the debate here continues. a new bbcestigation has found that 5000 people were killed by jihad hes -- jihadis around the world alone. islamic state was responsible for almost half of those deaths. what does the threat from global jihad is him look like? in collaboration with king's college in london, the bbc takes a closer look. last month the bbc counted the number of jihadist attacks around the world. here is what we found. 664 attacks were reported in 14 countries. 5042 people were killed. that is an average of 168 deaths per day. 80% of those deaths occurred in just >> entries, afghanistan, syria, iraq, and nigeria -- four of those countries, afghanistan, syria, iraq, and nigeria. iraq had the highest death toll, 1/3. attacks in afghanistan freakily targeted military or police. attacks tended to be bigger and more deadly. the vast majority of those killed were civilians, including dozens of children. the number is just staggering. today at least 30 people were killed in central nigeria. the explosions happened at a m

the bbc has spoken to the father of the plane's pilot. he explained that he only saw his son a week ago at the funeral of another of his children. >> i want my son to come back alive and well. but if that's not meant to be if god doesn't want that it's in the hands of fate. my son, he's not alone on the plane. if this is god's will then so be it. >> such a difficult time for friends and family right now. let's take you to jakarta. we can join the bbc. are there still some boats out there looking? >> well lucy what we've been told just in the last half an hour or so by the head of indonesia's search and rescue agency is that the air search has been called off for the evening. it's now nighttime here in indonesia. and the search will continue. it will resume for day three, at first light, early tomorrow. but there are some boats still out in the area in the java sea souring for any sign of this missing airline. it's now been more than 36 hours. search and rescue teams have been on ships, they've been on airplanes, he's even told fishermen i

we can join the bbc. has the search been completely called off now or are there still some boats out there looking? >> well, lucy, what we've been told just in the last half an hour or so by the head of indonesia's search and rescue agency is that the air search has been called off for the evening. it's now nighttime here in indonesia. and the search will continue. it will resume for day three, at first light, early tomorrow. but there are some boats still out in the area, in the java sea souring for any sign of this missing airline. it's now been more than 36 hours. search and rescue teams have been on ships, they've been on airplanes, he's even told fishermen in the area to report back anything that they've seen that could help them find some sign of where this plane has begun. >> it seems that joko widodo has taken a very personal interest in this particular situation. he's already been to the search and rescue operation center. what's he had to say. >> well, lucy, the indonesian president was at the cr

the very latest on our bbc breaking twitter page, too. peshawar, but for now, let's break away and bring in aaron with all the business news. there is a lot happening with russia, the ruble, the price of oil. >> let me start by saying this. at the start of this year, the interest rate in russia was 5%. today, lucy, it's 17%. let me explain what's going on. thanks very much. hello there. certainly in an emergency interest rate rise in russia, it had failed. certainly failed to hold the currency slide. with the russian ruble hitting new record lows against the u.s. dollar as well as the euro, russia is being hit hard. we've been talking about this by those western sanctions imposed over the conflict in ukraine, and of course by the plunging global oil prices. brent crude oil actually dropped below $60 a barrel today, tuesday. we haven't seen these -- well, we actually haven't seen those sort of prices since june of 2009. more than five years. meanwhile, russia's main stock markets also seeing some very large falls. in an effort to stabilize

the top stories this hour. a bbcstigation has found that 5,000 people were killed in jihadist attacks worldwide in the month of november alone. >>> police in hong kong have removed the last of the pro-democracy protesters who have been occupying sites around the city for over two months now. >>> let's turn our attention to pakistan, where police are searching for four men who are believed to have killed a family of six in revenge for the mother leaving her first husband nearly 30 years ago. this is far from an isolated incident, but it's unusual, because in most cases it's only women who were targeted in honor killings. an equal rights group in pakistan says more than a thousand women have been murdered this year alone. yelda hakeem has gained rare access to a woman's prison, also a shelter as well for women fleeing their families. >> reporter: this is the shelter for women. a heavily guarded compound perilously close to one of karachi's most notorious neighborhoods known for its taliban sympathies. the women here ha

the bbc editor tells the story of her relationship with the bbc and blog she wrote for us before she when malala wrote for the first time, it was obvious she had something to say. language was simple that made her narrative more powerful. at that time she was 12 years old. she has innocence of a child but still very passionate and committed to education. it was amazing the way she talked about her own affairs and those of her friends. >> i had a terrible dream yesterday with military helicopters and taliban. i have had such dreams since the launch of military operation. my mother made me breakfast, and i went off to school. i was afraid going to school because the taliban had issued a ban for all girls attending school. on the way from school to home i heard a man saying i will kill you. i hastened my pace. after a while i looked back. the man was still coming behind me. but to my utter relief, he was talking on his mobile and must have been threatening someone else over the phone. >> of course we kept malala's identity secret in order to protect her. anything we put up on the bbc pa

let's go live now to surabaya and the bbc's clive myrie. >> reporter: a press conference is just about to begin involving the president of indonesia, joko widodo, and we understand tony fernandez, the boss of airasia. in the last literally 15 minutes, 20 minutes or so confirming that search teams have now made it clear that the debris found in the java sea is that of that missing airasia plane. let's just hear what is going on. >> translator: hello, citizens all across indonesia. at just about two hours ago, i just come back from the location and from the military. i was close to the location. and have got the information. i can see myself. there were three ships on location. and all the ships this evening and tonight will go to the location. and tomorrow morning, ships and helicopters from navy and air force will be all deployed to the area. i've instruct eded joint operation. to find out the plane or the passengers and the crews. i've instructed all the team to focus, to find the passengers and crews, and secondly i want to thank in appreciation to the team military police and volunt

the bbc has spoken to the father of the plane's pilot, and he explained that he only saw his son a week ago at the funeral of another of his children. >> translator: i want my son to come back alive and well but if that's not meant to be if god doesn't want that it's in the hands of fate. my son, he's not alone on the plane. if this is god's will then so be it. >> let's take you live now to our correspondent in jakarta. just give us an update what is happening in terms of the search operation. >> well, lucy just in the last hour we've had an indonesian service reporter of the bbc's indonesian service onboard an indonesian military aircraft that was scouring the java seas earlier today for any sign of that missing airline, that missing airplane. what she was able to tell us butt the time she spent on this aircraft is that search and rescue teams spotted two oil slicks in the area where it's thought the pilot last had contact with air traffic control in jakarta. now, this is just off the coast of the island in the java sea. as of yet, it's unconfirmed whether these oil slicks have anythin

others will have to live with the fact that their loved ones are not coming home. bbc news, peshawar. >> 132 children killed there. and a short time ago we spoke to her. can you give us the latest now? >> well, it's extremely late here at the moment, but many families here will not be getting any sleep as the people in the city and the people in the country come to terms with the events of the day. we do understand, of course, from the military that the operation is over and that there was a clearing operation earlier but still many families have -- will have to live with the fact that their children are not coming home and many others will have to comfort their children about the horrors that they've seen today. i spoke to young children at the hospital, the local hospital here who described the terrifying skeents they had to witness today. some -- scenes that they had to witness today. some told me they hid under desks while they saw fellow students being killed in front of them. one told me he saw his teacher being shot in the chest and in the stomach and then saw a

he says the nation is in shock. >> this is "bbc world news." we have much more to come on the ongoing situation in pakistan, where taliban militants are still occupying a school in the city of peshawar. we believe five of them have been killed, but we know that five or six militants initially entered that school. at least 126 people have been killed. give you 37-thousand to replace it. "depreciation" they claim. "how can my car depreciate before it's first oil change?" you ask. maybe the better question is, why do you have that insurance company? with liberty mutual new car replacement, we'll replace the full value of your car. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance. >>> this is "bbc world news." let's get the latest headlines. 126 people have been killed. most of them children as taliban militants attack a school in the pakistani city of peshawar. >> as authorities move to secure the school, pakistan's prime minister nawaz sharif calls the massacre a national tragedy. >> you've been hearing a bit more about who the att

dave lee is the bbc's technology reporter. hard to come by. china has said that they're not involved, and that any suggestion they are would be irresponsible. but the best suggestion of evidence at the moment comes from the experts that study this day in, day out. that this attack is more likely to be a small hacking group. rather than a nation state. >> why is that? >> the scale of the attack is relatively simple. basically all that they've done is flooded north korea's internet with traffic basically to kind of overwhelm the system. and when your internet system is so small, doing that is a relatively simple task compared to, say, i don't know, shutting down a developed country's internet instead. >> and who are these hacking groups? i know you said some of them have been tweeting about it. >> there's a particular group at the moment that rose in prominence called the lizard squad. they always have these crazy names. and the lizard squad have been tweeting about this attack. they tweeted one of the i.p. addresses, which is t

in its first broadcast interview, the president told the bbc any u.s. st the taliban after that date would be part of an agreed counterterrorism strategy. now our chief international correspondent lyse doucet met him earlier today. he acknowledged the growing wave of taliban attacks, but he still spoke of process pentagons for peace talks. >> when the light at the end of the tunnel becomes clear, actually it accelerates violence. and the very fact that our children are wounded, our civilians are being targeted is an indication of the depth of the fall. and the sense of hopelessness. people who think that they will exercise power do not kill children on a volleyball field. >> reporter: but you know that if there is not security, you cannot achieve any of the goals you've set for your country. >> yes, we can. >> reporter: it's now even the most dangerous agency you need your own government workers. >> we do. >> reporter: the governors have been targeted. >> my life has been threatened, repeatedly. >> reporter: but if afghans are too scared to work in the p

it's the first time one has left the country. >>> thanks for joining us here on "bbc world news." as south africans mark one year since the death of nelson mandela. the father of the nation, he was called, who's credited with guiding the country from apartheid to democracy, with mandela himself the first president. that was the moment of official commemoration, if you like. a solitary bell heralding a three-minute silence -- well, much of the country, in fact. you see there mandela's widow. we had the singing of south africa's national anthem after the silence. commemoration ceremonies being held around the country, including at mandela's ancestral home in the country's eastern cape province. speaking at a wreath-laying ceremony in pretoria, she paid tribute to mr. mandela's unwavering spirit. >> the body gave in, but his spirits never, ever changed. he was always the same. to the end. and he is in spirit the same, even today. >> i've been speaking to our correspondent in johannesburg. milton is following the whole day's commemorations for us. >> reporter: how quickly time flies, b

"bbc world news america." the f.b.i. confirms north korea hacked sony pictures. president obama says it was a mistake to pull the film at the center of the controversy. >> we cannot have a society in which some dictator someplace can start imposing censorship in the united states. iraqi army,with the a bbc crew goes to the frontline of the fight against islamic state fighters in anbar province. >> ♪ >> the music has been heard in more than 500 films. after an amazingly successful career, he still has one regret. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. president obama says sony pictures made a mistake going the satirical film "the interview," a comedy about the assassination of the company had aoken to him first became at news conference just hours after the f.b.i. confirmed north korea was behind the hacking of the sony system. >> who would have guessed when sony put the film into production the trouble it would cause? first they came under cyber attack from north korea. t

earlier, i spoke to the bbc's china service. ed how much support these two protest groups now have. >> when you see them announce that they will surrender to the police, and joshua wong's continued hunger strike, division amongst themselves. the protest starting in september initiated by occupy central with peace and love. and then students get involved. and then they become the key part of the protest movement. i think there is kind of division, and now they will see what's next. so i think the move. is losing steam and what's next, for these two groups, really struck me with at the moment. >> occupy said in that press conference a short time ago that to surrender is not to fail, but beijing must be seeing this as a victory. >> of course. beijing is very firm on this ground. and so far, we haven't seen the movement gain anything yet. and that's why -- i mean, the students have been frustrated. over the weekend, starting to blockade the government office buildings, but to no avail. and now they want to up the game. but i think th

because there is nobody care but me. >>> the bbc learns that fifa executives have been olding secret talks with sepp blatter over the future of the organization's leadership. >>> jamie joins us with the business news. it's a red letter day for air bus. >> yes, it is the first day it's delivering its a350-xwb. air bus has answered to boeing 787. it's the first air bus with both fuselage and wing structures made mainly out of carbon fiber. it hopes it's going to give it the edge over boeing. >>> it's midday here in london. 7:00 a.m. in washington. 9:00 p.m. in south korea, where the country is testing the resilience of its nuclear facilities against a cyber attack. hackers are threatening to damage the reactors if they aren't shut down by christmas. they've already leaked sensitive designs and manuals of the plant online, and in the past, south korea has blamed the north for attacks on strategic targets. most recently, north korea was suspected of hacking sony pictures, leading to cinemas cancelling the release of the film "the interview." the country denies it is to blame. steve evans

for the norwegian army and is providing historical consultation for a series of events planned by the bbc entitled the first world war with at home. for over 25 years he's led several archaeological projects on the western front. many of which have been featured in television series like finding the fallen, the trench detectives and time team. he's the author of 15 books including digging the trenches, archaeology of the western front which came out in hard cover in 2008 and just released this year in paper back. he was given the prestigious honor of be ing named a fellow of the society of anti-qaries in london. he'll share his work on ark kolg in 1914 and 1915. please welcome andrew robbershaw. [ applause ] >> good morning, everybody. thank you very much for the invitation for the memorial. thank you very much for turning out today. i hope to make this interesting. i want to look at a number of oh oh things. i want to look at a new discipline out of battlefield archaeology of the first world war and justify why we do it and look at case studies. case studies relating the to individuals f

let's take you straight to sydney and the bbc's phil mercer. phil? >> reporter: this is right at the very edge of the exclusion zone, right in the heart of australia's busiest city. now, the cafe at the enter of this hostage crisis is about 200 meters away. you may be able to see over my shoulder a set of traffic lights to the left of those lights a hundred meters into martin place is the lindt cafe, where an unknown number of hostages are entering yet another hour of captivity. this all began around about 9:30, quarter to 10:00 local time. it's now after 11:00 p.m. clearly this is entering another uncertain and potentially dangerous phase for those captives. we understand that australian police know the identity of the gunman and say that he is known to them. what they don't know are his motivations. is this an individual acting alone, or does he have broader political and extremist affiliations. those are questions that investigators are racing to answer. earlier today, five hostages did man make their way out of the building where the lindt cafe is

the world. they travel in convoys to avoid airstrikes. caroline, bbc world news. vitt,ke with matthew the director of the program on counterterrorism and intelligence. thank you for joining me. the u.s. has had some success with forces on the ground. that report seems to imply that the islamic state's ambition and ideology is unchecked. what you make of that? >> it prevents i asked from expanding. -- i.s. from expanding. it has not tempered the radical ideology or the state they are trying to create. they are trying to put tray that they are a state and how they govern. they are not concerned that we may not like the fact that they have roles for governing slaves or women. they see flyers and brochures organized. in other words, it it is a caliphate. information set of showing them beheading. the followers worsen pathetic to them are looking at in entirely different universe that shows them actually functioning as a state. >> you look at the horrific accounts of institutionalized slavery, sexual assault, child abuse, and what remains the attraction from people in w

bbc world news." our top stories. the u.n. warns ebola could still spread around the world, but it refuses to say if targets for tackling the disease have been met. >>> violence erupts in hong kong overnight as protesters try to surround government buildings. >>> a video goes viral of two sisters fighting back after they were sexually harassed on a bus in india. >>> and tying the knot along thousands of other couples, the mass wedding in brazil for those who can't afford a big bash. >>> hello. today, december 1st marks the u.n.'s self-imposed deadline for tackling ebola in west africa. but the head of the mission has suggested it has missed its target for controlling the virus. there's still a huge danger the disease could spread around the world. the aim was to isolate 70% of those who have been infected with the disease, then to safely bury 70% of the victims in the three worst hit countries. liberia and sierra leone are falling well short of the targets in some areas. the number of deaths from ebola has now reached nearly 7

the right move. but this will go down as a day when australia felt terror on its home turf. bbcs, sydney. >> we are getting more information about the two hostages who died. they were a 34-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman. what more is known about the hostage taker or the operation to end the siege? here is our security correspondent. >> the sydney gunmen, none monis,mus -- man haron 50 years old, originally from iran, and operating alone. he was a well-publicized cleric with an anti-western agenda. and thesen is my gun words are my bullets. >> he was born a shia muslim. last year, on his website, he announced his conversion to sunni islam. the police knew all about him. monis was out on bail. he was facing numerous charges for sexual assault and accused of being an accessory to his ex wife's murder. he also had a conviction for sending offensive letters to families of australian servicemen killed in afghanistan. when he was seen holding hostages at gunpoint, some are wondering why snipers did not finish his life. he made his cap is make videos carrying his demands, but poli

clay left the bbc to become a full time writer. complished researcher and outstanding story teller. king kaiser czar is more closely tied to the topic today and recounts the lives of the three royal cousins, georgeie, willie and nicky who became king george v of great britain, kaiser wilhelm ii of germany and czar nicholas ii of russia. all relatives of queen victoria, three royal cousins.en[ in a compelling exploration of oh family drama clay reveals how family dynamics had real historical significance, especially for world war i which toppled kaiser wilhelm the second, el killed czar nicholas ii and left only george v in place on his throne. her book recounts the majesty and dysfunction of three royal boys turned heads of state in the lead up to world war i. i welcome to you today catrine clay whose topic is entitled "a$ royal countdown to war." >> thank you.o=e,ñ yes, it's -- the royals is a very, very small strand in an incredibly complicated story as you know. story, as you know. nicholas the czar beg marrieded to yet another

following the case for us is the bbc's andrew plant, who joins us now live from cape town. a sensational end to all this. what's the reaction been there? >> reporter: yeah, after four years of a cloud of suspicion hanging over his head, all the accusations against shrien dewani have evaporated here in the course of a single sentence. the judge saying he is not guilty of playing any part in the murder of his wife and that effectively means he is immediately free to go. the proceedings started here at cape town high court, we didn't really know how things were going to pan out, despite the complexity of the evidence that we heard here over the past seven weeks. the choices were pretty simple, she could either allow the case to continue, which would raise the possibility of seeing shrien dewani take the stand and give evidence in his own words, or she could decide that actually the evidence she had heard so far from the prosecution in this case simply wasn't strong enough, and there was no realistic possibility of prosecuting him based on what she had heard. in that instance, h

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it's an election that the radical left-wing alternative will be favorite to win. chris morris, bbc religion, identity and difference, and more specifically, can it find common ground for buddhists, muslims and political extremists? those are the questions which a cambodian performance artist is trying to address with her work. it's called the buddhist bug series and it's being shown in the cambodian capital phnom penh. here's her story. >> my name is anida yoeu ali. and i am an artist working and living in phnom penh, cambodia, which is formerly home to my parents. i was born in 1973, before the regime came into power and i was one of the lucky children because i was too small to be enlisted into being a child soldier, because they were recruiting all of the little ones through their propaganda to continue being part of the killing machine. we left when the borders reopened in 1979. we were one of the lucky families that didn't stay too long in the refugee camps, so we sent word to my relatives in thailand. they were able to tell my grandfather in the u.s., and then he was able to

mount sinjar in northern iraq. >>> eight children have been found dead in the australian state of queensland. >>> a bbc investigation exposes poor working conditions in a chinese factory. >>> and it's that time of year again. alcohol sales expected to peak today in the uk ahead of christmas. but what's your drinking nationality? we have a booze calculator to tell you. >>> hello. it's small, but significant strike against islamic state. kurdish forces in northern iraq say they've carried out their biggest and most successful military offensive against the extremist group. 8,000 kurdish fighters backed by u.s.-led air strikes have broken the siege of mount sinjar, liberating, they say, thousands of ya zidis. in august, many who had taken refuge there were eventually air lifted to safety, but thousands more who came after that were then trapped. >> our hope is that all those people will eventually be able to go back to their own homes and villages and towns, but those that are in need of evacuation, now a corridor has been open to evacuate those people. >> well, for all that, the town of sinjar is still u

"bbc world news america." protests erupt in the u.s. over the grand jury decision in the death of a black man in new york. >> too many americans feel unfairness when it comes to the gap between our professed ideals and how laws are applied on a day-to-day basis. economy, a following president clinton delivers his state of the union and blames the west for trying to raise a new iron cordon -- president putin. artistamous chinese latest production. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. president obama says many unfairness,el deep ater a new york jury cleared police officer in the choking death of an unarmed black man. >> modern-day struggles of black equality, converging on new york's famous landmarks in fury and frustration. the finalthe, echoing words of eric garner, the unarmed black man they believe was choked to death by a new york city policeman. >> they are sworn to protect us. instead they murder us. fathers, ourm our husbands, our brothers. >> it's not just a sense of profound inju

she added the shooting was a very sad and tragic accident. bbcews los angeles. >>> more than a dozen antigovernment activists are arrested in moscow including a member of the russian pro test group pussy riot. they're demonstrating against mr. navalny. he was suspended for praud and de -- for fraud and was detained trying to join the demonstrations. >> 18 protestor who is spent the mights on the streets of moscow after i a rally of 2,000 or so came out onto the streets tuesday night. this hard core freezing night of temperatures around minus 20 degrees continuing their protest against the conviction of navalny for fraud. he emerged as a popular and charismatic opponent to president putin here. he and supporters believe the case against him was politically motivated. so these 18 protestors then joined dozens who were arrested tuesday night for taking part in this unsanctioned rally. their fate will be decided in the coming hours and days. they include, as you mentioned, one of the members of pussy riot a group that became notorious a couple of yea

hostage crisis continues at a cafe right in the center of the city. >>> this is "bbc world news." i'm geeta guru-murthy with the latest headlines for you. australian police have surrounded a cafe in the center of sydney, where a gunman is holding staff and customers hostage. five people have managed to run away from the cafe. negotiators say they're in contact with the gunman. a black flag with arabic writing has been displayed at the cafe's window. >>> we're going to break away from australia and just bring you some other breaking news this hour, because four armed men have taken a hostage in belgium. police have blocked off a wide perimeter around an apartment block in the city of gent. it's still unclear what the intentions are, but prosecutors say there is no indication that the group is linked to terrorism. our europe bureau chief simon wilson is in brussels for us. simon, just tell us what you know. >> well, let me start by expanding a little bit on that news from the prosecutor's office, because when they were specifically asked about this, they've said they do

i went to buckingham palace and got my medal and things and later when i left the bbc and wanting to my first proper book, the others were tie in books and what i thought i would ask him where i use the royal archives. they have riveting and gave me permission. not many give permission. it's a rather precious place really. when you are out there. you have all the diaries there and longing to spend every minute looking at them. you have to go downstairs into a little sitting room with the arm chairs and you have said that you have the coffee and you are allowed to have two biscuits and you sit there with a couple of other privileged researchers and you say i say to jane ridly, what are you writing? he said i am doing the queen mother. then you share a bit of talk. half hour later, you go upstairs again and you get back to the letters and the diaries. >> more questions. was there any contact after the war? >> honestly, you may have detected, i feel sorry for poor old willie. never one single word neither written or spoken ever passed between them ever again. actually georgy wrote in hi

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the bbc had the first journalist to see the devastation inside the school.in after they gave us clearance. after an incident like that , they've been working through the night to clear the area and make sure it was safe. no one was sure how many explosives were still inside. the school grounds are extensive. there's a long path before you reach the school buildings themselves. it's really the silence that was so uncanny because it's the middle of the school day. this should be a noisy place, alive with the sound of children in it. it's anything but this morning. the first building i approached was the auditorium which was the scene of the greatest horror. more than 100 children were inside there taking their exams. 100 of them died there when the attackers burst in, stood on the stage and started to fire at children. i saw shoes, clothing, school books covered in blood on the floor. large pools of blood particularly around the aisles where children were trying to get out of the rows of seats and out of the building. there's a badly affected part of the schoo