05/03/2016 World News Today

This is BBC World News Today, broadcasting in the UK

The headlines: Tear gas and rubber bullets are fired at protestors

in Turkey after the government takes over the country's largest

The EU's top migration official warns that Greece could be

"overwhelmed" by thousands arriving there every day.

The referee's eye in the sky, how football is turning

to technology to help officials make delicate decisions.

And what is this ghostly creature filmed for the first time,

Police in Turkey have used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse

It happened after the country's largest newspaper was raided

Several hundred demonstrators gathered outside the offices

of the paper Zaman, which has been critical of President Erdogan.

The Turkish Prime Minister insisted it was a legal decision and not a

political one, denying any government involvement in the move.

This is what happens in Turkey if you want a newspaper

The full force of the state sent in to crush protests.

They had tried to stop administrators from taking over

Zaman, Turkey's biggest newspaper, but in vain.

Rubber bullet were fired, tear gas overwhelming the area.

Earlier, supporters cheered Zaman editors defiantly

But shortly after, a government team arrived, fired the senior editors,

cut the internet signal and deleted the archive.

TRANSLATION: There is no justice in Turkey at the moment.

We see this with the intervention on the media, but this

When you look at history, many were killed but tyrants never

got away with the cruelties they inflicted on people.

Zaman was targeted because of links to Fethullah Gulen, an ally turned

In 2013, the cleric was accused of leaking recorded phone calls

appearing to implicate Mr Erdogan and his inner circle in corruption.

The government called it a coup, labelling so-called Gulenists part

Other media deemed critical have also been hit, a pro-Kurdish channel

Turkey ranks close to the bottom of press freedom indexes.

For the last three or four years, anyone who is speaking

against the government policies, is facing either court cases

or prison or such control by the government and I think this

is a dark period for our country, for our democracy.

The EU has responded tentatively, raising serious concerns over

But it's accused by many of being soft on Turkey as it needs Ankara

And so freedom of expression is further eroded in a country once

held up as a democratic model for the Middle East.

The last front page of Zaman simply read, "Constitution suspended".

The EU commissioner for migration has warned that Greece could be

He said it was time for the European Union,

Up to 3,000 people are arriving in the country every day.

Our Reporter Gavin Lee is on the Greek border

with Macedonia and sent this report.

Small comforts in a land they are desperate to leave.

Idomeni migrant camp, where more rhan 12,000 refugess

mainly from Syria and Iraq are now living in farmers' fields

There are estimated to be more than 5,000 children at this camp.

Life is tough, sickness is a big issue here,

and aid agencies say we're starting to see the second wave of more

women, more children, making the journey that their husbands

I come to here with my mother and my three sisters.

And my father go to Germany since seven months.

Many of the refugees have been waiting for more than a week

There's no sign that their opportunity will come soon.

Tight border controls across the Balkans means only a tiny

EU and Turkish leaders will meet once again on Monday,

desperate to find a way to stop the smugglers' boats and to bring

about an organised exodus of those fleeing war.

Around the end of the year, Schengen will function as it had

because nobody wants to abolish Schengen.

They have repeatedly said that it is only for a short period

The UN is warning that a lack of resolution will lead

with more boats predicted as winter turns to spring.

Now to the latest stage in the race for the White House.

For the Republicans, Donald Trump is looking

to extend his lead over his rivals Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio,

with voting taking place in Louisiana, Kansas,

For the Democrats, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are vying

for the votes in Louisiana, Kansas and Nebraska.

Let's go to Washington - and join our correspondent Jane

There's been plenty of high drama this week for the Republicans.

What can we expect from this latest round of voting?

They are already counting the Republican votes in Kansas and it

looks like at the moment the way to steady a way that Kate Cruise has

the lead there. There aren't that many killer gets up for grabs

anyway. -- Ted Cruz. But they are still significant, because the

campaign to stop Donald Trump aims to fracture the vote. They want to

stop him getting the number of votes to win outright before the

convention in July. Because these delegates are proportionately

allocated, it is very likely that all the candidates will walk away

with some of them and that. Donald Trump taking the non-stop and read

that he needs in order to reach the magic number of 1237 delegates.

A campaign to "Dump Trump" as it's being called is gaining momentum,

with people discussing all sorts of ways they might be able to get

It may be gaining momentum, but we have yet to see it have any effect.

The attack by the Republican nominee in 2012 came from the establishment,

so to research and extension was preaching to the choir, not to

Donald Trump voters and supporters who basically say, of course the

Republican establishment is attacking him, they don't like him,

but we do. Why should be listened to them? That is something Donald Trump

has been capitalising on holiday, asking what do you expect from the

establishment? He is now in Florida, which is an important race. They go

to this -- equal to the polls a week on Tuesday. His when all state. If

you went that he will have a commanding lead and if Mark all

reveal, whose home state if there is, always is, that could see him

out of the race. A very significant statement, which is white Trump is

there today. One of Sudan's leading

politicians, Hassan al Turabi, He was the architect

of Sudan's Islamist policies and for years considered the real

power behind President Omar But after falling out

with the President, he formed an opposition party

and became one of his fiercest The government in the Philippines

says it's impounding a North Korean It's been done under new UN

sanctions imposed on Pyongyang over a nuclear weapons test

and rocket launch. Officials says they're waiting

for a UN team to inspect the ship. Police in Los Angeles are carrying

out tests on a knife said to have been found at the former

home of OJ Simpson. They're trying to establish

if the knife, has any connection to the murders of his ex-wife

Nicole, and her friend Ron Goldman, To Brazil, where President Dilma

Rousseff has visited her political He was detained by prosecutors

investigating a huge Lula was released after being

questioned and has vowed to fight any allegations linking

him to the scandal. Hundreds of supporters have gathered

outside his house near Sao Paolo. Our reporter Julia

Carneiro is there. Supporters of Brazil's Workers'

Party are gathered since early in the morning here outside

the building where former president Lula lives in the city

of Sao Bernardo do Campo, They're here to show their support

to the former president Lula was just here

earlier in the afternoon. He greeted everyone and now

President Dilma Rousseff has arrived to meet him and discuss

the situation her government face She herself is facing impeachment

proceedings and now this new blow for the Workers' Party,

Lula being investigated for allegations that he benefited

from money diverted from the company, the oil

company Petrobras. Here we see supporters but elsewhere

there are many people who celebrated the detention yesterday and that

believe the Workers' Party is involved in corruption

and support the impeachment So this is a moment when Brazil

is very split and this increases polarisation,

with new demonstrations planned next week, defending the impeachment

of President Dilma Rousseff. A short time ago, I spoke to afford

a news editor in the offices of how man. She was in the offices when the

reader card. The women and kids had difficulty believing. Some of them

were unable to run away and some of them fainted. The police, wearing

masks and heavily armoured force their way into the building. They

manhandled many others, journalists, we did nothing wrong. We never used

any violence against them. We were just there. We were working there.

Obviously we are not pleased with what is happening in front of our

eyes. Has anyone from the newspaper been arrested and are you worried

that you may be arrested? I am worried that I made to be arrested

personally because I am an editor at the newspaper, and a columnist, so I

am one of the leaders of the journalists who are running the used

paper. The newspaper is accused of conspiring with a terrorist

organisation, not one but two terrorist organisations. All of a

sudden we have become terrorists ourselves so I think it is anyway

clay that some of us will eventually be detained and possibly arrested.

In the meantime, what happens now? Where do you go from here? We now

have an experience of what happens after that sort of action on the

part of the government. A couple of newspapers and TV channels were

taken over in October last year, a few months after the elections. They

all became it strictly pro-government all of a sudden, just

the next day. When you turn a critical media outlet into a

strictly pro-government one and when you put such a product into the

market, there is no demand for it. All those newspapers went bankrupt.

They have become, all of a sudden, nor no viable, commercially, so they

had to be closed in. Would you like to see more criticism from the

international community? Particularly Jews to the refugee

crisis -- particularly down to the refugee crisis, the international

community has turned a blind eye to what is happening in Turkey and

their is an immense source of frustration in the pool. That --

among the pro-democracy faction in this country.

Turkish police have use tear gas and water cannon for a second day

to disperse protests against the takeover

The group that sets the rules for World football has approved

a trial involving the use of video replay, to help officials in some

of the most delicate decisions they face during a match.

It will apply to key incidents concerning goals,

red cards, mistaken identities and penalties.

Football has been reluctant to take on this technology. It is about to

change but it will be done with caution. The lawmakers want to

proceed with the protocol is looking at how they can get it right before

proceeding to live trials by at the very latest the start of the 2017

season. They're looking at game changing positions, of course, cases

of mistaken identity and credit card decisions. Revenues will get

assistance from assistant referees looking at it replays or they will

be able to see the incident for themselves before making a ruling.

Caution is the key word here. Of officials want to get it right. It

is a historic moment for the sport. They see it proves footballers

listening to the concerns of pop -- clubs and players.

It was a tough match and we wanted to win. We treated for five chances,

when we scored and they created to city. It was an open match. Both

teams wanted to win. We are so happy now. It was the early kick-off,

Arsenal lead at half-time with a pillion to strike giving Spurs eight

to one lead. Arsenal were down to two men that Mac ten men at the

point when he scored. -- ten men. It was their fourth successive defeat.

We feel disappointed in the last ten or 15 minutes but we need to

recognise also that the effort from our players were fantastic and we

will play much better and create more chances. It was vital for us

today. With all the negative vibes, it was important to show character,

spirit and attitude. I couldn't see how we could draw points today.

West Ham were to note down with 12 months to go but you can see there

are that the one. -- they won the game. Newcastle are in real danger

of relegation. They lost at home to Bournemouth. Sunderland conceded a

late equaliser with Southampton. They are a point clear of the bottom

three places. This is what it looks like at the top.

The bottom side to cut adrift at this point. Newcastle lost

spectacularly. What is the future for their manager? I truly believe

in what we're doing and our staff. We still have ten games to go. We

are lucky it is not three, otherwise that would not be good. I will be

brutally honest, if we keep playing like that, this club will go down.

To Tennis now, and Novak Djokovic suffered his first Davis Cup

defeat in five years on Saturday as Serbia slipped 2-1 down

Great Britain are two-one up in their Davis Cup tie.

The Murray brothers - Andy and Jamie - won their doubles

on Sunday to try to keep the tie alive for the 2010 champions.

Italy were the first team to book their place in the next

gave the Czech Republic a 2-1 lead over Germany by beating

Philipp Petzschner and Philipp Kohlschreiber Bob and Mike Bryan

gave the United States a crucial 2-1 edge with a thrilling five-set win

American scientists say they have discovered what could be

The creature is so light in colour it resembles a ghost.

It was found using a remote deep sea vehicle to explore

the Hawaiian Archipelago, a team from the US National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration discovered a tiny octopus sitting

alone on a rock more than 4000 meters below the surface.

We are now joined by Michael Vecchione from Virginia,

Is this an octopus? It is related. Hello? Hello. We can hear you. Is

this an odd this? -- is this an octopus? I call it an optical port.

-- -- octopod. There are many varieties. I use the term octopus to

refer to the ones that are related to the common octopus. How exciting

is this discovery? It is always exciting. I got thrilled when I saw

it on the screen. The robot used to find it. How technical was it? These

deep sea robot submarines are becoming very widely used for

exporting the sea and this is one that has been used by my agency, the

National oceanic and atmospheric organisation, for exploration. It is

capable diving very deep, then to over 5000 metres. This particular

dive was a really deep dive for it. It was over 4000 metres. I

understand you have called that Casper, is that right? Actually,

that started on Facebook. We posted some pictures and one of the people

on the social media said initial call you Caspar. And I thought it

sounded like a good name. Is this a highlight of your career? I would

say it is one of the highlights. Keeps the -- cutesy equitation --

deep sea expedition as the highlight of my career. Finding new and

unexpected animals is always a great thing to do. Thank you for joining

us. The media mogul Rupert Murdoch

and his new wife, Jerry Hall, have had their marriage

blessed in central London. The couple wed in a civil

ceremony yesterday. Celebrities joined the couple's 10

children from previous After the wedding, he said he felt

like the luckiest man in the world.