:00:00. > :00:08.This is BBC World News Today, broadcasting in the UK
:00:09. > :00:14.Canada abandons efforts to secure a massive free trade deal
:00:15. > :00:20.It says the EU is "not capable" of signing such a deal,
:00:21. > :00:23.after it was blocked by a region of Belgium with a population
:00:24. > :00:38.Remembering the victims of one of the worst disasters in British
:00:39. > :00:48.modern history. It is 50 years since a village in Wales was engulfed by
:00:49. > :00:56.coal waste, killing over a hundred children.
:00:57. > :00:58.In Iraq - Islamic state suicide bombers launch
:00:59. > :01:13.a surprise attack on Kirkuk - the city is now under curfew.
:01:14. > :01:16.And Wonder woman's new turn - she is to become a UN Ambasssador
:01:17. > :01:19.for women and girls - but not everyone is happy.
:01:20. > :01:23.It's taken seven years, but now a trade deal between Canada
:01:24. > :01:25.and the European Union appears to be on the verge of collapse.
:01:26. > :01:28.The deal is called CETA, but it's run into trouble
:01:29. > :01:31.To be specific, it is in fact because
:01:32. > :01:33.of a region in Belgium called Wallonia.
:01:34. > :01:35.It's important to say that Belgium is the only country out
:01:36. > :01:38.of the EU block of 28 opposed to the deal
:01:39. > :01:42.Well, the region of 3.6 million people says the deal threatens
:01:43. > :01:45.They fear increased competition from North American multi-nationals
:01:46. > :02:01.Here's our business correspondent Samira Hussain with more.
:02:02. > :02:04.They were in negotiations for seven years and this
:02:05. > :02:07.This was really, you know, what they would say -
:02:08. > :02:10.they were just putting the bow on the finishing touches.
:02:11. > :02:12.Canada's prime minister Justin Trudeau is due to go
:02:13. > :02:14.to Brussels next week to sign the deal, so it seems
:02:15. > :02:17.it was almost there, and now it seems that it is not,
:02:18. > :02:20.but it is also significant for other possible trade deals.
:02:21. > :02:23.The United States is negotiating, or is looking to negotiate, a trade
:02:24. > :02:35.If this trade deal with Canada ends up falling apart, it also puts
:02:36. > :02:37.a potential trade deal between the United States
:02:38. > :02:40.and the European Union in jeopardy, and it comes at a very interesting
:02:41. > :02:53.And the trade rhetoric has grown quite significantly,
:02:54. > :02:54.especially in this heated US presidential campaign.
:02:55. > :02:58.There is a lot of talk of trade deals and the kind of negative
:02:59. > :03:00.impact it has had on some parts of the United States,
:03:01. > :03:04.so to be negotiating a new trade deal in this kind of era
:03:05. > :03:18.In the last hour Christophe Bondy, a former Canadian trade
:03:19. > :03:22.negotiator on the CETA deal, spoke to the BBC's Tanya Beckett.
:03:23. > :03:27.He said the deal was blocked in the 11th hour.
:03:28. > :03:30.We were getting close to a signing ceremony that was to take place
:03:31. > :03:33.on the 27th and here we found out one of the subnational
:03:34. > :03:35.governments in Belgium is able to hold up the entire deal,
:03:36. > :03:38.so the ball is really in Europe's court right now
:03:39. > :03:41.Do you see this as a failing of Europe?
:03:42. > :03:43.I think it shows the complexities of dealing with...
:03:44. > :03:45.Trying to proceed with a trade agreement with Europe,
:03:46. > :03:49.given the multiplicity of political issues that can be going on that may
:03:50. > :03:53.My understanding is this has more to do with internal Belgian politics
:03:54. > :03:56.than it has to do with this international trade deal.
:03:57. > :04:00.That may be the case but it is true that in the West we also are seeing
:04:01. > :04:02.a general reluctance to believe in trade deals and their ability
:04:03. > :04:05.Certainly the context is challenging for anyone pursuing
:04:06. > :04:08.international trade negotiations, and I think that is why Canada has
:04:09. > :04:11.tried to approach these negotiations and its entire trade policy to blend
:04:12. > :04:14.both trade and the social aspects, so this is a bit
:04:15. > :04:24.This deal is one of the most progressive trade deals that has
:04:25. > :04:27.It has protection for the environment built in,
:04:28. > :04:29.protection for labour, for small and medium enterprises.
:04:30. > :04:31.So it is really a gold standard agreement, and if that
:04:32. > :04:33.agreement can't make it through in the European
:04:34. > :04:37.Meanwhile the other major topic of discussion at this summit
:04:38. > :04:39.in Brussels was Britain's departure from the EU.
:04:40. > :04:41.Theresa May said she is optimistic she can get a deal
:04:42. > :04:44.Well, my colleague Ros Atkins is in Brussels.
:04:45. > :05:08.He explains just how much people are talking about Brexit.
:05:09. > :05:11.We knew this wasn't on the agenda formerly.
:05:12. > :05:15.Theresa May was due to give a briefing to the other 27 leaders.
:05:16. > :05:17.She did that, it lasted five minutes, and I interviewed a number
:05:18. > :05:21.They all said it was as they expected -
:05:22. > :05:24.she confirmed that Britain intends to exit the European Union and it
:05:25. > :05:26.intends to trigger Article 50 by the end of March,
:05:27. > :05:28.but really this was never about policy detail.
:05:29. > :05:30.It was about tone and about developing relationships.
:05:31. > :05:33.This was the UK Prime Minister Theresa May's first EU summit,
:05:34. > :05:36.and it was invaluable time that she had got meeting the other
:05:37. > :05:38.27 leaders and starting to develop those relationships which will be
:05:39. > :05:47.crucial when the Brexit negotiations carry on.
:05:48. > :05:50.Speaking to those leaders who met her for dinner last night,
:05:51. > :05:52.the all emphasise how they want a good working relationship,
:05:53. > :05:55.they want the process of Brexit to be as smooth as possible
:05:56. > :05:58.and to serve the interests of the EU and UK, so it's so far,
:05:59. > :06:02.But of course they will be put under huge pressure once
:06:03. > :06:12.It was one of the worst disasters in modern British history.
:06:13. > :06:15.This morning a minute's silence was held in the village
:06:16. > :06:17.of Aberfan at 9.15 - the exact moment 50 years ago
:06:18. > :06:19.when 116 children and 28 adults were killed.
:06:20. > :06:23.They died when an avalanche of coal waste - 150,000 tonnes of it -
:06:24. > :06:25.slid down the hillside and engulfed the village primary school
:06:26. > :06:28.Around half the children at the school were killed.
:06:29. > :06:32.Sian Lloyd has spent the day in Aberfan and sent us this report.
:06:33. > :06:34.Early morning in Aberfan, and a community coming together
:06:35. > :06:35.to remember the disaster 50 years ago.
:06:36. > :06:44.The site of Pantglas School is now a memorial garden.
:06:45. > :06:46.At 9:15, the moment classrooms were engulfed, silence fell.
:06:47. > :06:48.And at the cemetery, high on the hillside.
:06:49. > :07:18.This was a time to remember the 144 people who died in a man-made
:07:19. > :07:20.disaster, when liquefied coal waste slid down the mountainside.
:07:21. > :07:22.Eight-year-old Gerald Kirwan was in the second year juniors.
:07:23. > :07:25.He was one of the lucky ones, but his memories
:07:26. > :07:37.I could hear like, a rumbling, like a thunder.
:07:38. > :07:44.A hell of a noise, didn't know what it was
:07:45. > :07:47.and we looked up to the window and we see, like,
:07:48. > :08:07.I'd been pushed across the classroom to the back wall,
:08:08. > :08:10.We were just waiting, wondering what had happened
:08:11. > :08:12.to cause the devastation we were trapped in.
:08:13. > :08:15.Where classrooms once stood, today the Prince of Wales planted a tree,
:08:16. > :08:39.No-one should have to bear the losses you suffered, but
:08:40. > :08:41.no-one could have borne those losses with greater strength
:08:42. > :08:45.A balloon for each of the victims and a moment for Gerald Kirwan to
:08:46. > :08:48.share with his granddaughter, after keeping his emotions bottled up
:08:49. > :08:51.We never, ever spoke about it, to my mother and father,
:08:52. > :09:04.Even the children, there were only a few of us
:09:05. > :09:27.But it had been a disaster that was waiting to happen.
:09:28. > :09:30.Coal waste had been dumped in huge tips on top of streams and
:09:31. > :09:35.Local people were joined by miners in the search for survivors.
:09:36. > :09:36.But as the hours passed, rescuers realised that
:09:37. > :09:42.the children they were now finding had all died.
:09:43. > :09:44.Many were looking for their own own sons and daughters.
:09:45. > :09:45.David Goldsworthy lost his ten-year-old
:09:46. > :09:52.This is the first time he has returned to Aberfan
:09:53. > :09:54.on the anniversary itself from Canada, where he emigrated
:09:55. > :10:11.He would have been 60 this year, in August.
:10:12. > :10:19.No-one was ever prosecuted for the lives that were lost,
:10:20. > :10:34.although the National Coal Board was found to be to blame.
:10:35. > :10:36.I can go back to that class in seconds.
:10:37. > :10:57.And I don't imagine that will ever go away.
:10:58. > :11:01.That was the report on the Aberfan disaster which happened 50 years ago
:11:02. > :11:05.today. Let's go to Iraq and the fight
:11:06. > :11:08.to retake the city of Mosul Government troops backed by Kurdish
:11:09. > :11:12.forces are inching forward. With Iraqi troops pushing
:11:13. > :11:14.in from the south and Kurdish But today IS militants struck back -
:11:15. > :11:23.launching an attack in Kirkuk, about 200 kilometres
:11:24. > :11:25.south-east of Mosul. Our Middle East correspondent
:11:26. > :11:27.Orla Guerin sent this report Savouring freedom -
:11:28. > :11:30.civilians brought to safety They escaped the tyranny
:11:31. > :11:49.of so-called Islamic State, and the dangers of
:11:50. > :11:50.coalition air strikes. IS targets north of Mosul
:11:51. > :11:53.being pounded again today, This is the scene in
:11:54. > :11:59.the city of Kirkuk. Security forces battling to regain
:12:00. > :12:01.control, after a daring They hit multiple targets
:12:02. > :12:04.in and around the oil-rich city, which is 100 miles from Mosul
:12:05. > :12:07.and had been considered secure. Troops hunting for the militants
:12:08. > :12:10.who proved they can still strike Back at the front line,
:12:11. > :12:20.bomb disposal experts arrived They've already cleared 300
:12:21. > :12:29.landmines along a stretch Troops are getting into position
:12:30. > :12:57.now for mine clearance. This is absolutely crucial
:12:58. > :12:59.for the Peshmerga The mines are slowing progress
:13:00. > :13:02.and they're claiming lives, but the work has
:13:03. > :13:04.to be done with care. Islamic State has laid mines
:13:05. > :13:07.in this area like a carpet. There were fears it
:13:08. > :13:10.was a suicide bomber. Nearby, civilians who had just fled,
:13:11. > :13:14.now safe from IS, but being screened by Kurdish intelligence,
:13:15. > :13:16.they're trying to prevent militants This man tells us they were forced
:13:17. > :13:23.to grow beards, and if IS caught someone with a phone,
:13:24. > :13:24.they were beheaded. He's rushed away before
:13:25. > :13:42.he can say more. A new camp is now being raised
:13:43. > :13:45.here for the many others who are expected to seek refuge
:13:46. > :13:47.from Iraq's latest war. Orla Guerin, BBC News,
:13:48. > :13:57.north of Mosul. Stay with us on BBC
:13:58. > :14:08.World News - still to come: The pride of the Russian Navy SEALs
:14:09. > :14:17.down the English Channel on its way to Syria. The British say they are
:14:18. > :14:24.watching them every step of the way -- sails down.
:14:25. > :14:26.A historic moment that many of his victims have
:14:27. > :14:30.The former dictator in the dock - older, slimmer, but as he sat
:14:31. > :14:34.Dawn, and as the sun breaks through the piercing chill of night
:14:35. > :14:37.on the plain outside Korem, it lights up a biblical famine -
:14:38. > :14:39.The depressing conclusion - in Argentina today
:14:40. > :14:47.it is actually cheaper to paper your walls with money.
:14:48. > :14:49.We have had controversies in the past with Great Britain,
:14:50. > :14:57.but as good friends we have always found it good and lasting solution.
:14:58. > :14:59.Concorde bows out in style after almost three decades
:15:00. > :15:01.in service - an aircraft that has installed its many admirers
:15:02. > :15:19.for so long taxis home one last time.
:15:20. > :15:26.Canada has walked out of talks to save a free trade deal
:15:27. > :15:29.with the European Union after it was blocked by the Belgian
:15:30. > :15:42.Commemorations have been held on the 50th anniversary of one
:15:43. > :15:57.of the worst disasters in modern British history - when a village
:15:58. > :15:59.in Wales was engulfed by coal waste, killing over 100 children.
:16:00. > :16:01.A flotilla of Russian warships have passed
:16:02. > :16:04.through the English channel today - on its way to Syria.
:16:05. > :16:06.The vessels included the aircraft carrier -
:16:07. > :16:09.The flotilla, which is being viewed as a show of strength
:16:10. > :16:12.from Moscow, was shadowed - all the way - by the Royal Navy.
:16:13. > :16:14.Our correspondent Daniel Sandford watched as they passed
:16:15. > :16:18.Cruising past Dover Harbour, beneath the iconic White Cliffs of Dover
:16:19. > :16:20.and into the English Channel, Russia's only aircraft carrier
:16:21. > :16:21.the Admiral Kuznetsov, a 30-year-old survivor
:16:22. > :16:25.On its decks, the planes that will reinforce the Russian
:16:26. > :16:28.Also in the flotilla, the battle cruiser, Peter the Great,
:16:29. > :16:31.and the Russian ships were man marked as the Defence Secretary put
:16:32. > :16:35.The type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan had sailed from Portsmouth to do
:16:36. > :16:38.The type 23 frigate, the HMS Richmond has been
:16:39. > :16:40.tracking the Russians all the way from Norway.
:16:41. > :16:43.As we watched, all the ships were sailing west, straight down
:16:44. > :17:15.It's been an extraordinary display of Russian military power,
:17:16. > :17:16.just a few miles off the British coast.
:17:17. > :17:18.One Moscow newspaper called it 'an armada',
:17:19. > :17:20.and its chosen route, straight down the English Channel,
:17:21. > :17:22.is likely to have been chosen deliberately.
:17:23. > :17:25.The warships could have gone round the north coast of Scotland,
:17:26. > :17:27.but this was the route that sent a message.
:17:28. > :17:28.The deployment itself is clearly directed,
:17:29. > :17:31.in the immediate sense, toward Syria, but it has a side
:17:32. > :17:33.benefit to the mentality of the present-day leaders
:17:34. > :17:37.of Russia, of showing that they still have a navy
:17:38. > :17:41.And the message to this country, in particular, is probably
:17:42. > :17:43.that their navy is more extensive than ours now.
:17:44. > :17:45.For ten years now Russia's been directing displays
:17:46. > :17:48.This was an encounter off the coast of Scotland,
:17:49. > :17:51.filmed by the crew of a Russian bomber as it was challenged
:17:52. > :17:55.But today's Russian drive-by, on the way to prop up
:17:56. > :17:57.President Assad in Syria, was one of the more
:17:58. > :17:58.dramatic displays, so close that the warships
:17:59. > :18:04.could be clearly seen from the White Cliffs of Dover.
:18:05. > :18:12.Daniel Sandford, BBC News, in the English Channel.
:18:13. > :18:21.Let's take a look at some other stories now:
:18:22. > :18:25.At least 53 people have died in a train crash in Cameroon.
:18:26. > :18:27.The state rail company of Cameroon says a train has derailed
:18:28. > :18:30.between the country's two main cities, Yaounde and Douala.
:18:31. > :18:31.Witnesses say ten carriages overturned, trapping passengers
:18:32. > :18:34.Extra coaches had been added to the train
:18:35. > :18:37.because the highway between the two cities was closed due
:18:38. > :18:40.European space officials have acknowledged a craft sent to Mars
:18:41. > :18:42.crashed when touching down on the surface on the
:18:43. > :18:46.The mission had been designed to usher in a new era
:18:47. > :18:48.Officials estimate the impact could have happened
:18:49. > :18:51.at a speed greater than 300 kilometres an hour.
:18:52. > :18:53.Thailand and Australia have asked fans attending next month's
:18:54. > :18:55.World Cup qualifying match to refrain from chanting,
:18:56. > :18:57.out of respect for the mourning of the Thai king.
:18:58. > :19:00.Both teams have also asked fans to wear clothing which is black,
:19:01. > :19:13.white or grey, preferably without any designs.
:19:14. > :19:21.Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says two
:19:22. > :19:23.of the Club's star players - striker Sergio Aguero
:19:24. > :19:25.and defender Vincent Kompany - both "have a future".
:19:26. > :19:32.Neither started the Champions League defeat against Barcelona
:19:33. > :19:35.on Wednesday and Kompany wasn't even on the bench, leading
:19:36. > :19:39.to reports they are not in the manager's plans.
:19:40. > :19:46.Vincent Kompany and Sergio Aguero, their future at Manchester city...
:19:47. > :19:56.Vincent Kompany was not fit, he was not perfectly fit, and that is why
:19:57. > :20:00.we took that decision. Between them it would normally be Vincent Kompany
:20:01. > :20:09.on the bench, but he was not fit. With respect to Sergio Aguero, it
:20:10. > :20:12.was a tactical decision about the game.
:20:13. > :20:15.Lauren Holiday, the US football star famous for helping her team win
:20:16. > :20:18.the 2015 Women's World Cup, has had a brain tumour removed.
:20:19. > :20:21.She was diagnosed just six weeks before she was due to give birth.
:20:22. > :20:24.The two-time Olympic gold medallist decided to have her baby first
:20:25. > :20:26.before surgery to take out the benign growth.
:20:27. > :20:28.Her husband, NBA basketball star Drew Holiday, has taken indefinite
:20:29. > :20:30.leave from the game to help care for her.
:20:31. > :20:36.Her former USA team-mates were in action on Thursday night -
:20:37. > :20:38.and took to social media to support her.
:20:39. > :20:44.Morgan Brian posted this picture of them wearing wrist
:20:45. > :20:49.bands labelled, "LH12," her initials and shirt number.
:20:50. > :20:52.She also said, "Last night we played for you."
:20:53. > :20:55.Bangladesh have moved to within 72 runs of England after two days
:20:56. > :20:59.The visitors were bowled out for 293 in the morning,
:21:00. > :21:03.Moeen Ali made a breakthrough just before lunch, taking two
:21:04. > :21:11.Opening batsman Tamim Iqbal was 55 not out
:21:12. > :21:14.as Bangladesh made 119-3 by tea - he eventually went for 78.
:21:15. > :21:16.Bangladesh finished the day on 221 for five trailing
:21:17. > :21:22.England by those 72 runs.
:21:23. > :21:25.One baseball line for you - the Chicago Cubs are just one
:21:26. > :21:27.win away from their first World Series appearance since 1945,
:21:28. > :21:32.after beating the Dodgers 8-4 in Los Angeles on Thursday.
:21:33. > :21:35.The win means the Cubs are 3-2 up in their seven-match
:21:36. > :21:46.Obviously it feels good. I would much rather go home under those
:21:47. > :21:50.circumstances than the other. You want to get it done as quickly as
:21:51. > :21:54.possible so it will be a formidable event. Our guys will absolutely be
:21:55. > :21:59.ready for the moment, I promise you that. It is great. The city of
:22:00. > :22:00.Chicago will be buzzing right now. I expect it to sell out. It will be a
:22:01. > :22:04.lot of fun. The NFL says it will
:22:05. > :22:12.reopen its investigation into this man, New York Giants
:22:13. > :22:14.kicker Josh Brown, after police documents
:22:15. > :22:16.revealed the player admitted Brown was arrested last year but no
:22:17. > :22:19.charges were brought. A separate NFL investigation
:22:20. > :22:22.led to a one-game ban. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said
:22:23. > :22:24.they were not given access to all the information at the time
:22:25. > :22:32.but will now look at the case again. We take this issue incredibly
:22:33. > :22:36.seriously. This is something we have been working on through policy
:22:37. > :22:40.changes, to educating our players to make sure they understand how to
:22:41. > :22:43.deal with issues with their families, give the resources to be
:22:44. > :22:47.able to deal with this. But when it happens we are not going to tolerate
:22:48. > :22:51.it. So we have some new information here. We will evaluate that in the
:22:52. > :22:55.context of our policy, and we will take it from there.
:22:56. > :23:08.She's a comic book super hero - who became a TV star
:23:09. > :23:18.in the 1970s watched by millions here and around the world.
:23:19. > :23:21.But now, in a story twist, the United Nations is making wonder
:23:22. > :23:23.woman a UN Ambassador for Women and Girls.
:23:24. > :23:26.It is a decision that has bewildered some and sparked
:23:27. > :23:28.protest from others - as Nick Bryant reports
:23:29. > :23:33.She can leap from tall buildings, she can also bend steel, but the
:23:34. > :23:35.transformation of Wonder Woman into a UN Ambassador for Female
:23:36. > :23:38.Empowerment has plunged this world body into the kind of storm that
:23:39. > :23:42.would test even her superhuman powers.
:23:43. > :23:44.This is the modern-day face of Wonder Woman, and the actress
:23:45. > :23:48.Lynda Carter who brought her to life in the television series was also at
:23:49. > :23:51.With a new film about to be launched, UN officials
:23:52. > :23:54.hope the hero will help to reach younger audiences around the world.
:23:55. > :23:56.So Wonder Woman lives - do not doubt it.
:23:57. > :24:00.Wonder Woman helps bring out the inner
:24:01. > :24:12.But staff at the UN today mounted a silent protest.
:24:13. > :24:14."Real women deserve a real ambassador", read their signs.
:24:15. > :24:16.There is also a real annoyance that the
:24:17. > :24:19.superhero's leather boots might trample on cultural, religious and
:24:20. > :24:27.Hundreds of UN staff have added their names
:24:28. > :24:29.to an online petition, complaining, and I quote,
:24:30. > :24:31."That a large breasted white woman of impossible
:24:32. > :24:33.proportions, scantily clad in a shimmery, thigh-baring body suit
:24:34. > :24:35.with an American motif and knee-high boots is not an appropriate
:24:36. > :24:48.So what's been the reaction outside the UN?
:24:49. > :24:50.I like what she stands for, I don't really
:24:51. > :25:09.Although Wonder Woman is a great character, I think we can find
:25:10. > :25:12.someone better to represent women, someone who is not
:25:13. > :25:15.The UN hoped this collaboration would be a PR coup,
:25:16. > :25:17.but there are many senior figures here who view it
:25:18. > :25:34.Wonder Woman raising eyebrows in New York. Now there is just time to
:25:35. > :25:36.bring you these pictures... A Russian Soyuz spacecraft
:25:37. > :25:38.has succesfully docked with the International Space
:25:39. > :25:39.Station. The Soyuz craft, with two Russians
:25:40. > :25:41.and one American on board, completed the docking
:25:42. > :25:43.manoeuvre on Friday morning, after blasting off from
:25:44. > :25:45.Kazakhstan two days earlier. The three men will spend five months
:25:46. > :26:03.on the station before Don't they look very happy to be
:26:04. > :26:05.there? Don't forget you can get in touch with me on Twitter. I am Alpa