:00:00. > :00:10.New York is holding presidential primaries key for both Republican
:00:11. > :00:15.and Democratic frontrunners after their recent defeats.
:00:16. > :00:17.Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump need wins to secure their positions
:00:18. > :00:20.at the front of the pack, and put them on the road
:00:21. > :00:30.An explosion in Kabul has heralded the start
:00:31. > :00:36.Nearly 30 people are killed, over 300 are injured.
:00:37. > :00:38.Also coming up, a replica of a 2,000-year-old Syrian arch
:00:39. > :00:41.destroyed by the Islamic State group is being put up in
:00:42. > :00:46.And, 400 years after William Shakespeare's death,
:00:47. > :00:48.the stage now extends to the digital world,
:00:49. > :01:08.It's primary day in New York State, where the two frontrunners
:01:09. > :01:11.in America's presidential race are hoping to get their
:01:12. > :01:19.In the Republican contest, Donald Trump leads Ted Cruz,
:01:20. > :01:25.He needs 1,237 delegates to automatically clinch
:01:26. > :01:28.the nomination, and New York, with 95 delegates at stake, would be
:01:29. > :01:33.John Kasich is just hanging in third place.
:01:34. > :01:37.He needs something really special to stay in the race.
:01:38. > :01:39.For the Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton is almost 700
:01:40. > :01:46.He needs a strong victory in New York, where 291
:01:47. > :01:48.delegates are at stake, if he is to overtake
:01:49. > :01:51.More about the numbers in a moment but first,
:01:52. > :01:54.let's not forget that New York City is Donald Trump's hometown.
:01:55. > :01:56.Nick Bryant reports on how his politics can be traced
:01:57. > :02:04.His name is emblazoned all over the city.
:02:05. > :02:07.This is where he built his corporate brand, but the politics
:02:08. > :02:10.of Donald Trump can also be traced back to New York and the seismic
:02:11. > :02:14.events that had such a traumatising effect.
:02:15. > :02:19.Manhattan Island was not only the site of the destruction
:02:20. > :02:22.of the Twin Towers in September, 2001, but also the collapse
:02:23. > :02:28.of Lehman Brothers in September 2008.
:02:29. > :02:30.All these years on from 9/11 and the financial crash,
:02:31. > :02:40.-- those two massive convulsions continue to shape the contours
:02:41. > :02:43.of American politics and Donald Trump has exploited fears
:02:44. > :02:49.about Islamist terrorism and frustrations about the economy.
:02:50. > :02:52.Take the ferry to Staten Island where you'll find a blue collar
:02:53. > :02:55."Make America great again" is a slogan that sounds
:02:56. > :03:03.His auto repair business is yet to rebound from the great recession
:03:04. > :03:05.and, like so many other working Americans, his income
:03:06. > :03:12.I have a business and you see it every day, people come in,
:03:13. > :03:17.to repair their cars or whatever they're going to do.
:03:18. > :03:20.It is always, I just haven't got it right now.
:03:21. > :03:23.They're just trying to make ends meet and I can understand that.
:03:24. > :03:29.I think we've got a good guy going there.
:03:30. > :03:32.Friday prayers in Uptown Manhattan, where worshippers come dressed
:03:33. > :03:41.No city has a richer tradition of ethnic diversity but the memory
:03:42. > :03:44.9/11 continues to stir fears of the other,
:03:45. > :03:53.A recent poll suggested a majority of voters support Donald Trump's
:03:54. > :03:56.proposed ban on foreign Muslims entering the country and that's made
:03:57. > :03:59.these Americans feel like outsiders in their homeland.
:04:00. > :04:11.I think he is trying to do what he wants to do to get votes.
:04:12. > :04:12.He's trying to pander to his audience.
:04:13. > :04:20.New York has always stood as a symbol, not just of America's
:04:21. > :04:23.brash self-confidence, but its optimistic spirit.
:04:24. > :04:28.Fear and frustration have propelled the presidential ambitions of one
:04:29. > :04:31.of its most famous sons, but not enough perhaps to take him
:04:32. > :04:40.Let's cross live to New York and speak to our
:04:41. > :04:54.A highly populated state with a lot of delegates up for grabs. How
:04:55. > :05:01.crucial is New York? It is crucial on both sides of the race. The
:05:02. > :05:05.Democratic and Republican side. I am at a polling station, a synagogue in
:05:06. > :05:10.midtown Manhattan where Donald Trump himself voted a few hours ago and
:05:11. > :05:14.now rumours that his wife is going to be voting here in the next few
:05:15. > :05:21.minutes. We'll bring that to you if it happens. New York is significant
:05:22. > :05:25.for Donald Trump because if he wins over 50% of the vote across the
:05:26. > :05:31.state in every district and then he would win all native five of the
:05:32. > :05:39.delegates up for grabs and bring him closer to the magic figure of 1237,
:05:40. > :05:41.and make it more likely to avoid the possibility of a contested
:05:42. > :05:46.convention, the idea he could be up against Ted Cruz and after a first
:05:47. > :05:52.ballot delegates would be able to cast their vote for whoever they
:05:53. > :05:54.wanted. For him to win back tonight would be highly significant for the
:05:55. > :06:00.momentum of his campaign going forward. How much enthusiasm do you
:06:01. > :06:07.sense for this primary and what have been the biggest issues? There is a
:06:08. > :06:12.lot of enthusiasm. When I left my home this morning, I walked past the
:06:13. > :06:18.polling station after I dropped my children off and there were so many
:06:19. > :06:22.people voting. Walking across Manhattan to this polling station,
:06:23. > :06:26.there were Bernie Sanders supporters outside one of the Donald Trump
:06:27. > :06:30.hotels, there is a lot of enthusiasm but the question is whether it will
:06:31. > :06:36.turn into a big turnout and that is crucial for Bernie Sanders in the
:06:37. > :06:41.race against Hillary Clinton. He has drawn thousands of people with his
:06:42. > :06:46.populist anti-Wall Street message but the rules are very strict in New
:06:47. > :06:52.York in who can vote in a primary, what is called a closed primary, and
:06:53. > :06:57.you have to be registered to a party by March or you cannot vote. The
:06:58. > :07:05.question is if Hillary Clinton could win big and get a big proportion of
:07:06. > :07:11.the 291 delegates then it would allow her to claim she is the
:07:12. > :07:14.candidate in waiting. And that people could say Bernie Sanders'
:07:15. > :07:21.attacks on her are damaging her hopes. There was an unfortunate
:07:22. > :07:31.gaffe by Donald Trump on social media, so will that dent the day for
:07:32. > :07:38.him? At a rally in Buffalo he talked about 7-11 when he meant the date of
:07:39. > :07:45.9/11, the terrorist attacks here in New York City but remember that gas
:07:46. > :07:51.is it is not dented his popularity. His supporters are very loyal and if
:07:52. > :08:01.attacked the rally around him. It will be fascinating for Donald
:08:02. > :08:05.Trump. He is leading in double digits to swamp Ted Cruz, who marked
:08:06. > :08:12.New York values, which Donald Trump has made hay with. And how will John
:08:13. > :08:18.Kasich du? Will he do well in the boroughs north of New York City for
:08:19. > :08:21.people who feel Ted Cruz is too conservative and they are worried by
:08:22. > :08:25.what Donald Trump represents? Could John Kasich do well? All things to
:08:26. > :08:30.watch for. And we've got plenty more on both
:08:31. > :08:32.parties' tense race for Just go to BBC.com/US2016,
:08:33. > :08:36.where you'll find interviews with New Yorkers about why they're
:08:37. > :08:38.backing their chosen candidates, and a video explaining just why
:08:39. > :08:41.the state is so important To Afghanistan now,
:08:42. > :08:53.where the Taliban have killed almost 30 people and injured at least 300
:08:54. > :08:56.in an attack right in the heart The insurgents struck at the height
:08:57. > :09:00.of the rush hour, targeting offices Let's show you more closely
:09:01. > :09:06.where this attack took place. It happened near the Defence
:09:07. > :09:08.Ministry and the Presidential It's the most deadly single attack
:09:09. > :09:12.in the Afghan capital since 2011. A fierce firefight in the centre
:09:13. > :09:18.of Kabul at the height The attack began with a suicide car
:09:19. > :09:26.bombing at the entrance to the headquarters
:09:27. > :09:28.of a Special Forces unit that TRANSLATION: While I was inside my
:09:29. > :09:34.office, a very big It hit the walls, glass
:09:35. > :09:41.and windows of our building. As you can see, there is some
:09:42. > :09:46.suicide attackers in the area. That first attack was quickly
:09:47. > :09:49.followed by another, as more fighters and
:09:50. > :09:52.suicide bombers stormed The car bomb went off close
:09:53. > :09:57.to houses and Government buildings. More than 300 are said
:09:58. > :10:01.to have been injured. The smoke was seen rising
:10:02. > :10:09.close to the US embassy, which did sound the alarms,
:10:10. > :10:11.they there were not under attack. TRANSLATION: The windows
:10:12. > :10:13.and glass fell on people. Several were wounded in the market
:10:14. > :10:16.where I was. TRANSLATION: We received 19 wounded,
:10:17. > :10:25.some in serious condition. Our services are ready
:10:26. > :10:35.to treat their injuries. The Taliban has claimed
:10:36. > :10:37.responsibility, just a week after announcing the beginning
:10:38. > :10:39.of its spring offensive. The insurgency has been gaining
:10:40. > :10:41.strength since NATO troops withdrew. Even as the Government
:10:42. > :10:44.in Kabul tries to bring them Some say the group is stronger today
:10:45. > :10:48.than since it was driven Record rainfall has hit Houston
:10:49. > :10:56.in the United States, resulting in flash flooding
:10:57. > :10:58.and rivers bursting their banks. Five people have been killed
:10:59. > :11:01.and more than 1,000 rescued The Texas governor has declared
:11:02. > :11:04.a state of emergency and thousands have been left
:11:05. > :11:08.without power as well. Wading through waters
:11:09. > :11:12.in the north of the city, families used what they could find
:11:13. > :11:15.to bring people to safety. Some had to be more
:11:16. > :11:18.inventive than others. Nearly 70 horses got caught up
:11:19. > :11:25.in the rising waters. Rescuers pulling them to dry land
:11:26. > :11:28.one by one. This rainfall is being described
:11:29. > :11:40.by some meteorologists as historic. Caught on live television,
:11:41. > :11:42.this reporter pulls a man What were you thinking in the moment
:11:43. > :11:46.that water started going up? How can I get out of here,
:11:47. > :11:49.can I open the door? I opened the door and you were kind
:11:50. > :11:54.enough to tell me to swim and that's Following the heavy rainfall,
:11:55. > :11:56.five people have died, around 1,000 homes flooded,
:11:57. > :12:03.and nearly 70,000 people There have been some areas
:12:04. > :12:08.that received at much as 10 inches of rainfall,
:12:09. > :12:12.some 12 and many in the northern end As roads became rivers
:12:13. > :12:25.it was a race to rescue some. Others had to make their
:12:26. > :12:27.own way to dry land. We are still recovering
:12:28. > :12:29.from last year. Despite the city being prone
:12:30. > :12:33.the heavy rain, this People are being evacuated and
:12:34. > :12:38.advised not to travel in the city. Please remember the easy phrase,
:12:39. > :12:40.turn around, don't drown. But as more rain is expected,
:12:41. > :12:44.communities are stepping in to help, no matter how
:12:45. > :13:02.unusual the help may be. In Ecuador, at least 413 people
:13:03. > :13:05.are known to have died and more than two thousand have been injured
:13:06. > :13:08.in the earthquake that struck The 7.8 magnitude quake hit
:13:09. > :13:16.on the Pacific coast - Pedernales was one of the towns very
:13:17. > :13:19.close to the epicentre - The government is now continuing
:13:20. > :13:23.to search for survivors and says the cost of rebuilding could run
:13:24. > :13:25.into the billions of dollars. Let's have a listen
:13:26. > :13:28.to one of the survivors - and a Red Cross worker
:13:29. > :13:35.about their experience TRANSLATION: We have no house,
:13:36. > :13:42.that's why we are here since Saturday night. We came here because
:13:43. > :13:49.people were running this way. TRANSLATION: We are coming and going
:13:50. > :13:55.with patients. The problem will come later after a week or eight days. We
:13:56. > :13:56.hope people don't forget about them because all the authorities are
:13:57. > :13:57.working hard. Now a look at some of
:13:58. > :13:59.the day's other news. Aid supplies airlifted by American
:14:00. > :14:02.military planes are beginning to arrive in areas hit
:14:03. > :14:04.by earthquakes in Japan last week. 100,000 people have
:14:05. > :14:06.been left homeless. Many are sleeping at evacuation
:14:07. > :14:08.centres and in cars. More bodies buried under mudslides
:14:09. > :14:10.have been recovered, meaning the official death toll
:14:11. > :14:15.of 44 will rise further. Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm
:14:16. > :14:30.Turnbull has confirmed a general Angry protesters took to the streets
:14:31. > :14:36.of Cairo after police shot dead a protest after what witnesses say was
:14:37. > :14:39.over the price of a cup of tea. A senior police officer confirmed the
:14:40. > :14:40.argument was over how much of a cup of tea cost.
:14:41. > :14:42.Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed a general
:14:43. > :14:44.election will be held on the 2nd of July.
:14:45. > :14:47.It comes after Parliament rejected legislation aimed at changing labour
:14:48. > :14:49.laws for unions in the construction industry, the second time
:14:50. > :14:52.Chinese state television says a computer specialist has received
:14:53. > :14:54.the death sentence after being found guilty of espionage.
:14:55. > :14:57.Local TV said Huang Yu worked at a research agency in southern
:14:58. > :14:59.China's Sichuan province, specialising in government
:15:00. > :15:02.It said he sold secret documents to unnamed foreign
:15:03. > :15:16.In the German city of Dresden, a court case opened today
:15:17. > :15:18.against the founder and leader of Germany's anti-Islam
:15:19. > :15:22.of inciting racial hatred after he referred to asylum
:15:23. > :15:26.seekers on Facebook in 2014 as "scumbags" and "vermin".
:15:27. > :15:28.Mr Bachmann says someone else wrote those derogatory comments.
:15:29. > :15:32.But at the same time in a statement to the court, he said freedom
:15:33. > :15:34.of speech should allow such opinions to be expressed.
:15:35. > :15:39.Our correspondent Damien McGuinness has more from Berlin.
:15:40. > :15:44.Lutz Bachmann turned up to court this morning with his eyes covered,
:15:45. > :15:53.a mocking symbol of how he believes he is censored by German media.
:15:54. > :15:57."We are the people," supporters chant.
:15:58. > :16:05.A phrase used by the protest movement against Communism
:16:06. > :16:08.in eastern Germany during the 1980s, but which has now been taken up
:16:09. > :16:10.by Mr Bachmann's anti-Islam Pegida movement.
:16:11. > :16:13.These people accuse the German establishment of suppressing free
:16:14. > :16:19.speech, but Germany's authorities say Mr Bachmann's comments have
:16:20. > :16:25.whipped up anti-foreign hatred and xenophobic sentiments.
:16:26. > :16:29.TRANSLATION: Dresden state prosecutors have
:16:30. > :16:35.We accuse the defendant of insulting asylum seekers and refugees
:16:36. > :16:38.in a publicly accessible Facebook comment.
:16:39. > :16:40.In addition, he is said to have denied them
:16:41. > :16:46.The reason why this is such a serious charge is that
:16:47. > :16:48.Mr Bachmann's critics say his comments have
:16:49. > :16:52.helped spark violent attacks on asylum seekers.
:16:53. > :16:54.Last year, there were almost 1,000 offences committed
:16:55. > :16:58.against migrants and refugees, including 76 cases of arson
:16:59. > :17:11.At its high point, Pegida's weekly anti-Islam marches in Dresden
:17:12. > :17:14.attracted 25,000 participants last year, but the movement appears to be
:17:15. > :17:17.losing steam, with only a couple of thousand now
:17:18. > :17:25.But Mr Bachmann enjoys the role of martyr and, if he is convicted,
:17:26. > :17:32.that could well give a boost to his supporters by
:17:33. > :17:34.playing into their claims that they are being victimised
:17:35. > :17:41.A replica of a 2,000-year-old arch destroyed by so-called Islamic State
:17:42. > :17:44.in Palmyra has been unveiled in central London.
:17:45. > :17:47.Last month, forces loyal to President Assad recaptured
:17:48. > :17:52.During the ten months it was under IS control,
:17:53. > :17:55.many buildings were destroyed, and artefacts stolen to be sold
:17:56. > :18:01.But now the Syrian government is back in charge, the work
:18:02. > :18:04.of restoration has begun, as Naomi Grimley reports.
:18:05. > :18:09.Liberated from a brutal occupation, but still hauntingly beautiful,
:18:10. > :18:14.this aerial footage shows the ruins of Palmyra, a desert oasis,
:18:15. > :18:18.which has stood for hundreds of years on the ancient Silk Road
:18:19. > :18:28.Last year, so-called Islamic State took control of the city
:18:29. > :18:32.and threatened to destroy all the irreplaceable monuments
:18:33. > :18:34.which make this a World Heritage site.
:18:35. > :18:36.But in the last few weeks, Syrian government forces,
:18:37. > :18:38.backed by the Russians, have regained the city.
:18:39. > :18:40.Senior archaeologists have been quick to return to assess
:18:41. > :18:49.I found Palmyra was in a good situation in general.
:18:50. > :18:59.It gives us hope to restore some buildings destroyed
:19:00. > :19:15.IS have often filmed themselves smashing up
:19:16. > :19:17.antiquities in Iraq and Syria, so many feared Palmyra would be
:19:18. > :19:21.That's why a group of archaeologists have been experimenting with this,
:19:22. > :19:23.a computer-controlled drill, to produce a replica of an arch
:19:24. > :19:33.The project's leader says it is incredibly precise.
:19:34. > :19:36.It got to the point where we were trying to decide
:19:37. > :19:38.whether to include cobwebs, bird nests, moss that
:19:39. > :19:40.was on the structure, in the reproduction
:19:41. > :19:46.We use 3D renderings of these images derived from thousands of 2D and 3D
:19:47. > :19:48.images to produce the most accurate possible rendition of
:19:49. > :19:57.The replica arch has now been put up in Trafalgar Square for all to see
:19:58. > :20:02.It has to be said not everyone is a huge fan of this project.
:20:03. > :20:04.Some classical scholars believe it's inauthentic,
:20:05. > :20:11.But, if nothing else, the supporters say, it is an act
:20:12. > :20:15.of defiance against those who are trying to destroy Syria's history.
:20:16. > :20:18.Palmyra's experts hope they won't need to rebuild
:20:19. > :20:22.arches from scratch, but some of the new technology
:20:23. > :20:30.could still be invaluable as they piece together the rubble.
:20:31. > :20:34.Shakespeare has been adapted to pretty much every media over
:20:35. > :20:36.the last four centuries - books, film, radio -
:20:37. > :20:38.there's even a board game, not to mention endless
:20:39. > :20:43.Now he's entered the realm of virtual reality,
:20:44. > :20:46.with an immersive video game developed by the University
:20:47. > :20:51.Jane O'Brien went to the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts,
:20:52. > :20:53.near Sacramento, to see it in action.
:20:54. > :21:00.Who knew Shakespeare could be so much fun?
:21:01. > :21:07.They are not watching the performers, they are
:21:08. > :21:10.looking at the screen, because Play The Knave is a new type
:21:11. > :21:16.of theatre in which the players control avatars through motion
:21:17. > :21:18.capture cameras to create an animated film, a sort
:21:19. > :21:23.But don't be fooled by the technology.
:21:24. > :21:27.The exaggerated gestures are very Shakespearean.
:21:28. > :21:30.This, in fact, is an old style of acting, a declamatory style
:21:31. > :21:33.of acting that was used during Shakespeare's time and came
:21:34. > :21:39.from older oratorical methods of delivering speeches.
:21:40. > :21:42.So I think it's really interesting that the technology is bringing back
:21:43. > :21:48.Wave your arms gently while walking towards the camera.
:21:49. > :21:52.The concept is irresistible, even for somebody like me who - gasp
:21:53. > :21:57.You choose your costume, your stage and,
:21:58. > :22:06.This is the bit where Lady Macbeth realises everything has gone
:22:07. > :22:09.horribly wrong and starts to have a nervous breakdown.
:22:10. > :22:12.Colin is the doctor who will be charting my mental disintegration.
:22:13. > :22:19.What need we fear when none can call our power to account?
:22:20. > :22:24.Yea, who would have thought the old man to have had
:22:25. > :22:32.There is a serious side to this, sort of.
:22:33. > :22:35.Play The Knave was devised as a teaching tool to make
:22:36. > :22:38.Shakespeare more accessible in a digital age.
:22:39. > :22:40.When you are looking at the screen then you're not thinking
:22:41. > :22:44.about your classmates, you're not thinking about the teacher,
:22:45. > :22:45.you are thinking about, "I am Falstaff."
:22:46. > :22:48.Maybe they don't really understand the language yet but they want
:22:49. > :22:55.You get a better feeling for what's going on as you are performing it
:22:56. > :22:57.because you have to think about the body language.
:22:58. > :22:59.So here we are in the first Elizabethan theatre
:23:00. > :23:05.Game players may soon be able to use the Folger Theatre in Washington,
:23:06. > :23:10.Pretty much every media form since the printed book has
:23:11. > :23:14.experimented with Shakespeare, whether that's radio,
:23:15. > :23:19.Now we've got virtual reality and it's not surprising that one
:23:20. > :23:22.of the first places we go to see what this technology
:23:23. > :23:32.Purists may still prefer the real thing but this game
:23:33. > :23:34.raises the question - what is the real thing?
:23:35. > :23:38.As Shakespeare himself said, "All the world's a stage,"
:23:39. > :23:54.and that today must surely include virtual worlds.
:23:55. > :23:57.I think she found her true calling there.
:23:58. > :23:59.This year's winners of the Pulitzer Prizes,
:24:00. > :24:02.the most respected awards in US journalism, have been announced.
:24:03. > :24:04.Photographers from the New York Times and from news agency Reuters
:24:05. > :24:07.shared the Breaking News Photography prize for their work documenting
:24:08. > :24:11.Let's take a look at some of the winning images.
:24:12. > :25:36.Some of the winning Pulitzer prize images from this year. Let's go back
:25:37. > :25:41.to our main news, voters from New York State are taking part in
:25:42. > :25:44.primaries which are key to both Democratic and Republican
:25:45. > :25:50.frontrunners. Bernie Sanders needs a strong victory in a New York state.
:25:51. > :25:56.291 delegates are up for grabs. Hillary Clinton is almost 700
:25:57. > :25:58.delegates ahead of them. It could be critical for both candidates and
:25:59. > :26:04.crucial to the way this race will go. Stay with us on BBC world News.