:00:00. > :00:00.This is BBC World News Today with me Chris Rogers.
:00:07. > :00:11.A mystery over the death of one of President Putin's top aides
:00:12. > :00:17.Mikhail Lesin's family says his death last year was a heart
:00:18. > :00:22.attack - but US officials now say he was killed by a blow to the head.
:00:23. > :00:25.The IAAF says five countries are in "critical care"
:00:26. > :00:27.over their drug testing systems with just months to go before
:00:28. > :00:31.Five years on - Japan remembers the devastating earthquake
:00:32. > :00:39.and tsunami that triggered the Fukushima nuclear meltdown.
:00:40. > :00:50.Having his support adds total credence to what I am trying to do.
:00:51. > :00:54.From throwing insults to hugs all round. We'll look back at the
:00:55. > :01:04.relationship between Ben Carson and Donald Trump.
:01:05. > :01:06.Russia has demanded information from the United States
:01:07. > :01:10.about the death of a former key ally of President Putin,
:01:11. > :01:21.in a hotel in Washington last November.
:01:22. > :01:22.Lesin also suffered injuries to the neck,
:01:23. > :01:25.torso, arms and legs and there's reports he may have been assaulted
:01:26. > :01:30.before returning to his hotel.He was a former press minister and key
:01:31. > :01:34.media advisor to President Putin, nicknamed 'the bulldozer'
:01:35. > :01:41.for his crack down on media freedoms in Russia.
:01:42. > :01:50.Let's get more from our Washington correspondent. You have been
:01:51. > :01:56.speaking to the Russian embassy there as well. Yes, I have. I spoke
:01:57. > :02:03.to them in the last few hours and the told me we first knew of these
:02:04. > :02:08.injuries was yesterday when results of the autopsy were made public. The
:02:09. > :02:12.expressed an amount of frustration. That they had not had more
:02:13. > :02:17.communication from the American authorities. They say they are
:02:18. > :02:21.looking for more details and more communication from them. When I
:02:22. > :02:27.asked about whether this was a violent end, that was far fetched
:02:28. > :02:31.they said. It was difficult to see when you read the details of the
:02:32. > :02:37.autopsy what other detail you can reach. They were blows to the head,
:02:38. > :02:41.neck, arms and legs. The medical examiner was saying it was the blow
:02:42. > :02:47.to the head which actually caused his death. What they do not know at
:02:48. > :02:52.this stage is what the call the manner of death. The law because but
:02:53. > :02:56.not the manner. What the mean by that is how it happened, where it
:02:57. > :03:01.was done and the is speculation at the moment that you may have
:03:02. > :03:06.sustained the injury is outside of the Hotel and come back to the
:03:07. > :03:10.hotel. None of that has been confirmed by the police. Do we know
:03:11. > :03:15.why it has taken so long for the autopsy report to be released? It
:03:16. > :03:21.was an extraordinary amount of time. He was found dead on the 6th of
:03:22. > :03:26.November and normally the guidelines say the medical examination to
:03:27. > :03:32.complete 90% of autopsy within 90 days. They are over that mark.
:03:33. > :03:40.Clearly from these reports there were physical signs of damage to
:03:41. > :03:49.Mikhail Lesin body. I spoke to the medical examiner or sportsmen and
:03:50. > :03:55.asked him what took so long -- spokesman. He said every case is
:03:56. > :03:58.different. They had no explanation for that. Thank you for that update.
:03:59. > :04:02.The International Association of Athletics Federations,
:04:03. > :04:04.the IAAF, says its needs more time to investigate Russia's anti-doping
:04:05. > :04:06.progress before this year's Olympic Games in Rio.
:04:07. > :04:09.But it says the country will not yet be reinstated
:04:10. > :04:28.Our sports correspondent reports now.
:04:29. > :04:35.The ruling council received an update charged with assessing
:04:36. > :04:42.whether Russia really is clearing up its act after widespread state
:04:43. > :04:48.sponsored doping was revealed last year. The council unanimously agrees
:04:49. > :04:53.that the authorities in Russia need to undertake more work to satisfy
:04:54. > :05:00.the reinstatement conditions. They should not be reinstated to
:05:01. > :05:05.membership to IAAF at this stage. A final decision will be made in May.
:05:06. > :05:09.The IAAF officials warned there was still significant work to be done by
:05:10. > :05:19.Russia if the art be readmitted to international competition.
:05:20. > :05:28.The world doping agencies say they have been 90 positive tests. The
:05:29. > :05:38.agency did not provide details of who tested profs positive. Seven of
:05:39. > :05:41.the cases come from Russia, including Sharapova.
:05:42. > :05:44.Russia and China have issued a joint call for North Korea to resume
:05:45. > :05:46.international talks over its nuclear weapons programme.
:05:47. > :05:48.After talks in Moscow, Sergei Lavrov and his Chinese
:05:49. > :05:51.counterpart also want North Korea to abide by a UN resolution banning
:05:52. > :05:55.The Arab League has declared the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah
:05:56. > :05:59.The move comes a week after Arab Gulf states did the same.
:06:00. > :06:02.Tensions between Saudi Arabia in particular and Hezbollah have
:06:03. > :06:05.intensified recently as the Saudis have clashed more openly
:06:06. > :06:17.The United Nations says South Sudan's army has
:06:18. > :06:19.allowed its soldiers to rape women as payment for their services
:06:20. > :06:23.during fighting against rebel forces.
:06:24. > :06:27.Investigators found that 1,300 women were raped last year in the oil-rich
:06:28. > :06:33.It's the latest damning report by the UN on the world's
:06:34. > :06:47.Amnesty international said 60 men and boys were suffocated in a
:06:48. > :06:52.shipping container by Government forces.
:06:53. > :06:57.The aftermath of more than two years of bloody crashes in the world's
:06:58. > :07:05.A new United Nations report now says the Government is responsible
:07:06. > :07:06.for much of the atrocities, which would
:07:07. > :07:11.amount to war crimes and crimes against you manage to.
:07:12. > :07:24.The revelations include killing of civilians,
:07:25. > :07:36.They are orchestrating the violence against their own civilians. You are
:07:37. > :07:41.either loyalist or you are not. If you are not then you are in peril of
:07:42. > :07:49.harassment, rape, abduction or death. Amnesty International has
:07:50. > :07:54.accused Government forces of suffocating men and boys last year.
:07:55. > :08:00.The Government has denied the allegations of targeting civilians
:08:01. > :08:04.but says it is investigating. As the parties continue to stall in
:08:05. > :08:08.agreeing a deal, the people will continue to suffer.
:08:09. > :08:12.Five years ago today, an earthquake and the tsunami it
:08:13. > :08:23.people lost their lives, and the nuclear power plant
:08:24. > :08:27.Today commemorative events have been taking place, including a ceremony
:08:28. > :08:29.in Tokyo at the exact hour the earthquake struck.
:08:30. > :08:35.Our correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports.
:08:36. > :08:45.Who can forget these pictures? And the sounds of buildings being
:08:46. > :08:53.crushed, of the terror of those watching, their homes being
:08:54. > :09:02.swallowed by the waters. Hurry, hurry, a man shouts. For many there
:09:03. > :09:14.was no time to escape. Today in the ravaged city the science sounded
:09:15. > :09:20.again. -- sirens. These people are looking for the spot their house
:09:21. > :09:24.used to stand on. When the sirens sounded that day, their father
:09:25. > :09:33.rushed to help evacuating people near the coast. He never came back.
:09:34. > :09:39.I lost my father. So many lives were lost in our town. Each one is
:09:40. > :09:48.important. I think it is our duty officer -- as survivors to show the
:09:49. > :09:56.world. She is finding it hard. Even with classmates who have also lost
:09:57. > :10:01.parents. If we talk about it. I feel down. I avoid talking about it. I
:10:02. > :10:08.sometimes want to know what my friends went to but I do not ask.
:10:09. > :10:12.When the tsunami swept into your nearly 2000 people were killed in
:10:13. > :10:18.this one small town, that is nearly 10% of the population. The trauma
:10:19. > :10:22.has been immense. The Government's first duty is to protect people and
:10:23. > :10:30.it is not surprising that this has been the response. Massive new walls
:10:31. > :10:34.like this will stretch for 250 miles along this coast. The whole
:10:35. > :10:43.landscape is being re-engineered to make it safe from the sea. But after
:10:44. > :10:48.five years, many are waiting for a plot of land with growing
:10:49. > :10:53.frustration. I sometimes think we would be much better off if we left
:10:54. > :10:57.here after the tsunami and started a new life somewhere else. We have
:10:58. > :11:03.waited so long to rebuild our lives. In what was once their front garden,
:11:04. > :11:11.they have found a little settling. They decide to dig it up to plant in
:11:12. > :11:13.their new house. It is a small sign of new life amongst so much
:11:14. > :11:14.devastation. The US government has
:11:15. > :11:19.intensified its attack on Apple - for refusing to help investigators
:11:20. > :11:22.open the iPhone of the gunman who helped shoot 14 people
:11:23. > :11:24.dead in San Bernadino, In a legal filing released
:11:25. > :11:29.on Thursday, the government made the point that Apple has previously
:11:30. > :11:33.helped with Chinese government demands for iPhone data -
:11:34. > :11:36.the implication being that the tech giant cooperated there,
:11:37. > :11:38.because China is such a huge In its brief, the US Department
:11:39. > :11:45.of Justice said "As well as providing data from nearly 4,000
:11:46. > :11:50.iPhones to Chinese authorities, Apple appears to have made special
:11:51. > :11:54.accommodations in China: for example, moving Chinese user
:11:55. > :11:58.data to Chinese government servers, and installing a different WiFi
:11:59. > :12:04.protocol for Chinese iPhones". Apple's lawyer Bruce Sewell called
:12:05. > :12:08.the DoJ's brief a "cheap shot.. Speculation based on no
:12:09. > :12:10.substance at all". He said the brief "reads
:12:11. > :12:13.like an indictment... Intended to smear the other side
:12:14. > :12:26.with false accusations Let's speak to our correspondent. He
:12:27. > :12:31.is an expert on Tech companies in China. I don't know if you can
:12:32. > :12:37.answer this, but is this possible? Could Apple could have done this? Is
:12:38. > :12:41.the technology there to help the Chinese authorities? The reality of
:12:42. > :12:46.what is required in China protect companies like Apple, is much more
:12:47. > :12:56.nuanced than the making it out to be. Yes the environment is very...
:12:57. > :13:00.Providing data, source code for review is very different from back
:13:01. > :13:04.door access and these have been inflated for political purposes.
:13:05. > :13:09.Just explain, back door access is what the American Government is
:13:10. > :13:16.asking for. Whats why is that different? Just to give you an
:13:17. > :13:22.example, to be a tech company in China, it is very common for
:13:23. > :13:25.companies to undergo data review. Having data reviewed by the Chinese
:13:26. > :13:33.Government is different from providing encrypted data. There is
:13:34. > :13:37.really a fine line. Apple is concerned that if they are forced to
:13:38. > :13:41.do this then the technology is there that can be used by countries in
:13:42. > :13:47.China who will not be responsible with the technology needed to get
:13:48. > :13:52.back door access. I think it is a technology concerned but it is also
:13:53. > :13:56.about political pressure and right now we are in an environment in
:13:57. > :14:00.China where they are exerting greater control over foreign
:14:01. > :14:06.networks, data information transmission and saw the concern is
:14:07. > :14:11.that they will take a much more hard line approach to implementing these
:14:12. > :14:21.kinds of regulations if the precedent is set here in the United
:14:22. > :14:27.States. We could be think that our data could be checked by
:14:28. > :14:32.governments. What we are learning here that it is really difficult.
:14:33. > :14:38.Your data really is quite private. Absolutely. I think for companies
:14:39. > :14:42.like Apple, providing encrypted access as a precondition for market
:14:43. > :14:45.entry in China would be a very high wall. Something we have to remember
:14:46. > :14:51.is that the Chinese Government does not really want to alienate foreign
:14:52. > :14:56.tech companies at this moment. There is a massive economic restructuring.
:14:57. > :15:01.The need for an companies and know-how. They do not want to push
:15:02. > :15:03.companies like Apple to far at this time. Fascinating. Thank you for
:15:04. > :15:07.joining us. The former candidate in the race
:15:08. > :15:09.for the Republican presidential nomination, Ben Carson,
:15:10. > :15:12.has pledged his support Mr Carson, who is a retired
:15:13. > :15:17.neurosurgeon, becomes the second former rival to back the billionaire
:15:18. > :15:19.businessman in the race Mr Carson made the announcement
:15:20. > :15:25.at a joint news conference with Mr Trump in Florida,
:15:26. > :15:27.ahead of the state's primary But were these two always
:15:28. > :15:34.on such good terms? Let's take a look back over
:15:35. > :15:37.the makings of what could be Today is something very, very
:15:38. > :15:44.special because Doctor Ben Carson He went after his
:15:45. > :15:51.mother with a hammer. He hit a friend of
:15:52. > :15:53.his in the face with He took a knife and he went
:15:54. > :15:58.after a friend and he lunged. Everybody loves him and truly,
:15:59. > :16:04.truly admires what he has I don't want a person that's got
:16:05. > :16:12.a pathological disease. His life has been
:16:13. > :16:13.an incredible life. I just want to tell
:16:14. > :16:19.you that having his support it adds credence to
:16:20. > :16:21.what I'm trying to do. If you are pathological,
:16:22. > :16:27.there is no cure. If you are a child molester,
:16:28. > :16:30.a sick puppy, a child There is only one cure and we do not
:16:31. > :16:42.want to talk about that. Some people said, why
:16:43. > :16:45.would you get a hand I have come to know Donald Trump
:16:46. > :16:59.over the last few years. He is actually a very intelligent
:17:00. > :17:01.man who cares deeply What do you have to say
:17:02. > :17:06.about Donald Trump? Here is what I would
:17:07. > :17:08.say now that he has completed his attacks,
:17:09. > :17:11.why don't we press on and deal He said terrible things about you,
:17:12. > :17:14.how can you support him? That was political stuff and,
:17:15. > :17:19.you know, that happens Politics of personal destruction,
:17:20. > :17:30.that is what people are tired of. I am hopeful that at some point
:17:31. > :17:33.we reach the level of maturity that we can deal with the issues
:17:34. > :17:36.that are facing us right now. We are moving on because it is not
:17:37. > :17:41.about me, it is not about Mr Trump, How stupid are the people
:17:42. > :17:50.to believe this crap? Tattoos are now commonplace in many
:17:51. > :17:53.parts of the world -- but in Cuba they've been frowned
:17:54. > :17:55.upon for many years. Now attitudes are changing
:17:56. > :17:58.and while there are still few places to get "inked" the BBC's Will Grant
:17:59. > :18:14.has visited the only tattoo For some time this person has wanted
:18:15. > :18:19.an elephant on her torso. The colourful design is the logo of the
:18:20. > :18:23.fashion magazine she writes for and has a sentimental value. She now
:18:24. > :18:30.realises that she underestimated how much it would heart. She is the
:18:31. > :18:39.latest in the wave of Cubans who are getting tattooed is. It just used to
:18:40. > :18:46.be for prostitutes and sailors, it is very popular now. Karen has her
:18:47. > :18:54.daughter name on her arm and a religious symbol on the other. This
:18:55. > :18:58.man did his two sure his family's long-standing connection with
:18:59. > :19:05.Russia. Tattoos are about changing attitudes on the communist island.
:19:06. > :19:11.There is only one place to get it done properly. This tattooed pilot
:19:12. > :19:16.recently celebrated its anniversary of the only licensed tattooed shop.
:19:17. > :19:23.Most artists work from their homes and many have been shut down by the
:19:24. > :19:30.health authorities. This man is the top body artist. He says the shops
:19:31. > :19:38.sterilisation processes are of a professional standard. We have all
:19:39. > :19:45.the eyes on us. We need to be like Kit. We need to be healthy and good
:19:46. > :19:50.quality. We need to take care. It is not just Cubans getting inked, many
:19:51. > :19:57.two arrests looking for a moment to all of their trip are now seeking
:19:58. > :20:00.out the artists. Running a tad too high alert in the country that are
:20:01. > :20:07.still under a trade embargo is a challenge. It is hard here because
:20:08. > :20:14.we do not have any tools, supplies and we need to fly out of the island
:20:15. > :20:24.to buy things. We do not charge to much. We will never be rich here. We
:20:25. > :20:28.are not rich. The elephant is finally finished. On reflection, she
:20:29. > :20:34.says it was worth the agony. More and more young Cubans are rolling up
:20:35. > :20:38.their sleeve to receive body art. Whether or not it is part of a
:20:39. > :20:42.culture explosion or a desire to express themselves more freely, the
:20:43. > :20:51.chances are it is here to stay. We've marking a rather special
:20:52. > :20:53.anniversary here on BBC World News. 25 ago to the day,
:20:54. > :20:56.we first went on air, The world has changed a lot
:20:57. > :21:00.since then, and so have we. Here's some of the stories we've
:21:01. > :21:12.covered in that time - Good evening. This is the world
:21:13. > :21:18.Service news. The Gorbachev the row has now come to an end. Now is the
:21:19. > :21:25.time for self Africans to celebrate democracy. You are watching BBC
:21:26. > :21:30.world. The press Association have reported that Diana Princess of
:21:31. > :21:35.Wales has died. Mr Clinton's extramarital affairs have been the
:21:36. > :21:39.subject... I did not have sexual relations with that woman. As we
:21:40. > :21:49.came on air a plane appears to have crashed into... Engaged in what is
:21:50. > :21:56.rapidly becoming the battle... Tidal waves left a trail of destruction.
:21:57. > :22:02.This was a resounding win for Barack Obama. Change has come to America.
:22:03. > :22:09.To watch the fool interview with the president make sure you go to the
:22:10. > :22:16.BBC website. Meltdown Monday began with markets tumbling in Asia. He
:22:17. > :22:21.returns a free man. The people here are proud they started the
:22:22. > :22:27.revolution. What an incredible night for London and because of the UK.
:22:28. > :22:33.World News begins broadcasting from its new studios in central London.
:22:34. > :22:42.Welcome to the worldnewsroom. Welcome to the BBC face big news
:22:43. > :22:46.stream from Lebanon on. Most people are standing in front of their
:22:47. > :22:53.spontaneous memorial to the victims. This is the capital city, it is
:22:54. > :22:59.astonishing. Are there any questions, this is BBC pop up. We
:23:00. > :23:12.turn your story ideas into short beautiful films. Some amazing
:23:13. > :23:18.memories there. Here at the BBC we keep in dating. On Saturday the
:23:19. > :23:23.grant click premiered a new programme. It is thought to be a
:23:24. > :23:30.world first and the rapid development of virtual reality
:23:31. > :23:41.technology. This is the world's largest machine as it has never been
:23:42. > :23:45.seen before in 360 degrees. It it is spectacular in its size and in the
:23:46. > :23:49.special viewers are transported deep underground to experience it for
:23:50. > :23:54.themselves. If you are wearing a virtual reality headset, you can
:23:55. > :24:01.feel you are really there and surrounded. Without the high end
:24:02. > :24:05.kit, you still can get the virtual reality experience. As you move your
:24:06. > :24:10.smartphone around the movement changes. You can slot it into one of
:24:11. > :24:15.these cheap and cheerful headsets for a more immersive experience. You
:24:16. > :24:21.can use your mouse to drag it around on the web page. Like the BBC, many
:24:22. > :24:28.broadcasters are now experimenting with 360 cameras, which shipped in
:24:29. > :24:32.all directions at once. 2016 is the year of virtual reality. It has
:24:33. > :24:38.taken this long to get the technology ready. It might make you
:24:39. > :24:42.feel sick before but now the teleport me to a different reality,
:24:43. > :24:47.the jungle, the space and everywhere in between. The big tech companies
:24:48. > :24:52.are getting in on the game. Adverts for virtual reality are already on
:24:53. > :24:58.our screens and Sony are releasing its virtual reality headset. Virtual
:24:59. > :25:03.reality games will be the first market but Facebook boss recently
:25:04. > :25:06.outlined his virtual reality vision as one where we work, interact and
:25:07. > :25:12.form relationships with people we have never physically met. It's a
:25:13. > :25:15.fascinating experience for early adopters, but there are still the
:25:16. > :25:21.few barriers to overcome before virtual reality convinces audiences
:25:22. > :25:26.to do things like this. The devices are not quite there yet nor is the
:25:27. > :25:31.content. The experience is not as compelling as it has to be in order
:25:32. > :25:36.to get their attention. This is certainly a new and challenging way
:25:37. > :25:39.to tell compelling stories, although if you are blessed with a
:25:40. > :25:42.spectacular location, it certainly helps.
:25:43. > :26:06.But for now from and the rest of the team, goodbye.
:26:07. > :26:14.Hello there. The week at head is upon us. It is looking pretty good
:26:15. > :26:15.for most of the