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Belgian prosecutors say the extremists behind the Brussels

bombings had originally planned an attack in France.

Tragedy at a temple in southern India -

after a fire kills 110 people, hundreds more are injured.

Also coming up: A sad homecoming for many Syrians - Atrocities

committed by the so-called Islamic State emerge as civilians

And the Duchess of Cambridge wows the crowds in India

as she and her husband begin a royal tour of the region.

Remarkable couple. Made us feel so comfortable and really humble, very

simple. The group that attacked

Brussels Airport and Metro station last month had reportedly been

planning a new attack on France. Belgian prosecutors say

that Mohamed Abrini, a key suspect in the attack,

admitted that they had changed their plans at the last

minute, because of the speed at which the police

were closing in on them. Our correspondent,

Damian Grammaticas, explained the link between this and the arrest

of another key suspect, Salah Abdeslam was the key suspect

in sort after the Paris attacks. He was arrested here

in Brussels and four days later the Brussels attacks happened,

so it appears, police haven't specified but it appears

when they say this group who attacked Brussels felt that

police were closing in on them and urgently took the decision

to switch their intended target from Paris to Brussels,

that is the most likely reason, it was the arrest of Abdeslam

that made the other members of the cell feel that police

were closing on them and therefore We know that one of the attackers

here, one of the suicide bombers had a laptop that police found

after the attacks and on that he had written a last message saying

he felt police were closing in and he felt in a hurry,

so that would back up Tell us more about Mohamed Abrini

and his suspected links Yes, Mohamed Abrini,

this revelation today has come in the wake of his arrest,

he was detained on Friday, over the weekend police have said

he has admitted to being one of the men who carried out

the airport bombing. Police also know he had been

involved were they have linked him to the Paris attacks

and that is because they have this evidence from CCTV cameras,

security cameras showing Mohamed Abrini helping to deliver

the vehicles to Paris that were used in the Paris attacks and the man

he was delivering those with was Salah Abdeslam,

the prime suspect after Paris so police have linked the two

of them and now also Mohamed Abrini The Belgian Justice Minister

has warned that more What is the mood in

Belgium and France? I think the feeling is that these

developments in the last two or three days have marked something

of a success for the investigators here after weeks of criticism

about their handling of the investigations,

the fact that they appear to have found the man in the hat,

the third airport attacker, and now that they seem to be getting

new information from the people they have in custody,

that seems to indicate the police have made a real stride forward

in their attempts to dismantle the network but the Justice Minister

today said that new cells could pop up at any time and Belgium had

to remain alert. The French Prime Minister responding

to the idea that Paris or France may have been the intended target said

this was more proof that the threat to Europe as a whole and to France

in particular remained high. More than 110 people have now been

confirmed dead after a huge fire It happened in the town

of Paravur in Kerala. It's thought a faulty firework

caused the blaze, after it fell Anger is growing over the display

after it was discovered it had been refused a permit

because of safety fears. Yogita Limaye reports -

just a warning there are flashing Then, a spark ignited

a store of firecrackers. Witnesses say a part

of the temple complex collapsed. It took hours for firemen to battle

the blaze that followed, and pull Thousands had gathered to take part

in the local festival. This man had travelled

from a village He suffered injuries

on his back and leg. TRANSLATION: One firecracker landed

on the place where all the fireworks were stored, and suddenly

there was a globe of fire. A building next to

the temple collapsed. Concrete pieces flew off from it

and hit me on my back. I could not move for half an hour

until I was rescued. But many did not have

a chance to escape. Some bodies were so badly

burned it has not been possible This is where people have been

coming all through the day to find out if their loved ones are in this

hospital or not. This medical facility

is where the injured and the dead from the fire were first rushed

to because it is closest to the temple, and it is perhaps

the worst ever disaster this local India's Prime Minister,

Narendra Modi, flew down to Kerala with a team of specialist

doctors to treat the victims. TRANSLATION: The Indian government

is completely with Kerala and the grieving families

in this time of trouble. The incident is so horrendous,

that it is difficult Local authorities have said

the temple did not have permission The Saudi-led coalition says it

will honour the UN-brokered ceasefire in Yemen due to come

into effect in the next hour. The coalition said it

would respect the ceasefire, but would still reserve the right

to respond to any rebel attack. This will be the fourth ceasefire

since early last year, when the Saudi-led coalition began

air strikes to support More than 6000 people have been

killed and two million displaced The Prime Minister of Ukraine says

he has decided to resign. Arseny Yatseniuk blamed politicians

for failing to bring about He took office soon after the former

president Viktor Yanukovych was The resignation comes after several

high-profile reformers left the government in recent weeks,

claiming it was failing From Kiev, here's

Anistaasiya Gribanova. The resignation has already been

announced a couple of hours ago but actually in order for it to be in

Fort, it needs to be approved and corroborated by Parliament.

Parliament can vote for it the following Tuesday and then Ukraine

might next week receive a new government. And what has been the

fallout of this? What has been the reaction to this resignation of?

Truth be told, it's an resignation. Everybody was anticipating it any

time soon, what happened today, but there has been audible calls for him

to resign in the recent couple of months. His political party,

People's front, and he himself has seen a severe reduction in people's

trust, so their work calls for his resignation and he says in stepping

down he is doing what people expect him to do.

In other news, a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 has

hit south-west Asia, shaking buildings in Pakistan,

The US Geological Survey said the epicentre of the quake

was near a remote mountain region along the Afghan-Pakistan border.

Police in Macedonia have used tear gas and stun grenades at migrants

who tried to scale a fence at the border with Greece.

The medical charity MSF says 300 migrants were hurt

More than 11,000 people have been stranded at a makeshift refugee

camp on the Greek side of the border since Balkan states closed off

the migrant route to northern Europe.

Peruvians have begun voting in elections to choose a new president.

The candidate leading opinion polls is the daughter of Alberto Fujimori,

the former president who is serving a prison term for human rights

abuses. The US Secretary of State John Kerry

has become the most senior US official to visit the Japanese city

of Hiroshima since it was destroyed Mr Kerry visited a shrine

on Itsukushima island as a two-day summit of G7 foreign

ministers got under way. Britain's Duke and Duchess

of Cambridge have spent the day in Mumbai, at the start

of a week-long tour They paid their respects

to the victims of the city's 2008 terrorist attacks, visited a slum,

and attended a Bollywood gala. Nicholas Witchell's report contains

some flashing images. The best way to experience

India's rich variety Within hours of arriving in Mumbai,

William and Catherine were visiting one of the city's slum areas known

as the water tank. They squeezed through narrow

alleyways and peered In a public recreation area

in the centre of the city, they joined activities with street

children who are being helped There was a run in the park

for Kate, taken in her stride, quite literally, despite the high

heeled wedge shoes. And then in this cricket-mad

country, a game. The bowler incidentally was cricket

ace Sachin Tendulkar, belted for what might have been six

had it not fallen into eager hands. To the rather obvious

delight of William. A positive one, according

to Mr Tendulkar. What a fantastic experience

it was to meet the Duke And, you know, really

humble, very, very simple. They took an open top bus

through the city to the hotel where they are staying,

the Taj Mahal Palace. It was at this hotel in November

2008 that Al-Qaeda linked extremists At this hotel, and other attacks

elsewhere in Mumbai, William and Catherine met

some of the hotel staff who tried to protect guests

when the attack happened. They laid a wreath in memory

of the dead and in tribute This evening, a glittering

gala dinner organised by the British High Commission

for Bollywood stars Guests of honour, William and

Catherine. The soft power of royalty,

pursuing British interests in India. A country which was once part

of Britain's empire is now a considerable and growing economic

power in its own right, and all of this is part

of Britain's effort to court it. In a speech, William is expected

to pay tribute to modern-day India, a nation which the couple's

officials say will play a major Royalty meeting Bollywood royalty

there. Life on the front line in Nagorno

Karabakh. We hear from a soldier caught up

in renewed fighting. This funeral became a demonstration

of black power. Today is about the promise of a bright future, a day

when we hope a line can be drawn under the bloody past.

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Belgian prosecutors say the extremists behind the Brussels

bombings had originally planned an attack in France.

Did death toll from the explosion and fire at a Hindu Temple in India

has now reached 110. And let's get more now on that

terrible fire in southern India. I spoke a little earlier to a doctor

who has spent much of the day This situation is in our hospital,

many of them or in eight terrible state, and it affects of the

patient's ear. You spoke about some patients having severe urns. Do you

have the expertise to treat these patients? Yes, we have enough

expertise here. There are other hospitals with trauma areas. But

those who have severe burns, more than 50%, do you expect them to

survive? Are trying to care for all of them, they are under ventilation.

In Syria, civilians have begun returning to towns captured

from so-called Islamic State by Russian-backed Syrian

As they do so, reports are emerging of atrocities

The jihadists have suffered a series of setbacks

in Syria in recent weeks, losing the ancient city of Palmyra

and the IS bastion of Al-Qaryatain, both in

Speaking to the BBC after visiting Al-Qaryatain, the head

of the Syrian Orthodox Church said a number of Christians had

This is the scene waiting for the returning residents

of Al-Qaryatain, captured by so-called Islamic states last

Street after street and building after building in ruins.

The mixed city had a large Christian population, many of whom fled

Islamic State but almost 300 couldn't get out fast enough.

It is their fate that Syrian Christian leaders learned

about as they were taken around the city and its destroyed churches,

including a 1500-year-old Catholic monastery.

The head of the Syrian Orthodox Church told the BBC that 21

Christians were executed for failing to subject

Five more are missing but the patriarch said

It is very possible, we lived this situation

for centuries, we learnt how to respect each other,

We can live together again if we are left alone by others.

Families of the surviving Christians paid the so-called Islamic State

When they were finally reunited earlier this year, the patriarch was

Coaches laid on by the Syrian government are bringing

thousands back to Al-Qaryatain and the nearby city of Palmyra,

Many are discovering there is nothing left

The challenge now is to restore harmony across the faiths.

Let's get all your sports for you now. Here's Sarah Walton.

American Jordan Speith has started the defence of his Green Jacket

Now when he teed off for the final round earlier he had

But here's how the leaderboard looks.

Jordan Spieth pulling away, four under par overall, a two shot lead

from England's Annie Willet. Lee Westwood is now level par come while

world number one Jason Day, down in sixth place, after a terrible round

yesterday Rory McIlroy now don't intent, to over overall. -- don't

intent. Leicester are a step closer

to an historic Premier League title after beating Sunderland 2-0

at the Stadium of Light. The result gave Claudio Ranieri's

side a fifth straight victory and fifth consecutive clean sheet

while ensuring Sunderland remain The difference between the sides

was Jamie Vardy, the England international put the visitors

ahead in the 66th minute, adding his second -

and 21st of the season - It means that with five games left,

Leicester are just three wins away from being

crowned English champions. It was a difficult match but I'm

very happy, with three points, for our performance, it was very strong.

Of course they had the chance to draw the match but also we had three

or four chances to finish the match early, and the response was good.

Just one ball over the top and the Centre half is for the goalkeeper

not coping with that was the reason we lost today. Not much else for the

teams and at the other end when Jack Rodwell gets the chance to adjust

back in the game, he misses, they score, they stayed top of the

league, we stay in the bottom three. The margins were that small today.

Second-placed Tottenham are keeping the pressure up

They won 3-0 against Manchester United, after the visitors saw

the game delayed by half an hour because they were stuck in London

Goals from Delle Alli, Toby Alderweireld and Erik Lamela

means Spurs stay seven points behind Leicester in second.

We think we deserved the result in the end, a good team like Manchester

United. I'm happy. We are still fighting for the title, seven

points. Over at Anfield, two goals

from Divock Origi helped Liverpool to a 4-1 win over Stoke,

which saw the reds move Alberto Moreno put the home side

ahead with his first goal of the season and Daniel Sturridge

restored their lead after a Stoke equaliser, before Origi's two

in the second half helped cement what was only a fourth home win

of the season for Jurgen Klopp. Honda rider Marc Marquez

won his fourth straight Texas MotoGP on Sunday, ahead of the reigning

World Champion Jorge Lorenzo. Marquez had started on pole

and coasted through the race to secure his second win

of the season and extend Andrea Iannone came

in third on the Ducati. Yamaha's Valentino Rossi started

third but crashed out Onto European rugby, and they will

have a new champion this season, and it could be Leicester, after

three-time winners Toulon were beaten by racing Metro. It will mean

Leicester will have a semifinal after crushing start Francais today.

And that is all the sport for now. The unresolved conflict between

Azerbaijan and its breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh has left dozens

of soldiers dead in the last weeks. The unresolved conflict dates back

to the early 1990s when ethnic Armenians living there sought

cessation from Azerbaijan. One 18-year-old ethnic-Armenian

soldier told the BBC Is it a bird, is it a plane,

or is it base jumper Zhang Shupeng The Chinese daredevil jumped 2000

metres from a helicopter seconds in an attempt to zigzag

the Yunduan Bridge in the stunning mountains of Chongching

in southwest China. Thousands of people

gathered to watch the stunt, in the air, Zhang swooped down

to the bridge before pulling the cord on his parachute

and landing on a floating platform Good luck to him. That's it from me

and the team. Thanks for being with us.

Although there was some warm sunshine for most of us today we

have seen the weather takes a turn for the worse in the South West.

Earlier it was give