:00:07. > :00:09.broadcasting in the UK and around the world.
:00:10. > :00:15.At least 39 people drown trying to reach Europe,
:00:16. > :00:18.in the latest migrant boat disaster off the Turkish coast.
:00:19. > :00:21.16 more people are reported to have died of starvation,
:00:22. > :00:29.a stark reminder of the importance of peace talks.
:00:30. > :00:36.We are here to make this a success, we are ready to start negotiation.
:00:37. > :00:41.At least we should see something on the ground in Syria. We should stop
:00:42. > :00:44.these massacres against our people. The number of people infected
:00:45. > :00:47.with the Zika virus in Colombia women are being advised
:00:48. > :00:50.to avoid getting pregnant Serena Williams loses
:00:51. > :00:54.the Australian Open final The plight of migrants escaping war
:00:55. > :01:13.in Syria shows no signs of abating. After five years of violence
:01:14. > :01:16.there are more risks than ever Those inside the country face
:01:17. > :01:20.fighting and major food shortages. The medical charity MSF says 16
:01:21. > :01:22.more people have starved to death in the town of Madaya,
:01:23. > :01:25.since the UN aid convey gained For those trying to
:01:26. > :01:32.leave there are other risks and uncertainty,
:01:33. > :01:34.and Syrians are among those who have The news at least 39 people
:01:35. > :01:46.including five children have drowned as they crossed the sea
:01:47. > :01:50.between Turkey and Greece shows just how desperate
:01:51. > :01:52.these people are. It comes as a team of negotiators
:01:53. > :01:55.representing Syria's main opposition groups makes its at to UN sponsored
:01:56. > :01:57.peace talks in Geneva, though the umbrella group
:01:58. > :01:59.representing the opposition has threatened to withdraw before
:02:00. > :02:03.they even get started. But first Mark Lowen reports
:02:04. > :02:08.on the latest migrant deaths VOICEOVER: What remains of a death
:02:09. > :02:17.trap for the desperate, it carried 120 but was
:02:18. > :02:22.meant for far fewer, dozens onboard drowned
:02:23. > :02:24.when the vessel capsized off the western coast of Turkey,
:02:25. > :02:26.just miles from the Greek most of the pictures are too
:02:27. > :02:37.graphic to show. The casualties were from Syria,
:02:38. > :02:46.Afghanistan and Myanmar, He is asked, don't
:02:47. > :02:59.you have a conscience? he says he was onboard and had
:03:00. > :03:06.six relatives. He says he does not know
:03:07. > :03:09.if they were alive and he wanted Typically the migrant task
:03:10. > :03:13.with driving the boat is caught and the big smuggling
:03:14. > :03:15.bosses are never found. have already made the journey
:03:16. > :03:24.to Greece this month, Here, Italian coastguards
:03:25. > :03:28.spot a group of the Scuba divers are sent
:03:29. > :03:31.in to the rescue. Gradually they are
:03:32. > :03:37.pulled in, Strong winds and freezing seas
:03:38. > :03:40.are still not deterring those who risk their lives
:03:41. > :03:44.dreaming of a new one. STUDIO: Staying inside Syria is not
:03:45. > :03:53.an option for many civilians, the latest deaths from starvation
:03:54. > :03:55.highlight that, even so, how to help those still inside Syria
:03:56. > :03:58.has been one of the main stumbling blocks in the UN-sponsored peace
:03:59. > :04:00.talks underway in Geneva. The BBC's Imogen Foulkes
:04:01. > :04:02.has the story. VOICEOVER: Syria's war has
:04:03. > :04:04.lasted five long years. At least one quarter of a million
:04:05. > :04:06.Syrians have been killed, 13 million have been
:04:07. > :04:08.driven from their homes, After months of trying
:04:09. > :04:18.and a lot of false starts, the United Nations has
:04:19. > :04:20.persuaded the Syrian government and the opposition to come
:04:21. > :04:30.to Geneva to talk. TRANSLATION: The Syrian people
:04:31. > :04:39.are waiting for rapid results, especially regarding
:04:40. > :04:41.the humanitarian crisis. They need the delivery of aid
:04:42. > :04:43.supplies to besieged areas, we also need to solve pending issues
:04:44. > :04:46.like detainees, kidnapping, these issues are becoming
:04:47. > :04:49.the top priority, we The goals for these talks are very
:04:50. > :04:55.ambitious: a ceasefire,
:04:56. > :05:14.a transitional government, a new constitution, and finally,
:05:15. > :05:17.UN-supervised elections. Previous attempts to bring peace
:05:18. > :05:20.to Syria have collapsed in failure, United Nations is hoping that this
:05:21. > :05:22.time, the tranquil surroundings of Geneva will have
:05:23. > :05:24.a positive effect. Even if these talks are successful,
:05:25. > :05:26.they will not be quick, we are told to expect six
:05:27. > :05:29.months of painstaking negotiation and even as talks inch
:05:30. > :05:31.towards their start, reports claim of more deaths
:05:32. > :05:34.from hunger, in the besieged city. We know that in many of the besieged
:05:35. > :05:37.areas, people do not They have not had food in weeks.
:05:38. > :05:46.They are emaciated. We have seen people
:05:47. > :05:48.die from starvation. Over the five-year long
:05:49. > :05:56.years of the conflict, the United Nations estimates
:05:57. > :05:58.that life expectancy has fallen from just over 70 years
:05:59. > :06:01.old to just over 50 years old. For people trying
:06:02. > :06:12.to live here, peace STUDIO: We can hear from one of the
:06:13. > :06:22.main spokesman for the main opposition in Syria. This is him,
:06:23. > :06:27.Salem al Maslet, as he arrived in Syria. We are here to get a success,
:06:28. > :06:31.we are ready to start negotiation, but we need to see something on the
:06:32. > :06:36.ground. We need to stop these massacres against our people. These
:06:37. > :06:41.help us save our children, save the remaining children of Syria. We are
:06:42. > :06:48.willing to do anything to put an end to this war. We want to put an end
:06:49. > :06:52.to Isis, to terrorism in Syria. We want to put an end to what this
:06:53. > :07:02.dictatorship is doing. We want to see a new Syria. Coalition bombings
:07:03. > :07:05.continue across Syria. Turkey's president,
:07:06. > :07:07.Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has warned Russia it will face
:07:08. > :07:09.consequences after alleging that a Russian fighter jet had again
:07:10. > :07:11.violated Turkish airspace. In November, Turkey shot down
:07:12. > :07:14.a Russian plane which it said had A Turkish foreign ministry statement
:07:15. > :07:18.said that in the latest incident on Friday, a Russian pilot
:07:19. > :07:21.was warned in advacne in both -- A Turkish foreign ministry
:07:22. > :07:23.statement said that in the latest a Russian pilot was warned
:07:24. > :07:31.in advance in both
:07:32. > :07:32.English and Russian. The Russian defence ministry has
:07:33. > :07:34.dismissed the claims In Sweden police say a number
:07:35. > :07:38.of masked men have carried out assaults on migrants in the capital,
:07:39. > :07:40.Stockholm. A gang of up to a hundred
:07:41. > :07:42.people, wearing black balaclavas and armbands,
:07:43. > :07:44.marched through the city's main Local reports say they beat-up
:07:45. > :07:48.foreigners and handed out leaflets Sweden is among the EU states
:07:49. > :07:52.with the highest number of refugees Earlier,
:07:53. > :07:54.we spoke to James Savage, Editor of The Local
:07:55. > :07:56.magazine in Stockholm. We asked him what more
:07:57. > :08:01.we knew about the incident. What we know is about 100 masked men
:08:02. > :08:06.gathered in a central part of Stockholm, on Friday evening,
:08:07. > :08:11.handing out leaflets calling for immigrant children to be given the
:08:12. > :08:15.punishment that they deserve. One man was arrested for attacking a
:08:16. > :08:20.plainclothes police officer, no other people have been taken into
:08:21. > :08:25.custody as yet. Witnesses say that they saw masked men hitting
:08:26. > :08:28.foreigners, and targeting people of foreign appearance in the area.
:08:29. > :08:31.In Britain, three people have been arrested in Dover during
:08:32. > :08:34.Far right demonstrators clashed with anti-fascist groups
:08:35. > :08:38.One person suffered a broken arm and five others sustained minor
:08:39. > :08:41.Earlier Maidstone service station was closed when coaches on the way
:08:42. > :08:48.The United Nations has for the first time
:08:49. > :08:50.revealed the nationalities of peacekeepers
:08:51. > :08:52.accused of sexually abusing children in the Central African Republic.
:08:53. > :08:54.The suspects come from Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic
:08:55. > :09:06.Our Africa editor Mary Harper reports.
:09:07. > :09:14.VOICEOVER: The United Nations said more than one third of last year 's
:09:15. > :09:20.alleged cases involve troops in the Central African Republic, revoking
:09:21. > :09:24.anger and disgust in the country, but increasingly within the United
:09:25. > :09:28.Nations itself. It is hard to imagine the outrage that people
:09:29. > :09:34.working for the United Nations and for the causes of peace and security
:09:35. > :09:46.feel when these kinds of allegations come to light.
:09:47. > :09:54.Particularly involving children, so hard to understand. Last year, an
:09:55. > :09:57.independent panel condemned the United Nations approach to the
:09:58. > :10:01.problem, as gross institutional failure. Fresh allegations have also
:10:02. > :10:09.been made against soldiers serving with EU and French intervention
:10:10. > :10:12.forces. A seven-year-old girl said that French troops demanded sex in
:10:13. > :10:19.exchange for biscuits and a bottle of water. TRANSLATION: It is not
:10:20. > :10:27.just girls who are abused, it is all central Africa, the interior is
:10:28. > :10:32.abused. TRANSLATION: They came here to help us, we were in a difficult
:10:33. > :10:38.situation, instead of helping us, they aggravated the situation.
:10:39. > :10:45.International troops have been in the C a R since 2013, their mission
:10:46. > :10:48.is to protect civilians from sectarian and ethnic violence, which
:10:49. > :10:53.has killed tens of thousands. -- the CAR. The repeated allegations of the
:10:54. > :10:55.sexual abuse of children suggests some of these so-called peacekeepers
:10:56. > :11:02.are adding to the trauma. STUDIO: Brazil is at the forefront
:11:03. > :11:04.of the zika outbreak which the World Health Organisation
:11:05. > :11:06.says is spreading "explosively" More than 20 countries
:11:07. > :11:09.in the Americas are affected. Colombia has released its latest
:11:10. > :11:11.figures on the outbreak which include some suspected but not
:11:12. > :11:26.yet confirmed cases. There are 20,297 people
:11:27. > :11:29.infected with the Zika virus which is spread by mosquitoes
:11:30. > :11:42.who breed in stagnant water. This includes 2,166
:11:43. > :11:43.six pregnant women. It's feared that the virus can lead
:11:44. > :11:46.to babies being born with smaller And the government is warning
:11:47. > :11:50.that there could be six hundred thousand cases to come
:11:51. > :11:52.as the virus spreads Natalio Cosoy joins
:11:53. > :12:03.us now from Colombia. What is the government telling
:12:04. > :12:06.people they can do to help to stop the spread? There is a couple of
:12:07. > :12:16.things, they say that first thing, take pre-emptive measures, try not
:12:17. > :12:21.to leave water stagnant. Use nets. Use repellent for mosquitoes. The
:12:22. > :12:26.other thing they have said, they have told women, if you can, try not
:12:27. > :12:32.to get pregnant for the next six to eight months. They are encouraging
:12:33. > :12:38.as much as they can women to postpone pregnancies if they can.
:12:39. > :12:41.For women that are pregnant already, it is the same measures that they
:12:42. > :12:46.are telling people that they should implement but they are also asking
:12:47. > :12:48.women who are pregnant to go to the doctors as soon as they feel any
:12:49. > :12:54.possible symptom of the disease, to check on them, to see if they
:12:55. > :12:57.actually have the virus or not. There has been called from the World
:12:58. > :13:01.Health Organisation for countries in the Americas to come together to
:13:02. > :13:09.work together to help stop the spread of the virus, do you get any
:13:10. > :13:12.sense that is happening? It is not completely clear yet, there is
:13:13. > :13:15.difference in reporting, for instance, you are seeing many more
:13:16. > :13:20.cases in Colombia because the reporting system is working harder
:13:21. > :13:24.and harder but you are not getting the same number of figures from
:13:25. > :13:27.other countries, from Venezuela, we do not get as much of a clear
:13:28. > :13:31.picture, unless they get together in terms of reporting and informing on
:13:32. > :13:35.the cases, it will be difficult for them to work together. At some point
:13:36. > :13:42.they will end up coming together. Thank you very much for the update.
:13:43. > :13:48.Coming up: blasting into space, the network of satellites capable of
:13:49. > :13:56.beaming back information on natural disasters within minutes.
:13:57. > :14:02.The shuttle Challenger exploded soon after liftoff, seven astronauts on
:14:03. > :14:04.board, one of them a woman schoolteacher, all of them believed
:14:05. > :15:03.to have been killed... Thirty nine people
:15:04. > :15:06.including several children in the latest migrant boat disaster
:15:07. > :15:09.in the Aegean Sea. Health workers in the besieged
:15:10. > :15:12.Syrian town of Madaya say another sixteen people have starved to death
:15:13. > :15:15.since UN aid convoys reached it Dozens more are said to be at risk
:15:16. > :15:28.of death from severe malnutrition. The New York Times Editorial
:15:29. > :15:29.Board has endorsed Hillary Clinton in the race
:15:30. > :15:32.for the Democratic nomination This comes as the State Department
:15:33. > :15:36.has said that it will not allow some of Hillary Clinton's private
:15:37. > :15:39.emails to be released, because they contain information it
:15:40. > :15:42.considers "top secret." It applies to seven email chains
:15:43. > :15:44.in an unsecured account used by Mrs Clinton
:15:45. > :15:46.when she was Secretary of State. Our Washington correspondent
:15:47. > :15:52.Laura Bicker reports. VOICEOVER: The campaign continues,
:15:53. > :15:54.but so does the controversy. Hillary Clinton has tried to end
:15:55. > :15:57.the endless questions about her use of a private e-mail account
:15:58. > :15:59.while Secretary of State, 22 messages she either sent
:16:00. > :16:03.or received from her home account have now been classified
:16:04. > :16:04.as top secret. They were not at the time
:16:05. > :16:07.she dealt with them, but the State Department is looking
:16:08. > :16:13.at whether they should have been. I can confirm that as part of this
:16:14. > :16:18.monthly production of former the State Department will be denying
:16:19. > :16:25.in full seven e-mail chains
:16:26. > :16:26.found in 22 documents, at the request of the intelligence
:16:27. > :16:41.community because they contain
:16:42. > :16:43.a category of top-secret
:16:44. > :16:44.information. These documents were not marked
:16:45. > :16:46.classified at the time Hillary Clinton has always said
:16:47. > :16:49.she's done nothing wrong, that using her private e-mail
:16:50. > :16:51.account was simply convenient. But the public were drip-fed her
:16:52. > :16:54.e-mails over months and, finally, there was an
:16:55. > :16:55.expression of regret. Looking back, it would have been
:16:56. > :16:58.better for me to use two separate I thought using one device would be
:16:59. > :17:02.simpler, and obviously it hasn't In Iowa, the Clinton
:17:03. > :17:09.campaign reacted swiftly, calling for the e-mails to be
:17:10. > :17:11.made public, saying this It's unlikely to harm
:17:12. > :17:16.her core support. has already said he is sick
:17:17. > :17:23.of hearing about her e-mails. But Republican opponents
:17:24. > :17:25.are unlikely to play by those rules and saying her actions
:17:26. > :17:27.were, at the very least, has launched the first of a planned
:17:28. > :17:48.network of telecoms satellites. They'll send images back to earth
:17:49. > :17:50.much faster than has been It's hoped the European Data
:17:51. > :18:01.Relay System, or EDRS, will provide emergency
:18:02. > :18:02.services around the globe with information on natural
:18:03. > :18:05.disasters within minutes. On the line now
:18:06. > :18:11.from Leiden in the Netherlands of this project at the
:18:12. > :18:28.European Space agency. Michael Witting, how long does it
:18:29. > :18:32.take at the moment? It typically takes images, and they have about a
:18:33. > :18:41.contact time of ten minutes per 100 minute orbit, to relay it. In the
:18:42. > :18:45.worst case, you have to wait 100 minutes. So, give me an example, of
:18:46. > :18:51.how this would work, let's say that there is a huge unprecedented flood
:18:52. > :18:56.in the United Kingdom. How would these satellite help people back on
:18:57. > :19:06.Earth? What we are doing is relaying the data, the satellite data, and we
:19:07. > :19:13.transfer it with a high-speed laser link. It is on the ground within
:19:14. > :19:17.minutes compared to 100 minutes, and we have a rescue team, and emergency
:19:18. > :19:22.health team on the ground -- help team. In case of flooding, we would
:19:23. > :19:27.have the data to the team within minutes, giving you a big advantage.
:19:28. > :19:33.Flooding can destroy roads and bridges and houses I guess. Will
:19:34. > :19:36.this be used solely for natural disasters to get better emergency
:19:37. > :19:42.responses to what is going on, or can it be used for other things as
:19:43. > :19:48.well? I cannot speak for other uses but it is certainly very useful for
:19:49. > :19:53.many other applications. Ships moving through polar ice, ice sheets
:19:54. > :19:57.move very quickly. If you want to go through where I see breaking up,
:19:58. > :20:04.Betty to know in minutes rather than two hours later. It is not really
:20:05. > :20:08.disaster application. But it is very important for ship navigation. Is
:20:09. > :20:13.this something that the European Space Agency is particularly proud
:20:14. > :20:20.of, are we ahead of the curve in impaired to Americans by using laser
:20:21. > :20:26.technology? We are very proud, this is cutting edge, the most cutting
:20:27. > :20:29.edge in the world, we do it by laser beam, high data rates. The Americans
:20:30. > :20:38.have a similar system to the last couple of years which uses a classic
:20:39. > :20:42.radio frequency technology, but you can also see that if you use optical
:20:43. > :20:49.communication, eavesdropping, as well as jamming the signal, is very
:20:50. > :20:57.difficult. An terms of security it is a real step ahead. Who would have
:20:58. > :20:59.thought this, some people may have thought that the space race no
:21:00. > :21:06.longer exists! Shocking tennis news coming up for
:21:07. > :21:23.many fans of Serena Williams, we have the sports news for you.
:21:24. > :21:32.to beat the 21-time Champion, Serena Williams.
:21:33. > :21:40.Serena Williams was seeking her seventh Australian open title and
:21:41. > :21:43.22nd overall, seventh-seeded Angelique Kerber, however, would not
:21:44. > :21:48.be an done by the occasion of her first grand slam final, breaking
:21:49. > :21:54.twice in the first set, Williams made 23 unforced errors. Not many
:21:55. > :21:58.people dared to challenge Serena Williams to a game of baseline
:21:59. > :22:06.tennis, but Angelique Kerber did just that, she was rewarded with the
:22:07. > :22:12.opening set. She began to get her timing back and made less errors as
:22:13. > :22:18.she raced out to a 4-1 lead in the second, but the power return of the
:22:19. > :22:21.American was back in business. The world number one send the match into
:22:22. > :22:29.a decider, when Angelique Kerber hit an easy looking for hand straight
:22:30. > :22:31.into the net. -- forehand. Both players suffered early breaks in the
:22:32. > :22:35.third set, the championship was beginning to tip in favour of the
:22:36. > :22:40.German, she managed to take a 4-2 lead. She extended that to 5-2 and
:22:41. > :22:45.was serving for the title before Williams fought back. Angelique
:22:46. > :22:49.Kerber was inspired and went on to clinch a first grand slam title,
:22:50. > :22:51.completing victory after two hours, eight minutes. The German in
:22:52. > :23:07.disbelief on Rod Laver arena. I wish try to believe in myself,
:23:08. > :23:11.when I won the first set against Victoria Azarenka, I am a good
:23:12. > :23:15.player, and I can show it on the big courts. I was not playing very well
:23:16. > :23:19.last year on the big tournaments, but the first big tournaments of the
:23:20. > :23:24.year here, and I have won it, it is my first grand slam! It sounds crazy
:23:25. > :23:29.but I can say that I am a grand slam champion now! -- The seventh seed
:23:30. > :23:32.said she had spent her whole life working for this moment after she
:23:33. > :23:33.beat the world number one and defending champion, Serena Williams
:23:34. > :23:35.to claim the Australian Open. Kerber becomes Germanyt's first Major
:23:36. > :23:42.winner since her childhood idol Steffi Graf.
:23:43. > :23:44.STUDIO: There was success in the men's doubles
:23:45. > :23:46.for Brazilian Bruno Soarez and Jamie Murray.
:23:47. > :23:48.The pair, who were playing in their first Grand Slam
:23:49. > :23:51.to beat Daniel Nester and Radek Stepanek.
:23:52. > :23:55.There we no major upsets in the 13 ties played in the fourth
:23:56. > :23:59.all of the favourites progressing to the last 16 of the world's
:24:00. > :24:02.The holders Arsenal were drawing 1-all at half time
:24:03. > :24:04.against second tier side Burnley but they are through thanks
:24:05. > :24:06.to an Alexis Sanchez winner at the Emirates.
:24:07. > :24:12.Manchester City had a very comfortable 4-nil win
:24:13. > :24:17.at the Premier League's bottom side Aston Villa.
:24:18. > :24:19.Kelechi Iheanacho scored a hat-trick, with record signing
:24:20. > :24:22.Raheem Sterling grabbing the other goal at Villa Park.
:24:23. > :24:25.Tottenham Hotspur are also safely through to the fifth
:24:26. > :24:27.round after they beat third tier side Colchester United.
:24:28. > :24:30.Nacer Chadli scored twice for Spurs, Eric Dier and Thomas Carroll also
:24:31. > :24:32.scored in the comfortable 4-1 win for Mauricio Pochettino's side.
:24:33. > :24:36.Branden Grace produced a superb display to become the first player
:24:37. > :24:37.to successfully defend the Qatar Masters in
:24:38. > :24:49.Grace began the final round two shots behind former
:24:50. > :24:50.Open champion Paul Lawrie,
:24:51. > :24:53.who was seeking his third victory at the Doha Golf Club.
:24:54. > :24:56.Lawrie had won on six of the seven occasions where he held the lead
:24:57. > :24:59.after the third round but he couldn't manage it this time.
:25:00. > :25:02.Grace shot four birdies and one bogey to finish 14 under par,
:25:03. > :25:04.two shots ahead of Denmark's Thorbjorn Olesen and Spain's Rafael
:25:05. > :25:12.STUDIO: The latest sinkhole spotting, one has turned up in the
:25:13. > :25:15.US state of Oregon. It opened up because of heavy rain, it is
:25:16. > :25:20.believed, last month, it has not swallowed any vehicles, and there
:25:21. > :25:25.have been no injuries but it is big, repairs could take eight weeks.
:25:26. > :25:28.Detours will be in place for most places for sometime! The police in
:25:29. > :25:29.Turkey say they've recovered a stolen Picasso painting in an
:25:30. > :25:49.undercover operation. It's believed to be a1 1940 painting
:25:50. > :25:51.of Pablo Picasso's muse -- Dora Maar -- titled "woman dressing her hair".
:25:52. > :25:54.It's believed to have been stolen from a collector in New York and
:25:55. > :25:56.Turkish police mounted a sting operation in Istanbul to get it
:25:57. > :25:59.back. If you have a story or a sinkhole that we have not
:26:00. > :26:01.spotted(!), get in touch with us. That is it from the world today.
:26:02. > :26:07.Thank you for watching.