:00:00. > :00:00.This is BBC World News Today with me James Coomarasamy.
:00:07. > :00:12.A potential new line of inquiry opens up years after OJ Simpson
:00:13. > :00:14.was found not guilty of killing his ex-wife
:00:15. > :00:19.Police in Los Angeles say they are testing a knife which has
:00:20. > :00:21.been recovered, to find out whether it could be
:00:22. > :00:26.It is being treated as we would all evidence -
:00:27. > :00:29.so it is being submitted to our lab - they are going to study it
:00:30. > :00:36.After prosecutors in Brazil question the former President -
:00:37. > :00:39.Lula - as part of a corruption inquiry - he accuses them
:00:40. > :00:51.The WHO says there is growing evidence of a link between the virus
:00:52. > :00:57.and neurological disorders. And, we hear why award-winning
:00:58. > :00:59.Angolan singer C4-Pedro can claim More than 20 years after OJ Simpson
:01:00. > :01:20.was found not guilty of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole
:01:21. > :01:24.and her friend Ron Goldman, police are investigating
:01:25. > :01:28.new evidence in the case. Millions watched the televised
:01:29. > :01:33.trial back in 1995. The prosecution was never able
:01:34. > :01:35.to produce a murder weapon, Now it seems that knife
:01:36. > :01:40.may have been found. Police are testing a knife
:01:41. > :01:43.that was recovered on property once owned by the former
:01:44. > :01:46.American football star. Just over half an hour ago,
:01:47. > :01:49.the Los Angeles police department gave a press conference
:01:50. > :01:51.and described the unusual circumstances in which
:01:52. > :01:54.the knife was found. The person who we've received this
:01:55. > :01:57.knife from is a retired LAPD officer, who retired
:01:58. > :02:01.back in the late 90s. He was a motor officer
:02:02. > :02:04.and at the time, according to him, he was working an off
:02:05. > :02:08.duty, which is... He was working a moving job
:02:09. > :02:12.which a lot of our officers do on an off duty basis,
:02:13. > :02:20.as well as our retired officers. So I do not know whether he
:02:21. > :02:27.was retired at the time that he allegedly received this item
:02:28. > :02:30.from the person who claimed they founded on the property,
:02:31. > :02:33.or if he was still, in fact, an LAPD officer and then retired
:02:34. > :02:35.sometime after that. So, the investigators will continue
:02:36. > :02:39.to look at this. That item has been recovered
:02:40. > :02:52.by robbery homicide investigators. It is being treated
:02:53. > :02:54.as we would all evidence - so it has been submitted to our lab,
:02:55. > :02:57.they are going to study it and examine it for all forensics,
:02:58. > :03:00.including serology and DNA and hair samples and that is ongoing
:03:01. > :03:09.as we speak. Just when you think all the drama
:03:10. > :03:14.has been milked from this particular case, along comes this.
:03:15. > :03:22.Yes. Quite an extraordinary development. More than two decades
:03:23. > :03:24.after the murders here in Los Angeles, 1994 there were killed.
:03:25. > :03:29.They were stabbed to death. The murder weapon was never found and
:03:30. > :03:33.then in the trial the following year, when it felt like the whole
:03:34. > :03:39.world was watching, OJ Simpson was of course acquitted in a dramatic
:03:40. > :03:43.finale to quite an incredible trial. And then in the years that followed,
:03:44. > :03:48.don't forget, civil proceedings were brought against him by the victim's
:03:49. > :03:53.families and he lost them. He was us quickly sent to prison in 2008 for
:03:54. > :03:57.armed robbery. So twists and turns and then the latest now is the
:03:58. > :04:02.finding of this my brother the circumstances of its discovery are
:04:03. > :04:06.not clear and it is not clear why it was not investigated earlier and it
:04:07. > :04:09.is a big question for the LAPD. That police officer talking about
:04:10. > :04:13.the circumstances under which it may have been found also suggesting that
:04:14. > :04:17.this may come to nothing. Yes, he did. It is important to
:04:18. > :04:22.stress that. The police captain who was addressing the media said it was
:04:23. > :04:26.important to note that they did not necessarily think this was the
:04:27. > :04:30.murder weapon. They were there no means at that stage at the moment
:04:31. > :04:34.and were looking into whether run not it had any relationship to the
:04:35. > :04:38.case because the police officer who was supposedly given the knife has
:04:39. > :04:41.given an account, a second-hand account of how it was found. So they
:04:42. > :04:47.don't even know for sure that it was definitely found on the property.
:04:48. > :04:51.This property that was demolished in 1998 and the suggestion was it was
:04:52. > :04:56.found around that time but they have not confirmed that information so a
:04:57. > :05:01.lot of enquiries still to carry out. Not least the DNA testing which it
:05:02. > :05:05.is interesting to note that science is far more advanced than it was at
:05:06. > :05:05.the time of these murders. Thank you very much.
:05:06. > :05:09.The former president of Brazil has condemned his detention
:05:10. > :05:12.and questioning in a corruption case.
:05:13. > :05:15.Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was taken from his house and questioned
:05:16. > :05:19.He says the police only had to call and he would have gone.
:05:20. > :05:27.Scuffles outside former President Luiz Inacio Lula da
:05:28. > :05:32.Silva's home after he was taken away for questioning by police.
:05:33. > :05:34.A long-running corruption probe targets its biggest figure.
:05:35. > :05:39.For many Brazilians, he is a saviour but for others
:05:40. > :05:48.he is the emblem of a corrupt government.
:05:49. > :05:51.But this is Brazil, where he made history as the first president
:05:52. > :05:54.A steelworker who reached the highest office.
:05:55. > :05:57.As head of the workers' party he ran the country from 2003 until 2011.
:05:58. > :06:00.Presiding over a booming economy and lifting millions out of poverty.
:06:01. > :06:11.His popularity was enough to elect his chosen successor.
:06:12. > :06:14.But his legacy is being tarnished by a deepening corruption scandal
:06:15. > :06:21.The police alleged that state appointed members got kickbacks
:06:22. > :06:26.The state prosecutor says they are working on the hypothesis
:06:27. > :06:30.that some of this money ended up in the former
:06:31. > :06:36.The former president denies all charges.
:06:37. > :06:40.In a strongly worded statement, he said he was the victim
:06:41. > :06:43.of violence and the case was an assault against the rules of law.
:06:44. > :06:47.The police questioned him for three hours and,
:06:48. > :06:50.even if no charges are applied, this is seen as a major blow
:06:51. > :06:57.to his whole process of becoming a presidential candidate in 2018.
:06:58. > :06:59.Well, let's talk to our correspondent Daniel Gallas in Rio,
:07:00. > :07:04.because Lula has been giving a press conference in the last hour.
:07:05. > :07:10.The former president has been speaking in the past hour and what
:07:11. > :07:16.did he have to say? Well, he gave a very impassioned
:07:17. > :07:21.defence of his institute and all of his work and legacy. He says he is
:07:22. > :07:25.being subject to violence by the institutions. He says this is a
:07:26. > :07:29.media circus not a serious investigation. He says that the
:07:30. > :07:35.country's powerful elite are after him because of all his track record
:07:36. > :07:41.against poverty and they don't want his project for Brazil to continue.
:07:42. > :07:44.So that is what he said regarding the investigations. He also said
:07:45. > :07:49.there is nothing wrong with the money he earned and compared himself
:07:50. > :07:53.to Bill Clinton, saying he is as expensive and valuable as Bill
:07:54. > :07:58.Clinton when giving speeches and that there is nothing wrong with the
:07:59. > :08:01.money he earned so he gave a passionate defence and a very
:08:02. > :08:07.challenging one at times he almost sounded a bit like a politician who
:08:08. > :08:10.wants to run an election campaign which is what many people expect
:08:11. > :08:16.leading about. How popular is he?
:08:17. > :08:19.He is still very popular and a lot of his supporters up onto the
:08:20. > :08:23.streets today and they are organising more demos in the coming
:08:24. > :08:30.days. Now we might see a bit of a clash of demos. Who can say to the
:08:31. > :08:32.largest protest? There are a lot of people who will go out on the
:08:33. > :08:36.streets to protest against him so we will see in the next few days just
:08:37. > :08:42.how popular he remains. But obviously this has been a very
:08:43. > :08:46.strong attack for him and for his campaign if he has any political
:08:47. > :08:53.ambitions in the coming years. Daniel, thank you very much.
:08:54. > :08:55.The World Health Organisation says there is accumulating evidence
:08:56. > :08:58.from multiple studies of a link between the Zika virus and two
:08:59. > :09:02.The Zika virus is spread by mosquitoes and generally causes
:09:03. > :09:06.However the WHO says increasing evidence links it
:09:07. > :09:10.with the development of microcephaly, which causes birth
:09:11. > :09:11.defects, and the Guillain-Barre syndrome
:09:12. > :09:38.The US lab tests are an important step towards proving the link.
:09:39. > :09:42.It is a detective job going on here with teams of scientists around the
:09:43. > :09:46.world desperately trying to understand how this virus works, how
:09:47. > :09:50.it could get into the body, how it could affect a baby's brain
:09:51. > :09:54.development and cause that's terrible condition of the abnormally
:09:55. > :10:00.small heads. So what we have is a series of pieces of evidence, if you
:10:01. > :10:05.like. So for example busy cub Iris, traces of a profound in infected
:10:06. > :10:09.pregnant women and in some babies who have the disease and now this
:10:10. > :10:13.study in America which is an important step forward as you say
:10:14. > :10:18.where scientists took the virus and applied it to human stem cells.
:10:19. > :10:24.These are cells which could go on to develop into brain cells and they
:10:25. > :10:27.found that actually 90% of them were infected by Zika and went on to
:10:28. > :10:33.become damaged. So what you got is the tangible physical proof of a
:10:34. > :10:37.mechanism by which the virus could damage a baby's rain.
:10:38. > :10:39.Surgeons in Poland are launching a global search for two paralysed
:10:40. > :10:42.patients who they will try to help to walk again
:10:43. > :10:45.In 2014 the same team announced they'd reversed paralysis
:10:46. > :10:47.in a former fireman after using cells taken from his nose
:10:48. > :10:51.Our medical correspondent Fergus Walsh broke the story then
:10:52. > :11:01.He is the paralysed man who walked again.
:11:02. > :11:05.This is Darek Fidyka in 2014, after his regenerative cell
:11:06. > :11:11.transplant, documented by the BBC's Panorama.
:11:12. > :11:14.Now, a bigger test, to ride this tricycle.
:11:15. > :11:16.Remember, this is a man who had been completely
:11:17. > :11:19.paralysed below his chest after being stabbed.
:11:20. > :11:21.Now, he is relearning how to control his legs,
:11:22. > :11:28.sending commands from his brain down to his muscles,
:11:29. > :11:33.and receiving sensations back, all flowing through his
:11:34. > :11:43.The effort is as much mental as physical.
:11:44. > :11:47.TRANSLATION: If I really think, I can feel each muscle,
:11:48. > :11:52.The brain is very important and I appreciate it
:11:53. > :11:58.lays a crucial role in cycling, or any other exercise I do.
:11:59. > :12:03.The big question now is whether Darek's extraordinary
:12:04. > :12:06.achievements can be repeated in other patients.
:12:07. > :12:09.Only a clinical trial can show whether or not the cell transplant
:12:10. > :12:11.does indeed represent a revolution in the treatment of paralysis,
:12:12. > :12:15.which would make it one of the greatest
:12:16. > :12:22.That's why his surgeon is launching a worldwide search,
:12:23. > :12:30.via a website, for two patients with highly unusual injuries.
:12:31. > :12:33.Their spinal-cord must be completely severed,
:12:34. > :12:38.Help them, and it will silence any doubters.
:12:39. > :12:42.We can prove once and forever that we can repair
:12:43. > :12:47.There would be no speculation if we succeed to reconstruct.
:12:48. > :12:49.This would be history, this will change history.
:12:50. > :12:54.If we succeed, we'll find a cure for paralysis.
:12:55. > :12:57.The patients will have one of their olfactory bulbs,
:12:58. > :13:01.at the base of the brain, shown in green, removed.
:13:02. > :13:04.It processes the sense of smell, and is the only part of the nervous
:13:05. > :13:13.In a second operation, cells from the
:13:14. > :13:15.bulb will be transplanted into the spinal-cord to provide
:13:16. > :13:17.a pathway for nerve fibres to grow back.
:13:18. > :13:22.The patients selected for the trial will
:13:23. > :13:26.undergo intensive physiotherapy, both before and especially
:13:27. > :13:30.In all, they will have to commit to spending three years
:13:31. > :13:36.living at this rehabilitation centre in Poland.
:13:37. > :13:42.The research will be independently assessed by this team
:13:43. > :13:53.They will use equipment like this magnetic stimulator
:13:54. > :13:54.to monitor the patients' neurological pathways
:13:55. > :14:02.As a proof of principle, I'm very excited, because
:14:03. > :14:09.this is a novel treatment that holds a great deal of promise.
:14:10. > :14:10.This would open up hope that an alternative
:14:11. > :14:21.But it is going to take some years to refine it.
:14:22. > :14:24.The treatment will cost ?250,000 per patient,
:14:25. > :14:32.and is being funded by a small British charity set up by a chef,
:14:33. > :14:35.David Nichols, whose son was paralysed in a swimming accident.
:14:36. > :14:37.If the trial is successful, it might mean patients
:14:38. > :14:44.For Darek, the return of muscle control and sensation has brought
:14:45. > :14:49.other improvements, like bladder control and sexual function,
:14:50. > :14:55.which he says are just as crucial to his growing sense of independence.
:14:56. > :15:02.This is the most expensive station in the world -
:15:03. > :15:05.it cost 4 billion dollars and it's years behind schedule.
:15:06. > :15:07.But it's finally opened to the public in New York.
:15:08. > :15:10.It's been built close to where the twin towers stood.
:15:11. > :15:12.More than 200,000 commuters are expected to use it
:15:13. > :15:17.The architect who designed the huge steel and glass hall -
:15:18. > :15:20.has called it a "gift of love" to the city.
:15:21. > :15:29.A bird in flight, a Phoenix rising from the ashes,
:15:30. > :15:31.New York's latest landmark is a station that doubles
:15:32. > :15:37.as a symbol, of renewal, of hope, of life.
:15:38. > :15:40.Almost 15 years on from the attacks of 9/11, this new transportation hub
:15:41. > :15:42.at Ground Zero has finally opened its doors.
:15:43. > :15:48.For survivors it's a highly charged moment.
:15:49. > :15:53.Charles DeAndrea lost 176 colleagues that day and has watched this
:15:54. > :16:00.Really kind of proud of New York City, being able
:16:01. > :16:07.It's just absolutely remarkable, the way we have come back from this.
:16:08. > :16:09.And then, to see this today, it's quite amazing.
:16:10. > :16:13.It's staggeringly beautiful, but staggeringly costly.
:16:14. > :16:16.The project has been plagued by cost blowouts and delays.
:16:17. > :16:19.Originally, the plan was to have a transportation hub
:16:20. > :16:26.And the price tag of $4 billion is double the estimate.
:16:27. > :16:31.It's made this the most expensive station in the world.
:16:32. > :16:34.The design, his inspiration was a bird in flight.
:16:35. > :16:38.So the tourist trail has a new addition, but the symbolism
:16:39. > :16:43.It's been likened to a turkey carcass the day after
:16:44. > :16:46.Like a bird, right? Seagull?
:16:47. > :16:52.I don't know, I don't really see a bird.
:16:53. > :16:57.It just looks like a series of Nike ticks being repeated.
:16:58. > :17:00.I know it's supposed to look like, represent a bird, but,
:17:01. > :17:04.But to others it's become instantly iconic, and perfectly complements
:17:05. > :17:10.I think it's a fantastic way for the city and visitors to always
:17:11. > :17:15.look up and be inspired instead of feeling drugged down
:17:16. > :17:26.In lower Manhattan, the skyline has been repaired,
:17:27. > :17:28.the subway system has a cathedral-like new home.
:17:29. > :17:31.But it's still hard to see a plane in the skies without remembering
:17:32. > :17:33.the monuments that stood here before.
:17:34. > :17:40.The United States has urged North Korea to "refrain
:17:41. > :17:42.from provocative actions that aggravate tensions."
:17:43. > :17:45.A Pentagon spokesperson made the statement after the North Korean
:17:46. > :17:48.leader Kim Jong-Un told his military leaders to be ready to fire nuclear
:17:49. > :17:54.Scientists in the UK say they've discovered a potential weakness
:17:55. > :18:00.inherent in all cancer cells that could pave the way
:18:01. > :18:05.Researchers found the earliest mutations of cancer are on display
:18:06. > :18:09.They said the discovery should allow them to use the body's specialised
:18:10. > :18:12.immune cells to recognise and attack a cancer wherever it shows up,
:18:13. > :18:20.A passenger ferry has sunk in waters between Bali and Java,
:18:21. > :18:25.with official statements on the number of people rescued
:18:26. > :18:30.It's believed four people are still unaccounted for.
:18:31. > :18:39.The boat was travelling from Gilimanuk port in Bali to Java.
:18:40. > :18:41.Two men have been jailed in Turkey in connection with the death
:18:42. > :18:44.of a three-year-old Syrian boy who drowned while trying to reach
:18:45. > :18:51.A photograph of his body on a Turkish beach last September
:18:52. > :18:53.came to symbolise the plight of refugees making
:18:54. > :19:04.But despite the huge risks - people are not being deterred.
:19:05. > :19:10.Mark Lowen's report contains flash photography:
:19:11. > :19:12.Convicted for the trade in people's lives.
:19:13. > :19:16.Two Syrians, jailed today for over four years,
:19:17. > :19:18.for smuggling Aylan Kurdi and his family.
:19:19. > :19:23.But they were cleared of deliberately causing their deaths.
:19:24. > :19:26.It was the most potent image of the refugee crisis.
:19:27. > :19:29.Little Aylan washing-up near Bodrum last autumn sparking sympathy
:19:30. > :19:35.It also put pressure on Turkey to tackle the smugglers.
:19:36. > :19:38.The migration crisis again topped the agenda
:19:39. > :19:43.Chancellor Merkel visiting President Hollande in Paris.
:19:44. > :19:48.TRANSLATION: We, Germany and France, entirely agreed that we must
:19:49. > :19:51.protect our external borders to defend freedom of movement
:19:52. > :19:52.within Europe but also for security reasons,
:19:53. > :19:57.because we have to know who arrives in Europe.
:19:58. > :19:59.And they are still arriving, at a huge rate.
:20:00. > :20:04.More gathered in Izmir, putting their faith in life jackets,
:20:05. > :20:09.The crowds of refugees and migrants who used to be camped out in places
:20:10. > :20:12.like this in central Izmir have mostly been chased away by police.
:20:13. > :20:14.But it doesn't mean the numbers have dwindled.
:20:15. > :20:17.You still see them here, for example, at food hand-outs.
:20:18. > :20:22.Turkey has been told by the EU to reduce the flows of those
:20:23. > :20:25.arriving on the Greek island every day from 2,000 to 1,000.
:20:26. > :20:29.When, for those fleeing war, the hope of Europe burns so bright.
:20:30. > :20:31.One way, says the head of the European Council,
:20:32. > :20:34.visiting Istanbul today, is for Turkey to take
:20:35. > :20:40.There is hope it can be agreed upon at a summit next week.
:20:41. > :20:43.But the longer journey to Europe the bottlenecks are growing.
:20:44. > :20:48.Macedonia has shut its border with Greece and 11,000 people
:20:49. > :20:51.As Europe scrambles for unity, individual states close their doors,
:20:52. > :20:58.but that still won't kill the dreams of the desperate.
:20:59. > :21:00.Now here's something to share with your friends: Facebook's tax
:21:01. > :21:03.bill in the UK is going to rise from just under seven thousand
:21:04. > :21:07.dollars two years ago, to millions next year.
:21:08. > :21:11.The corporation says it will pay the extra tax after a major overhaul
:21:12. > :21:20.It is going to stop routing the proceeds of sales
:21:21. > :21:21.for its largest advertisers through Ireland.
:21:22. > :21:24.Facebook faced heavy criticism that it was avoiding tax.
:21:25. > :21:26.Google, which faced similar accusations, has agreed to pay
:21:27. > :21:39.nearly two hundred million dollars in back taxes to Britain.
:21:40. > :21:42.Companies like Facebook, like Google, like Amazon,
:21:43. > :21:45.are adept at organising themselves in such a way that they don't bring
:21:46. > :21:49.themselves into the territorial tax net of high
:21:50. > :21:52.tax countries like the United Kingdom.
:21:53. > :21:56.They prefer to establish themselves elsewhere,
:21:57. > :22:04.Quite likely now that a large number of these
:22:05. > :22:09.companies will see that the UK liability is going down,
:22:10. > :22:11.that the world climate has changed enormously.
:22:12. > :22:13.G20 countries and the OEDC have got something which they
:22:14. > :22:15.caught the base erosion of profit shifting projects.
:22:16. > :22:19.Companies are going to have to start paying tax where their profits
:22:20. > :22:27.It's not every day we get to introduce you to a king.
:22:28. > :22:30.But today, it's time to meet the King of Kizomba.
:22:31. > :22:32.It's not a country - it's a style of music.
:22:33. > :22:35.And the man who wears the crown is the award-winning Angola singer
:22:36. > :22:43.He began his career by winning a street music contest
:22:44. > :22:45.in his home city of Luanda, but he's since gone global.
:22:46. > :23:09.I am a singer, one of the best in Angola.
:23:10. > :23:21.I started as a singer very young because my father is a singer also
:23:22. > :23:30.In Belgium, I really started as a professional singer.
:23:31. > :23:42.Now I am in Angola because I think it is the best place for me to make
:23:43. > :23:51.Talking about my music, I like to call...
:23:52. > :24:06.It's not like music, it is at a very new kind of music,
:24:07. > :24:10.It's for people who know this kind of music.
:24:11. > :24:15.It is very lovely, very romantic songs.
:24:16. > :24:18.And we can dance, a man with a woman, it looks a little bit
:24:19. > :24:34.I do this kind of music because this is my country's music.
:24:35. > :24:37.So that is why I make it first of all, and secondly,
:24:38. > :24:40.And now everybody loves this new fresh style.
:24:41. > :24:46.But everybody is tired of listening every time the same styles,
:24:47. > :24:56.Think about love, love is the most important thing in the world.
:24:57. > :25:24.A medieval ring said to have belonged to Joan of Arc,
:25:25. > :25:27.the French heroine who fought the English during the 15th Century,
:25:28. > :25:35.has returned to France after nearly six hundred years in England.
:25:36. > :25:38.The ring was bought by a foundation which runs a historical theme park
:25:39. > :25:39.in western France, for four-hundred-and-twenty-five
:25:40. > :25:47.It's believed that Joan gave it to an English Cardinal before
:25:48. > :25:58.But for now from me and the rest of the team, goodbye.