:00:00. > :00:00.This is BBC World News Today with me, Karin Giannone.
:00:07. > :00:10.Turkey finds itself at the centre of a crisis stemming from Syria.
:00:11. > :00:13.Thousands of Syrian refugees are receiving aid at the border -
:00:14. > :00:17.but Turkey has yet to let them cross.
:00:18. > :00:20.Britain's Prime Minister warns an exit from the European Union
:00:21. > :00:23.could lead to camps full of migrants in southern England -
:00:24. > :00:27.his opponents accuse him of scaremongering.
:00:28. > :00:30.An eight-year-old girl is pulled alive from the rubble of a building
:00:31. > :00:34.in Taiwan - it's almost three days since the earthquake hit,
:00:35. > :00:40.but the search for survivors goes on.
:00:41. > :00:45.Storm Imogen brings winter chaos to southern Britain.
:00:46. > :00:48.The waves are actually trundling in here at speeds of 90 miles
:00:49. > :00:53.an hour, the winds are knocking us over, it's hard to stand up.
:00:54. > :00:56.And terrifying scenes at a school in Bangalore -
:00:57. > :01:15.when this leopard leapt out on campus - six people were injured.
:01:16. > :01:17.Yet more misery at sea for the people risking everything
:01:18. > :01:25.Turkish state media is reporting that 24 people, including 11
:01:26. > :01:27.children, have drowned trying to reach Greece -
:01:28. > :01:29.seen by many as the gateway to mainland Europe.
:01:30. > :01:32.The victims died when their boat capsized close to the Greek island
:01:33. > :01:35.of Lesbos - the search for survivors continued into the evening.
:01:36. > :01:37.These are the latest pictures from the Aegean Sea -
:01:38. > :01:39.they show the Greek coast guard bringing those they've
:01:40. > :01:45.Thousands of people try to cross the Mediterranean from Syria,
:01:46. > :01:51.The German chancellor says she's horrified by Russia's air
:01:52. > :01:54.campaign over the city, saying Moscow is defying
:01:55. > :02:08.Mark Lowen reports from Gaziantep, on the Turkey Syria border.
:02:09. > :02:14.Refugees in their own country. Thousands of Syrians given shelter
:02:15. > :02:18.and food on the Syrian side of the border with Turkey, unable to cross.
:02:19. > :02:24.Turkey is providing aid, but the gate remains closed. There is no
:02:25. > :02:31.more capacity to absorb refugees, it is sad, but if they have no other
:02:32. > :02:36.option, they could be allowed in. They are escaping the nightmare of
:02:37. > :02:39.Aleppo. Assad forces backed by Russian air strikes are pounding
:02:40. > :02:45.opposition held areas, cutting off supply lines and closing in fast.
:02:46. > :02:49.350,000 civilians could soon be tracked and the rebels could be
:02:50. > :02:53.dealt a fatal blow. The heavily injured have been allowed into
:02:54. > :02:59.Turkey, cared for at the local hospital. They talk of disaster.
:03:00. > :03:04.TRANSLATION: I was sitting down when a mortar landed and I got shrapnel
:03:05. > :03:10.in my eye. I am in such pain, I can barely even speak. We want to show
:03:11. > :03:16.everyone how disabled we are, Russia is hitting us and the entire world
:03:17. > :03:20.is just watching. Turkey is caught between the humanitarian crisis in
:03:21. > :03:24.Syria and the refugee crisis in Europe. Sheltering those in need
:03:25. > :03:28.while being told to stem the migration flow to the EU. But Turkey
:03:29. > :03:32.could also be using this exodus from Aleppo as a bargaining chip to
:03:33. > :03:37.demand more help from Europe for the refugees and real action to halt the
:03:38. > :03:41.Russian air strikes. It could mean testy talks with Germany's
:03:42. > :03:46.Chancellor visiting Turkey today. The EU says it has given Turkey 3
:03:47. > :03:51.billion euros is precisely to help refugees like those from Aleppo. But
:03:52. > :03:56.Ankara says it must spend the money improving conditions for the 2.5
:03:57. > :03:59.million already here. Resources are not limitless. Those waiting at the
:04:00. > :04:03.border are caught up in a bigger, more conjugated debate. Until Europe
:04:04. > :04:07.coordinates its refugee policy, until a solution for Syria is found,
:04:08. > :04:10.their fate will be unknown and thousands more will follow.
:04:11. > :04:13.For more from inside Syria we got through to Yaseen Abu-Raed -
:04:14. > :04:16.a journalist in the media office of the Syrian opposition coalition.
:04:17. > :04:25.He gave this update from Northern Aleppo.
:04:26. > :04:31.Russian air forces continue to carry out air strikes on villages in
:04:32. > :04:35.northern Aleppo. Over the last seven days, Russian war craft have
:04:36. > :04:42.conducted more than 1000 sorties. Those strikes push thousands of
:04:43. > :04:49.people to flee their homes. 30,000 are now stranded near the Turkey
:04:50. > :04:52.Syria border. Close to the town, another 30,000 fled to the west of
:04:53. > :05:03.Aleppo, close to another border crossing with Turkey. Let me tell
:05:04. > :05:06.you this story. Yesterday, one family in their village were trapped
:05:07. > :05:13.under heavy air strikes. Their son was killed. They went the next day
:05:14. > :05:17.to another nearby village, to bury their child. But they were hit by
:05:18. > :05:22.another Russian hour strike, which killed almost the entire family.
:05:23. > :05:31.Only the mother survived, with severe injuries. At night, families
:05:32. > :05:34.try to flee Russian air strikes and government forces' bombardment.
:05:35. > :05:39.Families stranded near the Turkish border are still without a shelter.
:05:40. > :05:43.The situation is slightly better at the moment, because there is some
:05:44. > :05:48.aid coming into people near the border. But the aid being delivered
:05:49. > :05:53.is not enough. If this situation continues like this in Aleppo, we
:05:54. > :05:54.will witness a huge surge in the numbers of refugees in the next
:05:55. > :05:56.hours and days. The BBC's Selin Girit
:05:57. > :05:58.is in the city of Gaziantep - about an hour from
:05:59. > :06:10.the border with Syria. In Turkey, it is quiet. The border
:06:11. > :06:14.crossing is still closed and, while there are thousands of Syrians on
:06:15. > :06:18.the other side, on the Syrian side of the border, there is not a sign
:06:19. > :06:22.of one single one of them coming illegally across the border. Turkish
:06:23. > :06:26.government is determined to keep the border closed, at least for the time
:06:27. > :06:29.being. Although the Turkish president and today the Turkish
:06:30. > :06:36.Prime Minister, have given signals that the policy could change. The
:06:37. > :06:40.Turkish Pinellas -- Turkish by Minister said, if necessary, we will
:06:41. > :06:44.consider opening the Borders, which was something the Turkish president
:06:45. > :06:49.had said yesterday. The Deputy Prime Minister yesterday said Turkey has
:06:50. > :06:54.actually fulfilled its capacity to absorb refugees. Bear might Turkey
:06:55. > :07:00.already hosts over 2.5 million Syrian refugees at the moment and
:07:01. > :07:09.the cost has been on Turkey. $10 billion. Turkey is trying to deal
:07:10. > :07:13.with this burden that it already has and it wasn't really prepared for
:07:14. > :07:19.this certain influx. Today, the Prime Minister held talks with
:07:20. > :07:27.America and said this is not something that Turkey can do alone,
:07:28. > :07:33.it cannot carry this burden alone. There is a certain feeling in the
:07:34. > :07:40.Turkish public opinion. It is divided. Certain people think the
:07:41. > :07:43.border should be opened immediately due to humanitarian reasons, but
:07:44. > :07:47.others are concerned that there might be foreign jihadists coming in
:07:48. > :07:51.and there is a certain feeling, they feel the EU is in an act of
:07:52. > :07:55.hypocrisy. On one hand, they are saying open the borders, and on the
:07:56. > :07:58.other, they are saying sent the flow to Europe. They ask, how will Turkey
:07:59. > :07:59.do that alone? Now a look at some of
:08:00. > :08:05.the day's other news. President Obama has asked
:08:06. > :08:07.Congress for more than 1.8 billion dollars in emergency funding
:08:08. > :08:10.to tackle the Zika virus. The money will help control
:08:11. > :08:11.mosquito populations, develop a vaccine, and improve
:08:12. > :08:14.support for pregnant women The illness - that's
:08:15. > :08:17.spread by mosquitos - has surged through Latin America,
:08:18. > :08:19.and it's feared it will spread The government in Somalia has
:08:20. > :08:23.released CCTV footage which it claims shows two men handing over
:08:24. > :08:26.a package to a man suspected of carrying out
:08:27. > :08:28.a bombing on a plane. In the video, a man in a blue shirt
:08:29. > :08:32.is seen holding what appears to be He is with a man in an orange shirt
:08:33. > :08:36.with the computer then passed The blast ripped a large
:08:37. > :08:39.hole in the fuselage A prominent former banker says
:08:40. > :08:49.central banks should stop using high-denomination notes
:08:50. > :08:51.to help prevent financial Peter Sands, who was chief executive
:08:52. > :08:55.of Standard Chartered, says banning notes wouldn't stop
:08:56. > :08:57.crime, but would make it harder Illegal money flows now account
:08:58. > :09:10.for nearly two billion dollars. Rescuers searching through
:09:11. > :09:12.the rubble of a collapsed tower block in Taiwan have found more
:09:13. > :09:15.three more people alive - The building was brought down more
:09:16. > :09:20.than two days ago by an earthquake. 37 people are known
:09:21. > :09:24.to have died as a result of the quake and more
:09:25. > :09:26.than 100 are unaccounted Out of the darkness,
:09:27. > :09:30.some kind of miracle. After 60 hours trapped in the rubble
:09:31. > :09:35.an eight-year-old girl is pulled Many of those inside this 17-storey
:09:36. > :09:45.block never had a chance. It just fell into itself
:09:46. > :09:48.when the earthquake struck in the small hours
:09:49. > :09:50.of Saturday morning. More than 120 people
:09:51. > :09:58.are still missing. Why did it fall when other
:09:59. > :10:03.buildings remained standing? Perhaps because empty cooking oil
:10:04. > :10:06.containers were used as part of its construction,
:10:07. > :10:08.revealed by the force In the local hospital,
:10:09. > :10:15.Taiwan's president elect visited some of those who
:10:16. > :10:19.escaped the collapse. Taiwan's thoughts were
:10:20. > :10:22.with the city, she said, but the hospital's senior doctor
:10:23. > :10:24.said time was running out There is still a chance of rescue,
:10:25. > :10:33.he said, but without warm clothes, without food and water,
:10:34. > :10:38.with the cloud and the cold, they are stuck and after
:10:39. > :10:41.a while they will die from cold And the search for
:10:42. > :10:57.survivors goes on. But it is three days now
:10:58. > :11:01.since the block tumbled And in the ruins,
:11:02. > :11:12.time is running out. The British Prime Minister has been
:11:13. > :11:15.accused of scaremongering, after suggesting that refugee camps
:11:16. > :11:19.could appear in the UK it Britain David Cameron warned the French
:11:20. > :11:22.could tear up an agreement which lets British border guards
:11:23. > :11:25.check passports at the French port of Calais, where many
:11:26. > :11:40.migrants have set up camp. It is called the jungle, a makeshift
:11:41. > :11:45.camp in northern France with its own shops and library. Mode and squalor.
:11:46. > :11:50.Home to some 6000 refugees and migrants, many of whom David Cameron
:11:51. > :11:55.says could end up in Britain if we vote to leave the European Union,
:11:56. > :11:59.and France sends UK border staff home. There are any number of
:12:00. > :12:03.opposition politicians in France who would love to terror up the
:12:04. > :12:06.excellent agreement we have with France to make sure we have our
:12:07. > :12:11.borders on their side of the channel. I don't think we should
:12:12. > :12:16.give those politicians any excuse to do that. The deal he is talking
:12:17. > :12:20.about was agreed by Tony Blair in 2003. It allows British border
:12:21. > :12:25.officials to check and block asylum seekers on French soil. But instead
:12:26. > :12:30.of deterring refugees from Calais, as was the hope, they continued to
:12:31. > :12:35.come. Now French politicians are warning they could tear up the
:12:36. > :12:39.treaty if Britain left the EU. The Prime Minister is right to say that
:12:40. > :12:45.France would probably break the treaty and we would go back to the
:12:46. > :12:48.types of numbers that we had, 80,000 plus, before that treaty was made in
:12:49. > :12:52.2003. But instead of gathering in plus, before that treaty was made in
:12:53. > :13:01.one camp, as here in Calais, officials claim that many of the
:13:02. > :13:03.migrant will probably spread out across the south of England, with
:13:04. > :13:06.only some held in detention centres. David Cameron is making this morning
:13:07. > :13:10.because he wants people to be aware of what he sees as one of the risks
:13:11. > :13:12.of leaving the EU. The danger is the strategy backfires and people think
:13:13. > :13:14.he is being alarmist and exaggerating the threat and are no
:13:15. > :13:21.longer making the positive case for staying in. In Calais this week,
:13:22. > :13:25.there were yet more protests against migration. In London today, the
:13:26. > :13:31.Prime Minister's critics dismissed what they called his sad and
:13:32. > :13:34.disappointing tactics. Not only is it irresponsible scaremongering, it
:13:35. > :13:37.is plain wrong. First of all, it is a treaty between Britain and France
:13:38. > :13:40.adds nothing to do with the EU. Secondly, the French government have
:13:41. > :13:43.said, were they to have an open border with the UK, it would be a
:13:44. > :13:47.humanitarian disaster in Calais and it is not of course they will
:13:48. > :13:50.pursue. The real risk for us is there is nothing in the
:13:51. > :13:55.renegotiation that restricts the free movement of people from Europe.
:13:56. > :13:59.So a referendum many thought would focus on the economic risks of
:14:00. > :14:02.leaving remaining in the EU will also involve a debate about
:14:03. > :14:03.immigration and the future of camps like these.
:14:04. > :14:06.The BBC's James Landale reporting there.
:14:07. > :14:09.There's ongoing reaction online to the news that a Chicago police
:14:10. > :14:12.officer is suing the estate of 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier,
:14:13. > :14:15.a black college student who was fatally shot after he called
:14:16. > :14:19.police during a domestic dispute on Christmas day.
:14:20. > :14:21.In a counterclaim against a wrongful-death suit filed
:14:22. > :14:24.by LeGrier's family, Officer Robert Rialmo is claiming
:14:25. > :14:28.10 million dollars in damages, arguing the shooting was caused
:14:29. > :14:32.by the teenager and caused him emotional trauma.
:14:33. > :14:34.Rialmo claims LeGrier was threatening him with a baseball
:14:35. > :14:40.The teenager was shot six times and a neighbour was killed by one
:14:41. > :14:44.On social media, there's been thousands of retweets
:14:45. > :14:46.of the family's lawyer saying "First you shoot them,
:14:47. > :14:52.then you sue them" and "this is a new low for Chicago police".
:14:53. > :14:54.Anthony Hopkins wrote on Facebook "You can't sue for trauma,
:14:55. > :15:06.And Benjamin Kunkel tweated: "serve and protect or murder and sue".
:15:07. > :15:07.When you think of US election memorabilia,
:15:08. > :15:11.The badge, the bumper sticker, even playing cards -
:15:12. > :15:16.A refrigerator at the offices of a New Hampshire newspaper is fast
:15:17. > :15:19.gaining a reputation as the most famous fridge in the state as it
:15:20. > :15:21.carries the signatures of presidential hopefuls,
:15:22. > :15:33.The staff call it "Ice Box One" - and here's how it came to be.
:15:34. > :15:40.The refrigerator is actually our office refrigerator and it was
:15:41. > :15:51.brought in by a local retailer ten years ago because the staff needed a
:15:52. > :15:56.refrigerator. It is quirky, somebody has a nice fancy lunch counter, a
:15:57. > :16:01.country store, then the candidates go to the same places. I said, we
:16:02. > :16:05.have to do something. What we can do is basically a stick. We have this
:16:06. > :16:09.officer of the dredger which is basically a white plane refrigerator
:16:10. > :16:13.that everyone keeps their luncheon. I said, how about that? We will have
:16:14. > :16:27.the candidates sign about. We've had 31 people sign that
:16:28. > :16:33.fridge. 32 timers, Hillary Clinton, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul. Signing
:16:34. > :16:40.twice doesn't necessarily guarantee you will win the election. Everyone
:16:41. > :16:46.except Donald Trump. Regretfully, we don't have him, but he told us the
:16:47. > :16:53.reason he can't come this far north is there isn't a place for his 757
:16:54. > :16:57.to land. We have to do well in New Hampshire and Iowa, that is how the
:16:58. > :17:01.system works. It is that classic retail politicking. When they meet
:17:02. > :17:05.the public one-on-one, it is sort of like a joke that if they don't see
:17:06. > :17:10.their candidate three times, they haven't seen them enough yet. The
:17:11. > :17:14.refrigerator now, because we have used three sides, three election
:17:15. > :17:21.cycles, we would like to place it somewhere. It really is Americana
:17:22. > :17:32.memorabilia and it is an incredible experience for a small tile like us.
:17:33. > :17:35.For the latest on the presidential campaign, you can go to our website.
:17:36. > :17:38.Voters in New Hampshire will pick presidential candidates on Tuesday
:17:39. > :17:41.and we've set up a live page to bring you the latest twists
:17:42. > :17:49.United Nations human rights investigators have accused
:17:50. > :17:52.the Syrian government of carrying out a policy of extermination
:17:53. > :17:57.They have accused President Assad's regime of crimes against humanity
:17:58. > :18:00.in their report for the UN Human Rights Council.
:18:01. > :18:07.They say both loyalist and anti-government forces have
:18:08. > :18:14.The finding concerning the crime against humanity extermination was
:18:15. > :18:18.reached after long examination of verified information that the
:18:19. > :18:25.commission has been gathering now the last 4.5 years. Killings and
:18:26. > :18:26.deaths described in this report occurred with high frequency.
:18:27. > :18:31.Our correspondent in Geneva, Imogen Foulkes, gave this analysis.
:18:32. > :18:39.We've had many reports from the commission of enquiry on Syria and
:18:40. > :18:44.many already alleging war crimes and crimes against humanity in the
:18:45. > :18:46.conduct of this war. This is the first to focus specifically on
:18:47. > :18:52.conditions in detention and it really does make for horrific
:18:53. > :18:58.reading. Particularly on the government's side. What this report
:18:59. > :19:03.alleges is that anyone thought to be loyal to the opposition or not loyal
:19:04. > :19:08.enough to the government is at risk of being detained. Once detained,
:19:09. > :19:12.they can be tortured, regularly tortured, people beaten to death,
:19:13. > :19:16.there is evidence of that, eyewitness evidence. And then just
:19:17. > :19:21.simply being held in conditions that will kill them. And that this is not
:19:22. > :19:26.just excess, is what the investigator has told me, this is a
:19:27. > :19:30.policy, known and approved by the highest levels of the Syrian
:19:31. > :19:35.military and the Syrian government. And that this is why, because this
:19:36. > :19:38.is a strategy widespread that has been going on, it is claimed, since
:19:39. > :19:43.the start of this conflict, this is why for the very first time the UN
:19:44. > :19:45.investigators have used this incredibly serious term of a policy
:19:46. > :19:47.of extermination. Well, here in Britain,
:19:48. > :19:49.winds of almost 150 kilometres an hour have battered parts
:19:50. > :19:51.of southern England and Wales - more than 15,000 homes have
:19:52. > :19:55.been left without power. Road, train and ferry services
:19:56. > :19:57.have been disrupted. Coastal areas have borne
:19:58. > :19:59.the brunt of the bad weather. Duncan Kennedy is in Lymington
:20:00. > :20:04.on the Britain's south coast. From Devon to Dartford,
:20:05. > :20:07.the southern part of Britain has felt its most powerful
:20:08. > :20:13.storm of the winter. This was the Cornish coast,
:20:14. > :20:20.sees drenching everything that came -- This was the Cornish coast,
:20:21. > :20:23.seas drenching everything that came close, just like in Aberystwyth
:20:24. > :20:25.where mountainous waves churned This is Barton on Sea,
:20:26. > :20:30.near Bournemouth. As you can see, the waves
:20:31. > :20:39.are trundling in here, at speeds of 90 mph,
:20:40. > :20:42.the winds are knocking us over, In some places waves have
:20:43. > :20:46.been 14 metres high. It's been going on like
:20:47. > :20:49.this for several hours. That did not stop people coming
:20:50. > :20:55.to experience it for themselves. We've just come down for a couple
:20:56. > :21:09.of days to see the weather. I can't open my car door,
:21:10. > :21:20.the wind is too strong! In Worcestershire this wall
:21:21. > :21:23.collapsed on two children, seriously injuring a boy of four
:21:24. > :21:28.and a girl of seven. It follows concerns raised
:21:29. > :21:30.about the wall two weeks ago. Basically it hit two children
:21:31. > :21:33.in the process of collapsing. They were quickly removed from under
:21:34. > :21:36.the initial rubble and were treated on the scene by Ambulance
:21:37. > :21:42.Service personnel. Transport networks have been
:21:43. > :21:49.disrupted everywhere, with submerged tracks in Wales
:21:50. > :21:51.to blocked ones at Bodmin in Cornwall with passengers having
:21:52. > :21:53.to climb onto the track We had to wait here all the time,
:21:54. > :21:59.we had a few classes 15,000 homes also had
:22:00. > :22:08.their electricity cut in this storm. After a mild, uneventful winter
:22:09. > :22:11.of weather so far in the South, storm Imogen has been a reminder
:22:12. > :22:20.of the season's power. Millions of people across Brazil
:22:21. > :22:22.have joined the first day of the annual carnival festivities
:22:23. > :22:24.despite concerns about the outbreak Julia Carneiro watched the parade
:22:25. > :22:39.at a samba school in Rio. This is what happens when you
:22:40. > :22:42.combine Carnival and the Olympics. This summer school chose the Olympic
:22:43. > :22:49.games as its theme this year and they are starting off bringing the
:22:50. > :22:52.Greek gods to Rio. This massive sculpture represents Zeus and the
:22:53. > :23:00.other gods are arriving from Olympus. Characters from Greek
:23:01. > :23:07.mythology and Olympic sports are depicted. The float this year
:23:08. > :23:12.represent icons of the city, presenting Rio to the visitors
:23:13. > :23:20.arriving. These green outfits represent the forest. There is also
:23:21. > :23:29.the famous pattern on Copacabana beach and Christ the Redeemer. Here
:23:30. > :23:33.is a group of prominent athletes taking part in the parade. I spoke
:23:34. > :23:35.to them about what it means to be here.
:23:36. > :23:38.TRANSLATION: I think we are already feeling the atmosphere of the
:23:39. > :23:43.Olympic Games. The party has started and we hope it will not only be a
:23:44. > :23:47.great Carnival, but also a great party for the Olympics. The Carnival
:23:48. > :23:55.is one thing that is very important to show people we can do everything.
:23:56. > :24:03.Seca or no Zeke. The Olympic Games will be great here. This is one of
:24:04. > :24:08.the groups taking part this year. Everyone has lots of energy and lots
:24:09. > :24:09.of money to try to win this year's title.
:24:10. > :24:12.Now the extraordinary story of a leopard on the loose
:24:13. > :24:14.in a school near the Indian city of Bangalore.
:24:15. > :24:18.And I should warn you, some of the pictures in his report
:24:19. > :24:25.It is not what you expect to see every day and certainly not
:24:26. > :24:32.It apparently entered the school early in the morning.
:24:33. > :24:38.Luckily there were no children around.
:24:39. > :24:47.This forestry official came close to being very seriously mauled,
:24:48. > :24:54.He sustained arm injuries, but incredibly, was able to walk
:24:55. > :24:58.away and no-one else was seriously injured.
:24:59. > :25:05.It took the authorities ten hours to capture the animal.
:25:06. > :25:08.The male leopard, thought to be five or six years
:25:09. > :25:17.They are known to be shy animals, but there have been a few incidents
:25:18. > :25:19.of them straying into urban areas, especially as India's forests
:25:20. > :25:21.are being increasingly encroached on to build new settlements
:25:22. > :25:33.Hundreds of millions of people around the world have been
:25:34. > :25:39.A huge fireworks display in Beijing marked the first day of the Year
:25:40. > :25:44.of the Monkey, one of the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac.
:25:45. > :25:47.Celebrations for the lunar new year include feasting,
:25:48. > :25:50.spring cleaning and spending time with family and of course,
:25:51. > :26:06.But for now, from me and the rest of the team, goodbye.
:26:07. > :26:13.Hello. As storm image and begins to fade away, the winds will continue
:26:14. > :26:17.to ease down a little bit but it will still be a blustery day
:26:18. > :26:18.tomorrow and most of us will see some showers.