:00:07. > :00:08.This is airport BBC World News Today, broadcasting
:00:09. > :00:13.I'm Alpa Patel - here are the headlines:
:00:14. > :00:27.Iraqi protestors start to withdraw from the Green Zone in Baghdad.
:00:28. > :00:30.Police in Turkey raid the home of an Islamic State militant -
:00:31. > :00:31.after a suicide bombing kills two policemen.
:00:32. > :00:35.Leicester City draw with Manchester United as they try to win
:00:36. > :00:39.And Barack Obama plays for laughs at his final White House
:00:40. > :00:51.IN ENGLISH: Brussels is back in business, welcome to Brussels
:00:52. > :00:56.airport. Even have beening looking ahead anticipating my departure.
:00:57. > :00:59.Last week, Prince George showed up to our meeting in his bath robe!
:01:00. > :01:16.That was a slap in the face! Thousands of Iraqi protesters,
:01:17. > :01:20.who stormed the Parliament building in Baghdad and then set up camp
:01:21. > :01:34.outside say they are now withdrawing The activists say they will continue
:01:35. > :01:39.their campaign against official corruption.
:01:40. > :01:41.Earlier, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi toured the area.
:01:42. > :01:43.He told security forces to arrest those suspected of ransacking
:01:44. > :01:45.the parliament and assaulting MPs on Saturday.
:01:46. > :01:55.Here's our correspondent in Baghdad, Ahmed Maher.
:01:56. > :02:00.The protests gave the politicians another chance to vote on the
:02:01. > :02:04.cabinet reshuffle. Otherwise they threatened to top it will president,
:02:05. > :02:10.the president of the republic and the speaker of Parliament and they
:02:11. > :02:16.threatened to stage civil disobedience and strike. So what we
:02:17. > :02:23.witnessed in Baghdad over the past few days is unprecedented.
:02:24. > :02:27.Especially the moment when the protesters smashed the blast walls
:02:28. > :02:30.of Parliament and entered in their thousands into the main hall of the
:02:31. > :02:37.Parliament. They're fed up as they say with the politician and MPs and
:02:38. > :02:44.they're not just after change of faces or new ministers. They need to
:02:45. > :02:52.feel real improvement in their lives at the economic and political level.
:02:53. > :02:57.They say since 2003 they haven't felt any real change in their lives.
:02:58. > :03:02.Now it is high time they did this change with their own hands.
:03:03. > :03:04.Elsewhere in Iraq, 28 people have been killed
:03:05. > :03:07.after a twin suicide bombing - in the the southern city of Samawa.
:03:08. > :03:09.35 people were injured after two car bombs.
:03:10. > :03:11.One blast was at a provincial government building,
:03:12. > :03:22.A further attempt is under way to rescue the ceasefire in Syria.
:03:23. > :03:24.The US State Department says the priority is to stop
:03:25. > :03:26.the bloodshed in the country's largest city, Aleppo.
:03:27. > :03:28.Russia says talks will now attempt to establish
:03:29. > :03:37.The comments indicate a shift in Russia's position.
:03:38. > :03:39.In Kenya, at least 16 people are now known to have died
:03:40. > :03:42.when a residential building collapsed on Friday during heavy
:03:43. > :03:49.Efforts to search through the ruins are continuing.
:03:50. > :03:51.The authorities are not using an excavator,
:03:52. > :03:53.because they are worried about injuring survivors under the rubble.
:03:54. > :04:01.Dozens of people are still unaccounted for.
:04:02. > :04:03.In Turkey, a suicide car bombing there has killed two policemen
:04:04. > :04:06.in the city of Gaziantep, near the Syrian border.
:04:07. > :04:08.The attack, thought to have been carried out by a militant
:04:09. > :04:11.from the so-called Islamic State, is the latest in a series
:04:12. > :04:15.A Kurdish militant group claimed responsibility for another suicide
:04:16. > :04:25.The moment a quiet Sunday in the southern Turkish city
:04:26. > :04:28.of Gaziantep is pierced - an explosion so powerful it breaks
:04:29. > :04:37.The target - the police headquarters of the city.
:04:38. > :04:40.It's now believed that the car bomb was the work of a so-called
:04:41. > :04:45.His family home has been raided and his father detained to carry
:04:46. > :04:51.Police and civilians are among those injured and the scene
:04:52. > :04:58.Gaziantep is a large Turkish city on the border with Syria and largely
:04:59. > :05:05.because of its proximity is known to contain IS cells.
:05:06. > :05:09.Now this is the latest in a growing frequency of attacks in this NATO
:05:10. > :05:19.There have been also been suicide attacks in Istanbul
:05:20. > :05:26.Some of these have been linked to Kurdish militants of the PKK,
:05:27. > :05:31.some to an offshoot and others to Islamic State.
:05:32. > :05:33.Turkey is facing several security threats from many angles
:05:34. > :05:36.as the conflict with the PKK continues in the south-east
:05:37. > :05:38.and IS attacks become more frequent, anxiety turns into a constant
:05:39. > :05:54.Let's turn now to football and the remarkable story
:05:55. > :05:57.of Leicester City, who will have to wait another day
:05:58. > :06:00.to find out if they are to become Premier League Champions.
:06:01. > :06:03.They drew with Manchester United to inch closer to the title.
:06:04. > :06:06.If they do indeed go on to win the League -
:06:07. > :06:08.it will be their first in their 132 year history.
:06:09. > :06:18.Could this be the day that their dreams came true?
:06:19. > :06:21.Leicester City so close to pulling off one of game's
:06:22. > :06:39.And the players who have taken their side this far looked
:06:40. > :06:41.relaxed as they arrived knowing that this could be the biggest
:06:42. > :06:47.It was an anxious start for Leicester City supporters
:06:48. > :07:02.as Manchester United took an early lead, but then the equaliser.
:07:03. > :07:05.Jubilation where the fans what had gathered, including this shopping
:07:06. > :07:08.centre in Bangkok, where the Thai-owned team
:07:09. > :07:13.is earning more and more fans after this season's success.
:07:14. > :07:16.Final result 1-all - the draw not enough to clinch
:07:17. > :07:20.the title, but the manager was pleased with the performance.
:07:21. > :07:25.First after all we didn't come here to win the title.
:07:26. > :07:27.We come here to make our performance, because we knew
:07:28. > :07:34.For Leicester fans, confidence that this is just
:07:35. > :07:38.delaying the inevitable - that they will be celebrating soon.
:07:39. > :07:42.Disappointed we didn't win, thought we should have had a penalty,
:07:43. > :07:49.but at the end of the day we got a point and Tottenham have got
:07:50. > :07:52.to win their last three now so I think it's game over
:07:53. > :07:56.If Chelsea win or draw we have won it, so yeah it is exciting.
:07:57. > :07:59.One point closer to the dream and it could be theirs tomorrow
:08:00. > :08:06.if second-placed Tottenham fail to beat Chelsea.
:08:07. > :08:08.Well, the club is owned by a Thai billionare.
:08:09. > :08:09.Our correspondent, Jonathan Head, joined fans watching
:08:10. > :08:18.Well, I'm at the headquarters of King Power.
:08:19. > :08:20.It's not a company many people had heard of before.
:08:21. > :08:23.It's the duty free monopoly here in Thailand.
:08:24. > :08:25.They bought Leicester City six years ago, when it was out
:08:26. > :08:27.of the Premier League, little known in this country,
:08:28. > :08:30.and suddenly they are on the brink of this extraordinary
:08:31. > :08:36.At this headquarters, where you will see the tables here,
:08:37. > :08:39.they have been filled with people - they have all just left now.
:08:40. > :08:42.They have been brought in by the company, this new
:08:43. > :08:46.Two or three years ago there was scarcely a Leicester fan
:08:47. > :08:53.The company's laid on dinner, free beer, this massive screen behind me,
:08:54. > :08:55.and we have had this nail-biting match today, with people
:08:56. > :08:57.cheering and shouting, on the edge of their seats
:08:58. > :09:00.as they watched a match that could have put them to the top
:09:01. > :09:10.Because it's a draw, although they are still very close,
:09:11. > :09:13.they, it is very likely they will win but they still have
:09:14. > :09:16.to wait to see how their nearest rivals Tottenham Hotspur do
:09:17. > :09:18.in tomorrow's match, so they are not there yet.
:09:19. > :09:21.There is something of a sense of disbelief here in Thailand,
:09:22. > :09:24.that a Thai-owned club, that has never won anything before,
:09:25. > :09:28.really still is on the brink of winning the English Premiership,
:09:29. > :09:31.a Premiership for which millions of Thais have an enormous passion.
:09:32. > :09:38.They really are football mad in this country.
:09:39. > :09:41.May Day commemorations have been taking place across the world,
:09:42. > :09:46.as a mark of solidarity with workers and labourers.
:09:47. > :09:49.This is Paris, where clashes broke out between demonstrators and police
:09:50. > :09:53.The trade unions are protesting against tough new labour
:09:54. > :09:57.laws due to be debated in parliament on Tuesday.
:09:58. > :10:01.Police responded with tear gas when some youngsters
:10:02. > :10:03.began throwing missiles, bringing the march to a standstill.
:10:04. > :10:08.France has seen two months of unrest over the reforms.
:10:09. > :10:11.Well this was the scene in Russia, where thousands of people
:10:12. > :10:14.from labour unions took part in a march on Moscow's Red Square.
:10:15. > :10:16.The demonstration called for more jobs and better wages
:10:17. > :10:21.And this is Rome - where the Italian President marked
:10:22. > :10:23.the day, by laying a wreath in honour of all workers
:10:24. > :10:29.Last year there was a rise in the number of people killed
:10:30. > :10:38.At a May Day rally here in London, the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn,
:10:39. > :10:41.has insisted his party is "united" in opposing anti-Semitism,
:10:42. > :10:43.following the suspension of his close ally Ken Livingstone
:10:44. > :10:47.and the MP Naz Shah earlier in the week.
:10:48. > :10:49.Supporters have rallied to Mr Corbyn's defence
:10:50. > :10:52.over his handling of the row, with union leader Len McCluskey
:10:53. > :10:55.saying it had been whipped up by the right of the Labour
:10:56. > :11:00.Here's our political correspondent Carole Walker.
:11:01. > :11:07.A barrage of further questions for Jeremy Corbyn.
:11:08. > :11:12.Criticism of his handling of this row shows no sign of relenting,
:11:13. > :11:15.despite his pledge to tackle the problem with an inquiry
:11:16. > :11:24.We stand absolutely against anti-Semitism in any form.
:11:25. > :11:29.We stand absolutely against racism in any form.
:11:30. > :11:33.We stand united as a labour movement.
:11:34. > :11:42.At today's rally, he was surrounded by friends and supporters.
:11:43. > :11:44.People are choosing to be offended in order to dislodge Jeremy Corbyn.
:11:45. > :11:47.It seems to me that the right of the Labour Party
:11:48. > :11:51.I don't think it should affect Jeremy Corbyn.
:11:52. > :11:55.I don't think it will affect Jeremy Corbyn, and I would be
:11:56. > :12:00.delighted to say I will be supporting Jeremy Corbyn.
:12:01. > :12:04.Jeremy Corbyn has insisted he has always opposed racism in all forms
:12:05. > :12:07.but this row has now led to new questions about his
:12:08. > :12:09.leadership, just days from elections, which will be seen
:12:10. > :12:14.which will be seen as a critical test.
:12:15. > :12:16.Labour's candidate for London mayor, Sadiq Khan, told a Sunday newspaper
:12:17. > :12:22.And a former Labour minister said the whole crisis
:12:23. > :12:26.If action had been taken earlier, we could have nipped
:12:27. > :12:29.this problem in the bud, but it hasn't been gripped.
:12:30. > :12:32.I hope it is now finally been gripped after the Livingstone fiasco
:12:33. > :12:38.this week, but it will be judged on what we do.
:12:39. > :12:40.But the Unite union leader Len McCluskey accused some Labour
:12:41. > :12:42.MPs of aiding and abetting the Tories and right-wing press
:12:43. > :12:48.This is nothing more than a cynical attempt to manipulate
:12:49. > :12:50.anti-Semitism for political aims, because this is all about
:12:51. > :12:58.constantly challenging Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.
:12:59. > :13:00.You don't need any more pictures of me.
:13:01. > :13:02.Ken Livingstone has refused to back down from his claim
:13:03. > :13:06.that Hitler supported Zionism before the Holocaust,
:13:07. > :13:08.despite being suspended from his party.
:13:09. > :13:10.Israel's new ambassador said some within the Labour Party
:13:11. > :13:19.it's about demonising the Jewish state.
:13:20. > :13:22.The comments we've heard over the last two or three weeks
:13:23. > :13:24.that were made public, it's got nothing to do
:13:25. > :13:29.with criticising this or that particular Israeli policy.
:13:30. > :13:32.The pressure on Jeremy Corbyn is far from over, with Labour braced
:13:33. > :13:35.for significant losses at this week's elections.
:13:36. > :13:40.Are you going to go to Israel, Mr Corbyn?
:13:41. > :13:50.Stay with us on BBC News - still to come.
:13:51. > :13:55.Junhui bids to become the first Asian snooker player to win the
:13:56. > :14:15.world title. Nothing was too big to withstand the
:14:16. > :14:19.tornado. There have been protests. Sweden said it received no warning
:14:20. > :14:25.of the accident and the Russians at first denied anything had gone
:14:26. > :14:30.wrong. Only when radioactivity levels began to increase outside
:14:31. > :14:48.Russia were they forced to admit the accident. . This is the end of a 12
:14:49. > :14:55.year war for the rebels. It was 7 o'clock on the day that power began
:14:56. > :15:01.to pass from the minority to the majority and Africa reclaimed its
:15:02. > :15:07.last white colony. This is BBC World News Today.
:15:08. > :15:09.The latest headlines: Anti-corruption demonstrators
:15:10. > :15:11.in Iraq have pulled back from the parliament in Baghdad, but
:15:12. > :15:14.say they will resume protests later. Police in Turkey have raided
:15:15. > :15:17.the home of an Islamic State militant suspected of carrying
:15:18. > :15:19.out a suicide bombing The Venezuelan President,
:15:20. > :15:25.Nicolas Maduro, has ordered a thirty per cent increase
:15:26. > :15:27.in the minimum wage. It comes as the economy struggles
:15:28. > :15:30.with soaring inflation. Well from Sunday people will also
:15:31. > :15:33.see the clocks move forward by half an hour, it's
:15:34. > :15:36.all in the name of saving power. It's a country that's
:15:37. > :15:45.at a stand-still. Crippled by an energy
:15:46. > :15:50.and economic crisis. Now, more measures have been
:15:51. > :15:52.introduced by Venezualan Government TRANSLATION: I will decree today
:15:53. > :16:00.an increase in the minimum wage, pensions, public service
:16:01. > :16:03.and military salaries of 30% The clocks have also been moved
:16:04. > :16:12.forward by half an hour in a bid to help deal
:16:13. > :16:16.with a shortage in electricity. TRANSLATION: We are not people
:16:17. > :16:24.who are used to saving energy, we are not Columbia or Peru,
:16:25. > :16:27.where there is not a lot of energy It is difficult here and I don't
:16:28. > :16:33.think this is going to work. The government blames
:16:34. > :16:39.a severe drought generated by the El Nino weather phenomenon
:16:40. > :16:41.which is affecting The water levels at this dam
:16:42. > :16:49.which serves two thirds of Venuzuela's national power
:16:50. > :16:57.needs are extremely low. But critics claim it is just another
:16:58. > :17:00.excuse from a government which has already ordered rolling blackouts
:17:01. > :17:02.and reduced the working week for public sector
:17:03. > :17:07.workers to two days. The country is living
:17:08. > :17:09.through its worst economic crisis in history -
:17:10. > :17:12.fuelled by a drop in global oil prices, a source
:17:13. > :17:17.of income it is dependent on. Shortages of basic goods have
:17:18. > :17:19.affected the day-to-day life of Venezualans and unrest has spread
:17:20. > :17:24.throughout the country. The opposition has sworn to drive
:17:25. > :17:32.Mr Maduro from office and has begun gathering the signatures need
:17:33. > :17:38.to remove him from the presidency. More uncertainty in
:17:39. > :17:39.a country already dealing The departure hall at Brussels
:17:40. > :17:47.airport has re-opened, six weeks after suicide bombings
:17:48. > :17:51.there killed 16 people. Passengers for selected flights
:17:52. > :17:56.will be using the repaired facility, and there will be more than 100
:17:57. > :18:01.check-in desks working. The Belgian Prime Minister,
:18:02. > :18:03.Charles Michel, declared the airport TRANSLATION: For the rest of us this
:18:04. > :18:16.is and will remain an measurable But in the face of this atrocity,
:18:17. > :18:21.this barbarism, our population chose as one from the first minute to make
:18:22. > :18:26.an immense movement of come passion generosity, solidarity
:18:27. > :18:29.and action, choosing Today, the airport of our
:18:30. > :18:34.capital is relaunched. IN ENGLISH: Brussels is back
:18:35. > :18:36.in business, welcome Louis Van Gaal's Manchester United
:18:37. > :18:54.postponed the Leicester City title party, holding the leaders to a 1-1
:18:55. > :18:57.draw at Old Trafford. The result means Claudio Ranieri's
:18:58. > :18:59.men could be named Premier League Champions if Spurs
:19:00. > :19:02.fail to beat Chelsea Captain Wes Morgan equalised
:19:03. > :19:05.for 10-man City, who had Danny Drinkwater sent off
:19:06. > :19:08.in the second-half. French forward Anthony Martial had
:19:09. > :19:11.given United the lead in the eighth minute with his ninth goal
:19:12. > :19:22.of the season. I'm very satisfied, but look I'm
:19:23. > :19:28.always satisfied when I see my players play as well today. After
:19:29. > :19:33.the result is a consequence. I want they... Show that their character,
:19:34. > :19:36.their heart, their soul and after you can accept the result.
:19:37. > :19:39.In Sunday's other matches, Senagal forward Sadio Mane scored
:19:40. > :19:42.a hat trick, as Southampton beat Manchester City 4-2.
:19:43. > :19:45.City could have moved up to third with a win,
:19:46. > :19:47.but their boss, Manuel Pellegrini, also chose to rest several
:19:48. > :19:49.first team players ahead of their Champions League
:19:50. > :19:51.semifinal second leg with Real Madrid this week.
:19:52. > :19:54.The move may backfire, with City's hopes of qualifying
:19:55. > :19:56.for the Champions League via the Premier League,
:19:57. > :20:05.Liverpool were comfortably beaten by Swansea, as the Reds made several
:20:06. > :20:09.changes ahead of their Europa League semifinal second leg on Thursday.
:20:10. > :20:12.Winning the competition serves as their only chance of qualifying
:20:13. > :20:20.The win means Swansea are now safe from relegation -
:20:21. > :20:22.their Ghanaian forward Andre Ayew was the star man,
:20:23. > :20:27.Germany's Nico Rosberg led the Russian Grand Prix from start
:20:28. > :20:30.to finish to become just the fourth man to win seven straight
:20:31. > :20:33.His fourth victory of this season, means he extends his
:20:34. > :20:39.Championship lead over Lewis Hamilton to 43 points.
:20:40. > :20:47.It has been an awesome weekend. The car's been fantastic in qualifying
:20:48. > :20:49.and race today, it felt very special out there. So very happy, thanks to
:20:50. > :20:52.everybody. China's Ding Junhui is fighting back
:20:53. > :20:56.in the final of the World Snooker He was 6-0 down to world number one
:20:57. > :21:00.Mark Selby at one stage in the earlier session -
:21:01. > :21:02.Selby looking in great form But Ding's had by far the better
:21:03. > :21:10.of it since they resumed two hours ago, and got a century
:21:11. > :21:13.of his own to make it 7-4. Then this stunning long red set him
:21:14. > :21:17.up for a fifth frame of the match - he trails by just two now,
:21:18. > :21:26.in this first to 18 contest. Frenchman Thomas Voeckler take this
:21:27. > :21:31.year's Tour De Yorkshire title. The Direct Energie rider won
:21:32. > :21:34.today's final stage - the 198-kilometre ride
:21:35. > :21:36.from Middlesbrough to Scarborough. He beat Ireland's Nicolas Roach
:21:37. > :21:39.in a sprint finish to take Britain's Adam Yates
:21:40. > :21:58.was fourth overall for Orica. Last year I was really surprised by
:21:59. > :22:05.how popular I was in Yorkshire. And I realised that people over there
:22:06. > :22:09.like offensive rider. Today, I managed to give a little pleasure to
:22:10. > :22:13.the crowd and I'm very happy also for this. That is all the sport for
:22:14. > :22:16.now. Back to you. Thank you very much.
:22:17. > :22:18.The White House Correspondents' dinner is an annual star-studded
:22:19. > :22:24.President Obama used the occasion - his last before vacating
:22:25. > :22:26.the Oval Office - to poke fun at himself,
:22:27. > :22:30.his Republican opponents and his critics.
:22:31. > :22:32.He even cracked a joke about Prince George as our
:22:33. > :22:41.Washington Correspondent Laura Bicker reports.
:22:42. > :22:44.This is when Hollywood and political players get to rub
:22:45. > :22:47.The entertainer in chief, Barack Obama, has left a legacy of
:22:48. > :22:52.laughs, but this is the last of his presidency.
:22:53. > :22:55.He couldn't help but reflect on who will replace him,
:22:56. > :22:58.hinting it might be Hillary Clinton...
:22:59. > :23:03.Next year this time someone else will be standing
:23:04. > :23:05.here in this very spot, and it is anyone's guess
:23:06. > :23:10.As for the Republican frontrunner,
:23:11. > :23:14.Donald Trump wasn't there, but he wasn't off the hook.
:23:15. > :23:17.You see, Donald lacks the foreign policy experience
:23:18. > :23:21.to be president, but in fairness he has spent years meeting
:23:22. > :23:23.with leaders from around the world, Miss Sweden,
:23:24. > :23:33.But his material wasn't all focused on others.
:23:34. > :23:38.He noted that the presidency has taken its toll.
:23:39. > :23:40.The only way you can date her in photos
:23:41. > :23:54.Here we are a few years later, and this one's from two weeks ago...
:23:55. > :23:57.And his visit to the UK also got a mention.
:23:58. > :24:04.Last week, Prince George showed up to our meeting in his bathrobe.
:24:05. > :24:22.As his time in office wains, Mr Obama told the
:24:23. > :24:24.audience he dreams of being a couch commander.
:24:25. > :24:26.Whatever he does and whatever their differences, the
:24:27. > :24:30.President's comedy will be missed by many in the White House press corps.
:24:31. > :24:39.And with that I just have two more words to say, Obama out.
:24:40. > :24:56.A freight train has derailed in Washington DC spilling hazardous
:24:57. > :24:59.Officials say that as many as ten wagons
:25:00. > :25:01.came off the tracks, near the Rhode Island
:25:02. > :25:05.An eyewitness described hearing a noise like a heavy goods truck,
:25:06. > :25:08.Emergency crews are trying to contain a leak of
:25:09. > :25:10.sodium hydroxide, a chemical used to make products including
:25:11. > :25:19.There have been no reports of injuries.
:25:20. > :25:21.The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have released
:25:22. > :25:26.new photographs of their daughter for a special celebration.
:25:27. > :25:29.Princess Charlotte will be turning one on Monday.
:25:30. > :25:31.The pictures were snapped by her mother at
:25:32. > :25:36.The princess's privacy has been carefully guarded
:25:37. > :25:41.She's only been seen in public on one other occasion -
:25:42. > :26:07.From me and the rest of the team, goodbye.
:26:08. > :26:14.It was a roller costar ride the final week of April. We had
:26:15. > :26:22.everything bar the kitchen sink thrown at us. It was cold, there was
:26:23. > :26:23.snow, hail, thunder and widespread frosts. Gardeners were not