Pearl among that it has been spying on the African Union headquarters in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa the 20 story building was a gift from China to Africa and was opened in 2012 according to Limone stuff that the e.u. Found out that data had been transferred in the following 5 years to servers in Shanghai the Chinese ambassador to the a Yukon wailin strongly rejected the allegations the report published by the moment is a sensational story it is preposterous absurd for the moment it is regarded as a serious a French newspaper and I do not understand why he choose this time to publish the story just one day before the summit the Turkish authorities have arrested more than 300 people for posting social media messages that criticize un Kurds offensive against a Kurdish militia operating in Syria earlier president condemns the Turkish medical association for warning that the operation which the Kurds say has claimed dozens of civilian lives could turn into a humanitarian tragedy he called the doctors filth and terrorist lovers more photographs of Iranian women removing and holding their fight head scarves up and stakes have gone viral online in apparent defiance of the clerical authorities runaround poor reports only 2 days after the release of the 1st woman 3 more decided to follow her steps 1st in the busy downtown streets of angle up silently standing on what appears to be an electricity box with a stick I know white head scarf on top of it the other 2 did exactly the same not very far from the 1st one they are peacefully defying the laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran which forces women to cover their hair b.b.c. News. Britain says there's some distance between it and the European Union on issues linked to the transition period London wants to follow its departure from the block the e.u. Today approved its guidelines which state that Britain will lose its voting rights but must follow e.u. Rooms the e.u. Determines that the transition will end in December 2023 months earlier than Britain in visit just the authorities in the state of Sierra North-East Brazil say 10 people have been killed in a gang dispute in a prison justice official said police are dented the prison in it up Ajay to help the guards regain control room the outbreak of a gang violence follows a clash between rival drug traffickers at a nightclub in the state capital farce a lesson which left 14 people dent the Indian government says the desire for parents to have sons instead of daughters has created an estimated 21000000 of so-called unwanted girls in the country here's under our Sen our John Indian parents have historically wanted sons what's seen as breadwinners and family heirs girls are often viewed as financial burden in a country where the tradition of giving dowry continues as a result couples but equally women in India face immense pressure to produce male children the government reports that even Velvia families are not immune to this trend of proffering boys over girls even those sex selective abortion and sex determination tests are illegal in India activists say they remain rampant across the country North Korea has abruptly called off a cultural event it was due to host with some with Korea ahead of the Winter Olympics p.r. Young said there had been biased South Korean media reports about the show to be held at the North Korean resort of mind Kim Gunn so said the decision was regrettable the cancellation shows how easily agreements between the 2 sides can become undone b.b.c. News. Very welcome to s. From the b.b.c. World Service new McGovern with you for the next hour and I have seen scanning the screens here in this p.v.c. News room trying to capitalize on David Beckham former footballer now businessman in Miami we're waiting for him to announce team in Miami in fact there's apparently an awful lot of supporters are ready for the team that didn't materialize until now bus one seconds up we will get to it but I want to turn to a story very sad story really I suppose has roots over the past week you see here but these various attacks that have taken place in Afghanistan the latest one we hear at least 11 soldiers have been killed on an Army post in Kabul the 4th major assault in this surge of violence over the past week let's hear more from the issue of their b.b.c. Persians called alleged or. Optionals. The 5 surgeons were involved 'd the military base in the with the Kabul. Attacks thought it around the morning which was still dark the area. I witnessed this. The use to climb over the wall of the base and they also used clothes to cover the wire which was stopping them to get in and they got in the clashes happened there with the Afghan security forces the clashes continued for almost 5 hours and can special forces were deployed to the area to contain them and also. NATO forces are said to be in the area helping the special forces 'd with the operation and at the end 4 of the insurgents were killed and one of them was a wrist according to officials 11 Afghan soldiers were killed witnesses said that they also r.p.g. Rockets being used probably by insurgents and all. 2 security forces so another another bloody and difficult day for in Kabul Yes because people have heard a listers estancia day over 100 people killed in an attack and then I understand said planes fight the Taliban and this latest one was claimed by Islamic state watch is happening. It is interesting to see that in the space of the week both Taliban and prices are targeting different cities in Afghanistan ISIS attacked the Save the Children office in Jalalabad in the east of Afghanistan and then the Taleban attacked a very crowded place in Kabul previously they attacked a hotel in the continental killing $21.00 people including 4 incidents so it seems there are suspicions now that there is a sort of coordination between ISIS and Talabani going to officials are increasingly saying that the attacks that ISIS take responsibility for are carried out by Kani network a splinter group of the Taleban that you have going off shows or claiming to be supported by i.s.i. And Pakistani government Pac Sun has always denied that this but Conny network has carried out attacks in the previously in Kabul and other major cities and their attacks tactics and characteristics are very similar to ISIS So there are suspicions now that there is probably some sort of coordination between Taliban and ISIS. C.s. Sharia b.b.c. Persian skull Blitzer. Oh yes from the b.b.c. World Service I was mentioning as a David Beckham is getting ready to unveil details of his future Miami m.l.s. Major de. Soccer Club just taking a look actually on one of the screens o s 6 outside source 6 that feed coming in from Miami it's like I'm a big piercer event kind of bluish purple as purple lights behind the gentleman who is speaking at the moment it's not David Beckham just yes but let me have read a couple of the tweets that I'm seeing so they're in Legion are the supporters club for Miami m.l.s. Team they're marching to the stadium huge excitement apparently down there also we can see the hash tag Miami m.l.s. Is the hash tag that fans are using right now as well but we'll keep an eye on him and see if he comes it's something close I think 1457 days has been waiting for it so after 4 years 'd took a little bit longer than he expected a few more bumps in the road perhaps than he expected as well but it seems to becoming a reality we'll go back to it in just a couple of minutes time here on a west from the b.b.c. World Service I want to turn to Iran now because my colleague who are from b.b.c. Persian is just such an Iran or so we've been looking and I think our listeners have as well as some of the pictures coming out of Iran head scarves on a stick. But I'm trying to figure out which woman is which and what exactly has happened so can you tell us about this story so originally it was on the 27th of December that a woman decided to. Do what we are seeing today as well was to went to stand on top of something that appears like an electricity box she took off her head scarf which is mandatory to wear in Iran and she put it on top of a stick it looks like a flag and she stood there no conversation no chanting no demand she just showing a sign of peace and defying the laws of the land she was arrested no. We knew who she was for weeks people are trying to find her story she was released today to go and then today several women in different parts of Tehran and also we've got unconfirmed reports from a few other cities have copied her and they have we have received videos and pictures of women standing on little stools or steps it all started from a woman who went exactly the same spot this morning and then after that were receiving more photos of women doing it elsewhere which is surprising given the consequence that it had for the 1st woman so these women know that they are breaking the law no they might be arrested but they are still resisting. And so have they I suppose what has happened to each of them do we know it's probably quite difficult to get the specifics a human rights lawyer in Iran says that at least one of them has been arrested but we haven't been able to independently confirm it we're trying to find through our contacts in Iran whether any more have been arrested or not. Is this part of the bigger protest movement that we've seen in Iran recently not directly I see this more as a part of a white Wednesday's campaign which started by a journalist Iranian journalist based in New York who asked women who didn't believe in mandatory head job to wear white head scarves on Wednesdays and this was mainly unlined women were taking off their head scarves sometimes discreetly in public places but not very obvious places and they were taking pictures of themselves and they were posting it or sending it to the the campaign and she posted them on an Instagram page this I think is a continuation of that. That and I it seems that it's going to get bigger and bigger it is becoming more public and I think they're looking more defiant than ever before so this strict dress code has been enforced since 1979 since the Iranian revolution before the us did women wear headscarves the religious one fit and the other 3 didn't and even now what's interesting is that there are many religious women who say that they also want women to have the option so it's not just non-religious women who want to have a choice religious women say that it should be a choice you can force everybody to cover up so there's a very interesting debate going on among religious people seculars on Twitter where they're constantly talking about this thank you very much Rana and we'll hear more no doubt it sounds like this coming week on that particular story and that's right after b.b.c. Persian. O.-s. From the b.b.c. World Service with the new interim government we're live at the heart of the b.b.c. News room here are some of the stories we're looking at right now on our Asia online pages police in Indonesia have to change 12 transgender women cutting their long hair and saying they were coaching them to behave like real men several beauty salons and actually province were raided over the weekend and transgender women working there were taken to the local police station China has dismissed reports about the African Union headquarters as press Posterous even echoing whaling the Chinese ambassador to the a you told reporters in Ethiopia the absurd claim in France is among newspapers very difficult to understand and North Korea has abruptly canceled a cultural event scheduled to be held jointly with the South set for the 4th of February at Monkhams guying in the north of the part of a series of events ahead of the South's hosting of the Winter Olympics and Kyung Chang a telegram from the north reportedly blamed biased and insulting media coverage in south. 1716 in the b.b.c. News or. Now one of the most talked about stories today on social media sites Grammy Awards the pictures all the stories. Are from the team has put together this explainer about the award ceremony. Last night the glitz and glamour of Los Angeles was well on display at the 2000 Grammy Awards singer Bruno Mars stole the show with 6 awards including Album of the year and Alysia Clara was the only female to win a major price. Away from the awards in cells there were a number of Campions on display with some stars both men and women wearing white roses as an act of solidarity against sexual harassment and its use. Gave an emotional performance of her song praying which is about her own experience of sexual abuse by an all female choir. There were also tributes paid to the victims of the Manchester and Las Vegas attacks featuring handwritten notes to the victims displayed on the screen but the surprise of the night came when Hillary Clinton and other celebrities appeared on a video reading out extracts from Michael Wolf's explosive that fire and fury about President Donald Trump much to the displeasure of the president himself. I'm keeping an eye all on one of the o S's one of the outside sources one of the feeds into this newsroom that one from Miami David Beckham expected to speak about the new team for Major League Soccer but he has about another 9 men on the stage with him I think they're all men from my vantage point so it doesn't sound like he's going to speak just yet so we'll keep an eye on this and we'll try and go to it once he gets started but let's turn to one of the videos on b.b.c. News dot com that many of you have been watching it's called I was addicted to pulling my hair out it's about Michael Malone who started pulling her hair out when she was 7 She's 14 now and she's from England and she how disorder known as. For 2 years let's listen to her experience. I guess and I know it's not. A new front to back. And your skull was months mustn't and I don't know I don't know stressed or angry or any sin I'm just trying to was diminished just I couldn't stop the new guy and. It was like a voice in my head was telling me to do it. And do to and I found battery relief afterwards after until. I intern for grafts to be used in framing brain couldn't swim and stopped stopped Datsun is well on stage it's nice to be seen Megan's family eventually found help with Alice and her therapist. Is probably more teenagers young people need to make because of the social pressures and the general anxiety that I think young people have takes it's more literally in their face because essentially disappeared because Bill Tucker sounds to sick she was her understanding. And how she generated that and so I'm seeing. Green bringing up you start to do it's from an account of some. Now with the previous story of Meg and if you've been affected by ash or any story recover go to b.b.c. Doc and forward slash action lying Oh yes from the b.b.c. World Service as I mention we're keeping an eye on Miami but I want to turn to arland before we go to David Beckham and the hash tag Have you seen this perhaps over the past year or so repeal the 8 is about abortion deeply polarized topic in. Arland there is a near total ban on terminations and in the Constitution there is talk of a referendum to remove the 8th amendment last week at the Prime Minister Lee of broad Current said he plans to liberal Arlen's abortion laws let's hear more about what is happening today there is a special Cabinet meeting Sara Barden is political reporter for the at the Irish Times in Dublin good to have you with us Sarah I think perhaps we should explain a little bit about what the situation is in our lives when it comes to abortion. Well the current situation here in our in and is that there is a constitutional or it's only provided in certain circumstances and that is when a mother's life is at risk and when her life without risk due to suicide those are the only circumstances by which an abortion can be provided for last year when the government with elected in 2016 No when it was elected that approach in place to provide for some changes in art and. So there is a special Cabinet meeting taking place today chaired by that the prime minister Mr Rudd care what's happening exactly us well is that she what happens is the government has agreed in principle to hold a referendum. No the decision has to formally be taken by the cop on a and it will agree to draft a piece of legislation to a provide for a referendum in either late May or early June and then 3rd of all the Minister for Health will seek permission to draft legislation to give people a direct line as to what would replace the 8th Amendment of the Constitution which is on abortion. To draft some legislation to give people as to what would replace that are you what circumstances would have or should be. It's difficult to put across perhaps they are growing up in our learned how much times have changed over the past couple of decades and even the fact that there could be a referendum on abortion is something that has people debating furiously a course at a few radio debates when I was back home a couple of weeks ago but are there any. Polls or people talking about what's expected to happen if a referendum takes place. And I'm wondering how my little Sarah. I've I feeling I have I'm going to try and get her back actually. It's something whenever I go back at something that's on the front pages of the paper and as I mentioned you turn on the radio and you'll find people are what they're debating is everything from changing the constitution so that abortion in any form could be legal they also talk about exactly how many weeks people might be able to access a termination. And people have very strongly held views when it comes to the topic so we're trying to reconnect with Sarah because I'd like to hear a little bit more about what she is hearing on the Ground 0 s. From the b.b.c. World Service I want to turn into Turkey 300 people have been arrested for posting social media messages again it's Turkey's military offensive in a frame in northern Syria we spoke about that offensive quite a bit last week in Kolkata from the b.b.c. Turkish service came down to explain a little bit more about this story ever since these operation has started it's been 10 days now we had seen many people posting anti-war messages on social media including journalists activists and politicians mostly from procurators political party but also other other political. Organizations as well so. We had seen that there's a going there's an ongoing crackdown on these people and no more not 300 people were arrested. Since the since since the beginning of the operation and is it out across the country right yes indeed it is am I could you also explain to our listeners the Turkish authorities stance when it comes to the Kurds in particular in northern Syria and that's correct there for the government this is what they're doing in Northern Syria is directly related to national security and this is important for the sort of bible of the church state and the government argues that Turkey is under constant attack from the Kurdish groups in northern Syria as well as northern Iraq but forgive even we see that that rhetorical among the opposition parties and they are blaming each other for being less supportive of the government policies when it comes to this and so when somebody is arrested air for posting. Or spose anti the military offensive What is the government's explanation of why they have been arrested. Well. Surely this these investigations are under supporting terrorist organizations it is it is under anti-terrorism laws so if you post some sort of anti-war message or some sort of criticism or what's going on in order and Syria it may easily be labeled as. As making the propaganda of terrorist organizations and providing support now because for the government this is an important military action and everyone without an