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:00:23. > :00:27.Pope Francis has told thousands of refugees stranded on the Greek

:00:28. > :00:30.island of Lesbos that they are "not alone" in their plight

:00:31. > :00:36.Speaking on a visit to the island, the Pope called on the world

:00:37. > :00:39.to respond to the migrant crisis, in a way he said is "worthy

:00:40. > :00:46.And in a personal gesture, the Pope took three Syrian families

:00:47. > :00:48.back with him to Rome for resettlement.

:00:49. > :00:50.Thousands of migrants are stuck on Lesbos awaiting

:00:51. > :00:53.processing after the EU reached a deal to return them to Turkey.

:00:54. > :00:57.From Lesbos, Caroline Hawley reports.

:00:58. > :00:59.He came to what's been called the front line

:01:00. > :01:03.To meet the people who risked their lives

:01:04. > :01:05.to get here, to plead for a

:01:06. > :01:08.more humane international response to them.

:01:09. > :01:18.The Pope is used to provoking emotions.

:01:19. > :01:20.They're usually drawn from religious fervour, not

:01:21. > :01:28.All the migrants in this camp are now effectively detained,

:01:29. > :01:33.awaiting either asylum or deportation.

:01:34. > :01:36.A deal between the EU and Turkey to try to stem the flow

:01:37. > :01:39.of migrants has provoked questions about its morality and legality.

:01:40. > :01:46.TRANSLATION: to a growing chorus of concern.

:01:47. > :01:49.We hope that the world will heed these scenes of tragic

:01:50. > :02:04.And respond in a way worthy of our common humanity.

:02:05. > :02:07.Outside another camp, Syrians gathered for a glimpse

:02:08. > :02:12.of the Pope, hoping, somehow, he'd be their saviour.

:02:13. > :02:15.This man, a Kurd, said he'd rather die here than be

:02:16. > :02:21.All the migrants we've met here have huge hopes and

:02:22. > :02:25.expectations of the outcome of the Pope's short visit.

:02:26. > :02:27.He'll hope, at least, to have managed to stir

:02:28. > :02:32.But what difference will the Pope's visit

:02:33. > :02:41.We want them to rethink the EU- Turkey deal, and how

:02:42. > :02:44.At the moment it's being rushed through and

:02:45. > :02:47.people aren't having a chance to have their claims for asylum fairly

:02:48. > :02:50.The Pope flew back to Rome, taking with him three Syrian

:02:51. > :02:52.families whose homes have been destroyed.

:02:53. > :02:55.While thousands of others have been left

:02:56. > :03:09.As controversial as the EU- Turkey deal has been, it has succeeded in

:03:10. > :03:13.dramatically reducing the number of migrants arriving here. It has been

:03:14. > :03:18.Europe's main aim. It's come at a cost of Europe having its humanity

:03:19. > :03:21.questioned. The Pope's message was loud and clear, there has to be a

:03:22. > :03:24.more merciful response. It is a message that has also come today

:03:25. > :03:28.from the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales who spoke of

:03:29. > :03:32.Britain's resettlement programme for Syrian refugees and said it had been

:03:33. > :03:36.going very slowly and was, in his words, a great disappointment.

:03:37. > :03:40.Boris Johnson has delivered a blunt message to President Obama,

:03:41. > :03:43.saying he should not back the campaign for Britain to remain

:03:44. > :03:49.The Mayor of London said it would be "nakedly hypocritical"

:03:50. > :03:52.if the President gave support to Britain's membership of the EU,

:03:53. > :03:56.Here's our Political Correspondent Eleanor Garnier.

:03:57. > :03:59.Up and down the country it's Boris Johnson who is

:04:00. > :04:04.Good morning everybody, thank you very much...

:04:05. > :04:07.At referendum rallies, like here in Newcastle today, he's

:04:08. > :04:13.urging voters to back the Leave campaign.

:04:14. > :04:16.But on a visit to the UK next week, the US president is

:04:17. > :04:23.expected to say Britain should remain in the EU.

:04:24. > :04:25.A likely intervention that Mr Johnson

:04:26. > :04:31.condemned in an interview with the BBC.

:04:32. > :04:33.I just find it absolutely bizarre that we're being lectured by

:04:34. > :04:36.the Americans about giving up our sovereignty, giving up control.

:04:37. > :04:37.They wouldn't dream of sharing sovereignty.

:04:38. > :04:44.Is he in danger of making America look like a hypocrite?

:04:45. > :04:46.Not in danger of it, I'm afraid he is...

:04:47. > :04:54.Coming just a few days before President Obama arrives on another

:04:55. > :04:55.state visit to Britain, Boris Johnson's plain speaking

:04:56. > :05:05.It's not the usual red carpet rhetoric rolled out before a

:05:06. > :05:09.Especially from someone who aspires to live here one

:05:10. > :05:17.But Boris Johnson likes to grab the spotlight and knows his comments

:05:18. > :05:26.Senior Conservatives from the Remain campaign are not impressed. I don't

:05:27. > :05:31.think you thought this one through very hard, it's a pretty unwise...

:05:32. > :05:34.And naive comment to make. United States has pledged to come to the

:05:35. > :05:40.defence of Europe if we're ever attacked. To expose their own

:05:41. > :05:43.country to defend us. The idea the President of the United States can't

:05:44. > :05:46.express concern at the wider implications for the West as a

:05:47. > :05:52.whole, I don't think that's credible. Any intervention has to be

:05:53. > :05:56.carefully managed. Resident Obama would want to be seen to be telling

:05:57. > :06:00.which each voters what to do, but Mr Cameron will hope this special

:06:01. > :06:07.relationship will give his campaign the boost it needs.

:06:08. > :06:09.The Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, has warned that rescue

:06:10. > :06:12.workers are in a "race against time" to help the victims of two

:06:13. > :06:14.earthquakes which struck the south of the country.

:06:15. > :06:17.32 people are known to have died, and dozens more are believed to be

:06:18. > :06:23.From the island of Kyushu, Robin Brant reports.

:06:24. > :06:29.Two big tremors in the space of a day and they fear more could be

:06:30. > :06:34.coming. Across the region, roads are cut off. Some simply slipped away.

:06:35. > :06:40.Others have been blocked by a massive landslide. CCTV footage

:06:41. > :06:46.taken from inside this office shows how violent shaking was. The rescue

:06:47. > :06:53.operation is focused on people feared trapped. Some in apartment

:06:54. > :06:58.blocks, others in nursing homes. 20,000 troops have been mobilised to

:06:59. > :07:02.help. It's almost midnight here but the place is deserted. That's

:07:03. > :07:07.because it's simply not safe enough to stay. This is one of dozens of

:07:08. > :07:11.buildings that came down in that first big tremor. At least six

:07:12. > :07:15.people died here. Almost everyone else has left. The police are here,

:07:16. > :07:21.there's some military here, we've seen taxis roaming around but that's

:07:22. > :07:24.pretty much it. People in Kumamoto are sleeping outside, some in

:07:25. > :07:30.gardens. For many, indoors just isn't safe. The night before last I

:07:31. > :07:33.stayed in the gym and last night I was dozing off when the earthquake

:07:34. > :07:37.happened around midnight. That's damaged the school buildings and the

:07:38. > :07:44.gym, so I've been here since around 1am. Japan sits on one of the

:07:45. > :07:47.world's most active seismic areas. Its buildings are constructed to

:07:48. > :07:48.some of the highest standards in the world, but still, they fear the

:07:49. > :07:57.effects of more big tremors here. - The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge -

:07:58. > :08:00.have visited the Taj Mahal - the final engagement of their tour

:08:01. > :08:02.of India and Bhutan. They sat briefly on the bench

:08:03. > :08:05.where Diana, Princess of Wales was famously photographed

:08:06. > :08:07.on her own, in the year Officials have said the couple

:08:08. > :08:11.wanted to create new memories. Our Royal Correspondent,

:08:12. > :08:12.Nicholas Witchell has It was one of those moments

:08:13. > :08:18.which mattered much more to picture desks and photographers than it did

:08:19. > :08:20.to the William was only nine

:08:21. > :08:25.when his mother visited the Taj His officials say that visit 24

:08:26. > :08:31.years ago has no particular But the images of his late

:08:32. > :08:36.mother sitting alone at this monument to love,

:08:37. > :08:40.Prince Charles having decided not to accompany her,

:08:41. > :08:43.was one of the clearest signs at the time that their marriage

:08:44. > :08:46.was in serious trouble. Hardly the happiest of associations

:08:47. > :08:48.for William, then. But at the end of their first visit

:08:49. > :08:52.to India it was an opportunity for him and Catherine to create

:08:53. > :08:54.memories of their own. Albeit under the intense

:08:55. > :08:57.scrutiny of photographers. They were waiting

:08:58. > :08:59.for just one thing. Images of Diana's elder son

:09:00. > :09:02.and his wife posing together at the place where Diana had been

:09:03. > :09:08.left so tellingly alone. It was a moment not as significant

:09:09. > :09:11.to William as the watching world may

:09:12. > :09:13.try to make it, yet a fitting place to end

:09:14. > :09:15.the What has the visit

:09:16. > :09:20.here meant to you? Yet William understands

:09:21. > :09:28.the resonance today's 24 years ago the images

:09:29. > :09:33.from this place were Those images have now been

:09:34. > :09:37.supplanted, at least in part, by something

:09:38. > :09:40.very much happier. And on that note, this royal visit

:09:41. > :09:43.to India and Bhutan concluded. According to officials,

:09:44. > :09:45.the couple achieved what they wanted and had

:09:46. > :09:47.a Nicholas Witchell, BBC

:09:48. > :09:55.News, at the Taj Mahal. Football, and Aston Villa have been

:09:56. > :09:58.relegated from the Premier League after losing 1-0 to

:09:59. > :10:01.Manchester United. The defeat

:10:02. > :10:03.at Old Trafford means the Birmingham-based

:10:04. > :10:06.club will drop out of the Premier League for the first

:10:07. > :10:10.time since its formation in 1992. We are back with the

:10:11. > :10:16.late news at 10pm.