:00:00. > :00:00.that cannot be denied. And from this, to this. A classical
:00:00. > :00:18.take on the Manchester 80s dance scene.
:00:19. > :00:25.Welcome. At least 15,000 people in Syria have gathered at the Turkish
:00:26. > :00:30.border after heavy fighting in the city of Aleppo. So far they are not
:00:31. > :00:34.being allowed to cross the frontier, but Turkish aid walkers have gone
:00:35. > :00:38.into Syrian territory to give them assistance. The Turkish Prime
:00:39. > :00:45.Minister says he believes tens of thousands more refugees may be under
:00:46. > :01:03.way. Aleppo is just 60 kilometres from Turkey. Paul Adams reports.
:01:04. > :01:06.Aleppo, yesterday, the aftermath of an air strike in a neighbourhood
:01:07. > :01:08.under rebel control, the scene now numbingly familiar.
:01:09. > :01:11.While world leaders in London have pledged billions of pounds to help
:01:12. > :01:13.Syria, the country's devastating civil war seems to have intensified,
:01:14. > :01:15.Sending tens of thousands of desperate civilians fleeing
:01:16. > :01:18.to the nearby Turkish border, perhaps as many as 70,000 people
:01:19. > :01:33.The crossing is a bottleneck as entire families wait
:01:34. > :01:35.Turkey has already taken in 2.5 million refugees
:01:36. > :01:39.The Turkish president sounded frustrated.
:01:40. > :01:42.Our European friends ask us to halt the influx of refugees,
:01:43. > :01:46.said Mr Erdogan, but I want to ask them how can we stop this flow
:01:47. > :01:51.when they are living amid such tragedy?
:01:52. > :01:54.But in two Syrian villages loyal to the government and besieged
:01:55. > :02:00.Government forces and their militia allies breaking through rebel
:02:01. > :02:09.Four months of Russian air strikes have tipped the military balance.
:02:10. > :02:12.The rebels are stretched, fighting newly energised government
:02:13. > :02:18.Does President Assad still think he can win this war with Russian
:02:19. > :02:22.support, or strengthen his hand in future negotiations?
:02:23. > :02:26.Either way there is mounting international concern.
:02:27. > :02:30.What you have seen is the intense Russian air strikes,
:02:31. > :02:34.mainly targeting opposition groups in Syria, undermining efforts
:02:35. > :02:40.to find a political solution to the conflict.
:02:41. > :02:44.And adding to a refugee crisis that seems impossible to contain.
:02:45. > :02:48.With Turkey struggling to cope, some of these people may keep
:02:49. > :03:07.With me now is a professor from the London School of Economics. What do
:03:08. > :03:13.you think we can read into this in terms of what it means for how the
:03:14. > :03:17.conflict in Syria is developing? Obviously, the balance of power has
:03:18. > :03:21.shifted in favour of President Assad. The Syrian army has
:03:22. > :03:27.accumulated many tactical gains in the last few months. The Russian
:03:28. > :03:33.intervention has allowed the Syrian army to move its fence. The Syrian
:03:34. > :03:38.army is marching to Aleppo and is trying to encircle Aleppo and it is
:03:39. > :03:43.a matter of hours before it is encircled. You have a million people
:03:44. > :03:49.in Aleppo and the city is spread between the Syrian army forces and
:03:50. > :03:54.the opposition. We are talking about 500,000 people who are besieged in
:03:55. > :03:59.Aleppo. In Syria we are talking about 168 people who live in
:04:00. > :04:03.besieged areas. If Aleppo is besieged, we are talking about
:04:04. > :04:07.500,000 people and that is why more and more people are escaping the
:04:08. > :04:13.city before the noose is finally closed on the city by the Syrian
:04:14. > :04:16.army. They are heading for the Turkish border, how well-placed is
:04:17. > :04:22.Turkey to handle these sort of numbers? For your viewers, there are
:04:23. > :04:28.more than 2 million in Turkey and 2 million in Lebanon and 1 million in
:04:29. > :04:34.Jordan. Turkey has got open borders and I am surprised Turkey has
:04:35. > :04:37.decided not to open its borders. The Turkish leader is sending the
:04:38. > :04:40.message, particularly to the European powers and the United
:04:41. > :04:47.States saying, look what you are doing, look what Russia has done.
:04:48. > :04:55.There is the fact that Aleppo is part of Turkish spheres of influence
:04:56. > :05:00.and in the North the Army has made strategic gains. This is a major
:05:01. > :05:03.blow for Turkey. The President is saying, you are responsible, this is
:05:04. > :05:08.your responsibility, why do I have to take more in the next few days?
:05:09. > :05:21.Thank you very much. We are getting reports of an
:05:22. > :05:29.earthquake in southern Taiwan. The US geological survey said it struck
:05:30. > :05:34.about 31 kilometres south east of the city with 2 million people. It
:05:35. > :05:39.was initially measured at 6.7 and at a shallow depth of ten kilometres.
:05:40. > :05:44.One report from Reuters says a building has half collapsed in the
:05:45. > :05:48.city. It says the Fire Department is on its way to the scene and
:05:49. > :05:52.authorities have formed an emergency response team. People in Taiwan
:05:53. > :05:55.posted on Twitter saying, the posted on Twitter saying, the
:05:56. > :06:04.earthquake had felt strong. New research suggests the seeker
:06:05. > :06:09.virus has been detected in saliva and other bodily fluids. It is
:06:10. > :06:14.spreading rapidly in South America and health experts believe it could
:06:15. > :06:18.lead to babies being born with abnormally small heads. More than
:06:19. > :06:23.4000 babies have been born with the condition since October. The
:06:24. > :06:27.research has not changed the current strategy to fight the spread of the
:06:28. > :06:33.virus. The strategy remains focused on tackling the mosquito and
:06:34. > :06:43.eradicating the mosquito that transmits the seeker virus. It is
:06:44. > :06:45.not clear yet at all if this finding means that the virus can be spread
:06:46. > :06:52.through saliva or through your in. The only new fact about the spread
:06:53. > :06:58.is the fact that the virus is found in these fluids in its active form.
:06:59. > :07:02.That is the potential of it being transmitted to other people, but the
:07:03. > :07:07.next step is to investigate whether it can be transmitted to other
:07:08. > :07:14.people and there are lots of variables that have to be studied to
:07:15. > :07:18.assess if that is possible or not. The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
:07:19. > :07:22.has welcomed the UN ruling which says he has been arbitrarily
:07:23. > :07:26.detained. He says he should be allowed to walk free from Ecuador's
:07:27. > :07:29.embassy in London. He has been there since 2012 after an extradition
:07:30. > :07:38.request from Sweden. Still officially on Ecuadorian soil,
:07:39. > :07:40.still threatened with arrest, Julian Assange emerged
:07:41. > :07:42.on to a balcony this afternoon for the first time
:07:43. > :07:45.since 2012, the year he sought This is a victory that
:07:46. > :07:58.cannot be denied. The UK and Sweden have had this
:07:59. > :08:04.judgment for the past two weeks. They did not file an appeal
:08:05. > :08:16.in their two-week period. Julian Assange now says he has
:08:17. > :08:23.international law on his side. But the self-styled champion of free
:08:24. > :08:25.speech and accountability didn't He did want to hear the UN's
:08:26. > :08:34.findings, that his detention was arbitrary, meaning
:08:35. > :08:37.it was excessive and unnecessary. It had been continuous since 2010,
:08:38. > :08:40.the UN said, when he was arrested They decided he has an enforceable
:08:41. > :08:46.right to compensation The opinion in itself
:08:47. > :08:52.is an opinion and it is legally binding to the extent
:08:53. > :08:57.that it's based on international From the UK Government,
:08:58. > :09:04.a furious response. He can come out
:09:05. > :09:07.on to the pavement any time he chooses, he's not
:09:08. > :09:11.being detained by us. But he will have to face justice
:09:12. > :09:15.in Sweden if he chooses Today, these policemen outside
:09:16. > :09:22.the embassy were for crowd protection but the police
:09:23. > :09:26.operation to prevent The lawyer for the
:09:27. > :09:31.alleged rape victim put out a statement
:09:32. > :09:42.in Sweden saying: Julian Assange's supporters
:09:43. > :09:46.are relishing this moment. It's been a dramatic
:09:47. > :09:49.day in an extraordinary international saga, but it doesn't
:09:50. > :09:54.end this long-running stand-off. For now, he's back inside and still
:09:55. > :10:07.no-one knows when he'll come out. A man has been shot dead
:10:08. > :10:11.at the weigh-in for a championship The shooting happened
:10:12. > :10:16.in a Dublin hotel. The gunmen were dressed
:10:17. > :10:18.as police officers and armed More than 200 people
:10:19. > :10:22.were in the room when It's understood the police are
:10:23. > :10:27.investigating whether the shooting was connected to a feud
:10:28. > :10:29.between criminal gangs. The boxing event -
:10:30. > :10:31.due to take place on Saturday - Britain's proposed EU reforms have
:10:32. > :10:37.been strongly backed The British Prime Minister David
:10:38. > :10:43.Cameron's been in Copenhagen, trying to gain support ahead
:10:44. > :10:46.of a referendum on whether the UK He also held positive talks
:10:47. > :10:51.in Poland - but the Prime Minister there said plans to limit
:10:52. > :10:53.benefits for EU migrants Here's our Europe
:10:54. > :10:59.Editor Katya Adler. Warsaw's charming, old city centre
:11:00. > :11:06.was built almost from scratch It's a must see for tourists,
:11:07. > :11:11.but not on the regular beat Yet this is the second time
:11:12. > :11:18.in a matter of weeks that David Poland is being tricky
:11:19. > :11:23.when it comes to his EU reform proposals which he needs
:11:24. > :11:30.all EU leaders to sign up to. Real negotiations take place
:11:31. > :11:33.behind closed doors. In public, it's often what's not
:11:34. > :11:42.said that's significant. Poland's Prime Minister politely
:11:43. > :11:45.praised three out of David Cameron's reforms, she didn't mention cutting
:11:46. > :11:49.EU migrant benefits, Is he hinting here at what Britain
:11:50. > :11:58.could offer Poland? We want to see a full
:11:59. > :12:00.strategic partnership between Britain and Poland
:12:01. > :12:04.and that is because of the shared interests and shared
:12:05. > :12:08.ideals that we have. Shared interests in strong defence
:12:09. > :12:12.and in supporting NATO, in standing up to Russian
:12:13. > :12:15.aggression, shared interests in terms of
:12:16. > :12:18.growing our economies. Improving finances for many Poles,
:12:19. > :12:22.particularly the young, Hundreds of thousands
:12:23. > :12:27.have come to the UK, cutting their in-work benefits
:12:28. > :12:31.isn't a popular idea. In Poland, it's not really
:12:32. > :12:35.easy to find a good job. Salaries aside, Poles also
:12:36. > :12:38.fear for their security with aggressive Russia
:12:39. > :12:41.just next door. Last week, the British Government
:12:42. > :12:44.pledged 1,000 troops to take part Valuable military support for Poland
:12:45. > :12:51.whose goodwill is vital for David Shuttle diplomacy is intensifying
:12:52. > :12:59.for the Prime Minister ahead His EU reform proposals
:13:00. > :13:11.are welcome here. And most importantly,
:13:12. > :13:14.from the Danish Prime I support all the elements
:13:15. > :13:17.on access to welfare It's no coincidence
:13:18. > :13:22.that the Prime Minister chose to hold a press conference
:13:23. > :13:25.here in Denmark and not to take any press questions
:13:26. > :13:28.in Warsaw where things could have David Cameron's EU
:13:29. > :13:34.reform proposal is a political hot potato,
:13:35. > :13:37.he hopes it will be signed off at an EU summit in two weeks' time,
:13:38. > :13:42.a long time in politics. Expect a roller coaster of headlines
:13:43. > :13:45.between now and then predicting triumph,
:13:46. > :13:52.concession and even defeat. Could those rave anthems
:13:53. > :14:00.from the 80s be making a comeback Here in the UK a new report into
:14:01. > :14:13.the way the National Health Service is run has found that delays
:14:14. > :14:16.in discharging patients could be costing the NHS in England
:14:17. > :14:19.?900 million a year. The review found that nearly 1 in 10
:14:20. > :14:22.hospital beds were taken up by someone medically fit
:14:23. > :14:26.enough to be discharged. The government's opponents say
:14:27. > :14:41.that the delays are caused by cuts If you cannot get people out of
:14:42. > :14:46.hospital, they become gridlocked and it makes it difficult to get people
:14:47. > :14:50.into hospital. Some of the problems with care outside of hospitals, we
:14:51. > :14:54.have got big cuts in money and we have not got enough staff in
:14:55. > :14:58.community and primary care. Hospitals have been left to solve
:14:59. > :15:03.this on their own rather than working with local government and
:15:04. > :15:07.with primary and community care. There are things hospitals are doing
:15:08. > :15:13.to set up their own step-down unit to move people into an area where
:15:14. > :15:14.they get care, but it frees up beds for more patients to come in.
:15:15. > :15:20.but it frees up beds for more patients to come in.
:15:21. > :15:25.Hello, the latest headlines. At least 15,000 Syrian refugees who
:15:26. > :15:33.have fled fighting in Aleppo have gathered at a border crossing with
:15:34. > :15:35.Turkey. There are new fears over how the seeker virus might be
:15:36. > :15:46.transmitted after it was found in human saliva.
:15:47. > :15:54.We are getting reports of an earthquake in southern Taiwan. It
:15:55. > :16:00.struck 31 kilometres south east of Tainan, a city of 2 million people.
:16:01. > :16:05.It was initially measured at the magnitude of 6.7 and at a shallow
:16:06. > :16:11.depth of ten kilometres. One report from Reuters says a building has
:16:12. > :16:16.half collapsed in Tainan. It says the city's Fire Department is on its
:16:17. > :16:20.way to the scene and the authorities have formed an emergency response
:16:21. > :16:24.We will bring you more details as we go.
:16:25. > :16:28.Almost 30 have washed up on beaches along the North Sea over the past
:16:29. > :16:30.few weeks - why are so many sperm whales dying?
:16:31. > :16:32.They've been found stranded on beaches in the UK,
:16:33. > :16:35.Holland, France and Germany, and tests have now been carried out
:16:36. > :16:38.on the latest arrival here in Britain to find out why
:16:39. > :16:44.Our Correspondent Danny Savage has been investigating.
:16:45. > :16:47.It's been a traumatic couple of days on this North Norfolk beach.
:16:48. > :16:50.A sperm whale was stranded here yesterday, alive
:16:51. > :16:56.There was a glimmer of hope as it showed signs of moving as the tide
:16:57. > :17:00.But last night it died, the latest in a series of whale
:17:01. > :17:10.Initial findings show that it was starving and dehydrated.
:17:11. > :17:13.All the whales we examined, at least our end, no evidence
:17:14. > :17:19.There has been what we call bile staining the intestines and that
:17:20. > :17:22.indicate it's gone through a period of a lack of feeding and starvation.
:17:23. > :17:24.That would make the animal more compromised.
:17:25. > :17:27.Why have so many of these huge animals, all young males,
:17:28. > :17:32.Experts say bachelor pods are normally found
:17:33. > :17:34.in the North Atlantic, feeding off deepwater
:17:35. > :17:40.But they've ended up in the waters of the North Sea,
:17:41. > :17:42.which are on average, 98 metres deep and too shallow
:17:43. > :17:47.Over the last few weeks, 29 have been found stranded
:17:48. > :17:52.on beaches in the UK, Holland, France and Germany.
:17:53. > :17:55.This is the German operation to move them.
:17:56. > :18:00.They can become a health hazard if left on the sands or mud flaps.
:18:01. > :18:03.Experts say collectively, this is the worst series of whale
:18:04. > :18:10.And the concern is more of these will turn up on North Sea coasts
:18:11. > :18:19.But how much detail is really known about what's going on under water?
:18:20. > :18:23.An incident like this almost heightens the need for us
:18:24. > :18:33.all to learn more about these enormous and fantastic creatures.
:18:34. > :18:36.This may look like a scene from the days of whale hunting,
:18:37. > :18:39.but these animals have to be examined if answers about why
:18:40. > :18:47.they end up in the wrong sea to be found.
:18:48. > :18:50.Now, it was the music that outraged politicians and had police chasing
:18:51. > :18:57.Acid House music fuelled illegal parties and drug taking in 1980s
:18:58. > :19:01.Britain on a scale not seen since the Sixties.
:19:02. > :19:03.The heart of the high energy, drug fuelled scene was at
:19:04. > :19:06.Manchester's world famous Hacienda night club.
:19:07. > :19:09.The club is no more, but the music is enjoying
:19:10. > :19:12.a bit of a revival - albeit in a slightly
:19:13. > :19:14.more sedate form - as our Entertainment Correspondent
:19:15. > :19:23.For a moment in time the Hacienda was the most influential club
:19:24. > :19:28.The place to be, the place to dance, where whole weekends would get lost
:19:29. > :19:38.It's almost 20 years since it closed in a blur of drugs, guns and gangs.
:19:39. > :19:53.Although, it's never sounded quite like this before.
:19:54. > :19:57.Hacienda classics in a classical style.
:19:58. > :20:00.The orchestra, classical sound is very emotive.
:20:01. > :20:04.Rock and roll tends to push you, tends to bite you, tends to make
:20:05. > :20:07.people, grrr, you know, like dance music.
:20:08. > :20:12.It's quite funny when I told the conductor about smoke machines.
:20:13. > :20:14.He went, "Smoke machines, they won't be able
:20:15. > :20:19.We're going to get him a pair of them ones that light
:20:20. > :20:27.It's quite a change from podium dancers to a conductor on a podium.
:20:28. > :20:30.One big difference from the heyday of the Hacienda because tonight
:20:31. > :20:33.is a classical venue and there is no dance floor.
:20:34. > :20:36.But with these guys on board, it seems highly unlikely
:20:37. > :20:40.the audience will remain in their seats.
:20:41. > :20:42.It shows you the depth and the musicality of the original
:20:43. > :20:48.I thought we'd try and transform a DJ mix in to a score.
:20:49. > :20:51.So when you've got one track mixing into another track and two musical
:20:52. > :20:53.elements coming together, that's what the orchestra
:20:54. > :21:05.And tonight will be extra special for one regular at the Hacienda
:21:06. > :21:11.who's graduated from Manchester raver...
:21:12. > :21:15.To Manchester Camerata's first violin.
:21:16. > :21:19.Just the whole buzz of going into each different track,
:21:20. > :21:22.it's like just being there next to the big speaker, dancing.
:21:23. > :21:28.It's brilliant, absolutely loving it.
:21:29. > :21:31.There are now plans for a tour, but it remains to be seen
:21:32. > :21:43.if classical music critics will give it rave reviews.
:21:44. > :21:48.Rugby Union's 6 Nations Championship gets underway this weekend -
:21:49. > :21:50.as Scotland take on England in Edinburgh.
:21:51. > :21:55.England have a new captain and and a new coach and are hoping
:21:56. > :21:59.this will be the start of brighter things after a dismal World Cup
:22:00. > :22:06.where Scotland turned out to be the best team from Europe.
:22:07. > :22:12.Scotland and Murrayfield, we know what it is going to be like, we know
:22:13. > :22:19.what to expect in the Calcutta cup. The mission is to go out there and
:22:20. > :22:23.play in the Calcutta cup. There is no pressure, the pressure is for the
:22:24. > :22:30.team to play well. If we are good enough, we will win the game, if
:22:31. > :22:35.not, we will not win the game. It is nice to be able to have players who
:22:36. > :22:39.know each other and to have trained beforehand. There is no guarantee,
:22:40. > :22:45.There is no guarantee, but given the timescale it helps.
:22:46. > :22:48.This Sunday - the 50th Superbowl takes place in California
:22:49. > :22:50.between the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers.
:22:51. > :22:53.It's the climax to the American football season and is one
:22:54. > :22:56.of the world's most popular sporting events.
:22:57. > :22:59.But as Alex South reports, the Superbowl came from much more
:23:00. > :23:13.The famous Vince Lombardi trophy was first fought over in 1967, but it
:23:14. > :23:18.was not even superb back then. Its name was the AFL, NFL World
:23:19. > :23:24.Championship game. Super Bowl rolls off the tongue a little more easily.
:23:25. > :23:29.Back then the average player got around $6,000 a year. Nowadays, that
:23:30. > :23:36.would take the best player just over an hour to make. There are now the
:23:37. > :23:42.famous half-time shows. In the early days you were lucky if you got a
:23:43. > :23:46.marching band. But Michael Jackson's performance in 1993 changed all that
:23:47. > :23:51.forever leading to some of the biggest names in music to gate-crash
:23:52. > :23:57.the party. Who could forget his sister's wardrobe malfunction in
:23:58. > :24:04.2004. Players had changed as well. Size really matters. The average
:24:05. > :24:09.player weighed in at 251lbs and was 6'3" tall. In 2016 that average
:24:10. > :24:15.looks tiny as the majority of players wait around 310lbs and are
:24:16. > :24:21.now around six feet five. You cannot teach size, but you can ask for a
:24:22. > :24:24.decent haircut once in awhile. There have been plenty of disasters over
:24:25. > :24:35.the years proving money cannot buy you everything. Fascinating, that is
:24:36. > :24:40.all the spot for now. Let's take you back to the breaking news, an
:24:41. > :24:44.earthquake in southern Taiwan. It struck about 31 kilometres south
:24:45. > :24:51.east of Tainan, a city of nearly 2 million people. The quake was
:24:52. > :24:56.initially measured at a magnitude of 6.7. We are now getting some reports
:24:57. > :25:01.of multiple buildings having collapsed, among them a residential
:25:02. > :25:05.building. Those are the latest lines which are getting. We will keep you
:25:06. > :25:12.updated and bring you the latest on BBC News. For now that is all from
:25:13. > :25:14.the programme. From me and the rest of the team, thank you for