:00:00. > :00:00.This is BBC World News Today with me, Philippa Thomas.
:00:07. > :00:09.The US Supreme Court kills off President Obama's plan to reform
:00:10. > :00:15.The President had hoped to use his executive powers
:00:16. > :00:18.to remove the threat of deportation from several million
:00:19. > :00:20.illegal immigrants who currently live and work
:00:21. > :00:25.It is heartbreaking for the millions of immigrants who made their lives
:00:26. > :00:29.here, who have raised families here, who hoped for the opportunity
:00:30. > :00:32.to work, pay taxes, serve in our militarily.
:00:33. > :00:35.Democrats in the US Congress stage an unprecedented protest
:00:36. > :00:38.after proposals for gun control are blocked again
:00:39. > :00:47.An historic moment in Colombia as a ceasefire brings to an end a
:00:48. > :00:52.50 year conflict between the government and the Farc rebels.
:00:53. > :00:55.Millions of people across the UK are voting on whether to leave
:00:56. > :01:04.It's the country's biggest ever referendum.
:01:05. > :01:06.And summoning up the Glastonbury spirit - the legendary music
:01:07. > :01:09.festival looks set to live up to its reputation as a weekend
:01:10. > :01:30.President Obama has suffered a setback in his plan to spare
:01:31. > :01:35.millions of people living illegally in the US from being deported.
:01:36. > :01:38.The US Supreme Court has blocked the presidential initiative
:01:39. > :01:42.with the judges deadlocked four to four.
:01:43. > :01:46.Mr Obama's plan was strongly opposed by many conservative lawmakers.
:01:47. > :01:49.But speaking at the White House a short while ago, he said
:01:50. > :01:52.immigration reform will get done sooner or later,
:01:53. > :01:58.despite what he described as a "heartbreaking" development.
:01:59. > :02:00.In the end, it is my firm belief that immigration
:02:01. > :02:09.We don't have to wall ourselves off from those who may not
:02:10. > :02:11.look like us right now, or pray like we do,
:02:12. > :02:17.Because being an American is about something more than that.
:02:18. > :02:21.What makes us American is our shared commitment to an ideal that
:02:22. > :02:28.All of us have a chance to make of our lives will we will.
:02:29. > :02:34.Barbara Plett-Usher is in Washington for us.
:02:35. > :02:44.First, tell us who is affected? Commonly people? Roughly 4 million
:02:45. > :02:47.people. These are the illegal immigrants, but they have children
:02:48. > :02:53.who are US it is in and they would not have had a criminal record. They
:02:54. > :02:57.have been here at least since 2010, many from much longer. They have
:02:58. > :03:01.established lives, some of them have worked. But they are living with a
:03:02. > :03:07.permanent sense of insecurity. What exactly is being blocked?
:03:08. > :03:11.What would have happened if these illegal immigrants would have been
:03:12. > :03:14.able to sign up to a programme that would have fared then the threat of
:03:15. > :03:20.deportation, while the whole issue of their status would finally be
:03:21. > :03:23.settled. Crucially, they would have been given work permits. That
:03:24. > :03:28.programme has been stopped. Republicans lawmakers challenge that
:03:29. > :03:31.saying Obama did not have the authority to do something like that
:03:32. > :03:36.and he had overstepped his powers. This doesn't mean that these 4
:03:37. > :03:40.million people will be immediately deported, that is definitely not a
:03:41. > :03:43.priority and there are lots of other illegal immigrant in the country.
:03:44. > :03:47.But it does mean they might have the extra security that Mr Obama was
:03:48. > :03:51.trying to give them. What happens next for President
:03:52. > :03:56.Obama? The dream of administration reform
:03:57. > :03:59.is over. This is the end of his attempts to tweak immigration policy
:04:00. > :04:03.with executive actions. He's been doing that because his attempts to
:04:04. > :04:07.get a comprehensive overhaul of immigration policy in Congress was
:04:08. > :04:11.blocked by Republicans. Essentially, it moved to the next administration
:04:12. > :04:15.which means this will become even more of a hot button issue in the
:04:16. > :04:19.presidential election. It already is, and voters are presented with
:04:20. > :04:24.two Stark choices. Donald Trump says he will deport all illegal immigrant
:04:25. > :04:32.and build a wall lob can border. Hillary Clinton says she will try to
:04:33. > :04:37.build on Mr Obama's efforts. -- Donald Trump will build a wall
:04:38. > :04:40.against the Mexican border. Thank you very much.
:04:41. > :04:42.Democratic Party politicians in Washington are ending
:04:43. > :04:44.their sit-in protest at the US House of Representatives -
:04:45. > :04:47.a surprise mass action which went on throughout the night.
:04:48. > :04:52.They were urging Congress to vote on gun control legislation -
:04:53. > :04:56.a move that's been strongly resisted by members of the majority
:04:57. > :05:02.Aleem Maqbool, in Washington, explains why this is
:05:03. > :05:04.suchan emotive issue - two weeks after the mass shooting
:05:05. > :05:11.in which a gunman killed forty nine people in a Florida nightclub.
:05:12. > :05:14.It is one of the most dramatic demonstrations
:05:15. > :05:25.The house speaker stood little chance of getting order.
:05:26. > :05:27.It was all started hours earlier, by a man who stood
:05:28. > :05:30.beside Martin Luther King in America's civil rights
:05:31. > :05:36.We're calling on the leadership of the house to bring common-sense
:05:37. > :05:39.gun control legislation to the house floor.
:05:40. > :05:51.You can help us win this battle, America.
:05:52. > :05:53.And when the TV cameras were turned off in the Republican-controlled
:05:54. > :05:57.house, the politicians staging the city and streamed events
:05:58. > :06:09.They wanted Republicans to agree to hold a vote on gun control,
:06:10. > :06:12.and said they would not leave until it happened.
:06:13. > :06:16.Late into the night as TV networks started to broadcast feeds
:06:17. > :06:20.from the phones of protesting politicians, the chaos continued.
:06:21. > :06:26.One Republican representative rushed at Democrats,
:06:27. > :06:30.shouting it was radical Islam and not guns that was the problem -
:06:31. > :06:38.It's a sad, inappropriate use of time.
:06:39. > :06:41.They should be reprimanded for breaking the House rules.
:06:42. > :06:44.Pillows, blankets, pizza and doughnuts were all brought
:06:45. > :06:47.into the chamber as Democrats settled in for the night.
:06:48. > :06:50.But as extraordinary as these scenes have been,
:06:51. > :06:53.the question is how effective will all of this be in helping
:06:54. > :06:59.and the appalling scourge of gun violence here?
:07:00. > :07:07.And in the last few minutes, we've heard there will be a vote
:07:08. > :07:10.in the upper chamber of Congress, the Senate, about a bill proposing
:07:11. > :07:13.that gun sales be delayed or stopped if the buyers are named
:07:14. > :07:20.A court in the US city of Baltimore has found a police officer not
:07:21. > :07:23.guilty of the murder of a young black man whose death sparked days
:07:24. > :07:29.Freddie Gray died in April last year following severe spinal injuries
:07:30. > :07:32.sustained while shackled on the floor of the police
:07:33. > :07:35.van, which was driven by Officer Caesar Goodson.
:07:36. > :07:37.The judge said there was insufficient evidence
:07:38. > :07:45.that the officer gave Mr Gray what he called a "rough ride".
:07:46. > :07:47.The Colombian government and Farc rebels are about to sign a joint
:07:48. > :07:50.ceasefire in a huge step towards ending 50 years of conflict.
:07:51. > :07:53.It was agreed after three years of peace talks in Cuba.
:07:54. > :07:56.The details of the deal are to be made public shortly.
:07:57. > :07:59.Farc is one of the oldest guerrilla armies in the world.
:08:00. > :08:01.Will Grant gained rare access to one of the Farc's camps
:08:02. > :08:05.in eastern Colombia, to meet some of the fighters
:08:06. > :08:17.The heavily armed guerillas lead us to their camp,
:08:18. > :08:21.deep in the jungle, before they talk.
:08:22. > :08:24.Because, despite an impending peace deal, they're still considered
:08:25. > :08:34.an enemy of the state until they lay down their weapons.
:08:35. > :08:37.Five decades of civil war pitted the Farc and several other militant
:08:38. > :08:40.groups against the government, and each other.
:08:41. > :08:42.Partly inspired by the Cuban Revolution, the Farc say
:08:43. > :08:50.they represent the rights of the rural.
:08:51. > :08:56.-- of the Rauball poor. -- rural poor.
:08:57. > :09:00.More than 220,000 people were killed, and millions more displaced.
:09:01. > :09:02.The Farc became embroiled in the drugs trade,
:09:03. > :09:03.financing its relentless war through cocaine.
:09:04. > :09:07.Meanwhile, billions of American dollars were poured in through
:09:08. > :09:13.The war took its toll on the country's youngest
:09:14. > :09:17.Children were killed and forced to kill.
:09:18. > :09:20.Finally, talks were established on neutral territory, Havana.
:09:21. > :09:23.And lessons from the Northern Ireland peace process used.
:09:24. > :09:27.The Farc in the 21st-century is a strange beast.
:09:28. > :09:32.Most of its original leaders have been killed, and after the Cold War
:09:33. > :09:34.many ordinary Colombians rejected their radical ideology.
:09:35. > :09:38.For decades, these guerillas have been primed and ready for war.
:09:39. > :09:43.But the truth is that preparing for peace.
:09:44. > :09:47.Many have their doubts about exactly where they fit
:09:48. > :09:55.Some are worried the guerillas will refuse to give up their guns.
:09:56. > :09:59.But their leaders are busy briefing the rank and file,
:10:00. > :10:06.TRANSLATION: They know what they must do.
:10:07. > :10:10.We have a hierarchy in the Farc and we comply with orders
:10:11. > :10:15.We know we are about to take a very important step.
:10:16. > :10:17.Breakfast before dawn, the discipline and rules,
:10:18. > :10:26.Many are ready to trade the monotony of the camp for new horizons.
:10:27. > :10:33.Now 27 years old, this man joined the Farc as a teenager and knows
:10:34. > :10:45.TRANSLATION: I'd like to be a civil engineer.
:10:46. > :10:48.When they emerged from the jungle, these young people may finally
:10:49. > :10:55.But some of them fear life outside, and the threat of retribution
:10:56. > :10:58.from their former enemies once the world's longest
:10:59. > :11:09.Some news out of China, where state media say extreme weather,
:11:10. > :11:12.including hailstorms, heavy rain and a tornado,
:11:13. > :11:17.The storms hit Yancheng city, in eastern China, late on Thursday
:11:18. > :11:23.Pictures posted by media online showed injured people lying
:11:24. > :11:24.amid overturned houses and cars, split tree trunks
:11:25. > :11:32.Police in Germany have shot dead a suspected gunman
:11:33. > :11:38.The incident happened in the town of Viernheim, south of Frankfurt.
:11:39. > :11:41.A regional interior minister said the gunman appeared to be
:11:42. > :11:45.He said the police believed he was holding hostages
:11:46. > :11:48.in the complex and because of that they shot him dead.
:11:49. > :11:50.Police have denied earlier reports that a number
:11:51. > :11:57.It's a very big day for voters here in the United Kingdom.
:11:58. > :12:01.Polls remain open for the next three hours, until 22:00 BST,
:12:02. > :12:04.for people to express their view on a single question -
:12:05. > :12:06.'Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union
:12:07. > :12:10.or leave the European Union?' More than 46 million people
:12:11. > :12:12.are eligible to vote - the largest number ever registered
:12:13. > :12:22.After an intense four monthlong campaign, it's perhaps hardly
:12:23. > :12:25.surprising that David Cameron and his wife, Samantha, were keen
:12:26. > :12:29.Even so, Michael Gove, the Justice Secretary,
:12:30. > :12:34.He's already voted by post, but joined his wife, Sarah,
:12:35. > :12:41.Many people throughout the United Kingdom have been
:12:42. > :12:43.casting their ballots since 7am this morning.
:12:44. > :12:47.The last referendum on EU membership was four decades ago, in 1975.
:12:48. > :12:50.Many people were voting on this issue for the first time.
:12:51. > :12:54.In south-east England, some were so determined they didn't
:12:55. > :12:57.let a little bit of rain put them off.
:12:58. > :13:00.More than 46 million of us are eligible to vote.
:13:01. > :13:04.And in a record referendum, every vote counts.
:13:05. > :13:10.There are no safe, no marginal constituencies.
:13:11. > :13:14.Your vote matters every bit as much as any political leader's.
:13:15. > :13:17.The polls are still open until ten o'clock tonight, so you've still got
:13:18. > :13:21.The question on the ballot paper is clear.
:13:22. > :13:24.Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union,
:13:25. > :13:28.The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, and Ukip's Nigel Farage,
:13:29. > :13:38.As soon as the polls close tonight, election officials in 382 areas
:13:39. > :13:41.across the UK and Gibraltar will begin tallying votes.
:13:42. > :13:45.Then 12 counting centres, such as Falkirk in Scotland,
:13:46. > :13:47.and Flintshire in Wales, will send their results
:13:48. > :13:50.to Manchester, where the official outcome will be announced
:13:51. > :13:56.Although the result may well become clear earlier.
:13:57. > :13:59.Whichever decision we the voters finally make,
:14:00. > :14:05.it will have far-reaching consequences.
:14:06. > :14:09.A reminder, join us from 22:00 GMT here on BBC World News for a special
:14:10. > :14:12.programme on the referendum on Britain's membership
:14:13. > :14:16.The BBC's David Dimbleby will be bringing us all the results
:14:17. > :14:21.Now a look at some of the days other news.
:14:22. > :14:23.Thousands of demonstrators have marched through the streets of Paris
:14:24. > :14:27.to protest against controversial changes to French labour laws.
:14:28. > :14:31.More than 2,000 police kept a close eye on the union-led protest,
:14:32. > :14:35.with 85 people arrested before the march got underway.
:14:36. > :14:38.The French Government says its reforms will
:14:39. > :14:41.help to address high levels of unemployment.
:14:42. > :14:44.Myanmar's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has used her first
:14:45. > :14:48.official visit to Thailand to shine a spotlight on the plight
:14:49. > :14:54.Ms Suu Ky was greeted by hundreds of cheering Burmese
:14:55. > :14:56.migrants as she visited a fish processing centre.
:14:57. > :14:58.The leader, who has promised to improve the lives
:14:59. > :15:00.of low-paid workers, is set to hold talks with Thailand's
:15:01. > :15:07.The medical charity, MSF, says nearly 200 people who fled
:15:08. > :15:10.the militant Islamist group, Boko Haram, in north-eastern Nigeria
:15:11. > :15:14.have died of starvation and dehydration in the past month
:15:15. > :15:19.The group says a catastrophic humanitarian emergency is taking
:15:20. > :15:25.place in the city of Bama in Borno state.
:15:26. > :15:28.Fears over the Zika virus have contributed to a huge increase
:15:29. > :15:30.in the number of women in Latin America wanting
:15:31. > :15:35.abortions, according to new research published today.
:15:36. > :15:38.They say requests to one website that provides advice for pregnant
:15:39. > :15:41.women in countries where abortions are illegal has doubled
:15:42. > :15:45.in some countries affected by the Zika outbreak.
:15:46. > :15:48.Dr Catherine Aiken, from Cambridge University,
:15:49. > :15:56.worked on the research and joins us now from our Cambridge studio.
:15:57. > :16:03.Thank you so much for being with us. Which countries are most affected by
:16:04. > :16:06.this as you look through the evidence?
:16:07. > :16:09.The countries that we're really seeing the biggest surges in demand
:16:10. > :16:14.for abortion are those whose governments have issued health
:16:15. > :16:22.advisories to pregnant women, which are blanket advice to not get
:16:23. > :16:24.pregnant. Those include Brazil, El Salvador, Venezuela. Countries
:16:25. > :16:29.across Latin America where people have heard this advice and it has
:16:30. > :16:34.really created a climate of fear and desperation amongst the population.
:16:35. > :16:38.You think it's led to panic, women deciding abortion is the only way
:16:39. > :16:42.forward even though they know it's illegal?
:16:43. > :16:47.I think it has. The evidence that we have comes from nonprofit,
:16:48. > :16:52.non-governmental organisations who provide abortions that would be
:16:53. > :16:56.available to women within the main health care systems in their
:16:57. > :16:59.countries. But we also think that the tip of the iceberg because in
:17:00. > :17:04.order to get an abortion via that route, women have to be able to
:17:05. > :17:10.access the Internet and that information. Thou be an awful lot of
:17:11. > :17:14.these women who can't do that, and they are likely to be jetting to
:17:15. > :17:20.even more desperate measures to procure terminations of pregnancy.
:17:21. > :17:23.-- driven to even more. Tell us about the website. You would
:17:24. > :17:29.need to have Internet access, but what is it that's being offered?
:17:30. > :17:32.It is a tele- medicine abortion service where women make contact
:17:33. > :17:36.with a health professional in a different country, he was able to
:17:37. > :17:41.assess their health needs and their suitability for a medical abortion.
:17:42. > :17:46.There may obtain drugs from the website, or from a local source
:17:47. > :17:52.that's reliable. Then they terminate the pregnancy at home with online
:17:53. > :17:56.support. It's a very safe way of curing abortion where it's not
:17:57. > :18:03.available within the regular health care setting. Our fear is that it's
:18:04. > :18:07.not available to the vast majority of women in the affected region who
:18:08. > :18:11.may need such services. I suppose the overall problem here
:18:12. > :18:14.is that we are hearing from the government and experts like
:18:15. > :18:19.yourself, but we don't get to hear from the women who may find that
:18:20. > :18:24.they are pregnant and facing this awful dilemma about whether to go
:18:25. > :18:27.ahead with it or not. Absolutely, that is one of our real
:18:28. > :18:33.drivers in trying to find a way to do this study. It was to give those
:18:34. > :18:42.women a voice. The international response to Zika has elements of
:18:43. > :18:45.vaccination and containment, but without the voice of the women who
:18:46. > :18:50.are actually experiencing this reality at the moment, we can't
:18:51. > :18:51.formulate responsible and a reliable health policy.
:18:52. > :18:59.24 joining us. He's one of the best known
:19:00. > :19:03.journalists in Russia, Dmitry Kiselyov, who presents
:19:04. > :19:06.Russian state TV's has given a rare interview
:19:07. > :19:09.to the BBC. In it, he hits back at his critics -
:19:10. > :19:12.and levels accusations He's been speaking to our Moscow
:19:13. > :19:16.correspondent, Steve Rosenberg. He's one of the most
:19:17. > :19:22.controversial presenters Dmitry Kiselyov anchors a show
:19:23. > :19:28.called News Of The Week. It's usually bad news about the West
:19:29. > :19:31.and good news about Russia - Its job is to spread Moscow's
:19:32. > :19:39.message to the world. Critics call him the Kremlin's
:19:40. > :19:59.Chief Propagandist. In the words of Mr Kiselyov,
:20:00. > :20:02.Vladimir Putin works for the good of his country
:20:03. > :20:05.from morning till night. And he pointed out that Russia
:20:06. > :20:13.is capable of turning America You said today, which was
:20:14. > :20:17.interesting, that the era of mutual So, you're saying that
:20:18. > :21:12.the BBC is not neautal? What about your journalism,
:21:13. > :21:25.is that neautral? Dmitry Kiselyov is the only Russian
:21:26. > :21:30.journalist on the EU sanctions list against Moscow, for being
:21:31. > :21:32.a central figure of Russian He says that an attack on freedom
:21:33. > :21:40.of speech and it hasn't changed his approach
:21:41. > :21:50.to reporting the news. The American Presidential hopeful,
:21:51. > :21:54.Donald Trump, arrives in Scotland on Friday not to meet political
:21:55. > :21:56.leaders, but to reopen Police and security teams
:21:57. > :22:02.in Ayrshire are preparing for It comes after more than half
:22:03. > :22:06.a million people signed an online petition calling for Mr Trump
:22:07. > :22:09.to be banned from the UK. Our Scotland Correspondent,
:22:10. > :22:11.Lorna Gordon, is at the Donald Trump likes being
:22:12. > :22:28.the centre of attention. His visits here have
:22:29. > :22:31.never been low-key. Is it good to be back
:22:32. > :22:34.in Scotland again? And while Donald has
:22:35. > :22:39.always enjoyed publicity, his rhetoric has ramped up
:22:40. > :22:41.since he launched his Security is already tight
:22:42. > :22:46.at Turnberry, and hundreds of demonstrators are expected
:22:47. > :22:48.here tomorrow to protest comments Mr Trump's made about Muslims
:22:49. > :22:54.and Hispanics during his campaign. Controversial as he is,
:22:55. > :22:59.many locals welcomed the money he's pumped into this golfing resort
:23:00. > :23:04.and the hundreds of jobs it brings. I doubt if there is a single
:23:05. > :23:07.political view that Mr Trump have But he has invested in this
:23:08. > :23:13.constituency and those Mexican flags are flying
:23:14. > :23:18.in Scotland in protest But this is unlikely to favoured
:23:19. > :23:23.politician who's never shied away from confrontation during the race
:23:24. > :23:29.to reach the White House. There's been torrential rain,
:23:30. > :23:34.swamps of mud, and hours and hours of traffic -
:23:35. > :23:36.but nothing stops determined revellers
:23:37. > :23:38.from getting to Glastonbury. With this massive open air festival
:23:39. > :23:41.officially kicking off in Somerset on Friday we got the latest
:23:42. > :23:44.from the BBC's Lizo Mzimbo, There are generally two words
:23:45. > :23:50.that people associate The former doesn't start
:23:51. > :23:56.until tomorrow, but there's been plenty of the latter over the past
:23:57. > :24:00.few days there have been downpours on the site and that did cause a lot
:24:01. > :24:03.of traffic chaos and congestion for people trying to come
:24:04. > :24:07.onto the Glastonbury site. People reported being in queues
:24:08. > :24:12.of traffic for up to 12 hours. But now that they're on,
:24:13. > :24:14.people seem to be There was still mod,
:24:15. > :24:23.but the thing about this festival is that people tend to come prepared
:24:24. > :24:25.for all weather types. People aren't rushing around
:24:26. > :24:30.in between the stages to see the act And a lot of people do come
:24:31. > :24:35.for these two days before the festival music kicks off
:24:36. > :24:41.so they can enjoy the atmosphere. Their stalls, there's also the craft
:24:42. > :24:43.activities going on. People say that that is part
:24:44. > :24:46.of what makes this the most popular and successful festival of its kind
:24:47. > :24:48.anywhere in the world. The music continues Friday,
:24:49. > :24:50.Saturday and Sunday. The likes of Coldplay, Muse,
:24:51. > :24:53.and of course the biggest artist in the world right now,
:24:54. > :24:57.Adele. A court in Los Angeles has
:24:58. > :25:00.on Thursday ruled that the veteran British rock band Led Zeppelin
:25:01. > :25:03.were not guilty of plagiarism with their classic song
:25:04. > :25:06."Stairway to Heaven". They'd been accused of copying
:25:07. > :25:19.an instrumental track by a little-known American
:25:20. > :25:24.band called Spirit. But giving evidence to a court
:25:25. > :25:28.in Los Angeles, the surviving members of Led Zep said
:25:29. > :25:30.they couldn't remember having heard the song before
:25:31. > :25:34.they composed their own. Their lawyer argued the music
:25:35. > :25:36.is actually a descending chromatic chord progression,
:25:37. > :25:38.which has been used by musicians But for now from me and the rest
:25:39. > :26:09.of the team, goodbye. Good evening to you. The second
:26:10. > :26:14.round of lightning storms and downpours darted a little while ago
:26:15. > :26:19.across the south and south-east. Here is the satellite picture from
:26:20. > :26:21.earlier on, this is where the storms originated in northern France.
:26:22. > :26:22.Crossing the Channel Islands