04/05/2016 World News Today

This is BBC World News Today with me, Philippa Thomas.

Last man standing - Donald Trump is now the only

Republican candidate after his closest rivals pull out

From a field of 17 down to one, Donald Trump has said

he'll put America first, build a wall on the Mexican border,

and stop Muslim immigration to the United States.

We will make America great again. We will start winning again, you will

be so proud of this country very soon.

Visa-free travel within Europe for Turkish citizens -

Ankhara hails the move as an historic change.

New hope for the Syrian child refugees who've made it

The British Prime Minister says some could be given a home in the UK.

And warnings that a huge wildfire engulfing a town

in Canada may worsen - 80,000 people are fleeing

There is now one man left in the race to represent

the right for this year's US presidential election.

It looks as if Donald Trump will be the first US presidential nominee

in more than 60 years to aim for the White House

without any previous experience of elected office.

In the past few hours, Ohio governor John Kasich has

followed Texas senator Ted Cruz and dropped out of the running

for the Republican nomination after both failed to dent Mr Trump's

lead among voters in a key primary contest.

So Donald Trump becomes the hugely unlikely standard bearer

for a party whose leadership doesn't really want him,

buoyed by voters across America who have warmed to his rallying cry,

When Donald Trump launched his campaign for the presidency

he was written off as a giant ego with a minuscule chance.

The victory in Indiana has delivered the knockout blow making him

the presumptive nominee and he celebrated at Trump Tower,

the New York skyscraper where he sealed so many deals.

Never been through anything like this.

It is a beautiful thing to watch and a beautiful thing to behold.

Usually so boastful and outspoken, the Trump who appeared last night

was more restrained and presidential but his core message stay the same.

We will make America great again, we will start winning again,

you will be so proud of this country very, very soon.

Donald Trump has pulled off one of the most extraordinary results

What was once thought to be politically impossible has

Indiana was do or die for Ted Cruz and the Stop Trump forces,

the last realistic chance to block his path to the nomination,

but the Texan Senator was buried in a landslide.

With a heavy heart, we are suspending our campaign.

And as he made his exit from this most brutal of contests,

an unfortunate collision with his wife.

The winner Donald Trump is an American original,

a New York property tycoon and reality TV star whose success

to the White House has been built on much more

It's his ability to articulate frustration about the economy

His hardline stance on immigration against Mexicans and Muslims.

Donald J Trump is calling for the total and complete

shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.

But in a country where many more women vote than men,

his sexism and misogyny will count against him.

His hostile takeover of the Republican party is now

all but complete but polls suggest he is the most unpopular

presidential candidate in modern times, that there are limits

Let's head now to Washington to talk about a big day in American

politics. What Republican party leaders going to do? I don't know my

input -- my inbox is so this morning of Republicans who are in despair,

people who say they cannot imagine ever voting for Donald Trump, but

the issue is whether he can rally more people to his cause in the

states that matter. If top Republicans in New York and

Washington, DC deserve to vote for Hillary Clinton in those states go

Democrat anyway, so you have to look at states like Wisconsin and

Colorado. Can he broaden his message to reach out to people who may have

felt Alien rated by his rhetoric and brash manner and persuade them to

vote him? That will be the issue in November. It will be fascinating to

see whether he pushes these issues like building the wall across the

Mexican border and seeing no more Muslim immigrants. Those are the

things that catapulted him to celebrity status as a political

candidate and it got him a lot of your time. It won him supporters

among people who feel angry and feel politicians haven't done enough to

protect them from immigrants but now what Donald Trump needs to do is he

needs to win more women and young voters and if at all possible he has

two when more African-American and Hispanic voters. Those voters will

not like this tough message and he knows that and he knows he has to

tone down his rhetoric in order to win. We have reached a stage now

where whatever happens will be politically seismic, Donald Trump

who has never been elected or America's first woman president. It

will be an unbelievably ugly campaign and the is nothing that

Donald Trump wants the at Hillary Clinton. We have already had a taste

of that, he has accused her of aiding and abetting her husband's

philandering, he will bring up Bill Clinton's trade policies, he will

attack after playing the woman's card, all of that we know will

happen but the question is how she responds. Today her campaign are

feeling confident that he is the best candidate they could hope to

run against. It gives them the best opportunity of winning the White

House but this year all the rules have been shredded that nothing is

predictable and you would have to caution the campaign about getting

too cocky too fast because in this particular year, when nothing is

certain, who knows what will happen in November. The presidential

debates could get massive viewing figures this time around. Almost

certainly, look at the figures we got what Donald trump up against

Republican candidates. Just imagine what it will be like up against

Hillary Clinton. As Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton

close in on their parties' presidential nominations,

we'll keep you up to date on the remaining primaries -

including the big one in California - and you can get the very latest

on our website -at bbc dot where you'll find full analysis

of how Trump's victory in Indiana forced Ted Cruz and John

Kasich out of the race. Also keep across our twitter feeds -

at BBCWorld and at BBCBreaking The first steps have been taken to

grab Turkish citizens of these effete travel inside the Shengen

area. They have recommended the change in return for Turkey taking

back migrants who have tried to get inside the EU by making the

dangerous journey by sea to Greece. The Commission's vice president said

Turkey still has work to do but is on the way

to meeting its requirements. Turkey has made impressive progress.

There is still work to be done as a matter of urgency but if Turkey

sustains the progress made and continues at the same pace, they can

meet the remaining benchmarks. This is why we are now in a position to

put forward a proposal which opens the way for the European Parliament

and member states to decide to lift visa requirements once the

benchmarks have been met. The Turkish Ambassador to the EU

told the BBC he's confident Turkey can meet its remaining obligations

for visa-free travel We have to change some legislation

and implementation and we can ensure we are on the right track. We have

been very closely in touch with the commission and Lee are the final

arbiter. If they see it as a go-ahead that means we have met the

criteria and I am sure we will do so.

Let's get the view from the ground - from the BBC's Selin Girit

in Istanbul, but first our correspondent in Brussels,

It would mean that Turkish citizens would be free to travel to the

countries within the European Union's Schengen area where people

are allowed to cross borders without passports for up to 90 days, whereas

at the moment they are subject to visa restrictions and have two apply

in advance. Those restrictions would be lifted and they would be able to

travel for business or tourism reasons for up to 90 days at a time.

It is the plan but far from certain at the moment. The European

Commission said it is getting qualified approval to it subject to

attack a satisfying the five remaining outstanding conditions.

They are big conditions, relating to changing the law to bring terrorism

legislation into line with European standards and also changes to data

protection and cracking down on corruption. Once those conditions

are met, the European Parliament will vote on it later in June and

ministers from each of the 28 member states of the European Union will

have to vote on it at a summit towards the end of June. This is one

of the three Macha dulls the plan has to overcome but is far from a

done deal. Turkish public opinion has welcomed the recommendations to

lift the visa restrictions but with caution because there are hurdles.

Will the European Parliament be ratifying it considering there are

criticisms coming from MEPs towards the Turkish government on what they

call a crackdown of press freedom and minority rights? The other

question, will the member countries of the EU be ratifying this deal

coming from the European Commission? Also Turkey needs to meet five other

criteria and one of these is the revision of the terror legislation

which may prove difficult to deal with and might actually push for

leaving that criterion aside, so there are several hurdles on the

way. Turkish public opinion is welcoming the recommendations but

will the Visa be lifted? That is still a question mark.

Meanwhile, controversial new plans are being drawn up to reform asylum

policy across the European Union, plans that would land member states

with heavy fines if they refuse to take a share of asylum seekers.

Under these plans, most EU governments refusing to accept

asylum seekers would pay a fine of about to 290 thousand

dollars for every person they refused to take.

The fines would be triggered if Greece and Italy -

the countries on the frontline of the migrant crisis -

are deemed to be struggling to cope with a sudden influx of people.

The UK government - like Ireland and Denmark -

But it too is shifting its ground on the migrant crisis.

Today it's announced that it will take more -

we don't know how many - unaccompanied Syrian refugee

The BBC's Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet has been

spending in a migrant camp in Calais, France, where many boys

both Afghan and Syrian are desperate to make their way to Britain.

Hours after first light on a cold and bleak morning in Cali, boys

struggle back to the shanty town to sleep. It's been another long night

of trying to make it to Britain illegally and feeling. It's another

day in the squalid camp they call the jungle. It's a hard life for

grown-ups fleeing conflict and hardship, imagine what it is like

for children on their own. They are scarred and skewered. But the Afghan

boys at this centre say they won't stop until they reach family and a

new future in Britain. They don't want their faces shown. Last night,

I jumped into a lorry. The driver phoned me asleep. I was taken to a

detention centre. By the time they let me go it was midnight and it

took me four hours to walk back. It was raining and freezing cold, I was

very scared. Did you think it was going to be this hard? I knew the

journey would be hard but I didn't know it would be this hard once we

got to Cali. I didn't know we would have to cross the sea to get to

London. These boys are just some of the growing number of children

travelling on their own across Europe and the risks they face are

growing. Some 10,000 are already said to have gone missing so the big

question is does Britain have moral and legal obligation to take care of

at least some of them, including some of these boys who are just one

hour's journey from London. This shack is home for the 16-year-old

boy who fled Syria on his own six months ago. Today his older

neighbour is making new window to let in some light, a godsend for the

vulnerable body. He is still very young and get scared that night. He

wakes up and cries for his parents. Sometimes he finds rats in his room.

At night when you are in your tent, what do you dream about? I dream of

getting to Britain to be with my family. She is trying to get into

existing EU rules. Only a small number succeed. He is being helped

by a British charity. Will this create an incentive for more

families to send children on these journeys? We see the British

government has a moral and legal obligation to step up and do more

now. I work with children every day who don't only struggle with the

pressure of living alone in a foreign continent but who are at

risk from real dangers with sexual exploitation and human traffickers.

As we are leaving, he gets news. He can go to Britain and apply for

asylum. The question, how many will fall?

US officials say an agreement has been reached with Russia

on extending the Syrian truce to Aleppo.

The announcement came as clashes continued in the city.

Reports say dozens of people have been killed on both sides in fresh

battles which began on Tuesday in the western area of the city.

Meanwhile A United Nations aid official has accused the Syrian

government of denying relief staff access to Aleppo.

Huge wildfires have forced a mass evacuation from a city in Canada.

The entire population - some 80,000 people -

has been ordered to leave Fort McMurray in Alberta.

Firefighters say 80% of properties have been destroyed

in one neighbourhood, and serious damage has been caused

Our correspondent Richard Galpin reports.

Hot ash flying around the cars and smoke briefly

With strong winds fanning the flames in and around the city,

all 80,000 people living here have been ordered to leave

We had basically two minutes to get home, grab stuff

It is not fair, they didn't even let us take our things

And getting out of the city has not been easy.

With so many people taking to the roads and the fires at one

stage blocking a major highway to the south.

Our focus is completely and entirely right now on ensuring

Of getting them out of the city and ensuring that they

The blaze, first spotted on Sunday, has spread rapidly to the city

and now covers an area of more than 6000 acres.

It has already engulfed several areas of the city destroying one

residential neighbourhood and a mobile home park.

With even stronger winds and high temperatures expected today,

the emergency services have been doing whatever they can

But so far, that has not amounted to much and the authorities are now

appealing to the military to help them battle this huge blaze.

It's been the worst day of my career.

The people are devastated, everyone is devastated,

This will go on and take us a while to come back from.

There have been fires in this area in the past but not on this scale

and never before has an entire city had to be evacuated.

The brutal gang rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in Indonesia

has sparked an intense debate about sexual violence

The Minister for the protection of children Yohana Yembise,

says she now wants to bring in the death penalty for rapists.

Under current laws the maximum penalty for rape and murder

Rebecca Henschke reports from protests that are taking

place in the capital, Jakarta.

She was gang raped and murdered on her way home from school. Villagers

found her body three days later but the news did not reach Jakarta until

weeks later than these activists have staged this demonstration to

make sure the case gets the national attention they say it deserves. We

want to say to the government we are watching them. We want to watch them

in dealing with cases of sexual violence against women because for

so long we see them not being serious about it and we want to the

clear that we are in a sexual violence crisis in Indonesia and it

needs to be serious. Police have arrested 12 of a suspected 14

rapists in this case. A lot of the activists say that many women do not

report their cases to the police because they say there is a lot of

stigma and blame the victim. If a woman is raped, people ask, how long

was her dress? Was she wearing a hijab? That mindset has to change,

the idea that women have to be covered.

Pakistan is a country plagued by militant and sectarian violence,

with many extremists groups fighting to establish strict Islamic Sharia

As the government struggles to rule effectively,

and the army wages war against the militants,

We've been to meet one Pakistani businessman trying to challenge

extremist beliefs with a comic book series -

Team Muhafiz is a comic book series of a bunch of teenagers from Karachi

and they are coming together from different faith communities of

Pakistan, fighting social evil and standing up for good.

It becomes very dark. It is not dark but real. We want to make sure we

show the real villains that are more evil than the villains in comics.

I get frustrated and upset with what is happening but many people are

trying to change minds, not just me. A lot of people are doing great

work. We're interested to keep putting out our ideas narratives.

From communism to couture: the French fashion house, Chanel,

It's the first event of its kind since the communist 1959 revolution.

Chanel products aren't sold in Cuba, but things are certainly changing,

as our correspondent Will Grant reports from Havana.

Chanel comes to Cuba. Just a handful of years ago, the idea that one of

the world's leading fashion houses would hold its first Latin American

show any communist country might have seemed absurd, but Cuba is

changing fast, and Chanel's top designer chose it as the setting to

unveil his latest range. He said the collection was inspired by Cuban

culture and throughout the show they were hints of Cuban identity and

iconography. VIPs from around the world have descended on Cuba which

comes at a heady time for the island. It is perhaps at more than

any time since the revolution the place to be and to be seen. It is a

once-in-a-lifetime invitation to come to Cuba, which is a place that

I have been wanting to come to three years and never expected to come

here were Chanel! They brought me here and I am grateful. Ahead of the

event, security turned -- security had been predictably tight. While

high profile events like the Chanel show an exciting for Cuba it causes

a lot of disruption and perhaps more importantly, fuelling a growing

sense of them and us. For many residents, having a high-end fashion

show on their doorstep has not been a welcome distraction. This family

live in a decrepit home sheared with several other families. There is no

such thing as her banner's charming DK, just poverty. Chanel clothes are

not even available to buy on Cuba, not that they would spend money on

them even if the wearer. The average wage is only around $25 a month. If

I had $200 I would buy clothes for my children and would not spend that

money on trousers and shoes. Back at the show, the collection was

received with great enthusiasm from audience and critics. Fashion

watchers worldwide have Cuba in the sites as Chanel brought another

touch of glamour to Havana, but while many Cubans welcome the

extraordinary changes, they just hope they will not be left excluded.

Donald Trump is set to represent the Republicans in November's

presidential election. Hillary Clinton has just said she doesn't

think the country could take a risk on a loose cannon like Donald Trump.

Thank you, goodbye.