:00:07. > :00:11.This is tet-mac one -- World News Today.
:00:12. > :00:14.A mystery over the death of one of President Putin's top aides
:00:15. > :00:18.Mikhail Lesin's family says his death last year was a heart
:00:19. > :00:21.attack but US officials now say he was killed by a blow
:00:22. > :00:27.The IAAF says five countries are in "critical care"
:00:28. > :00:30.over their drug testing systems with just months to go before
:00:31. > :00:33.Five years on - Japan remembers the devastating earthquake
:00:34. > :00:35.and tsunami that triggered the Fukushima nuclear meltdown.
:00:36. > :00:41.Having his support adds total credence to what I am trying to do.
:00:42. > :00:46.From throwing insults to hugs all round.
:00:47. > :00:49.We'll look back at the relationship between Ben Carson and
:00:50. > :01:05.Russia has demanded information from the United States
:01:06. > :01:10.about the death of a former key ally of President Putin,
:01:11. > :01:14.in a hotel in Washington last November.
:01:15. > :01:17.US medical officials say Mikhail Lesin died from blunt force
:01:18. > :01:22.injuries to the head, not a heart attack as initially reported.
:01:23. > :01:24.Lesin also suffered injuries to the neck,
:01:25. > :01:27.torso, arms and legs and there's reports he may have been assaulted
:01:28. > :01:37.He was a former press minister and key
:01:38. > :01:39.media advisor to President Putin, nicknamed "The Bulldozer"
:01:40. > :01:41.for his crack down on media freedoms in Russia.
:01:42. > :01:44.Let's get more from our Washington correspondent.
:01:45. > :01:53.Mikhail Lesin was nicknamed the bulldozer. He was a member of what
:01:54. > :01:58.you put in's inner circle and was once the press Minister, before
:01:59. > :02:05.going on to find this TV station in Russia. In 2014, he retired and
:02:06. > :02:10.moved to America's West Coast. Then, last November, Mikhail Lesin was
:02:11. > :02:17.found dead. He was discovered at this hotel in Washington, DC. A, his
:02:18. > :02:26.former news network RTE reported his family said he died of a heart
:02:27. > :02:30.attack. -- RT. But the Washington, DC medical examiner said the cause
:02:31. > :02:41.of death was... The other causes well... The manner of death was
:02:42. > :02:45.undetermined. This latest development raises more questions
:02:46. > :02:48.than answers. Most of top Tis A Beauty did in 90 days, so why did
:02:49. > :02:54.this take so much longer? One newspaper reports that Mikhail Lesin
:02:55. > :03:01.was involved in an altercation before retiring to his room. So how
:03:02. > :03:05.did he die? In what seems like a very ordinary crime scene, the
:03:06. > :03:09.circumstances around this man's death are anything but. Before he
:03:10. > :03:14.died, he was being investigated by the FBI for money laundering and
:03:15. > :03:16.corruption. As police in Washington continue enquiries, the Russian
:03:17. > :03:22.Government is demanding more information from US authorities. So
:03:23. > :03:27.far, officially at least, there are no suspects, motives or concrete
:03:28. > :03:28.clues as to why a one-time aide to Vladimir Putin met an untimely and
:03:29. > :03:32.brutal death. The International Association
:03:33. > :03:34.of Athletics Federations, the IAAF, says its needs more time
:03:35. > :03:37.to investigate Russia's anti-doping progress before this year's
:03:38. > :03:40.Olympic Games in Rio. But it says the country
:03:41. > :03:42.will not yet be reinstated Our sports correspondent
:03:43. > :04:00.reports now. With the Rio Olympics under five
:04:01. > :04:01.months away, the question of Russian athlete competing at the games
:04:02. > :04:02.remained in the balance. The IAAF ruling received an update
:04:03. > :04:05.from a task force charged with assessing whether Russia
:04:06. > :04:07.is cleaning up its act, after evidence of widespread
:04:08. > :04:25.state-sponsored doping was revealed The president of the IAAF revealed
:04:26. > :04:30.the sheer scale of the task at hand. This is not a numbers game. I am not
:04:31. > :04:34.here to be judged on how many athletes I can get to an Olympic
:04:35. > :04:40.Games. I am yet to be judged on how mini athletes I can get from safe,
:04:41. > :04:46.secure systems into free, fair and open competition. And that has to be
:04:47. > :04:50.the sole arbiter. The final decision will be made on me but IAAF
:04:51. > :04:54.officials warned that there are still significant things to be done
:04:55. > :05:02.by Russia if they are to be readmitted to international
:05:03. > :05:12.competitions. The US Government has intensified its attack on Apple over
:05:13. > :05:15.refusing to help investigators. In a legal filing released on Thursday,
:05:16. > :05:17.the Government made the point that Apple has previously held the
:05:18. > :05:28.Chinese Government demands for iPhone data.
:05:29. > :05:31.giant cooperated there, because China is such a huge
:05:32. > :05:35.In its brief, the US Department of Justice said "As well as
:05:36. > :05:38.providing data from nearly 4,000 iPhones to Chinese authorities,
:05:39. > :05:40.Apple appears to have made special accommodations in China.
:05:41. > :05:42.For example, moving Chinese user data to Chinese government servers,
:05:43. > :05:48.and installing a different WiFi protocol for Chinese iPhones".
:05:49. > :05:51.Apple's lawyer Bruce Sewell called the DoJ's brief a "cheap shot..."
:05:52. > :05:54.Speculation based on no substance at all".
:05:55. > :05:56.He said the brief "reads like an indictment.
:05:57. > :05:58.Intended to smear the other side with false accusations
:05:59. > :06:12.The correspondent is in Washington and has been following the fallout
:06:13. > :06:18.closely. It is really intensify now. Yes, indeed. It is quite
:06:19. > :06:22.entertaining to watch, actually. How much scope as the claims of the
:06:23. > :06:28.Department of Justice God? What do we know about Apple's dealings with
:06:29. > :06:32.China and exchange of data? The truth is, we do not explicitly
:06:33. > :06:38.know what they have done to comply with Chinese laws. But what we do
:06:39. > :06:41.know is that there is a very extensive patchwork of regulations
:06:42. > :06:46.that smartphone companies have to comply with in order to operate in
:06:47. > :06:52.China. Essentially, there are three layers of regulations. The first
:06:53. > :06:57.being regulations from the Ministry of technology that requires
:06:58. > :07:04.extensive audits compliant with Chinese standards. The second layer
:07:05. > :07:09.is various surveillance regulations from the Ministry of Public
:07:10. > :07:16.Security, requiring companies to facilitate access and decryption on
:07:17. > :07:24.various technology platforms. And the third being bespoke requirements
:07:25. > :07:28.that smartphone vendor is quite frankly have to comply with in order
:07:29. > :07:35.to connect with mobile networks in China. These companies are all
:07:36. > :07:38.state-owned. The unspoken rule is that, essentially, any types of
:07:39. > :07:45.regulations that the Chinese Government does not explicitly want
:07:46. > :07:48.to create in law, they achieved through contractual agreements and
:07:49. > :07:57.state-owned mobile network operators, like China Telecom and
:07:58. > :08:03.others. As you this is not just about an iPhone belonging to a
:08:04. > :08:06.Government, this is about international strategy and policies
:08:07. > :08:12.amongst many governments who want to know more about what view, potential
:08:13. > :08:17.terror suspects and other criminals or two. Precisely. The Chinese
:08:18. > :08:24.Government have similar concerns. If you look at the size of the China
:08:25. > :08:29.market, it is the number one largest mobile, smartphone market in the
:08:30. > :08:34.world. Number two is India, in fact, which just surpassed the US last
:08:35. > :08:40.month. Number three is the United States. The Apple CEO Tim Cook has
:08:41. > :08:46.explicitly said that China is Apple's future. If they wish to sell
:08:47. > :08:49.products in China and access that market, I assume they will have to
:08:50. > :08:51.find a way to comply with Chinese laws. Thank you for speaking to us
:08:52. > :08:57.here. Five years ago today,
:08:58. > :09:06.an earthquake and the tsunami it triggered
:09:07. > :09:07.devastated communities along 18,000
:09:08. > :09:11.people lost their lives, and the nuclear power plant
:09:12. > :09:13.at Fukushima went into meltdown. Today commemorative events have been
:09:14. > :09:16.taking place, including a ceremony in Tokyo at the exact hour
:09:17. > :09:18.the earthquake struck. Our correspondent Rupert
:09:19. > :09:25.Wingfield-Hayes reports. And the sounds of buildings
:09:26. > :09:35.being crushed, of the terror of those watching, their homes
:09:36. > :09:40.being swallowed by the waters. For too many, there
:09:41. > :09:56.was no time to escape. Today in the ravaged
:09:57. > :09:58.city, the sirens sounded It was in memory of the 18,000 who
:09:59. > :10:06.died. These people are looking
:10:07. > :10:08.for the spot their house When the sirens sounded
:10:09. > :10:12.that day, their father rushed to help evacuating
:10:13. > :10:13.people near the coast. I think it is our duty as survivors
:10:14. > :10:37.to show the world how dear life is. Even with classmates
:10:38. > :10:41.who have also lost TRANSLATION: If we talk about it,
:10:42. > :10:51.I feel down. I sometimes want to know
:10:52. > :10:55.what my friends went When the tsunami swept
:10:56. > :11:04.in here, nearly 2000 people were killed in this one small
:11:05. > :11:06.town, that is nearly Any government's first duty
:11:07. > :11:13.is to protect its people and it is not
:11:14. > :11:14.surprising that this Massive new walls like this
:11:15. > :11:20.will stretch for 250 miles The whole landscape is being
:11:21. > :11:23.re-engineered to make it safe But after five years,
:11:24. > :11:37.this woman is waiting for a plot of land
:11:38. > :11:39.with growing frustration. I sometimes think we would be much
:11:40. > :11:42.better off if we left here after the tsunami and started
:11:43. > :11:44.a new life somewhere else. We have waited so long
:11:45. > :11:54.to rebuild our lives. In what was once their front
:11:55. > :11:57.garden, they have found They decide to dig it up
:11:58. > :12:10.to plant in their new house. The former candidate in the race
:12:11. > :12:12.for the Republican presidential nomination, Ben Carson,
:12:13. > :12:14.has pledged his support Mr Carson, who is a retired
:12:15. > :12:19.neurosurgeon, becomes the second former rival to back the billionaire
:12:20. > :12:22.businessman in the race Mr Carson made the announcement
:12:23. > :12:29.at a joint news conference with Mr Trump in Florida,
:12:30. > :12:32.ahead of the state's primary But were these two always
:12:33. > :12:38.on such good terms? Let's take a look back over
:12:39. > :12:40.the makings of what could be Today is something very, very
:12:41. > :12:45.special because Doctor Ben Carson He went after his
:12:46. > :12:50.mother with a hammer. He hit a friend of
:12:51. > :12:52.his in the face with He took a knife and he went
:12:53. > :12:59.after a friend and he lunged. Everybody loves him and truly,
:13:00. > :13:05.truly admires what he has I don't want a person that's got
:13:06. > :13:11.a pathological disease. His life has been
:13:12. > :13:16.an incredible life. I just want to tell
:13:17. > :13:23.you that having his support adds total credence
:13:24. > :13:25.to what I'm trying to do. If you are pathological,
:13:26. > :13:27.there is no cure. If you are a child molester,
:13:28. > :13:29.a sick puppy, a child There is only one cure and we do not
:13:30. > :13:37.want to talk about that. Some people said, why
:13:38. > :13:47.would you get a hand I have come to know Donald Trump
:13:48. > :13:55.over the last few years. He is actually a very intelligent
:13:56. > :13:58.man who cares deeply What do you have to say
:13:59. > :14:04.about Donald Trump? Here is what I would
:14:05. > :14:07.say - now that he has completed his attacks,
:14:08. > :14:09.why don't we press on and deal He said terrible things about you,
:14:10. > :14:13.how can you support him? That was political stuff and,
:14:14. > :14:19.you know, that happens Politics of personal destruction,
:14:20. > :14:33.that is what people are tired of. I am hopeful that at some point
:14:34. > :14:36.we reach the level of maturity that we can deal with the issues
:14:37. > :14:39.that are facing us right now. We are moving on because it is not
:14:40. > :14:43.about me, it is not about Mr Trump, How stupid are the people
:14:44. > :14:56.to believe this crap? We thought you would find that
:14:57. > :15:01.interesting. Do stay with us here. We're going live to the US in a
:15:02. > :15:11.moment as the world says goodbye to the former first lady, Nancy Reagan.
:15:12. > :15:16.Boris Johnson has been setting out why he is campaigning for Britain to
:15:17. > :15:19.leave the EU. In his first major speech for the Vote Leave campaign,
:15:20. > :15:23.Mr Johnson said the union was outdated and no-one in their right
:15:24. > :15:29.minds would vote to join now. I know that there are people who say that
:15:30. > :15:38.this country does not have the guts to get out. That we have no choice
:15:39. > :15:41.but to remain. I have to say, I think they are hopelessly
:15:42. > :15:47.underestimating this country of ours and what we can achieve. Because it
:15:48. > :15:54.is precisely because we stayed out of the Euro that we were the most
:15:55. > :15:59.successful economies of Europe. And if we burst into the shackles of
:16:00. > :16:03.Brussels, we will be able to begin immediately with those long,
:16:04. > :16:11.neglected free-trade opportunities that we can do at the moment. --
:16:12. > :16:17.cannot do. You're watching BBC World News
:16:18. > :16:20.Today. The latest headlines... Russia has demanded information from
:16:21. > :16:25.the US about the death of a former key ally of President Hooton in a
:16:26. > :16:30.hotel in Washington last November. -- resident Vladimir Putin. The IAAF
:16:31. > :16:34.says five countries are in critical care over drug testing systems with
:16:35. > :16:46.just monster goal before the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. -- just months to
:16:47. > :16:50.go. Our chief international
:16:51. > :16:53.correspondent has been covering the sale and conflict from the
:16:54. > :16:57.beginning. Here, she talks to present Assad's media adviser,
:16:58. > :17:04.asking whether this what could have been avoided.
:17:05. > :17:08.It is absolutely not true because I worked here all the way through and
:17:09. > :17:14.I remember from the 24th of March 2011, when the Syrian government
:17:15. > :17:21.announced very important radical reform measures. And every time we
:17:22. > :17:30.started to implement, one after another, the campaign against us,
:17:31. > :17:35.followed by Western media and countries, the campaign got harder
:17:36. > :17:43.and harder on Syria. What happened in Syria certainly is not about
:17:44. > :17:48.making Syria better. Because if you ask any Syrian person anywhere, and
:17:49. > :17:54.you know the people here, Syria is much better off five years ago than
:17:55. > :18:01.now. What happened destroyed Syria and the Syrian people, not making
:18:02. > :18:08.Syria better place for the Syrians. Now with the Russian, political and
:18:09. > :18:13.moral support, do you feel... The Russian military support to fight
:18:14. > :18:21.terrorism and restore peace and security. It is only when the
:18:22. > :18:28.Russians came that the terrorist oil tanks were attacked and destroyed.
:18:29. > :18:33.Well the so-called international coalition led by the United States
:18:34. > :18:43.never destroyed anything from these oil tanks that were crossing Syria
:18:44. > :18:49.to Turkey and Europe. So I think history will show the effort from
:18:50. > :18:53.the Russian Government, this huge effort, against terrorism and in
:18:54. > :18:58.favour not only of peace in Syria but of peace in Europe, of peace in
:18:59. > :19:03.the world. Because terrorism is a threat to all of us, particularly to
:19:04. > :19:10.Europe. And I think Russia is offering a service to Europe by
:19:11. > :19:14.fighting terrorism in Syria. But the Russian intervention also turned the
:19:15. > :19:19.tide for President Assad's forces. You now feel that the war is on your
:19:20. > :19:26.side? There is no such thing as those forces. There is the Syrian
:19:27. > :19:28.army that is defending the Syrian people and fighting terrorism and
:19:29. > :19:34.this is where the Russian help is coming. Fascinating stuff. President
:19:35. > :19:39.Assad's media adviser speaking to our correspondent. Let's catch up
:19:40. > :19:43.with the world's sport. Premier League side Newcastle United
:19:44. > :19:47.have a new man in charge. The former Liverpool, Chelsea and Real Madrid
:19:48. > :19:53.manager Rafa Benitez has signed a three-year contract after the club
:19:54. > :19:57.sacked Steve McClaren early today. Newcastle are currently 19th in the
:19:58. > :20:00.Premier League and the Spaniard's first match in charge will be
:20:01. > :20:05.against Leicester City on Monday. Not easy.
:20:06. > :20:11.Rafael Benitez began this season at Real Madrid and ends it facing one
:20:12. > :20:14.of his biggest challenges. Newcastle and in the bottom three and lost a
:20:15. > :20:22.Bournemouth at the weekend. When it is is their last talk. The type of
:20:23. > :20:27.manager years, the players will react. -- he is. They will play
:20:28. > :20:30.better and play for. If he stays with us next season, we could climb
:20:31. > :20:35.the table hire, if you've given the money to bring in players he wants.
:20:36. > :20:42.Fantastic. They guy has a lot of stature. Probably one of the best
:20:43. > :20:47.since Sir Bobby. Very happy. Benitez has won the FA Cup Spanish league
:20:48. > :20:51.and Champions League. The as the CV but the job description is
:20:52. > :20:55.demanding. Newcastle's mix of external passion and internal
:20:56. > :20:59.politics make it one of football's toughest jobs. Despite spending over
:21:00. > :21:04.?80 million on players, they went out of the FA Cup in the third run
:21:05. > :21:08.and have won just six league games all season. That cost Steve McClaren
:21:09. > :21:11.his first level jobs since being sacked as international manager. He
:21:12. > :21:16.had one week in limbo as his position was discussed by the board.
:21:17. > :21:20.Few managers hang around long here. Benitez will be the eighth manager
:21:21. > :21:25.since Mike Ashley bought the club, not counting caretakers. All the
:21:26. > :21:29.managers appointed by Mike Ashley have been in a position of weakness.
:21:30. > :21:32.Not being able to name terms. Busy not with the transfer system that
:21:33. > :21:38.has not benefited the club of themselves. And other things. But
:21:39. > :21:43.Rafa Benitez can come in, put down exactly what he wants. Benitez will
:21:44. > :21:47.have ten games to keep Newcastle in the Premier League, starting against
:21:48. > :21:50.league leaders Leicester on Monday. If he fails, it is understood there
:21:51. > :21:57.is a break clause in his contract and it is certain that the Spaniard
:21:58. > :21:59.is stepping into a storm. The FA Cup quarterfinals are taking
:22:00. > :22:05.place this weekend and the first match between Championship side
:22:06. > :22:10.reading and Premier League Crystal Palace is under way. It sees Alan
:22:11. > :22:15.Pardew return to his former side. He has not seen that much action so
:22:16. > :22:20.far. Not many chances and there are no goals after one hour of play.
:22:21. > :22:27.Both matches at the 2020 World Cup in India had to be abandoned today
:22:28. > :22:34.because of bad weather. Ireland against Bangladesh at already been
:22:35. > :22:37.delayed before the Bangladeshis... Where that and against them and it
:22:38. > :22:43.means Ireland and the Netherlands are now out of the tournament.
:22:44. > :22:50.Lord Coe, president of the IAAF, says Russia will find out in May if
:22:51. > :22:58.they can send a team to Rio de Janeiro.
:22:59. > :23:04.We unanimously agreed with the recommendation from the task force
:23:05. > :23:06.that they be given more time. Some progress has been made but they want
:23:07. > :23:13.to see significant progress in key areas. Those areas are clear. We
:23:14. > :23:20.have the five step changes be want to see. And the council will welcome
:23:21. > :23:26.the task force back almost certainly in May to report, hopefully, and
:23:27. > :23:38.further progress. That is the sport from now. 0-0 in the FA Cup match.
:23:39. > :23:42.Almost 5000 guests and representatives from former White
:23:43. > :23:45.House families have gathered for the memorial tribute to Nancy Reagan at
:23:46. > :23:51.her husband's residential library in Southern California. Let's get more
:23:52. > :23:55.on this from our correspondent. James, it is a who's Who of the
:23:56. > :24:00.White House but no President Obama, much to the criticism of people on
:24:01. > :24:05.Twitter. That is right. Although, in fairness
:24:06. > :24:08.to President Obama, there is precedents for sitting president is
:24:09. > :24:13.not attending funerals of former first lady 's, not least Ronald
:24:14. > :24:19.Reagan himself. It was notable that he was not there. Also not there,
:24:20. > :24:23.some other significant figures. But the people who were there, perhaps
:24:24. > :24:40.most importantly given the occasion itself, as we can see, where the
:24:41. > :24:45.former first lady is that my -- ladies that the picture there. The
:24:46. > :24:51.women terming it to pay tribute to a first lady tribute two present
:24:52. > :24:56.during a remarkable time in US politics. And as we had in the
:24:57. > :25:00.ceremony, she played a very important part in her husband's
:25:01. > :25:05.decision-making process throughout his time in the White House, for
:25:06. > :25:08.eight years throughout the 1980s. The former chief of staff James
:25:09. > :25:17.Baker spoke about her influence, saying she could be as tough as any
:25:18. > :25:20.Marine drill Sergeant at times. She was also part of a loving
:25:21. > :25:24.partnership with her husband, Ronald Reagan, described by some as the
:25:25. > :25:29.greatest love story in the history of the American presidency. In terms
:25:30. > :25:33.of that historical aspect, it is interesting to hear him note that
:25:34. > :25:36.Nancy Reagan insisted her husband that he would have to negotiate with
:25:37. > :25:51.Mikaeel Kular bridge off, the Soviet leader. -- Mikel Gorbachev. He --
:25:52. > :25:54.she informed his views. You can see much more on Nancy
:25:55. > :25:58.Reagan's funeral on the BBC News website. That is it from me and the
:25:59. > :26:08.rest of the team. Thank you for watching.
:26:09. > :26:14.We're moving into a very settled spell of weather across most of the
:26:15. > :26:18.UK but what about elsewhere around the world? Settled is not a word you
:26:19. > :26:19.would use of the southern states of the US, particularly Louisiana and
:26:20. > :26:20.Texas,