Hello. Thanks very much for being with us. As rescue workers recover at least 118 bodies after bombings in the nigerian city of jos, there is news now of another deadly attack, this time in the northeast of the country. Its the village of alagarno. Its a village that was raised to the ground. 17 people at least have been killed there. All coming just a day after those two blasts in the city of jos. Now, the blast happened about 20 minutes apart from each other. The first was at the terminus market there. Then the university of jos teaching hospital. There are fears there may be more bodies still buried under the rubble. As for who did it, well, boko haram, of course, were responsible for the kidnapping of the schoolgirls. They are the main suspects for these latest attacks. Although weve had no word for them at this stage. Will ross reports. Reporter this area was packed with people. Many of the victims were traders selling from the market stalls and their customers. The aim was clearly to kill as many people as possible. Just minutes after the first blast, the second bomb was detonated as victims were being taken to the nearby hospital. Body parts were strewn across the area. There was panic as the Emergency Services tried to help the dozens of injured. Many had open wounds, fractures and burns. I saw the explosion. There was pieces. We run. We left there. Reporter although its not known who carried out the attacks, the islam Extremist Group knows boko haram has targeted jos city before bombing churches in what was then seen as an effort to foment religious violence. Middle nigeria has been the scene of frequent outbreaks of violence. Theyre often described as religious clashes but theyre in fact competition for land, resousr resources and political power. The twin bombings follow blasts in the capital abuja. The islamist extremists are Still Holding more than 200 schoolgirls they abducted over five weeks ago. At a recent summit, several western countries pledged to help the Nigerian Government find the girls. Its operating clearly as an al qaeda organization. Can best be described as al qaeda in west and central africa. And Work Together to make sure that we rout out these terrorists. Reporter but the violence appears to be out of control with frequent bombings and incessant attacks in the northeast. Where large areas appear virtually off limits to the nigerian military. Will ross, bbc news, abuja. Seeing the pictures from jos which are dreadful enough, can you just fill us in a little bit more on alagarno and what we understand has happened there . Well, it was an attack that we understand was done by suspected members of the Islamic Militant group boko haram. They razed down the whole town. When we spoke at that time they were burying their dead. This is a town in northeastern nigeria close to the town chibok where over 200 girls were taken away, kidnapped by members of boko haram over a month ago. It just creates a sense of almost helplessness from the point of view of the government and military to do anything about boko haram at the moment. Well, i think this is the i mean, the view of many nigerians. I think theyve been outraged with among many nigerians here that the government is unable to curb the violence that is perpetrated by boko haram. If you look at what has been happening, this campaign of bombings taken place, previously here in abuja, the capital of nigeria, on monday. Yesterday the twin blasts in jos. A massive blast according to someone who described it as a catastrophe. Over 118 people were killed. According to aid workers looking into the rubbles of the building, they expect to find some more people dead. Of course, this in a city which okay, its not been free from trouble. But the last couple of years have been relatively quiet, havent they . It has been quiet for a while, jos. Jos is well known for violence between ethnic groups and between muslims and christians. Because it is actually a dividing line between the predominant muslim north and then the predominant christian south. And jos, because of the struggles there, because of struggles about land, about resources and about politics has been a center or a hub for violence in middle part of nigeria. Actually this bombing now has shattered the bid that the peace the city has seen over the past few months. Whenever Something Like this happens in jos, attacks follow. People are calling on people. They do understand this is not the fault of residents in the town. Even though theres no group that has claimed this attack, all fingers are pointing to the militant Islamic Group boko haram. Seems the case, doesnt it. Mansur, thank you very much indeed. The latest from abuja. A crisis meeting between leaders of rival political groups in thailand aimed at resolving the countrys long running crisis has come to an end, inconclusively, were told. The head of the army called the meeting. This is after the declaration of martial law on tuesday. And he has called for another meeting for thursday. Lets get the details, as far as there is some, from the bbc jonah fisher. Hes at the talks venue. Thats the army club in bangkok. Inconclusive, jonah, you were saying earlier. Thats no surprise. But do we have any more detail . Reporter yes. We just had a briefing by the army. Perhaps understandably, because they called this meeting. Theyre keen to put a positive spin on it. We were told the meeting had taken place in a very friendly atmosphere. And that the army had stressed to all sides that their aim in declaring martial law was to bring peace, normalcy and happiness back to thailand and that the different Political Parties and different factions who were invited here have been given homework to go back and consult with their own constituencies and then return tomorrow. Were expecting talks to convene again here at the army club at 1 30 tomorrow. Once again, they will try to come up with some sort of road map, some sort of process, if you like, to try and bridge the pretty crippling political divide here in thailand. The Prime Minister, jonah, was not present as i understand. How important is it, or not, indeed, that he would be taking part in these talks . Reporter well, its not entirely clear what the status of the acting Prime Minister is at the moment. Yes, he didnt attend the talks. He was invited, almost a lastminute invitation. Instead of coming himself he chose to stay at the Commerce Ministry and sent four other members of the government to come here and be present for the talks. Over the last 24 hours or so, its been far from clear whether the government still have any influence as to what exactly is happening here in thailand or whether the army are controlling just about everything. For now, the army, its in their interest to say that the government is still in place. This is not a coup. But whether the government actually has any power, any leverage in terms of whats actually happening at the moment, thats very unclear at the moment. Jonah, thanks very much indeed. The very latest there from jonah fisher. Other news for you now. Well start in france. The train operator there has discovered rather embarrassingly 2,000 new trains its ordered, costing more than 20 billion, are simply too wide for many of the platforms in their regional stations. Its a blunder which has already cost the operator around 70 million. There is construction work under way now for hundreds more platforms around the country. The operator of japans crippled Fukushima Nuclear plant has started running a ground water bypass system. Its all about trying to reduce the volume of contaminated water flowing into the sea. The plan is meant to stop a daily flow of unpolluted ground water from going under the damaged plant and mixing with radioactive water. Egypt ousted president Hosni Mubarak has been given a jail sentence of three years for embezzlement. His sons have been sentenced to four years each. Prosecutors say they stole millions of dollars of public funds. It was money earmarked for the masons of president ial palaces. Lets catch up with our correspondent outside the court in cairo. Were they able to say where the money went . Reporter well, yes. Prosecutors outlined a very detailed case. They had about 200 cases of documents as they say that more than 125 million egyptian pounds, or about 17 million, were sent by the former president Hosni Mubarak and his family. Basically at their whim. They were used to decorate, furnish and expand their own private property empire. That included a lavish palace here in cairo where they live. Also a village on the red sea and the family farm. Prosecutors say whenever they wanted to acquire anything via furniture, be it installing a new jacuzzi or installing an elevator, in one case even building a new wing on the property, they simply used the private the public funds for that purpose. Fake receipts were supplied to estates and Construction Companies and they paid the bill. We had a good look at Hosni Mubarak when he came to court today. He was wearing a dark suit. He looked quite somber, but alert. He didnt betray any emotion. His sons were on either side of him. Of course, this embezzlement was a family affair. He got the threeyear sentence. The sons were sentenced to four years each. His lawyer told us after the verdict that he expected the former president would now be moved from the Military Hospital where he has been held since last august to prison. He said he would have to begin his prison term before they could start an appeal. Of course, this isnt his only legal case. Hes also been retried for complicity in the killing of protesters during the 2011 revolution. As you may have been able to hear, there has been a very small number, a small number, but a vocal group of mubarak supporters. I would say less than half a dozen. And theyve been protesting outside the court. Orla, thank you very much, indeed. Weve got some news thats coming in the last few minutes really. Russia and china have signed a longawaited gas supply agreement. Its a big deal. We have no details about the actual cost of it. But unofficially its put up more than 400 billion. Lets just analyze that a bit. Aarons with me now. Long awaited, certainly. Yep. Even more importantly politically now, perhaps, than it would have been six months, a year ago. A big deal. It is a big deal. 38 billion cubic meters of gas every single year. You say its been a long time coming. A decade. This has been in the making for a decade. Theres always been sticking points about the price. Obviously theyve come to an agreement. Very important, as you say, very important for russia, to be frank, russia, many will say, has all its economic eggs in one basket. That is energy, basically. Theyve got a lot of it and it needs buyers. China now its interesting. This would come from the eastern part of russia. A different gas field to the one that supplies western europe with its gas. Theyve got to build a new eastern pipeline as well. Thats going to take obviously some time. It does mean in some ways, i guess, russia doesnt need to be so dependent on europeans buying its gas. Were in a period of time, as you know, david, right, with the tensions with ukraine and, of course, the subsequent tensions between russia and the rest of europe, many European Countries have been trying basically to become less reliant on buying russian gas. Its an interesting scenario at the moment. Part of it is business is business. The other part, of course, huge strategic importance as well. If you make an alliance with china on this sort of scale. China and russia, you know, for russia china is its largest trading partner. I think last year, i was looking at some of the numbers, theyve been trading i think its about 90 billion in 2013. So its all about, yes, closer ties and trading ties, economic ties between russia and china. But its interesting because, you know, weve been obviously focused on this off the back, again, of the tensions between europe and certainly western europe and russia. Looking at these individual stories within europe about ways that these countries, European Countries, can wean themselves off, if you will, of russian gas. Remember, a third of europes gas basically comes from russia. So as europe tries to wean its way off, it makes you wonder now if russia will sort of go, you know, dont buy our gas. Thats not a problem. Weve got china. A 400 billion theres always going to be a market for the energy, isnt there . Thats a thing. They realize they can turn another direction. Thats very true. Its also a reality western europe knows it cannot depend in the way it used to think it could on a short flow of that energy. Theyre worried, if you will, the tensions still, weve seen in the past where russia has turned off the taps over spats with ukraine, for example. Turned off the taps with ukraine and then that has that knock on effect to the rest of europe. A very interesting story. Look, the details are still coming out. Its going to be interesting to get an official value. As you mentioned unofficially 400 billion. Its a chunk of change. More details are emerging. I tweet me. Ill tweet you. bbcaaron. More on this story and the rest of business on gmt in just under an hours time. I can say bbcdavideads. Thats my twitter handle. Your remarks, views, on that gas story. Stay with us. Coming up on bbc world news in a moment, were going to show you how you can ride the waves up to three meters high, and you can be nowhere near the sea. Announ] some come here to build something smarter. Some come here to build something stronger. Others come to build something faster. Something safer. Something greener. Something the whole world can share. People come to boeing to do many different things. But its always about the very thing we do best. Find yourself. In an accomodation. Where you get to do. Whatever it is that you love to do booking. Com booking. Yeah youre watching bbc world news with me, david eades. The latest headlines. Twin bombings hit the nigerian city of jos, killing more than 100 people. Another 17 people have been killed today in another attack in the northeast. China and russia agree a huge gas contract in shanghai after a decade of talks on what is a multibillion dollar deal. Eu countries have promised more assistance to bosnia and serbia as the work of clearing up after the weekends devastating floods goes on. Authorities are warning there is a serious threat of disease. It comes from thousands of rotting animal carcasses in rivers and fields. About a quarter of bosnias 4 Million People are without clean water. Both the countries are observing a period of National Mourning as more than 40 people died in those floods. Officials in pakistan say 32 militants have been killed after fighter jets bombed suspected militant positions in the north of the country close to the border with afghanistan. The Authorities Say miran shah say important commanders in the insurgency have been among those killed. Just a day to go now before the european elections. The former italian Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi has been talking about a variety of things. The parties, his relationship with Angela Merkel, his fears for the eu. Berlusconi is carrying out Community Service at the moment after being convicted of tax fraud. He told the bbc that the euro could collapse unless there is a radical shakeup. Translator we need to radically change the situation in europe. For example, the fact that the uk is not in the eurozone and we are is a complete disaster. We need radical changes, otherwise the Economic Situation will force us and other European Countries to abandon the euro and go back to our national currencies. The European Central bank is supposed to fight inflation. And it needs to become a central bank like the federal reserve. Like the bank of england or the bank of japan. What does it need to do . Firstly, it needs to guarantee the debts of the euro countries. Secondly, to print money when needed for those countries that cannot pay their debts. Do you have a particular problem with Angela Merkel . Is it true you called her an [ bleep ] . Translator no. I have never had any problems with Angela Merkel. In 20 years of politics, i have never insulted anyone. And this has been made up by someone who wanted to turn angela against me. I was not an easy person to deal with. And i was quite tough. I had the courage to oppose some of the proposals made by merkel and sarkozy. Its unfortunate, isnt it, that as far as so much of the rest of the world is concerned, the reputation you have is all about your private life. Its about corruption and unpaid taxes and bunga bunga parties. I mean, what do you think about that . Translator the bunga bunga accusations were the most amazing things. Ridiculous. They manipulated the reality. Luckily, i am a strong person and i was able to take it. I want to go down in history as the father of a country. And my legacy a conservative central right government. Thats italys former Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi talking to bbcs jeremy paxman. How about threemeter high waves in the middle of the mountains . It sounds a bit unlikely, doesnt it . Thanks to new technology britains first artificial surfing is due to open in north wales. The waves can be created at the touch of a button. The bbc has been given exclusive access to the prototype being developed in spain. Heres claire marshall. Reporter riding the energy of the ocean takes exceptional skill. Every surfer has to learn somewhere. So could it be here . On an industrial wasteland in the welsh mountains . Weve now got permission to break up the concrete. Reporter thats the plan now being put into action. Work has just started on an inland surf lake. Itll be the first in britain and the first of its type in the world. The wave will go in this direction towards the mountains. The machinery turns around. Comes back