21/08/2016

:00:00. > :00:00.This is BBC World News Today, broadcasting in the UK

:00:07. > :00:18.are almost over with Great Britain officially second in the medal

:00:19. > :00:22.12 gold medals are decided on the final day -

:00:23. > :00:27.Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge win's the mens marathon.

:00:28. > :00:30.I'm live in Rio where the atmostphere is building

:00:31. > :00:39.for the closing ceremony of the Olympic games.

:00:40. > :00:42.As Turkey buries the dead after a wedding day bomb -

:00:43. > :00:44.President Erdogan accuses Islamic State of using

:00:45. > :01:08.And could Liverpool football club be the target of a Chinese takeover?

:01:09. > :01:10.After two weeks of thrilling competition -

:01:11. > :01:13.and a few controversies - the 2016 Rio Olympic Games

:01:14. > :01:21.The closing ceremony, starts in just a few hours time,

:01:22. > :01:25.and roads are already blocked around the Maracana stadium.

:01:26. > :01:28.A record 87 countries have won at least one medal at these Games.

:01:29. > :01:31.And the home nation have been given a boost with victory

:01:32. > :01:34.in the men's volleyball - to go with their football success.

:01:35. > :01:38.Let's cross to where the closing ceremony will be held -

:01:39. > :01:41.the Maracana stadium - where we can join my

:01:42. > :01:57.Welcome to the final day of these Olympic Games, I am outside the

:01:58. > :02:01.manic and are where the closing ceremony is getting underway in a

:02:02. > :02:05.few hours from now. We have had some sporting action to bring you up to

:02:06. > :02:12.date, it's got incredibly windy here in the last few hours or so, we

:02:13. > :02:16.think it might rain so it will be interesting to see if that will

:02:17. > :02:21.impact the number of people who come here. One of the last events is the

:02:22. > :02:26.basketball taking place at the moment, the final between the USA

:02:27. > :02:32.and Serbia. The USA are quite a bit ahead at the moment looking to

:02:33. > :02:37.secure gold, 73-39, that match will be concluded in the next half an

:02:38. > :02:44.hour or so. It started with the marathon today, gold went to Eliud

:02:45. > :02:50.Kipchoge day of Kenya with Ethiopia taking silver and the USA bronze.

:02:51. > :03:01.Gold went to Switzerland in the cross-country mountain bike. His

:03:02. > :03:06.fourth world title. I have to say about the home crowd here, Brazil

:03:07. > :03:10.gave the crowd something to cheer about when they secured the gold

:03:11. > :03:14.medal in beating Italy on the closing day of these games in the

:03:15. > :03:21.men's volleyball, after doing it against Germany in the football

:03:22. > :03:25.yesterday, 3-0 against Italy, huge cheering when that happened and

:03:26. > :03:33.My colleague Peter Okwoche is in the fan zone.

:03:34. > :03:43.You mentioned the wind, it's picking up just behind us. The fan zone

:03:44. > :03:47.located at the old. Area in downtown Rio. You mentioned the rain as well

:03:48. > :03:51.so there are not as many people as we thought there was going to be but

:03:52. > :03:59.the people here are really proud of the show that Brazil has put on. You

:04:00. > :04:03.mentioned the malathion, -- marathon. The men ran past the

:04:04. > :04:07.Museum of tomorrow that you can see in the background, the white

:04:08. > :04:12.structure, they ran past at this morning to loud cheering despite the

:04:13. > :04:17.fact it took place in the rain. We are hoping the gods will hold the

:04:18. > :04:20.rain up and we can move down later on and join that party. It seems to

:04:21. > :04:25.be picking up again, there were lots of people about an hour and a half

:04:26. > :04:32.ago but because of the winds and the forecast Varane it seems people have

:04:33. > :04:38.decided to move indoors. Hopefully they will come out and start to

:04:39. > :04:43.party as the curtain falls on the first Olympics ever in South

:04:44. > :04:49.America. Thank you Peter. The fans

:04:50. > :04:54.themselves, we think that fans will get busy as we head into the next

:04:55. > :05:00.few hours. More details of what we can expect inside the stadium but of

:05:01. > :05:05.course no attention will turn about how the games have gone, what the

:05:06. > :05:08.legacy will be for Brazilians living in this city and indeed the

:05:09. > :05:09.perspective for many of the communities.

:05:10. > :05:10.I'm joined now by Theresa Williamson, Founder

:05:11. > :05:15.and Executive Director of Catalytic Communities.

:05:16. > :05:21.That's an organisation which provides media support and help to

:05:22. > :05:33.Fidel groups, thank you for joining us on a blustery and Wendy -- windy

:05:34. > :05:38.day, how do you think it has gone? We are good at throwing parties and

:05:39. > :05:41.putting together infrastructure when needed. Unfortunately we are not

:05:42. > :05:46.good at pulling off infrastructure for those who need it. That's not

:05:47. > :05:50.changed with the Olympics. We have seen $20 billion spent on the games

:05:51. > :05:54.and we will be paying it off for years to come and in the meantime a

:05:55. > :05:58.lot of necessary infrastructure especially around sewage, education,

:05:59. > :06:04.health, basic needs are not being met and that's not changed.

:06:05. > :06:13.Political uncertainty and economic turmoil, this city has felt that,

:06:14. > :06:17.staging two major sporting events in recent years, what impact that have?

:06:18. > :06:20.We will be paying it off. We have elections for a new mayor coming up

:06:21. > :06:25.soon so we don't know what will happen next, civil society groups

:06:26. > :06:30.have come together in the last several years and put together an

:06:31. > :06:34.agenda of what they would like to see put into place to change a lot

:06:35. > :06:40.of this but we don't know if it will come to pass. You have been working

:06:41. > :06:47.for a long time, have they felt any benefit from these games? No. In

:06:48. > :06:50.general they have not felt the benefit, we had 80,000 people

:06:51. > :06:55.removed from their homes in the lead up to the games. This city took

:06:56. > :06:58.advantage of the negative stigma and reputation of these communities to

:06:59. > :07:01.upend many of them which were actually much better places to live

:07:02. > :07:08.than the public houses were people have been taken. Meanwhile the

:07:09. > :07:12.promised infrastructure has not been delivered. There was supposed to be

:07:13. > :07:16.an Olympic legacy which would have brought infrastructure up to

:07:17. > :07:22.standard by 2020 and it was completely abandoned after 2012. I

:07:23. > :07:26.know you were sceptical about any of those policies being met. As far as

:07:27. > :07:31.you can see it, what you thought was going to happen as happened, there

:07:32. > :07:37.has been no widening out of resources and the promises they

:07:38. > :07:41.made, do you think that will change? There are a few positives to come

:07:42. > :07:45.out of the Olympics, one is the international spotlight coming to

:07:46. > :07:49.Rio. So much coverage and visibility. A lot of historic

:07:50. > :07:53.condition issues in the culture here which were taken for granted are no

:07:54. > :07:57.longer so. People question the inequality much more, people are

:07:58. > :08:02.more sceptical and concerned about sewage. People just got used to a

:08:03. > :08:08.lot of those conditions and so I think now there is more pressure to

:08:09. > :08:17.change but we will see what happens. Where we are standing now we can

:08:18. > :08:20.smell this sewage, and that was one of the biggest concerns. They did it

:08:21. > :08:23.in the immediate spaces were the sporting events are taking place,

:08:24. > :08:30.but you are saying they have shunned the issue to the global audience

:08:31. > :08:35.cannot see it. Absolutely, you cannot see it on television, you

:08:36. > :08:38.cannot smell it so it's not thought of as affecting people. The

:08:39. > :08:42.infrastructure we sought getting put in was things which were visual,

:08:43. > :08:46.cable cars which are underused because that is not what the

:08:47. > :08:51.residents demanded but they look great on photographs. We need to see

:08:52. > :08:59.a change. Thank you so much for joining us, we appreciate your

:09:00. > :09:00.insight. So how does it work for these games? Let's look at the

:09:01. > :09:04.medals table. The United States is still

:09:05. > :09:07.on top - with 45 golds. Great Britain is in second place -

:09:08. > :09:19.with 27 golds. Team GB have done what no country

:09:20. > :09:25.has ever been able to do, bettering their medal tally from when they

:09:26. > :09:30.hosted the game. 67 medals in total. Look at the gold, that is what

:09:31. > :09:40.clinched them, ahead of China with 27. Incredible games. But for now

:09:41. > :09:45.America reigns supreme. Stay with us, we will be back every hour until

:09:46. > :09:49.the closing ceremony and after on BBC world News.

:09:50. > :09:53.Police in Brazil have carried out new raids over allegations

:09:54. > :09:56.Three people - whose passports have been confiscated -

:09:57. > :09:58.were asked to attend the local police station.

:09:59. > :10:03.Tickets, computers and mobile phones were also seized.

:10:04. > :10:05.Patrick Hickey, a senior Olympic official has been arrested

:10:06. > :10:07.over the ticket sales, and is being held in a maximum

:10:08. > :10:19.Well for all the latest action from Rio you can

:10:20. > :10:26.A suicide attack in Turkey - which killed at least 50 people

:10:27. > :10:29.at a wedding party - was carried out by a boy

:10:30. > :10:31.aged between 12 and 14, according to the country's

:10:32. > :10:37.President Erdogan blames militants from the so-called Islamic State.

:10:38. > :10:39.The attack happened in the city of Gaziantep,

:10:40. > :10:49.It was meant to be a moment of celebration.

:10:50. > :10:56.A wedding party in Gaziantep, torn apart by a massive bomb.

:10:57. > :10:58.The guests, mainly Kurds, were outside when it hit.

:10:59. > :11:03.A suicide vest was reportedly found at the scene.

:11:04. > :11:05.The Government says the Islamic State group

:11:06. > :11:14.TRANSLATION: Our friends and neighbours were there.

:11:15. > :11:25.A now familiar scene as the injured recover from another attack

:11:26. > :11:28.in Turkey, the country has been hit by a wave of bombings over the past

:11:29. > :11:38.I was standing and then something exploded and I passed out,

:11:39. > :11:42.and then I woke up and looked for my parents.

:11:43. > :11:46.From the Turkish president a shocking detail,

:11:47. > :11:52.he said the suicide bomber was between 12 and 14 years old.

:11:53. > :11:58.Some of those injured, he said, are in a critical condition.

:11:59. > :12:01.This could be a response by IS to recent losses in Syria,

:12:02. > :12:03.the US-led coalition ousted the jihadists

:12:04. > :12:14.Could this bombing of a Kurdish wedding be IS revenge?

:12:15. > :12:18.The Turkish Prime Minister says his country will pay a more

:12:19. > :12:21.active part in the Syrian conflict, we understand Turkish backed rebels

:12:22. > :12:24.are preparing a further offensive into IS territory,

:12:25. > :12:28.to be granted safe passage across the Turkish border.

:12:29. > :12:32.The Gaziantep attack could be a warning shot against Turkey.

:12:33. > :12:35.It has become almost routine in Turkey, the emotions

:12:36. > :12:38.as victims are laid to rest, guests of a joyous wedding party

:12:39. > :12:51.Well in the past few hours a statement from the White House has

:12:52. > :12:54.Let's get more, we can join our correspondent

:12:55. > :13:09.A very strong statement indeed from the United States, the country

:13:10. > :13:12.standing in solidarity with Turkey? Absolutely, the White House issuing

:13:13. > :13:16.a statement condemning in the strongest possible terms this attack

:13:17. > :13:21.calling it barbaric cynical and cowardly. What is interesting is the

:13:22. > :13:27.way it freezes the relationship between the United States and

:13:28. > :13:30.Turkey, we stand by the people of Turkey as we defend their democracy

:13:31. > :13:35.in the face of all forms of terrorism. It goes on to say that

:13:36. > :13:39.Vice President Joe Biden will be visiting Turkey this week as

:13:40. > :13:43.previously arranged to reaffirm as the statement puts it our commitment

:13:44. > :13:48.to work together with Turkey, are valued Nato ally and partner to

:13:49. > :13:53.confront the scourge of terrorism. Some say that democracy is actually

:13:54. > :13:57.in threat, under threat in Turkey because of the strength of the

:13:58. > :14:01.crackdown by President Erdogan following the attempted to quite

:14:02. > :14:07.recently and that Nato membership is also in peril by the response to

:14:08. > :14:12.that crackdown. Also that the partnership Turkey enjoys with the

:14:13. > :14:16.United States could all start to unravel if the United States

:14:17. > :14:23.continues to drag its feet as far as ecru dating rebel Turkish Muslim

:14:24. > :14:34.cleric based here who Turkey believe instigated the coup. These could be

:14:35. > :14:39.an easy talks indeed then? It's a delicate time as I mentioned in the

:14:40. > :14:46.whole US Turkey relationship. Turkey blames that queue on this cleric,

:14:47. > :14:51.the Turkish Muslim cleric, the United States is concerned by Turkey

:14:52. > :14:57.'s response to this crackdown, people being rounded up, and there

:14:58. > :15:03.are differences as far as combating Islamic State in Syria is concerned.

:15:04. > :15:07.The United States has been backing Syrian Kurdish rebels who have shown

:15:08. > :15:12.some success in fighting Islamic State in the north of Syria. Turkey

:15:13. > :15:18.for its part brands those rebels terrorists. We have of course got a

:15:19. > :15:23.lot at stake here for the United States for the simple fact that it's

:15:24. > :15:30.been using the bases in Turkey to launch the strikes on Islamic State

:15:31. > :15:40.so lots to talk about this week. Olympic record breakers, the

:15:41. > :16:51.athletes who have made history at the Rio games.

:16:52. > :16:59.The latest headlines, as the Rio games drawn to a close, Eliud

:17:00. > :17:04.Kipchoge eight wins the men's marathon, one of 12 gold medals

:17:05. > :17:08.decided on Sunday, generals have been taking place for the victims of

:17:09. > :17:12.Saturday's bombing in Turkey. President Erdogan says the wedding

:17:13. > :17:13.was attacked by eight teenagers eight bomber under the influence of

:17:14. > :17:21.the so-called Islamic State. The Iraqi government has executed 36

:17:22. > :17:24.people convicted of taking part in a massacre carried out

:17:25. > :17:26.by the so-called Islamic State. The massacre was one

:17:27. > :17:29.of the worst Iraq has ever seen. With up to

:17:30. > :17:30.one-thousand-seven-hundred army recruits murdered at a base

:17:31. > :17:32.camp in 2014. Despite the large scale

:17:33. > :17:34.of the tragedy there's been wide-spread condemnation of Sunday's

:17:35. > :17:37.executions of those BBC Arabic service's

:17:38. > :17:50.Issam Ikirmawi explains. It's been two years since these

:17:51. > :17:57.harrowing images began circulating. Islamic State militants captured and

:17:58. > :18:01.executed hundreds of cadets. Documenting the events on film. It

:18:02. > :18:06.was one of the biggest atrocities of the conflict with so-called Islamic

:18:07. > :18:13.State. There were very few survivors but those who did play dead for

:18:14. > :18:16.their lives. TRANSLATION: The fourth bullet was meant to kill me but it

:18:17. > :18:21.missed, the next bullet killed the man next to me, I play dead and fell

:18:22. > :18:26.to the ground, I was covered by the blood of my comrades and rolled down

:18:27. > :18:29.into the valley. Even to day authorities cannot be sure exactly

:18:30. > :18:35.how many men were murdered but the number could be as high as 1700. At

:18:36. > :18:41.least 12 mass grave sites were discovered at the camp when it was

:18:42. > :18:46.recaptured last year. Most of the victims were Shia Muslims and the

:18:47. > :18:51.outrage at the death helped to mobilise powerful Shia militia in

:18:52. > :18:54.the fight against Islamic state. But there were fears some of those

:18:55. > :19:01.executed on Sunday did not play a role in the massacre but confessed

:19:02. > :19:07.under torture. The United Nations condemned the move to fast-track the

:19:08. > :19:08.executions following a series of large-scale bombing in Iraq recent

:19:09. > :19:14.months. Let's take a look at some

:19:15. > :19:16.other stories now. Hundreds of people in Hong Kong

:19:17. > :19:19.have been protesting against what they call "political

:19:20. > :19:21.censorship" in next month's Six candidates have been barred

:19:22. > :19:25.from running in September, for failing to prove they have

:19:26. > :19:28.abandoned the principle Singapore's Prime Minister has

:19:29. > :19:34.warned his successor must be ready to take over from him

:19:35. > :19:37.after the next general election. Lee Hsien Loong was taken ill

:19:38. > :19:40.during a speech on the country's National Day - there were fears

:19:41. > :19:43.a stroke was the cause but his office insists he was just

:19:44. > :19:53.dehydrated. A double suicide bomb attack

:19:54. > :19:55.by the Somali Islamist group, al-Shabaab, has killed at least

:19:56. > :19:57.fifteen people in the It's the second attack in six months

:19:58. > :20:01.on a city which had previously escaped the worst of the violence

:20:02. > :20:11.that has afflicted much of Somalia. The American owners of Liverpool

:20:12. > :20:15.football club have insisted it's not for sale despite reports Chinese

:20:16. > :20:19.consortium wants to buy a large stake. A number of English football

:20:20. > :20:23.clubs have seen an injection of Asian money but Fenway Sports Group

:20:24. > :20:25.says no offer of Liverpool been received.

:20:26. > :20:31.There's also plenty of sporting action away from the Olympics.

:20:32. > :20:37.West Ham United won their first Premier League game at their new

:20:38. > :20:40.home, a goal from Michail Antonio in the 84th minute was enough to defeat

:20:41. > :20:45.Bournemouth at the London Olympic Stadium. The visitors played the

:20:46. > :20:54.last 20 minutes of the game with ten men after Harry Arter was sent off.

:20:55. > :21:02.We just deserved it. Because we were pushing and we wanted it more and we

:21:03. > :21:06.are delighted to have a first game at this beautiful stadium as a win

:21:07. > :21:12.and clean sheet, it's a great feeling. David Moyes tenure in star

:21:13. > :21:16.Judge John Rowland has not got off to the best of starts, the former

:21:17. > :21:19.Manchester United manager saw his team suffered a straight second

:21:20. > :21:25.defeat as they went down 2-1 to local rivals Middlesbrough. David

:21:26. > :21:30.Moyes saw his side fall down 2-0 before half-time, both goals coming

:21:31. > :21:35.from Christian Stuani. Sunderland managed to pull a goal back in the

:21:36. > :21:39.second period thanks to Patrick van Aanholt. Their efforts were

:21:40. > :21:44.terrific. There was a lot of good things. We lost to the first goal

:21:45. > :21:48.which was a very good goal, albeit we could have closed it down a bit

:21:49. > :21:52.better, the second goal was a bit more disappointing but we lost our

:21:53. > :21:57.way a little bit. We played well up until about 30, 35 minutes, we lost

:21:58. > :22:00.a John O'Shea and we are short of centre-halves at the moment and

:22:01. > :22:05.because of that we had to change it around and I think we just lost that

:22:06. > :22:26.period of the game 5-10 minutes before half-time but all credit to

:22:27. > :22:31.them, in the second half they came out and gave everything they could

:22:32. > :22:33.to try and get a result. Angelique Kerber has missed the chance to take

:22:34. > :22:35.over as world number one after losing the final of the event in

:22:36. > :22:37.Cincinnati. The Australian open champion and Wimbledon runner-up won

:22:38. > :22:44.just four games against opponents who clinched the biggest of her six

:22:45. > :22:51.tour titles. Andy Murray meets Marin Cilic in the men's final in

:22:52. > :22:54.Cincinnati, he's on a run of 22 straight wins since his defeat to

:22:55. > :22:59.Novak Djokovic in the final of the French Open in May. They have just

:23:00. > :23:03.started, it's 2-1 Andy Murray, it's gone with serve so far. He travelled

:23:04. > :23:11.straight to the United States after winning the Olympic gold. Cal

:23:12. > :23:17.Crutchlow took his maiden MotoGP win as he dominated a rain hit check

:23:18. > :23:22.grumpily. It's the first time in 35 years British rider has won the

:23:23. > :23:27.MotoGP. He coped best with the conditions working his way up from

:23:28. > :23:33.tenth on the grid to take the lead with seven laps to go. Valentino

:23:34. > :23:37.Rossi finished second ahead of Marc Marquez but Marc Marquez has a 53

:23:38. > :23:44.point lead in the driver standings with seven more races to go this

:23:45. > :25:26.season. Thank you. Back to the Olympics.

:25:27. > :25:33.In a special homecoming for the Jeep's rugby sevens stars, crowds

:25:34. > :25:37.welcomed the players back after winning their country's first ever

:25:38. > :25:43.gold medal. A national holiday is to be held in their honour on Monday.

:25:44. > :25:46.As well as a hero 's welcome at the airport the team moved on to the

:25:47. > :25:48.Prince Charles stadium where thousands wanted to celebrate and

:25:49. > :25:58.dance with them. If you want to know the basketball

:25:59. > :26:04.score I can tell you the USA is winning, that's it from me.