06/02/2016 World News Today

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Tens of thousands of Syrians are escaping fighting in the north of

the country. Many stuck in freezing temperatures and the Turkish border.

But Turkey says there is no need to allow them to cross its frontier. In

Taiwan the search continues through the night was a five is the deadly

earthquake, at least 14 people known to have died. After several hours

with no good news we've had a flurry, first a little boy brought

out alive, now this adult. We understand two more will be brought

out, also alive. Lunch Mac a massive avalanche in the Austrian Alps has

killed five skiers from the Czech Republic. And buzzing with life

Brazil sets aside fears of the Zika virus for the annual Carnivore.

-- for the annual Carnival. The numbers are staggering. One official

says that over 35,000 Syrian refugees have arrived at the Turkish

border in the past couple of days. It's after fighting intensified in

Aleppo. Government forces backed by Russian air strikes are targeting

rebel held positions there. The result, tens of thousands of people

forced to escape and fleeing to the Turkish border town of Kilis in the

north. Two geezers and is prepared to help the refugees by providing

food and shelter but its border stays closed. Despite EU officials

reminding Turkey of its international obligations by keeping

its frontiers open. Our correspondence sent this report.

Their only thought is escape, away from the madness

Their aim was Turkey yet the border will not be open.

35,000 people have gathered on the border, given food

and shelter but not safe passage into Turkey.

They are fleeing a two-pronged attack by Russian air

strikes and forces loyal to Assad, rubble supply lines have been cut

off, 300,000 civilians in Aleppo could be trapped.

If the city falls it could be a fatal blow

This man left Aleppo three weeks ago and still hopes

to return but he says the city is enduring a nightmare.

Living in Aleppo, actually, it is being

You don't know how or when you will die.

Because of Assad's aircraft or Russian aircraft,

With the refugees cared for by Turkish groups

on the Syrian side of the border Turkey says there is no need to let

Could this country finally be closing its doors?

We still keep this open border policy for

these people fleeing from the aggression of the regime

as well as air strikes of Russia.

And these people are fleeing from such acts, so we need

to keep this open-door policy for them.

Turkey has welcomed more than 2.5 million Syrian refugees

but its open door policy has precipitated

So this country now faces conflicting pressures,

to help those in need, while being told by the EU

Turkey has long been the gatekeeper to

sanctuary, but resources are stretched and it now faces

a dilemma to give safe passage or decide a limit has been reached.

are missing after a powerful earthquake hit Taiwan in the early

hours of the morning, while people were sleeping.

At least 14 people died after the magnitude 6.4 quake

hit the south of the island, close to the city of Tainan.

Most of the casualties were in a 17 storey building that

Our Correspondent Rupert Wingfield Hayes is in Tainan.

Nearly 24 hours after the earthquake struck they have not given up hope

This is now the focus of the rescue, it

huge 17 storey apartment block ripped from its foundations and now

lying on its back.

All day they have been pulling people out alive.

But as night returned dozens of relatives waited anxiously,

This woman is waiting for news of her nephew.

Don't be scared, she tells her family on the phone,

The rescuers have heard a noise, she tells me, they are pretty sure

And then the moment she's been waiting for.

Minutes later, on the other side of the building, another rescue.

After several hours with no good news

we've suddenly had a flurry, first they brought out the little

boy alive and now they've brought out

We understand there are two more about to be brought out

It is a boost to those still waiting anxiously for news but the grim

truth is that the easy rescues have now all been done.

There are still over 100 people missing inside the rubble.

The other question people are asking is why this particular building came

down. It is noticeable that in the streets surrounding me, all of the

buildings I have seen are completely unscathed but this building toppled

over from a 6.4 earthquake. Buildings in Taiwan are supposed to

be able to withstand quakes of this size and bigger. So the

investigation will now focus on, was there a problem with this building,

with the company that built the building, was the corruption

involved, this building certainly should not have come down. More than

100 anti-migrant protesters have brought the French city of Cali to a

standstill. Hundreds of police in riot gear used

pepper spray and teargas. Well, Tomos Morgan

is in Calais for us - At around 1pm, anti-migrant

protesters came here to Calais to protest against the migrant

camp here on the edge They say the migrants have

affected them in a big way, affecting businesses,

and have really put a black mark Not all the protesters

are from this area. Some are from other areas

across the northern coast. Now, police tried to disperse

the crowd as quickly as possible. Telling them if they wouldn't

move, they would move They kettled off this main road

in the centre of the town and used They used snatch-and-grab tactics

to pull out certain individuals, those main protagonists,

in an effort to release the tension Now, the French interior minister,

Bernard Cazeneuve, actually banned Nevertheless, the protesters took

to the streets in an effort In Macedonia, there have been

clashes between police and taxi drivers who have been blocking

a border rail crossing. Riot police

used force to remove the drivers who were protesting

on the railway tracks. Trains had to be halted

for several days - delaying thousands of migrants

and asylum seekers, waiting to cross Police in Austria say five skiers

from the Czech Republic have been killed in a huge avalanche

in the Austrian Alps, The avalanche engulfed 17 people,

with search and rescue teams now A police spokesman says two people

have been injured. TRANSLATION: Shortly after 12 noon

and there was a huge avalanche at a mountain as high as 2857

metres, in this area, Two groups were buried by this

avalanche in the ascent. There were 17 people,

one group of 12, another Five people were killed

by the avalanche, two were injured, All of them seemed

to be from the Czech It's been confirmed

a passenger flight, which was forced to make

an emergency landing in Mogadishu One passenger fell through the hole

in the fuselage, which appeared shortly after take-off

from Mogadishu. Several thousand supporters

of the far right anti-immigrant group Pegida have staged a protest

by the side of the River Elbe Similar, smaller protests have been

planned in other European countries including France,

the UK and the Czech Republic. North Korea has brought forward

the time frame of a controversial satellite launch, according

to regional governments. It's believed it could take

place as early as Sunday. The announcement was condemned

by world powers, which say it is a cover for a

ballistic missile test. Here in the UK, the government has

announced plans to provide specialist mental health services

for survivors of Female Genital GPs, psychiatrists and counsellors

will be given training to support victims of the practice,

which has been described by campaigners

as "gross child abuse". As soon as I read through this poem,

I realised it was actually I was aged 11 and it

was on my birthday. Poetry helping women who have

experienced female genital mutilation to deal

with its lasting impacts. They attend this clinic

in West London, one of the only practices to provide

specialised support. 42-year-old Christina,

not her real name, had FGM performed I went to the room, and I was held

down by four ladies. That's when they performed

the circumcision. Right now I would say more

than the physical part is the mental part, that's what I find difficult.

I have flashbacks. It's estimated more than 130,000

people in England and Wales are living with the

consequences of FGM. Between July and September last

year, nearly 1,400 cases were reported, with the highest

number in the capital. What really came through,

from the conversations I've been having and the conversations

you have with people who have been through FGM, is that the trauma can

stay with people for a lifetime. For women like Christina,

trying to come to terms with their experience of FGM

is a continuing journey. More than 3,100 pregnant Colombian

women have been infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus,

as the disease continues its rapid The virus has been linked

to the devastating birth defect microcephaly, which prevents

a child's brains from developing There are so far no recorded

cases of Zika-linked Meanwhile in Brazil,

where the virus is also a major the country's famous carnival

celebrations have begun. Around a million visitors

are expected in Rio as Julia Carneiro

reports from Rio. It is the first day of Carnival

in Rio and this is one of the many street parades happening

across the city. 500 of them are to

happen during Carnival. This one is traditional,

they are playing old carnival songs that people here grew

up with and this is a parade for children and babies

so there are many families here. This is a good example

of how people in Brazil learned to enjoy Carnival

from a young age. But Carnival this year happens

amid concern about the spread of the Zika virus and with all

the recommendations being made to pregnant women to take

precautions and not get infected But I've seen in many pregnant

women here in the street Actually we are very concerned

but we cannot stop life. It is Carnival, Rio,

Brazil, we have to go out. We're very concerned

and we are using protection. Zika, nothing gets in

the way of Carnival, There is even a family all dressed

up as the mosquito that transmits Because in the Carnival

everything is upside down. make fun of everything

so despite all the problems Brazil is facing, concerns over

the Zika virus, the party Julia in a lively Rio. Stay with us,

this is to come. The traffic will take a break of and R and R and R

Caseload jazz song to one about traffic jams, this is how one may

told drivers in his city. Two Americans have become the first

humans to walk in space with no lifeline to their spaceship. One of

them called and a piece of cake. Thousands of people have given the

yachtswoman Alan McArthur is spectacular welcome in the Cornish

port of Falmouth after she smashed the world record for sailing solo

around the world nonstop. Thousands of people have fled fierce

fighting in the Syrian city of Aleppo and now they are stuck on the

Turkish border. The search goes on through the night was a viva 's of

this earthquake in Taiwan, at least 14 people are dead and more than 100

are missing. Back to the main story. More about the refugee crisis

unfolding on the border between Syria and Turkey. Tens of thousands

of people are stuck on the Syrian side but the governor of the Kilis

province believes there is no need to allow them to cross into Turkey.

Instead the displaced are getting help in a camp outside Syria. Abdul

Salaam Marjorie fair works for a Turkish Islamic charity relief

foundation and gave me the latest on the number of refugees who have

sought refuge in that camp. Around 50,000 but I believe there are

45,000 at most because there is movement of refugees, some of them

they go back, some of them moved because it is related to the

conditions and how much they are afraid of the attacks. How long have

they travelled for to get to the border? I met some of them, they

said that they had walked for 20 kilometres until they reached the

border. And what are conditions like in Aleppo? What are they describing?

Say if I curated the area because the -- they evacuated the area

because they got bombarded by Russian planes. The people around

them were afraid. They left the area and they walked for long distances,

one of them, some walking, some with cars. You seem to be describing

desperate conditions that these refugees have escaped from. What are

the conditions like on the border post? For the last three days we

tried to fix things and we provided them with food. But still we are in

need because we could not cover all the refugees. We fixed the tents

beside the old camps which we had before, and still we have around

10,000 people, they need also tents and food. Lets get all the sports

news now. Quite a day for Leicester City fans, star striker Jamie Vardy

has signed a new contract to stay at the club until 2019. That comes at a

date when Leicester become Premier League title favourites with a 3-1

win at Manchester City, two calls from Robert Huth and a stunning

Riyad Mahrez goal gave them the win, 3-0. Tottenham Hotspur moved up to

second with a 1-0 win over Watford. We played without pressure because

we don't have to win the league. Now it is so strange, this league, this

is a fantastic moment for the Premier League. Nobody knows who can

win the league. We're here to enjoy with a lot

of confidence and try to do our These are the other

scores of the day. Aston Villa got only

their third win of season. Sunderland came from two

down to claim one point. Newcastle are now out

of the bottom three. Confirmation that Spurs's 1-0 win

over Watford takes them second England celebrated this evening

after the opening day, of the Six Nations, they beat

Scotland 15-9 to win the Calcutta In Eddie Jones's first match

in charge of England his side struck first, George Crus in the 14the

minute, Scotland didn't panic and captain Craig Laidlaw made

sure they went in at half-time only one point behind after

two penalty kicks. France claimed an unconvincing win

over Italy to claim their first win. It is the first sporting event held

in France says the Paris attacks in the Paris attacks in amber.

It's Super Bowl weekend and when the Denver Broncos take

on the Carolina Panthers it will be a landmark for American Football -

Alex South is in San Francisco and has the all important facts

and figures for you ahead of what is often described

The famous Vince Lombardi trophy was first fought over in 1967 but it was

not even Super. Its name was the not very catchy AFL-NFL World

Championship game. The Super Bowl rules of the tongue more easily!

Back then the average player got $6,000 a year. Nowadays that would

take the lead's best paid player just over one hour to make. A big

factor in the increased viewing figures are the famous half-time

shows. In the early days you were lucky few got marching band but

Michael Jackson 's 1993 performance changed all that forever, paving the

way for some of the biggest names in music to gate-crash the party. And

who could forget his sister's wardrobe malfunction in 2004.

Players have changed as well. In the NFL size does matter. The average

player in the 1960s weighed 251 lbs and was six foot three. Fast forward

to 2016 and that looks tiny as most players way around 310 lbs and are

around six feet five tour. You can't teach size but you can ask for a

decent haircut occasionally. There have been many fashion disasters

over the years, proving that money can't buy you everything! It should

be a great event in San Francisco. A 150-year-old mouse trap has

claimed its latest victim at a museum in Reading. It was caught in

a wooden club dating from the 1860s in a storeroom at the Museum of

rural life in the city. This special report.

It was certainly not a narrow squeak for one unfortunate museum visitor

who underestimated Victorian engineering.

I was in the stores and I was getting out an object

for an event called Animals at Reading, I wasn't expecting

in the stores I noticed there was a mouse in one of them.

It's a mystery why or even how the mouse conquered stairs

and penetrated secure cabinets just to select from amongst thousands

of exhibits the very thing designed to capture it.

The mouse would come in through the top here,

would go one way, end up in this small cage at the end,

where the user would then be able to retrieve it and release it

The trap was patented in 1861 with the bold claim

The museum's collection of traps is monitored fairly regularly,

but staff here have one big question to answer -

was their unfortunate guest a scout, or part of a larger family?

The trappings of fame mean this tiny museum is now getting inquiries

from as far away as Australia and Canada, although it's as yet

unclear whether the roving rodent will be buried or given a posthumous

honour and be preserved as part of the exhibit.

Another way to break news of major traffic closures, the Maher of Los

Angeles want residents about was about traffic queues this weekend by

singing this jazzy song. Hey, Los Angeles knows, we are always on the

move but this weekend we're shutting down the 101 to rebuild the sixth St

Bridge. We call it the 101 slow jam. I've asked my friends from Roosevelt

high to help get the word out. You see, we're bringing down the sixth

St bridge, making way for something new. A demolition will cause delays

but sometimes, just sometimes, you have to get your hands dirty to

build something beautiful. So on Friday night February five the 101

freeway will take a 448 hours of R and R and R and R and B. The best

thing you can do is stay clear of the area, but if you've got to get

out on the town, with that and it was set up. All you got to do is

follow the signs. L a Mayor not doing a bad job. That is all from

me. Thank you for being with us. To join us again.