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Star pulls off his own great escape as he crash lands on a golf course and emerges with bumps and bruises. A nasa spacecraft prepares for an up close look at ceres, a dwarf planet between mars and jupiter which might tell us more about our solar system. And jamies here with all the business including some important numbers coming out of the united states. Yes, stephen. They are going to be getting the employment numbers. Theyre seen as crucial indicators of the health of the u. S. Economy. 12 months in a row, now, the country has been adding over 200,000 jobs every month, but the problem is when are Interest Rates going to have to go up . A very warm welcome to gmt. Its 7 00 a. M. In washington, 12 00 noon in london, and 3 00 p. M. In baghdad, where government officials have accused Islamic State militants of cultural barbarism after they used bulldozers to destroy the ancient assyrian city of nimrud in Northern Iraq. One of the worlds most important archaeological sites has, it seems, been reduced to rubble, as i. S. Continues its campaign to erase millennium of history. Nimrud lies just a short distance from mosul in Northern Iraq which is still firmly in militant hands. But further south, another of their strongholds, tikrit is now under concerted attack from Government Forces and shia militia fighters. Our World Affairs correspondent, mike wooldridge, has all the latest developments. Reporter the fivedayold offensive to take saddam husseins hometown from Islamic State is intense. There are now said to be around 30,000 iraqi soldiers and allied fighters involved. But the recapture of tikrit if it happens is not expected to be quick, as the Islamic State have had more than eight months to dig into their positions in the city. And theyve apparently set fire to oil wells in an attempt to slow down the government advance. The u. N. Is worried about the thousands of civilians now fleeing the battle. When families run from fighting and they seek safe haven, our First Priority is to help stabilize them. And then in coming days and coming weeks, we talk to them about their stories and about whats happening to them. And this is when i think, well have much more of a sense of whats going on in tikrit whats going on in nimrud whats going on in these places where the fighting is occurring. Reporter nimrud founded in the 13th century bc is an ancient assyrian city. The treasure discovered here is regarded as one of the greatest archaeological finds of the 20th century. Most of the artifacts, long ago moved to museums, but the site itself, still regarded as a jewel of iraqs rich archaeological heritage. Iraqi Officials Say i. S. Militants have begun bulldozing nimrud. The extent of the damage has not yet been confirmed. It comes a week after the jihadist militants released this propaganda video showing themselves smashing artifact artifacts at a museum in mosul. In their extreme interpretation of islam, the militants regard such artifacts as idolist. How far there is now a battle in iraq for its soul as well as for its territory. Mike wooldridge bbc news. Now, to talk a little bit more about what is happening in nimrud and its significance im joined by a leading iraqi archaeologist and an associate fellow at the londonbased institute of archaeology. Give me a sense of how important a site nimrud is. What does it mean . Well nimrud was a capital, one of the capitals of the empire assyrian which ruled the world. The assyrians, at the time dominated what we now call the middle east. Well not the middle east but the known world then. The rest were nothing. And were talking about a period, what 9th century. More than 3,000 years ago. Yep. And what if we had been able to go there just before the i. S. Militants moved in what would we have seen in todays nimrud . Quite a lot. Its a big site. It being, you know, the capital of an empire and the most important is the palace. The palace which is 9th century bc around them. Its huge. It really is huge. And it was absolutely full of assyrian relieves. Some of it is in the british museum, because it was discovered in the middle of the 19th century. Were talking about not just the most precious history of iraq but the history of the world. And i just wonder what your personal feelings are, as an iraqi archaeologist, when you consider these reports that bulldozers have moved in. I cant explain it. You know i mean its one of the most tragic things. I never thought that would happen. Maybe the looting of the museum before in mosul, because we got used to looting museums. But to go and really hack the reliefs in nimrud i never thought about it. You clearly are feeling very upset, personally. Absolutely. Tell me something, you know its hard in a way to know how to respond to this because the humanitarian suffering in iraq right now is so profound. So many thousands killed, so many hundreds of thousands lost their homes. As an archaeologist, how do you, then put into context the destruction of something so immensely important in historical terms . Well its terrible. I mean i dont want to talk about the lives that have gone because its not acceptable again. But this is history that goes away. And if you destroy it you destroy your own history. Do you think, ever that it could be justifiable to see the destruction of one of the worlds important archaeological sites like this one, as grounds for some sort of military intervention . Oh, i hope so. I really do you know . We have to save what is left. I mean now the museum with the best artifacts has gone next the second one, they tried to destroy some of it. And now nimrud. What is left in the north of iraq . And before that all the islamic sites. Mosul is the best place in iraq for islamic sites. That question of yours, what will be left is an important one. But we have to end there. Dr. Ghailani, thank you so much for joining me on gmt. Thank you. Now, in other fuse the military chief of syrias al nusra front has been killed. And that is according to the militant group itself. It said on social media that abu al shammy and three other liters died in an air strike. The staterun agency says the army targeted the al nusra leaders as they met in northern israel province. A palestinian has rammed his car into a group of pedestrians in jerusalem, injuring four police wem and another passerby. It happened close to the site of similar attacks last year on the seam between east and west jerusalem. Police say the driver tried to stab people before he was shot and wounded by officers. Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been released from prison after serving a 15day sentence for handing out leaflets to promote a protest rally. The russian Opposition Leader vowed not to step back as he left jail a week after the killing of another opposition figure, boris nemtsov. The american actor, Harrison Ford is well used to Cheating Death on screen as anyone who is familiar with the indian jones movies will know but now hes done it for real. He was piloting a vintage plane in california when the engine failed. The Hollywood Star crashlanded on to a golf course and happily emerged with bumps and bruises, but nothing more. Alastair lepe has this report. Reporter first it looked bad. Harrison ford being helped by paramedics after being lifted out of the small, vintage plane. But it had been the perfect emergency landing. Icallying clipping a few treetops before coming to a standstill on the eighth hole. Hes going to land on the golf course. Patient was in moderate condition, alert, conscious, and breathing, and was transported to a local hospital. Reporter air accident investigators have already arrived on the scene, and will be trying to establish what went wrong. Hed just taken off from the nearby Santa Monica Airport when he started to have trouble with the 80yearold planes single engine. He calmly told air Traffic Control he was in trouble and wanted to circle back around. 178, engine failure. Immediate return. Ryan 178, run a 21 clear to land. I have to go to 3. Okay ryan 178 running 3, clear to land. The person inside the plane, and then i saw they put him on the ground so when i see theyre moving that was good. Hes alive. His son, ben ford tweeted an update. At the hospital he said. Dad is okay. Battered, but okay. He is every bit the man you would think he is. He is an incredibly strong man. Harrison ford has been flying for years and has already had a few scrapes along the way. Well, what a dramatic landing. Just meters away from houses and from trees. Hans solo and indian jones would be proud of a landing like this and we can say that now that we know that Harrison Ford is okay. The question is at 72 is he now doing his own stunts . And how is he going to top this in the new Star Wars Film . Stay with us on bbc world news because still to come its a pretty impressive collection of military hardware and tanks. Inside a factory in Eastern Ukraine, where rebels are repairing tanks seized from the Ukrainian Military. This year, make every amazing, despicable wizarding second of your vacation count by staying where the adventure never ends. Come with me now two theme parks. Spectacular resort hotels. More epic than ever. Dont just vacation. Whoa, go with me now. Vacation like you mean it. Universal orlando resort. Go big with epic vacation packages starting at just 139 per night including park admission. How do i get hotel deals nobody else gets . I know a guy. Priceline negotiator i know a guy in new york vegas, dallas. My competitors may know a guy, but i know over 60,000 guys. Priceline. Com hey, a Bipartisan Group of members of congress have written to president obama urging him to supply the Ukrainian Military with weapons. They argue that the ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine has only consolidated russian and rebel gains. Thousands of people have been forced from their homes during the fighting. The bbcs tom burridge has been to a factory in donetsk, where rebels say theyre repairing tanks that theyve seized from the Ukrainian Military. Reporter inside this factory in donetsk, the main city here in eastern rebelcontrolled ukraine, is a pretty impressive selection of military hardware and tanks. Now, the rebels say that they see all of these vehicles over the past few weeks and months from the Ukrainian Army. And what they say theyre doing is essentially stripping down some of the parts and using them on others. You can see this tank has been opened up in the back here where the engine is and simply doing some kind of work here. And the best example, possibly is this tank over here, which has been completely stripped down. And you can see the huge gun at the front. These are sovietera vehicles dating back possibly to the 70s and 80s. The rebels say theyre getting no new parts from russia. And they claim they have no idea what will happen to these vehicles after theyre repaired. But clearly they brought them here for a reason. That reason is probably to send a message to the Ukrainian Army that if there is an escalation in the fighting again here in Eastern Ukraine, than this is the military hardware they have to fight with. So this is an armored personnel carrier. Again, you can see parts of it are being stripped away. And up the front is the gun and then next to that vehicle, is this one. A selfpropelled artillery. This can fire shells at targets around 25 kilometers away. And this is being characterized by the use of heavy artillery by both sides. In fact areas not far from here in donetsk have been completely flattened. And its heavy artillery thats caused most of the deaths. More than 6,000 people have now died in this conflict. There you go. Tom burridge there in a makeshift workshop for military hardware in the rebelheld territory in Eastern Ukraine. Lets stay with the story, because we can bring you the latest on the ukrainian female pilot who has been on Hunger Strike in a russian prison for 83 days. Nadya savchenco has agreed to suspend her protest, partially, and eat some chicken broth. She is charged with a conspiracy to kill two supporters. She denies the charges and insists she is held in russia illegally. Sarah rainsford has this report from moscow. Reporter nadia calls glory to ukraine as shes led into court. Still defiant after months behind bars. Kiev calls this woman a prisoner of war. Russia has charged her as an accessory to murder. She had been on Hunger Strike since december, a protest that caused visible concern. She called it off due to concerns about her health. I asked her if she has hopes shell be freed. Hopes are the last thing to die she told me. Translator i want to return home and do my duty to start working at last in ukraine, and for ukraine. And not waste my time in russian prison. Reporter this is the deadly mar mortar strike shes accused of coordinating in ukraines war against prorussian rebels. The russian cameraman filmed the attack as he took cover. His correspondents and sound pan were killed just meters away. This is the teams last report that day. Nadia is accused of giving their location to ukraines military. In russia the journalists families were awarded state honors on their behalf the order of courage. Dasha just tells us her dad was brave for going there, and very kind, she says. But this case has become highly politicized. There are increasingly International Calls now from the kremlin to release nadia. Theres outrage that after her capture in ukraine, she says she was smuggled here across the border in a blindfold. But supporterers argue the only solution to her case now would be for president putin to intervene directly. But so far, theres been no sign of that. Her defense team warned she wouldnt survive until a trial. She had moved herself here from prison hospital. And yet the lawyers say mobile phone records from ukraine clearly prove her innocence. We can see that nadia has absolutely albieibi. Reporter president putin has said this womans fate will be decided by the courts. But at home in ukraine, nadia has become a powerful symbol of resistance to russia as she vows to go on fighting for her freedom. Sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. Now, any moment now, a nasa spacecraft is about to go into orbit around the mysterious socalled dwarf planet called ceres, which sits between mars and jupiter. The dawn mission is in its eight year and will give us an up close look at mars bright spots, and may give us new information into the formation of our solar system. Joining me to talk about is our science correspondent and rsht space expert jonathan amos. Jonathan, do we really care about ceres very much . How excited are you . When they first discovered it in 1801, they thought it was a planet. And you look at it and its round. The reason its round, its 950 kilometers across so the gravity of the body has pulled it into a spherical shape. You look at it now, and it does look like a planet. But it aint a planet . It aint a planet. So what is it . This is an argument. Theyve decided now there are eight planets in the solar system. If you remember there used to be nine. Pluto was the ninth planet. And then they said well you know, theres some things about pluto that arent just right as well, so they downgraded it demoted it and put it this in new category called dwarf planet. And there probably hundreds of these things out there. And this ceres, which is in that category is the first to be visited by a spacecraft. So that is why its special. So the dawn mission has been eight years in the making. Its going to go round and round and round and round and take lots of photographs. What i want to know are these shiny bright spots. Nobody seems to be able to tell me what they really are. This has been the assignment on approach. As the dawn spacecraft has got nearer, its been able to take pictures that surpass anything the Hubble Space Telescope has taken. The space telescope got a hint of something that was bright in the Northern Hemisphere but as weve gt closer we can see distinctly now two bright spots on the surface. What are they . Fascinating. Come on dont just pose a question. Youre the space expert. So the speculation is we think ceres is essentially a rocky core surrounded by ice and over the top, it has a deposit of other rock. We think its been impacted by something, its gouged down exposed ices. On an airless body ice is not stable, it vaporized, and that i have left salt highly reflective material. And its so reflective its burnt out the sensors on the camera of dawn. Theyve corrected the lighting for the rest of the body and in doing that its completely burnt out this reflective material. Which tells you its very very bright, indeed. Its fascinating, all of that, but are we going to learn much more in terms of the solar system and what it tells us about the formation of it . Listen when the planets got going, they started very very small and they amalgamated into larger and larger bodies. This object ceres is probably one of the protoplanets. Its an object that never quite got into the bigtime. It stalled. Were almost out of time. When are we going to get the first pictures back from this orbit . Weve gone in behind the back thats the dark side. Weve got to come back around the front, in a few weeks time. Late april, ill come back and tell you all about it. You darn well with. Its an invitation. Thank you, jonathan very much, indeed. Now, it is called the ladies coach. The carriage on the delhi merit that has traditionally been reserved for women only. Ahead of this weekends International Womens day and amid a controversy about Sexual Violence in india, our reporter bought a ticket to listen to the gossip of the citys modern day female commuters. I take the delhi metro every day on my way to work. And i dont have to think about what coach im going to get into. The first coach is reserved for ladies only. And its always my first choice. Its actually a womens only club that sometimes doubles up as a powder room. Ladies inside the coach have a great level of ease, and they talk like no one is listening. And i cant help but overhear their conversations. Ladies here talk about everything from their boyfriends to their inlaws to their studies to their careers. The girl is nice. She wears jeans. Shes not too modern. My professor lost her cat. She was so upset, she canceled the class yesterday. My dad hides money from us in different places around the house. I recently found a bundle of cash under his mattress. I paid off all our debts with it. And when he asked us about money, we just acted like we didnt know. Happy new year may the burdens on your family shift to your neighbors house. Ive lost my cool with that woman. I set up my whole presentation on her laptop. The next day, she says shes lost it. Go to hell. Im not going to make that presentation again. For me, its like a little window into the life of these women. In the last few years, ive seen more and more young and working women on board. They feel much more empowered now, it seems, and theyre not scared of speaking their minds anymore, not at least on the ladies coach. Now, before we close, were going to bring you an unusual story from germany. A chance to see, perhaps, the worlds most modest pop singer in action. Because look at this this was the scene as german tv viewers voted for the winner of the competition to represent their country at the annual euro vision song contest. The victorious performer was andreas with his song heart of gold. So far, so ordinary, but then things went a bit offscript. Instead of celebrating, he told the presenter that he wasnt really in the right shape to accept so he said the second place performer should take his place. She accepted, so germanys official 2015 euro vision entry is going to be a song called black smoke. So there you go. Thats almost it from us for now, but stays was here on bbc world news. Hey, how you doin . It hurts. This is what it can be like to have shingles. A painful blistering rash. If you had chicken pox the shingles virus is already inside you. 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And jamies here and hes got a look at whats happening in the business world, including a question of quotas in germany. Yes, germanys parliament on friday passed a law which forces the countrys biggest countries to have 30 of their supervisory boards made up of women. Ill be talking to one who thinks it will do more harm than good. A very warm welcome back to gmt. It was a year ago this weekend that the malaysian airliner, mh370 disappeared soon after takeoff from kuala lumpur en route to beijing. Despite finding no sign of the aircraft and little indication of its fate malaysias government officially declared the disappearance an accident. For months now, underwater robots equipped with sonar has been scanning the indian ocean seabed for any sign of mh370. Theyre also using sensors, which can detect any tiny amounts of jet fuel. Theyre being towed by ships on steel cables up to 10 kilometers long allowing them to sink deep into the ocean, hovering about 100 meters above the sea floor. But moving at walking speed and operating at depths of up to 5,000 meters the size of this task is monumental. So far, the underwater search has covered 24,000 square kilometers, just over 40 of the priority search area. They hope that the search might be finished by the end of may. To give you an idea of the size heres how it compares to the size of britain. Now, in a moment well have a report from our correspondent, John Donnison whos been with the men conducting the search but first, imagine the agony for the families of the missing passengers. The government believes all 239 people onboard mh370 were killed but many relatives arent willing to accept this. The bbcs jennifer pac has been speaking to some of the relatives. Reporter his sons picture used to hang on this wall. Now, only the nail is left. His father took down the photo after flight mh370 disappeared. He says his son was on the plane to beijing for a work trip. He tells me its painful to be reminded of his son. Translator its been very difficult. When i am on my motor bike, i will look up and wonder where he is. Then we go home and watch news about the missing plane and we think about him. We cant forget him. Its hard for us to move on. Reporter he says his son is a good and caring son. He still talks as if his son, seen here with his wife, were alive. That wont change until there is evidence to prove otherwise. Other families are also struggling. Grace says her mother was on board mh370 to see her father in beijing. She says her mother is warm, patient, and devoted to the family. Shes barely 5 feet high, but she had a huge personality. Reporter like many families, she tells me shes frustrated with the way malaysian officials have been handling the planes disappearance. So, for example, the investigation, they say it hasnt closed, but they dont give us any information. Reporter grace may seem composed, but she tells me shes very depressed. For me, its about just waking up and getting through the day. And i think ive sort of pushed a lot of people out of my life, pushed a lot of things out of my life. I mostly want to be alone or left alone. I dont find any joy in any social outing anymore. Reporter he also has to make changes. He no longer has a son to support him in and his wife, so he has to go back to work as a parttime security guard. He prays every day to the hindu god for his son to return home safely. Jennifer pac, bbc news, malaysia. So so much pain for the families of those passengers. The fate of mh370 remains one of the worlds great aviation mysteries. The underwater search continues, of course, and its focused on a remote area of the southern indian ocean. And from there, John Donnison sent us this special report. Reporter this is the International Team leading the arguably most difficult search operation in history. Its the last time the crew will see land for seven waex. And where theyre heading is about as bleak and remote as you can get. This is one of four ships that has been hunting for mh370 for almost a year. Just to arrive at the search area, it takes six days. Theyre focusing on a priority zone of 60,000 square kilometers. But the underwater search equipment can only operate at walking pace. So imagine Walking Around an area 40 times the size of london and then imagine doing that in waters up to 5 kilometers deep. Its a very small target in a very large area. Although a plane looks large when you see it on the ground, when you look at the size of the area were covering, it is quite small. Reporter the team are using whats known as a tow fish. Its dropped into the water on a cable up to 10 kilometers long. It uses sound waves or sonar to scan the ocean floor. If the tow fish detects anything of interest, they can send down this 10 million automated submarine, which is equipped with a camera and sensors that can pick up traces of oil or fuel in the water. The crew are left with huge quantities of data to analyze. And all the while, trying to stay safe. During this search, the crew have faced some truly horrendous conditions, including two cyclones. At one point, they tell me, the waves were so high, they were crashing over the top deck. It has been an incredibly long and difficult job. They genuinely believe that if the plane is down there, they will eventually find it. But what they dont know is whether theyre looking in the right place. And for the crew, theres no point in being negative. They concluded that this is the best place to search for it, so thats what were out here for, is to see. And you have to believe youre going to find something, you know . Will we find it . I hope so. I dont know. Reporter as the team prepare to head out into the wilderness again, nobody, at least publicly, is talking about giving up. But after a year of looking is and millions of dollars spent, the worlds greatest ever aviation mystery remains unsolved is. John donnison, bbc news, in perth. Now, jamie is joining me with all the global business. And jamie, its the first friday in the month, so i know youre going to kick off with u. S. Jobs you know what im going to say, it has to do with employment figures in the united states. Were shortly expecting more evidence that the worlds biggest economy is recovering really pretty strongly. Official employment figures for february expected in the next hour and theyre going to show another bump among the report for job creation and a further fall in unemployment, as well. These are the clues that the u. S. Federal reserve has got to inspect, as it decides when its going to start raising Interest Rates. Lets have a look at the actual numbers or what we think the numbers are going to be. U. S. Firms are expected to have created about 240,000 new jobs last month. That would mean the u. S. Labor market has had its best year in two decades. It would also be enough to bring the jobless rate down to 5. 6 . The figures dont always tally together, but thats roughly where its expected to be. And thats really close to normal levels for a healthy economy, as one would expect. The other thing that the fed, the central bank and the Global Financial markets are all going to be looking for is wage growth. January saw a big jump in average hourly wages, and again, that could be more evidence that america is beginning to see a bit of inflation coming in and thats going to mean higher Interest Rates soon rather than later. Heres michelle ferick from new york. Reporter for some waitresses and bartenders a raise is on the menu. In new york, the minimum wage for those who rely on tips to boost their salaries is going up at the end of the year. And here at cullas restaurant, staff have already seen an increase. With the holidays and everything, we thought, were making money, and we can afford to bump them up a little bit. And even when it slowed down with this horrible weather, it didnt affect you adjust your budget. Reporter and whats true here is true for a growing number of americans. More and more workers are quitting their jobs for better ones. Since the labor market has improved i that no longer feel they have to settle for the first job they can get. And thats forcing some companies to think about increasing compensation. Including the u. S. largest private employer. A few weeks ago, walmart announced it was raising wages for half a million workers. One of the most immediate changes is that well raise our starting pay. For our Current Associates well start by raising our entry wage to at least 9 an hour in april. And by february of next year all Current Associates will earn at least 10 an hour. If these wage gains continue this economist tells me it could not only lift americas Living Standards, but also help the economy. Its a great thing. Obviously, rising Living Standards for the average family depend on rising real wages and rising real wages are the touchstone for profitable companies. At some point in Time Companies need a healthy Consumer Base to make money. Over time they can only squeeze their cost base so far, so they go hand in hand. Rising real wages are good for the economy, good for stocks and good for the world. Reporter from restaurants like this to retailers, wages are starting to pick up. Economists now are waiting for signs that pay is beginning to grow more broadly. Michelle flory bbsc news new york. A short while ago, the German Parliament voted through legislation thats going to force businesses there to appoint more women to board room positions. This will initially affect 100 of the countrys Largest Companies from 2016. Theyll have to ensure that women make up at least 30 of their supervisory boards. Now, rachael short joins me from the 30 Club Steering committee. The 30 club was launched in the United Kingdom in 2010 and had a goal of 30 women on boards by the end of 2013 but not using quotas. Why not using quotas . Hi jamie. For a number of reasons, actually, and i should say my professional background is a business psychologist. So i will give you the psychological reason as well as the business reason. So if you only use quotas what youre actually doing is, you are forceing people to comply with something they have no choice about. What that does is, you tend to end up with people with a box ticking mindset. Theyre appointing the right number of women, so they can tick the box. It doesnt actually drive sustainable change. What you end up is people do comply, you get 40 of them in just thereabouts on board, but you find an even bigger gap them in terms of the executive release, because they have been sucked into these supervisory roles. By the way this german legislation does apply to supervisory roles. It is not applying to the management boards, ie the executive positions, where you make the daytoday decisions about these strategic operations. Youre swimming against the tide, really, arent you . Are more and more countries doing this . France has done it norway has done it. Germany has now done it. A lot of people are changing their minds. And two particularly influential women have now come around to the idea of quotas. One, Angela Merkel and two, Christine Lagarde of the imf. Thats a quite impressive argument, isnt it . I absolutely can understand why women will feel that enough is enough. Its time to make a real change. What quotas do is they bring about change very quickly. What they dont do is create that sustainable pipeline of executive female talents, who are going to fill those seniorlevel leadership positions over a longer period. And theres a lot of National Even the german legislation is supplemented by the 3,500 companies beneath the top 100, that have to actually provide more transparency around disclosure of the proportions of women. But take the norwegian example. Its working there, isnt it . There are many more were up to about 35 , arent we . Yes and no its working. Its working of course, youre always going to get yes and no running together. Theres always going to be some mistakes and some failures. But the point is youre pushing the whole argument forward. Not necessarily. What youre actually doing, and norways a very good example. What youre actually doing, youve created a much bigger gap in terms of the proportion of women sitting on those supervisory boards the board. Was theres a dropoff in terms of representation of women at the executive Committee Level is much bigger. What the uk has managed to achieve, by this much more systemic voluntary approach so were not against goals or aspirations or ambitions. Its the imposition factor. If you can get government leaders and policy makers to set a goal and create voluntary Movement Towards that goal youre much more likely to create a sustainable pipeline of female executive talents that will keep that going forward. Rachel fascinating to talk to you. Thank you very much indeed. Now, just one more story i want to tell you before i move on, there are some angry seats in Brazils Congress today, as enquir en en enquitery got underway on thursday. More than 20 executives at the oil giant have already been indicted in the scandal. It is alleged that billions of dollars were siphoned away from the company over the past decade. Some of the pay to political parties. Brazilian media report suggests a list of politicians, allegedly involved could be made public later today, that is friday. Thats the business news. More on that later. Stephen . Thank you very much, indeed. Stay with us on bbc world news. Still to come thousands of children have celebrated World Book Day dressing up as their favorite characters. But one schoolboy, he was sent home because of his costume. Were going to find out, why. You total your brand new car. Nobodys hurt,but there will still be pain. It comes when your Insurance Company says theyll only pay threequarters of what it takes to replace it. What are you supposed to do, drive threequarters of a car . Now if you had Liberty Mutual new car replacement, youd get your whole car back. I guess they dont want you driving around on three wheels. Smart. 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Common side effects include increased blood pressure, common cold symptoms, urinary tract infection, and headache. Take charge by talking to your doctor about your oab symptoms and myrbetriq. Find out if you can get your first prescription at no cost by visiting myrbetriq. Com welcome back to gmt. Yesterday was World Book Day in a number of countries, including the uk where its become a big day in the school calendar. Pupils are encouraged to dress up as their Favorite Book characters. So inevitably, there are hundreds of harry potters and hermione grangers. But the costume of one boy in Northern England caused a bit of a kerfuffle. Here he is 11yearold liam. He turned out as christian grey from the 50 shades of grey book about a very particular kind of sexual relationship. Liam wore a smart suit as you can see, and his accessories included a blindfold and plastic cable ties. A teacher said the costume was inappropriate and excluded him from the Schools Group photograph. The story has made headlines in britain and across the world. And joining me now, im delighted to say, is liams mum, nickola. Welcome to gmt. Lets go back a little bit in this story. Whose idea was it for liam to go as christian grey from these infamous books . It was liams idea. It came about because we were discussing the character has to be for World Book Day, he didnt want to wear a costumetype character. And at the time he was choosing the character, the film was being released so it was all over the media, constantly. Wherever you looked all you could hear about was christian grey. There might be people watching this thing, nickola, what were you thinking . Because presumably you had a bit of a veto here. You could have stopped him doing this. And he chose a character from a book which is all about sex. It doesnt sound very appropriate. No, but you could look into any book and see the sinister side in any book that you pick up. And he could have chose other characters, he could, but he wanted to be christian grey. Yeah but hes 11 hes 11 years old i know hes 11. And you ask any 11yearold, and theyll know who he is because of how media has portrayed him and plastered him over everything. He got to school and the teachers didnt think it was right, particularly when they fished out the cable ties and blindfolds from his pockets. What did they say to liam and what did they say to you . Liam was told he had to change his character. He was told he has to be james bond instead. And the irony in that is that james bond is a promiscuouser mispromiscuous character who kills people. We agreed to disagree on his costume. There is a bit of a funny element, but also slightly serious element to it. Our kids we worry about them getting oversexualized too young. I cant imagine liam age 11, really sort of knew quite why the cable ties and blindfold were so important to his getup. Well after the film was released, i know all i was reading was about 50 shades of grey, and buying some cable ties. But theyre not 11 years old no but as an 11yearold, hes seen that all over twitter, all over social you know all over social media and on the telly, everywhere. That comments been made, you know, daytime tv and other things. Its just a joke. Its not anymore inappropriate with a child going to school with a plastic gun. Whats he going to go as next year . I really dont know. Probably not this. Nickola, thank you ever so much for joining us. Thank you. Now, new york is a city filled with music, whether its on the subway or the symphony at Carnegie Hall but as of today, it is a slight less friendly place for lovers of classical music. Thats because the citys last remaining classical sheet music store is closing its doors today. The bbc stopped by to speak to the owner. I need to know what you my own frank music company, which is a store that sells classical sheet music. And im closing after 37 years. Look at that i love those. This was my guitar teachers guitar teacher. Get out of here these were the two shops in new york where you could go and if you were a beginning violinist, you could stand next to maestro jimmy levine and ezack pearlman, ordering a piece of music at the counter and talk to them. This doesnt happen online. My mom and i used to come here to take a look at the music and i felt so upset, this is the last store in new york. And we feel several days last year where we didnt see anybody all day. Of course now that im closing, im the hottest thing since sliced bread, as they say. Look, i was very lucky. I met a lot of great people. Very very painfully clear that when someone comes out to the counter, shes like what do you need . What can i find for you . Shes so connected to these books and so in love with them and its a shame that something so beautiful has to go away and move over for digital. When i had money, thats what i did. I put it into the inventory. Because that was the great feeling of saying yes, i have it. Yes, i have it. Yes, i have it. Its pretty hard to compete with amazon. I think its a huge loss because all of the character of new york of places that are unique, this stuff cant survive. I have a fairy tale ending. Theres a school in los angeles, they offered to buy all my inventory. I mean this is what ive done my whole life and i know every opus number and every composer and every public but, you know, thats not a salable skill. My husband and i own a farm upstate. Im going to get some new chickens, play the piano, cook read, sleep late. I think thats pretty good. So a poignant ending there in new york city. And an ending from us too. Thats it for this edition of gmt. But philippa is here to tell us whats coming up on impact. Stephen, thank you very much. 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