:00:07. > :00:08.This is BBC World News Today with me, Ben Brown,
:00:09. > :00:17.Belgian prosecutors say they've identified two of the three suicide
:00:18. > :00:21.bombers who carried out Tuesday's attacks in Brussels.
:00:22. > :00:25.Two of them are said to be brothers - both Belgian nationals -
:00:26. > :00:35.police are still hunting a third man seen in these airport images.
:00:36. > :00:37.The names and nationalities of victims are starting to emerge.
:00:38. > :00:43.The first fatality to be confirmed - a Peruvian woman -
:00:44. > :00:51.In other news: Senator Ted Cruz is endorsed by Jeb Bush,
:00:52. > :00:54.in a last-ditch attempt to try to stop Donald Trump getting
:00:55. > :00:56.the Republican nomination in the US presidential election.
:00:57. > :00:59.And changing the look of the British countryside forever -
:01:00. > :01:20.fears that the Ash tree is just years away from extinction.
:01:21. > :01:23.The people of Belgium are observing three days of national mourning
:01:24. > :01:25.as the investigation into Tuesday's attacks
:01:26. > :01:36.Two of the suspected suicide bombers have been named by Belgian
:01:37. > :01:42.shown here on the left - targeted the Maelbeek metro station
:01:43. > :01:43.while Brahim el-Bakraoui struck at the airport.
:01:44. > :02:01.Meanwhile a massive manhunt is still underway for a key suspect
:02:02. > :02:12.And we crossed live to Brussels to Ben Brown. We are at Place de la
:02:13. > :02:15.Bourse. This is where people have been paying the respect of the dead
:02:16. > :02:22.and holding the Belgian flag and laying flowers and we had one
:02:23. > :02:25.minute's silence earlier. We had also chanting slogans and symbols of
:02:26. > :02:29.the finds from the Belgian people who say that life has to go on and
:02:30. > :02:34.on their words the terrorists cannot be allowed to win. A similar
:02:35. > :02:46.reaction perhaps to what we saw in Paris after the Charlie Heddle
:02:47. > :02:50.attacks. --Hebdo. There were three explosions and there were CCTV
:02:51. > :02:56.images of three suspects going into the airport before the explosions
:02:57. > :03:00.there. One of those men pictured in the CCTV image is still on the run
:03:01. > :03:06.according to the Belgian federal prosecutor and as I wanted man. They
:03:07. > :03:09.have named two of the bombers who died in the attack. They have been
:03:10. > :03:18.named as brothers, Khalid and Brahim el-Bakraoui. 31 people, it is now
:03:19. > :03:21.known, died though that death toll could rise because of the very
:03:22. > :03:24.serious nature of some of the injuries to victims who are being
:03:25. > :03:31.treated in hospitals around Brussels today. 260 injured altogether, that
:03:32. > :03:36.is the latest we're giving. The other main development of the last
:03:37. > :03:44.three hours is at midday local time here in Belgium that was a minute's
:03:45. > :03:46.silence observed here in Place de la Bourse and around the city of
:03:47. > :03:50.Brussels as people remember the dead and after the minute's salads there
:03:51. > :03:56.was a spontaneous round of applause to show that life does go on. We are
:03:57. > :04:04.beginning to get the names of some of those who died in the attacks.
:04:05. > :04:07.The first to be confirmed dead was a Peruvian woman aged 37 and the
:04:08. > :04:22.mother of young when girls, Adelma Tapia Ruiz. -- when. --Twin. As you
:04:23. > :04:25.here behind me and other spontaneous round of applause with people
:04:26. > :04:27.affirming the right to live in freedom and without fear here in the
:04:28. > :04:35.Belgian capital. But first, here's Katya Adler
:04:36. > :04:39.on the day's events. Silence spoke far louder
:04:40. > :04:59.than words in Brussels today. In sadness for the victims
:05:00. > :05:04.of yesterday's bombings. In fear that there
:05:05. > :05:16.will be a next time. And that next time,
:05:17. > :05:23.it could be them. But there is a strong sense
:05:24. > :05:32.here of defiance, too. Long live Belgium,
:05:33. > :05:36.these people shouted. And on a massive manhunt
:05:37. > :05:44.for all those linked to this, yesterday's devastating
:05:45. > :05:48.bombing at Brussels Airport Police say they are
:05:49. > :05:57.looking for this man. There is confusion about his
:05:58. > :06:09.identity, but it is believed he could have raised
:06:10. > :06:11.the casualty count even higher. TRANSLATION: The third suspect,
:06:12. > :06:13.wearing a light-coloured coat and hat is on the run,
:06:14. > :06:16.he left a large bag and departed His bag contained the biggest
:06:17. > :06:19.explosive device. Shortly after the arrival
:06:20. > :06:21.of the bomb disposal unit, the bag was detonated
:06:22. > :06:23.because of the volatility The other two men in this photo
:06:24. > :06:36.were suicide bombers. In the middle, you see Brahim
:06:37. > :06:38.el-Bakraoui, a Belgian national. Police have found a note
:06:39. > :06:41.in which he writes that he is under pressure and on the run
:06:42. > :06:43.to avoid arrest. Belgian media said he had recently
:06:44. > :06:46.been linked to the Paris This is his brother Khalid,
:06:47. > :06:53.the metro suicide bomber. Today, Belgium's Prime Minister
:06:54. > :07:02.accompanied the country's king and queen to visit some
:07:03. > :07:08.of the 260 injured yesterday. Julian Firkin was one
:07:09. > :07:10.of the lucky ones. He and his girlfriend emerged
:07:11. > :07:15.unscathed, physically at least. The second explosion happened,
:07:16. > :07:18.and at that point I jumped on top of her and grabbed her suitcase
:07:19. > :07:23.and kind of held that over the top of both of us just to protect
:07:24. > :07:27.us from the ceiling, The commotion died down a little
:07:28. > :07:34.bit, but there was lots of screaming and people running around,
:07:35. > :07:41.and then the airport staff came running and screaming and shouting
:07:42. > :07:43.at everyone to get out of the building, evacuate, evacuate,
:07:44. > :07:48.as quickly as you can. This city is still digesting
:07:49. > :07:52.the full horror of yesterday's attacks, but on the surface
:07:53. > :07:55.at least, there is a sense of life It is not that commuters here have
:07:56. > :08:03.forgotten about the attacks one day on, or that they don't care
:08:04. > :08:06.they are unaware of the warnings But this is a gritty,
:08:07. > :08:10.down-to-earth city. The attitude here it is,
:08:11. > :08:15.life has to go on. People are grateful
:08:16. > :08:20.for the extra security. Maybe it is not in Brussels,
:08:21. > :08:31.maybe it is another country. TRANSLATION: There is a risk,
:08:32. > :08:37.but keeping our jobs mean taking trains, and at least
:08:38. > :08:41.there are more police here now. More police, more soldiers,
:08:42. > :08:45.more security checks at train Most people here tell
:08:46. > :09:09.you they refuse to be scared, I want to give you a sense of the
:09:10. > :09:12.atmosphere as you rejoin as live in Place de la Bourse because it is
:09:13. > :09:16.absolutely packed with people who are singing songs and have been
:09:17. > :09:17.chanting slogans. They had a minute's silence earlier on which
:09:18. > :09:25.was very sombre, minute's silence earlier on which
:09:26. > :09:29.of young people here. You're just trying to show that they will
:09:30. > :09:34.defeated by terrorism, just as the people of Paris showed that in
:09:35. > :09:52.November. I'm joined by a couple of the people here.
:09:53. > :09:54.November. I'm joined by a couple of flowers. Just for peace and love. To
:09:55. > :10:00.show solidarity and spread some light and love in these dark and
:10:01. > :10:02.dreadful times. What happened here yesterday was a terrible event.
:10:03. > :10:08.dreadful times. What happened here has done to the of Brussels, do you
:10:09. > :10:14.think? I think it has shocked a lot of people but it is most important
:10:15. > :10:25.to simply rise and not let it crush her spirits. So you're trying to
:10:26. > :10:29.raise everybody's spirits but are you nervous that could be more
:10:30. > :10:36.attacks like the one yesterday? I do not think the next moment now. Not
:10:37. > :10:43.even Brussels. Maybe another place. -- not here in Brussels. Do you
:10:44. > :10:50.think it is important as a message against the terrorists that you hand
:10:51. > :11:05.out flowers? Yes, simply to spread a positive vibe. That is all that
:11:06. > :11:09.matters. Thank you very much. Spreading a message of light and
:11:10. > :11:15.love. During the day some of the names of the victims of the attacks
:11:16. > :11:18.yesterday began to edge and the arm from many different nationalities.
:11:19. > :11:22.The Foreign Ministry has been seeing as many of the mag as 40 different
:11:23. > :11:28.nationalities among the dead and injured and the first to be named
:11:29. > :11:32.today was a 37-year-old Peruvian woman by the name of Adelma Tapia
:11:33. > :11:41.Ruiz was tragically the mother of four-year-old twin girls. She died
:11:42. > :11:42.in the airport explosions. Lucy Williamson has been following the
:11:43. > :11:46.stories of some of the victims. Among the questions left
:11:47. > :11:48.by Tuesday's attacks is this one. What happened to British IT
:11:49. > :11:50.contractor David Dixon? After two days searching
:11:51. > :11:52.the hospitals here, his partner David left for work
:11:53. > :11:59.yesterday as usual. Maelbeek station was not
:12:00. > :12:04.far from his office. After the explosion there at 9am,
:12:05. > :12:07.Charlotte tried to reach him. 270 people from dozens of countries
:12:08. > :12:26.are now known to have been injured Inside this hospital,
:12:27. > :12:37.two British survivors lie While their relatives wait for news,
:12:38. > :12:44.in a separate part of the hospital, other families of other victims
:12:45. > :12:46.begin the grim process Among the first deaths to be
:12:47. > :12:52.confirmed was 20-year-old Leopold A law student at Saint Louis
:12:53. > :12:58.University here in Brussels. And Peruvian Adelma Tapia Ruiz
:12:59. > :13:03.who died during the airport attack. Her four-year-old twin girls
:13:04. > :13:06.survived the blast because they ran Her brother described it
:13:07. > :13:13.as incomprehensible. TRANSLATION: She had twins called
:13:14. > :13:16.Maureen and Elondra. They were in the
:13:17. > :13:19.Brussels airport too. They were connecting
:13:20. > :13:21.through to New York to meet She also planned to come
:13:22. > :13:27.back to Peru this year, Tonight in Brussels there
:13:28. > :13:35.is solidarity in Europe's anger But terrorism's toughest
:13:36. > :13:40.challenge is private. For some, these were not just
:13:41. > :13:45.attacks on their home or values but on the people
:13:46. > :14:00.they love the most. There has been a lot of criticism of
:14:01. > :14:04.the Belgian security agencies both in the aftermath of the Paris
:14:05. > :14:08.attacks and now in the aftermath of the Brussels attacks as well. A lot
:14:09. > :14:15.of claims they could have done more. We have had today claims from the
:14:16. > :14:17.Turkish president that Turkey gave warning to the Belgian authorities
:14:18. > :14:29.about one of the suicide bombers involved yesterday,
:14:30. > :14:42.Brahim el-Bakraoui who blew himself up at the airport. The president
:14:43. > :14:49.made these claims in a press conference and said that Brahim
:14:50. > :14:53.el-Bakraoui had been detained in the south of the country near the Syrian
:14:54. > :14:58.border in June of last year. He had then been deported to the
:14:59. > :15:02.Netherlands and was briefly heard in Belgium before being freed. The
:15:03. > :15:11.president said both the Dutch and Belgian authorities had been warned
:15:12. > :15:14.by Turkey but he said that Belgium had ignored that warning and he said
:15:15. > :15:18.that despite warnings that this person was a foreign terrorist
:15:19. > :15:24.fighter Belgium could not establish any links with terrorism. Belgian
:15:25. > :15:30.prosecutors have confirmed the two brothers, Khalid and Brahim
:15:31. > :15:35.el-Bakraoui did have a criminal record for armed robbery but they
:15:36. > :15:39.say that there was nothing unrelated to terrorism and Belgian authorities
:15:40. > :15:44.have not confirmed or denied and have not commented on these claims
:15:45. > :15:48.by the President of Turkey. Turkey is of course itself a country in a
:15:49. > :15:52.high state of alert at the moment after four suicide bombings in its
:15:53. > :16:00.two cities this year alone. The most recent was five days ago in Istanbul
:16:01. > :16:03.in which four people were killed. Turkish authorities have said they
:16:04. > :16:09.have detained three people on suspicion of planning a further
:16:10. > :16:12.attack in Istanbul and those arrests are based on information from both
:16:13. > :16:25.Turkish and German intelligence, they say. Thank you, Daniel. A
:16:26. > :16:29.sombre mood this evening in the heart of Brussels where you can see
:16:30. > :16:37.all the candles that have been let in memory of the 31 people who died
:16:38. > :16:43.here yesterday both in those exposed yesterday at International Airport
:16:44. > :16:47.and on the Metro at Maelbeek station. I warning from the health
:16:48. > :16:51.ministry in Belgium today that they expect this death toll to rise in
:16:52. > :16:55.the coming days because many of the tune and 60 people injured in the
:16:56. > :17:00.biggest blasts are critically well and fighting for their lives and may
:17:01. > :17:04.not survive. The injured are being treated in a number of hospitals.
:17:05. > :17:10.The overwhelming message I think for people here today -- from people
:17:11. > :17:16.here today who have paid their respects is not just one of morning
:17:17. > :17:21.but also defiance as the people of Paris after the attacks there should
:17:22. > :17:24.defiance, people in Brussels want to show defiance and they have been
:17:25. > :17:31.singing songs today and cheering and chanting slogans against Islamic
:17:32. > :17:34.State as well and the King of Belgium has said that the people
:17:35. > :17:39.here in Belgium must respond to what he called audience attacks with 40
:17:40. > :17:42.sheep, calm and dignity and I think discourtesy that he and the centre
:17:43. > :17:58.of Brussels today that is exactly what they have been doing.
:17:59. > :18:00.And of course there's more analysis and reporting on the attacks
:18:01. > :18:09.in Brussels on our website - bbc dot come forward slash news.
:18:10. > :18:13.And you can also get everything on your mobile using the BBC
:18:14. > :18:19.And all the latest developments will be on our Twitter account,
:18:20. > :18:20.The Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo has indicated
:18:21. > :18:26.that her government will not take in its share of migrants under an EU
:18:27. > :18:27.plan - because of the Brussels attacks.
:18:28. > :18:32.the Belgian Embassy in Warsaw she said that the government now had
:18:33. > :18:34.to look after the security of its citizens and could not take
:18:35. > :18:37.on any immigrants under the present circumstances.
:18:38. > :18:39.Her Conservative government had earlier agreed to welcome around
:18:40. > :18:41.7,000 refugees over the next three years.
:18:42. > :18:43.However, the EU's Commissioner for Migration said the union's
:18:44. > :18:46.member states should be taking a very different message away
:18:47. > :18:55.it is not a message it is a question. Do they really believe
:18:56. > :18:59.that by following this line they will be successful and fighting
:19:00. > :19:08.terrorism? The occurrences and the answer. -- give the answer. There is
:19:09. > :19:12.only one road to follow witches cooperate more and exchange
:19:13. > :19:20.information and develop more trust between us. Among member states.
:19:21. > :19:23.The Presidents of the United States and Argentina have said they're
:19:24. > :19:25.optimistic they can open a new chapter in relations
:19:26. > :19:28.They have promised more co-operation on trade,
:19:29. > :19:30.fighting the Zika virus and combating climate change.
:19:31. > :19:33.Barack Obama's visit is the first official trip by a US head of state
:19:34. > :19:47.That is a principal message that I have not only for Argentina but for
:19:48. > :19:55.the entire hemisphere. I have a slick came Cuba and we have put a
:19:56. > :20:00.great emphasis on making sure that some of the ideologies and disputes
:20:01. > :20:04.of the past are frankly acknowledged that there be also able to look to
:20:05. > :20:13.the future and not just behind us. Another day, another twist
:20:14. > :20:15.in the thoroughly unpredictable twist in the race to be
:20:16. > :20:19.the Republican candidate for US president - and Jeb Bush has
:20:20. > :20:21.announced he's endorsing Senator Ted Cruz -
:20:22. > :20:24.a last-ditch attempt to try and stop Donald Trump securing
:20:25. > :20:25.the nomination. Mr Bush, who's the brother of one
:20:26. > :20:28.former president and the son of another, dropped out
:20:29. > :20:30.of the race last month. He said Ted Cruz was a consistent,
:20:31. > :20:32.principled conservative who has demonstrated the ability to appeal
:20:33. > :20:35.to voters and win primary contests. That news will come as some
:20:36. > :20:37.consolation to Mr Cruz following Tuesday's
:20:38. > :20:39.presidential primary results. He lost to Donald Trump in Arizona
:20:40. > :20:42.but claimed first place in Utah. In the Democratic race,
:20:43. > :20:51.the front runner Hilary Clinton took Arizona, but lost out in two other
:20:52. > :20:59.contests to Bernie Sanders. Earlier I spoke to Anthony Zurcher
:21:00. > :21:10.our North America reporter who has Ted Cruz has been running against
:21:11. > :21:16.what it calls the Washington cartel but I do not think there is anybody
:21:17. > :21:24.who embodies the Republican party in Washington are more than shared that
:21:25. > :21:28.Bush. -- Jeb Bush. Will he add many delegates to the running total? He
:21:29. > :21:32.does not really have any delegates to speak of and they did not win a
:21:33. > :21:38.lot when he was running for president. He will not be able to
:21:39. > :21:41.shift a lot of voters towards Ted Cruz but they could direct
:21:42. > :21:45.fundraisers and the car she was able to amass and he has people in the
:21:46. > :21:49.Bush family who are very prodigious fundraisers and could help Ted Cruz
:21:50. > :21:53.and their other problem protect Cruz is not that he is lacking in money,
:21:54. > :21:57.it is that he is lacking in votes to catch Donald Trump so it may help
:21:58. > :22:03.little bit but I do not think it will be that big a deal. Is it too
:22:04. > :22:06.late for Ted Cruz or could he unite the party? He was always been quite
:22:07. > :22:11.a divisive figure in the publican party. He has been a very divisive
:22:12. > :22:17.figure and he was not really a team player when he was elected to
:22:18. > :22:23.Congress four years ago. He made a lot of waves in that he blocked the
:22:24. > :22:26.leadership within the Senate and tried to torpedo deals between the
:22:27. > :22:30.president and the congressional leadership which led to shut down of
:22:31. > :22:34.the government for a while over health care plans so if people do
:22:35. > :22:38.end up rallying behind it is only because they view Donald Champ is a
:22:39. > :22:45.much greater threat but there is a very narrow window for him, if not
:22:46. > :22:50.catch Donald Trump, keep him from getting the magic 1237 delegates. It
:22:51. > :22:56.will be an eel biter coming right down to the end. In terms of the
:22:57. > :23:01.Republican leadership, I be in full panic mode so far? I think that is a
:23:02. > :23:09.very good way to describe it. They have been hoping and wishing
:23:10. > :23:12.unbelieving that some point would see Donald Trump stumbling and he
:23:13. > :23:16.would see something and people would turn their back on him but the poll
:23:17. > :23:22.numbers showing enormous support from were enacted it, but Donald
:23:23. > :23:27.Trump has been going on a steady march towards the nomination and one
:23:28. > :23:31.will be close whether he actually gets before the convention, I do not
:23:32. > :23:32.think anybody imagined this would be the result when this all started
:23:33. > :23:37.about eight months ago. There are fears that one of the most
:23:38. > :23:40.common trees in Europe, the Ash, could be wiped out
:23:41. > :23:43.across the continent. Those fears are outlined in a study,
:23:44. > :23:46.published today in the Journal of Ecology, which says the tree
:23:47. > :23:52.faces two serious threats - one from a fungus
:23:53. > :23:57.and one from a beetle. Our environment correspondent
:23:58. > :24:01.Clare Marshall reports. This wood in Norfolk is where one
:24:02. > :24:04.of the worst fears of tree lovers Ash die-back, a devastating fungal
:24:05. > :24:07.disease, was in the wild. The leaves die first and the rest
:24:08. > :24:10.of the tree follows. Today's report adds
:24:11. > :24:12.to the bleak picture. Chalara, as it is also known,
:24:13. > :24:14.will help to wipe out Ash is the second most common tree
:24:15. > :24:26.in the UK. To lose all the trees
:24:27. > :24:31.would be devastating. This wood in Somerset just waking up
:24:32. > :24:35.from winter is filled with ash trees and, like thousands of others,
:24:36. > :24:38.it is under threat, but it isn't The emerald ash borer like Ash
:24:39. > :24:46.die-back is native to Asia. Its larvae go into the bark
:24:47. > :24:54.and kill the tree. It isn't yet in the UK
:24:55. > :24:57.but it is heading this way and the new research says it
:24:58. > :25:00.could soon pose the greatest threat. Hundreds of species are dependent
:25:01. > :25:03.on the ash tree and they are likely One small hope is that some ash
:25:04. > :25:08.trees have shown resistance against the fungus, but that
:25:09. > :25:29.will not protect them The aftermath of the attacks on
:25:30. > :25:34.Brussels. This is the scene live in the centre of Brussels this evening.
:25:35. > :25:40.As you can see hundreds of people have gathered laying flowers and
:25:41. > :25:47.also candles to remember the victims of the attacks and the authorities
:25:48. > :25:52.say 31 people have died. A couple of hundred have been injured, many of
:25:53. > :25:55.them seriously and fears that that number of dead may rise but the mood
:25:56. > :26:02.in Brussels as we've been hearing is defiant this evening. For now from
:26:03. > :26:04.me and the rest of the team,