:00:00. > :00:00.This is BBC World News Today with me, Chris Rogers.
:00:07. > :00:08.The headlines: a British inquiry highlights Europe's failure
:00:09. > :00:12.to stop people smuggling across the Mediterranean.
:00:13. > :00:17.Over 1,000 migrants were picked up on Friday off the coast of Italy -
:00:18. > :00:20.some said the smugglers didn't give them a choice.
:00:21. > :00:36.A UN diplomat becomes the first woman appointed as secretary general
:00:37. > :00:42.Also coming up: Thousands attend the funeral of a top Hezbollah
:00:43. > :00:47.military commander killed in an explosion inside Syria.
:00:48. > :00:50.And the Canadian prime minister arrives in Fort McMurray -
:00:51. > :00:53.the town devastated by a raging wildfire that forced the evacuation
:00:54. > :01:12.The European mission to stop migrant smuggling
:01:13. > :01:16.in the Mediterranean is failing - that's the verdict from a group
:01:17. > :01:21.Hundreds of migrants have arrived in Europe from Libya in the past 48
:01:22. > :01:25.hours and the report says there's little prospect of stopping more.
:01:26. > :01:29.That's in contrast to the route via Turkey that has
:01:30. > :01:34.seen a dramatic fall - mainly due to the EU's deal
:01:35. > :01:36.with Turkey to stem the number of Syrians making the crossing.
:01:37. > :01:43.It's the Libyan route however that's causing most concern for officials.
:01:44. > :01:46.The lack of a stable government in Libya is allowing more and more
:01:47. > :01:54.boats to make the treacherous crossing to Italy.
:01:55. > :01:57.Through most of the crossing, they slept.
:01:58. > :01:59.Huddled beneath blankets as if trying to shield
:02:00. > :02:04.themselves from the world they struggled to survive in.
:02:05. > :02:07.But by morning, there was a much brighter mood.
:02:08. > :02:12.A new future - and whatever Europe is, it must surely be better
:02:13. > :02:25.233 mostly economic migrants from West Africa.
:02:26. > :02:27.Italy's ports are founded on mercantile trade but this
:02:28. > :02:40.This 20-year-old said the boat was the only escape
:02:41. > :02:52.Yeah, we were beaten and you normally eat once in a day.
:02:53. > :02:56.We found them two days ago, drifting in this rubber boat off
:02:57. > :03:00.The people smugglers had packed them in and gave them just enough fuel
:03:01. > :03:10.An hour after this rescue, a storm blew in.
:03:11. > :03:12.And this is what happens when the waves get bigger.
:03:13. > :03:19.This is the moment that they dreamt of.
:03:20. > :03:21.The moment that many of them had risked it all for.
:03:22. > :03:23.Their first steps onto European soil.
:03:24. > :03:33.232 here, 801 in Messina, over 1000 migrants just today.
:03:34. > :03:42.Among those also leaving today were 51 young men under the age
:03:43. > :03:48.Here is one from Guinea-Bissau.
:03:49. > :03:54.It is a lonely world for a boy so young.
:03:55. > :03:56.One proposed solution is to send Europe's navies into Libya's
:03:57. > :04:00.waters but to do that, you need a Government
:04:01. > :04:05.The inescapable truth is: so long as there is money to be made
:04:06. > :04:14.from this dirty business of people trafficking, they will come.
:04:15. > :04:16.Migrants heading to Europe from Libya.
:04:17. > :04:18.By contrast, there are signs the efforts to stop the flow
:04:19. > :04:21.of migrants into Europe from Turkey - are beginning
:04:22. > :04:25.Numbers arriving from Turkey onto the Greek islands are down
:04:26. > :04:30.around 90 per cent in April compared with the previous month
:04:31. > :04:34.following a deal struck between the EU and Turkey.
:04:35. > :04:37.But as our chief correspondent Gavin Hewitt now reports from Izmir,
:04:38. > :04:44.political pressures mean the deal is looking increasingly vulnerable.
:04:45. > :04:48.These are the Turkey beaches from where tens of thousands
:04:49. > :04:51.of refugees left for their perilous journey to Europe.
:04:52. > :04:54.Today, all that remains are discarded clothes.
:04:55. > :04:58.Almost no refugees are making the crossing to Greece.
:04:59. > :05:01.But the deal between Turkey and the EU to solve the migrant
:05:02. > :05:10.Go into the fields near the Turkish coast close to Greece and you find
:05:11. > :05:13.Syrian refugees who once dreamt of going to Europe
:05:14. > :05:22.The deal signed in March has all but blocked the migrant trade.
:05:23. > :05:27.TRANSLATION: The sea border with Greece is now closed
:05:28. > :05:31.and if someone wants to go to Europe, they cannot.
:05:32. > :05:36.The Turkish Coast Guard patrols are much more rigorous.
:05:37. > :05:38.Just two months ago, 8,000 refugees crossed
:05:39. > :05:49.So far this month, the numbers are around 300.
:05:50. > :05:53.And for those who make it to Greece, the route through the Balkans
:05:54. > :05:55.is lined with fences and riot police.
:05:56. > :06:00.There is no possibility to move further from Greece and in Greece,
:06:01. > :06:07.the movement from the islands to the mainland became impossible now.
:06:08. > :06:10.So, in Turkey, the tables where the smugglers did their deals
:06:11. > :06:17.are almost empty and the shops cannot sell air life jackets.
:06:18. > :06:21.The Turkish government says it has honoured its part of the deal.
:06:22. > :06:23.TRANSLATION: If the refugees go outside the cities
:06:24. > :06:25.where they are registered, they are told to go back.
:06:26. > :06:28.If they try to reach the coast and escape,
:06:29. > :06:34.The easing of the refugee crisis depends on a controversial deal
:06:35. > :06:39.Turkey, clamping down on the migrants, in exchange
:06:40. > :06:44.for visa-free travel to much of Europe.
:06:45. > :06:49.But the European Parliament is insisting that first, Turkey must
:06:50. > :06:52.Turkey says it has done enough and the whole
:06:53. > :06:57.So there is a risk of a migrant crisis returning.
:06:58. > :07:00.The developments are being followed closely in Germany, where most
:07:01. > :07:02.of the previous refugees went and by the referendum
:07:03. > :07:13.You can get more on our website and smart-phone app.
:07:14. > :07:16.We've explained this crisis in seven charts,
:07:17. > :07:18.looking at the numbers of people arriving and
:07:19. > :07:21.mapping their journeys - just go to BBC.com?news,
:07:22. > :07:31.World football's governing body, FIFA, has served notice that radical
:07:32. > :07:35.changes are intended for the organisation by making
:07:36. > :07:37.a surprise appointment of a new Secretary General.
:07:38. > :07:41.FIFA president Gianni Infantino told the organization's annual
:07:42. > :07:43.congress in Mexico City that Senegalese UN diplomat Fatma Samoura
:07:44. > :07:45.is the first female secretary general in the history
:07:46. > :07:51.of the male-dominated world football organisation.
:07:52. > :07:56.She is working since 21 years in the United Nations.
:07:57. > :07:59.She is a great person, she is used to managing big
:08:00. > :08:06.organisations and she will bring a fresh wind to Fifa.
:08:07. > :08:09.Somebody from outside, not somebody from inside.
:08:10. > :08:13.Not somebody from the past but somebody new.
:08:14. > :08:30.Lizzie Greenwood Hughes joins us from the BBC Sport Centre.
:08:31. > :08:38.What do we know about her? We know that she's 54 years old and
:08:39. > :08:41.speaks for damages and she spent most of her career working for the
:08:42. > :08:46.United Nations, specialising in the development and working a lot in
:08:47. > :08:49.Africa. She's pretty working in Nigeria. We also know that she has
:08:50. > :08:52.never worked in football. It is interesting because this is going to
:08:53. > :08:59.be the number two interesting because this is going to
:09:00. > :09:10.football. She will be the right-hand woman now to the Fifa president.
:09:11. > :09:15.The former president was banned. She's never worked in football but
:09:16. > :09:22.as the president said she is this new face. She will be part of the
:09:23. > :09:26.shake up and has a proven ability to lead teams, she also understands
:09:27. > :09:30.that transparency and accountability are at the heart of any well-run and
:09:31. > :09:34.responsible organisation and that is in response to all the scandals that
:09:35. > :09:38.have been surrounding Fifa and world football over recent years.
:09:39. > :09:43.I said earlier that it does serve notice that radical changes really
:09:44. > :09:46.are ahead. Will this be enough to settle peoples opinions about Fifa
:09:47. > :09:51.and where it is going and where has been?
:09:52. > :09:55.That is a big question. Will it be enough? Who knows. Fifa has a long
:09:56. > :09:58.way to go. They have a lot of the bridges to build. There is been this
:09:59. > :10:04.awful cloud hanging over the organisation for many years now.
:10:05. > :10:07.Will appoint one lady to the second-in-command role, the
:10:08. > :10:10.Secretary General role, will that be enough? We'll have to wait and see.
:10:11. > :10:14.It is a start. They're really trying to make a difference. They have
:10:15. > :10:18.appointed a woman for the first time to the second most important job in
:10:19. > :10:21.people. That has to be a start. Any think about how women's football is
:10:22. > :10:24.been on the rise of the recent years packed there is little bit more for
:10:25. > :10:30.people to do but we can only hope that this will make a difference.
:10:31. > :10:42.Now a look at some of the day's other news.
:10:43. > :10:45.We're getting reports of an attack on a supporters club of the football
:10:46. > :10:50.As many as 14 people are reported to have been killed in the shooting
:10:51. > :10:53.which happened in the predominately Shia town of Balad - about 130
:10:54. > :10:57.A group of men are reported to have entered the building an opened fire.
:10:58. > :10:59.Witnesses claim they were from Islamic State.
:11:00. > :11:05.The Ugandan opposition leader has been charged with treason. He was
:11:06. > :11:11.the main challenger to the president in recent elections. He insists he
:11:12. > :11:12.was the rightful winner and held a mock swearing in ceremony earlier
:11:13. > :11:12.this week. The US Secret Service has said it
:11:13. > :11:15.will investigate the former butler of the Republican presidential
:11:16. > :11:17.candidate, Donald Trump, over Facebook posts calling
:11:18. > :11:19.for President Obama to be killed. Anthony Senecal,
:11:20. > :11:22.who's 84, and served as Mr Trump's butler until 2009,
:11:23. > :11:27.confirmed he wrote the posts, some A spokeswoman for Mr Trump
:11:28. > :11:31.distanced his campaign Thousands of people have turned out
:11:32. > :11:38.in Beirut for the funeral of one of Hezbollah's top leaders,
:11:39. > :11:40.Mustafa Badreddine. Hezbollah announced earlier today
:11:41. > :11:43.that he'd been killed in Syria where he was reportedly
:11:44. > :11:45.the movement's senior commander. His funeral is taking place
:11:46. > :11:47.in the southern suburbs of Beirut Rami Ruhayem is there
:11:48. > :11:56.and describes the atmosphere. Yes, we are in the middle
:11:57. > :11:59.of the funeral procession As you can see it is a very
:12:00. > :12:06.crowded funeral procession. Just a few minutes ago,
:12:07. > :12:09.Hezbollah supporters were firing their guns in the air
:12:10. > :12:12.and there was quite an emotional scene as the body of
:12:13. > :12:14.Mustafa Badreddine, the Hezbollah military commander went past us,
:12:15. > :12:18.along this street on to the cemetery As you mentioned, it is not clear
:12:19. > :12:26.at all whom Hezbollah They issued two statements this
:12:27. > :12:35.morning, where they announced that The first contains very little
:12:36. > :12:42.detail, only an implicit reference that the assassination
:12:43. > :12:44.took place in Syria. The second one contained
:12:45. > :12:46.a little bit more detail. It said he was killed in a large
:12:47. > :12:49.explosion close to the Damascus International Airport,
:12:50. > :12:53.and they said in the statement that the explosion could have been
:12:54. > :12:57.caused by an air strike, or by artillery fire,
:12:58. > :12:59.or by a missile attack, so that leaves the door open
:13:00. > :13:03.for many different possibilities, including an assassination
:13:04. > :13:07.by the Israelis, especially But there are also
:13:08. > :13:10.other possibilities. Just a few minutes ago,
:13:11. > :13:13.before the funeral procession, the deputy leader of Hezbollah
:13:14. > :13:16.was speaking, and he said, that Hezbollah, within the next few hour,
:13:17. > :13:19.will make an announcement about who they think
:13:20. > :13:23.is behind the assassination, and will take whatever action
:13:24. > :13:26.they choose to take depending Canadian Prime Minister Justin
:13:27. > :13:35.Trudeau is visiting the fire-ravaged town of Fort McMurray -
:13:36. > :13:39.meeting people who have been on the front lines
:13:40. > :13:43.of the devastating blaze. The efforts have been hampered
:13:44. > :13:44.by high temperatures Our correspondent Rajini
:13:45. > :13:58.Vaidyanathan has more. Canada's prime Minster is meeting
:13:59. > :14:04.with some of the firefighters and rescue workers who helped battle
:14:05. > :14:10.those wildfires. He will be meeting them in Fort big muddy itself. It
:14:11. > :14:15.was devastated by those powerful wildfires. The worst of those fires
:14:16. > :14:19.have moved away from the residential areas but people still are not able
:14:20. > :14:22.to enter the area apart from contractors and some of the workers
:14:23. > :14:27.who were helping to try and rebuild that area. We were given access
:14:28. > :14:30.yesterday to Fort McMurray and it really was shocking to see how
:14:31. > :14:35.powerful those wildfires really well. You walked along some streets
:14:36. > :14:39.where houses on one side were perfectly intact and you just had to
:14:40. > :14:45.turn around to see a family home produced to just the foundations,
:14:46. > :14:48.ash and cinder. It was like a children's book just left in the
:14:49. > :14:53.remaining rubble. It really is heartbreaking. We saw cars that have
:14:54. > :14:59.been left as burnt out shells and green grass which is now black suit
:15:00. > :15:03.in large parts of Fort McMurray. 90,000 people were forced to flee
:15:04. > :15:07.their homes. It is remarkable when you see those pictures of those
:15:08. > :15:12.atrocious claims that no one lost their lives. There are tens of
:15:13. > :15:17.thousands of people without a home. Many do not know what has happened
:15:18. > :15:21.to their houses because about 80% of Fort McMurray was indeed saved but
:15:22. > :15:26.it will take some time for people to be able to move back into the area.
:15:27. > :15:30.That is a question that people will have four the Prime Minister. They
:15:31. > :15:34.want answers. How long will it take before they can go back home? You
:15:35. > :15:38.want to know what has happened to their homes in the first place. The
:15:39. > :15:42.Government has given people hear about 1200 and the Canadian dollars
:15:43. > :15:45.as a lump sum payment to help them out but many people say they are not
:15:46. > :15:50.going to be able to for weeks. They are homeless and they have to start
:15:51. > :15:53.paying rent when they start moving out of some of the emergency
:15:54. > :15:57.accommodation that they have been provided with so they don't know how
:15:58. > :16:03.they are going to survive for the weeks and months to come.
:16:04. > :16:06.In India, the River Ganges is the most sacred river to Hindus,
:16:07. > :16:09.But it's highly polluted and now the government has launched
:16:10. > :16:12.an ambitious three-billion-dollar programme to clean up the river
:16:13. > :16:15.The river flows across northern India and into Bangladesh -
:16:16. > :16:18.and one sign of the pollution is the fall in the numbers of Dolphins.
:16:19. > :16:21.In the second part of our special series on India's
:16:22. > :16:23.greatest and most sacred - our South Asia Correspondent,
:16:24. > :16:36.Justin Rowlatt went to the shores of the Ganges, and got rather lucky.
:16:37. > :16:52.This is the holiest city in all India. But just take a look at this.
:16:53. > :16:59.It is also a huge source of pollution. The ancient practices of
:17:00. > :17:11.Riverside cremation are one tiny part of it. A far bigger problem is
:17:12. > :17:18.the waste of the living. We can only treat a third of the
:17:19. > :17:23.sewage. The city generates more than litres of waste. You rest go
:17:24. > :17:28.straight into the Ganges. The figures elsewhere on the river
:17:29. > :17:33.are even worse. Independent studies show 18% of sewage is untreated. The
:17:34. > :17:37.Government says it plans to big massive new waste treatment
:17:38. > :17:44.infrastructure, environmentalists say it cannot come soon enough for
:17:45. > :17:50.at least one clean species. The hope was that we might be able
:17:51. > :17:54.to spot the incredibly rare dolphin. And incredibly, within minutes of
:17:55. > :17:58.arriving here I saw the dorsal bin of one of them breaks the water and
:17:59. > :18:07.the real challenge I think is going to be filming them. We've got a
:18:08. > :18:09.boat. This is the cameraman. How difficult do you think it will be to
:18:10. > :18:18.film the dolphins? We have seen a couple. It is quite
:18:19. > :18:23.tough and caused pop-ups suddenly. You are an expert on the dolphins.
:18:24. > :18:28.One of the programmes is to protect this rare animal. How rare is the
:18:29. > :18:35.dolphin? The dolphin is an Endangered Species
:18:36. > :18:38.and it is rare to spot these animals.
:18:39. > :18:46.Today there were a dolphins all around us.
:18:47. > :18:51.Six or seven. They have to service every two minutes or so to breathe.
:18:52. > :18:56.The challenges guessing where they are going to be. After a bit, he
:18:57. > :19:07.gets his eye in and just look at this. This has been extraordinary. I
:19:08. > :19:11.never expected to see anything like as many dolphins as we have seen. It
:19:12. > :19:15.is such incredibly good news because what it tells us is this river is
:19:16. > :19:21.capable of supporting these wonderful animals and it also shows
:19:22. > :19:23.us what is at stake. I'd is so important that the Indian
:19:24. > :19:36.Government's efforts to clean up this river succeed.
:19:37. > :19:39.And you can see Justin's film - Killing The Ganges
:19:40. > :19:41.on Our World this weekend - Saturday and Sunday
:19:42. > :19:44.evening at 8.30 GMT - that's 4.30pm in New York -
:19:45. > :19:55.Still in China - and Apple is moving into the taxi industry -
:19:56. > :19:57.investing a billion dollars into the Chinese version of Uber.
:19:58. > :20:00.It's called Didi Chuxing - a car-hailing app
:20:01. > :20:03.which claims to have almost 90- per cent of the Chinese market.
:20:04. > :20:06.In January, its major rival - Uber - admitted it is losing
:20:07. > :20:08.more than a billion dollars a year in China -
:20:09. > :20:10.spending huge sums to subsidise discounted rides.
:20:11. > :20:28.Chinese company Didi Chuxing has just received a 1 billion US dollar
:20:29. > :20:31.investment from Apple and it could change the fate of the taxi industry
:20:32. > :20:41.in this country. How? I will explain. Didi Chuxing operates a
:20:42. > :20:45.phone app. The fall it came along the only way to get hold of a cab in
:20:46. > :20:51.this country was to get out into the street and try and hail one. Then
:20:52. > :20:55.along came Didi Chuxing and changed everything. And there it is. You can
:20:56. > :21:10.see the taxis available in this area. And here is my account. --
:21:11. > :21:14.might have. With the introduction of this app Chinese people have been
:21:15. > :21:18.able to leapfrog into the future. One day they cannot order a taxi at
:21:19. > :21:24.all, the next they are communicating with the driver, they conceive a
:21:25. > :21:28.drive up's real-time location and now you should try hailing a cab in
:21:29. > :21:33.a major Chinese city. You cannot get one because the drivers are rotating
:21:34. > :21:40.these bookings. However. Temp two has made and it bends of push into
:21:41. > :21:45.China and is popular with more affluent customers. Didi Chuxing has
:21:46. > :21:48.responded with its own premium car service. And now with this extra
:21:49. > :21:53.injection of money from Apple it is hoping it can expand its service and
:21:54. > :21:58.hoping it can expand its service and stable any challenge from Uber.
:21:59. > :22:00.Now considering her earnings, you'd think the tennis champion,
:22:01. > :22:03.Serena Williams, could probably afford to eat anything she wanted,
:22:04. > :22:05.but, get this, she's admitted to eating dog food.
:22:06. > :22:07.The star - playing at the Italian open -
:22:08. > :22:10.says she ordered a gourmet dish from her hotel's "dog
:22:11. > :22:20.She said it looked so good - she ate a spoonful.
:22:21. > :22:29.I order him this salmon and rice because I thought, ie salmon. So I
:22:30. > :22:34.ordered the salmon and rice and before you judge me, look at it.
:22:35. > :22:40.That is the salmon and rice. It is kind of all mixed together, right? I
:22:41. > :22:44.mean, come on. It looks good. I think it looks good. I thought I
:22:45. > :22:52.would try apiece, it looks good. So I eat a spoonful. Don't judge me.
:22:53. > :22:57.IAEA spoonful. So now I feel really sick. It was just a spoonful.
:22:58. > :23:01.Well, at least it had no long lasting effects -
:23:02. > :23:03.the tennis star made it through to the quarter-finals
:23:04. > :23:07.Now to a remote corner of Ireland, where some residents are 'feeling
:23:08. > :23:11.the force.' The filming of the next Star Wars film is rumoured to be
:23:12. > :23:17.starting in the country's most northern point -
:23:18. > :23:21.So could the wildly successful films mean a boom in tourism
:23:22. > :23:38.On land, far far away. Already as far north as you can go on the
:23:39. > :23:42.island of Ireland. Strange visitors from other worlds have been
:23:43. > :23:47.arriving. By which I mean the strange world of Hollywood. There
:23:48. > :23:52.have been weeks of preparation near Malin Head but local people have
:23:53. > :23:57.been sworn to secrecy about this shoot for the new star Wars film.
:23:58. > :24:02.I can't give too much away because I don't know too much about it and the
:24:03. > :24:09.little bit I do know they've asked me to keep confidential. In fact,
:24:10. > :24:14.confidentiality. Those agreements have not stop the
:24:15. > :24:19.speculation. Many believe that the rocks along the rugged coastline,
:24:20. > :24:24.this could be the millennium for Ken or at the very least another
:24:25. > :24:28.spaceship. It is the dramatic coastline which is the attraction.
:24:29. > :24:34.And the cameras are due to head back south near to the historic monastic
:24:35. > :24:39.retreat where filming took place the first time. But for the minute, it
:24:40. > :24:42.is the most northerly tip where they are hoping the power of the bourse
:24:43. > :24:46.and this blockbuster film franchise will put interests.
:24:47. > :24:51.This is going to make a massive difference to the tourist is that
:24:52. > :24:56.will come to the north-west. It is going to be bigger than people can
:24:57. > :24:59.imagine. A few fanatic fans have already
:25:00. > :25:05.arrived in Donegal, apparently from the dark side. But despite
:25:06. > :25:09.appearances, the visitors seem very friendly. After all, this is a place
:25:10. > :25:12.where even a storm trooper can PC eight the scenery.
:25:13. > :25:16.Now to a powerful volcanic eruption in Costa Rica that's been
:25:17. > :25:19.spectacularly captured by a thermal camera.
:25:20. > :25:25.The active Turrialba Volcano spread ash across the country
:25:26. > :25:27.after its explosion measured three kilometres over
:25:28. > :25:31.The national park where it is located is usually open
:25:32. > :25:34.to visitors but increased activity for the past two years has forced
:25:35. > :25:47.You can get in touch with stories or tweet me.
:25:48. > :26:04.But for now, from me and the rest of the team, goodbye
:26:05. > :26:11.This weekend will be cooler than last weekend by several degrees but
:26:12. > :26:16.there is still reasonable weather on offer. Earlier today we sell the
:26:17. > :26:19.cloud melt away. Showers in the south and west but it is this cloud
:26:20. > :26:22.which is of interest because it is a cold front moving its way south. The
:26:23. > :26:23.colder is falling