:00:00. > :00:08.This is BBC World News Today with me Tim Willcox.
:00:09. > :00:18.A major boost for Republican Presidential contender Donald Trump
:00:19. > :00:27.as he's endorsed by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
:00:28. > :00:33.There is no one who is better prepared to provide America with the
:00:34. > :00:35.strongly to ship that it needs, both at home and around the world, than
:00:36. > :00:40.Donald Trump. Football's world governing body Fifa
:00:41. > :00:43.elects a new President. He's Switzerland's Gianni Infantino,
:00:44. > :00:53.the former deputy head of European We will restore the image of Fifa
:00:54. > :00:57.and the respect of Fifa and everyone will applaud us. And hour to go
:00:58. > :01:02.until a temporary halt to the fighting in Syria, but will it bring
:01:03. > :01:06.a lasting peace? And will Hollywood's biggest night of the
:01:07. > :01:23.year be overshadowed by protests about the lack of diversity?
:01:24. > :01:31.Another stunning development in the race for the Republican nomination
:01:32. > :01:34.for president. Donald Trump has won another high-profile supporter.
:01:35. > :01:38.Chris Christie has said his former rival for the White House had the
:01:39. > :01:43.best chance at beating Hillary Clinton in the election later this
:01:44. > :01:47.year. Here's what Chris Christie had to say. I'm proud to be head to
:01:48. > :01:51.endorsed Donald Trump for president of the United States. I'm doing this
:01:52. > :01:58.for a number of reasons. First is that Donald and I have been friends
:01:59. > :02:02.for over a decade. He's been a good and loyal friend our family, as we
:02:03. > :02:06.have been to him and his family. Over the years we've had a lot of
:02:07. > :02:10.wonderful times together. We've done a lot of good together for not only
:02:11. > :02:16.the people in New Jersey but many charities we've worked with. I
:02:17. > :02:22.absolutely appreciate him as a person and as a friend. Secondly,
:02:23. > :02:26.I've been on that stage. I've got to know all the people on that stage
:02:27. > :02:30.and there is no one who is better prepared to provide America with the
:02:31. > :02:31.strongly to ship that it needs both at home and around the world than
:02:32. > :02:50.Donald Trump. Chris Christie is an establishment
:02:51. > :02:55.political figure. He is the governor of New Jersey. He was a rising star
:02:56. > :02:58.of the Republican party, and up until New Hampshire he was one of
:02:59. > :03:05.the candidates. They him to throw his weight behind Donald Trump
:03:06. > :03:11.really is a slap in the face for the Republican party. Up until now
:03:12. > :03:14.they've been looking at Donald Trump as an upstart, an outsider, someone
:03:15. > :03:20.who frankly has been a bit of a joke. Or as Chris Christie once
:03:21. > :03:24.described him, as the entertainer in chief. Now you have the governor of
:03:25. > :03:29.New Jersey himself saying that this is the man who is going to win the
:03:30. > :03:34.nomination, this is the man who can beat Hillary Clinton. Revenge on
:03:35. > :03:39.Chris Christie's part for Marco Rubio who laid into him a week ago.
:03:40. > :03:43.I think there's probably a bit of that going on as well. He certainly
:03:44. > :03:48.had some demeaning comments about Marco Rubio when he appeared with
:03:49. > :03:53.Donald Trump in Texas earlier today to announce his endorsement. He said
:03:54. > :03:58.Marco Rubio's performance in last night 's debate, which most people
:03:59. > :04:04.thought was pretty solid was actually reflective of a losing
:04:05. > :04:08.campaign. And smacks of desperation. He also made rather personal
:04:09. > :04:11.references to the fact Marco Rubio sweats a lot. That's been a bit of a
:04:12. > :04:18.recurring theme, Donald Trump keeps talking about that as well. Chris
:04:19. > :04:22.Christie clearly dismissing Marco Rubio as an also-ran and saying, if
:04:23. > :04:27.anyone's going to do the job, it's going to be Donald Trump. How is
:04:28. > :04:31.Trump polling ahead of super Tuesday? He is going great guns. He
:04:32. > :04:38.really looks at this point to be quite unstoppable. He is leading in
:04:39. > :04:42.most of the polls. Texas is one of the big battle grounds. Ted Cruz has
:04:43. > :04:48.a very good chance there. But that is his home state. Generally
:04:49. > :04:52.speaking, Donald Trump is still in the ascendancy. There's very little
:04:53. > :05:02.at this stage that looks likely to knock him off his perch. He was the
:05:03. > :05:06.last candidate to declare but the first to win the majority of votes
:05:07. > :05:12.after two rounds and nearly four hours of voting in stearic. Fifa
:05:13. > :05:22.finally has a new president -- voting in zero. He won 215 of the
:05:23. > :05:32.votes. He is a 45-year-old lawyer from Switzerland.
:05:33. > :05:35.He only entered the presidential race when it became clear that
:05:36. > :05:37.Michael Platini, boss of European football's governing body Uefa,
:05:38. > :05:41.Nevertheless, he is now President of Fifa and he will succeed Sepp
:05:42. > :06:10.The sport is under pressure to make the right choice but also some big
:06:11. > :06:15.changes. How big a day is this for Fifa? We'll see who wins the
:06:16. > :06:20.presidency. The reform programme really matters. The arrest of senior
:06:21. > :06:24.officials plunged Fifa into unprecedented crisis. The corruption
:06:25. > :06:30.scandal seeing Sepp Blatter and from the sport he had ruled for so long.
:06:31. > :06:33.Now if Fifa fail to approve a package of reforms including term
:06:34. > :06:39.limits the disclosure of salaries, calls for it to be would intensify.
:06:40. > :06:45.Please provide your support for this crucial moment in history. The
:06:46. > :06:49.message had got through, the measures adopted. The five men than
:06:50. > :06:56.prepared to make their final pitches. But as ever, an element of
:06:57. > :07:00.controversy, demonstrators gathering to oppose the favourite Sheikh
:07:01. > :07:06.Salman. The Bahrain Royal has had to deny links to a crackdown on
:07:07. > :07:12.pro-democracy protesters in 2011, unsurprisingly no mention of that in
:07:13. > :07:16.his speech. We've had to act responsibly, not just as an
:07:17. > :07:18.executive committee but with confederations and National
:07:19. > :07:24.associations to do what's best for the whole of Fifa. The survival of
:07:25. > :07:30.Fifa. Jenny Infantino meanwhile of Europe's governing body you wafer
:07:31. > :07:36.tried it traditional tactic -- Gianni Infantino. The money of Fifa
:07:37. > :07:41.is your money. It's not the money of the Fifa and and. And so did the
:07:42. > :07:50.moment of truth. Fifa's choice going right to the wire. Total number of
:07:51. > :07:55.votes for Gianni Infantino, 115. Having picked up supporters from the
:07:56. > :08:00.remaining candidates, Infantino sealed a sensational victory. Fifa
:08:01. > :08:05.had chosen its new president. I want to work with all of you together.
:08:06. > :08:11.With all of you in order to restore and rebuild a new era in Fifa, a new
:08:12. > :08:18.era where we can put a game football. In the centre of the
:08:19. > :08:22.stage. Infantino may have been the last man to enter this presidential
:08:23. > :08:26.race but he's now football 's most powerful figure, his task to restore
:08:27. > :08:29.trust in Fifa's battered reputation and to prove he has a future.
:08:30. > :08:52.Earlier I've I think he is a talented
:08:53. > :08:59.administrator. He's gone through all of the stages of everything in Uefa.
:09:00. > :09:04.He represents a new generation of dedicated, professional, talented
:09:05. > :09:11.people. He has a huge responsibility on his shoulders. This is a defining
:09:12. > :09:16.moment for football. I think the next 90 days will be crucial. It
:09:17. > :09:21.will have to prove that actions speak louder than words and he has
:09:22. > :09:29.to prove that football is now committed, United, working hard to
:09:30. > :09:34.turn a new page. The head of the FA Greg Dyke said it wasn't so
:09:35. > :09:41.important he was president, it was the reforms that were absolutely
:09:42. > :09:45.essential. Mr Infantino described them as ground-breaking reforms, are
:09:46. > :09:50.they? I think they are extremely important reforms. They are in the
:09:51. > :09:54.right direction but will not solve all the problems. Greg is right in a
:09:55. > :10:00.way, providential leaders do not exist. This isn't just about Fifa,
:10:01. > :10:06.this is about the whole of football. It's about the whole sport. The
:10:07. > :10:13.challenge to the sport is monumental. This is a dim mining --
:10:14. > :10:18.this is a defining moment. They do not have the jurisdiction to tackle
:10:19. > :10:22.these problems which are complex, increasingly sophisticated, global
:10:23. > :10:28.and quite often involving criminal infiltration. This requires a united
:10:29. > :10:34.front to quote the UK Prime Minister, United front against all
:10:35. > :10:40.the threats that endangered the governance of such a sport. It is
:10:41. > :10:46.interesting because the world players union weren't happy with
:10:47. > :10:53.this appointment and in terms of the reforms, they said the reforms would
:10:54. > :10:56.increase the power for Fifa's 209 members associations which is part
:10:57. > :11:05.of the whole problem. I think they're right. What has been
:11:06. > :11:08.required, is to have an enhanced representative democracy, meaning
:11:09. > :11:17.that the key stakeholders including leagues, clubs, players and other
:11:18. > :11:20.legitimate parties who have an important voice in sport, they
:11:21. > :11:24.should be represented in the decision-making structures. Not just
:11:25. > :11:41.to be consulted once in a while. Voting has closed in it wrong.
:11:42. > :11:45.Ballots are now being counted after polling stations remained open more
:11:46. > :11:51.than five hours. At least 14 people are reported to have been killed in
:11:52. > :12:01.two huge explosions in Mogadishu. Ouch about said attacks -- Tim
:12:02. > :12:07.Willcox one -- temp macro one have said they have committed the
:12:08. > :12:09.attacks. The population of Japan has shrunk by nearly 1 million people in
:12:10. > :12:13.the last five years. It's the first decline
:12:14. > :12:14.registered since 1920, though demographers predicted
:12:15. > :12:16.the trend long ago, citing Japan's falling birth rate and
:12:17. > :12:21.a lack of immigration. The main opposition group in Syria
:12:22. > :12:24.has said that almost 100 rebel groups, including factions
:12:25. > :12:26.from the Free Syrian Army, have signed up to a temporary
:12:27. > :12:28.cessation of hostilities, President Putin has again said that,
:12:29. > :12:34.despite the partial ceasefire, there'll be no let-up in Moscow's
:12:35. > :12:36.air strikes against what Russia It's been five long years of civil
:12:37. > :12:45.war, leaving a quarter 4 million Syrians have fled
:12:46. > :12:50.the country, and much of Syria today This ceasefire offers hope
:12:51. > :12:55.of an end, but no one thinks it We are all aware of the many
:12:56. > :13:05.potential pitfalls, and there are plenty
:13:06. > :13:09.of reasons for scepticism. But history would judge us harshly
:13:10. > :13:14.if we did not do our part in at least trying to end this
:13:15. > :13:18.terrible conflict with diplomacy. There are simply too many opposing
:13:19. > :13:22.factions for complete consensus. Vladimir Putin said today
:13:23. > :13:29.the ceasefire doesn't apply to the group's Isil and other
:13:30. > :13:33.terrorist organisations recognised He said the resolute
:13:34. > :13:42.fight against them would The West backs the various
:13:43. > :14:00.opposition groups, But on the ground, there
:14:01. > :14:05.are sceptical voices. TRANSLATION: If they really wanted
:14:06. > :14:09.a ceasefire, if they were really friends of the Syrian
:14:10. > :14:12.people and wanted to help, they would first take
:14:13. > :14:28.out the regime, and all Representatives of the 17 nation
:14:29. > :14:32.group backing this process are to meet in Geneva today. It can't come
:14:33. > :14:37.soon enough for the Syrian people whose suffering has intensified in
:14:38. > :14:41.recent weeks as an apparent land grab takes place at head of this
:14:42. > :14:47.deal. Aid efforts are struggling to cope. As we do more every day in
:14:48. > :14:55.this country and as we have constructive relationship with all
:14:56. > :15:01.sides in that conflict, we see needs growing and growing. The gap between
:15:02. > :15:06.the needs and what we are able to do is increasing by the day. What has
:15:07. > :15:13.largely become a proxy war perhaps does need a proxy ceasefire. All the
:15:14. > :15:17.main powers are, publicly at least, behind this deal. As President Obama
:15:18. > :15:28.warns, the world will be watching whether it holds. Still to come: as
:15:29. > :15:32.actors go insert boot of -- as actors go in pursuit of Oscar glory,
:15:33. > :15:43.we have a look at the glitz and glamour of Hollywood's biggest
:15:44. > :15:48.night. Three brothers who sexually abused girls in the town of
:15:49. > :15:52.Rotherham have been jailed for a total of 79 years. They were found
:15:53. > :15:58.guilty along with three others. Detective Chief Inspector Martin
:15:59. > :16:03.Tait gives his reaction to our correspondent Dan Johnson. I'm
:16:04. > :16:07.really pleased for the victims. The vast majority of victims were in
:16:08. > :16:12.court. Emotions were high. Robert blew the most intense and emotional
:16:13. > :16:17.day I've had in Crown Court and will for a long time. How far does this
:16:18. > :16:22.result go towards rebuilding the reputation of your force? I hope
:16:23. > :16:26.it's the first step. I'm not seeking to defend anything that's happened
:16:27. > :16:30.in the past. This investigation was about gathering evidence. As police
:16:31. > :16:32.officers we wake up every single day wanting to put criminals and
:16:33. > :16:47.paedophiles in prison. The latest headlines: the US
:16:48. > :16:51.Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has won the backing of
:16:52. > :16:56.the New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Fifa's newly elected
:16:57. > :17:02.President Gianni Infantino has promised to restore the image of
:17:03. > :17:05.football 's world governing body. Three British tourists have been
:17:06. > :17:14.killed while climbing waterfalls in Vietnam with an unauthorised tour
:17:15. > :17:20.guide. The Datanla waterfalls in the south of the country. It's unclear
:17:21. > :17:24.exactly how they died. No one is sure yet how the three British
:17:25. > :17:28.tourists died. Officials say their bodies were discovered near the foot
:17:29. > :17:32.of a popular waterfall and were then lifted up by rescue workers. A local
:17:33. > :17:37.man believed to have been guiding them has been questioned by police.
:17:38. > :17:40.This evening one of them has been named as 24-year-old Christian
:17:41. > :17:49.Sloan. Family and friends said they are devastated. The accident are
:17:50. > :18:01.heard -- the accident occurred and the Foreign Office said:
:18:02. > :18:09.there's an implicit danger in the waterfalls surrounding you man-made
:18:10. > :18:15.lake. You're very mossy rock, a lot of dampness and to be truthful,
:18:16. > :18:18.Vietnam's doesn't have a fantastic reputation for tourism safety. The
:18:19. > :18:27.tourism industry has grown rapidly in Vietnam's as the economy has been
:18:28. > :18:29.opened up. Visitors come to enjoy attractions that was the year is
:18:30. > :18:35.little known because of the roles that ravaged this country -- the
:18:36. > :18:38.wars that ravaged this country. It's no surprise Vietnam's racing to cash
:18:39. > :18:44.in on the tourist boom that has brought a much wealth to countries
:18:45. > :18:48.like Thailand. Every year dozens of Britons die here from largely
:18:49. > :18:52.preventable accidents. It's a sad truth that across much of this
:18:53. > :19:01.region, law enforcement is lax and a culture of safety almost
:19:02. > :19:08.nonexistent. Now the latest sports news. Good evening. The six Nations
:19:09. > :19:12.is back tonight after a week. Wales and France are playing in Cardiff at
:19:13. > :19:21.this moment, both sides unbeaten in the tournament so far. It looks like
:19:22. > :19:27.it's going to be five matches in a row. A George North try meaning they
:19:28. > :19:30.lead 16-3 in Cardiff. Liverpool have been drawn to face Manchester United
:19:31. > :19:33.in the last 16 of the rebel league. One of English football 's biggest
:19:34. > :19:39.rivalries will be played out in Europe for the first time over two
:19:40. > :19:44.legs next month. The second leg will be paid at Old Trafford. Can I get
:19:45. > :19:47.your reaction to the Raper league draw?
:19:48. > :20:10.my staff asked me yesterday, who do you want and I said Manchester
:20:11. > :20:19.United. Did Tottenham get who they wanted?
:20:20. > :20:29.Other highlights include Valencia. Manchester city manager Manuel
:20:30. > :20:33.Pellegrini may have the League Cup final to look forward to on Sunday.
:20:34. > :20:43.He's been talking about another trophy today, the FA Cup. He said
:20:44. > :20:48.the format must change. One of the important reasons that we won the
:20:49. > :20:53.title of the Premier League is because... I'm sure this will be the
:20:54. > :21:00.last year. They need to make the change. The format of that cup
:21:01. > :21:06.damages the Premier League and the Champions League. I'm sure they will
:21:07. > :21:09.change it. Top of the Premier League, Leicester City. Claudio
:21:10. > :21:13.Ranieri said their next five matches are the most important of their
:21:14. > :21:17.season. The league leaders have five games in two weeks against teams no
:21:18. > :21:21.higher than ninth in the table and Claudio Ranieri thinks the race of
:21:22. > :21:27.the title is still anyone's. We have to fight against those who are very
:21:28. > :21:32.close to the relegation. Against teams who want to go to Europe, want
:21:33. > :21:35.to go to the Premier League. Then there is a very good battle now. A
:21:36. > :21:43.very good Premier League this season, because nobody can say yes,
:21:44. > :21:49.that's it. I think it's very interesting. Scott Quigg and Carl
:21:50. > :21:54.Frampton held their staff over a minute during a feisty way in ahead
:21:55. > :21:58.of tomorrow nights superbantamweight unification fight at the Manchester
:21:59. > :22:03.Arena. There's no love lost between them as you're about to see. As
:22:04. > :22:10.Scott Quigg was geeing up supporters, he was mocked by
:22:11. > :22:16.Frampton. The bout will take place on Saturday night. Finally, ball
:22:17. > :22:21.boys and ball girls beware, you could soon be out of a job. The
:22:22. > :22:29.employment theft comes from the unlikeliest of sources, man's best
:22:30. > :22:34.friend. Dogs retrieve tennis balls at the Brazil open on Thursday. It
:22:35. > :22:37.was promoted by a collaboration of charitable organisations hoping the
:22:38. > :22:42.stunt will attract more people to adopt dogs. It is still 16-3 to
:22:43. > :22:52.Wales in the six nations. It's the Oscars this weekend,
:22:53. > :22:54.Hollywood's biggest event But the lack of diversity
:22:55. > :22:57.in the nominations for this year's Academy Awards has been heavily
:22:58. > :23:00.criticised by some in the movie Some black actors say
:23:01. > :23:03.they will boycott the Oscars and the civil rights activist
:23:04. > :23:06.Reverend Al Sharpton will be staging So many things define the Oscars -
:23:07. > :23:11.the glamorous red carpet, the coveted golden statuettes,
:23:12. > :23:15.and this year the all-white list More than that, there's a perceived
:23:16. > :23:20.overall lack of diversity. Y'all just got a snapshot of how
:23:21. > :23:23.Americans really feel. One film of many believe
:23:24. > :23:26.was overlooked, the story of the birth of rap group NWA,
:23:27. > :23:31.Straight Outta Compton. # Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr
:23:32. > :23:34.Dre is at the door... # One of the musicians featured
:23:35. > :23:36.in the film says the make-up of Academy Awards
:23:37. > :23:39.voters is the problem. I feel like the Oscars
:23:40. > :23:41.wasn't made for us. It's just those old generation,
:23:42. > :23:43.first-generation people in there that really don't get it,
:23:44. > :23:46.they don't understand the dynamics of the world that they're living in,
:23:47. > :23:49.but the people from, you know, I say, 50 years
:23:50. > :23:51.old on down, they get it, because they're living in a world
:23:52. > :23:54.where it's diverse and everybody The Academy knows it's crucial
:23:55. > :23:58.to the awards' credibility that they're seen as being relevant
:23:59. > :24:02.to modern audiences. That's been seriously
:24:03. > :24:04.threatened by the reaction The Academy has planned to counter
:24:05. > :24:09.that by replacing significant numbers of older members who haven't
:24:10. > :24:12.been active in the industry He is angered by the the way
:24:13. > :24:21.they want to increase diversity at the expense of
:24:22. > :24:25.long-standing voters. I wouldn't want to be put
:24:26. > :24:28.into a category that To nurture the talent,
:24:29. > :24:33.I'm all for it. But to bring them in
:24:34. > :24:37.because of their race is wrong, or their sex, or their
:24:38. > :24:39.beliefs, that's wrong. Now, who chooses the talent is not
:24:40. > :24:46.the academy, as I said before, The studios often cast black actors
:24:47. > :24:54.in somewhat cliched roles like drug Perhaps the industry can follow
:24:55. > :24:59.the lead of Star Wars. They chose the relatively unknown
:25:00. > :25:03.black actor John Boyega in a role that could have been
:25:04. > :25:06.played by any ethnicity. How important is it that the studios
:25:07. > :25:09.should follow suit from what you did I think it's inevitable,
:25:10. > :25:13.and I think it is critical, and I feel like it was just
:25:14. > :25:16.important to me, to all of us working on the movie,
:25:17. > :25:21.that the movie be inclusive. Whatever the eventual outcome,
:25:22. > :25:23.the Academy, the film industry and the public are united on one
:25:24. > :25:27.thing - they want the discussion around next year's Oscars
:25:28. > :25:30.and beyond to not be about who the voters are, but to be
:25:31. > :25:50.purely about the films themselves. Breaking news from the UN Security
:25:51. > :25:54.Council in New York. Throwing its weight behind that ceasefire
:25:55. > :25:58.agreement for Syria, demanding it be upheld. The council unanimously
:25:59. > :26:09.adopting the resolution drafted by Russia and the United States.
:26:10. > :26:15.Think you could tune in into our world weather round-up. I thought I
:26:16. > :26:18.would take you to south-western parts of Europe where the weather
:26:19. > :26:19.went be too great during parts