:00:07. > :00:08.This is BBC World News Today with me, Tim Willcox.
:00:09. > :00:13.President Putin stops all Russian flights to Egypt.
:00:14. > :00:15.They'll remain suspended until it's known what Saturday's plane crash.
:00:16. > :00:30.As caused ends in Myanmar - President campaigning Sein says
:00:31. > :00:32.his government the Thein army will respect the
:00:33. > :00:36.As campaigning ends in Myanmar - President Thein Sein says his
:00:37. > :00:38.government and the army will respect the outcome of Sunday's election.
:00:39. > :00:41.Rescuers in Brazil search for survivors after a village is
:00:42. > :00:45.In training with Tim Peake, as he prepares to become the first
:00:46. > :00:54.official British astronaut to go to the International Space Station.
:00:55. > :00:59.A week after a Russian jet crashed after taking off from the Egyptian
:01:00. > :01:03.resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Moscow has halted all flights to
:01:04. > :01:19.bring home around 45,000 Russian tourists.
:01:20. > :01:21.Meanwhile, there's been confusion for British holidaymakers in Sharm
:01:22. > :01:24.The first two British planes to leave the resort
:01:25. > :01:26.since the government suspended flights have landed in the UK,
:01:27. > :01:28.but hundreds of passengers have had their flights cancelled
:01:29. > :01:32.Our Middle East Correspondent Orla Guerin has spent the day with
:01:33. > :01:42.Well, the number of Britons who managed to
:01:43. > :01:45.leave here today and get back to the UK was far less than expected.
:01:46. > :01:47.One airline, easyJet, was blaming the Egyptian
:01:48. > :01:49.authorities, claiming that they were blocking flights from landing.
:01:50. > :01:52.Officials here, for their part, said many of those flights never
:01:53. > :01:54.had permission to come here in the 1st place.
:01:55. > :01:57.They have also been complaining about the mountains of luggage being
:01:58. > :02:00.left behind by the holiday-makers, saying this is interfering with
:02:01. > :02:10.Some of those we met here today said that in spite of the enhanced
:02:11. > :02:19.security measures, they were still nervous about flying out of Sharm
:02:20. > :02:22.el-Sheikh, and many who are unsuccessful will have to come back
:02:23. > :02:26.Checking under the hood at the entrance to a report,
:02:27. > :02:38.Local tell us it is not always like this.
:02:39. > :02:42.Homeward bound, Michaela from London, who came to celebrate her
:02:43. > :02:55.18th birthday in Egypt with her mum,
:02:56. > :02:57.Mia, facing long queues for a thorough security check,
:02:58. > :02:59.unlike the flight they took just days ago.
:03:00. > :03:02.Today is very, very different, because last time,
:03:03. > :03:05.we just rushed through and it was a domestic flight so I
:03:06. > :03:07.don't think the security was very good.
:03:08. > :03:11.Well, there are tight security measures here today.
:03:12. > :03:13.Passengers and aircrew are being patted down.
:03:14. > :03:15.Bags are being carefully screened and the staff are very happy
:03:16. > :03:18.Those returning to the UK are travelling light.
:03:19. > :03:22.There are no suitcases going in the hold for security reasons.
:03:23. > :03:25.That is because of concerns that a bomb could be
:03:26. > :03:28.smuggled on board with the luggage, as may have happened last Saturday.
:03:29. > :03:35.Russia is still burying those killed in the skies here.
:03:36. > :03:38.Now, it too has suspended flights, to any airport
:03:39. > :03:40.in Egypt, a devastating blow by a staunch ally.
:03:41. > :03:42.Amidst all the security measures today, we saw a local company
:03:43. > :03:47.In theory, that gets passengers to the top of the queue for screening,
:03:48. > :03:55.but we saw some walking away, perhaps to be checked elsewhere.
:03:56. > :03:59.The British Embassy are a waste of time.
:04:00. > :04:15.The British ambassador to Egypt, John Casson, was being pursued
:04:16. > :04:20.by the media and some irate passengers at the airport.
:04:21. > :04:23.He blamed complicated logistics, not Egyptian obstructions,
:04:24. > :04:26.Are the flights going out today, then?
:04:27. > :04:34.Our aim is to get as many people home as soon as possible.
:04:35. > :04:38.And of course our priority is to get home...Give people a chance to get
:04:39. > :04:40.home who have been waiting since the flights were cancelled
:04:41. > :04:47.It will take a little bit of time and I know
:04:48. > :04:51.how frustrating it is to not know exactly how long it is going to take
:04:52. > :04:55.For Mia and her daughter, it could take another day.
:04:56. > :05:01.We've just been told there are no planes to take us home.
:05:02. > :05:03.They're waiting for some planes to come over
:05:04. > :05:06.from England and I just spoke to them just now and they have said
:05:07. > :05:09.they thought it was very doubtful we would be flying home today.
:05:10. > :05:13.We were really geared up for going home.
:05:14. > :05:16.Some did manage to make that journey, on two easyJet flights.
:05:17. > :05:18.These photos were sent to us by Sarah Cotterell,
:05:19. > :05:23.She, her sister, and their five teenage children, had been trying
:05:24. > :05:30.And the first flight stranded Britons has now arrived back in the
:05:31. > :05:43.Some were overcome with emotion when they touched down on home soil.
:05:44. > :05:46.We were at Sharm airport on Wednesday night and they announced
:05:47. > :05:49.there was bad weather and we were hearing from home that it was
:05:50. > :05:53.because of a terror threat or a bomb threat or something.
:05:54. > :05:55.The first flight of stranded Britons has now arrived back
:05:56. > :05:58.in the UK, but long after all the holiday-makers come home, there will
:05:59. > :06:02.be lasting damage to Egypt's tourist industry and its reputation.
:06:03. > :06:04.Well, the airport terminal is a lot calmer now.
:06:05. > :06:06.The crowds have disappeared for the moment.
:06:07. > :06:10.There was a great deal of chaos and anger here today.
:06:11. > :06:11.Things certainly didn't go according to plan.
:06:12. > :06:23.We believe that by the end of the day, only eight flights will
:06:24. > :06:26.We saw holiday-makers turning up, many with young children,
:06:27. > :06:28.spending hours inside the terminal, herded into departures.
:06:29. > :06:32.In some cases, to be herded back out into the departure area and
:06:33. > :06:37.And then, of course, for the authorities in Cairo,
:06:38. > :06:44.that massive blow during the course of the day, the decision by
:06:45. > :06:49.the Russians to halt their flights not only here to the Red Sea resort
:06:50. > :06:55.airport in this country. Now, the Russians are the mainstay of tourism
:06:56. > :07:01.here. Many business owners have said to me, without them, there is no
:07:02. > :07:06.tourism here, so there is vitally needed revenue at stake but
:07:07. > :07:09.this is also a massive dent to Egypt's international reputation and
:07:10. > :07:12.of course the authorities in Cairo will be worrying out how many more
:07:13. > :07:14.countries might decide to follow suit and effectively make travel to
:07:15. > :07:17.Our Moscow correspondent, Steve Rosenberg, says the suspension
:07:18. > :07:24.of flights represents a change of heart from the Russians.
:07:25. > :07:26.The Kremlin doesn't normally do U-turns,
:07:27. > :07:34.Around lunchtime today, I spoke to President Putin's press secretary.
:07:35. > :07:37.He said that the UK hadn't shared any intelligence with Moscow.
:07:38. > :07:40.He said he didn't know what the UK was basing its intelligence on.
:07:41. > :07:48.And it seemed at that time that Russia was quite happy to allow
:07:49. > :07:50.its planes to carry on flying to Egypt.
:07:51. > :07:52.What's more, yesterday, a Russian official accused Britain
:07:53. > :07:54.of trying to put psychological pressure on Moscow by suspending
:07:55. > :08:07.Well, tonight, Russia too has suspended flights, all flights,
:08:08. > :08:10.to Egypt, and although the Kremlin is insisting that it is still
:08:11. > :08:13.keeping an open mind about the causes of this disaster, it does
:08:14. > :08:16.seem as if Moscow now believes it may have been a bomb that caused
:08:17. > :08:20.The US says it's to boost security for US-bound flights
:08:21. > :08:23.from some airports in the Middle East as a precaution, following
:08:24. > :08:28.The move was announced by the Homeland Security Secretary,
:08:29. > :08:31.Jeh Johnson, who said the US would review its assessments
:08:32. > :08:33.of foreign airports and introduce tougher screening of luggage
:08:34. > :08:48.Two people are confirmed to have been killed after a dam burst
:08:49. > :08:51.in Southeastern Brazil - flooding a large area with toxic sludge.
:08:52. > :08:55.Officials near the town of Mariana say dozens more people are missing.
:08:56. > :08:58.Efforts to find survivors are being hampered because of fears
:08:59. > :09:02.For the very latest, I spoke to our correspondent in Rio
:09:03. > :09:08.Our correspondent Julia Carneiro joins us from Rio de Janeiro.
:09:09. > :09:14.What is the latest? The pictures look truly dreadful. Yes, the
:09:15. > :09:18.situation on the ground is very daunting. It is hard to get there.
:09:19. > :09:21.Helicopters have been flying over the area for the whole day, looking
:09:22. > :09:28.for people stranded in the middle of all that mugs. Since morning, many
:09:29. > :09:34.people have been evacuated and taken to the city of Mariana. It is an old
:09:35. > :09:39.colonial town but it is about 23 kilometres away from the area that
:09:40. > :09:43.was hit. The areas hit are all rural districts and there was a press
:09:44. > :09:46.conference with authorities there they said that a total of 5
:09:47. > :09:52.different districts where hips, that this river of sludge that stream
:09:53. > :09:59.from the dam that burst its as far as about 60 kilometres away from the
:10:00. > :10:07.area, so it really extended through a huge area, leaving a trail of
:10:08. > :10:10.devastation, ruined houses and the environmental impact that it may
:10:11. > :10:15.have caused is still unclear and still being assessed. And what about
:10:16. > :10:22.the number of dead and injured? Are there any preliminary figures about
:10:23. > :10:27.that? Yes, there is 1 death confirmed and there was 1 body that
:10:28. > :10:31.was found in a river around 100 kilometres away, so authorities have
:10:32. > :10:35.still not confirmed that is related to this or not. It seems that many
:10:36. > :10:40.people managed to escape, because the area is so great that there was
:10:41. > :10:48.a little bit of time from the moment that it became clear that the dam
:10:49. > :10:54.had burst until people... So many people managed to flee, managed to
:10:55. > :10:58.find safe points in higher areas and many people who were stranded in
:10:59. > :11:03.these higher areas for hours until they were rescued by helicopter is,
:11:04. > :11:07.but there are still at least 13 people that are unaccounted for,
:11:08. > :11:11.that are missing, and rescue operations continue even in these
:11:12. > :11:18.very difficult conditions to try to find them. And what actually
:11:19. > :11:23.happened with the dam? Was it being repaired or was there some sort of
:11:24. > :11:31.fault? What happened? It came out now that it was actually 2 dams that
:11:32. > :11:37.burst. The higher 1 burst 1st and cause the 2nd 1 at a lower level to
:11:38. > :11:48.give in. These were dams that stored residue from Ireland or -- ire ore
:11:49. > :11:54.mining operations in the area and it is not clear what happened but 1
:11:55. > :11:56.thing that is being considered is there was moderate seismic activity
:11:57. > :12:03.in the area just an hour or so before the 1st dam bursts of that is
:12:04. > :12:06.1 of the possibilities that is being investigated here by the
:12:07. > :12:08.authorities. OK. Thank you very much.
:12:09. > :12:12.President Obama has rejected plans to build
:12:13. > :12:14.a controversial oil pipeline from Canada to the United States.
:12:15. > :12:18.He said the Keystone XL pipeline wasn't in the national interest -
:12:19. > :12:22.it wouldn't boost the US economy or the country's energy security.
:12:23. > :12:24.The oil industry has been lobbying for the pipeline,
:12:25. > :12:26.and contenders for the Republican presidential candidacy have
:12:27. > :12:34.A strike at Lufthansa has forced the cancellation of 290 flights
:12:35. > :12:38.in Germany and left nearly 40,000 passengers grounded.
:12:39. > :12:42.Lufthansa's main cabin crew union called a week-long strike starting
:12:43. > :12:44.from Friday, after last-minute talks between staff
:12:45. > :12:52.and management over early retirement benefits and pensions broke down.
:12:53. > :12:55.A spokesman for Sepp Blatter has told the BBC that the suspended Fifa
:12:56. > :12:57.president is recovering following a medical incident.
:12:58. > :12:59.Doctors have placed him under evaluation with
:13:00. > :13:02.his spokesman explaining that the pressure he is currently under
:13:03. > :13:07.The 79-year-old was provisionally suspended for 90 days in October
:13:08. > :13:10.amid the worst corruption scandal in the history
:13:11. > :13:21.Myanmar's President, Thein Sein, has promised his government
:13:22. > :13:24.and the Burmese army will respect the result of the general election.
:13:25. > :13:27.Speaking on television, the President said he believed that the
:13:28. > :13:30.vote, to be held on Sunday, would be free and fair and would reflect
:13:31. > :13:38.The opposition National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu
:13:39. > :13:41.Kyi, is expected to make big gains, against the governing Union
:13:42. > :13:44.Solidarity Development Party, which has just held its last big rally.
:13:45. > :13:54.Our Myanmar correspondent Jonah Fisher was at that rally in Yangon.
:13:55. > :13:57.Myanmar's ruling party knows it is going to lose this election.
:13:58. > :14:03.Back in 2010, it won nearly 60% of the vote and nearly 60%
:14:04. > :14:20.This time round, Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for
:14:21. > :14:27.The question is how many seats can the USDP hold onto?
:14:28. > :14:29.Why will you be voting for the USDP?
:14:30. > :14:34.The president has brought many changes in Myanmar.
:14:35. > :14:36.He makes things happen and we like it.
:14:37. > :14:38.He has brought lots of improvements in many areas, like new roads.
:14:39. > :14:50.So this leaflet is being handed out at the rally.
:14:51. > :14:58.It doesn't say it is from the USDP, but it is
:14:59. > :15:12.religious in its content and it specifically says the general's
:15:13. > :15:16.daughter - that is a reference to Aung San Suu Kyi - may allow Muslim
:15:17. > :15:26.our country, a reference to one of the hottest topics in this election,
:15:27. > :15:28.the treatment of Muslims and specifically the Rohinge Muslims
:15:29. > :15:32.in the western part of this country and the suggestion that has been
:15:33. > :15:39.made throughout this campaign by the Buddhist nationalists that
:15:40. > :15:41.Aung San Suu Kyi would be a pro-Muslim choice.
:15:42. > :15:45.Do you think it is inevitable that the USDP is going to lose a lot
:15:46. > :15:49.It might not be the largest party, but we hope to form the Government
:15:50. > :15:58.Do you think the Burmese people would accept
:15:59. > :16:01.your party staying in power if they have lost the election?
:16:02. > :16:03.Even if it is not what the people have voted for?
:16:04. > :16:07.But we cannot change democracy overnight.
:16:08. > :16:13.All the USDP needs is respectability, perhaps just 20% of
:16:14. > :16:30.the seats could see Thein Sein return as president, but if the NLD
:16:31. > :16:36.wins a landslide and the USDP are routed, the Army may well feel
:16:37. > :16:46.that it has lost control and that may be one scenario where
:16:47. > :16:48.where this experiment with democracy comes to a
:16:49. > :16:50.With me now is Robert Cooper, Special Advisor at the European
:16:51. > :17:04.Did you ever expect to see what we are going to see this Sunday? No. It
:17:05. > :17:09.is remarkable. Is she going to be able to do it? The bar is very
:17:10. > :17:13.high. Well, 25% of the parliament are appointed by the
:17:14. > :17:17.commander-in-chief, so if she wants to get a simple majority in the
:17:18. > :17:24.parliament, she has got to win 67% of the remaining seats. Not many
:17:25. > :17:28.countries where any single party does that. And what sort of momentum
:17:29. > :17:33.do you think she has at the moment? Do you think she will get passed 50%
:17:34. > :17:39.if she does not get to 67% and think there is a very good chance she will
:17:40. > :17:43.get passed 50%. If you see any of her rallies, there are people as far
:17:44. > :17:48.as the eye can see. She has enormous power across the country. All kinds
:17:49. > :17:52.of people. Once, a taxi driver took me to her house, a very poor taxi
:17:53. > :18:01.driver, and refused to take any money for it. Do you think they will
:18:02. > :18:08.be as free and fair as any election in me and Mark can be? I think there
:18:09. > :18:16.is a very good chance. There will be 1000 international observers and
:18:17. > :18:23.10,000 local observers. -- Myanmar. If you want to fix an election, that
:18:24. > :18:26.is not a smart thing to do. So even though there is lots of skulduggery
:18:27. > :18:28.in the campaign and lots of money flowing around and people being
:18:29. > :18:32.banned from travelling to certain places and so on, but by the
:18:33. > :18:39.standards of Myanmar, this is still pretty good. And just explain why
:18:40. > :18:44.constitutionally, she is unable to become president even if she were to
:18:45. > :18:48.get that 67% of the vote. When the constitution was invented in 2008,
:18:49. > :18:51.and on the face of it, the purpose of the Constitution looks as if it
:18:52. > :18:57.is to keep the military in power for ever, they invented a special clause
:18:58. > :19:01.which said nobody who had children with foreign passports can become
:19:02. > :19:07.president. Or Vice President, actually. This was clearly designed
:19:08. > :19:13.to stop her. What sort of numbers are we expecting to be voting on
:19:14. > :19:34.Sunday? And are all Burnley 's -- Bernie 's people voting -- Burmese
:19:35. > :19:38.people voting? Well, there is a real problem where the Rohinges have been
:19:39. > :19:43.excluded. There are also difficulties with registration.
:19:44. > :19:49.Nevertheless, for a country which hasn't had an election, a really
:19:50. > :19:57.election, for 50 years, this is something which the country must be
:19:58. > :20:00.massively excited about. Me too. Thank you very much indeed.
:20:01. > :20:03.The challenges facing the crew of the International Space Station
:20:04. > :20:05.were brought home again today when two astronauts on a space walk
:20:06. > :20:09.had to contend with a toxic leak and minor damage to a glove.
:20:10. > :20:10.Kjell Lindgren and Scott Kelly were a couple
:20:11. > :20:14.of hours into a six-hour outing to do repairs to the station's cooling
:20:15. > :20:17.system when ammonia flakes escaped from a cooling line.
:20:18. > :20:19.Kelly reported that the forefinger of his right glove
:20:20. > :20:26.However, Mission Control insisted the two men were in no danger.
:20:27. > :20:30.Next month, the first British astronaut to be
:20:31. > :20:35.selected by the European Space Agency to go to the International
:20:36. > :20:39.Our Science Editor David Shukman has this report.
:20:40. > :20:42.Tim Peake makes it all look rather easy - going through a long
:20:43. > :20:47.and tough training programme to venture into space.
:20:48. > :20:54.One way to get ready is to practise under water.
:20:55. > :21:00.And here he's being put through the drills that will prepare him
:21:01. > :21:06.His final news conference before lift-off.
:21:07. > :21:11.REPORTER: Will you just admit to us a tiny little bit of fear
:21:12. > :21:19.Um, the only fear I have is of forgetting something at this stage.
:21:20. > :21:24.I'm in transit from Houston on my way to Russia.
:21:25. > :21:27.I'm rapidly wracking my brain as to what I might have possibly
:21:28. > :21:31.In terms of the mission, I honestly don't have any fears at all.
:21:32. > :21:34.That's partly because the training's been so thorough.
:21:35. > :21:37.He's had to use skills he first learned as a scout and after the
:21:38. > :21:41.dark confines of a cave, it'll be easier to endure a tiny spaceship.
:21:42. > :21:43.Here at the Science Museum in London,
:21:44. > :21:47.this is the kind of Soyuz capsule Tim Peake will be climbing into,
:21:48. > :21:55.It looks old-fashioned but it is tried and tested and it is the most
:21:56. > :21:59.After a six-hour flight, he'll reach the International Space
:22:00. > :22:02.Station, orbiting high above Earth and he'll live here with five others
:22:03. > :22:06.The first British astronaut on board.
:22:07. > :22:10.But right now he is just trying to stay safe.
:22:11. > :22:14.I'm trying to always watch where I step and not twist an ankle, fall
:22:15. > :22:21.So what advice from a fellow astronaut, Helen Sharman, who flew
:22:22. > :22:27.Sometimes it is important to do a little bit for yourself at the end.
:22:28. > :22:30.And that part of looking out at the Earth and then other
:22:31. > :22:37.In a matter of weeks, Tim Peake will be leaving Earth
:22:38. > :22:42.It's the stuff football dreams are made of.
:22:43. > :22:46.The English side Salford City will be hoping for a bit of FA Cup magic
:22:47. > :22:49.on Friday when they take on Notts County in the first round
:22:50. > :23:01.Now it's likely you you've never heard of Salford City.
:23:02. > :23:04.But, if you love football, you'll know their owners who are
:23:05. > :23:06.some of Manchester United's most celebrated players.
:23:07. > :23:08.Our Sports Correspondent David Ornstein reports.
:23:09. > :23:15.The rise of non- league Salford City is a story of graft and glamour.
:23:16. > :23:20.Less than 2 years ago, this was a club in the 8th tier of English
:23:21. > :23:24.football, with little hope for the future. Now part owned by some of
:23:25. > :23:28.the game's biggest names and promoted this season, their moment
:23:29. > :23:31.in the spotlight has arrived. Salford City came through for
:23:32. > :23:34.qualifying rounds to reach the FA Cup qualifying round for the 1st
:23:35. > :23:40.time and they got there in spectacular fashion. Tonight, they
:23:41. > :23:44.host league to Notts County, 3 divisions above them, the world's
:23:45. > :23:48.oldest professional football club and winners of this competition in
:23:49. > :23:54.1894. Salford City's journey owes much to the so-called class of 92.
:23:55. > :24:00.The club was taken over last year by former Manchester United players
:24:01. > :24:07.Ryan Giggs, Phil and Gary Bartz, and other players who have never
:24:08. > :24:13.forgotten the roots. It would be nice, the links that we have got
:24:14. > :24:18.with Salford, to give the people of Salford something to be proud of. It
:24:19. > :24:23.is a great city and for me personally so many great memories
:24:24. > :24:27.growing up. So now they are all taking a back-seat. Their biggest
:24:28. > :24:30.test has yet to come and if they're going to pass that they will have to
:24:31. > :24:36.do so without their top scorer. I have been lucky enough to be in this
:24:37. > :24:38.position before and I just know the excitement that all the lads will be
:24:39. > :24:44.feeling. They will be nervous but chomping at the bit. Because it is a
:24:45. > :24:52.winnable game. It is not against Liverpool or Man United. We have got
:24:53. > :24:56.a good chance. And if they beat Notts County, they will be 1 win
:24:57. > :24:59.away from a potential meeting with a Premier League club. That would put
:25:00. > :25:00.Salford City into a class of their own.
:25:01. > :25:04.Before we go, take a look at this stunning timelapse shot
:25:05. > :25:12.Here, enormous clouds looking much like a towering tsunami were
:25:13. > :25:17.captured rolling in over the city's eastern suburbs.
:25:18. > :25:19.Clear blue skies gave way to the sudden storm front,
:25:20. > :25:23.bringing with it strong winds and hailstorms across much of Sydney.
:25:24. > :25:26.Beach goers were also put on high alert after a severe weather
:25:27. > :25:30.warning was issued across parts of the city's coastline.
:25:31. > :25:42.Russia has suspended all flights to Egypt until because of Saturday's
:25:43. > :25:46.plane crash has been discovered. The Kremlin says it will try to bring
:25:47. > :25:50.security up to what it called a proper level and just before we go,
:25:51. > :25:58.we just received these images from Russia, where the funeral of 1 of
:25:59. > :26:01.the pilots of the aeroplane has been taking place.
:26:02. > :26:19.the pilots of the aeroplane has been taking place.
:26:20. > :26:26.Good evening to you. It is an improving picture but some places
:26:27. > :26:29.still cloudy, spots of rain. The weather has cleared up nicely for
:26:30. > :26:30.Northern Ireland