15/01/2016 World News Today

reports a water leak in his helmet. China says it is planning a space

mission to the dark side of the moon.

A clinical trial of a new drug in France has left one person

brain-dead and another five in hospital in a very serious

condition. The painkiller was being tested in a government approved

laboratory in the north-west of France and given to 90 people. The

study has been halted and all volunteers recalled. There were

earlier reports that the drug was a cannabis -based painkiller but that

has been denied by the French health ministry, the chief neuroscientist

says there is no known antidote to the experimental drug ring tested.

It is the worst incident of this kind to ever hit a clinical

Six men were first given the drug eight days ago at a respected

On Sunday one of the group began to develop alarming symptoms.

The other five had similar reactions but to differing degrees.

The doctor treating them said that because the drug was experimental

it was impossible to give a clear prognosis.

Four of the five other patients have neurological problems of differing

One has no symptoms but is being carefully watched

because of what happened to the other patients who took

Among these four patients there are three who are already

in a condition that is sufficiently serious to cause us to fear

a handicap, which could be irreversible, even

The French Health Minister went to Rennes to offer support

and promised an exhaustive investigation into what went wrong.

She met the five patients who are conscious.

I want to tell you that I was overwhelmed by their distress.

Because they have been in hospital for several days together.

They know each other, because they were together

And now their lives have been brutally turned upside down.

Every year hundreds of thousands of people around the world are paid

to take part in clinical drugs tests but the trials are rigorously

controlled and only extremely rarely are there incidents of this nature.

Here the drug being tested was a reliever based on molecules

Here the drug being tested was a pain reliever based

on molecules found in cannabis.

90 others have already been given the drug and showed no reaction

so investigators will want to know if there was a problem

with the latest batch of the drug or if the wrong

Our medical correspondent looked into the trial in more detail.

All six were part of a clinical trial which actually began in July

last year. 90 healthy volunteers were given this experimental drug

which works on pain and mood receptors in the brain. They were

gradually given escalating doses, what they call a phase one safety

trial. Until today there had been no apparent serious side-effects. Last

week the six men were given the highest dose so far. Three days

later one was rushed into hospital with a catastrophic brain injury.

Others then followed. That first man is brain-dead, it is just a question

of time until the life is switched off. Three others may have a

responsible brain damage. And the doctors you saw, they are

struggling, because they don't know quite how to treat this. So it is

important to stress, this trial has been going on for six months, but

there is always a risk with these safety trials but at some point

there would be a side-effect. But it does seem a very unusual

story, a rare thing to happen? It is a rare thing. They are are

very tight procedures across Europe, tightened considerably after a

scandal years ago in London when six men, again, became seriously ill,

but in that case, within minutes of receiving an intravenous drug. And

that was the first time it had been given to man, so you can see, it is

quite different here. We all rely on volunteers who come forward, they

would have been paid for this, but they come forward to test these

drugs, and without them we would not have new medication.

Gunmen have reportedly attacked a hotel in the capital of Burkina

Faso, were eyewitnesses say two bombs went off outside a hotel in,

gunfire was then exchanged between the men and security forces at the

scene, there is no indication yet casualties, we will bring you more

on the story as we get it. Stock markets in the USA have fallen

sharply following the kinds earlier in Europe and Asia -- declines. Our

correspondent is in New York. What is the latest you can tell us?

The Dow recovered slightly, in the end, down 2.93%, so recovering a

little bit from the low of over 500 point it lost earlier in the day.

The SMP 500 town 2.6% at close, recovering a little bit following

those we saw in August, the last time the markets really had those of

the concern from China and the slowdown of the summer. What we are

seeing is that investors are still fleeing US equities. We are seeing

them go to safer investments like bonds and gold, we saw the

nervousness, one analyst said the market was still a slave to oil,

prices this week hitting $30 a barrel, causing jitters on Wall

Street, and we are also seeing, because of concern about a Chinese

slowdown and the Chinese stock market taking a beating today, about

entering into a bear market, 20% down from their highs, and that

rattled investors. To top it all we got really ugly economic data

raising concerns about the strength of the US economy in the fourth

quarter, retail sales are down, consumers are not spending as much

as we thought, industrial output is down. So plenty of talk on Wall

Street about whether this is the bottom or whether stocks will keep

tumbling, but certainly the knees at the moment with all of this bad

news. -- certainly unease. A spacewalk to repair the

International Space Station has ended early after an astronaut

reported water in his helmet. Both astronaut on the walk returned to

the station safely, it had been the first spacewalk by an astronaut

representing the UK. A moment of history as Tim Peake

prepares to walk outside, weightless, but jammed

into a bulky spacesuit, he needs his colleagues

to guide him into the airlock. We hear him go through his final

checks. It was dark when he emerged,

a tiny figure against It is really cool to see

the Union Jack outside, it has explored all over the world

and now it has explored space. Hand by hand he and a fellow

astronaut inched along outside. Filmed by his American colleagues

he is perched at the very edge of the station to perform

a key repair job. Look how hard it is

managing tools in space. This is the view from his camera,

everything is weightless and wants Stepping outside the International

Space Station is always risky. But spacewalks are essential

to build and fix things. The astronauts emerge

through an airlock here. If we take a closer look we can see

how they had to make their way about 60 metres to a place called

a sequential shunt unit, part of the power supply

connecting solar panels. Their suits have 14 layers

of material to give protection from the vacuum of space

and temperatures ranging from -100 Backpacks supply power

and water for life support. In case they drift away,

small thruster jets can manoeuvre The main task was to fix the power

unit, they had to get it done within 31 minutes,

because that is how long night lasts on the station,

and if the sunlight hit the solar We know it is a small amount

of water, is there any way to check the temperature, I don't know

if there's a way to move around, or to drink it and note

what the taste...? It is three inches above my head.

Let me see if I can make it mobile...

The astronauts were ordered back into the airlock.

There was no alarm, but it was a reminder of the dangers

You guys did a great job, thank you.

China is planning a mission to the dark side of the mine, which has

never been explored. An expert on their space programme told me why

there's so much fascination with the dark side the moon.

Because it is on the far side of a move which are never really rotates

we have never put our eyes on it. We have seen photographs of it, and the

like, but nobody has even landed there, even robotically, on the far

side. So China will break new ground, literally, in terms of

landing a new probe on the dark side of the moon, and taking samples,

which is the plan. And then try to figure out what the difference is,

apart from it being a shade darker? Exactly. There is some evidence

based on photographs that the far side may perhaps have undergone some

different effects. That the material rising to the surface may be

slightly different from the part of the moon which we can see. And

therefore it has always been something which many scientists had

hoped to do, and there, take some samples, do chemical and other

tests, to see if there is any difference.

We can show our viewers some of the pictures. The first is from 1959, a

soggy spacecraft. You can imagine how exciting that was -- a Soviet

spacecraft. The pictures are still impressive, even 55 years later. It

began to show a little bit of the surface. It did though move on. We

got a clearer, better picture, just back in July. That was when Nasa

decided to have a satellite which was able to take these pictures.

When you looked at them, what were you thinking?

I was thinking that there has been such a long time since we last went

to the moon and despite the fact it is our nearest celestial neighbour

we still know relatively limited amounts about it. So when I heard

the news that the Chinese were interested in doing this more than

anything else it was a feeling of, about time.

Still to come: a BBC investigation has found that Turkish authorities

have detained and deported Syrians back to Syria. Turkey denies the

charge. They one of operation Desert Storm

to force Iraq out of Kuwait has seen the most intense air attacks since

World War II... Tobacco is one of America's oldest

and biggest industries but it is nervous of a report which may make

people want to stop smoking. There is no evidence of street

unaffected, large parts of the city crashed into one another, this woman

said she was given no advice or help by authorities and stood outside the

ruins of her business... Tens of thousands of South African

black children have taken advantage of new laws and enrolled at formerly

white schools. When there was news of the death

today the management debated whether to cancel the performance but Agatha

Christie would have been the last person to want such a thing...

The latest headlines: a clinical drugs trial in France has left one

person brain dead and three others facing a reversible rain damage. The

French health minister said the drug was given to 90 volunteers.

Explosions and gunfire have been heard in the capital of Burkina

Faso, the AFP news agency reported a car on fire in front of a hotel

regularly used by United Nations staff and Westerners.

And now the sport. We start with cricket and a century from Joe Root

helped England to stay in contention in the third test against South

Africa. The home team were bowled out early on that date two but had

England warbling. A great partnership between Joe Root and Ben

Stokes got them back into the match. Obviously very pleased at the

moment. You will need to ask me at the end of the game for the true

reflection on it, but more than anything it is now about going on,

making a really big score, getting a substantial lead for the second

innings, and putting them back on the pressure.

Mohammed Amir was found guilty of deliberately delivering no-balls in

2010 but today returned in Auckland. His reintegration into the team came

with objections from some team-mates and he was booed by some supporters.

Pakistan won as New Zealand failed 16 runs short of the 155 they needed

from 20 overs. Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink says

the team are still facing a relegation battle despite improved

form. They are six games unbeaten under the Dutchman but he says they

could be in trouble if they lose forthcoming games against Everton

and Arsenal. We all like to look forward to the

top of the table, but don't be unrealistic, you are six points off

the line. Off relegation. That is also a fact. So we have do work hard

and be very concentrated, and gather our points, to step up.

Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic are favourites to win the Australian

open in Melbourne next week. Our tennis correspondent is the and has

been talking us through the draw for the first major tournament of the

year. It is a difficult start for Serena

Williams, Milla George a very dangerous opponent. Given the state

of Serena William's knees, pulling out of two and earlier in the year,

and not having played a competitive match since temper, a very tough

start indeed. In the men's competition, Novak Djokovic with a

first round match against a very talented opponent, it will get tough

for him in the second week. The dangerous Japanese player has

potential quarterfinal opponent, and also in the same half of the draw as

Roger Federer. They would meet in the semifinals. It is the champion

of two years ago, Stan Wawrinki, who has the toughest draw of the men,

needing to go past Rafa Nadal, Andy Murray, and Novak Djokovic, to win

the title again. The greatest match in Masters

snooker history is what BBC commentators called the wing for

Judd Trump against Neil Robertson at Alexandra Palace. Both scored six

centuries into live in frames. Robertson was 2-1 down but levelled

the match with the highest break of the two and so far at 139. Trump hit

back with a break of 140. An incredible standard in the match, as

Robertson levelled at 5-5, Judd Trump raised his game someone they

decided to book a game in the semifinals. -- some more in the

decider. The European Union has committed to

giving 3 billion euros to Turkey to manage migrants crossing from Syria

into the country and in turn, reduce the numbers heading through the

European Union. But a BBC investigation found Turkish

authorities had detained and deported Syrians back to Syria,

making international humanitarian law, banning governments sending

people back to war zones. -- breaking international law.

For some refugees the road to Europe and in Turkey. We heard reports of

the breaking of international law by deporting Syrians back to a conflict

zone. Those deemed troublesome were detained. We went to meet one.

Journalist are not allowed to film here so we recorded undercover. We

had met on the Greek border months ago and stayed in touch. I had been

hit by Turkish police. They could me bad.

This, he says, shows his mistreatment by guards. For more

privacy we went inside to talk. He has been held for weeks with no

charge. What happened to all the others?

Deported to Syria. Did they want to go back?

I am sure they did not. Definitely sure. They were running from Syria.

If they try to send you back, what would you do?

I don't know. He was amongst those who refused to leave a border town

in September. They were rounded up by police and taken to a camp. The

authorities would not inform us of their final destination. Inmates

already there shouted for help, saying they had been injured. Three

months and we tracked down one of the group who says they were

deported to Syria. He had since made it back to southern Turkey.

They forced us to sign, and a ride on it, I want to be sent back to

Syria. -- to write on it. They ask you to sign a paper saying

you were voluntarily going back? They said if you don't send it we

will send you to a... A detention centre in Turkey?

Yes, I did not want to go back to Syria, many of us feel afraid.

Once they crossed the border many say they were arrested by armed

groups and in some cases imprisoned. Over 2 million Syrians are already

in Turkey, the government is under pressure to keep them here, they

will receive 3 billion euros from the European Union, but it is

contingent on improving conditions for refugees here in Turkey, not on

sending them back to an act of war zone, contravening international

Germanic Terry law. Amnesty International says they

believe hundreds were possibly deported to Syria where their lives

are in danger. The European Union needs to wake up

to the fact that on its own borders international law is being broken on

a regular basis. It needs to wake up to the fact that it has a gatekeeper

in Turkey violating the rights of refugees in detaining them secretly,

arbitrarily, and returning them to Syria.

The Turkish government refused and interview but issued this

statement... Covert detention, deportation to a

war zone, the charges are serious. A country that has warmly welcomed so

many Syrians now accused of illegal acts.

A reminder of our breaking news, gunmen have reportedly attacked a

hotel in the capital of Burkina Faso in West Africa, eyewitnesses said

car bombs went off outside a hotel, men stormed the hotel, used by UN

staff and Westerners, gunfire was then exchanged between the men and

the security forces at the scene, there is not yet any indication of

casualties. Before we go, US lottery officials have confirmed that a

Tennessee couple has one of the three winning tickets for the $1.6

billion jackpot. John and Lisa Robinson have been announced as the

couple. The other winning tickets were sold in California and also in

Melbourne beach, Florida. That is all from the programme. Coming up

next, the weather where you are. From me and the team, goodbye.

Good evening. Some unusual weather to start this look around the world.

We have had our first hurricane of the season. A hurricane in