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you can tweet me @bbc aaron. i'll be back in 45 minutes.back to you. >> thank you very much. see you later on. stay with us here on bbc news. more later on. this in london, one of the world's biggest street parties coming to town. we'll be there live. oh no. who are you? daddy, this is blair, he booked this room with priceline express deals and saved a ton. i got everything i wanted. i always do. he seemed nice. >>> hello. you're with "gmt." the top story this is hour. a different strain of ebola breaks out of the democratic republic of congo. japan says it's ready to provide an experimental drug to tackle the virus. >>> germany says rebels in east ukraine could have cauommitted war crime. >>> the fair and impartial m maker that brought gandhi's life to the big screen has died. he achieved greatness behind the screen as well. he was also a campaigner for social justice. we look back at his life. the young richard attenborough is pinky in his brilliant career as actor and director. for 20 years he was one of britain's most reliable character

get me @bbc aaron. that's it. we're also waiting for european central bank rate decision.ted to change. we've not had great news certainly out of germany. factory outputs down more than expected. italy going back to recession. we heard that yesterday. i'll let you break the winners o out. >> leave that up to me. >>> stay with us on bbc world news. still to come, how the murder capital of america has transformed itself. we'll take a look at washingt washington's trance magss. nnova. we build it raising roofs, preserving habitats and serving america's veterans. every day, thousands of boeing volunteers help make their communities the best they can be. building something better for all of us. ♪ my treadmill started to dress i mibetter than i did.uts, the problem was the pain. hard to believe, but dr. scholl's active series insoles reduce shock by 40% and give you immediate pain relief from three sports injuries. amazing! now, i'm a believer. . >>> i'm lucy hockings. our top story this is hour. three and a half decades after the fall of khmer rouge, two top leaders are jailed

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tweet me on twitter @bbc aaron.i've decided i'm going to sell my vacuum, just gathering dust. >> you told me to say that. not even one laugh. >> aaron, i don't know what to do with you. >>> now we're going back to news that i broke just a short time ago coming out of iraq. we are getting reports of a very serious incident of sectarian -- appears to be sectarian violence in the eastern province of diyala in iraq. 30 were killed when gunmen from a shia militia group opened fire in a sunni mosque. bodies have been taken to the hospital. 30 bodies reported to have arrived in the hospital. some witnesses say that more bodies have been left in the mosque. we do not have verified casualty details at the moment. clearly a serious incident there. we'll continue to follow it and bring you the latest here on bbc world news. now still to come on "gmt," from presidents to pop stars, find out why thousands around the world are tipping buckets of icy water all over themselves. 3rd and 3. 58 seconds on the clock, what am i thinking

tweet me @bbc aaron. >> i love them. expensive. thanks very much. >>> the group has released material it says shows nigeria military committing war crimes. that's in the northeast of the country. the nigeria army is fighting the boko haram group in the area. the army responded to allegations saying it's deeply concerned about the allegations. >>> stay with us if you can. more to come on the breaking news from afghanistan. our correspondent in kabul is on the line and we'll see him in a couple minutes. trying to stay fit but miss real pleasure? discover light & fit greek nonfat yogurt. irresistible flavors, like toasted coconut and vanilla, with a delightfully thick creamy texture. light & fit greek. taste satisfaction without sacrifice. ♪ dannon find yourself. in an accomodation where you get to do whatever it is that you love to do! ♪ booking.com booking.yeah! and it doesn't even fly. we build it in classrooms and exhibit halls, mentoring tomorrow's innovators. we build it raising roofs, preserving habitats and serving america's v

get me @bbc aaron. that's it with business. back to you. see you soon. >> thank you very much. >>> now she is the pakistani schoolgirl who survived the taliban attack less than two years ago. she is publishing a new edition of her book "i am malala" aimed at young readers. the 17-year-old now studies in the uk. >> i drove thousands of miles to hear malala to give her speech. today i travel a few miles to hear about her new book. >> i am malala was first published 2013. it tells the story of malala in pakistan and how she was changed when shot by the taliban. the new book is reversioned for younger people. >> a famous leader spoke for freedom. she was a courageous woman. she was a first time prime minister pakistan a. she showed the world woman has ability to become a prime minister. she gave me hope to become prime minister one day. my father and mother always encourage know speak for education and never give up. believe in he's. >> how do you imagine your future? what's your aim or dream? >>> my dream is simple. i want to see every child g

tweet me @bbc aaron. you've got young ones. them into hacking. >> i'm debating wines. >> got to be 12:30 already. see you. >> stay with us on bbc world news. still to come, a game of patience, skill, strategy. former chess champion makes a play and challenges for the game of top jobs. we'll look at who he's up against. was the first modern a, revolutionary by every standard. and that became our passion. to always build something better, airplanes that fly cleaner and farther on less fuel. that redefine comfort and connect the world like never before. after all, you can't turn dreams into airplanes unless your passion for innovation is nonstop. ♪ my treadmill started to dress i mibetter than i did.uts,. the problem was the pain. hard to believe, but dr. scholl's active series insoles reduce shock by 40% and give you immediate pain relief from three sports injuries. amazing! now, i'm a believer. >>> i'm lucy hockings. our top story this is hour. >>> iraq's supreme court upholds interim prime minister maliki's calls to po s ts to f

tweet me @bbc aaron.t's all for business for now. >>> we have breaking news on the ebola virus in west africa. we had a stark warning from one of the world's leading charities. they're saying the crisis, the ebola crisis is outstripping the ability of aid organizations to stem the epidemic. what is crucial really. they're liking it to a state of war saying it is deteriorating faster and moving faster than they can respond to. the quote from the head of mss is it is like wartime there. fear here it is moving and advancing. we have no clue how it is going. that's the latest from mss. we'll bring you more on that and more on this story coming up in a moment. [ male announcer ] ours was the first modern airliner, revolutionary by every standard. and that became our passion. to always build something better, airplanes that fly cleaner and farther on less fuel. that redefine comfort and connect the world like never before. after all, you can't turn dreams into airplanes unless your passion for innovation is non

tweet me @bbc aaron. that's it for business. i'm off to get almonds. some for me. thank you very much. >>> the olympics in rio start in two years. sailors from around the world tried out the waters of the bay amid concerns about water pollution. we report now from rio. >> reporter: the first official test event and the first olympic athletes in town, a taste of the games that will start here in two years time. there's still much work to be done all over rio as these sailors see for themselves in the bay where floating debris could be a potential hurdle in the quest for olympic gold. pollution is a chronic problem in the bay, and officials say making significant improvement is a priority. >> we're not hiding the fact there's an issue. we're using in test event to see how much we can make it better in the next two years. we're concerned about the athlete, health and risk of floating debrises on the boats. we're trying to reduce that as much as possible. >> this is what the olympic park will look like in two year's time. a double shift of workers is racin

i'll tweet you back @bbc aaron. >> this was like a never ending bucket.reat stuff. >> see you later. thanks very much indeed. >>> turkey will have a new president shortly. the the prime minister of the last 11 years erdogan is to be ina in inaugurated in the coming hour. he will try to reform the constitution once in power to give himself more powers. reforms koulcould have impact oe foreign policy in the west as well. turkey plays a role in the treaty with nato. it's been trying to join the eu for decades. it's also influential in the middle east. it's bearing the front of the massive i refugee crisis in syria and threats of islamic state militants across the border. let's go live now and speak to our correspondent mark. he's got his ducks in a roll it seems at last. i don't think mark can hear me. >> reporter: i can, sorry. >> i was just saying mr. erdogan must feel he's got all his ducks in a row mow. this is what he wanted. >> reporter: he's long coveted this position. >> okay. well mark -- >> reporter: it was a previously large ceremonial post -- [ i

tweet me on twitter @bbc aaron. more business on "gmt" in over an hour's time.ee you later. >> thanks very much indeed. >>> pope francis is on the second day of a five day visit to south korea. it's the first visit to the country for 25 years. he's held a mass at the world cup stadium with 50,000 people there. we are in seoul with the latest. >> this is his first big public day here. yesterday was a ceremonial arrival. i can tell you from pictures coming in, he just arrived at a big meeting of asian youth congress where thousands of young asians from all over the place -- i've seen flags from indonesia, south korea, philippines, thailand. young people have come from all over asia to take part in this congress. the po pope pe is meeting them . he looks like a happy man, like he's enjoying himself today. shaking hands, having photographs taken. i saw one person go up and shake his hand and try to get him to take a photograph together with him a few minutes ago. this is the sort of thing pope francis repeated to really enjoy, meeting young people, close interaction

. >>> you're watching "gmt" here on bbc world news. aaronhere with all the business news and another imf chief in the spotlight. >> yeah, and again as we mentioned, in the spotlight for not the right reasons. involved in a scandal -- allegedly involved in a scandal that's rocking france at the moment. let me explain more. the head of the international monetary fund, here she is right here, the big boss, christine lagarde, is now under formal investigation as a part of a fraud scandal that i mentioned has really rocked the country. it relates to the sale of a state-owned bank going back more than two decades ago. let's go to paris and join our own lucy williamson. great to have you on the program. for viewers around the world, give us some of the background here. what is the investigation all about? >> well, it is a pretty complicated case. it's been going on for a very long time, as you say. what's really happened today is christine lagarde has been placed under formal investigation by the investigators in this case. she's being investigated

bbc news kabul. >> okay. more france, more aaron. >>> all about the economy. their economy that is, not mine. thanks very much. as you've been hearing, certainly a shake up in the french government that follows this about abeconomic strategy with blunt criticism about the government policy coming from france's economy minister. the minister has questioned whether eu's pause for austerity. france is effectively no economic growth, zero, no growth. the approval ratings, needless to say, they have nose dived. meanwhile, brussels is piling on pressure for france to get the act in order, finances in order. big day for france tomorrow. we'll be all across that one. france and the euro zone high on the agenda at the annual summit of the world central holders in wyoming. the gathering ended with mixed signals act the strength of the americans and global economy. the he had of the u.s. federal reserve there, janet yellen, the picture at the -- the economic picture she says is hazy -- that's the word she used -- talking there to the european central bank boss mario. he says they're prepared to do more