it would see as its enemies. It uses these means to undermine
:04:25. > :04:26.confidence in the Government and the security forces. Remember that
:04:27. > :04:32.Islamic State always wants to portray itself as the force that
:04:33. > :04:36.fights for defence of the Shia Muslim community and it will feel
:04:37. > :04:40.that it benefits all the time from any deepening of the sectarian
:04:41. > :04:51.divide and of course by targeting a soft target likely market in Sadr
:04:52. > :04:57.City, that bastions of Shia, they will feel that they are deepening
:04:58. > :05:03.that divide. So it was to create anger. What can be done to stop it?
:05:04. > :05:06.The security forces faced the most enormous challenge. Islamic State
:05:07. > :05:10.seem to have an end list stream of fanatical young men who are ready to
:05:11. > :05:15.die in an effort of getting these terrible bombs into the most
:05:16. > :05:20.sensitive parts of the capital. Many people in Islamic State will no
:05:21. > :05:23.Baghdad very well indeed. It is a huge, sprawling city. Countless ways
:05:24. > :05:29.in an out and very easy for these people to mingle with the throngs in
:05:30. > :05:34.the streets, but on a day like this, of course, we know that the security
:05:35. > :05:37.forces, many members of them will be risking their lives every day on
:05:38. > :05:40.checkpoints and carrying out searches and so on, but on a day
:05:41. > :05:43.like this it is easy to believe that they are simply not getting good
:05:44. > :05:49.enough intelligence, that they have not been able to probably populate
:05:50. > :05:53.penetrate Islamic State and get the kind of information that might just
:05:54. > :06:00.prevent these bomb attack is getting through. And meanwhile, civilians,
:06:01. > :06:07.ordinary people, going about their business, and they are dying. Some
:06:08. > :06:12.of the things you have been reported on really do bring it on.
:06:13. > :06:16.Absolutely, we heard a report saying that a bomb had gone very close to a
:06:17. > :06:21.beauty salon where there were some brides preparing for their weddings
:06:22. > :06:28.and even, we understand, some of the brooms, perhaps where IT barber shop
:06:29. > :06:32.nearby, that they too were all among the casualties. As you say, the most
:06:33. > :06:35.ordinary civilians on the front line in this war in Baghdad. Thank you
:06:36. > :06:43.very much. In the last couple of hours,
:06:44. > :06:46.Brazil's Supreme Court has rejected President Dilma Rousseff's last
:06:47. > :06:48.ditch appeal and right now the Senate is proceeding with its
:06:49. > :06:51.debate on a full impeachment trial. It's expected that a simple majority
:06:52. > :06:54.of Senators will vote in favour, which means Brazil's first woman
:06:55. > :06:56.president will be automatically suspended from office
:06:57. > :06:58.and from presiding over Dilma Rousseff is accused
:06:59. > :07:01.of doctoring her government's budget figures - she says she's
:07:02. > :07:04.the victim of a judicial coup The Senate president has warned
:07:05. > :07:08.that if they vote to go ahead with the trial,
:07:09. > :07:10.it will be a long and traumatic process for Brazil,
:07:11. > :07:15.with no quick results. This debate could go on for hours
:07:16. > :07:18.and at the heart of it is the accusation that Dilma Rousseff is
:07:19. > :07:21.accused of doctoring her Government's figures. She says she
:07:22. > :07:23.is the victim of a political coup by her components.
:07:24. > :07:25.Joining us from the capital Brasilia is the political
:07:26. > :07:33.Our correspondent Julia Carneiro is in the capital Brasilia.
:07:34. > :07:39.Is this book expected to go against? Yes, it is. Senators have been
:07:40. > :07:46.speaking very openly about how they will vote and they estimate that the
:07:47. > :07:48.majority will vote in favour of the impeachment of President Dilma
:07:49. > :07:52.Rousseff, which means if this happens, President Dilma Rousseff
:07:53. > :07:56.will be suspended for up to six months while she faces trial in the
:07:57. > :07:58.Senate. She is expected to record a statement to the nation later today
:07:59. > :08:04.in which she will reinforce this message that she is facing an
:08:05. > :08:10.attempted coup and that she will fight to return to Government during
:08:11. > :08:16.this trial to defend herself so that she can finish her mandate of the
:08:17. > :08:21.two years that I left as she told the BBC in an interview last week.
:08:22. > :08:24.Her supporters have been out, haven't they, in force, but there
:08:25. > :08:33.are also many who frankly want to see her go. Yes. The country is very
:08:34. > :08:37.divided. We have seen mass demonstrations in Brazil over the
:08:38. > :08:40.past months. Millions of people taking to the streets to call for
:08:41. > :08:45.the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, but as this moment
:08:46. > :08:48.approaches and as it becomes more complete, her defenders and
:08:49. > :08:51.supporters are also taking to the streets. Yesterday, there were lots
:08:52. > :08:57.of road blockages disrupting traffic and destructing life in many parts
:08:58. > :09:07.of the country. Here, we are in the main administrator Leo --
:09:08. > :09:12.administration area. There are demonstrations planned here for
:09:13. > :09:16.pro-impeachment and also anti-impeachment, so we will see how
:09:17. > :09:19.this develops. It is not expected that these demonstrations will grow
:09:20. > :09:23.very big because at this point, even though people might have their
:09:24. > :09:28.convictions, their beliefs in what is right or wrong, the outcome seems
:09:29. > :09:31.pretty clear that President Dilma Rousseff will be temporarily
:09:32. > :09:40.suspended and people are already talking about what comes next. She
:09:41. > :09:43.will be replaced by her vice president and there is ready lots of
:09:44. > :09:48.talk about how he will compose his cabinet and how he will try to put
:09:49. > :09:51.Brazil's economy back on track. Meanwhile, this whole process hasn't
:09:52. > :10:00.done a lot for the reputation of politicians in general in Brazil.
:10:01. > :10:05.Not at all. We have a Congress where so many legislators face corruption
:10:06. > :10:10.allegations and the speakers and Senate... Well, just last week, the
:10:11. > :10:15.former Speaker of the lower house was suspended for corruption
:10:16. > :10:18.allegations and he was the person behind the impeachment proceedings
:10:19. > :10:22.and that was driving this process so there is not that much credibility
:10:23. > :10:25.unfortunately here towards politicians and President Dilma
:10:26. > :10:30.Rousseff herself is not facing corruption allegations, the
:10:31. > :10:36.allegations for her impeachment are based on claims that she resorted to
:10:37. > :10:40.manoeuvres to mask public spending in her former mandate and her
:10:41. > :10:45.current mandate, borrowing money from state banks to pay for social
:10:46. > :10:50.policies, so there is this whole feeling, mood in Brazil about his
:10:51. > :10:54.big corruption probe that is going on and that has contributed for her
:10:55. > :10:58.popularity to drop but there are no criminal allegations against her and
:10:59. > :11:03.she has been portraying herself as a victim of this political drive to
:11:04. > :11:04.oust. You have a long day ahead of you. Thanks for keeping us up to
:11:05. > :11:07.date. Now a look at some of
:11:08. > :11:09.the days other news. The UK has raised the threat level
:11:10. > :11:12.from dissident Northern Ireland It means an attack on the British
:11:13. > :11:16.mainland is now considered The threat level in Northern Ireland
:11:17. > :11:21.has not changed and currently The Italian parliament has given
:11:22. > :11:25.the government the green light The long-awaited and much-disputed
:11:26. > :11:28.legislation was hailed by civil rights groups as a landmark
:11:29. > :11:30.achievement, but it's been criticised by some
:11:31. > :11:31.conservative politicians Ukrainian border guards have
:11:32. > :11:41.recovered 17 paintings stolen last November from a museum in Verona -
:11:42. > :11:43.including some works President Petro Poroshenko
:11:44. > :11:48.was pictured inspecting the haul. His office said the paintings
:11:49. > :11:51.were seized in a special operation, while they were about to be
:11:52. > :11:59.transferred to neighbouring Moldova. The Nigerian President,
:12:00. > :12:02.Muhammadu Buhari, has told an anti-corruption conference
:12:03. > :12:04.in London that he won't demand an apology from David Cameron
:12:05. > :12:07.for describing his country But he has urged Britain to return
:12:08. > :12:30.billions stolen by corrupt officials One of his Government's main goals
:12:31. > :12:41.is to fight corruption. He is telling the truth. He was talking
:12:42. > :12:48.about what he knew and if you look at this Government and what the
:12:49. > :12:53.Government I am heading has been trying to do, we campaign on three
:12:54. > :13:02.things, security, economy, and fighting corruption. What has been
:13:03. > :13:08.uncovered since we came in. What is the skill of corruption in Nigeria?
:13:09. > :13:16.It is enormous. I think it is high time some action is taken so that we
:13:17. > :13:20.can turn things around. I think a lot of that money that has been
:13:21. > :13:24.siphoned off from the public purse from Nigeria has ended up in London
:13:25. > :13:30.and other European capitals. What are you doing to try to get that
:13:31. > :13:37.money back? It is still here and in America. We had to produce the
:13:38. > :13:43.evidence. We had to go through the financial institutions. Through
:13:44. > :13:45.their shipping lines. It will take time, that we are determined to get
:13:46. > :13:48.as much of the documentation done. The international meeting that
:13:49. > :13:51.David Cameron is organising in London this Thursday will bring
:13:52. > :13:53.together politicians, business people and other groups
:13:54. > :13:56.as part of efforts to clamp down on bribery, money-laundering
:13:57. > :13:58.and other forms of wrong After his comments to the Queen,
:13:59. > :14:17.we asked our Nigeria correspondent The British Prime Minister says
:14:18. > :14:26.Nigeria is fantastically corrupt. But is he right? Well, Nigeria has
:14:27. > :14:33.been looted from top to bottom. But it is only the world's 32nd most
:14:34. > :14:42.corrupt country. Oil rich, it should be well off, but $20 billion in oil
:14:43. > :14:47.revenue has simply disappeared and from the Army's budget, another $15
:14:48. > :14:57.billion was stolen, money that was supposed to be spent on arms to
:14:58. > :15:00.fight Boko Haram. Now, Nigeria's president has declared war on
:15:01. > :15:04.corruption. He has lodged a tough new anti-corruption campaign. And
:15:05. > :15:12.dozens of officials are under investigation. Among the assets
:15:13. > :15:18.recovered, cars, jewellery, houses, and even one of these, and M are eye
:15:19. > :15:30.scanner, allegedly bought by the official for his Private clinic --
:15:31. > :15:33.MRI scanner. So can it work? It has to work because we cannot afford to
:15:34. > :15:38.go back to where we are coming from. I do not think everybody is on
:15:39. > :15:43.board. Some people profited from the status quo. You can imagine that
:15:44. > :15:47.those who profited with the starters quote will not be happy with what is
:15:48. > :15:52.happening right now. Corruption comes at a terrible price. It could
:15:53. > :15:55.cost Nigeria nearly 40% of its potential growth. And that is
:15:56. > :16:19.something the country can't afford. A hospital in Jordan is unlike any
:16:20. > :16:21.in the world. It specialises in racial reconstruction. Our
:16:22. > :16:27.correspondent reports from a place where people's faces are
:16:28. > :16:33.reconstructed on a daily basis. -- facial reconstruction. I want to
:16:34. > :16:37.show you around a really incredible place. This is where the tree people
:16:38. > :16:40.who have been entered in warrants around the Middle East. People who
:16:41. > :16:43.have been really horrifically injured. The aim is to rebuild their
:16:44. > :16:51.bodies and also their lives. So come with me. This play specialises in
:16:52. > :16:54.reconstructive surgery in plastic surgery and the patient are from all
:16:55. > :17:01.around the Middle East and all of them have had life changing
:17:02. > :17:06.injuries. In the operating theatre, and today they are doing seven
:17:07. > :17:18.operations on Syrians and Iraqis, and the aim is to get this man here
:17:19. > :17:37.walking properly again. Here on our project...
:17:38. > :17:42.This is the physiotherapy department, and this is where the
:17:43. > :17:43.patients spend long, long hours working with the physiotherapists on
:17:44. > :18:12.getting their bodies fit again. This is where the kids were being
:18:13. > :18:15.treated here come for education and therapy. This is the paediatric
:18:16. > :18:56.counsellor. What are you doing here? As we've been hearing,
:18:57. > :18:58.coverage of the comments has Reports on this channel
:18:59. > :19:01.are being blacked out. Instead, state media outlets have
:19:02. > :19:05.dedicated their coverage to the Queen's dress sense
:19:06. > :19:17.and notable party attendees. This was the moment when the viewers
:19:18. > :19:25.in China had their BBC News coverage scrambled. Shortage covered when we
:19:26. > :19:27.started covering another element. This is the section Chinese censors
:19:28. > :20:23.found ineligible for broadcast. Whitney is our royal correspondent
:20:24. > :20:27.Sarah Campbell. That was the official cameraman. Yes, the Queen
:20:28. > :20:30.has a cameraman. What happened was about 18 years ago when 24-hour news
:20:31. > :20:37.coverage really started to come to the fore, it was decided that rather
:20:38. > :20:42.than all of the main broadcasters in Britain, which is sky, ITN, and the
:20:43. > :20:46.BBC, rather than in having the own crews follow the Queen is all of the
:20:47. > :20:49.time, essentially getting the same pictures, then it made sense for
:20:50. > :20:53.them to pull together so they all pay for one cameraman and his
:20:54. > :20:55.footage is the footage that is recorded and sent around the world.
:20:56. > :21:17.And so the Queen is very used to this and the cameraman is at
:21:18. > :21:21.many royal events and the Queen is very used to having Peter around. He
:21:22. > :21:25.does it very discreetly and he is their most of the time. He is at
:21:26. > :21:29.garden parties and when she goes to open schools, all of these visits
:21:30. > :21:33.are all recorded and the footage is given to the broadcasters. What
:21:34. > :21:37.makes this one different is that the Queen said something which has been
:21:38. > :21:40.construed widely as pretty controversial. And that is what made
:21:41. > :21:44.it newsworthy because as we know the Queen has been on the tone for 64
:21:45. > :21:48.years and has rarely been known to say anything controversial and many
:21:49. > :21:53.people say that is why she has been so successful. It is fascinating,
:21:54. > :21:56.because you might have assumed that she speaks her mind all the time and
:21:57. > :22:01.we never get to hear it, but actually she is quite tight-lipped
:22:02. > :22:05.all of the time and steer is not bland conversation but quite easy
:22:06. > :22:09.conversation. And you can see why, because here she has made a comment
:22:10. > :22:12.that she clearly feels quite strongly about. It is fairly
:22:13. > :22:16.black-and-white that she considered the Chinese officials had been very
:22:17. > :22:20.rude, her words, and what has happened is that it has created
:22:21. > :22:25.headlines all across the world. Has it been damaging? Well, from the
:22:26. > :22:28.palace's perspective, I think it is fair to say that they are not
:22:29. > :22:32.ecstatic that this is what we are talking about today, these comments,
:22:33. > :22:36.that at the same time, the instinct is that they are not looking at
:22:37. > :22:39.changing the system, they're not looking at reviewing it or censoring
:22:40. > :22:45.this footage in any way, so that gives some sense that they can deal
:22:46. > :22:48.with it. It might be slightly more of a problem for the British
:22:49. > :22:54.Government because there has been so much diplomacy behind the scenes to
:22:55. > :23:01.build up relationships with China. And today, from that perspective,
:23:02. > :23:04.the Chinese spokesperson was very keen to point out that this was a
:23:05. > :23:12.very successful visit, the relationship continues to be a
:23:13. > :23:15.strong one, this golden area of relations continues. The Foreign
:23:16. > :23:19.Secretary gave a very interesting statement. What is fascinating about
:23:20. > :23:23.this is it is a bit of an insight into these visits. He said that the
:23:24. > :23:27.Chinese lizard got a bit stressful on both sides, but this was a
:23:28. > :23:31.massive occasion back in October of last year, all the pomp and
:23:32. > :23:35.circumstance, a four-day visit. It was a really big deal for both
:23:36. > :23:38.countries and this is a little bit of a revealing insight into how the
:23:39. > :23:47.Queen felt about it, behind the scenes. We are both wearing heels,
:23:48. > :23:49.but not vertiginous, and this is relevant because this is a story
:23:50. > :23:50.today. Sent home from work for refusing
:23:51. > :23:56.to wear high heels. That's a story a lot
:23:57. > :23:59.of you are reading on the BBC online, and it's all about a British
:24:00. > :24:01.woman Nicola Thorp who says she was sent home from a
:24:02. > :24:04.receptionist job because she wanted She's now petitioning
:24:05. > :24:07.the British Parliament to change the law, so that women aren't
:24:08. > :24:10.subject to such a requirement. Let's hear first from
:24:11. > :24:25.Nicola Thorp talking to the BBC She said, I'm sorry. All women who
:24:26. > :24:29.work here on reception have to wear heels and there was a male
:24:30. > :24:32.receptionist there and I said he is not wearing heels and she laughed at
:24:33. > :24:39.me, which is understandable. They said, you have to go home. They said
:24:40. > :24:42.I could go out and buy a pair of heels and were happy for me to do
:24:43. > :24:47.that with my own money and I refused. It was a nine-hour shift to
:24:48. > :24:51.escort clients from the front desk to meeting rooms. I would be on my
:24:52. > :24:55.feet for nine hours. I said I do not want to do that in high heels and I
:24:56. > :24:58.am not entirely sure why adding two inches of four inches to my height
:24:59. > :25:02.makes me more professional or makes me what any professional manner. I
:25:03. > :25:07.don't think it affects how come across. Well, we asked the firm
:25:08. > :25:09.involved for a statement, they responded
:25:10. > :25:25."The dress code is not a PwC policy."
:25:26. > :25:28.The company it that provided the job here is actually called Portico.
:25:29. > :25:31.It says "In line with industry standard practice, we have personal
:25:32. > :25:34.appearance guidelines across many of our corporate
:25:35. > :25:37.locations," but now it also says, "We have taken on board the comments
:25:38. > :25:48.regarding footwear and will be reviewing our guidelines."
:25:49. > :25:51.You can get in touch with me - Philippa Thomas - and most
:25:52. > :25:55.of the team on Twitter - I'm @PhilippaBBC.