:00:00. > :00:00.This is BBC World News Today, broadcasting in the UK
:00:07. > :00:10.I'm Alpa Patel, and here are the headlines:
:00:11. > :00:11.The family Jo Cox, the British politician
:00:12. > :00:15.murdered last Thursday, have visited the scene
:00:16. > :00:19.Her sister thanked people for their support and said
:00:20. > :00:30.For now our family is broken, but we will mend over time
:00:31. > :00:34.and we will never let Jo leave our lives.
:00:35. > :00:37.Meanwhile the man accused of her murder has appeared in court.
:00:38. > :00:40.When asked his name, Thomas Mair said, "Death to traitors,
:00:41. > :00:48.Belgium's Prime Minister calls for calm after three men are charged
:00:49. > :00:54.President Putin says banning Russia from the Olympics is unfair,
:00:55. > :00:59.following accusations of state-sponsored doping.
:01:00. > :01:02.And home at last - the British astronaut, Tim Peake,
:01:03. > :01:12.and his American and Russian colleagues return from space.
:01:13. > :01:21.Just this smells of birth are so strong, and it's wonderful to be
:01:22. > :01:31.back in fresh air, really good -- this smells of birth.
:01:32. > :01:35.It is a killing that has shocked people here in Britain
:01:36. > :01:39.The man charged with murdering the British politician, Jo Cox,
:01:40. > :01:43.When asked his name, Thomas Mair replied,
:01:44. > :01:46."Death to traitors, freedom for Britain".
:01:47. > :01:49.Meanwhile, Jo Cox's family has visited the village of Birstall
:01:50. > :02:00.Our correspondent Ed Thomas was there.
:02:01. > :02:07.So many people have come down here to stop and read the messages, see
:02:08. > :02:14.the flowers, but perhaps today that toughest journey of all, the family
:02:15. > :02:18.of Job Cox came down here. They saw all the support and they said thank
:02:19. > :02:20.you to the people of this town -- Jo Cox.
:02:21. > :02:24.It is hard to imagine this family's pain.
:02:25. > :02:30.Gordon and Jean Leadbeater have lost their eldest daughter.
:02:31. > :02:39.surrounded by the people of Birstall,
:02:40. > :02:46.the flowers and messages, the lives touched by Jo Cox.
:02:47. > :02:49.I do want to just start by saying thank you.
:02:50. > :02:56.And we all appreciate this massively.
:02:57. > :02:59.There are some things in life you should never have to do.
:03:00. > :03:05.Last night, I had to go and identify my sister's body.
:03:06. > :03:09.Yes, this was Jo Cox MP and she was many things to many
:03:10. > :03:15.people in her too short life, but she was my sister,
:03:16. > :03:23.my only sibling, my parents' first born child, a wife and a mum.
:03:24. > :03:26.This was a tribute within full view of the place
:03:27. > :03:32.And here Kim Leadbeater talked of her sister's values.
:03:33. > :03:36.A campaigner, a champion of those in need.
:03:37. > :03:41.Our parents instilled in us a real glass-half-full mentality.
:03:42. > :03:45.And while I sometimes tend to add a large measure
:03:46. > :03:49.of Yorkshire cynicism to this, Jo generally did not.
:03:50. > :03:58.For now, Kim said her family was broken but would mend
:03:59. > :04:02.and that they would never let Jo leave their lives.
:04:03. > :04:05.She will live on through all the good people in the world,
:04:06. > :04:17.and through her truly wonderful children, who will always know
:04:18. > :04:23.what an utterly amazing woman their mother was.
:04:24. > :04:26.She was a human being, and she was perfect.
:04:27. > :04:50.The family of Jo Cox there. Meanwhile a man has geared at
:04:51. > :04:55.Westminster Magistrates' Court charged with the murder of the MP.
:04:56. > :05:02.52-year-old Thomas mare told the court his name was deaf to traitors,
:05:03. > :05:03.freedom for Britain. Our home affairs correspondent Daniel
:05:04. > :05:05.Sandford has more. Thomas Mair was swept into the court
:05:06. > :05:08.building in a police van, part of a convoy that had
:05:09. > :05:10.brought him from Yorkshire to the most important
:05:11. > :05:12.Magistrates' Court in London following the protocol
:05:13. > :05:14.used in terrorism cases. When he came into court
:05:15. > :05:16.he was accompanied by two dock security officers and wore a grey
:05:17. > :05:20.police-issue tracksuit. With short light grey hair
:05:21. > :05:23.and a neatly trimmed beard, he stood up when asked to do
:05:24. > :05:26.so by the court clerk. When asked his name,
:05:27. > :05:29.the man in the dock said, "My name is death to traitors,
:05:30. > :05:34.freedom for Britain." Asked his address,
:05:35. > :05:36.he remained silent. Asked his date of birth,
:05:37. > :05:41.he again remained silent. He's charged with the murder
:05:42. > :05:44.of Jo Cox, the young, popular, pro-EU Labour MP
:05:45. > :05:49.for Batley and Spen. She was repeatedly stabbed and shot
:05:50. > :05:53.three times, in a killing which has shocked politicians and the public
:05:54. > :05:57.alike and led to the suspension Thomas Mair is also charged
:05:58. > :06:03.with possession of a firearm, a modified rifle, and an offensive
:06:04. > :06:07.weapon, a combat knife, 77-year-old bystander Bernard Kenny
:06:08. > :06:13.was stabbed in the stomach After the short hearing,
:06:14. > :06:18.Thomas Mair was driven from court through the melee of photographers
:06:19. > :06:22.to Belmarsh prison. He will be held there
:06:23. > :06:25.until his next court appearance at the Central Criminal Court,
:06:26. > :06:42.the Old Bailey, on Monday. Tonight there has been a message
:06:43. > :06:49.from the husband of Jo Cox. Brendan Cox watched his wife's sister paid
:06:50. > :06:51.tribute and said she spoke for all of the family, and she did her
:06:52. > :06:54.sister proud. Belgian prosecutors have charged
:06:55. > :06:57.three of the people detained Those detained are suspected
:06:58. > :07:04.of plotting a terrorist attack, It comes nearly three months
:07:05. > :07:07.after the deadly bomb Ministers held an emergency meeting
:07:08. > :07:18.to discuss the raids overnight, the biggest coordinated operation
:07:19. > :07:21.since the terrorist attacks The authorities said that they had
:07:22. > :07:37.uncovered a plot which needed But they would not be drawn on
:07:38. > :07:40.reports that attackers were planning to target football fans this
:07:41. > :07:43.afternoon as they watched the Belgian teams match on a big screen
:07:44. > :07:44.in the capital. The event went ahead as planned
:07:45. > :07:47.although it was far from full. The Belgian Prime Minister said that
:07:48. > :07:51.security would be increased at further events,
:07:52. > :07:53.but they would not be cancelled. TRANSLATION: We should carry
:07:54. > :07:56.on with our daily lives as normal. The work of the investigators
:07:57. > :07:59.is paying off. Raids have been carried out,
:08:00. > :08:02.enabling the judicial authorities to conduct anti-terrorist work
:08:03. > :08:11.and to prevent attacks. 32 people were murdered in bombings
:08:12. > :08:24.at the Metro station Since then the country has been on
:08:25. > :08:28.high alert. The government has not raised the threat level higher in
:08:29. > :08:32.light of these read latest raids but they come at the end of a week when
:08:33. > :08:34.officials said they had received ports that fighters from the
:08:35. > :08:40.so-called Islamic State group were underweight from Syria to Europe,
:08:41. > :08:44.intent on carrying out more attacks in Belgium and France.
:08:45. > :08:46.The German Foreign Minister has criticised Nato's policies
:08:47. > :08:48.towards Russia as it conducts military exercises
:08:49. > :08:52.He says extensive Nato manoeuvres could inflame tensions and urged
:08:53. > :08:57.Nato to instead use more dialogue and co-operation with Russia.
:08:58. > :09:00.An Egyptian court has sentenced the former president,
:09:01. > :09:03.Mohammed Morsi, to life in prison for spying.
:09:04. > :09:06.He was among a number defendants found guilty of passing secret
:09:07. > :09:09.documents to the Gulf state of Qatar.
:09:10. > :09:12.They included two Al Jazeera journalists who were sentenced
:09:13. > :09:19.Thousands of people in Hong Kong have protested alongside
:09:20. > :09:21.a book-seller who says he was detained and forced
:09:22. > :09:24.to make a video confession while in detention in China.
:09:25. > :09:27.Lam Wing-Kee is demanding more information about his case
:09:28. > :09:30.after spending several months in detention.
:09:31. > :09:33.He's one of five book-sellers allegedly detained for publishing
:09:34. > :09:38.material critical of China's leadership.
:09:39. > :09:41.The International Olympic Committee has backed a ban on Russian athletes
:09:42. > :09:47.It comes after the governing body of world athletics extended a ban
:09:48. > :09:51.on Russian competitors taking part in international events.
:09:52. > :09:54.But the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has said the ban
:09:55. > :10:05.In Moscow they celebrated Olympics day.
:10:06. > :10:12.A chance for Russians young and older to dream of Olympic glory.
:10:13. > :10:15.But only yesterday, Russian sport received a body blow
:10:16. > :10:23.The IAAF upheld its ban on Russian athletes.
:10:24. > :10:27.Today Russia's Sports Minister said he feared there was now no chance
:10:28. > :10:30.of Russian track and field athletes competing in Rio and
:10:31. > :10:37.TRANSLATION: Europe is trying to pressure us.
:10:38. > :10:42.Says Olympic science -- cyclist Nikolai Koch.
:10:43. > :10:45.First it did it with sanctions, now it is using sport
:10:46. > :10:49.Then the president of Russia's Olympic Committee joined the party.
:10:50. > :11:10.Russia's Olympic chief was a man of few words today but the Russian
:11:11. > :11:15.media has been scathing in its criticisms of the IAAF.
:11:16. > :11:19.One newspaper described the continued ban on Russian
:11:20. > :11:22.athletes as the worst decision in the history of world sport,
:11:23. > :11:25.another said the IAAF was stuck with the cliche of Russia
:11:26. > :11:33.President Putin said he thought the blanket ban was unfair.
:11:34. > :11:37.Responsibility must always be individual, he said,
:11:38. > :11:40.and why should clean athletes suffer?
:11:41. > :11:44.But Russia has struggled to convince the world it is serious
:11:45. > :11:54.It has a fight on its hands to clear its name.
:11:55. > :11:57.After six months on board the International Space Station,
:11:58. > :12:01.Tim Peake has touched down safely in Kazakhstan.
:12:02. > :12:04.The British astronaut described the journey back as the best ride
:12:05. > :12:09.of his life and said he was looking forward to a pizza and a beer.
:12:10. > :12:14.Well, Major Peake was taken by helicopter to Karagandy airport
:12:15. > :12:24.From there he'll be flown to Norway and then on to Cologne in Germany.
:12:25. > :12:26.Our Science Editor David Shukman was in Kazakhstan
:12:27. > :12:32.A race to rescue Tim Peake and his two colleagues.
:12:33. > :12:36.A fleet of helicopters rushes across the empty
:12:37. > :12:40.No-one knows exactly where and when the
:12:41. > :12:45.I'm the only British journalist on board.
:12:46. > :12:53.The pilot spots something high above us.
:12:54. > :12:56.There it is, an incredible sight, the giant parachute.
:12:57. > :13:02.Just drifting down through the clouds, the three
:13:03. > :13:11.It looks like it's a very safe operation.
:13:12. > :13:14.By now, radio contact is established but one
:13:15. > :13:18.big challenge remains - the landing itself.
:13:19. > :13:23.Touchdown approaching any second now, I think.
:13:24. > :13:26.The rockets went off, breaking the fall.
:13:27. > :13:32.Minutes later, the whole fleet was on the ground and the three
:13:33. > :13:36.spacemen started to be pulled out of the capsule.
:13:37. > :13:38.After six months without any feeling of weight,
:13:39. > :13:44.Our first sight of Tim Peake, looking happy.
:13:45. > :13:49.Tim, David Shukman, welcome back to Planet Earth.
:13:50. > :13:52.Great to see you looking so well, tell me how you are
:13:53. > :13:57.Just truly amazed, I mean, just the smells of
:13:58. > :14:06.Yeah, it's wonderful to be back in fresh air, lovely, really good.
:14:07. > :14:09.After half a year without feeling the warmth of summer,
:14:10. > :14:13.and still in his space suit, he was overheating.
:14:14. > :14:15.He managed a quick word with his wife, Rebecca.
:14:16. > :14:26.Then he was carried off for a medical check.
:14:27. > :14:30.He wants his time in space to be useful to research.
:14:31. > :14:34.It's a remarkable sight to see you looking so well.
:14:35. > :14:48.You know how many people have followed you on Twitter now.
:14:49. > :14:51.I know, it's been incredible, it really has, I'm so grateful
:14:52. > :14:54.for all the support and thank you to everyone who has helped
:14:55. > :14:59.With the astronaut being checked, the capsule was rolled upright
:15:00. > :15:05.An hour after landing and the capsule is still hot.
:15:06. > :15:08.Being this close, I can smell how burnt it is.
:15:09. > :15:12.It became charred as it descended through the atmosphere.
:15:13. > :15:16.The spacecraft has returned laden with research samples.
:15:17. > :15:18.The mission is over, but a lot of science
:15:19. > :15:23.For the Russians, this operation is routine, but for Britain
:15:24. > :15:26.it marks the first government-funded space flight.
:15:27. > :15:36.And Tim Peake hopes that more will follow.
:15:37. > :15:39.Stay with us on BBC World News, still to come.
:15:40. > :15:42.Iraqi forces reclaim a government compound in the city of Falluja,
:15:43. > :15:58.one of the key Iraqi strongholds of the self-described Islamic State.
:15:59. > :16:06.There was a bomb in the city centre. A code word known to be one used by
:16:07. > :16:15.the higher rate was given. Russian army experts were exploring a van.
:16:16. > :16:21.The apartheid registration act forcibly classified each citizen
:16:22. > :16:27.according to race. Germany's Parliament has voted to move the
:16:28. > :16:33.government from Bonn to Berlin. The decision was greeted with shock in
:16:34. > :16:38.Bonn. Just a day old and the Royal baby is sleeping in his cot at home.
:16:39. > :16:46.He was taken to their up Hartman in Kensington palace. The real centre
:16:47. > :16:52.of attention with the world was my first woman Russian cosmonaut. I
:16:53. > :16:56.might be able to persuade the wife it would be a good idea if I could
:16:57. > :16:59.get her to go up there for a little while.
:17:00. > :17:11.Tributes continued to be paid to the murdered British politician Jo Cox.
:17:12. > :17:17.Her sister by people for their support and said her memory would
:17:18. > :17:19.live on. Belgium's Prime Minister calls for calm after three men are
:17:20. > :17:21.charged with terror related offences.
:17:22. > :17:23.In a battle that's been raging for more than three weeks,
:17:24. > :17:26.the Iraqi military has announced that its forces have recaptured most
:17:27. > :17:30.The city is 30 miles from the capital Baghdad and has
:17:31. > :17:33.been held by the self-described Islamic State for longer
:17:34. > :17:39.The UN says up to 50,000 civilians are trapped there.
:17:40. > :17:46.Our correspondent Ahmed Mayor has the latest.
:17:47. > :17:55.We are at the outskirts of the district in southern Falluja, this
:17:56. > :18:00.symbolic and important Iraq each city. It is one of the main
:18:01. > :18:07.strongholds for so-called Islamic State in Iraq and we're just a few
:18:08. > :18:12.kilometres the city centre and the government compound which was
:18:13. > :18:15.recaptured by the government forces. They raised the Iraqi flag in a
:18:16. > :18:22.symbolic move because raising the flag over the government compound
:18:23. > :18:27.means symbolically recapturing the city of Falluja. The battle is still
:18:28. > :18:37.far from over but government forces have made significant progress and
:18:38. > :18:42.in a very quick pace. TRANSLATION: We have achieved that the rate in
:18:43. > :18:49.the key parts of Falluja things to our experience and proper landing.
:18:50. > :18:52.The militants oche strategy was based on entrenching their defence
:18:53. > :19:00.is life on the city but they collapsed in the face of our massive
:19:01. > :19:05.force. And it is very noticeable from what we have seen ourselves,
:19:06. > :19:11.the composition of the forces fighting to retake Falluja after
:19:12. > :19:17.that controversy raised either participation of the Shia brigades,
:19:18. > :19:23.now we have seen the Iraqi army, the police, federal police forces and
:19:24. > :19:27.the elite anti-terror forces. From this other district in the city of
:19:28. > :19:30.Falluja, BBC News. There's been more violence
:19:31. > :19:32.at the European Championship - this time involving
:19:33. > :19:34.fans from Hungary. About 100 Hungarian supporters
:19:35. > :19:37.dressed in black clashed with stewards in Marseille ahead
:19:38. > :19:40.of their country's It's understood many were trying
:19:41. > :19:45.to cross into a separate zone Riot police quickly moved
:19:46. > :19:50.in to quell the violence with authorities also
:19:51. > :20:03.increasing their presence Let's get to the events on the
:20:04. > :20:05.pitch. We will start at Euro 2016.
:20:06. > :20:07.Romelu Lukaku scored twice as Belgium recorded their first win
:20:08. > :20:10.at Euro 2016 to leave the Republic of Ireland's chances of reaching
:20:11. > :20:22.Ireland hoped for a vintage performance in Bordeaux
:20:23. > :20:24.against a Belgian side with something to prove
:20:25. > :20:26.after a lacklustre opening defeat against Italy.
:20:27. > :20:34.Ireland's game plan was to clean their opponents where possible,
:20:35. > :20:39.And it took the Belgian to get going.
:20:40. > :20:41.But Martin O'Neill's side rarely threatened an attack that
:20:42. > :20:46.Thanks to Wes Hoolohan on the line, it was goalless at half-time, but
:20:47. > :20:55.Kevin de Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku showed their skill.
:20:56. > :21:03.Belgium finally started to live up to their billing. As the Irish
:21:04. > :21:07.defence concentrated on marking Lukaku, axle with to nip in and it
:21:08. > :21:11.was effectively been over. The side ranked second in the world
:21:12. > :21:13.have announced After Eden Hazard had hurdled
:21:14. > :21:16.Ciaran Clarke's clumsy challenge, he had time to do what he wanted,
:21:17. > :21:20.setting up Lukaku for his second So the pressure is off the red
:21:21. > :21:28.Dearbhail 's. -- devils. All Ireland could do was thank
:21:29. > :21:30.the fans for their support. They can still qualify for the last
:21:31. > :21:36.16 with a good result against Italy. Belgium also require something when
:21:37. > :21:40.they play Sweden. On this showing, they won't be
:21:41. > :21:45.waving goodbye any time soon. Iceland - the smallest
:21:46. > :21:47.nation in the tournament - took on Hungary in the second game
:21:48. > :21:50.of the day in Marseille. And after their opening
:21:51. > :21:52.draw with Portugal, they picked up another point -
:21:53. > :22:03.but it could so easily A day for the underdogs in
:22:04. > :22:08.Marseille, just making it to France is cause for celebration, in Iceland
:22:09. > :22:13.and then Hungary, and they keep defined the critics. Cristiano
:22:14. > :22:18.Ronaldo said Iceland have a small mentality but did tiny population
:22:19. > :22:22.are dreaming big. In the first task they created the better chances but
:22:23. > :22:29.it took a slice of good fortune to make the breakthrough. That is not a
:22:30. > :22:36.penalty for me. Amid the controversy they needed space calm head. Stop
:22:37. > :22:40.for Gylfi Sigurdsson. A win here would put them on the verge of
:22:41. > :22:44.progression to the knockouts. There were chances to extend the lead but
:22:45. > :22:52.in the end they help to the cruellest of lovers. With this own
:22:53. > :22:57.goal. Hungary could barely control their celebrations, the site of a
:22:58. > :23:03.flare marring their big moment. And one final moment of drama. This
:23:04. > :23:10.nation known for its volcanoes would however rock did if the striker had
:23:11. > :23:15.scored here. Point Sarah, but for both of these underdogs, this
:23:16. > :23:21.tournament is one to be proud of. And in the last match of the day,
:23:22. > :23:23.Portugal take on Austria, into the second half and it remains goalless.
:23:24. > :23:25.England made rugby history, beating Australia by 23-7
:23:26. > :23:28.in Melbourne to become the first English team to win
:23:29. > :23:36.It puts them 2-0 up in the series with one more game to play.
:23:37. > :23:39.England took a first-half lead through their captain Dylan Hartley.
:23:40. > :23:41.They had to withstand enormous pressure from the Australians
:23:42. > :23:44.in the second half but a breakaway try from Owen Farrell in the final
:23:45. > :23:48.Farrell ended the game with 18 points.
:23:49. > :23:52.Earlier in Wellington, Wales held the All Blacks at bay,
:23:53. > :23:55.a try from Alun Wyn Jones making the half-time score ten apiece.
:23:56. > :24:02.But after the break, the All Blacks ran in four tries
:24:03. > :24:06.with John Barrett getting the last of those as New Zealand won 36-2.
:24:07. > :24:11.They lead the three-match series 2-0.
:24:12. > :24:18.Let's return now to the news that the British astronaut Tim Peake
:24:19. > :24:20.has returned to Earth this morning after six months at
:24:21. > :24:26.From that first spacewalk, to running the London marathon
:24:27. > :24:28.in space in zero gravity, his six-month mission
:24:29. > :24:44.We will leave you with some of the highlights.
:24:45. > :24:46.I certainly hope that I'm not the last UK
:24:47. > :24:51.I hope there are many UK school kids today who can fulfil an ambition one
:24:52. > :25:15.Breakfast this morning, scrambled eggs.
:25:16. > :25:25.I'm looking forward to seeing friends and family again,
:25:26. > :25:48.and looking forward to coming back to Planet Earth.
:25:49. > :25:52.Congratulations to the incredible Adele, she has taken the world