:00:00. > :00:00.This is BBC World News Today with me, Kasia Madera.
:00:07. > :00:10.Maria Sharapova is suspended for two years after testing
:00:11. > :00:16.The Russian tennis star calls the ban unfairly harsh
:00:17. > :00:24.Deadline extended - UK voters have more time to register
:00:25. > :00:27.to vote in the EU referendum after a last-minute rush
:00:28. > :00:35.Accused of being behind the deaths of hundreds of migrants,
:00:36. > :00:39.one of the world's most wanted people smugglers is arrested.
:00:40. > :00:41.International fans flock to see the boy wizard,
:00:42. > :01:01.who's back, this time on London's West End stage.
:01:02. > :01:03.She hasn't played international tennis since announcing her positive
:01:04. > :01:13.Now Maria Sharapova has discovered what the penalty for a taking
:01:14. > :01:17.A tribunal has suspended the former champion for two years raising
:01:18. > :01:19.serious questions about her future in the sport.
:01:20. > :01:21.Sharapova admits she took Meldonium, during this year's Australian Open
:01:22. > :01:24.but says she was prescribed the drug for medical purposes
:01:25. > :01:36.Our sports news correspondent Richard Conway has this update
:01:37. > :01:39.from Wimbledon where the world's top players will soon compete.
:01:40. > :01:42.Within minutes of that decision being known today,
:01:43. > :01:44.Maria Sharapova issued a statement saying she would appeal
:01:45. > :01:46.and that she wanted to be back playing tennis.
:01:47. > :01:49.But, of course, she won't be here at Wimbledon
:01:50. > :01:57.It was here in 2004 that Maria Sharapova was launched to fame
:01:58. > :01:59.by winning the Ladies Singles title at the age of just 17.
:02:00. > :02:03.But now she is 29, she is at the peak of her career,
:02:04. > :02:05.but she is facing that two-year ban that stretches back
:02:06. > :02:07.to January this year, to the Australian Open,
:02:08. > :02:09.when she tested positive for a substance called Meldonium.
:02:10. > :02:12.Maria Sharapova said she took that substance because she had
:02:13. > :02:17.She wasn't aware that it had joined the list of prohibited substances
:02:18. > :02:21.only on January the 1st, so she offered that as a defence,
:02:22. > :02:25.but an independent tribunal has said that's not a good enough defence,
:02:26. > :02:27.and they accept that, while she didn't intend to cheat,
:02:28. > :02:30.she should have known about the rule change.
:02:31. > :02:34.So that appeal will now go forward but it could be some time before
:02:35. > :02:37.we see Maria Sharapova back here at Wimbledon, back of course
:02:38. > :02:39.at the Rio Olympics, which she looks now set to miss
:02:40. > :02:42.as well, and of course at any other Grand Slam.
:02:43. > :02:45.It could be 2018 before we see her in competitive
:02:46. > :02:54.There's more on this story, including What Is Meldonium?,
:02:55. > :02:57.on the BBC News website and if you're watching
:02:58. > :02:59.on BBC World News, stay tuned for Sport Today,
:03:00. > :03:05.With just over two weeks left until voters decide whether Britain
:03:06. > :03:06.should leave or remain in the European Union,
:03:07. > :03:09.it's becoming increasingly clear that the campaign will go down
:03:10. > :03:15.A few hours ago, the British government announced
:03:16. > :03:17.that the deadline for voters to register has been extended
:03:18. > :03:24.That's because the registration website crashed on Tuesday before
:03:25. > :03:26.the midnight cut-off, meaning that some people could have
:03:27. > :03:31.According to the government, almost 60,000 people
:03:32. > :03:34.were trying to use the service when the problem was first reported,
:03:35. > :03:41.It lasted until after midnight, when more than 20,000 people
:03:42. > :03:45.But the government's data does not show whether those users
:03:46. > :03:54.Our Deputy Political Editor, John Pienaar, has the details.
:03:55. > :03:57.Were you one of those who try to register to vote
:03:58. > :04:03.At over 500,000 clicks and counting, the official website crashed.
:04:04. > :04:06.Thousands were denied the right to join the EU referendum, so today,
:04:07. > :04:11.an emergency decision to grant more time.
:04:12. > :04:13.David Cameron, who believes the bigger the vote,
:04:14. > :04:21.It is extremely welcome that so many people want to take part in this
:04:22. > :04:22.massive democratic exercise, in this vital decision
:04:23. > :04:27.The new deadline will be midnight tomorrow.
:04:28. > :04:29.Gordon and Nicky from Worcestershire tried to register last night.
:04:30. > :04:37.And it's really great, I think, that the Government
:04:38. > :04:41.are being flexible and responsive so quickly to make sure that people
:04:42. > :04:48.I hope a lot of young people are also online at this very moment,
:04:49. > :04:52.because it is their future more than ours.
:04:53. > :04:55.This vote will decide Britain's place in the world for decades so no
:04:56. > :04:57.surprise more time has been given for voters to register.
:04:58. > :04:59.Tonight, the Remainers, who believe a big turnout
:05:00. > :05:01.at the polls will help their side, look happiest.
:05:02. > :05:07.That is why the campaign has become frantic, with the Leavers
:05:08. > :05:10.warning of mass migration if we stay inside the EU
:05:11. > :05:13.and the Stronger Inside talking of a meltdown in the market
:05:14. > :05:18.Now there are fresh warnings that if Britain chooses to leave the EU,
:05:19. > :05:20.many more Scots will want to leave Britain.
:05:21. > :05:25.The Leavers say they will support the decision to extend the time
:05:26. > :05:28.to register but not all of them are happy about it.
:05:29. > :05:31.Any idea of rewriting the rules in any substantial way would be
:05:32. > :05:35.madness and make the country look like a shambles in the run-up
:05:36. > :05:45.If they left it till the last minute and all tried to register yesterday,
:05:46. > :05:47.that is their fault and we should not change our regulations
:05:48. > :05:50.in the middle of a very important referendum campaign simply
:05:51. > :05:52.to suit those who have not organised their personal affairs
:05:53. > :05:56.well enough to secure their registration in good time.
:05:57. > :05:59.But thousands more will be able to vote.
:06:00. > :06:02.Will more young voters swing it for Remain?
:06:03. > :06:09.Or more voters angry about EU meddling when it for the Leavers?
:06:10. > :06:12.-- Or more voters angry about EU meddling win it for the Leavers?
:06:13. > :06:15.There is not much cheer from either side so far.
:06:16. > :06:17.It has been more about competing visions of gloom.
:06:18. > :06:19.But on the 23rd of June, voters will decide once
:06:20. > :06:23.and for all how the country is run, and the skies are already darkening
:06:24. > :06:28.It's not just the UK where Euroscepticism is on the rise.
:06:29. > :06:30.A new survey shows that other countries within the EU
:06:31. > :06:33.are increasingly disenchanted with the way Brussels works.
:06:34. > :06:37.The European Union is most popular among some of the newer member
:06:38. > :06:44.By contrast, France and, perhaps not surprisingly,
:06:45. > :06:49.Overall, younger people are more positive about the Union.
:06:50. > :06:53.In France and the UK this contrasts sharply with older age groups,
:06:54. > :06:57.whereas other nations like Italy and Hungary see little variance.
:06:58. > :07:00.Let's talk through these numbers with Nina Schick, from Open Europe,
:07:01. > :07:10.a think tank remaining neutral in this referendum debate.
:07:11. > :07:20.Not very surprising that the newer member states, the former Soviet
:07:21. > :07:33.bloc countries, rather enthusiastic. But increase, very unfavourable. --
:07:34. > :07:38.in Greece. In France, though? This distrust of the EU is a trend that
:07:39. > :07:42.has been happening for some years. The Eurozone crisis is still not
:07:43. > :07:48.over, and the austerity in some southern countries is incredibly
:07:49. > :07:53.hard to bear. 50 or 40% youth unemployment in some countries. Add
:07:54. > :07:57.to that, Europe is facing the migration crisis, which has seen
:07:58. > :08:03.loyalties split at such a level that we haven't even seen at the height
:08:04. > :08:07.of the Eurozone crisis, it is facing a challenging time and this is a
:08:08. > :08:16.continuation of a trend we have seen for a few years. You talk about the
:08:17. > :08:19.way the EU has handled the EU crisis -- migration crisis, most countries
:08:20. > :08:25.disapprove of of how that has been tackled. The policy was to have a
:08:26. > :08:31.quote to redistribute refugees around EU countries. When it comes
:08:32. > :08:36.to something like refugees and migration and asylum policy, it is
:08:37. > :08:39.very sensitive, and although some countries like Germany have been
:08:40. > :08:43.welcoming, the Eastern and central bloc have said they do not want to
:08:44. > :08:50.take refugees and they resent that Brussels thinks it can force them to
:08:51. > :08:55.do so. Young people seem more optimistic. Is that because they
:08:56. > :09:01.don't have as much experience? It depends country to country. In
:09:02. > :09:13.Poland, young people are more sceptical and in the UK more
:09:14. > :09:18.optimistic. All the people think they have signed up to a common
:09:19. > :09:24.market whereas young people think of it as right to travel and live
:09:25. > :09:30.abroad. This is a general trend but it depends on which country we are
:09:31. > :09:35.talking about. What is interesting is how the people who have been
:09:36. > :09:42.polled think about the future of the EU, it is kind of split. At the
:09:43. > :09:46.highest level of the EU, they take any kind of victory they can get,
:09:47. > :09:50.because it has been bad news after bad news. Over five years of
:09:51. > :09:55.economic crisis, then the migration crisis. This optimistic vision of
:09:56. > :10:03.Europe is being increasingly challenged across the continent and
:10:04. > :10:09.one of the problems as people think Brussels is so far removed from
:10:10. > :10:13.them. If you look at national elections, people turnout higher
:10:14. > :10:18.than European elections, cos they feel closer to their representatives
:10:19. > :10:24.at a national level. Part of the challenge is that there is no such
:10:25. > :10:27.thing as one EU citizens are -- citizenry, and Brussels seems very
:10:28. > :10:28.distant. As we just heard, the Pew research
:10:29. > :10:31.suggests that an overwhelming majority of people in Europe
:10:32. > :10:34.are unhappy with the way the EU has But efforts to identify people
:10:35. > :10:38.traffickers and to bring them A 35-year-old Eritrean who's thought
:10:39. > :10:45.to be at the heart of the operation to smuggle migrants from Africa
:10:46. > :10:47.to Europe has now been James Reynolds reports
:10:48. > :10:55.now from Rome. Mered Medhanie was
:10:56. > :10:58.brought to Italy by jet. His journey to Europe was easier
:10:59. > :11:02.and safer than those made by the migrants who paid to go
:11:03. > :11:08.on overcrowded boats. TRANSLATION: It is a particularly
:11:09. > :11:11.important arrest. He is the head of one of the most
:11:12. > :11:14.advanced criminal organisations dedicated to the trafficking
:11:15. > :11:17.of migrants and the new path has been opened thanks to international
:11:18. > :11:23.cooperation between agencies. Mered Medhanie, who is 35,
:11:24. > :11:26.is accused of smuggling migrants, bribing officials and extorting
:11:27. > :11:30.money from families. Prosecutors believe he smuggled up
:11:31. > :11:33.to 8000 people a year He and an accomplice may have
:11:34. > :11:39.taken in up to ?700,000 In 2013, one of his suspected boats
:11:40. > :11:48.went down near an Italian island. Investigators say Mered Medhanie
:11:49. > :11:55.was heard on the phone His phone conversations
:11:56. > :11:59.may have cost him. British intelligence agencies
:12:00. > :12:03.were listening in and helped We would consider this to be a major
:12:04. > :12:10.disruption of an organised However, we still have
:12:11. > :12:12.other investigations and lines of inquiry,
:12:13. > :12:15.particularly where we focus our attention on high priority,
:12:16. > :12:19.iconic individuals who certainly feel they are out of reach of law
:12:20. > :12:25.enforcement and of the courts. And those smugglers are still able
:12:26. > :12:31.to dispatch vessels towards Italy. These migrants were
:12:32. > :12:33.rescued this week. Hillary Clinton has been celebrating
:12:34. > :12:43.her long-sought milestone, becoming the first woman to lead
:12:44. > :12:46.the US Democratic Party's She had secured the number
:12:47. > :12:51.of delegates needed for the nomination even before
:12:52. > :12:55.Tuesday's primary elections. President Obama congratulated her,
:12:56. > :12:57.saying her campaign But there's just one problem,
:12:58. > :13:03.her rival, Bernie Sanders is refusing to give up,
:13:04. > :13:10.as James Cook reports. All men are created equal,
:13:11. > :13:13.says America's Declaration That has sounded dated
:13:14. > :13:19.for a very long time and yet it is only now,
:13:20. > :13:22.240 years on, that it may be about to change,
:13:23. > :13:27.thanks to this woman. Thanks to you, we have
:13:28. > :13:30.reached a milestone. The first time in our nation's
:13:31. > :13:39.history that a woman will be a major party's nominee
:13:40. > :13:44.for president. Bernie Sanders, the Democratic
:13:45. > :13:49.challenger, says he will not quit. He is intent on making
:13:50. > :13:52.what will surely be a symbolic stand at the party's
:13:53. > :13:56.convention next month. Next Tuesday, we continue
:13:57. > :13:59.the fight in the last I know that the fight in front of us
:14:00. > :14:09.is a very, very steep fight, but we will continue to fight
:14:10. > :14:12.for every vote and every As her rivals point out,
:14:13. > :14:21.Mrs Clinton is one of the most unpopular presidential candidates
:14:22. > :14:23.since polling began. This is shaping up to be
:14:24. > :14:29.the bitterest of battles. We can't solve our problems
:14:30. > :14:32.by counting on the politicians The Clintons have turned
:14:33. > :14:38.the politics of personal enrichment into an art
:14:39. > :14:41.form for themselves. Her place in history
:14:42. > :14:48.all but assured, Hillary Clinton "To every little girl
:14:49. > :14:53.who dreams big," she said, "Yes, you can be anything
:14:54. > :14:57.you want, even president". Here's another remarkable thing,
:14:58. > :15:00.Mrs Clinton could become the first First Lady to move
:15:01. > :15:03.into what was once her husband's Let's bring in our Washington
:15:04. > :15:21.correspondent, Gary O'Donoghue. Before we talk about the hurdles
:15:22. > :15:24.Hillary Clinton has to get across, let's take a moment because that has
:15:25. > :15:32.been a somewhat remarkable achievement. Yes, it is and the
:15:33. > :15:39.cemetery is striking as well because it was eight years to the day after
:15:40. > :15:42.she had had to concede that she wouldn't become Democratic nominee
:15:43. > :15:47.because Barack Obama turned out to be the first African-American to
:15:48. > :15:54.become president of the United States. He won the primary eight
:15:55. > :16:01.years ago. But here she is, having said 80 years ago, we've made 18
:16:02. > :16:05.million cracks in the glass ceiling, she has finally broken through and
:16:06. > :16:10.will be the country's first ever female nominee from a major party.
:16:11. > :16:17.Could be the first ever female president of the US. It is quite a
:16:18. > :16:21.moment and wherever people are on the political spectrum, they
:16:22. > :16:28.understand that marks a moment in this nation's history. Even Barack
:16:29. > :16:33.Obama has asked Bernie Sanders to get behind Hillary Clinton, but he
:16:34. > :16:37.is still holding strong. He said he wanted to go to the end of the
:16:38. > :16:42.process. Believe it or not, there is one more primary to go in
:16:43. > :16:46.Washington, DC next Tuesday. It will not make any difference to the
:16:47. > :16:52.outcome but he wants to go through to the end. I think to prove that
:16:53. > :16:56.this isn't just a sort of flash in the pan candidacy, he thinks he has
:16:57. > :17:00.started something, he thinks he is shaping the future of the Democratic
:17:01. > :17:07.party, and I think you had seen in Hillary Clinton's speeches and her
:17:08. > :17:12.rhetoric, she has had to change some of her policy positions and language
:17:13. > :17:15.to take account of these young people who have got behind Bernie
:17:16. > :17:20.Sanders. Her challenge is how does she picked them up and get them
:17:21. > :17:26.behind her? They haven't got any where else to go, and likely to vote
:17:27. > :17:35.for Donald Trump, but they might stay at home if they do not feel
:17:36. > :17:41.enthused by her campaign and it is her job to do that.
:17:42. > :17:43.Now a look at some of the day's other news.
:17:44. > :17:46.At least ten people people are reported to have been killed
:17:47. > :17:49.and dozens more wounded in a series of air strikes on rebel-held
:17:50. > :17:51.areas in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.
:17:52. > :17:53.Activists say one of the strikes was near a hospital.
:17:54. > :17:56.It's not clear who's responsible, but government forces are seeking
:17:57. > :18:00.Turkish media says a car bomb has exploded at a police station
:18:01. > :18:01.in the country's mainly Kurdish southeast.
:18:02. > :18:03.Turkey's Prime Minister says three people were killed
:18:04. > :18:08.Ambulances rushed to the scene in the town of Midyat,
:18:09. > :18:13.The blast comes a day after eleven people were killed in a bomb attack
:18:14. > :18:20.Authorities in Singapore have announced that public servants
:18:21. > :18:23.will be blocked from accessing the internet on work
:18:24. > :18:26.computers from May next year for security reasons.
:18:27. > :18:29.Officials said the move aims to plug potential leaks from work e-mails
:18:30. > :18:39.and shared documents amid heightened security threats.
:18:40. > :18:41.French security forces have carried out an anti-terrorism training
:18:42. > :18:45.It's in preparation for the European Football Championship
:18:46. > :18:49.Hundreds of police, emergency services and special
:18:50. > :18:51.forces were involved in a simulated terrorist incident.
:18:52. > :19:07.This is Lyon's main square and, in a few days' time,
:19:08. > :19:10.this is where tens of thousands of people will flock to watch
:19:11. > :19:22.Many fan zones like this are dotted up and down the country and,
:19:23. > :19:24.tonight, the French security services, the emergency services,
:19:25. > :19:26.are testing their abilities to respond in case of the worst-case
:19:27. > :19:29.TRANSLATION: Tonight we have an exercise with two interests.
:19:30. > :19:32.The first is to see how the police react after an attack.
:19:33. > :19:35.The second is how we communicate across forces so that we are ready
:19:36. > :19:46.These anti-terrorism exercises have been taking place across France over
:19:47. > :19:52.There's 700,000 security forces, police, some special forces
:19:53. > :19:56.involved, and the message is that this will be a huge
:19:57. > :19:58.security presence for fans, that they should be vigilant,
:19:59. > :20:02.they should enjoy the football but ultimately have confidence that,
:20:03. > :20:04.if anything goes wrong, these people and the security forces
:20:05. > :20:13.India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has addressed a joint
:20:14. > :20:17.The speech is a mark of his rehabilitation in Washington.
:20:18. > :20:20.For years he was banned from entering the US
:20:21. > :20:22.following controversy over religious violence that took place
:20:23. > :20:30.while he was chief minister of his home state of Gujarat.
:20:31. > :20:36.Today, our relationship has overcome the hesitations of history.
:20:37. > :21:03.Comport, candour and convergence define our conversations.
:21:04. > :21:23.The controversial artist who set fire to the door of Russia's
:21:24. > :21:26.security service has been fined 7,000 dollars, in what's being seen
:21:27. > :21:28.as a rare show of leniency by Russian authorities.
:21:29. > :21:30.Pyotr Pavlensky first gained notoriety when he nailed himself
:21:31. > :21:32.to Moscow's Red Square, but it was his torching
:21:33. > :21:35.of the Federal Security Service last November that landed him in prison
:21:36. > :21:43.Sarah Rainsford watched the trial in Moscow.
:21:44. > :21:50.Handcuffed and under police guard, a Russian artist is led into court.
:21:51. > :21:53.Pyotr Pavlensky likes to shock his public, but his latest
:21:54. > :21:58.work landed him behind bars, on trial as a criminal.
:21:59. > :22:03.The question is, was this art or just arson?
:22:04. > :22:07.The canvas, or target, was the headquarters of the FSB,
:22:08. > :22:15.As the fire he lit rose behind him, the artist stood silent and still.
:22:16. > :22:18.Pavlensky calls this his comment on the rule of terror in Russia.
:22:19. > :22:24.We've just been let in for the final few moments of this trial.
:22:25. > :22:27.The judge is about to return to deliver the verdict,
:22:28. > :22:30.and the artist, there inside his metal cage,
:22:31. > :22:35.surrounded by police, bailiffs and a huge number of cameras.
:22:36. > :22:40.But after seven months in prison, the artist was released
:22:41. > :22:49.Outside, cheered by supporters, Pavlensky said he had no regrets.
:22:50. > :22:53.His work was meant to expose the mechanisms of power, he said,
:22:54. > :22:57.ruling over 146 million people through fear.
:22:58. > :23:02.The artist's style has always been controversial.
:23:03. > :23:08.Like the time he nailed himself to Red Square by the scrotum.
:23:09. > :23:11.It was a comment on apathy and indifference.
:23:12. > :23:14.Or when he chopped off part of his ear to prove his sanity.
:23:15. > :23:19.It has left many baffled or disgusted, and the criminal
:23:20. > :23:24.But Pavlensky himself is quite clear.
:23:25. > :23:27.TRANSLATION: They are trying to label me, to say this is how
:23:28. > :23:30.a criminal or a sick mind views those in power.
:23:31. > :23:38.But I am an artist, I am doing political art.
:23:39. > :23:43.Pavlensky's work is challenging but he is making it
:23:44. > :23:54.Harry Potter is back, this time on the London stage.
:23:55. > :23:58.And the audience at the first public performance of the play
:23:59. > :24:03.Harry Potter And The Cursed Child were not disappointed.
:24:04. > :24:04.The latest instalment in JK Rowling's saga
:24:05. > :24:06.received a standing ovation, as fans finally found out
:24:07. > :24:09.what had happened to the boy wizard when he grew up.
:24:10. > :24:20.You have been amazing for years at keeping Harry Potter secret
:24:21. > :24:23.so you did not spoil the books for the readers who came after you.
:24:24. > :24:29.So I'm asking you one more time to keep the secrets.
:24:30. > :24:30.Before the play began, JK Rowling made this
:24:31. > :24:35.Fan dressed as wizards and witches queued around the block
:24:36. > :24:39.as they waited to clear the strict security.
:24:40. > :24:44.Whatever it was they saw in there,
:24:45. > :24:55.The play is expected to be the theatrical
:24:56. > :25:01.When tickets went on sale last October, the first 175,000
:25:02. > :25:08.The face value of tickets starts at ?15 but some have sold
:25:09. > :25:14.These behind-the-scenes pictures give us a glimpse of the characters.
:25:15. > :25:17.What we do know of the plot is that it picks up where the last
:25:18. > :25:22.novel leaves off, with Harry as an overworked employee
:25:23. > :25:27.at the Ministry of Magic dealing with his youngest son, Albus.
:25:28. > :25:30.The biggest challenge we had through all of this and the biggest
:25:31. > :25:32.ambition was to make something the fans loved,
:25:33. > :25:34.and if tonight's reaction is anything to go by,
:25:35. > :25:36.it looks as though we may have done that.
:25:37. > :25:40.The play is in two halves and part two gets its premiere tomorrow,
:25:41. > :25:44.and it officially opens at the end of the month.
:25:45. > :25:56.How exciting for all those fans out there.
:25:57. > :26:05.But for now, from me and the rest of the team, goodbye.
:26:06. > :26:14.This evening's storms will fade away quicker than last night leaving most
:26:15. > :26:16.of us dry to start Thursday. But humid