:00:00. > :00:00.This is BBC World News Today, broadcasting in the UK
:00:00. > :00:09.and around the world. The headlines:
:00:10. > :00:12.Belgian prosecutors say the extremists behind the Brussels
:00:13. > :00:16.bombings had originally planned an attack in France.
:00:17. > :00:19.Tragedy at a temple in southern India -
:00:20. > :00:24.after a fire kills 110 people, hundreds more are injured.
:00:25. > :00:27.Also coming up: A sad homecoming for many Syrians - Atrocities
:00:28. > :00:30.committed by the so-called Islamic State emerge as civilians
:00:31. > :00:41.And the Duchess of Cambridge wows the crowds in India
:00:42. > :00:49.as she and her husband begin a royal tour of the region.
:00:50. > :00:57.Remarkable couple. Made us feel so comfortable and really humble, very
:00:58. > :01:10.simple. The group that attacked
:01:11. > :01:12.Brussels Airport and Metro station last month had reportedly been
:01:13. > :01:16.planning a new attack on France. Belgian prosecutors say
:01:17. > :01:19.that Mohamed Abrini, a key suspect in the attack,
:01:20. > :01:22.admitted that they had changed their plans at the last
:01:23. > :01:25.minute, because of the speed at which the police
:01:26. > :01:27.were closing in on them. Our correspondent,
:01:28. > :01:32.Damian Grammaticas, explained the link between this and the arrest
:01:33. > :01:34.of another key suspect, Salah Abdeslam was the key suspect
:01:35. > :01:40.in sort after the Paris attacks. He was arrested here
:01:41. > :01:44.in Brussels and four days later the Brussels attacks happened,
:01:45. > :01:49.so it appears, police haven't specified but it appears
:01:50. > :01:54.when they say this group who attacked Brussels felt that
:01:55. > :01:58.police were closing in on them and urgently took the decision
:01:59. > :02:06.to switch their intended target from Paris to Brussels,
:02:07. > :02:08.that is the most likely reason, it was the arrest of Abdeslam
:02:09. > :02:16.that made the other members of the cell feel that police
:02:17. > :02:19.were closing on them and therefore We know that one of the attackers
:02:20. > :02:24.here, one of the suicide bombers had a laptop that police found
:02:25. > :02:27.after the attacks and on that he had written a last message saying
:02:28. > :02:30.he felt police were closing in and he felt in a hurry,
:02:31. > :02:33.so that would back up Tell us more about Mohamed Abrini
:02:34. > :02:36.and his suspected links Yes, Mohamed Abrini,
:02:37. > :02:43.this revelation today has come in the wake of his arrest,
:02:44. > :02:47.he was detained on Friday, over the weekend police have said
:02:48. > :02:50.he has admitted to being one of the men who carried out
:02:51. > :03:03.the airport bombing. Police also know he had been
:03:04. > :03:06.involved were they have linked him to the Paris attacks
:03:07. > :03:09.and that is because they have this evidence from CCTV cameras,
:03:10. > :03:11.security cameras showing Mohamed Abrini helping to deliver
:03:12. > :03:13.the vehicles to Paris that were used in the Paris attacks and the man
:03:14. > :03:16.he was delivering those with was Salah Abdeslam,
:03:17. > :03:18.the prime suspect after Paris so police have linked the two
:03:19. > :03:22.of them and now also Mohamed Abrini The Belgian Justice Minister
:03:23. > :03:28.has warned that more What is the mood in
:03:29. > :03:35.Belgium and France? I think the feeling is that these
:03:36. > :03:39.developments in the last two or three days have marked something
:03:40. > :03:44.of a success for the investigators here after weeks of criticism
:03:45. > :03:48.about their handling of the investigations,
:03:49. > :03:52.the fact that they appear to have found the man in the hat,
:03:53. > :03:57.the third airport attacker, and now that they seem to be getting
:03:58. > :04:04.new information from the people they have in custody,
:04:05. > :04:09.that seems to indicate the police have made a real stride forward
:04:10. > :04:12.in their attempts to dismantle the network but the Justice Minister
:04:13. > :04:15.today said that new cells could pop up at any time and Belgium had
:04:16. > :04:19.to remain alert. The French Prime Minister responding
:04:20. > :04:23.to the idea that Paris or France may have been the intended target said
:04:24. > :04:29.this was more proof that the threat to Europe as a whole and to France
:04:30. > :04:35.in particular remained high. More than 110 people have now been
:04:36. > :04:39.confirmed dead after a huge fire It happened in the town
:04:40. > :04:44.of Paravur in Kerala. It's thought a faulty firework
:04:45. > :04:47.caused the blaze, after it fell Anger is growing over the display
:04:48. > :04:54.after it was discovered it had been refused a permit
:04:55. > :04:58.because of safety fears. Yogita Limaye reports -
:04:59. > :05:01.just a warning there are flashing Then, a spark ignited
:05:02. > :05:21.a store of firecrackers. Witnesses say a part
:05:22. > :05:28.of the temple complex collapsed. It took hours for firemen to battle
:05:29. > :05:31.the blaze that followed, and pull Thousands had gathered to take part
:05:32. > :05:39.in the local festival. This man had travelled
:05:40. > :05:41.from a village He suffered injuries
:05:42. > :05:49.on his back and leg. TRANSLATION: One firecracker landed
:05:50. > :05:52.on the place where all the fireworks were stored, and suddenly
:05:53. > :05:56.there was a globe of fire. A building next to
:05:57. > :05:59.the temple collapsed. Concrete pieces flew off from it
:06:00. > :06:02.and hit me on my back. I could not move for half an hour
:06:03. > :06:06.until I was rescued. But many did not have
:06:07. > :06:08.a chance to escape. Some bodies were so badly
:06:09. > :06:14.burned it has not been possible This is where people have been
:06:15. > :06:21.coming all through the day to find out if their loved ones are in this
:06:22. > :06:23.hospital or not. This medical facility
:06:24. > :06:26.is where the injured and the dead from the fire were first rushed
:06:27. > :06:29.to because it is closest to the temple, and it is perhaps
:06:30. > :06:33.the worst ever disaster this local India's Prime Minister,
:06:34. > :06:40.Narendra Modi, flew down to Kerala with a team of specialist
:06:41. > :06:46.doctors to treat the victims. TRANSLATION: The Indian government
:06:47. > :06:48.is completely with Kerala and the grieving families
:06:49. > :06:52.in this time of trouble. The incident is so horrendous,
:06:53. > :06:55.that it is difficult Local authorities have said
:06:56. > :07:00.the temple did not have permission The Saudi-led coalition says it
:07:01. > :07:11.will honour the UN-brokered ceasefire in Yemen due to come
:07:12. > :07:15.into effect in the next hour. The coalition said it
:07:16. > :07:18.would respect the ceasefire, but would still reserve the right
:07:19. > :07:21.to respond to any rebel attack. This will be the fourth ceasefire
:07:22. > :07:24.since early last year, when the Saudi-led coalition began
:07:25. > :07:27.air strikes to support More than 6000 people have been
:07:28. > :07:32.killed and two million displaced The Prime Minister of Ukraine says
:07:33. > :07:40.he has decided to resign. Arseny Yatseniuk blamed politicians
:07:41. > :07:42.for failing to bring about He took office soon after the former
:07:43. > :07:49.president Viktor Yanukovych was The resignation comes after several
:07:50. > :07:54.high-profile reformers left the government in recent weeks,
:07:55. > :07:56.claiming it was failing From Kiev, here's
:07:57. > :08:12.Anistaasiya Gribanova. The resignation has already been
:08:13. > :08:18.announced a couple of hours ago but actually in order for it to be in
:08:19. > :08:23.Fort, it needs to be approved and corroborated by Parliament.
:08:24. > :08:27.Parliament can vote for it the following Tuesday and then Ukraine
:08:28. > :08:34.might next week receive a new government. And what has been the
:08:35. > :08:43.fallout of this? What has been the reaction to this resignation of?
:08:44. > :08:49.Truth be told, it's an resignation. Everybody was anticipating it any
:08:50. > :08:57.time soon, what happened today, but there has been audible calls for him
:08:58. > :09:06.to resign in the recent couple of months. His political party,
:09:07. > :09:11.People's front, and he himself has seen a severe reduction in people's
:09:12. > :09:16.trust, so their work calls for his resignation and he says in stepping
:09:17. > :09:23.down he is doing what people expect him to do.
:09:24. > :09:25.In other news, a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 has
:09:26. > :09:27.hit south-west Asia, shaking buildings in Pakistan,
:09:28. > :09:31.The US Geological Survey said the epicentre of the quake
:09:32. > :09:35.was near a remote mountain region along the Afghan-Pakistan border.
:09:36. > :09:38.Police in Macedonia have used tear gas and stun grenades at migrants
:09:39. > :09:41.who tried to scale a fence at the border with Greece.
:09:42. > :09:45.The medical charity MSF says 300 migrants were hurt
:09:46. > :09:54.More than 11,000 people have been stranded at a makeshift refugee
:09:55. > :09:57.camp on the Greek side of the border since Balkan states closed off
:09:58. > :10:03.the migrant route to northern Europe.
:10:04. > :10:11.Peruvians have begun voting in elections to choose a new president.
:10:12. > :10:17.The candidate leading opinion polls is the daughter of Alberto Fujimori,
:10:18. > :10:18.the former president who is serving a prison term for human rights
:10:19. > :10:20.abuses. The US Secretary of State John Kerry
:10:21. > :10:23.has become the most senior US official to visit the Japanese city
:10:24. > :10:26.of Hiroshima since it was destroyed Mr Kerry visited a shrine
:10:27. > :10:30.on Itsukushima island as a two-day summit of G7 foreign
:10:31. > :10:34.ministers got under way. Britain's Duke and Duchess
:10:35. > :10:36.of Cambridge have spent the day in Mumbai, at the start
:10:37. > :10:39.of a week-long tour They paid their respects
:10:40. > :10:44.to the victims of the city's 2008 terrorist attacks, visited a slum,
:10:45. > :10:48.and attended a Bollywood gala. Nicholas Witchell's report contains
:10:49. > :10:53.some flashing images. The best way to experience
:10:54. > :10:57.India's rich variety Within hours of arriving in Mumbai,
:10:58. > :11:02.William and Catherine were visiting one of the city's slum areas known
:11:03. > :11:06.as the water tank. They squeezed through narrow
:11:07. > :11:09.alleyways and peered In a public recreation area
:11:10. > :11:20.in the centre of the city, they joined activities with street
:11:21. > :11:23.children who are being helped There was a run in the park
:11:24. > :11:28.for Kate, taken in her stride, quite literally, despite the high
:11:29. > :11:35.heeled wedge shoes. And then in this cricket-mad
:11:36. > :11:37.country, a game. The bowler incidentally was cricket
:11:38. > :11:39.ace Sachin Tendulkar, belted for what might have been six
:11:40. > :11:44.had it not fallen into eager hands. To the rather obvious
:11:45. > :11:46.delight of William. A positive one, according
:11:47. > :11:52.to Mr Tendulkar. What a fantastic experience
:11:53. > :11:54.it was to meet the Duke And, you know, really
:11:55. > :12:06.humble, very, very simple. They took an open top bus
:12:07. > :12:09.through the city to the hotel where they are staying,
:12:10. > :12:12.the Taj Mahal Palace. It was at this hotel in November
:12:13. > :12:16.2008 that Al-Qaeda linked extremists At this hotel, and other attacks
:12:17. > :12:23.elsewhere in Mumbai, William and Catherine met
:12:24. > :12:29.some of the hotel staff who tried to protect guests
:12:30. > :12:31.when the attack happened. They laid a wreath in memory
:12:32. > :12:34.of the dead and in tribute This evening, a glittering
:12:35. > :12:40.gala dinner organised by the British High Commission
:12:41. > :12:42.for Bollywood stars Guests of honour, William and
:12:43. > :12:46.Catherine. The soft power of royalty,
:12:47. > :12:51.pursuing British interests in India. A country which was once part
:12:52. > :12:54.of Britain's empire is now a considerable and growing economic
:12:55. > :12:59.power in its own right, and all of this is part
:13:00. > :13:04.of Britain's effort to court it. In a speech, William is expected
:13:05. > :13:08.to pay tribute to modern-day India, a nation which the couple's
:13:09. > :13:11.officials say will play a major Royalty meeting Bollywood royalty
:13:12. > :13:26.there. Life on the front line in Nagorno
:13:27. > :13:33.Karabakh. We hear from a soldier caught up
:13:34. > :14:08.in renewed fighting. This funeral became a demonstration
:14:09. > :14:12.of black power. Today is about the promise of a bright future, a day
:14:13. > :14:25.when we hope a line can be drawn under the bloody past.
:14:26. > :14:33.I think Picasso's works were beautiful, they were intelligent and
:14:34. > :14:44.it is a sad loss to everybody who loves art.
:14:45. > :14:52.This is BBC World News Today. The latest headlines...
:14:53. > :14:54.Belgian prosecutors say the extremists behind the Brussels
:14:55. > :14:57.bombings had originally planned an attack in France.
:14:58. > :15:03.Did death toll from the explosion and fire at a Hindu Temple in India
:15:04. > :15:09.has now reached 110. And let's get more now on that
:15:10. > :15:12.terrible fire in southern India. I spoke a little earlier to a doctor
:15:13. > :15:30.who has spent much of the day This situation is in our hospital,
:15:31. > :15:34.many of them or in eight terrible state, and it affects of the
:15:35. > :15:39.patient's ear. You spoke about some patients having severe urns. Do you
:15:40. > :15:52.have the expertise to treat these patients? Yes, we have enough
:15:53. > :15:57.expertise here. There are other hospitals with trauma areas. But
:15:58. > :16:08.those who have severe burns, more than 50%, do you expect them to
:16:09. > :16:14.survive? Are trying to care for all of them, they are under ventilation.
:16:15. > :16:17.In Syria, civilians have begun returning to towns captured
:16:18. > :16:18.from so-called Islamic State by Russian-backed Syrian
:16:19. > :16:23.As they do so, reports are emerging of atrocities
:16:24. > :16:27.The jihadists have suffered a series of setbacks
:16:28. > :16:32.in Syria in recent weeks, losing the ancient city of Palmyra
:16:33. > :16:34.and the IS bastion of Al-Qaryatain, both in
:16:35. > :16:41.Speaking to the BBC after visiting Al-Qaryatain, the head
:16:42. > :16:43.of the Syrian Orthodox Church said a number of Christians had
:16:44. > :16:53.This is the scene waiting for the returning residents
:16:54. > :16:55.of Al-Qaryatain, captured by so-called Islamic states last
:16:56. > :17:01.Street after street and building after building in ruins.
:17:02. > :17:05.The mixed city had a large Christian population, many of whom fled
:17:06. > :17:10.Islamic State but almost 300 couldn't get out fast enough.
:17:11. > :17:13.It is their fate that Syrian Christian leaders learned
:17:14. > :17:17.about as they were taken around the city and its destroyed churches,
:17:18. > :17:22.including a 1500-year-old Catholic monastery.
:17:23. > :17:33.The head of the Syrian Orthodox Church told the BBC that 21
:17:34. > :17:34.Christians were executed for failing to subject
:17:35. > :17:37.Five more are missing but the patriarch said
:17:38. > :17:40.It is very possible, we lived this situation
:17:41. > :17:44.for centuries, we learnt how to respect each other,
:17:45. > :17:53.We can live together again if we are left alone by others.
:17:54. > :17:57.Families of the surviving Christians paid the so-called Islamic State
:17:58. > :18:02.When they were finally reunited earlier this year, the patriarch was
:18:03. > :18:10.Coaches laid on by the Syrian government are bringing
:18:11. > :18:18.thousands back to Al-Qaryatain and the nearby city of Palmyra,
:18:19. > :18:22.Many are discovering there is nothing left
:18:23. > :18:33.The challenge now is to restore harmony across the faiths.
:18:34. > :18:37.Let's get all your sports for you now. Here's Sarah Walton.
:18:38. > :18:40.American Jordan Speith has started the defence of his Green Jacket
:18:41. > :18:44.Now when he teed off for the final round earlier he had
:18:45. > :18:49.But here's how the leaderboard looks.
:18:50. > :18:58.Jordan Spieth pulling away, four under par overall, a two shot lead
:18:59. > :19:04.from England's Annie Willet. Lee Westwood is now level par come while
:19:05. > :19:12.world number one Jason Day, down in sixth place, after a terrible round
:19:13. > :19:15.yesterday Rory McIlroy now don't intent, to over overall. -- don't
:19:16. > :19:18.intent. Leicester are a step closer
:19:19. > :19:21.to an historic Premier League title after beating Sunderland 2-0
:19:22. > :19:23.at the Stadium of Light. The result gave Claudio Ranieri's
:19:24. > :19:26.side a fifth straight victory and fifth consecutive clean sheet
:19:27. > :19:28.while ensuring Sunderland remain The difference between the sides
:19:29. > :19:31.was Jamie Vardy, the England international put the visitors
:19:32. > :19:33.ahead in the 66th minute, adding his second -
:19:34. > :19:36.and 21st of the season - It means that with five games left,
:19:37. > :19:39.Leicester are just three wins away from being
:19:40. > :19:55.crowned English champions. It was a difficult match but I'm
:19:56. > :20:00.very happy, with three points, for our performance, it was very strong.
:20:01. > :20:06.Of course they had the chance to draw the match but also we had three
:20:07. > :20:13.or four chances to finish the match early, and the response was good.
:20:14. > :20:17.Just one ball over the top and the Centre half is for the goalkeeper
:20:18. > :20:23.not coping with that was the reason we lost today. Not much else for the
:20:24. > :20:29.teams and at the other end when Jack Rodwell gets the chance to adjust
:20:30. > :20:34.back in the game, he misses, they score, they stayed top of the
:20:35. > :20:36.league, we stay in the bottom three. The margins were that small today.
:20:37. > :20:38.Second-placed Tottenham are keeping the pressure up
:20:39. > :20:41.They won 3-0 against Manchester United, after the visitors saw
:20:42. > :20:44.the game delayed by half an hour because they were stuck in London
:20:45. > :20:48.Goals from Delle Alli, Toby Alderweireld and Erik Lamela
:20:49. > :20:57.means Spurs stay seven points behind Leicester in second.
:20:58. > :21:06.We think we deserved the result in the end, a good team like Manchester
:21:07. > :21:09.United. I'm happy. We are still fighting for the title, seven
:21:10. > :21:11.points. Over at Anfield, two goals
:21:12. > :21:14.from Divock Origi helped Liverpool to a 4-1 win over Stoke,
:21:15. > :21:17.which saw the reds move Alberto Moreno put the home side
:21:18. > :21:21.ahead with his first goal of the season and Daniel Sturridge
:21:22. > :21:25.restored their lead after a Stoke equaliser, before Origi's two
:21:26. > :21:28.in the second half helped cement what was only a fourth home win
:21:29. > :21:33.of the season for Jurgen Klopp. Honda rider Marc Marquez
:21:34. > :21:37.won his fourth straight Texas MotoGP on Sunday, ahead of the reigning
:21:38. > :21:40.World Champion Jorge Lorenzo. Marquez had started on pole
:21:41. > :21:43.and coasted through the race to secure his second win
:21:44. > :21:45.of the season and extend Andrea Iannone came
:21:46. > :21:51.in third on the Ducati. Yamaha's Valentino Rossi started
:21:52. > :22:06.third but crashed out Onto European rugby, and they will
:22:07. > :22:12.have a new champion this season, and it could be Leicester, after
:22:13. > :22:20.three-time winners Toulon were beaten by racing Metro. It will mean
:22:21. > :22:25.Leicester will have a semifinal after crushing start Francais today.
:22:26. > :22:38.And that is all the sport for now. The unresolved conflict between
:22:39. > :22:40.Azerbaijan and its breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh has left dozens
:22:41. > :22:47.of soldiers dead in the last weeks. The unresolved conflict dates back
:22:48. > :22:49.to the early 1990s when ethnic Armenians living there sought
:22:50. > :22:51.cessation from Azerbaijan. One 18-year-old ethnic-Armenian
:22:52. > :22:53.soldier told the BBC Is it a bird, is it a plane,
:22:54. > :25:20.or is it base jumper Zhang Shupeng The Chinese daredevil jumped 2000
:25:21. > :25:24.metres from a helicopter seconds in an attempt to zigzag
:25:25. > :25:31.the Yunduan Bridge in the stunning mountains of Chongching
:25:32. > :25:35.in southwest China. Thousands of people
:25:36. > :25:37.gathered to watch the stunt, in the air, Zhang swooped down
:25:38. > :25:42.to the bridge before pulling the cord on his parachute
:25:43. > :26:01.and landing on a floating platform Good luck to him. That's it from me
:26:02. > :26:08.and the team. Thanks for being with us.
:26:09. > :26:13.Although there was some warm sunshine for most of us today we
:26:14. > :26:16.have seen the weather takes a turn for the worse in the South West.
:26:17. > :26:18.Earlier it was give