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This is BBC World News Today with me, Alpa Patel. | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
The EU's open borders policy is called into question - | :00:07. | :00:11. | |
As migrant tensions increase, Donald Tusk warns the Schengen | :00:12. | :00:17. | |
Chaos and destruction return to the streets of Beirut - two suicide | :00:18. | :00:24. | |
The leaders of the world's oldest democracy and the world's biggest | :00:25. | :00:31. | |
democracy meet in London with a fanfare and some protests. | :00:32. | :00:37. | |
And Otto the skateboarding bulldog is not only making headlines - | :00:38. | :00:39. | |
The migrant crisis could spell the end of passport-free travel | :00:40. | :00:59. | |
The President of the European Council - Donald Tusk - says | :01:00. | :01:04. | |
the EU's in a "race against time" to save the Schengen system which | :01:05. | :01:07. | |
Today Sweden became the latest country to re-impose border controls | :01:08. | :01:14. | |
- temporarily - after record numbers of migrants arrived there. | :01:15. | :01:21. | |
Clive Myrie joins us from Malta where the talks have been taking | :01:22. | :01:34. | |
place. Yes, the European Council President's words are alarming to | :01:35. | :01:37. | |
those who see the free movement of people across borders at the heart | :01:38. | :01:43. | |
of Europe as the cornerstone of European integration and it is | :01:44. | :01:46. | |
interesting it is not Eurosceptics who are dealing a blow against free | :01:47. | :01:52. | |
movement but Somalis and Afghans and Syrians. And this at the end of an | :01:53. | :01:56. | |
eventful two-day conference here where we have seen progress in the | :01:57. | :02:01. | |
attempt to put forward mechanisms to deal with the migrant crisis. | :02:02. | :02:05. | |
Malta's national graveyard, serene and tranquil today but filled | :02:06. | :02:10. | |
with an anguished crowd back in April at the burial here of some | :02:11. | :02:14. | |
of the 800 migrants drowned in just one night off the Maltese coast. | :02:15. | :02:20. | |
Graveyard official Eman Bonnici was there. | :02:21. | :02:25. | |
It was very emotional because the child was buried in this vault here. | :02:26. | :02:28. | |
It's failing now to stop hundreds of thousands more refugees | :02:29. | :02:33. | |
and other migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean. | :02:34. | :02:43. | |
That's why the EU called this, by now its sixth summit | :02:44. | :02:45. | |
It's like trying to repair leaking dam. | :02:46. | :02:48. | |
Block up the hole in one area and water comes gushing through | :02:49. | :02:51. | |
The migrant route to Europe has moved from Morocco to Libya | :02:52. | :02:54. | |
This issue isn't almost over, it's going to be with Europe | :02:55. | :02:59. | |
for years to come and long-term problems need long-term solutions. | :03:00. | :03:03. | |
So far, the EU's reaction has been chaotic and uncoordinated but these | :03:04. | :03:06. | |
meetings in Malta are a real attempt at finding a more strategic | :03:07. | :03:10. | |
The president of the European Council says it has to | :03:11. | :03:16. | |
We are under no allusions that we can improve | :03:17. | :03:29. | |
the situation overnight but we are committed to giving people | :03:30. | :03:31. | |
Here in Malta, the EU has been working with African leaders, | :03:32. | :03:36. | |
asking them to crack down on people smugglers and offering cash to help | :03:37. | :03:39. | |
improve life in African countries to make Europe less enticing. | :03:40. | :03:44. | |
What Africa needs today is not charity. | :03:45. | :03:48. | |
This is what drives society forward, both in Europe and in United States. | :03:49. | :03:54. | |
And when you talk of investment, actually, 1.8 billion is not much. | :03:55. | :04:01. | |
Today, the UK pledged a further ?200 million for Africa to tackle | :04:02. | :04:04. | |
Britain gives more overseas aid than any other European country. | :04:05. | :04:12. | |
But EU partners complain about lack of solidarity | :04:13. | :04:15. | |
when it comes to dealing with asylum seekers already in Europe. | :04:16. | :04:21. | |
Balkan countries are now managing to move migrants smoothly | :04:22. | :04:23. | |
Successfully dealing with this crisis means European nations | :04:24. | :04:29. | |
are doing what they often find difficult, working together. | :04:30. | :04:33. | |
Otherwise the EU will continue to lose credibility on other continents | :04:34. | :04:36. | |
As you saw, a more orderly situation exists on | :04:37. | :04:48. | |
the all can migrant route but what about the other big access point for | :04:49. | :04:51. | |
Ed Thomas reports from the island of Lesbos which has seen | :04:52. | :05:01. | |
On dark nights through rough seas, this is a journey like no other. | :05:02. | :05:13. | |
His mother's only help, his two sisters from West Yorkshire. | :05:14. | :05:25. | |
She is a GP but nothing prepared her for this. | :05:26. | :05:29. | |
What must they be running from to be forced to do this? | :05:30. | :05:32. | |
The governments need to be doing so much more, the governments | :05:33. | :05:35. | |
This is what they are putting innocent families through. | :05:36. | :05:44. | |
At night turns today, the boats don't stop. | :05:45. | :05:51. | |
Syrians, Iraqis and more more Afghans. | :05:52. | :05:52. | |
A young generation of Afghanistan is coming in Europe and right now in | :05:53. | :06:02. | |
All of the people is going to come in Europe. | :06:03. | :06:10. | |
Smugglers are paid and migrant boats sail when | :06:11. | :06:15. | |
and where they want, in full view of the Turkish coast guard. | :06:16. | :06:19. | |
But don't think this is an easy journey. | :06:20. | :06:23. | |
For some, there is no law on the Aegean. | :06:24. | :06:27. | |
These people say they were held at gunpoint and robbed. | :06:28. | :06:29. | |
Nobody knows exactly who is on these boats. | :06:30. | :06:36. | |
You might recognise his accent or even his face. | :06:37. | :06:40. | |
This is a return trip to the place he calls home. | :06:41. | :06:50. | |
So who stays and who goes? and two years in Kent. | :06:51. | :07:08. | |
In Sweden and Germany, the mood music of this crisis is | :07:09. | :07:13. | |
changing but who will tell this man to return to Syria where | :07:14. | :07:16. | |
Islamic State said they would kill him for playing the music he loves? | :07:17. | :07:21. | |
And who would force this Yazidi mother back to | :07:22. | :07:25. | |
And who will explain to this six-year-old girl | :07:26. | :07:30. | |
As you saw, the politicians were here meeting and discussing the | :07:31. | :07:47. | |
migration issue, the boats across the water was still coming. Frankly, | :07:48. | :07:51. | |
the summit here now it has come to an end, it will not prevent those | :07:52. | :07:58. | |
boats continuing to set sail. Clive, going back to the warning about | :07:59. | :08:01. | |
Schengen facing collapse, our EU leaders nervous that it could face | :08:02. | :08:07. | |
collapse? They are nervous, very nervous. The | :08:08. | :08:13. | |
free movement of people across an area where you do not have to show | :08:14. | :08:18. | |
your passport, you can move freely is the cornerstone of European | :08:19. | :08:21. | |
integration. But the migration crisis has put a massive massive | :08:22. | :08:26. | |
amount of pressure on that. You have countries like Slovenia putting up | :08:27. | :08:30. | |
razor wire, Hungary building a wall to prevent the movement of people, | :08:31. | :08:34. | |
illegal migrants getting across the borders. Today, Sweden made it clear | :08:35. | :08:40. | |
they had to reinstate border controls because 15,000 people | :08:41. | :08:43. | |
turning up on their border every week was unsustainable. They could | :08:44. | :08:47. | |
not cope. There was a big discussion now within the European Union by | :08:48. | :08:53. | |
those who believe that the Schengen area, the free movement area, is | :08:54. | :08:57. | |
finished. The migration crisis has made its collapse and those who | :08:58. | :09:01. | |
still believe fervently in the ideal of the free movement of people. That | :09:02. | :09:06. | |
debate continues. It has not been resolved but is important for the | :09:07. | :09:10. | |
future of the European Union. Clive, thank you. | :09:11. | :09:12. | |
Reports from Lebanon say at least 37 people have been killed in two | :09:13. | :09:15. | |
The blasts happened in the mainly Shia southern suburbs | :09:16. | :09:20. | |
There is also a Palestinian refugee camp there. | :09:21. | :09:25. | |
Hezbollah has played a key role in the Syrian conflict in support | :09:26. | :09:28. | |
The spillover from the Syrian war has seen a number of | :09:29. | :09:34. | |
Our correspondent Lina Sinjab is in Beirut. | :09:35. | :09:44. | |
After the suicide bombers at the Lebanese authorities say the number | :09:45. | :09:52. | |
of people killed has reached almost 40 with more than 180 injured. This | :09:53. | :09:57. | |
is according to the Lebanese Red Cross. The suicide attacks took | :09:58. | :10:03. | |
place near a Shi'ite mocks as people left after prayer. This area is | :10:04. | :10:12. | |
highly condensed -- mosque. It is a has blah stronghold, | :10:13. | :10:15. | |
highly condensed -- mosque. It is a here believe this is a setback or | :10:16. | :10:19. | |
reaction to the war in Syria but it is also a big security break because | :10:20. | :10:25. | |
this area should be completely sealed and controlled by Hezbollah | :10:26. | :10:30. | |
so for these attacks to take place is really risky for the area. So | :10:31. | :10:36. | |
far, no one has announced responsibility but over the past few | :10:37. | :10:40. | |
years and because of the conflict in Syria tension is rising here in | :10:41. | :10:43. | |
Lebanon on and divisions between opponents and supporters of the | :10:44. | :10:49. | |
Syrian government with Bashar al-Assad but other attacks took | :10:50. | :10:56. | |
place and opposition groups claimed responsibility but the Lebanese | :10:57. | :11:01. | |
government say there are cells affiliated to terrorist groups, as | :11:02. | :11:06. | |
they call them, in Syria, and they blame them for many infiltrations | :11:07. | :11:12. | |
that are taking place inside Lebanon on. With the situation that happened | :11:13. | :11:16. | |
today, there are no confirmed reports on who is responsible for | :11:17. | :11:18. | |
the attacks. It's difficult to forget the images, | :11:19. | :11:20. | |
from August last year, of the desperate Yazidi minority | :11:21. | :11:24. | |
group stranded on Mount Sinjar after so called Islamic State | :11:25. | :11:26. | |
captured Sinjar town. Tens of thousands | :11:27. | :11:28. | |
of Yazidis were forced out of their homes, but now Kurdish forces are | :11:29. | :11:31. | |
now trying to recapture the town. Kurdish fighters have retaken | :11:32. | :11:35. | |
the mountain and they are launching the offensive from two towns | :11:36. | :11:39. | |
in their control, Rabiaa and Snumy. Jim Muir is with the Kurdish | :11:40. | :11:51. | |
forces and sent this report. We have come up here to this front | :11:52. | :11:54. | |
line position just to get as close as you can get to Sinjar to see | :11:55. | :11:58. | |
what the situation in the townies. as you can get to Sinjar to see | :11:59. | :12:03. | |
what the situation is. The Peshmerga, the Kurdish forces, | :12:04. | :12:06. | |
are amassing here. They have been advancing also | :12:07. | :12:07. | |
from the west and east so they have cut off Sinjar from an | :12:08. | :12:11. | |
IS point of view from three sides. Preparing for a final assault | :12:12. | :12:15. | |
to take the town itself. Yeah, | :12:16. | :12:20. | |
what he's saying is that there is no They don't hold firm positions they | :12:21. | :12:37. | |
are moving around all over I feel very happy | :12:38. | :12:42. | |
because this day... What has happened here is | :12:43. | :12:58. | |
a house which was occupied by Isis This is showing | :12:59. | :13:21. | |
the technique they use time and time again when they are being | :13:22. | :13:25. | |
attacked by Kurdish forces. They put mines, booby traps | :13:26. | :13:28. | |
in houses and at roadsides. This is to hold up advances and to | :13:29. | :13:32. | |
cause maximum possible casualties. This is not going to be a short | :13:33. | :13:36. | |
and easy job. It's the first time an Indian | :13:37. | :13:42. | |
premier has visited Britain This morning Narendra Modi flew | :13:43. | :13:51. | |
in to London at the start Within hours he and David Cameron | :13:52. | :13:54. | |
had announced trade deals worth Mr Cameron said the UK wanted to | :13:55. | :13:58. | |
become India's "number one partner" Our Delhi correspondent | :13:59. | :14:02. | |
Justin Rowlatt reports. No, we are going over to Christian | :14:03. | :14:15. | |
Fraser he was in central London. Yes, thank you. It is all ready and | :14:16. | :14:20. | |
important relationship between the two countries, Britain is the | :14:21. | :14:24. | |
biggest of the G20 to invest in India and it has been that way for | :14:25. | :14:28. | |
14 years. India invest more in Britain than all the other EU | :14:29. | :14:33. | |
countries put together. But David Cameron thinks the relationship | :14:34. | :14:38. | |
could go even further so today they set out a road map for deeper | :14:39. | :14:42. | |
co-operation. There will be all kinds of new investment in clean | :14:43. | :15:04. | |
energy, finance, infrastructure, to help the Indian economy and that | :15:05. | :15:06. | |
really is the reason they have rolled out the red carpet for him | :15:07. | :15:09. | |
today. David Cameron has been three times to India in five years and the | :15:10. | :15:11. | |
visit has not been reciprocated until now. It may not be an official | :15:12. | :15:14. | |
visit but it looks like one. Now, that report from Justin. | :15:15. | :15:15. | |
It is the first time all old Indian Prime Minister has visited the UK | :15:16. | :15:19. | |
chain decade, and David Cameron was very keen to put on a good show. | :15:20. | :15:22. | |
Mr Modi was greeted by a fly past from the Red Arrows. | :15:23. | :15:25. | |
And a bit of good old-fashioned British pomp from the regimental | :15:26. | :15:28. | |
But the real business of this trip is, well, business. | :15:29. | :15:32. | |
These days even Belgium exports more to India than the UK. | :15:33. | :15:35. | |
And it is that sad fact that David Cameron is hoping this visit | :15:36. | :15:38. | |
I do not believe we are realising the true potential of this | :15:39. | :15:48. | |
relationship, and that is what Prime Minister Modi and I want to change. | :15:49. | :15:54. | |
We want to forge a more ambitious, modern partnership, | :15:55. | :15:56. | |
harnessing our strengths and working together for the long term to help | :15:57. | :15:59. | |
shape our fortunes at home and abroad in the 21st century. | :16:00. | :16:08. | |
the 2 leaders agreed in ?9 billion worth of new deals between British | :16:09. | :16:13. | |
and Indian companies and initiatives to Indian businesses to raise more | :16:14. | :16:17. | |
But do not expect it all to go smoothly. | :16:18. | :16:25. | |
You can see what a divisive figure Mr Modi is. | :16:26. | :16:29. | |
He is associated with a rising climate of intolerance in India. | :16:30. | :16:33. | |
This noisy crowd of protesters is expected to follow | :16:34. | :16:35. | |
compared to other countries, where we should be going forwards. | :16:36. | :16:46. | |
It is a superpower but it is not looking after its people. | :16:47. | :16:50. | |
He is wearing a veil of democracy, and he is inside. | :16:51. | :16:57. | |
Mr Modi, India is becoming an increasingly | :16:58. | :17:01. | |
India is the land of Gandhi, it is a vibrant chrissie | :17:02. | :17:13. | |
The 2 leaders scattered petals at the feet of the hero of Indian | :17:14. | :17:17. | |
independence, evidence perhaps that the bitterness of | :17:18. | :17:19. | |
Mr Cameron hopes this visit will foster an invigorated commercial | :17:20. | :17:27. | |
The Prime Minister is that we'll be sitting down the Prime Minister is | :17:28. | :17:43. | |
that we'll be sitting down this relationship and the Prime Minister | :17:44. | :17:46. | |
in Britain has reassured people nothing will be off the table and as | :17:47. | :17:51. | |
you saw, many will hope he brings up the issue of human rights. 200 | :17:52. | :17:57. | |
writers wrote an open letter to the pro minister today expressing their | :17:58. | :18:01. | |
concerns about freedom of expression in India. There is a feeling among | :18:02. | :18:07. | |
academics and historians and writers that Narendra Modi is not speaking | :18:08. | :18:11. | |
out enough about religious violence in India and that is what we have | :18:12. | :18:17. | |
heard represented in Whitehall for many demonstrators who turned up. | :18:18. | :18:22. | |
You use the word hoping David Cameron will bring up human rights | :18:23. | :18:26. | |
issues with the renderer Modi, when will we know if he does? | :18:27. | :18:31. | |
Well, we get these communications from Downing Street from time to | :18:32. | :18:36. | |
time as to how the visit is going. I think from the questions you got | :18:37. | :18:41. | |
from a robust western media, he will all ready understand where part of | :18:42. | :18:44. | |
the agenda is in this visit. They were asking him about his record | :18:45. | :18:51. | |
about the history in Gujarat. People pointing to the events in 2002, the | :18:52. | :18:57. | |
riots in Gujarat where 1000 people were killed, mostly Muslims and the | :18:58. | :19:00. | |
feeling in Britain and many countries around the world was the | :19:01. | :19:06. | |
chief minister had not done enough to stop it. There were some who | :19:07. | :19:12. | |
thought the Hindu nationalists that supported them encouraged violence | :19:13. | :19:17. | |
and he was banned here in Britain. He will understand what part of the | :19:18. | :19:23. | |
agenda is and will understand in international diplomacy David | :19:24. | :19:25. | |
Cameron must represent that feeling and no doubt we will hear that | :19:26. | :19:28. | |
tomorrow when the Prime Minister speaks to the press again. Thank | :19:29. | :19:31. | |
you, Christian. There have been clashes in the Greek | :19:32. | :19:38. | |
capital between police and demonstrators taking part | :19:39. | :19:40. | |
in a general strike. Police fired tear gas to | :19:41. | :19:42. | |
disperse anti-austerity protesters It was the biggest protest | :19:43. | :19:44. | |
the country has seen since the Greek prime minister was re-elected | :19:45. | :19:48. | |
in September, promising to soften Nearly 25,000 people took part | :19:49. | :19:51. | |
in three separate demonstrations George Clooney swapped Hollywood for | :19:52. | :19:54. | |
a local cafe in Edinburgh today. He paid a visit to a sandwich shop | :19:55. | :20:04. | |
which employs homeless people and Our correspondent Kevin Keane was | :20:05. | :20:07. | |
there when the film star dropped His report contains | :20:08. | :20:12. | |
flash photography. It felt like a royal visit, | :20:13. | :20:18. | |
but this was a welcome the Palace The Hollywood heart-throb was | :20:19. | :20:23. | |
heading for a coffee shop whose customers can also buy drinks | :20:24. | :20:33. | |
for people who are homeless. Why are you supporting this | :20:34. | :20:35. | |
charity in particular? I like what they are doing, I think | :20:36. | :20:50. | |
it is a very important cause. The idea that we can all | :20:51. | :20:53. | |
participate in everyone's You must be used to a crowd like | :20:54. | :20:55. | |
this, but we're not in Scotland. I feel bad for them because they | :20:56. | :21:01. | |
are standing out in the cold. Inside, and he met the staff, many | :21:02. | :21:07. | |
of them once homeless themselves. I'm going to give you some money | :21:08. | :21:12. | |
but all I have is dollars. Well, | :21:13. | :21:15. | |
we will take whatever dollars... It was all selfies and smiles | :21:16. | :21:19. | |
as this A-lister was shown around. So you mostly come to work | :21:20. | :21:23. | |
at seven o'clock in the morning? We invited him to Scotland | :21:24. | :21:26. | |
and we said we'd help fundraise And whilst he was here we invited | :21:27. | :21:31. | |
him to come and visit one of our local sandwich shops, | :21:32. | :21:35. | |
Social Bite, and to After 15 minutes, George was back | :21:36. | :21:38. | |
out, bringing the scent of stardom It is just great to see a | :21:39. | :21:44. | |
Hollywood A-list star in Edinburgh. You did manage to see him | :21:45. | :21:54. | |
and speak to him? No red carpet, | :21:55. | :21:57. | |
but a bit of glitz on a gloomy day. Now was it or wasn't it racially | :21:58. | :22:14. | |
motivated - let's show you a video from an incident at an Apple | :22:15. | :22:17. | |
store in Melbourne, Australia which These guys are worried about your | :22:18. | :22:33. | |
presence in our store. They are worried you might steal something. | :22:34. | :22:40. | |
Why would we steal something? Guys, end of discussion. I need to | :22:41. | :22:43. | |
Apple has apologised to six schoolboys asked to leave one | :22:44. | :22:46. | |
of their shops in Australia, in what the students described | :22:47. | :22:49. | |
The video, pretty damning, six young black teenagers in this Apple Store | :22:50. | :22:55. | |
in Melbourne apparently going about their business shopping and being | :22:56. | :22:57. | |
asked to leave because security staff were worried they were going | :22:58. | :23:00. | |
to shoplift but no real evidence that they were doing anything wrong | :23:01. | :23:03. | |
at all other than browsing around the Apple Store. | :23:04. | :23:11. | |
The fact Apple has apologised so quickly | :23:12. | :23:14. | |
for this reflects the fact that Apple regarded this as something | :23:15. | :23:17. | |
This video has gone viral in Australia, posted on Facebook | :23:18. | :23:26. | |
I don't think anyone is suggesting there is a culture | :23:27. | :23:33. | |
They have clearly realised that a couple of individuals, | :23:34. | :23:43. | |
the security guards in question, have done something wrong and I | :23:44. | :23:48. | |
wouldn't be surprised if they were receiving quite a dressing down | :23:49. | :23:51. | |
Meanwhile, the boys have been back to the store as guests of Apple, I | :23:52. | :24:00. | |
would not be surprised if a few goody bags have been handed out and | :24:01. | :24:03. | |
one of the boys posted on Facebook that | :24:04. | :24:05. | |
and they were feeling pretty chilled about it. | :24:06. | :24:13. | |
Authorities in the Canadian city of Montreal are dumping raw sewage | :24:14. | :24:16. | |
Officials say the project is necessary | :24:17. | :24:20. | |
so old infrastructure in the sewage treatment system can be replaced. | :24:21. | :24:23. | |
But the project has caused anger both | :24:24. | :24:24. | |
Regarding drinking consumption, there is no problem. You can drink | :24:25. | :25:11. | |
the water, no problem. It's a world record you've | :25:12. | :25:30. | |
probably never heard of before. A bulldog called Otto has | :25:31. | :25:40. | |
rolled into the record books after skateboarding through | :25:41. | :25:43. | |
the "longest human tunnel" in Peru. Otto steered his way through the | :25:44. | :25:45. | |
legs of 30 people and was presented Otto's owners, | :25:46. | :25:48. | |
Luciana Viale and Robert Rickards, were inspired to get a bulldog | :25:49. | :25:53. | |
after watching videos of former Hello, some persistent rain on the | :25:54. | :25:56. | |
way for some of us at the weekend. First of all, | :25:57. | :26:11. | |
all eyes on Storm Abigail. | :26:12. | :26:13. |