:00:00. > :00:10.This is BBC World News Today with me, Tim Willcox.
:00:11. > :00:24.In an age in learning our language face benefit cuts. -- N-Gage.
:00:25. > :00:26.Germany's message to migrants which Angela Merkel says will make
:00:27. > :00:28.it easier for asylum seekers to enter the workplace.
:00:29. > :00:30.Two powerful earthquakes have struck southern Japan,
:00:31. > :00:31.causing buildings to collapse, sparking fires
:00:32. > :00:36.Marching so the world doesn't forget their daughters.
:00:37. > :00:37.The campaign for the release of Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped
:00:38. > :00:39.exactly two years ago by Boko Haram militants.
:00:40. > :00:42.And can teenagers keep off their phones long enough
:00:43. > :00:45.One of America's largest cinema chains decides to let
:00:46. > :01:07.people use their mobiles to text during films.
:01:08. > :01:12.Learn our language or risk losing your benefits.
:01:13. > :01:15.Those are the conditions soon to be imposed on migrants wanting
:01:16. > :01:18.The country has been struggling to find ways of handling
:01:19. > :01:20.the one million migrants who arrived last year.
:01:21. > :01:23.The flow of asylum seekers into Europe isn't letting up.
:01:24. > :01:25.As countries in the east of the continent tighten
:01:26. > :01:27.their border controls, many migrants are once again turning
:01:28. > :01:31.to the dangerous route across the Mediterranean.
:01:32. > :01:34.The weather is improving and already there has been a marked increase
:01:35. > :01:36.in people making the risky sea crossing in recent weeks.
:01:37. > :01:59.Dangerous crossing to Europe is an option.
:02:00. > :02:01.Despite the efforts of European Navies to contain the
:02:02. > :02:03.central Mediterranean route, the smuggling
:02:04. > :02:07.There is no end of desperate people prepared to make this journey -
:02:08. > :02:11.and no shortage of unsuitable boats ready to carry them.
:02:12. > :02:16.Last year, 87% of 900,000 migrants reaching Europe came through Greece.
:02:17. > :02:19.Following a new deal with Turkey nd the tighter restrictions in the
:02:20. > :02:21.Balkans, this central route across the Mediterranean from Libya is back
:02:22. > :02:25.The crossings to Italy in March were three times the figure
:02:26. > :02:31.The UN's refugee agency said 100,000 more
:02:32. > :02:33.migrants are already packed into towns and cities in Libya
:02:34. > :02:41.The National Crime Agency already has a presence in
:02:42. > :02:44.Sicily, they would like to be in Libya but the Government there want
:02:45. > :02:50.So, it's likely that, as the summer progresses, the pressure
:02:51. > :02:53.will mount - not only on the Italian coast but on the northern French
:02:54. > :02:56.Last summer, the Eurotunnel was closed on several
:02:57. > :03:01.Calais and Dover have spent millions tightening security.
:03:02. > :03:03.Now, the NCA sees evidence that criminal
:03:04. > :03:06.gangs will look into alternative routes, through smaller British
:03:07. > :03:10.ports, like Hull, Tilbury and New Haven.
:03:11. > :03:16.Some migrants, he said, have paid up to ?12,000 for a
:03:17. > :03:19.crossing from Dunkirk - in rigid, inflatable boats.
:03:20. > :03:22.Europe is planning to send naval ships closer to the
:03:23. > :03:26.Libyan coast line to intercept migrants in-shore.
:03:27. > :03:28.It's a plan backed by the British Prime Minister.
:03:29. > :03:30.He knows that, two months from the
:03:31. > :03:32.referendum on Britain but my future in Europe,
:03:33. > :03:47.On his side, Brussels must demonstrate it has the answers.
:03:48. > :03:50.As we mentioned, Germany has proposed new legislation which it
:03:51. > :03:51.says will better integrate migrants into the country.
:03:52. > :03:54.The new measures include making the new arrivals attend language
:03:55. > :03:56.courses and job training, they could also be told
:03:57. > :03:59.Let's listen to what the vice Chancellor, Sigmar Gabriel,
:04:00. > :04:04.TRANSLATION: Introducing the integration law is one of the most
:04:05. > :04:08.For the first time ever, any history of the Federal
:04:09. > :04:10.republic, Germany get its own integration law.
:04:11. > :04:18.Those who wish to belong here will now have
:04:19. > :04:23.opportunities to make their own contribution to society.
:04:24. > :04:27.This law signals performance is worthwhile.
:04:28. > :04:30.Those who participate win recognition, prosperity and
:04:31. > :04:31.freedom - and hopefully also rights and duties
:04:32. > :04:37.as a citizen after a certain time.
:04:38. > :04:43.Our correspondent Damien McGuinness joins me now from Berlin.
:04:44. > :04:52.What happens to those who don't take part in these programmes? Welcomer
:04:53. > :04:56.at the big controversial aspect of this new law, Kim. What will happen
:04:57. > :05:00.theoretically is that benefits and support could be part. Whether that
:05:01. > :05:05.will really happen is another question because you can obviously
:05:06. > :05:08.leave people with the destitute. What you have, really, it's an
:05:09. > :05:14.interesting compromise between the centre left and centre right
:05:15. > :05:18.Government in Germany. They are saying, on the one hand, integration
:05:19. > :05:21.has to come from society but also from the asylum seekers themselves.
:05:22. > :05:27.This is all about, as Angela Merkel would say, write in support for
:05:28. > :05:32.asylum seekers but also obligations and UG. As you quite rightly said,
:05:33. > :05:35.that is about giving and guaranteeing a language classes and
:05:36. > :05:39.courses in Jenin culture and job opportunities. On the other, it also
:05:40. > :05:44.means possibly saying to asylum seekers that, if they don't take up
:05:45. > :05:48.these offers, then support could be topped. How that would actually
:05:49. > :05:56.happen still remains vague because what, in this law, they say is the
:05:57. > :05:59.theory, they don't say how it would actually be an planning to do
:06:00. > :06:05.though. It seems like a principle rather than a pragmatic approach.
:06:06. > :06:08.What about numbers? This could apply to maybe 100,000 people. You have 1
:06:09. > :06:16.million people who have, over the last 12 months to Germany. Yes, that
:06:17. > :06:19.is right. 1.1 million is an estimate. It is an enormous amount
:06:20. > :06:24.of people. The reason why this integration was seen as so important
:06:25. > :06:28.year is because it's really, I'm the one hand, the aim being to integrate
:06:29. > :06:41.new arrivals into the country but the other aim is clearly true ballet
:06:42. > :06:47.fears are among a large -- allay fears among a large group of people.
:06:48. > :06:55.Because of those years, we have seen a rise in anti-populist parties
:06:56. > :07:00.across Germany. On the one hand, it is to support refugees but it is
:07:01. > :07:04.also really need to stave off that rising support for the anti-migrant
:07:05. > :07:10.parties which the covenant is getting increasingly afraid of.
:07:11. > :07:13.Thank you very much indeed. -- the Government is getting afraid of.
:07:14. > :07:16.The southern Japanese island of Kyushu has been hit by a strong
:07:17. > :07:18.earthquake that has caused several houses to collapse, trapping
:07:19. > :07:22.The quake had a magnitude of 6.5 but Japan's seismology office
:07:23. > :07:25.recorded the shaking at some places to be as intense as the huge
:07:26. > :07:26.earthquake that hit the country in 2011.
:07:27. > :07:28.From Tokyo Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports.
:07:29. > :07:30.Japanese television reports have shown CCTV pictures of the extremely
:07:31. > :07:33.intense shaking that took place in the city Kumamoto
:07:34. > :07:39.The quake struck there at around 9:30pm this evening
:07:40. > :07:44.On Japan's own scale of earthquake intensity,
:07:45. > :07:49.That is the highest level and as high as the devastating quake
:07:50. > :07:55.that hit northern Japan back in 2011.
:07:56. > :07:58.Fortunately, this time, there
:07:59. > :08:00.has been no tsunami and damage appears to be limited.
:08:01. > :08:02.TRANSLATION: We are currently doing all we can to
:08:03. > :08:08.We have had reports of homes that have
:08:09. > :08:11.However, we have not had any reports of any irregularities in
:08:12. > :08:19.At least ten houses are reported to have
:08:20. > :08:29.collapsed and a number of people are trapped.
:08:30. > :08:32.Some are reported to be talking to rescue crews but at least one
:08:33. > :08:40.After two years of nothing, finally, something -
:08:41. > :08:42.perhaps a glimmer of hope for the families of the missing
:08:43. > :08:46.abducted by Islamist extremists two years ago, today.
:08:47. > :08:49.The Nigerian government has seen a video which appears to prove that
:08:50. > :08:53.The two-year anniversary of the girls' abduction has been
:08:54. > :08:55.marked by vigils and protests over the government's
:08:56. > :08:59.Our correspondent in Abuja - Martin Patience - joined relatives
:09:00. > :09:10.They've come out on behalf of the girls that could not
:09:11. > :09:12.and are marching of towards the presidential palace.
:09:13. > :09:21.There's some family members in this crowd
:09:22. > :09:25.and they want answers from the government.
:09:26. > :09:27.In almost two-years, two years now, not a single one of
:09:28. > :09:30.the girls has been rescued and there's defiance and anger.
:09:31. > :09:31.They want the government to dedicate more
:09:32. > :09:39.We had news of a video that emerged, the first time that the girls had
:09:40. > :09:43.There is a renewed sense of hope that some
:09:44. > :09:50.of the girls maybe one day will be brought back alive.
:09:51. > :09:52.The UN Special Envoy for Global Education -
:09:53. > :09:57.the former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown - told me
:09:58. > :09:59.that the international community needs to do more
:10:00. > :10:05.I think the first thing is, we have to feel sympathy for the parents
:10:06. > :10:07.this morning that they don't know whether their children
:10:08. > :10:13.They may have seen them in some of these videos but they're
:10:14. > :10:21.They're not sure whether they been molested, violated, raped, or
:10:22. > :10:24.married off - or are slaves and are working for the Boko Haram.
:10:25. > :10:27.First of all, we tried with the different
:10:28. > :10:30.governments doing air surveillance to try and locate the girls.
:10:31. > :10:33.There was some success but, in the end,
:10:34. > :10:36.these girls are dispersed across Nigeria and perhaps outside Nigeria.
:10:37. > :10:38.If one group was rescued, another group would be
:10:39. > :10:42.There are sensitivities about how you go about this.
:10:43. > :10:47.Secondly, what we had to do was, make sure that the
:10:48. > :10:52.other girls in Nigeria and the surrounding counties were safe.
:10:53. > :10:56.So, we have the safe schools initiative
:10:57. > :10:59.to make sure the schools that are vulnerable to attack are
:11:00. > :11:03.safe for the girls who are still trying to go to school and, in some
:11:04. > :11:07.I think, after two years, the United Nations Security Council should
:11:08. > :11:10.I think they should look at whether China, France,
:11:11. > :11:13.Britain and America could come together to do a further
:11:14. > :11:15.surveillance admission and then leaving, the military on the ground
:11:16. > :11:21.You defended Goodluck Jonathan at the time.
:11:22. > :11:24.You visited him shortly after these girls went missing and it
:11:25. > :11:27.even admit that they had been abducted.
:11:28. > :11:32.How remiss was he in following this up?
:11:33. > :11:35.I also talked to the new president, President Bukhari, and I
:11:36. > :11:38.spoke to new ministers of the Nigerian government regularly about
:11:39. > :11:45.There is a real problem that I mentioned that, even if you could
:11:46. > :11:48.spot and locate some of the girls, the minute
:11:49. > :11:49.you moved in, you'd put the
:11:50. > :11:53.That has been a real worry for presidents, both of
:11:54. > :11:55.them, and also the Nigerian military forces.
:11:56. > :11:57.That doesn't escape the fact that we could have a more concerted
:11:58. > :12:02.After all, by satellite photography, you can
:12:03. > :12:07.almost pinpoint every tree in Africa.
:12:08. > :12:10.You ought to be able, not only to locate
:12:11. > :12:16.something about the fear that you have about by rescuing one
:12:17. > :12:19.You also criticised the global media response as being rather slow,
:12:20. > :12:25.If something like this happened in the west, it
:12:26. > :12:27.would be followed relentlessly forever.
:12:28. > :12:33.the fact that these are African children, do you think?
:12:34. > :12:40.the problems I face in the job I'm doing.
:12:41. > :12:42.Children's rights are being violated every day.
:12:43. > :12:47.In Nepal, we had an earthquake and children have
:12:48. > :12:53.been trafficked out of Nepal into India.
:12:54. > :12:55.In Syria, we have got incidents of rape, child labour,
:12:56. > :12:59.of girls that have gone missing and the trafficking from Syria into
:13:00. > :13:03.I think we don't take children's rights seriously enough
:13:04. > :13:06.and I think we have come to accept, almost, that these events will
:13:07. > :13:07.happen and we brush them aside, perhaps,
:13:08. > :13:10.after a moment's anger and
:13:11. > :13:13.a moment's identification with the parents.
:13:14. > :13:16.We have got to be more aware that children are at risk in
:13:17. > :13:18.all parts of the world and that our systems
:13:19. > :13:24.for protecting children's rights are indeed very poor.
:13:25. > :13:33.Let's catch up with some of the day's other stories.
:13:34. > :13:35.Colombia's health ministry confirmed two cases of Zika related
:13:36. > :13:40.These are the first cases in the country since
:13:41. > :13:43.US health officials said on Wednesday that infection
:13:44. > :13:46.with the Zika virus during pregnancy causes severe birth defects,
:13:47. > :13:52.Ukraine has a new Prime Minister: Volodymyr Groysman is from the same
:13:53. > :13:53.political party as President Petro Poroshenko.
:13:54. > :13:56.His approval ends weeks of infighting
:13:57. > :14:02.A number of people remain unaccounted for after the collapse
:14:03. > :14:05.of an apartment block on the Spanish island of Tenerife.
:14:06. > :14:10.According to local media, three people were injured -
:14:11. > :14:12.one seriously - when the four-storey building on the south
:14:13. > :14:16.Residents living near the building said they heard a large
:14:17. > :14:20.If you want something done, call the President.
:14:21. > :14:27.It's an annual event - and this time lasted precisely three
:14:28. > :14:31.Russian president Vladimir Putin's televised call-in show.
:14:32. > :14:33.It's where Russian citizens get the chance to ask
:14:34. > :14:38.more than two million questions were sent in for Mr Putin's Q
:14:39. > :14:53.marathon - including a few about the Panama papers.
:14:54. > :15:04.Who does these provocations? We know they are from American institutions.
:15:05. > :15:12.It is an immediate company owned by Goldman Sachs. We should not expect
:15:13. > :15:17.them to show any kind of remorse. They will keep on doing it and there
:15:18. > :15:20.will be more of this stuff closer to the parliamentary elections.
:15:21. > :15:22.Olga Ivshina from the BBC's Russian Service in Moscow
:15:23. > :15:34.Western conspiracies are his favourite topic. We try to check
:15:35. > :15:41.fact that he has mentioned and we did not find any proof that they are
:15:42. > :15:47.owned by Goldman Sachs. We tried but did not succeed. It might be that
:15:48. > :15:50.she has been misinformed by his secretary. On the other side,
:15:51. > :15:55.Vladimir Putin did confirm that most of the things measured in the Panama
:15:56. > :16:00.papers were true but he did point out that his friend actually spent
:16:01. > :16:03.most of the money just buying precious musical instruments and
:16:04. > :16:12.helping young talented Russians become better musicians. He always
:16:13. > :16:17.find their way out. These were cellos but they must be pretty
:16:18. > :16:25.remarkable cellos for that amount of money. That aside. We were told that
:16:26. > :16:29.some people had been taken to a Moscow resort to Ascot their
:16:30. > :16:45.questions and rehearse them. Was this stage? -- was this stage?
:16:46. > :16:50.TRANSLATION: We have better relations. Probably better than we
:16:51. > :16:54.used to have. I know that everything is in order. She's quite happy with
:16:55. > :17:00.her life. Also quite happy with my life. People who are elected to be
:17:01. > :17:06.members of the Parliament of the President so that they work but the
:17:07. > :17:14.issues of personal life, they are of course of interest to people. I have
:17:15. > :17:19.to understand that. Still, they are not the first priority. Maybe one
:17:20. > :17:27.day, I will be able to satisfy your curiosity. What is the feeling? Is
:17:28. > :17:32.this a genuinely live phone in or was he expecting a question like
:17:33. > :17:43.this? Overcoming gas. Questions like this are asked every year and this
:17:44. > :17:46.is no different. -- oh, yes. They are middle-aged women so they were
:17:47. > :17:50.about the president has not been married for such a long time of the
:17:51. > :17:58.we reserved on this. He never reveals much on this. There is
:17:59. > :18:07.nothing confirmed about his daughters, his wife's destiny or
:18:08. > :18:22.some independent investigations but we can only speculate.
:18:23. > :18:33.After a review last year, one London surgeon has found a new way to
:18:34. > :18:40.teach. Looking through virtual reality. You are watching a world
:18:41. > :18:44.first. The first surgery to be filmed in 360 degrees virtual
:18:45. > :18:48.reality and streamed live online for anyone to watch anywhere in the
:18:49. > :18:51.world. As these medical students turn their heads, they can see
:18:52. > :18:54.everything happening in the operating theatre from the
:18:55. > :18:59.perspective of a 360 camera directly above the patient.
:19:00. > :19:07.This is operating theatre one of the Royal London Hospital. The surgeon
:19:08. > :19:12.is currently removing a tumour from the patient. She is passionate about
:19:13. > :19:19.using this kind of technology to train new surgeons. A lot of people
:19:20. > :19:21.in the world do not have access to safe and affordable surgery. We have
:19:22. > :19:28.to train people any much more efficient manner. People around
:19:29. > :19:30.to train people any much more world using low-cost technology
:19:31. > :19:35.through a headset, this can be shown around the world and we can train a
:19:36. > :19:38.lot of people at one time. He explained his actions do the
:19:39. > :19:40.camera and, hence, to the audience. How
:19:41. > :19:48.camera and, hence, to the audience. watching? It was an is amazing. This
:19:49. > :19:50.is something we would normally not be able to see and it
:19:51. > :19:54.is something we would normally not from it. To be in the surgery is
:19:55. > :20:02.great but you're not actually touching the patient. You are
:20:03. > :20:06.looking over his shoulder but, from this angle, you can see absolutely
:20:07. > :20:11.everything. We have nothing in your way as you're directly on top of the
:20:12. > :20:16.patient. The great thing about this is coming you can get to see places
:20:17. > :20:20.that you would not normally see but it is not as real as actually being
:20:21. > :20:23.here. Whether you would want to be is a completely different matter.
:20:24. > :20:26.The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have arrived in the Himalayan nation
:20:27. > :20:28.of Bhutan where they've been welcomed by another
:20:29. > :20:30.young royal couple - Bhutan's King and Queen.
:20:31. > :20:32.They'll need to acclimatise today because tomorrow the Duke
:20:33. > :20:35.and Duchess will be hiking to a Buddhist monastery perched
:20:36. > :20:42.From Bhutan, here's our Royal correspondent, Nicholas Witchell.
:20:43. > :20:53.This is a country that proudly proclaims to be very different. A
:20:54. > :20:57.small nation strongly influenced by its Buddhist faith by the big thing
:20:58. > :21:01.is happiness. They even have a national happiness index here. A
:21:02. > :21:08.place with a difference for William and Catherine to visit but a
:21:09. > :21:16.destination that is hardly a priority -- Katherine. You might as
:21:17. > :21:19.why, other than to enjoy some happiness and contentment, why have
:21:20. > :21:30.them come to this small country in the Himalayas? Here is the official
:21:31. > :21:36.line. Jan has a new king. -- Bhutan. The new king is of a similar age to
:21:37. > :21:39.William and Katherine. He is constitutional rather than absolute
:21:40. > :21:50.monarch. He presides over a generation which
:21:51. > :21:52.monarch. He presides over a India. The king and queen has got
:21:53. > :21:59.their guests to a Buddhist temple where they lit candles. And here is
:22:00. > :22:08.another part of the experience, archery. Which is Cage discovered,
:22:09. > :22:15.is not as easy as it looks. -- as Kate discovered. Bhutan has some of
:22:16. > :22:19.the best archers in the world. It is their national sport. Not a lot of
:22:20. > :22:32.people know that, but then again, not a a lot of people know Bhutan.
:22:33. > :22:41.Are you ever in the cinema and itching to send a text?
:22:42. > :22:44.Well, one of the largest cinema chains in the US is considering
:22:45. > :22:45.letting customers use their mobile phones during films.
:22:46. > :22:48.In a magazine interview, the chief executive of AMC,
:22:49. > :22:50.Adam Aron, explained he was looking at ways to encourage more younger
:22:51. > :22:54.He said, "You can't tell a 22-year-old to turn
:22:55. > :23:01."That's not how they live their life."
:23:02. > :23:10.With me is a lifestyle vlogger and youtuber whose typically
:23:11. > :23:27.Including right now when we are trying to what the Jungle cat
:23:28. > :23:33.MacBook. -- Jungle Book. I am actually completely against it. It
:23:34. > :23:39.is very difficulties they are away from your phone...
:23:40. > :23:53.Sorry. I am completely against it. Where is it acceptable? Would
:23:54. > :24:08.you...? Would you...? Typical. Would you be on your phone
:24:09. > :24:13.if you're at a dinner? It depends. If you are out with friends, it is
:24:14. > :24:25.OK. If you're out with family, it is a bit awkward. Is a generational?
:24:26. > :24:37.Yes, definitely. If someone was on the phone at the cinema, would you
:24:38. > :24:41.say I were just be I would just be put off going to the cinema
:24:42. > :24:47.altogether. A a lot of people are not going anywhere because there are
:24:48. > :24:52.so many other things to do. Usually quiet carriages on trains now where
:24:53. > :25:02.people have to ask to use their phones. That might happen with
:25:03. > :25:07.cinemas. Yes. We then look into copyright law, where do you draw the
:25:08. > :25:13.line? Exactly. I can understand that a lot of young people want to be on
:25:14. > :25:23.their phones only time. It can be tricky when you get to things like
:25:24. > :25:31.twilight of the hunger games, where the younger generation have made
:25:32. > :25:34.these films very successful. And heating. Exactly. The old I am
:25:35. > :25:45.completely against it. Yes. I'm going to end the programme so we
:25:46. > :25:48.can take all these urgent phone calls and text messages.
:25:49. > :25:55.But for now from me and the rest of the team, goodbye.
:25:56. > :26:07.That is quite nice actually. Yes, it is.
:26:08. > :26:15.Hello again. Then the one Saturday, we have had some were sundry
:26:16. > :26:16.downpours. This time, across East Anglia. We