23/10/2016 World News Today

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Five years after they were captured off the coast of Somalia, the

captured sailors tell stories. They say, you eat. You say, I don't like

that. No, you eat, you eat, even what you don't like.

Islamic State launch another counter-attack -

this time at Rutbah, near Iraq's western border.

Migrants living at the camp known as The Jungle in northern

France are told it will be demolished within hours.

Chelsea's Pedro scores the fastest goal of the Premiership season

as his team defeat Manchester United.

For nearly five years they were held as hostages

after being captured on their ships off the coast of Somalia.

But their families never gave up hope.

Now 26 Asian sailors have arrived in Nairobi after finally

They have been telling their incredible stories to our

correspondent. This is what freedom feels like.

Relief, joy. Recalling their memories. But for some of the crew,

it was a lot to handle. Four years in captivity is a long time and it

took its toll on these men. They took desperate measures to survive.

It was like the walking dead. How did you survive? Eat anything. Even

if it is something you don't like. But you feel hungry, you eat, you

eat. You don't say, I don't like that. You just eat, you eat

everything. Whatever you are given? Yes. Rat, we cook it in the forest.

After almost two years of negotiations, they are freed and

being received by members of their diplomatic missions in Kenya. It's a

sign of how intense a problem piracy has been off the coast of Somalia,

not just for commercial activity but for general seafarers across the

ocean. Patrols by international navies led to a sharp decline in

piracy in these waters. But it meant little for the hostages already

seized, especially those that are not Westerners. These poor guys,

their ships were not insured. Their ships got racks and then they were

brought ashore. -- got wrecked. The Pirates assumed it would be the same

as the big, highly insured ships. It is not. Getting them to change their

demands, down to what you might term compensation for the local

community, that is the challenge. Is that why it took so long to get

them? I guess so, yes. This video shows the crew while they were still

being held. Their captors, keeping a close watch. Today they are free.

Some of them say they will return to their jobs at sea. A brave move,

after their ordeal. It's almost a week on since

the military offensive to re-take But now the so-called Islamic State

have opened up a new front The group claims it has re-captured

more than half of Rutba, The Mayor of Rutba says IS fighters

gained access through sleeper cells. Well the attack comes just two days

after Islamic State fighters tried to take the city of Kirkuk,

which is just south of Mosul. It's thought as pressure builds

on IS in and around Mosul the group is trying to divert attention

away from the battle. Our correspondent Shaimaa Khalil

is in Irbil in Northern Iraq. The Peshmerga forces have launched

a two pronged offensive towards Mosul today,

from the north-eastern side, They were supported by coalition air

power and we understand that they are now as close as nine

kilometres away from Mosul itself, and have captured

a number of villages. But we're hearing of a separate

attack by so-called Islamic State in the southern

Anbar Province today. The Mayor of the city of Rutbah has

said that the so-called Islamic State fighters have entered

the city from three different directions and that they have

clashed with the police forces He has also urged the Iraqi

leadership for reinforcements. We understand the battle

is still on going there This particular city

was recaptured quite recently from the so-called Islamic State,

four months ago it was recaptured. But now, it seems, it is still quite

heavily contested today. That, plus the Kirkuk attack

that happened on Friday, shows the pattern now by IS that

could want to detract from the fighting in the main

battle, which is Mosul, In another development,

Turkey says ITSforces in Iraq have taken part in the offensive

against so-called Islamic State. That's despite the Iraqi

government's rejection The Turkish Prime Minister,

Binali Yildirim, says that Turkish artillery has helped

Kurdish Peshmerga force He said Turkey had been invited

to assist the Peshmerga. A look at some more

top stories this hour. Several people have been killed

in a crash between a tour bus Firefighters had to use ladders

to pull victims from the windows. It's thought the passengers

were returning from a casino. At least 30 people

were taken to hospital. Spain's Socialist party has ended

ten months of political deadlock by agreeing to allow

the conservative Mariano Rajoy to The country had faced the prospect

of a third general election inside a year.

The chief whip of South Africa's governing political party has called

on its entire leadership - including President Jacob

Jackson Mthembu said fraud charges against the finance minister

He said the current government were worse than the apartheid state.

UN peacekeepers stationed in Haiti are helping the authorities

recapture more than 170 inmates who broke out of jail. A guard and an

inmate were killed in an exchange of fire during the escape. It happened

at a prison north of the capital, Port-au-Prince.

French officials are making final preparations to demolish the migrant

camp in Calais in France, known as the Jungle.

Thousands of leaflets are being handed out telling

migrants to leave before clearance work begins on Monday.

This is information about the eviction.

Written in black and white in several different languages,

confirmation that the process to close the camp will begin

Amid the mud and squalor, some defiance.

One migrant from Iraq, who did not want his face shown, said

he will refuse to leave the Calais area.

I will sleep on the street if they remove the camp.

The final hours of the Jungle have been tense, clashes last night

between migrants throwing stones at the police and the police

The authorities say they reserve the right to intervene if people do

The French authorities said they are not just shutting

the Jungle for humanitarian reasons, but also because of law and order.

They have had enough of some migrants night after night trying

to get on lorries bound for Britain and the effect it is having

One top official says things must change.

TRANSLATION: On both sides of the Channel we are on the eve

of an important day, the day of the dismantling

We have worked towards it for two months.

This is where the migrants have been told to report to on Monday morning.

They will be asked for their name, age and nationality and be taken

to reception centres across France, where they will be given the chance

The message is, please follow the process the authorities have

in place, it is their best chance for safety.

200 vulnerable children have been brought to the UK this week.

Many will still be at the Jungle as the bulldozers arrive.

The American telecoms company AT has agreed a deal to buy the media

The deal is worth more than $85 billion, making it the biggest

corporate takeover so far this year. It will give AT control

of Warner Brothers, the news channel But some critics have warned that it

concentrates too much media power. Our business correspondent

Joe Lynam reports. It's the gothic fantasy

which millions of people pay Game of Thrones is made by HBO

and owned by Time Warner. And it's one of the reasons why AT

is paying ?70 billion to own it. Time Warner is big.

Very big. Apart from HBO, it owns CNN

and the Warner Brothers Studios - This is the home of Harry Potter.

The merger allows them to raise their sights a little bit higher. It

brings together two very different companies. AT is the platform, the

means we use to access the internet. Time Warner is the content, the TV

shows and movies we want to watch. Warner Brothers is a huge company,

Harry Potter is a huge franchise. AT is buying a huge media company

with a lot of content, in hand and in the pipeline, to keep people

watching the screen. Merging two media giants could deprive customers

choice and might be resisted by regulators.

The would-be next US president, Donald Trump, has already

As an example of the power structure I'm fighting, AT is buying

A deal we will not approve in my administration

because it is too much concentration of power in the hands of too few.

But if the deal does go ahead, don't expect other giant media

The battle for our eyeballs is merely getting started.

Stay with us on BBC News, still to come:

Another Dutch winner for the title of world's best DJ.

We find out why the Netherlands produces such good party animals.

An historic moment that many of his victims have waited for four

decades. Former dictator in the dock, older, slimmer. As he sat

down, obedient enough. Dawn, as the sun breaks through the piercing

chill of night, it lights up a biblical famine. Now, in the 20th

century. The depression conclusion, in Argentina today it is cheaper to

paper your walls with money. We have had problems in the past with Great

Britain, but as good friends we have always found a good and lasting

solution. Concorde bowels out in style after almost three decades in

service. An aircraft that has enthralled many admirers for so long

taxis home one last time. 26 Asian sailors have been

released from captivity, five years after they were first

captured on ships off Reports

from Iraq say Islamic State militants have attacked the western

town of Rutbah, in their latest apparent attempt to divert attention

away from the battle for Mosul. The minority groups in Iraq have

suffered greatly at the hands of Islamic backroom.

Tens of thousands of Iraqi federal troops and Kurdish peshmerga

are taking part in the assault on the city.

Dr Suha Rassam is a former assistant professor of medicine

Life in Mosul has been hell. The Bishop was kidnapped in 2005. The

other Bishop was murdered. A young priest was murdered in front of his

cathedral. Many priests were killed and many Christians were attacked.

Everybody had to pay money. Everybody has to pay monthly

protection money. I have a friend in Japan, she told me how hard it was

and how many times she has been threatened to convert to Islam, or

to leave Mosul. In the end, she had to leave. Life in Mosul has been

very difficult, until they were completely kicked out after IS took

control. What are Christians saying now as towns and villages are being

taken back by the coalition forces? Are they hopeful they might

be able to go home? That is a very difficult question

to answer, because we are still in the very beginning

of the Battle of Mosul. The first town or village to be

completely controlled is Bartella. Qaraqosh, they have entered

Qaraqosh, but the battle hasn't yet finished, and there

are still pockets of fighting. They have reached from the north

area of the Nineveh Plain, It's very near,

once they have taken that area, I think going into Mosul

becomes easy. so we are still a way away before

entering the city of Mosul. But even after the complete control

of Mosul, there are many,

many problems to be solved before the Christians ever think

of going back to Mosul. You know, Iraq has to get rid,

or the Iraqi government, whether the central government

in Baghdad or the new government in Mosul, has to get

rid of sectarianism, has to get rid of the terrorist

group to persecute minorities, has to produce a constitution

that is completely, you know, gives equal rights to all, which

the present constitution does not. And you have to change

the minds of people, from the way they thought

when I lived there. If you want more on that story, you

can go to the website and you will find all the latest of elements,

including why other regional powers like turkey are so interested in the

conflict. There are only 16 days until the US

presidential election, and much of the recent focus has

been on controversies On Saturday, he again promised

to sue every woman who had accused him of sexual assault

as soon as the presidential Meanwhile his rival,

Hillary Clinton, says she no longer cares what her Republican opponent

says and will focus There is a lot that we invented in

America and we need to get the jobs, products and exports from doing it.

As your President, I will work with business, labour, colleges and

universities to make that happen. And we are also going to do more to

support small business, because it will create two thirds of the new

jobs in America. Right now, we're not doing enough. Lets get some

sport. Manchester United manager

Jose Mourinho experienced a torrid time on his return

to Stamford Bridge to face his old team Chelsea as his

side were beaten 4-0 Strong words between the managers

at the end of the match, as Mourinho was left frustrated

on his return. His opposite number Antonio Conte

had been whipping up the crowd inside the stadium as he watched

goals from Ngolo Kante, Eden Hazard Gary Cahill and Pedro

secure a comfortable win which moves Despite the defeat, Mourinho was

trying to find positives. The team played well, if you can delete the

defensive mistakes that we made. Courtois had more work than David De

Gea. Their central defenders have more work than my central defenders.

We were in control for long periods, we put the ball in the box many

times, we had chances and half chances. I told the players at

half-time, if we score and it is 2-1, the game is different. But it

was not for is to score 2-1, it was for them to score another on the

counterattack. I am pleased that it increases the confidence, I am

pleased for the players. Every day, I see the commitment. They deserve

this. Mourinho is not the Chelsea manager, ignore that caption. You

know what we're talking about. Manchester City on top of the

Premier League, only just. It's now five games without a win

for Pep Guardiola's side. The difference between the first

half and the second half, it depends on the play and the manager. So

credit to the players, the way they upped the tempo? Of course. They

changed the game, I didn't. When we are playing that well, we are able

to do whatever we want. When you equalised, did you think you had

foundation to win it? Yes, but it is not easy. Southampton defender well,

they have good players, good central defenders.

Chicago Cubs are into the World Series for

They beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-0 in game 6 to take the National

League Championship Series by four games to two.

They'll now face Cleveland Indians in the World Series,

which the Cubs haven't won since 1908.

Standing on the platform afterwards, looking at the ballpark, fans with

the W flags everywhere. I think about the fans, their parents,

grandparents, great-grandparents, everything that has been going on

for. The coaching staff, they get to get to go to the World Series, from

a financial perspective, that is great. Baseball coaches do not make

much money and people don't think about that. I think about them and

their families. Tomorrow's final day of the first

Test between England and Bangladesh Bangladesh need just 33 more runs

to record their first test Bangladesh were 253 for 8

at the close of play on day four, so England need just two more

wickets if they are to win it. I am not sure many players will get

a lot of sleep, with 30 needed and two wickets. Although the wicket

will be turned more than we would expect from day one, it been a very

exciting game and both sides have played very skilfully. The way

Bangladesh have played to get up to needing 30 tomorrow morning, they

have shown a huge amount of skill. We have shown a lot of character to

stay in this game and we will come back fresh. There in the closing

stages of the United States Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton is currently

leading. Championship leader Nico Rosberg is second at the moment.

That is all of your sport for now. Now a DJ from the Netherlands has

been named the best in the world. Martin Garrix was given the title

by DJ Magazine, with more Dutch DJs dominate the dance music

industry. The BBC went along to a dance music

festival in Amsterdam to pick up Definitely need to be

a geek a little bit. You need to know about the equipment

you use, producing music, I have been playing

piano for ten years. By the age of 12,

I discovered dance music. I actually started to mess around

on my computer, making At the age of 14, I signed my

first record deal. Let's leave you with these pictures

now from Mexico City where the streets have been

overrun with zombies. Thousands got dressed up

for the zombie walk. The tradition started in the US

but has since spread to Europe All you need is some face paint and

a bit of imagination. Pretty cool. That's it from me and the team.

Goodbye for now. Hello, good evening. We are going to

see some changes over the week ahead. It starts fairly quiet, a

little chilly, patchy frost and fog with