:00:00. > :00:19.This is BBC World News Today with me, Chris Rogers.
:00:20. > :00:32.The European Union has been warned it is not cracking down on illegal
:00:33. > :00:37.migrants. I truly believe in equality. I
:00:38. > :00:45.believe in embracing diversity. And the Canadian prime minister
:00:46. > :00:48.arrives in Fort McMurray - the town devastated by a raging
:00:49. > :00:51.wildfire that forced the evacuation The European mission
:00:52. > :01:05.to stop migrant smuggling in the Mediterranean is failing -
:01:06. > :01:09.that's the verdict from a group Hundreds of migrants have arrived
:01:10. > :01:19.in Europe from Libya in the past 48 hours and the report says there's
:01:20. > :01:21.little prospect of stopping more. That's in contrast to the route
:01:22. > :01:24.via Turkey that has seen a dramatic fall -
:01:25. > :01:27.mainly due to the EU's deal with Turkey to stem the number
:01:28. > :01:30.of Syrians making the crossing. It's the Libyan route however that's
:01:31. > :01:33.causing most concern for officials. The lack of a stable government
:01:34. > :01:36.in Libya is allowing more and more boats to make the treacherous
:01:37. > :02:31.crossing to Italy. This is new migrants, cargo. A
:02:32. > :02:38.record year. Why do they come? This man said this was the only escape
:02:39. > :02:45.from the horrors of Libya. Very hard conditions? You told me you were
:02:46. > :02:48.beat? Yes, it is once in a day. He is lucky to be alive, we found them
:02:49. > :02:54.two days ago, drifting in this rubber boat. The people smugglers
:02:55. > :03:03.pack them in and gave just enough fuel to leave Libyan waters. An hour
:03:04. > :03:06.after this rescue, a storm blowing, and this is what happens when the
:03:07. > :03:17.waves get bigger. The boats fold and sink.
:03:18. > :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. > :03:27.232 here, 801 in Messina, over 1000 migrants just today.
:03:28. > :03:36.Among those also leaving today were 51 young men under the age
:03:37. > :03:44.Here is one from Guinea-Bissau.
:03:45. > :03:47.It is a lonely world for a boy so young.
:03:48. > :03:50.One proposed solution is to send Europe's navies into Libya's
:03:51. > :03:52.waters but to do that, you need a Government
:03:53. > :04:00.The inescapable truth is: so long as there is money to be made
:04:01. > :04:05.from this dirty business of people trafficking, they will come.
:04:06. > :04:07.Migrants heading to Europe from Libya.
:04:08. > :04:09.By contrast, there are signs the efforts to stop
:04:10. > :04:11.the flow of migrants into Europe from Turkey -
:04:12. > :04:13.are beginning to have a significant impact.
:04:14. > :04:15.Numbers arriving from Turkey onto the Greek islands are down
:04:16. > :04:18.around 90 per cent in April compared with the previous month
:04:19. > :04:20.following a deal struck between the EU and Turkey.
:04:21. > :04:22.But as our chief correspondent Gavin Hewitt now reports from Izmir,
:04:23. > :04:39.political pressures mean the deal is looking increasingly vulnerable.
:04:40. > :04:41.These are the Turkey beaches from where tens of thousands
:04:42. > :04:48.of refugees left for their perilous journey to Europe.
:04:49. > :04:51.Almost no refugees are making the crossing to Greece.
:04:52. > :04:54.But the deal between Turkey and the EU to solve the migrant
:04:55. > :05:19.The deal signed in March has all but blocked the migrant trade.
:05:20. > :05:25.TRANSLATION: The sea border with Greece is now closed
:05:26. > :05:27.and if someone wants to go to Europe, they cannot.
:05:28. > :05:35.The Turkish Coast Guard patrols are much more rigorous.
:05:36. > :05:37.Just two months ago, 8,000 refugees crossed
:05:38. > :05:42.So far this month, the numbers are around 300.
:05:43. > :05:46.And for those who make it to Greece, the route through the Balkans
:05:47. > :05:49.is lined with fences and riot police.
:05:50. > :05:53.There is no possibility to move further from Greece and in Greece,
:05:54. > :06:00.the movement from the islands to the mainland became impossible now.
:06:01. > :06:06.So, in Turkey, the tables where the smugglers did their deals
:06:07. > :06:09.are almost empty and the shops cannot sell air life jackets.
:06:10. > :06:14.The Turkish government says it has honoured its part of the deal.
:06:15. > :06:16.TRANSLATION: If the refugees go outside the cities
:06:17. > :06:22.where they are registered, they are told to go back.
:06:23. > :06:25.If they try to reach the coast and escape,
:06:26. > :06:31.The easing of the refugee crisis depends on a controversial deal
:06:32. > :06:35.Turkey, clamping down on the migrants, in exchange
:06:36. > :06:37.for visa-free travel to much of Europe.
:06:38. > :06:40.But the European Parliament is insisting that first, Turkey must
:06:41. > :06:45.Turkey says it has done enough and the whole
:06:46. > :06:53.So there is a risk of a migrant crisis returning.
:06:54. > :06:56.The developments are being followed closely in Germany, where most
:06:57. > :06:58.of the previous refugees went and by the referendum
:06:59. > :07:11.World football's governing body, FIFA, has served notice that radical
:07:12. > :07:13.changes are intended for the organisation by making
:07:14. > :07:18.a surprise appointment of a new Secretary General.
:07:19. > :07:20.FIFA president Gianni Infantino told the organization's annual congress
:07:21. > :07:22.in Mexico City that Senegalese UN diplomat Fatma Samoura is the first
:07:23. > :07:25.female secretary general in the history of the male-dominated
:07:26. > :07:32.She is working since 21 years in the United Nations.
:07:33. > :07:40.She is a great person, she is used to managing big
:07:41. > :07:43.organisations and she will bring a fresh wind to Fifa.
:07:44. > :07:47.Somebody from outside, not somebody from inside.
:07:48. > :07:52.Not somebody from the past but somebody new.
:07:53. > :08:17.We will have all the latest on that new appointment. Our sport editor
:08:18. > :08:27.has more background on Fatma Samoura's appointment.
:08:28. > :08:30.We're getting reports of an attack on a supporters club of the football
:08:31. > :08:35.As many as 15 people are reported to have been killed in the shooting
:08:36. > :08:38.which happened in the predominately Shia town of Balad - about 130
:08:39. > :08:49.IS said in a statement that they were targeting Shias, not football
:08:50. > :09:02.fans. He insists that he was the rightful
:09:03. > :09:04.winner, the opening ceremony this week.
:09:05. > :09:07.The US Secret Service has said it will investigate the former butler
:09:08. > :09:08.of the Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump,
:09:09. > :09:11.over Facebook posts calling for President Obama to be killed.
:09:12. > :09:13.Anthony Senecal, who's 84, and served as Mr Trump's butler
:09:14. > :09:15.until 2009, confirmed he wrote the posts, some last year,
:09:16. > :09:18.A spokeswoman for Mr Trump distanced his campaign
:09:19. > :09:29.Thousands of people have turned out in Beirut for the funeral of one
:09:30. > :09:30.of Hezbollah's top leaders, Mustafa Badreddine.
:09:31. > :09:33.Hezbollah announced earlier today that he'd been killed in Syria
:09:34. > :09:35.where he was reportedly the movement's senior commander.
:09:36. > :09:37.His funeral is taking place in the southern suburbs of Beirut
:09:38. > :09:41.Rami Ruhayem is there and describes the atmosphere.
:09:42. > :09:43.Yes, we are in the middle of the funeral procession
:09:44. > :09:47.As you can see it is a very crowded funeral procession.
:09:48. > :09:49.Just a few minutes ago, Hezbollah supporters
:09:50. > :09:52.were firing their guns in the air and there was quite an emotional
:09:53. > :09:58.scene as the body of Mustafa Badreddine, the Hezbollah
:09:59. > :10:01.military commander went past us, along this street on to the cemetery
:10:02. > :10:05.As you mentioned, it is not clear at all whom Hezbollah
:10:06. > :10:13.They issued two statements this morning, where they announced that
:10:14. > :10:24.The first contains very little detail, only an implicit reference
:10:25. > :10:28.that the assassination took place in Syria.
:10:29. > :10:30.The second one contained a little bit more detail.
:10:31. > :10:33.It said he was killed in a large explosion close to the Damascus
:10:34. > :10:35.International Airport, and they said in the statement
:10:36. > :10:38.that the explosion could have been caused by an air strike,
:10:39. > :10:42.or by artillery fire, or by a missile attack,
:10:43. > :10:44.so that leaves the door open for many different possibilities,
:10:45. > :10:49.including an assassination by the Israelis, especially
:10:50. > :10:53.But there are also other possibilities.
:10:54. > :10:55.Just a few minutes ago, before the funeral procession,
:10:56. > :11:03.the deputy leader of Hezbollah was speaking, and he said, that
:11:04. > :11:05.Hezbollah, within the next few hour, will make an announcement
:11:06. > :11:07.about who they think is behind the assassination,
:11:08. > :11:10.and will take whatever action they choose to take depending
:11:11. > :11:20.Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is visiting the fire-ravaged
:11:21. > :11:23.town of Fort McMurray - meeting people who have
:11:24. > :11:26.been on the front lines of the devastating blaze.
:11:27. > :11:28.The efforts have been hampered by high temperatures
:11:29. > :11:36.Our correspondent Rajini Vaidyanathan has more.
:11:37. > :11:40.Canada's prime Minster is meeting with some of the firefighters
:11:41. > :11:44.and rescue workers who helped battle those wildfires.
:11:45. > :11:47.He will be meeting them in Fort big muddy itself.
:11:48. > :11:54.It was devastated by those powerful wildfires.
:11:55. > :11:57.The worst of those fires have moved away from the residential areas
:11:58. > :11:59.but people still are not able to enter the area apart
:12:00. > :12:02.from contractors and some of the workers who were helping
:12:03. > :12:09.We were given access yesterday to Fort McMurray and it really
:12:10. > :12:19.was shocking to see how powerful those wildfires really well.
:12:20. > :12:22.was shocking to see how powerful those wildfires really well -- were.
:12:23. > :12:24.You walked along some streets where houses on one side
:12:25. > :12:28.were perfectly intact and you just had to turn around to see a family
:12:29. > :12:30.home produced to just the foundations, ash and cinder.
:12:31. > :12:33.It was like a children's book just left in the remaining rubble.
:12:34. > :12:39.We saw cars that have been left as burnt out shells and green grass
:12:40. > :12:41.which is now black soot in large parts of Fort McMurray.
:12:42. > :12:50.90,000 people were forced to flee their homes.
:12:51. > :12:53.It is remarkable when you see those pictures of those atrocious flames
:12:54. > :12:57.There are tens of thousands of people without a home.
:12:58. > :13:00.Many do not know what has happened to their houses because about 80%
:13:01. > :13:03.of Fort McMurray was indeed saved but it will take some time
:13:04. > :13:07.for people to be able to move back into the area.
:13:08. > :13:10.That is a question that people will have four the Prime Minister.
:13:11. > :13:14.How long will it take before they can go back home?
:13:15. > :13:38.You want to know what has happened to their homes in the first place.
:13:39. > :13:45.There is a legal stand-off in North Carolina over the controversial new
:13:46. > :13:52.laws that only allows people to use public toilets based on the
:13:53. > :14:00.biological sex. Going to a public bad Tim is generally a simple act.
:14:01. > :14:05.This has caused America's transgendered community in the
:14:06. > :14:10.middle of the political row. North Carolina introduced the bathroom
:14:11. > :14:13.bill, meaning people can only use a public toilet or changing room
:14:14. > :14:20.matched to the birth certificate, rather than the gender they identify
:14:21. > :14:25.with. They say it will prevent women and girls from sexual predators. The
:14:26. > :14:31.law has sparked anger, and many entertainers have boycotted the
:14:32. > :14:35.state. The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against North Carolina
:14:36. > :14:39.saying it violates the rights of transgender people. This law
:14:40. > :14:43.inflicts further indignity on a population that has already suffered
:14:44. > :14:50.far more than its fair share. This law provides no benefit to society
:14:51. > :14:52.and all it does is harm innocent Americans. The Obama administration
:14:53. > :14:58.Nye says that public schools must allow transgender students access to
:14:59. > :15:02.facilities consistent with the gender identity. If schools are
:15:03. > :15:07.vying to be discriminatory, they could lose out on government funds.
:15:08. > :15:11.The Texas Lieutenant Governor has cold the blackmail. He has said a
:15:12. > :15:20.policy in place that will divide the country not along political lines,
:15:21. > :15:27.but along family values. And school districts. No signs of letup this
:15:28. > :15:33.fierce debate over transgender riots. The toilet door, know
:15:34. > :15:44.something of a symbol, in the latest of America's culture wars. To stay
:15:45. > :15:47.with us. The millennium Balkan has landed in a quiet corner in Northern
:15:48. > :16:04.Ireland! -- millennium Balkan. The Pope has been shot, but will
:16:05. > :16:09.live. The mild they call the butcher of Leon went on trial today in the
:16:10. > :16:14.French town where he was the Gestapo chief in the Second World War.
:16:15. > :16:18.Winnie Mandela never looked like a women just sentenced to six years in
:16:19. > :16:23.jail. The judge told her there was no indication cheaper even the
:16:24. > :16:27.slightest remorse. The Chinese government has cold for an all out
:16:28. > :16:32.effort to help the victims of a powerful earthquake. The computer
:16:33. > :16:37.deep blue has tonight Triumph over the world chess champion Garry
:16:38. > :16:40.Kasparov. It is the first time the machine has defeated reigning world
:16:41. > :16:45.champion in the classical chess match. America's first legal
:16:46. > :16:57.same-sex marriages have been taking place in Massachusetts.
:16:58. > :17:08.The headlines: a British inquiry highlights Europe's failure
:17:09. > :17:19.to stop people smuggling across the Mediterranean.
:17:20. > :17:33.Peter has elected its first ever female official...
:17:34. > :17:39.The Supreme Court in South Africa has given the right for thousands of
:17:40. > :17:46.miners in South Africa to sue for damages.
:17:47. > :17:49.A landmark court ruling allowing mind workers to sue gold mining
:17:50. > :17:54.firms. In an unprecedented case would set the stage for the biggest
:17:55. > :17:58.class-action suit in South African history. The purest of the poor are
:17:59. > :18:04.going up against some of the world's was powerful co-producers. In the
:18:05. > :18:11.context of this case, class-action is the only realistic option through
:18:12. > :18:17.which most mind workers can assess the claims effectively against the
:18:18. > :18:21.mining companies. This is the only avenue to give them right up of
:18:22. > :18:28.course guaranteed by the Constitution. Thousands of former
:18:29. > :18:35.Mineworkers won compensation. They allege they contract with silicosis,
:18:36. > :18:39.an incurable lung disease from years of working underground. After
:18:40. > :18:48.decades of hard labour, many say they were sent to die, often without
:18:49. > :19:02.compensation. I am still very, very happy. Before I left, we prayed so
:19:03. > :19:07.that we would wind this. I am sure where they are now they will be
:19:08. > :19:14.happy. This is a lesson to the employers of the mines because they
:19:15. > :19:20.took us as toys. They didn't take care of us. The 32 mining companies
:19:21. > :19:24.accused of failing to protect workers say today's findings do not
:19:25. > :19:29.represent the view on the merits of the case brought by claimants. They
:19:30. > :19:31.say they are in talks with lawyers representing the Mineworkers with
:19:32. > :19:39.the view of seeking out fair unsuitable outcome. This is seen as
:19:40. > :19:42.a wind for thousands of workers who helped gold mining companies make
:19:43. > :19:47.billions of dollars while they suffered in poverty, but the legal
:19:48. > :19:57.battle is far from over because this class-action suit to take up to ten
:19:58. > :20:06.years to conclude. Let's catch up on the sport.
:20:07. > :20:08.Our sport editor has more background on Fatma
:20:09. > :20:19.Lizzie Greenwood Hughes joins us from the BBC Sport Centre.
:20:20. > :20:22.We know that she's 54 years old and speaks for damages
:20:23. > :20:25.and she spent most of her career working for the United Nations,
:20:26. > :20:27.specialising in the development and working a lot in Africa.
:20:28. > :20:31.We also know that she has never worked in football.
:20:32. > :20:34.It is interesting because this is going to be the number two
:20:35. > :20:44.In other news, Gibraltar will become as the 211 member of the world
:20:45. > :20:50.football family. Spain has opposed Gibraltar getting membership. Serbia
:20:51. > :20:54.also dry to block Kosovo, but Kosovo and Gibraltar can start preparations
:20:55. > :20:59.for the new World Cup. Watford will have a new manager next season. The
:21:00. > :21:03.case and says the is will be leaving at the end of the season. The
:21:04. > :21:07.Spaniard led Watford to Premier League safety and an FA Cup
:21:08. > :21:11.semifinal in his first season in England, but they have only won four
:21:12. > :21:14.out of 20 league games and are currently 13th in the table going
:21:15. > :21:26.into the final game against Sunderland on Sunday. Yesterday we
:21:27. > :21:34.had a meeting with the club to make care resume of the season. After
:21:35. > :21:39.that I concluded that me and the club don't have the same view about
:21:40. > :21:49.the season. We don't have the necessary conditions to activate to
:21:50. > :21:57.renew the contract. My contract finishes in June, then I will leave.
:21:58. > :22:02.This is the consequence. Tomorrow, Real Madrid have won the last ten
:22:03. > :22:06.games to bring them within a point behind the leaders, Barcelona, going
:22:07. > :22:12.into the final games. Barcelona looked set a 24th league title, but
:22:13. > :22:16.then Real Madrid put forward this amazing run of results. Zinedine
:22:17. > :22:28.Zidane's side can snatch the crying if Real Madrid draw on loose. -- on
:22:29. > :22:32.loose. TRANSLATION: the right of every player is to be everything one
:22:33. > :22:35.can't defend the shirt you are wearing. Both Grenada and Barcelona
:22:36. > :22:40.players will do everything in order to the game. They will want to wind
:22:41. > :22:46.at home in front of the fans and we will want to wind the title. I think
:22:47. > :22:55.it will be impossible to surpass our level of ambition. There was another
:22:56. > :22:59.classic match today between Novak Djokovic on Rafael Nadal at the Rome
:23:00. > :23:04.Masters. It was Novak Djokovic came through. Both men had their chances,
:23:05. > :23:10.especially Rafael Nadal, but the Serbian went on to wind the advanced
:23:11. > :23:15.to the last four for he will play either Dominic Keane or Kei
:23:16. > :23:20.Nishikori. Also through is Andy Murray. He defeated David Goffin in
:23:21. > :23:36.straight sets. The latest from the second round of
:23:37. > :23:41.the players championship. It is a congested leaderboard with the world
:23:42. > :23:50.number one, Jason Day, ahead by two shots from Jonas Blixt. There was a
:23:51. > :23:54.great round of 64 from the world number three, Rory McIlroy, to move
:23:55. > :23:58.him into contention. Harlequins are hoping to wind the fourth European
:23:59. > :24:02.title this evening. They are up against Montpellier in the Challenge
:24:03. > :24:10.Cup final. At the moment and is not going well, Montpellier winning
:24:11. > :24:16.23-9, with around 23 minutes left on the clock.
:24:17. > :24:19.Now to a remote corner of Ireland, where some residents are 'feeling
:24:20. > :24:22.the force.' The filming of the next Star Wars film is rumoured to be
:24:23. > :24:24.starting in the country's most northern point -
:24:25. > :24:28.So could the wildly successful films mean a boom in tourism
:24:29. > :24:38.Already as far north as you can go on the island of Ireland.
:24:39. > :24:49.Strange visitors from other worlds have been arriving.
:24:50. > :24:51.By which I mean the strange world of Hollywood.
:24:52. > :24:54.There have been weeks of preparation near Malin Head but local people
:24:55. > :24:56.have been sworn to secrecy about this shoot for
:24:57. > :25:00.I can't give too much away because I don't know too much
:25:01. > :25:03.about it and the little bit I do know they've asked me
:25:04. > :25:12.Those agreements have not stop the speculation.
:25:13. > :25:24.Many believe that the rocks along the rugged coastline,
:25:25. > :25:27.this could be the Millennium Falcon or at the very least
:25:28. > :25:30.It is the dramatic coastline which is the attraction.
:25:31. > :25:33.And the cameras are due to head back south near to the historic monastic
:25:34. > :25:37.retreat where filming took place the first time.
:25:38. > :25:42.But for the minute, it is the most northerly tip where they are hoping
:25:43. > :25:44.the power of the Force and this blockbuster film franchise
:25:45. > :25:58.If you spot any Star Wars film in, get in touch! That is it, thanks for
:25:59. > :26:15.watching. Over the past couple of weeks we
:26:16. > :26:16.have seen some pre-monsoon thunderstorms across India and