:00:05. > :00:14.Hello. This is BBC World News. Our top story: As new pictures emerge of
:00:14. > :00:19.the rescue of survivors of the migrant boat disaster, Italy holds a
:00:19. > :00:30.day of national mourning. This is the scene live where in
:00:30. > :00:34.Assisi where Pope Francis is speaking.
:00:34. > :00:39.President Barack Obama cancels his trip to Asia as the US shutdown
:00:39. > :00:44.continues. FIFA to announce there is no threat
:00:44. > :00:46.to Qatar's hosting of the 2022 World Cup, but it could move that
:00:46. > :01:09.tournament to winter. Hello and welcome. More than 100
:01:09. > :01:13.people are known to have died but it is feared the final death toll
:01:13. > :01:18.following the sinking of a boat carrying African migrants off the
:01:18. > :01:21.coast of Lampedusa could be nearer to 300. These are the latest
:01:21. > :01:26.pictures from the Italian coastguard and they show some of the lucky few
:01:26. > :01:29.that have been rescued, but reports suggest that up to 500 people were
:01:29. > :01:35.packed on to the boat which caught fire and then sank. 155 people might
:01:35. > :01:41.have been rescued so far, that is the latest estimate. Many more are
:01:41. > :01:45.still missing and the hope of finding further survivors is slim. A
:01:45. > :01:50.national day of mourning is being held in Italy to mark what is feared
:01:50. > :01:53.to be the worst ever Mediterranean refugee disaster. Divers are
:01:53. > :02:01.continuing to work in the rough seas to try and find the bodies.
:02:01. > :02:06.Working through the night, rescue workers and divers find more bodies.
:02:06. > :02:08.The wreck of the migrant vessel lies on the cede bed less than a
:02:09. > :02:14.kilometre from the shores of Lampedusa. Around 500 African
:02:14. > :02:18.asylum-seekers were o board. As many as 300 could be dead.
:02:18. > :02:23.TRANSLATION: We went underwater three times and we recovered 18
:02:23. > :02:27.bodies, of which ten were outside the ship and eight were recovered
:02:27. > :02:30.tonight from inside the ship. The Italian inteenior Minister said
:02:30. > :02:35.the ship had come from Libya and began taking on water when its
:02:35. > :02:37.motors stopped working. It is thought a few on board set fire to
:02:37. > :02:40.motors stopped working. It is some material to try to attract the
:02:41. > :02:44.attention of passing ships, but the fire spread to the rest of the boat.
:02:44. > :02:48.As the rescue operations continue, locals involved in the chaotic
:02:48. > :02:52.rescue early Thursday morning now watch on.
:02:52. > :02:54.TRANSLATION: We were the first to save anyone. We were near the port,
:02:54. > :02:57.TRANSLATION: We were the first to spending the night on our boat. We
:02:57. > :03:02.heard screams and we rushed to see what was going on. Actually, they
:03:02. > :03:05.were more like whispered cries, not screams.
:03:05. > :03:09.TRANSLATION: Loads of them were crying. 200 people in the water is
:03:09. > :03:12.an unbelievable sight. Many helped pull others from the water. Those
:03:12. > :03:16.who couldn't climb aboard by themselves because they had no
:03:16. > :03:19.strength left. Many were naked to give themselves the best chance of
:03:19. > :03:23.staying afloat. Lampedusa is one of the main entry
:03:23. > :03:26.points into the EU for asylum-seekers crossing from North
:03:27. > :03:31.Africa or the eastern Mediterranean. A network of immigration charities
:03:31. > :03:35.estimate some 17,000 migrants have died at sea trying to reach Europe
:03:35. > :03:38.these past 20 years. You have to think of the tragedy that lies
:03:38. > :03:43.behind this which is that these people, many of them, are likely to
:03:43. > :03:47.have been fleeing war, fleeing persecution, fleeing human rights
:03:47. > :03:51.abuses, so this is a tremendous tragedy of multiple layers. The
:03:51. > :03:55.Italian government are calling on the EU border control agency Frontex
:03:55. > :04:00.for help. They want a Marine patrol in place saying it is the border of
:04:00. > :04:04.Europe, therefore Europe's coast. Meanwhile, Italian authorities say
:04:04. > :04:08.they have arrested a 35-year-old Tunisian man, believed to be the
:04:08. > :04:16.skipper. This latest disaster is one of the deadliest in recent years.
:04:16. > :04:21.The BBC's Alan Johnston is following the story from Rome. Reading some of
:04:21. > :04:29.the details of this and the reaction to those on the Quayside, it sounds
:04:29. > :04:34.desperate? It is. Everything that we have heard from Lampedusa has been
:04:34. > :04:38.appalling for more than 24 hours now. That search continuing as it
:04:38. > :04:44.must with so many people still missing and at the centre of the
:04:44. > :04:47.search is the sunken wreck of the migrant boat itself. Divers have
:04:47. > :04:51.given horrific descriptions of the scene within it. They have talked of
:04:51. > :04:56.bodies crammed into the hull and others clinging in death to the side
:04:56. > :04:59.of the vessel. The search being hampered to an extent by the
:04:59. > :05:03.weather. There is a bit of a swell running and you have to imagine that
:05:03. > :05:07.all the time the wind and the currents are dispersing whatever
:05:07. > :05:11.bodies there are in the water over a wider and wider area. So many bodies
:05:11. > :05:16.were brought in to the little harbour on Lampedusa yesterday that
:05:16. > :05:25.the island ran out of coffins. A ship went on a ferry and fresh
:05:25. > :05:29.coffins have come in during the course of the morning. The only
:05:29. > :05:35.building big enough to house those dead bodies seems to be be a hangar
:05:35. > :05:40.at the airport. Dozens of bodies are stretched out on its floor in purple
:05:40. > :05:47.body bags. We have been reporting tragedies like this for many years.
:05:47. > :05:51.It's been a huge political problem. The Northern League are very
:05:51. > :05:55.anti-immigration, Italy calling for help from the EU which never seems
:05:55. > :05:59.to come. Is there any solution in sight at all to this? You are right,
:05:59. > :06:03.the Italians are painfully familiar with reports of migrants dying in
:06:03. > :06:07.the Italians are painfully familiar their waters. At the start of this
:06:07. > :06:12.week, there were 13 deaths on a beach in Sicily. Nobody in this
:06:12. > :06:18.country has seen anything on this scale. This is the largest migrant
:06:18. > :06:22.disaster that the Mediterranean has ever experienced. There is a huge
:06:22. > :06:27.feeling in this country that the rest of Europe needs to wake up and
:06:27. > :06:31.help, that Italy can't on its own cope with the many problems that
:06:31. > :06:34.this flow of migrants and the huge risks that these people take
:06:34. > :06:39.present. They say that this is a problem for all of Europe, they want
:06:39. > :06:44.Europe to contribute more in the way of money and resources, possibly
:06:44. > :06:48.beefing up patrols in the Mediterranean that might be in a
:06:48. > :06:51.position to spot boats that might be in trouble and to try to prevent
:06:51. > :06:58.this sort of disaster happening again. Thank you very much.
:06:58. > :07:03.Pope Francis has said that today is a day of tears for the victims of
:07:03. > :07:11.the Lampedusa tragedy. It was in fact one of the first places that he
:07:11. > :07:20.visited when took his office. These are the live pictures coming into us
:07:20. > :07:29.from Assissi. The Pope has been on a pilgrimage. -- Assisi. The Pope has
:07:29. > :07:35.been on a pilgrimage. Our correspondent is following his trip.
:07:35. > :07:41.David, tell us a bit more about why he is wanting to highlight the
:07:41. > :07:46.refugee problem? He spent a day in Lampedusa earlier this year and he
:07:46. > :07:53.talked about what he called the globalisation of indifference, about
:07:53. > :07:58.the plight of refugees and in Asissi today, he has been talking about the
:07:58. > :08:06.terrible problems presented by this tragedy. -- Assisi. He said today is
:08:06. > :08:12.a day of tears. St Francis, of course, is an emblematic figure in
:08:12. > :08:15.the Roman Catholic Church and has special significance for Pope
:08:16. > :08:23.Francis who took his name - he was the first-ever Pope to have taken
:08:23. > :08:29.the name of the saint. Francis is remembered for his humility and
:08:29. > :08:35.poverty. He is called "the poor one" so this fits in very well with Pope
:08:35. > :08:39.Francis' vision of the Catholi Church as a church of the poor. I
:08:39. > :08:44.think today is a day of extreme significance for him. There is a
:08:44. > :08:51.huge crowd of pilgrims following him around. Significantly, he's
:08:51. > :08:55.accompanied by a Group of Eight cardinals from different parts of
:08:55. > :08:59.the world who he has appointed to advise him on a really quite
:08:59. > :09:05.ambitious reform programme for the Vatican, so things are changing in
:09:05. > :09:08.the Catholic Church. He's only been in office for six months. There is
:09:08. > :09:15.certainly an atmosphere of change at in office for six months. There is
:09:15. > :09:21.the Vatican, a change of emphasis above all. OK. Thank you very much
:09:21. > :09:25.indeed for bringing us up-to-date on that visit.
:09:25. > :09:30.Well, President Obama has cancelled his tour of Asia because of the
:09:30. > :09:36.government shutdown in Washington. The Secretary of State is going to
:09:36. > :09:40.go to the apex summit and the East Asia summit in Brunei. The White
:09:40. > :09:46.House is blaming the Republicans for the continuing budget deadlock. Our
:09:46. > :09:58.correspondent is in Jakarta for us. The Indonesians have said they are
:09:58. > :10:04.incredibly disappointed. The plans that preface is presidential visit
:10:04. > :10:08.is immense. This is not a good message to be sending? You are
:10:08. > :10:11.right. One Minister said that he was disappointed and surprised by the
:10:11. > :10:17.decision that the American President made not to come to the apex summit.
:10:17. > :10:21.The official stance is that they understand the domestic issues that
:10:21. > :10:26.the US is going through right now. Although they are disappointed, they
:10:26. > :10:31.expect the summit in Bali to continue as normal. Most analysts
:10:31. > :10:35.would agree. The conversations that take place between these leaders
:10:35. > :10:39.will continue. The issue is that the US has lost a vital opportunity,
:10:39. > :10:43.many experts say, to engage with leaders in this region. At a time
:10:43. > :10:48.when China's growing its influence in the Asia-Pacific region. We have
:10:48. > :10:52.had the Chinese President in Malaysia and Indonesia getting a
:10:52. > :10:58.rare treat for a foreign leader, he managed to make a speech in the
:10:58. > :11:03.Indonesian Parliament for the very first time. So, really, it is more
:11:03. > :11:09.the US's loss that experts say America has lost an opportunity to
:11:09. > :11:15.address the Asian-Pacific region at a time when China is growing its
:11:15. > :11:19.influence here. The possibility of any personal chemistry does matter
:11:19. > :11:24.in these summits, doesn't it? It does, indeed. President Obama has a
:11:24. > :11:28.very good relationship with the Indonesian President. He has very
:11:28. > :11:31.strong ties here in Indonesia. So I think in that sense, in that
:11:31. > :11:34.respect, the Indonesians will be quite quick to forgive him.
:11:34. > :11:40.Remember, he has postponed trips, cancelled trips to this part of the
:11:40. > :11:45.world before, in 2010, because of domestic, political issues. Analysts
:11:45. > :11:48.say some other Asian leaders may not be so forgiving and they will
:11:48. > :11:53.question whether the United States has the credibility to weigh in on
:11:53. > :11:57.international and Asian issues like the South China Sea when it doesn't
:11:57. > :12:01.appear to be able to sort out its own domestic political problems.
:12:01. > :12:07.Thank you very much. Stay with us. Still to come: We hear
:12:07. > :12:12.the extraordinary story of one family who survived the Nairobi
:12:12. > :12:19.shopping mall siege playing dead for hours before they were rescued. The
:12:19. > :12:29.heat is on as FIFA gets to try and set up the problem of the Qatar
:12:29. > :12:33.World Cup. India's economy is powering ahead
:12:33. > :12:38.but vast numbers of people are still in poverty. Estimates suggest that
:12:38. > :12:41.in large cities one person in 100 is homeless, hundreds of students and
:12:41. > :12:48.professionals have spent a night on the streets to see what it is like
:12:49. > :12:54.along with our correspondent. Singing songs of hope and struggle,
:12:54. > :12:58.this is an unusual group. Homeless people welcoming those who have left
:12:58. > :13:06.the comfort of their homes to join them. But daily life out here is far
:13:06. > :13:14.from festive. This man has lived on a pavement outside a temple for the
:13:14. > :13:21.last 20 years. She grew up watching three of them die of disease.
:13:21. > :13:25.TRANSLATION: We don't feel safe on three of them die of disease.
:13:25. > :13:30.the pavement. Just yesterday, someone hit me with a blade and ran
:13:30. > :13:36.away with my mobile phone. I called the police. But they didn't even
:13:36. > :13:42.register a complaint. It is rough and tough. A sheet of
:13:42. > :13:46.cloth works as a bad and an abandoned wheelchair becomes a place
:13:46. > :13:50.to store valuables and cash is kept with the local shopkeeper. Sometimes
:13:50. > :13:59.there is some work that brings in money, but mostly for food and water
:13:59. > :14:04.they depend on charity. Intrigued by these tales of
:14:04. > :14:09.survival, curious students listen in. This man is a migrant himself
:14:09. > :14:13.and has struggled to adapt to the demands of the big city. He never
:14:13. > :14:20.felt any connection with the homeless, until now.
:14:20. > :14:25.TRANSLATION: Like most educated people, I had also thought that
:14:25. > :14:29.homeless people are dirty and uneducated. After meeting them, I
:14:29. > :14:36.feel many of them are more intelligent than most of us. All
:14:36. > :14:41.they lack are opportunities. The government estimates that two
:14:41. > :14:47.million people are homeless in India cities. Others estimate that to be
:14:47. > :14:53.as high as 30 million. It is the story of a shifting population,
:14:53. > :15:11.fearful at night. And made much worse if you are a woman.
:15:12. > :15:22.This is BBC World News. The latest headlines. Italy holds a national
:15:22. > :15:25.day of mourning for up to 300 people, feared dead after a boat
:15:25. > :15:27.packed with migrants from Africa caught fire and sank off the
:15:27. > :15:30.Italian island of Lampedusa. Pope Francis speaks about the tragedy,
:15:30. > :15:41.saying today is a day of tears, as he makes a pilgrimage. Nearly two
:15:41. > :15:43.weeks after the siege at Nairobi's Westgate shopping centre, the
:15:43. > :15:45.weeks after the siege at Nairobi's accounts of those who escaped,
:15:45. > :15:48.still have the power to shock. Faith Wambua spent four and a half
:15:48. > :15:51.hours playing dead with her children at her side, until they
:15:51. > :15:58.were finally rescued by a policeman. This is their story. When the
:15:58. > :16:03.gunfire started and there were shooting, I said they were bank
:16:03. > :16:07.robbers. I am thinking that because Barclays is on the ground floor. I
:16:08. > :16:12.thought it must be a normal robbery and within minutes it would be over.
:16:12. > :16:19.Time passed and we were waiting to hear, get up, he is gone. I knew we
:16:19. > :16:24.were actually going to die, it seemed like something worse than I
:16:24. > :16:28.thought. Once, they came very near. And 18 was lying to metres away and
:16:28. > :16:33.I could hear them walking. I knew this was not a regular person. They
:16:33. > :16:38.had a conversation and called out, Martha, I did not know whether they
:16:38. > :16:42.were talking to me but I knew I would not raise my head. I could
:16:42. > :16:48.hear the lady answering. Five seconds later, two shots, and she
:16:48. > :16:54.was quiet. I felt somebody touching my hand. This person was calling,
:16:54. > :16:58.mother, are you OK? This was where I played dead. And then he came in
:16:58. > :17:09.front of me. He said baby, baby. I I played dead. And then he came in
:17:09. > :17:16.raised my head up. I asked him a few questions. I asked him if he
:17:16. > :17:21.was one of the bad guys. He said no, baby, I am one of the police and I
:17:21. > :17:27.am not with the bad guys and I am here to rescue you. Then he asked
:17:27. > :17:32.us to look up. We saw police officers. They had guns pointed in
:17:32. > :17:37.different directions. I knew the police were here. Never did I think
:17:37. > :17:47.it was a terror attack, that is the last thing on my mind here. An
:17:47. > :17:50.extraordinary story. Football's world governing body FIFA is
:17:50. > :17:53.meeting in Zurich today to discuss whether to move the 2022 World Cup
:17:54. > :17:57.in Qatar to the winter because of the extreme heat in the country
:17:57. > :18:00.during the summer. Who has the power to decide? The
:18:00. > :18:04.during the summer. decision makers of the president,
:18:04. > :18:09.Sepp Blatter, the senior vice- president, who is from Argentina,
:18:09. > :18:13.and the rest of the 25 member committee, including
:18:13. > :18:19.representatives of countries all over the world. Another issue is
:18:19. > :18:25.the right of migrant workers in the country. They are building venues
:18:25. > :18:31.for the World Cup. There are allegations that the conditions
:18:31. > :18:36.amount to modern-day slavery. It is a wet autumn in Zurich. The
:18:36. > :18:41.rivals for a meeting of the top governing body in football. The
:18:41. > :18:46.process is expected to switch the timing of the World Cup from the
:18:46. > :18:51.searing heat of summer in the Gulf. The only important thing is the
:18:51. > :18:57.question of what will happen. There is not expected to be a final
:18:57. > :19:02.decision, instead the setting-up of a task force to consult on the
:19:02. > :19:06.issues. For me it is about the players and the fans and the
:19:06. > :19:11.experience and stop FIFA has a responsibility to make sure we get
:19:11. > :19:16.this right. It has also become about the conditions facing migrant
:19:16. > :19:18.workers who have transformed the Gulf state and who will be building
:19:18. > :19:23.the venues for the Qatar World Cup. Gulf state and who will be building
:19:24. > :19:29.Allegations that their plight amounts to slave labour has raised
:19:29. > :19:33.the heat on FIFA. The authorities say the concerns are being
:19:33. > :19:38.addressed. It is the Government and the people's and our assurance. To
:19:38. > :19:43.the extent that these matters arise, we will be eradicating them and
:19:43. > :19:50.working hard to make sure these matters are eradicated. Michel
:19:50. > :19:55.Platini has led the charge for a winter tournament. He has also
:19:55. > :20:02.postponed a final decision as the relative merits are debated of
:20:02. > :20:06.November, December and January. It is not about their hosting the
:20:07. > :20:15.tournament, but turning the gleaming vision into a reality is
:20:15. > :20:20.proving controversial. There is a lot of anger around this
:20:20. > :20:25.come as to why Qatar cottage in the first place, which was on the basis
:20:25. > :20:29.they would hold it in the summer with expensive air-conditioning.
:20:29. > :20:38.How expensive would it be to move them to the winter? Probably the
:20:38. > :20:42.same question I asked to be gentlemen in charge of the air-
:20:42. > :20:45.conditioning of the stadiums on the organising committee for the World
:20:45. > :20:50.Cup. I asked him that you have promised a huge budget to have the
:20:50. > :20:57.stadium's called down. In the meantime, you have the possibility
:20:57. > :21:02.of these games moving to winter. I asked him if he would be sorry
:21:02. > :21:09.about it. He said absolutely not. The plan was the technology would
:21:09. > :21:12.be made in Qatar in the World Cup. And then it would be moved to a
:21:12. > :21:21.developing country that would help them to use this type of technology.
:21:21. > :21:29.But this is a small emirate. They have the resources needed for this.
:21:29. > :21:34.Is there a sense that this is not justified? Expense that has been
:21:34. > :21:40.put into the tournament, or do people want this to stay in Qatar,
:21:40. > :21:45.despite the difficulties? Of course, the World Cup is just part of the
:21:45. > :21:54.big plans that the country is aiming for. If you see the type of
:21:54. > :21:58.project they are after, we are looking at a new big airport, which
:21:58. > :22:05.is supposed to be the biggest airport in a bid East. If you check
:22:05. > :22:09.the roads and streets, there are roadworks everywhere. It is about
:22:09. > :22:15.building infrastructure for the country, apart from the World Cup.
:22:15. > :22:21.This is the main issue. It has its own resources ready and enough to
:22:21. > :22:27.handle any kind on big tournaments such as the World Cup. They insist
:22:27. > :22:31.that there is no problem whether it is organised in the summer or
:22:31. > :22:35.winter, there is no problem. What about the record of the way people
:22:35. > :22:39.are treated? There have been complaints from people who move
:22:39. > :22:42.from Asia to work in the Middle Eastern countries about the way
:22:42. > :22:56.they are treated. This has been raised today as well. We have been
:22:56. > :23:03.speaking to a prominent figure. From Nepal. He said it was not only
:23:03. > :23:08.about the way people are treated, it is about awareness. There is a
:23:08. > :23:16.responsibility of governments. He said the lack of awareness is a big
:23:17. > :23:22.player in this scenario. He said they might be treated in a bad way
:23:22. > :23:29.sometimes, but it is due to a difference of culture. In the
:23:29. > :23:34.meantime, he said there are other problems they are facing.
:23:34. > :23:41.Especially his workers, the second labour force in Qatar, in regards
:23:41. > :23:50.to payment. The payment is not that high. The working conditions... He
:23:50. > :23:56.said that with the announcement of Qatar organising the World Cup, it
:23:56. > :24:00.has made progress. Showing seriousness in regard to this.
:24:00. > :24:07.Thanks for that. Interesting replies. Many people will take
:24:07. > :24:10.issue with them, but banks. An investigation is under way after a
:24:10. > :24:20.police chase through the heart of Washington ended with a woman
:24:20. > :24:23.driver being shot dead. Capitol Hill went into lockdown after the
:24:23. > :24:26.woman apparently attempted to ram a security barrier near the White
:24:26. > :24:28.House. When police finally stopped her car, they found a one year old
:24:29. > :24:33.child, unharmed inside. Rajini Vadyaniathan has more.
:24:33. > :24:40.There is a high-speed police chase in the capital city of America. It
:24:40. > :24:45.began after a woman tried to drive into a barricade at the White House.
:24:45. > :24:53.Tourists and politicians watched as a convoy of vehicles were in
:24:53. > :24:58.pursuit of the driver. I heard four short, sharp bursts of gunfire. I
:24:58. > :25:04.said tell me there was not just gunfire at the capital? 50 police
:25:04. > :25:14.cars, they are coming down the street. We were on their hill on
:25:14. > :25:23.this side. We saw a black sedan. Police cars were chasing it. They
:25:23. > :25:28.surrounded it with guns drawn. At that Boy Cried Wolf, he backed up
:25:28. > :25:48.into a police vehicle and sped off again. The police then to a car --
:25:48. > :25:53.he backed up again. Congressman were put on lockdown. The
:25:53. > :25:57.surrounding area continues to be a scene of investigation for the
:25:57. > :26:08.police. Forensic officers spent time examining a damaged police car
:26:08. > :26:12.outside the building. They said the -- the suspect was pronounced dead.
:26:12. > :26:21.A child travelling with her has been taken into protective custody.
:26:21. > :26:28.It was a lengthy pursued. Multiple vehicles were rammed. Officers were
:26:28. > :26:33.struck. It does not appear to be an accident. Is the charge related to
:26:33. > :26:39.the deceased? Were do not know that yet. Two officers were injured, but
:26:39. > :26:42.not seriously. As officials continue the investigation, they
:26:42. > :26:49.say it was an isolated matter that appears to have no connection to
:26:49. > :26:55.terrorism. That is a look at the top
:26:55. > :26:57.international stories. I am back on Monday. Have a good weekend.