:00:07. > :00:08.This is BBC World News Today with me, Tim Willcox.
:00:09. > :00:14.The Headlines: Obama's body blow to Britain's Brexit campaign?
:00:15. > :00:24.Our focus is hidden negotiating with a big block of the European Union to
:00:25. > :00:26.get it trade deal done and the UK would be in the back of the queue.
:00:27. > :00:29.The President and the Prime Minister give a combative defence of staying
:00:30. > :00:31.in the EU and underline the special relationship between
:00:32. > :00:35.Leaders from more than 170 countries gather in New York
:00:36. > :00:36.to sign the Paris Agreement on climate change.
:00:37. > :00:41.One Hollywood star reminds the world of its commitments.
:00:42. > :00:46.We ask you to protect it, or we and all living things
:00:47. > :00:56.Also coming up: An autopsy is carried out on Prince,
:00:57. > :01:01.but it could take weeks before the results are made public.
:01:02. > :01:03.From Stratford upon Avon to Moscow - from Yorick to Yuri.
:01:04. > :01:23.We meet an unusually devoted Russian fan of William Shakespeare.
:01:24. > :01:25.As the debate over Britain's membership of the EU continues
:01:26. > :01:28.to build, everyone was waiting to hear where President Barack Obama
:01:29. > :01:35.His response today was explosive, as he urged Britain
:01:36. > :01:41.in forthright terms to stick with the European Union.
:01:42. > :01:43.On his final visit to Britain as President,
:01:44. > :01:45.he and the First Lady, Michelle, had lunch
:01:46. > :01:51.Before Mr Obama held talks in Downing Street with David
:01:52. > :02:04.Mr Obama's intervention in the EU referendum debate has brought sharp
:02:05. > :02:12.Here's our Deputy Political Editor, John Pienaar, whose report contains
:02:13. > :02:24.When the president comes calling, he starts at the top. Touchdown at
:02:25. > :02:30.Windsor Castle for a private visit to the Queen. The one place, one
:02:31. > :02:36.person to whom Barack Obama to fares. He is here not just as a
:02:37. > :02:40.courtesy on his farewell tour, but to have his say on Britain's place
:02:41. > :02:50.in the world before her subjects decide. Which head of state will go
:02:51. > :02:55.in front? The royal welcome was warm enough, warmer than those wanting
:02:56. > :02:59.out of the EU were about to feel about Barack Obama, especially after
:03:00. > :03:02.the business end of his visit, the President's next stop. In Downing
:03:03. > :03:07.Street his welcome lift even warmer, not just because President and Prime
:03:08. > :03:10.Minister are quite good friends, but because the biggest star in world
:03:11. > :03:14.politics was here to help David Cameron in the fight of his life,
:03:15. > :03:18.keeping Britain in the EU and in the process saving the David Cameron
:03:19. > :03:23.premiership from a messy and unhappy end. Then they were on. President
:03:24. > :03:28.Obama took his chance and he wasn't holding back. I figured you might
:03:29. > :03:32.want to hear from the President of the United States what I think the
:03:33. > :03:37.United States will do. On that matter, for example, I think it is
:03:38. > :03:44.fair to say that maybe at some point down the line thermite be a UK- US
:03:45. > :05:03.trade agreement but it is not going to
:05:04. > :05:09.happen it I have never felt constrained in any way but the fact
:05:10. > :05:11.that we are in the European Union. Even before the president said a
:05:12. > :05:20.word you knew that something big was coming. Maybe a game changer. What a
:05:21. > :05:23.show with is when Barack Obama comes to time. In the net is all about
:05:24. > :05:31.international diplomacy, high step politics. Here it feels like a cried
:05:32. > :05:35.at a rock concert. Everyone has come to get a last glimpse of a president
:05:36. > :05:39.that is more popular than any politician here, even in their
:05:40. > :05:46.dreams. But can he win minds as well has hearts -- as well as hearts.
:05:47. > :05:52.Their opponents are upset. Boris Johnson even doubted whether the
:05:53. > :05:56.president he called part Kenyan had Britain's interests at heart. I
:05:57. > :05:59.think it is perverse that we are being urged by the United States to
:06:00. > :06:06.embroil ourselves ever more deeply in the system where our laws, 60% of
:06:07. > :06:11.them are now emanating from the EU, when the United States would not
:06:12. > :06:16.dream of subjugating itself in any way to any other international
:06:17. > :06:20.jurisdiction. Side-by-side, shoulder to shoulder, Barack Obama has done
:06:21. > :06:28.his part in more. The fright for Britain's future still lies in the
:06:29. > :06:33.balance and that will decide if what Barack Obama has given him today is
:06:34. > :06:54.a prized trophy or just a consolation.
:06:55. > :06:56.World leaders have gathered at the United Nations in New York
:06:57. > :06:58.to sign the Paris Agreement to slow climate change.
:06:59. > :07:01.The UN hopes a record turn-out on the first day of signing
:07:02. > :07:04.will spur nations to ratify the deal, opening the way
:07:05. > :07:06.for the treaty to come into force much earlier than expected.
:07:07. > :07:08.Actor Leonardo Dicaprio, who is an active environmental
:07:09. > :07:10.campaigner and a United Nations ambassador, addressed leaders.
:07:11. > :07:13.He reminded delegates that they're the "last best hope" for saving
:07:14. > :07:17.I thank you all for everything you have done to lay the foundation
:07:18. > :07:20.of a solution to this crisis, but after 21 years of debates
:07:21. > :07:22.and conferences it is time to declare no more talk,
:07:23. > :07:25.no more excuses, no more 10-year studies, no more allowing the fossil
:07:26. > :07:28.fuel companies to manipulate and dictate the science and policies
:07:29. > :07:34.This is the body that can do what is needed - all
:07:35. > :07:50.You will either be lauded by future generations or vilified by them.
:07:51. > :07:52.For more, our environment correspondent Matt McGrath joins
:07:53. > :08:06.175 have signed it. Does that mean it will come into force much quicker
:08:07. > :08:13.than fault? There were certain other targets that need to be met, and
:08:14. > :08:18.the? Indeed. The idea initially was by getting it signed it would come
:08:19. > :08:21.into force by 2020. That is no longer the case because a clerical
:08:22. > :08:26.error in the drafting of the agreement in Paris means that
:08:27. > :08:31.visitors gets ratified 55 countries it will come into force 30 days
:08:32. > :08:34.later. There is a big rush on as countries realise that it comes into
:08:35. > :08:39.force and they haven't ratified it they may be left outside the door.
:08:40. > :08:43.The United States and China, the United States in particular wants to
:08:44. > :08:47.get it ratified by the because he wanted as a legacy of his presidency
:08:48. > :08:51.and he doesn't want the potential Republican successor on picking his
:08:52. > :08:54.work. The belief is that if they could get all the countries to
:08:55. > :09:00.ratify rapidly could come a into force next year. More likely, 18
:09:01. > :09:03.months to two years. There is a drive from the record number of
:09:04. > :09:09.countries to get it happening. There is momentum now. Are we any clearer
:09:10. > :09:14.about the sanctions that will be imposed on countries if they don't
:09:15. > :09:20.meet these agreements? Yes, the sanctions can be summed up pretty
:09:21. > :09:25.quickly. There aren't any. The Paris agreement is a compromise between a
:09:26. > :09:30.top-down goal, but every country has to put forward its own plan on how
:09:31. > :09:34.to get there. The only stick that the United Nations has his public
:09:35. > :09:40.shaming. They will review over the next five years what countries have
:09:41. > :09:43.done. I think there would be a public list published of what
:09:44. > :09:47.countries have said and what they have done. It is that sense that no
:09:48. > :09:51.country wants to be left behind when it comes to not living up to their
:09:52. > :09:58.promises, they believe that will work. So far it does seem to be
:09:59. > :10:05.working. They got 195 to sign in Paris, a to come here and put ink on
:10:06. > :10:08.paper today. At the moment, the idea of public shaming seems to be
:10:09. > :10:10.working on getting countries to live up to doing what they say they are
:10:11. > :10:14.going to do. Thank you. Officials in the American state
:10:15. > :10:18.of Ohio say several people have been found dead at a home in Piketon,
:10:19. > :10:20.south of Columbus. The Ohio Attorney General's Office
:10:21. > :10:23.could not provide the number of dead or how they were killed,
:10:24. > :10:26.but a spokesperson for the office said they were not aware of any
:10:27. > :10:29.arrests or an "active A warehouse storing hazardous
:10:30. > :10:36.chemicals and fuel has caught fire Flames rose 20 to 30 meters
:10:37. > :10:40.into the sky and local media say more than 90 fire engines and more
:10:41. > :10:43.than 500 firefighters The authorities there say the fire
:10:44. > :10:51.is "under control" Electoral authorities
:10:52. > :10:57.in the Philippines insist next month's elections will not be
:10:58. > :10:59.compromised by an unprecedented leak of personal data
:11:00. > :11:06.from 55 million registered voters. Officials say the automated vote
:11:07. > :11:09.will be conducted using a separate computer server from the one
:11:10. > :11:11.that was hacked. A hacking group is thought to have
:11:12. > :11:35.been responsible for posting Let's go back to our top story,
:11:36. > :11:39.David Cameron and Barack Obama, and the comments made by President Obama
:11:40. > :11:42.about the EU referendum in June. Vicki Young is in
:11:43. > :11:50.Westminster for us. Where people taken aback by just how
:11:51. > :11:54.explosive the comments from the president where? I think the nature
:11:55. > :11:58.and the strength of what he said, first of all in an article in one of
:11:59. > :12:03.the newspapers here, making it very clear where he stood in all of this,
:12:04. > :12:07.and defending his right to make the intervention at all, saying what
:12:08. > :12:10.happens to Britain on what happens in the European Union has
:12:11. > :12:14.repercussions for Americans, especially when it comes to
:12:15. > :12:18.prosperity. It is interesting that he has focus of much on the economic
:12:19. > :12:25.argument, that is the argument being pushed I Downing Street and all of
:12:26. > :12:32.those campaigning to stay in. All those documents stating how much a
:12:33. > :12:36.British family would be better off by staying in the European Union. He
:12:37. > :12:41.has taken one of the very strong arguments coming from the other
:12:42. > :12:44.side, the people who want to leave, saying you are talking Britain down.
:12:45. > :12:50.Of course Britain can stand on its own two feet, if we left the single
:12:51. > :12:53.market and the European Union we can do deals, bilateral deals with other
:12:54. > :13:00.countries. The American President has come out today and said, no, get
:13:01. > :13:04.to the back of the queue. That is a significant moment. There is a
:13:05. > :13:08.response from that. We have been hearing from Nigel Farage, the
:13:09. > :13:12.leader of Ukip, and from Conservative government ministers on
:13:13. > :13:15.the opposite side of the art market -- argument to David Cameron. They
:13:16. > :13:22.have been rude about Barack Obama, calling him a lame duck president
:13:23. > :13:26.and he is on the way out anyway. Thank you.
:13:27. > :13:29.A post mortem to establish why the pop superstar
:13:30. > :13:33.His sudden death at the age of 57 has shocked the world of music.
:13:34. > :13:35.He was found at his estate in Minneapolis, where hundreds
:13:36. > :13:37.of people have gathered to pay their respects.
:13:38. > :13:42.In Minneapolis, where a star was born and where he died,
:13:43. > :13:44.they partied all night - remembering a local hero
:13:45. > :13:58.Across the United States and beyond, one colour said it all.
:13:59. > :14:00.Famous landmarks glowing in tribute and everywhere singing and dancing
:14:01. > :14:11.in memory of an artist who redefined music.
:14:12. > :14:13.On Broadway, Jennifer Hudson lead the cast of The Colour Purple
:14:14. > :14:22.For his friends, Prince's sudden, still unexplained
:14:23. > :14:37.I think that he was far more daring and as much as people
:14:38. > :14:40.about his personal life", it is not important.
:14:41. > :14:43.You don't need to know everything about people, but most of all
:14:44. > :14:46.you need to know what he wants to do and what he is doing
:14:47. > :14:50.That is the most important thing, that he wore his sincerity
:14:51. > :14:55.At Prince's Paisley Park home and studio, an investigation
:14:56. > :15:00.It appears that the artist was already dead when he was found
:15:01. > :15:14.Exactly how Prince died here is still unclear
:15:15. > :15:17.and the County Coroner's Office has warned that it could be several
:15:18. > :15:24.weeks before the results of toxicology tests are known.
:15:25. > :15:26.There are questions, too, about Prince's legacy.
:15:27. > :15:28.His output was prodigious, but there are also
:15:29. > :15:35.There is a song called Moonbeam Levels.
:15:36. > :15:40.I am so happy that this beautiful song is going on this record!"
:15:41. > :15:58.The man himself called it simply "inspirational".
:15:59. > :16:05.Diane Warren is a songwriter and joins us now from Los Angeles.
:16:06. > :16:13.He was only five foot two, but the giant in terms of music. Did he just
:16:14. > :16:16.have everything, when you thought about his talent? E plates are any
:16:17. > :16:22.instruments and everything else. He had everything. It started with
:16:23. > :16:26.great songs. The songs were spectacular. They were fresh,
:16:27. > :16:34.inventive, invented lyrically, musically. What a huge loss for our
:16:35. > :16:38.industry, and an industry that we can't afford to lose our great
:16:39. > :16:47.artists. Echoes of Jimi Hendrix, James Brown as well. Where do you
:16:48. > :16:52.see the various trends that he picked up on and then experimented
:16:53. > :16:58.with? Prince could do anything. He could write nothing compares to you,
:16:59. > :17:10.then kiss. He was brilliant in all genres of music. That is so rare.
:17:11. > :17:14.Not only could he do funk and played guitar on a level, or close to the
:17:15. > :17:29.level of Jimi Hendrix, but right so many... He wrote manic Monday for
:17:30. > :17:36.the bangles, vented kiss. It is remarkable how many genres he could
:17:37. > :17:42.not only working but on a genius level. Did you know him very well?
:17:43. > :17:47.And met a couple of times. I didn't know him at all. I wrote a song last
:17:48. > :17:53.year and they heard that it was one of his favourite songs. He did a
:17:54. > :17:57.cover of it and nobody could find it and now somebody has just find it
:17:58. > :18:05.and they heard of the first time yesterday. He made it his own. It is
:18:06. > :18:11.of amazing. It is nothing like the song I wrote, but it is such an
:18:12. > :18:21.honour to hear that. But I never met him. I met him, but I didn't know
:18:22. > :18:25.him. Stevie wonder talked about his sincerity and that was what came
:18:26. > :18:30.through as an artist. Do you go along with that? I love that. He was
:18:31. > :18:40.a real artist. He cared about his art, his creativity, his work. That
:18:41. > :18:48.is all that mattered to him. As an observer, that is what you could
:18:49. > :18:50.tell, that is what shines through. Thank you very much for joining us
:18:51. > :18:53.Thank you very much for joining us on the programme.
:18:54. > :18:56.We have lots more reaction to Prince's death online.
:18:57. > :18:58.Just go to BBC bbc.com/news or download the BBC News App.
:18:59. > :19:01.There we take a look at his life in pictures,
:19:02. > :19:04.you can see some of the many tributes from his fans and we talk
:19:05. > :19:06.to the BBC's obituaries expert who tells us that, yes,
:19:07. > :19:09.the number of celebrity deaths this year so far really
:19:10. > :19:12.It's exactly one month since 32 people were killed
:19:13. > :19:16.Others are still being treated in hospital for serious injuries.
:19:17. > :19:18.The city's economy has also been hit hard, with many tourists
:19:19. > :19:22.Brussels Airport is only open for a limited number of flights,
:19:23. > :19:24.and much of the transport network remains closed.
:19:25. > :19:27.Our Europe reporter Gavin Lee has been looking at how the Belgian
:19:28. > :19:34.capital has been affected by what happened on 22nd March.
:19:35. > :19:45.This square is probably the most beautiful square in the world.
:19:46. > :19:47.On a Brussels to, keep it calm and carrying on in the city a month on
:19:48. > :19:49.from the attacks. carrying on in the city a month on
:19:50. > :19:53.from the With noticeably fewer people that you were usual
:19:54. > :19:58.attractions all quiet, many businesses are feeling the effects.
:19:59. > :20:05.We are working as hard as ever. We're here twice a day, every day,
:20:06. > :20:10.even if there are no people around. We tried to show that we're ready to
:20:11. > :20:15.go back to normal. Officials here that -- say that Brussels is as safe
:20:16. > :20:19.as any other European capital and you should not be afraid to come
:20:20. > :20:25.here and the site of soldiers on the streets should be reassuring, but it
:20:26. > :20:29.also feeds into the fear that terrorism, the fear of it, has not
:20:30. > :20:35.diminished since the attacks on the go. Just out from central muscles is
:20:36. > :20:40.the night notorious district of Molenbeek, where many of the
:20:41. > :20:50.attackers had connections. For weeks on it is the centre of attention for
:20:51. > :20:54.the Brussels police. I see much more police officers walking around on
:20:55. > :21:00.foot. It is not that aggressive any more. It is much more talking to the
:21:01. > :21:09.people. Even two minutes ago there were two officers just walking
:21:10. > :21:14.around in the market without the big guns. That is what we need. 32
:21:15. > :21:17.people were killed in the bustle attacks, more than 50 are still
:21:18. > :21:22.being treated in hospital. Sebastien was photographed after the blast at
:21:23. > :21:30.Brussels airport, a photo that has become one of the iconic images. I
:21:31. > :21:37.got my boarding pass. As I turned the corner to go towards the gate, I
:21:38. > :21:44.heard of those -- heard the first explosion by me. A few seconds later
:21:45. > :21:49.that is when the explosion went off. That is the one that got me. It has
:21:50. > :21:56.been for weeks. How worried you recovering? Good. I have had four
:21:57. > :22:01.surgeries so far and every of them has been successful and one of them
:22:02. > :22:06.leads to the next step. But the final out, is that I get to keep
:22:07. > :22:12.both my legs, I get to walk again, I am alive. Much better off than I
:22:13. > :22:28.William Shakespeare died 400 years ago this Saturday,
:22:29. > :22:31.but his works endure and have been translated into many
:22:32. > :22:35.Our Moscow correspondent has met a very special Shakespeare fan and,
:22:36. > :22:37.as Steve Rosenberg reports, "All the World's a Stage" -
:22:38. > :22:42."O serpent heart hid with a flowering face!
:22:43. > :22:46.Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?"
:22:47. > :23:12.Yuri lives around a two-hour drive north-east of Moscow and he has
:23:13. > :23:17.built himself this underground home where he lives with all his books -
:23:18. > :23:20.as you can see, he has a whole library stacked up
:23:21. > :23:39.One of Yuri's favourite writers is William Shakespeare.
:23:40. > :23:41.You have registered all of these books in a big global
:23:42. > :23:46.And you send them around the world to other people to read.
:23:47. > :23:59.I think Shakespeare maybe would have created a play about this!
:24:00. > :24:02."Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn,
:24:03. > :24:07.Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil
:24:08. > :24:11.and bake; Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool
:24:12. > :24:20.Macbeth, Act IV, Scene I... sort of.
:24:21. > :24:27.So, Yuri, why are you cutting these things down?
:24:28. > :24:38.This is a stage for Hamlet, for Shakespeare, for the world.
:24:39. > :24:42.Somebody play, somebody look on this play.
:24:43. > :24:45.Your own private Shakespeare Theatre.
:24:46. > :25:01.On every page of Shakespeare I see the stamp of culture.
:25:02. > :25:49.Next the weather, but, for now from me and the rest