21/05/2016 World News Today

And the first trophy for three years for Manchester United as they beat

Crystal Palace 2-1 to win the FA Cup.

Egyptian investigators say it is too soon to reach any conclusions on a

day when more clues are emerging about the last moments on board 13

macro flight MS804. Egyptian military have released these images

and they include human remains and a life jacket found floating in the

Mediterranean sea. Teams are now looking for the flight recorders to

piece together what happened and French air accident investigators

have confirmed that smoke was detected in several parts of the

plane. But the latest on the investigation here is Richard

Lister. In the deep Mediterranean

between Greece and Egypt, recovery teams are finding

the remnants of flight MS804 They are assembled on the deck

of a nearby Egyptian navy ship. What looks like a blanket,

an airline pillow, a piece of foam that was once part

of someone's seat. Seat belts and debris marked clearly

with the EgyptAir logo. The remains of a tattered smart

white handbag and a trainer. Poignantly, a life vest

that appears unused. In the chaos of those last

terrifying minutes More than three hours

into the planes journey from Paris, air-traffic controllers tried

and failed to get in touch The plane sharply swerved 90 degrees

left, then a complete circle to the right, before dropping off

the radar completely. More details are emerging

about those final minutes. The flight system sent a string

of error messages to the airline. The first were warnings

about a cockpit window, but then smoke is detected in a toilet,

and in a bay full of They are among the last

messages to be transmitted. Apparently there was some sort

of overheat fire event on board. Possible reasons, it is impossible

to say at the moment. Possibilities are an electrical

malfunction of some sort, something burning put in a toilet

waste compartment, or a hostile Faces are gradually being put

to the names of those killed, the pilots and half

of the passengers were Egyptian. Among others, 15 French people,

two Canadians, others from Algeria and Saudi

Arabia, and one Briton. As the grim task of recovering the

debris continues, the main focus is finding the aircraft and its data

recorders that might explain why these people died.

Well 30 passengers on board were Egyptian and the grief

From Cairo - here's our correspondent Sally Nabil.

A lot of painful human stories have emerged since the plane disappeared.

We spoke to a close friend of the co-pilot, he was around 24 when he

died. His friend told me he was such a sociable, optimistic person, he

had big plans for the future, he was planning to get engaged to the girl

he loved. He told me that being a pilot was the dream of his life

since he was a child. He was such a loving person for his family, his

mother passed away about three years ago, so the fact that this guy has

died is a matter of great shock for his family, they are still in the

state of denial according to his friend, they still cannot believe

they lost their son. There are so many stories that we have heard

about, and Egyptian couple who left their three children in Cairo and

went to Paris so the lady could get treatment for cancer, but they never

managed to make it back home. EgyptAir issued a statement saying

they have brought a foreign aviation expert to explain to the families of

the passengers that getting back the dead bodies will be such a lengthy

process because it involves a lot of DNA tests to identify the victims.

We have been in touch with many of the families of the passengers, they

are in such a state of shock, pain and anger and they said they are not

getting enough information and are still living in the state of denial

and cannot believe their loved ones are gone for good. Everyone is still

waiting for the investigations and the search operations that are still

going on to know exactly what happened and what caused this plane

to disappear. Joining me now is Gordon Dupont

a former accident investigator with the Canadian Transportation Safety

Board. What do you make of what we know

of this EgyptAir plane It will take time and what we would

always do is to put anything and everything on the table and either

prove or disprove it, remove it or look closer at it in order to get

information. A bomb seems to be probably near the top of the list, a

fire is possible, although a fire normally would not happen that

quickly. Again, that is the small possibility, it could be a mistake

by the pilot were the pilot made a mistake that somehow took the

aeroplane part or the pilot, with a suicide as a possibility. There may

be other possibilities that may come up, anyone of them be chosen. The

data recorder is crucial, as a former air accident investigator,

how do you go about finding them? Both of the flight data recorders

and the cockpit voice shook order will have a ping which will send out

a signal which can be heard under water for approximately four or five

buyers that will go on for 30 days or so. I am quite confident that

they will find the black boxes which are actually orange, fairly soon. No

terrorist group has claimed responsibility, some experts are

leading towards it been a mechanical fire, what are your thoughts? My

thoughts are that they are not saying anything because it might

give away how they did it, that is a possibility again stop the fact they

have not said anything does not mean they did not have something to do

with it, they just do not want to give away how they manage to do it.

There has been a series of are tragedies over the past year, some

people may understandably feel nervous about flying, should they?

No, not at all. Accidents will occur, we humans are geniuses in

finding ways to make mistakes, human mistake is responsible for about 80%

of them. Terrorism is certainly becoming more common, unfortunately,

but it is still the safest way to travel by far. As far as the

investigation goes, how quickly will we know either way what happened to

this plane? It will take a while. They will find the wreckage, I do

not doubt that they will, but it will take a while to analyse it and

be very sure that what they are looking at is the actual thing that

occurred. They do not want to go rushing off and saying, look at

this, we found something, that is going to be the answer whether be

other clues that you tend to ignore or do not follow through on. Thank

you very much for being with us. Manchester United, Patrick Geary is

that the BBC Sport Centre. This is some breaking news. Manchester

United, just a few hours ago lifted the FA Cup with Louis Van Gaal but

we understand that Jose Mourinho will be appointed their new manager

for next season. Big news coming out of Manchester United and surprising

news for some given that they only won the FA Cup. We understand that

Jose Mourinho was lined up and this deal was done before the game in

principle and the result was a respective four Louis Van Gaal. You

may find that surprising, given that he has just lifted a trophy, but

where he has fallen down has been in the league. Manchester United were

expected to finish in the top four entitling them to play in the

Champions League, the European elite competition if you like. Because

they finished fifth on goal difference and then age of their

performances has attracted criticism around Louis Van Gaal and his

position and that seems to have been what has undone him. Jose Mourinho,

the former Chelsea manager will come in. He is a controversial figure,

but he usually equates to success. He was sacked by Chelsea in December

and his reputation took a head will stop if he -- he won the league in

the previous season and everywhere else he has been, he had achieved

success and it seems that Manchester United have gone for him as a

short-term almost guarantee they help of success as opposed to Louis

Van Gaal who was a very experienced bigger when he was appointed in

2014. He managed I Munich, the Netherlands, Barcelona... -- Bayern

Munich. He never found his groove at Manchester United. Although he

brought some young players through, he also spent big money on a series

of quite high profile signings and that team never really gelled and it

ended up with them finishing fifth in the league despite a slight

upturn in fortunes towards the end of the season, they had Champions

League qualification in their grasp at one point but let it slip. The FA

Cup success that they have achieved, a big result for them, too - one

against Crystal Palace, it was not enough to save Louis Van Gaal. It

would never have been enough, the deal with Marie Newell was announced

in principle -- Jose Mourinho was confirmed in principle. They have

been trying to replace Sir Alex Ferguson in assessed -- in a sense.

The club was cast in his image and his shadow really lingers over all

of his successors, David Moyes before Louis Van Gaal at Old

Trafford as well. Jose Mourinho has been judged to be the kind of

high-profile figure that can come out of the shadow of Alex Ferguson.

How he does, we will see Nick season, it will be an interesting

and competitive Premier League with Manchester City appointing Pep

Guardiola as their new coach. Leicester City this season,

surprised everyone, it is a league that seemed in a flux and Jose

Mourinho will go on with high expectations at Old Trafford. Thank

you very much. Families of those killed

on the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, are suing Russia

and President Vladimir Putin in The jet was shot down

by a Russian-made missile over eastern Ukraine in 2014,

killing all 298 people on board. The West and Ukraine say

Russian-backed rebels were responsible, but Russia accuses

Ukrainian forces. Half a million people have left

their homes in low-lying areas which are prone to flooding. Strong winds

and heavy rain up rooted trees and trapped people inside their homes. A

number of ports have" the country many power lines are down. A

security guard has been killed in Chile during protests that took

place while the President was delivering an annual address in

Congress. It is reported that the man died of asphyxiation after

masked demonstrators burned a pharmacy and a supermarket in the

second largest city which is where Congress mates.

In Sri Lanka, the heaviest rainfall in a quarter of a century has left

at least seventy people dead and more than 120 people missing.

Huge landslides have buried some in up to 50 feet of mud.

More than a quarter of a million people have been

Azzam Ameen, from BBC Sinhala, has been on board a navy rescue boat

Apart from the major landslide in this district there are at least

200,000 people affected by the heavy flooding is. So far people have been

evicted from their houses but still there are many who live in their

houses in order to save their belongings. We have joined a Navy

boat planning to rescue at least four people who have informed them

that they cannot stay because the what level is increasing. We can see

a lot of vehicles submerged in the water. The water is on the roof of

these houses. It is a serious situation. People have been

evacuated, but still there are people living in their houses in

order to save their belongings despite assurances from the

government. I am with the Sri Lankan Finance Minister who is touring the

most affected areas, what is happening? You can see that it is

difficult. At this moment, this area is very badly affected. It is a very

panicked situation. I hope that things will come back to normal

order before too long. Is the what are decreasing? At a very slow pace

and we are making all attempts to clear the water, but monsoons are

setting in, so it makes a bad situation worse. Still to come... We

report from Stay with us on BBC World News,

still to come: We report from Ethiopia, where Skateboarding

is capturing the imagination this morning the plane landed in

Delhi. The President of India walked to the plane to solemnly witnessed

Mr Gandhi's final return from the political battlefield. The polling

stations were are prepared for what will be the first truly free

elections in the history of Romania. It was a remarkable climax to what

was surely the most extraordinary funeral ever given to a pop singer.

It has been a peaceful funeral demonstration so far, but suddenly

the police are tear gassing the crowd. A prelaunch ritual is

established here and it was said to be in good spirits, but just a

little apprehensive. In the last hour, East Timor has become the

world's newest nation. The challenges ahead are daunting. For

now at least, it is time to celebrate.

Investigators say smoke detectors were activated on board the EgyptAir

flight just before it disappeared over the Mediterranean. The BBC

understands that Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal will be

replaced by Jose Mourinho, one hour after the club beat Crystal Palace

2-1 to win the FA Cup. Refugees do not often get a chance to meet

politicians from Brussels who make key decisions about the future, but

this week some dead. Ten member is of the European Parliament spent

days in Greece to see how the deal between the EU and Turkey that came

into effect two months ago has led to a dramatic reduction in new

migrants. Their visit exposed their continuing deep political

Carefree holiday-makers on Lesbos. Add to see it is calm and quiet. Big

waves of refugees no longer come after Turkey and the European Union

made a deal forcing people to claim asylum on arrival or be sent back.

From here you can see the rocky coastline of Turkey. It is just

across the water, not so long ago, Greece could see more than 10,000

people crossing from there in a single day. Now almost no one is

coming. That does not mean that the European migrant crisis is over.

Sleeping on the railway but going nowhere. This is a makeshift camp on

the Greek Macedonian border. Most here are from war-torn Syria and

nearly half our children. They were heading north to other European

countries when the borders were closed. Now they are among the

50,000 people stuck in Greece, which is struggling to deal with asylum

applications. This Syrian teacher draws cartoons to express his

frustration. When European parliamentarians come

to this camp, confrontations are inevitable. There are promises of

more support from Brussels. It is a very crucial issue, on moral and

political issues to change the situation and to try and provide

education and social care for people here. This visit also exposes the

deep divisions in Europe between those who want easier entry for

refugees and those who firmly do not. What would be the message that

goes out to the camps of the people here who are desperate if they are

told that they have open borders and that's what we are pushing for. We

are not pushing for open borders and that is a dangerous situation. Last

year there was an influx of 1.3 million people to the EU. Now the

deal with Turkey has produced a pause and yet there is no end to the

political dispute or the suffering of refugees.

Police in Kazakhstan have arrested dozens of anti-government protesters

after they held rallies against controversial land reforms.

That has angered many who believe it will open the door for its nearest

neighbour 's Tyne Tracker China to come in and take over land and that

anger has now turned against the authoritarian leader. The President

has been in power for 27 years, with more analysis here is our reporter.

It is about land and power, but what is underlining this process is a

general dissatisfaction with a government that in the judgment of

many observers is authoritarian, people do not have much say about

whether country is heading. It has been having a difficult time,

Kazakhstan depends on oil, it is a big oil exporter, the second largest

uranium export and the oil prices have gone down and people are

suffering there. All these republics, because they are now 25

years old, are bit nationalists, there is a surge of identities,

there is quite a strong feeling in what are regarded as foreign powers

being seen to try and take over. China is a big investor, I think

that is one of the more emotive reasons that play into that, but I

think probably, the dissatisfaction with the government plays a big part

in this. A group of people on a hot air

balloon have been rescued by a passing boat in the sea off

the Australian coast. Nine passengers leapt

from the balloon's basket onto the vessel, after the aircraft

began to run low on fuel, raising fears it may

ditch into the water. A great view of the ocean near the

Australian city of Melbourne but a little closer than these hot air

balloon passengers were expecting. Flying just meters above the sea in

Port Phillip Bay and running low on fuel, the only option was to lighten

the load. Luckily a passing motorboat realised what was

happening and with some precision flying, the balloon pilot began

unloading passengers. We just got out there and I think the wind did

not behave the way they were expecting. They could not quite get

it to land so they drifted over the Bay, but the pilot did really well.

He was pretty calm. With the last passenger safely off the stricken

aircraft it was up to the pilot to guide the balloon to a nearby beach.

None of the passengers or the pilot were injured in the incident. Local

police are investigating. Very lucky escape.

Now to Ethiopia where skateboarding as a sport is barely five years

old but it is attracting hundreds of young fans in the

The first concrete Skate Park is now up and running.

It was constructed with the help of local skateboarders and the NGO

'MAKE LIFE - SKATE LIFE', which has built similar

parks in India, Bolivia, Jordan, and Myanmar.

I skate seven hours of the day. I start at three o'clock and skate all

night. It is a nice thought. I am going to

be a professional. -- sport. Me and my friends started organising. After

that, we found this park and now we can build another skate park. There

was no skate park in Ethiopia, only this. It has been here for 45 years.

-- four or five years. Now we are like amateurs, after some

years, we are going to be professional. Then we will play for

Ethiopia. That is it from me and the team,

goodbye for now. Good evening. For cricket fans, the

first test at Headingley was a roller-coaster ride of emotions,

this was the scene earlier today, rain stopped play and looked pretty

bleak and for a time the rain was quite heavy. The