18/05/2016 World News Today

This is BBC World News Today with me, Phillipa Thomas.

Our top story: the first schoolgirl has been be rescued after the mass

She's already telling rescuers most of the other young women

from Chibok are alive - two years after an outraged world

The BBC gets extraordinary evidence of crime and disorder inside

presidents as the Government promises the most radical overhaul

since Victorian times. The Chibok virus could spread to Europe this

summer. The World Health Organisation tells us about the hot

spots. And recognition for the British

songwriters penning songs for the biggest global stars

in music - we'll bring you more The Nigerian army has confirmed that

one of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by the insurgent group

Boko Haram has been found - the first to be

rescued in two years. More than 200 girls were kidnapped

by militants from a boarding school in the north-east

of the country in 2014. Will Ross has been monitoring

developments and sent this report. One of the 200 schoolgirls

kidnapped by Boko Haram Activists confirmed to the BBC

that Amina Ali was found by a vigilante group,

close to the border with Cameroon. If confirmed, she'll be the first

of the schoolgirls to be found At last, some good news

for the relatives in Chibok. Members of the civilian joint task

force operating in the local government area have rescued one

of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls. The local TV station announcing that

one of the missing schoolgirls Initial reports say a civilian

vigilante group found her with a young baby in a remote area

of north-east Borno state. The group doing their normal patrol

discovered one girl and she is one Everyone in Chibok identified her,

even the parents and the leaders. I am absolutely certain

because this is coming directly from our people who are affected

and they will never lie. This is the boarding school

from where 276 schoolgirls They were taken at night

and loaded onto trucks. They were driven off

into the forest. A small number escaped soon

after capture, but 219 The schoolgirls were seized by this

jihadist group, Boko Haram, who have been trying

to establish an Islamic State. The brutal group has killed

thousands of people and abducted hundreds of people from towns

and villages right There have been brief glimpses

of the missing Chibok students. The last was this video,

believed to have been made last A small group of missing students

stated their names and confirmed The Nigerian military has put out

a statement saying its troops rescued one female student

near a town. Having been heavily criticised

for failing to locate the missing students, they will be keen to tell

the world they helped save her life. The mass abductions sparked a global

campaign and the hashtag bring No one could understand how so many

girls could go missing For one family, the torturous wait

is now finally over. The great hope is that more

relatives will be reunited I am joined now by a Nigerian human

rights advocate and founder of the charity women of Africa. The BBC

brought this news to you today. Wonderful news. It is so wonderful.

We know it is a small game but it gives us hope and also it gives us

the opportunity to hope that the girls have not been used as suicide

bombers, so hopefully the other children, girls will come home and

we are looking forward to it. For me, it is a huge, huge victory

because the loss of the Chibok girls has represented a big sore in the

consciousness of my nation and of my generation because we could not keep

our children safe. That is what it meant. You mention the possibility

that the girls had been used as suicide bombers. We also worried

that they could have been trafficked. You hardly dared to hope

that they were still in the forest. Yes, it is amazing. She has been to

a lot and it just shows the resilience of the African woman

because what they have done is they have been able to survive through

unimaginable conditions, but we are glad we have got her back and she

will now be able to tell us more about the girls who are still there.

We hear that some have died. We just hope that this will be the beginning

of something good. You are absolutely right to point out that

this mass abduction hasn't been the only abduction. So many girls and

young men have been taken as well. I did it help to have the world

focused on the problem in Nigeria with that campaign? Without it, the

bring back the girls campaigners would not have been able to stay

there and campaign. Because one of the things that we continuously

raise with the media and the BBC at the time was please keep this

pressure on because with the pressure comes the fact that the

world is watching and so those that are on the street carrying the

placards... We noticed they could be manhandled and pushed away and were

considered troublemakers, but because the media stayed on, the

world media, and world figures came involved, it became a big issue for

the Government and I am sure that we should have called for the

president, Goodluck Jonathan, to stay aside because you cannot rule

over a country when everything is melting before your hands. It meant

that the military were not able to do their job to protect the

integrity of my country. And now we have to hope that they are able to

help get back some more. Yes. We have to leave it there, but it is so

good to have you in the studio to talk about this. Thank you.

The British government is promising the biggest shakeup since Victorian

times of the prison system in England and Wales.

Its plan for radical reforms was at the heart of today's

ceremonial Queen's Speech to parliament, setting out

To start with, six prisons will be overhauled, and the BBC's Ed Thomas

has spent the last week at one of them, Wandsworth Prison.

The BBC has been given unprecedented access inside a

Over seven days, we saw the fear and violence.

If you can't defend yourself, you will become a victim.

And the prison officers pushed to the very edge.

I think I'm probably the most stressed

A prisoner has refused to go back to his cell.

inmate in the middle of all of this murdered a man in a fight.

We can't identify him, but he told us he was trapped

I've had warfare with politics in jail.

I've got sliced down the side of the face.

I said you are putting me in a predicament where I have no

alternative but to utilise violence for my safety.

They are so short-staffed here, this place can't run,

Next B wing and the smell of cannabis is everywhere.

It's overwhelming, especially up here.

And then we see it - a group smoking below us, in full

How do you feel about people smoking cannabis down there?

If you want some cannabis I can get you some.

Obviously it is not good, it defeats everything we can

You don't have to look far to find drugs in

Take Ashley, who has only just arrived.

He says all drugs are available at all times.

All I've got to do is go down to the twos,

Then there's the alcohol brewed in cells.

And the mobile phones too, all smuggled

Smartphone - several hundred quid they go for retail

This prisoner asked us not to show his

They charge you ?500 a parcel, the size

of, say, three tennis balls full of drugs,

The BBC was invited here to hear these stories, to see

the pressure from a Governor who's demanding change.

The one thing that I absolutely cannot stand, one of

the things I want to do with reform is to think very carefully about how

do we deal with those issues of corruption and what do we do to

tackle the staff bringing those drugs in.

That will deal with some of the issues you've highlighted and

But how long will this prison reform take?

The pressure inside is building now, and officers are getting hurt.

At the moment he's been the victim of an

My wife worries that I'm not going to come home.

If she could, she would have me out of the job.

Wandsworth has been Andy Toppign's life.

I believe my staff want to make a difference.

What's happening to your mental health?

I don't think people care about what's happening to my

What is happening to your mental health?

I think I'm probably the most stressed I've been

If I'm like my colleagues, I will retire and I

This prison revolution, a promise to fix broken

The World Health Organisation has warned that the Zika virus

could spread to parts of Europe in its coming summer months.

The WHO says the Black Sea coast of Russia and Georgia

and the Portuguese island of Madeira are highly like to see

The mosquito-borne disease can cause severe birth defects -

With me is our global health correspondent, Tulip Mazumdar.

Tell us more about the level of risk we're looking at here. Well, the

World Health Organisation has made an assessment and they have said the

risk to Europe is low to moderate, but with temperatures increasing,

summer is upon us and areas getting warmer, this is a condition where

the mosquito flourishes and in areas where the do find this mosquito,

these are areas where they could be cases. Madeira, the Portuguese

island, that has this type of mosquito and it is highly likely to

have cases according to the World Health Organisation in the summer.

It also pointed to 18 other countries that it described as being

moderately likely to have cases if further precautions are not taken

and those countries including France, Greece, Italy and Spain. So

what is the advice? Clearly, there is more worrying for pregnant women.

What has been learned from South and Central America as we have seen that

go through? It is important to remember that there haven't been any

local transmission of Zika in Europe so far. So this is really a flag

that is going up, saying to these countries, the summer is coming and

we know that the musty joke that carries the Zika is in some of these

countries and you need to be prepared. -- the mosquito.

Practically, but they can do is making sure they pick it up when it

happens and the World Health Organisation has said that most

countries have a very good surveillance system in place. It is

also about informing people, people knowing how to protect themselves,

wearing mosquito repellent, clearing stagnant water reading grounds of

mosquitoes, and the main concern is for pregnant women, because for most

people it is not considered a particular problem. It is this link

with babies being born with brain damage so it is really getting that

information out there and making sure that these countries are really

standing by. As you say, for most of the countries you met mention, it is

a low risk. The travel advice has not changed at all. If you're

planning on going on holiday to many of these places, the advice has not

changed, but it is just about being vigilant and just about these

countries being ready. The W H O has been accused in the past is not

taking action when it needed to. This time it is being as cautious as

it can be, making sure that every bit of precautionary advice is given

before the event rather than during worse, afterwards. The head of the

curve this time. Thank you very much.

Now a look at some of the day's other news.

French media have said that a "last testament" has been discovered

that was written by a key suspect in the Brussels bombings in March.

Mohamed Abrini, the "man in the hat" pictured at Brussels airport,

had attempted to erase the document which was found on a computer.

The text suggests he approved of November's Paris attacks

Authorities in Sri Lankan say 37 people have died in landslides in

Central Sheila Lang following torrential rain. Rescuers are still

rescuing for people who are missing. 315,000 people have been displaced

across the island. Protesters in the Venezuelan

capital, Caracas, have clashed with police after they blocked

about one thousand marching on the headquarters

of the National Electoral Council. It is one of several rallies taking

place across Venezuela, demanding a recall referendum

against President Nicolas Maduro. The Opposition blames his socialist

policies for the country's The government announced

it would take measures As a candidate, he's defied

conventional political Now in a shift from current US

foreign policy, the presumptive presidential election, Donald Trump,

has said he would be willing to talk to the North Korean leader

about his country's nuclear I would have no problem speaking to

him. At the same time, I would put a lot of pressure on China because we

have a lot of economic power over China. People do not realise that.

They are extracting billions of dollars out of our country and we

have tremendous power over China. China can solve that problem with

one meeting one phone call. Now, some extraordinary film that

might change the way The film, which is

exclusive to the BBC, shows a group of chimpanzees

mourning one of their number in ways that frankly

we would think of as "human". It happened in Zambia, at the

Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphange Trust. The ape that died

was a nine-year-old chimpanzee known to human

observers as Thomas. With me to talk about the film

is Melissa Hogenboom. Keller is a little bit more about

what you observed. It was really a remarkable discovery. The caretakers

came at the right time and saw that this chimp was lying on the ground.

It is quite a big century so it is quite rare that they could spot it

and they saw a group of chimps actually gathered around him and

touching him and prodding him and what was really remarkable was that

one of his closest companions, who was really his adoptive mother, he

was the one that kept coming back and pushing others away and touching

him. Over a period of 20 minutes, even though the caretakers were

giving other chimps food, the group of over 20 of them stood around and

appeared to be morning Thomas. Now, we have seen before mothers and

children, but what seems particularly unusual here is from

what was observed of the group it is a friend, it is a social

relationship that he has morning. Exactly. It is really the first time

they have seen in such detail that an older member of the group has

companions like that. We have seen the instances of a young infant

dying and the mother holding on to it but the group does not get

involved in the way that they have here and it really against immense

this chimpanzee society as an incredibly sociable group. They are

a social species, just like us. Their social world is really

important to them and they remember each other even when they die. We

are showing our viewers some of those pictures. You see, everybody

huddled around the body of Thomas and anyway, I suppose it says to as

we underestimate the complexity and the depth of feeling that these apes

can have. This is what I love about when I studied chimpanzees and when

I look at new insights into their behaviour. They're not that

different from ours. They are our closest cousin in the animal kingdom

and looking at their behaviour gives as a unique insight into how we

might have evolved because we split off with

them from a common ancestor over 6 million years ago, sued really gives

us a unique insight into how we got to be the social animal we are

today, and they are really not that different. And is there a lot of

interest in the world of science about what this team has been able

to observe on almost by accident? It is a very new finding, just this

month. I think there will be plenty of interest. It is the first

observation of its kind. We have seen similar behaviour in species

such as elephants and crows who also recognise their dead and it seems to

be a thing that happens to a very social animals or animals with

bigger brains do seem to rely on their social companions in their

day-to-day lives. I know that what your film is about is observing what

happens at the animals and the way that they mourn but it also says

something about the way that we treat animals, the way humans treat

the apes, I suppose, and the way we keep them. Yes, it really shows that

apes are a very social animal and we need to be aware of that when we

take care of them and this is an orphanage, this is a place where

abandoned chimps can have centuries of this is a really nice big

enclosure for these chimps who have not been able to live in a while to

adjust shows that we need to treat them with respect and give them

space and understand that they are social and/or social relationships

are so important. You can just take one chip out of the group and expect

them to do well elsewhere. You have to keep them with the people that

they love and care about because that is how the drive. Thank you so

much for coming to Doctor was about that. Exclusive footage of the

chimpanzees. A powerful earthquake has struck in

Ecuador. It follows a smaller quake which struck earlier in the date and

follows a month after the 7.8 magnitude tremor which killed more

than 750 people. This is billed as the world's

biggest ever blue Diamond which has gone on sale. It will be on sale

within the next hour at Christies in Geneva and is expected to fetch over

$40 million. They generate more than $500 million

a year, and on Thursday some of the songwriters behind Britain's

best loved tunes will be honoured for their talents

at the Ivor Novello Awards. But behind the big names,

some of the UK's lesser known writing talents are tasting

success in America, penning songs for the biggest

global stars in music. When it comes to writing hit

songs, it doesn't get Carla Marie Williams,

a youth worker from London, pursued songwriting

as a career, and it paid off. # Nothing else matters

now you're not here. When Running came out,

I was in Westfield. Someone was like, "Beyonce has

just dropped the song." I was like, "It's me!

Yay!" And then I was like,

"This is international now. Being British and clearly with

something to say, Beyonce called on Carla Marie for her

latest album, Lemonade. I think definitely

it has opened other Especially in America,

because I feel like they love what When you listen to Freedom,

and you listen to Running, the different types of song

to what maybe sometimes Last year, British songwriters made

more than ?500 million And this week, some of the best

will be honoured at the songwriting awards,

the Ivor Novello. We have fantastic music education

and also we now have a history of 50 or 60 years

of fantastic writers such as the Beatles, David Bowie, Kate Bush,

Annie Lennox, Dizzee Rascal, all of these fantastic writers,

and they act as role models for the next

generation coming up. Another Brit doing well

in America is Bradford She posted a song online

and caught the attention Now living in New York,

she has penned songs for # Waiting on that sunshine boy

I think I need that back. I feel very lucky to work

with Rhianna, to work with Madonna, to work with Alicia Keys,

because the most important feelings or thoughts or opinions I've had

that I put into music are things that they've also shared

enough to believe in it Despite their success,

80% of British songwriters are men. So creating workshops for female

newcomers is a passion for Carla Whether or not this

is about emotion, heartbreak, politics,

you know, always try to dig

a little bit deeper. Words to inspire the next

generation. But for now from me and the rest

of the team, goodbye. Hello. Each day bringing is a

different type of weather at the