:00:00. > :00:00.This is BBC World News Today with me, Ben Bland.
:00:07. > :00:09.The headlines: Turkey's government says Islamic State group
:00:10. > :00:16.are to blame for the attack on Istanbul's airport.
:00:17. > :00:17.41 people died more than 200 were injured.
:00:18. > :00:21.Walked around the corner into the main terminal,
:00:22. > :00:23.just a sea of people screaming, running, tripping, police
:00:24. > :00:32.I'm Ros Atkins live in Brussels where 27 EU leaders have
:00:33. > :00:34.held their first summit without the UK for
:00:35. > :00:40.As the Brexit fallout continues, opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn
:00:41. > :00:42.continues to feel the squeeze from his own party
:00:43. > :00:47.It might be in my party's interest for him to sit there, but it's not
:00:48. > :01:09.The number of dead and injured has been rising by the hour in Istanbul
:01:10. > :01:12.after terror returned to Turkey with a vengeance last night.
:01:13. > :01:14.The country, already reeling from a series of bloody attacks
:01:15. > :01:17.in the past 12 months, once again targeted by
:01:18. > :01:22.The location - Istanbul's Ataturk Airport, Europe's third largest
:01:23. > :01:30.The latest casualty figures - 41 dead, 239 injured.
:01:31. > :01:32.Let's show you where exactly this took place.
:01:33. > :01:35.Three suicide bombers carried out the attack just
:01:36. > :01:56.A warning - there are distressing images from the start of this report
:01:57. > :01:58.from our security correspondent, Frank Gardner.
:01:59. > :02:00.Europe's third busiest airport, late evening.
:02:01. > :02:05.Passengers rushed through Istanbul's international terminal,
:02:06. > :02:16.Here, an attacker is caught by CCTV, floored by shots from
:02:17. > :02:22.Wounded, he drops his rifle and it slides across the floor.
:02:23. > :02:25.The policeman approaches him, then spots his suicide belt
:02:26. > :02:32.and runs, just before the gunman detonates the device.
:02:33. > :02:38.Dozens were killed, many more wounded, taken to nearby hospitals.
:02:39. > :02:41.A coordinated attack on one of the world's busiest hubs,
:02:42. > :02:49.As soon as we came out, we really saw the full extent of it.
:02:50. > :02:51.Lawrence Cameron landed on a flight from Latvia
:02:52. > :02:56.As he walked through the arrivals area, the horror became clear.
:02:57. > :03:00.I walked around the corner, into the main terminal,
:03:01. > :03:04.and just a sea of people screaming, running, tripping, police
:03:05. > :03:08.I started taking a few pictures but then the police started pushing
:03:09. > :03:12.us back into the back of the terminal and it became clear
:03:13. > :03:16.that something nasty had happened and this was not a drill or a hoax
:03:17. > :03:22.They worked through the night to repair the area, windows
:03:23. > :03:25.shattered, ceilings destroyed by automatic gunfire
:03:26. > :03:32.A futile attempt to return to normality.
:03:33. > :03:36.The airport reopened quickly and attempts to reassure passengers,
:03:37. > :03:39.but this is a profoundly shaken country, Turkey's image once again
:03:40. > :03:45.And with the wave of bombings across Turkey showing no signs
:03:46. > :03:48.of abating, there will be big questions about how
:03:49. > :03:53.to increase security at the most vulnerable points.
:03:54. > :03:56.The three attackers were driven in by taxi, the car not checked
:03:57. > :04:00.There were worries it was a soft target.
:04:01. > :04:03.The government says all signs point to the Islamic State group,
:04:04. > :04:10.the latest in a spate of attacks by IS cells here.
:04:11. > :04:12.At the hospital, emotional scenes as families fought
:04:13. > :04:17.between themselves, a desperate search for who was to blame.
:04:18. > :04:19.Others waited for news of loved ones caught up in a situation
:04:20. > :04:25.The first now being laid to rest, passengers, police, airport staff,
:04:26. > :04:36.lives ripped apart in a country that once felt safe.
:04:37. > :04:44.The BBC's Richard Galpin is at Ataturk Airport.
:04:45. > :04:52.The latest line we are hearing is this from the Prime Minister saying
:04:53. > :05:00.one suicide bomber blew himself up in two others got inside. What are
:05:01. > :05:05.you hearing from your end? That is what we understand, that at least
:05:06. > :05:09.two people involved were able to get inside the building. They opened
:05:10. > :05:14.fire, they had automatic weapons with them and at least one of them,
:05:15. > :05:21.possibly two, detonated their bombs inside the building and a few yards
:05:22. > :05:26.away from here, you can see the damage caused by the debtor nation
:05:27. > :05:30.about suicide bomb this time yesterday. What is intriguing is
:05:31. > :05:35.that there are now more and more people using this airport, arriving
:05:36. > :05:41.and leaving. It's quite busy. I was looking around the area. People are
:05:42. > :05:45.coming through, it is bordered off, greeted by relatives and friends, it
:05:46. > :05:51.feels reasonably normal, the cafes are open, a lot of people are around
:05:52. > :05:55.using the separate again. That is an encouraging sign. Is there any sign
:05:56. > :06:02.that security has been stepped up the? Yes, there is a visible
:06:03. > :06:07.security presence here. We have seen a lot of policemen wandering along,
:06:08. > :06:12.some carrying automatic weapons pistols. Police motorbikes as well.
:06:13. > :06:17.Security has been stepped up. You would expect that. This was a very
:06:18. > :06:22.serious attack. This is the worst attacks so far this year with 41
:06:23. > :06:27.people killed. We have details on the nationalities of those killed.
:06:28. > :06:32.The vast majority Turkish but there are also a lot of people from the
:06:33. > :06:38.Middle East, one from Teheran and one from Ukraine and one from China.
:06:39. > :06:43.This is one of the busiest airports in the region. Have you spoken to
:06:44. > :06:45.any people travelling through it about whether they had any
:06:46. > :06:54.hesitation about going ahead with their travel plans? People certainly
:06:55. > :06:59.seem to be relaxed actually. It does feel a very normal atmosphere. There
:07:00. > :07:04.are large numbers pouring in and out by the time. It seems people are
:07:05. > :07:08.willing... I am sure people will be aware of what has happened, and you
:07:09. > :07:12.can see it clearly, shattered glass and these are areas that have been
:07:13. > :07:15.boarded up, but people I tried to get on as normal and take the
:07:16. > :07:18.flights they need to to get where they need to get to.
:07:19. > :07:21.US President Barrack Obama has just spoken about the attack in Istanbul,
:07:22. > :07:29.reiterating efforts to defeat terrorist groups.
:07:30. > :07:42.They will be defeated in Syria, Iraq, there will be on the run where
:07:43. > :07:48.ever they hide. We will not rest until they have dismantled these
:07:49. > :07:50.networks that have had an impact on the entire civilised world.
:07:51. > :07:52.With me now is Cem Isik, the Chief of Mission
:07:53. > :08:06.I just wonder if you could shed any light on why Turkey is becoming such
:08:07. > :08:13.a target. This is potentially the fourth attack suspected to be
:08:14. > :08:19.carried out by EIS this year. The deputy head of mission, actually.
:08:20. > :08:25.Yes, as you have reported, 41 people have lost their lives than 239 had
:08:26. > :08:37.been wounded. We are observing a day of mourning. The investigation
:08:38. > :08:46.continues. The preliminary indications pointers towards Dyas.
:08:47. > :08:51.Turkey is an active member of the coalition. We have opened up our
:08:52. > :09:01.airbases and we participate in the coalition. So, this is why Turkey is
:09:02. > :09:06.a target. You mentioned about the suspicion that Islamic State is
:09:07. > :09:09.behind this attack. The group has not yet claimed responsibility. What
:09:10. > :09:18.is it that need to be investigators to believe it could be them? As I
:09:19. > :09:23.say, investigations are continuing. It would be premature for me to say,
:09:24. > :09:30.go into operational details, but everything so far to this our
:09:31. > :09:37.pointers in that direction. We are observing the holy month of Ramadan
:09:38. > :09:43.and this horrible attack took place against innocent men, women and
:09:44. > :09:47.children using suicide vests and AK-47 assault rifles. It goes to
:09:48. > :09:52.show that terrorism does not is respect any values whatsoever,
:09:53. > :09:55.including religion, and up to nothing. What has Turkey been doing
:09:56. > :10:04.to address the situation, given the number of attacks? Turkey, it has
:10:05. > :10:13.declared it a terrorist organisation. It has prescribed it
:10:14. > :10:21.since 2005 under different names and unfortunately Turkey has to deal
:10:22. > :10:25.with more than one terrorist organisation at the same time but we
:10:26. > :10:34.unfortunately for a long time about the deal with. Security is tight.
:10:35. > :10:38.All reports so far we have seen indicate to a strong security at the
:10:39. > :10:44.airport but unfortunately this attack did happen and all of this I
:10:45. > :10:54.believe needs us to once again highlight the importance of
:10:55. > :10:56.increasing cooperation, the effectiveness of it and to deepen it
:10:57. > :11:01.in the international community. EU leaders meeting today have told
:11:02. > :11:04.Britain it cannot expect access to the European single market
:11:05. > :11:23.without accepting the free Welcome to Brussels. We have had yet
:11:24. > :11:28.another day of extraordinary events. There have been one after another
:11:29. > :11:33.ever since the UK chose to lead the EU. Today's have come in the form of
:11:34. > :11:36.the first high-level meeting in over 40 years which did not feature the
:11:37. > :11:42.UK, featuring all the other members of the EU who will be left inside
:11:43. > :11:46.when it leaves. If there was one key message that all the leaders wanted
:11:47. > :11:50.to communicate to the UK Government, it was that there has any
:11:51. > :11:54.aspirations of being within the single market, the free trade and
:11:55. > :11:59.within the EU, once as left the EU, it will need to accept freedom of
:12:00. > :12:02.movement, freedom of movement the capital, good services and people.
:12:03. > :12:05.Here is the story of the day. But no British Prime Minister
:12:06. > :12:17.stepped out of a shiny black car The UK was locked out today
:12:18. > :12:27.for the first time 40 years. A glaring absence but matched
:12:28. > :12:30.here by a definite I think it is not about him today,
:12:31. > :12:36.today is about us. But by him she meant David Cameron,
:12:37. > :12:39.and by us she meant But the referendum he called
:12:40. > :12:46.was their focus of debate today. How to deal with the Brexit process
:12:47. > :12:51.and how to heal the EU with an intentional show of unity
:12:52. > :12:54.after the UK voted out and the fear When it came to talks of future
:12:55. > :13:01.trade deals with the UK EU leaders One by one, they ruled out
:13:02. > :13:13.the possibility that Britain could have good access to the single
:13:14. > :13:19.market and stop EU migration. There will be no single market
:13:20. > :13:22.a la cart. President Juncker, will
:13:23. > :13:24.the UK find an accord There will be no negotiations
:13:25. > :13:34.without notification. No negotiation without
:13:35. > :13:35.notification, he said. The EU wants the UK to trigger
:13:36. > :13:38.formal Brexit talks with them Of course, when the EU leaders
:13:39. > :13:45.insist there will be no flexibility on a UK deal now,
:13:46. > :13:48.that does not mean there won't be After all, Brussels is known
:13:49. > :13:57.as the capital of compromise. The truth is, no one knows,
:13:58. > :14:00.not the leaders, not No country has ever
:14:01. > :14:04.left the EU before. Plots, plans and rumours fly around,
:14:05. > :14:26.but certain is only this, This year, the single market is a
:14:27. > :14:29.major one for those left within the European Union but another is the
:14:30. > :14:34.timetable. There is a desire for Britain as quickly as possible to
:14:35. > :14:40.trigger article 50 and begin the formal process of exiting the
:14:41. > :14:45.European Union. Late last night inside the European Council, I spoke
:14:46. > :14:51.to Jean-Claude Juncker. I wanted to talk to him about the timetable and
:14:52. > :14:55.whether he was frustrated at the pace at which things are happening.
:14:56. > :14:58.I'm a little bit surprised, not by the fact that the Remain camp
:14:59. > :15:01.wants to meditate the result the British put into our hands
:15:02. > :15:03.but that the Leave camp now is asking that they would
:15:04. > :15:09.If you are advocating the Leave scenario, I would have thought that
:15:10. > :15:15.you would know exactly what will happen the day after.
:15:16. > :15:19.OK, the Remain camp has to reflect on this but the Leave camp knew
:15:20. > :15:25.If they don't know what to do now, that's proof that they didn't
:15:26. > :15:29.reflect on the consequences of their campaign.
:15:30. > :15:35.How long will you wait before Britain starts this process?
:15:36. > :15:38.I mean, David Cameron made it perfectly clear the other day
:15:39. > :15:44.in London that it's up to the next British Prime Minister to take
:15:45. > :15:52.the decision on when and how to trigger Article 50.
:15:53. > :15:59.So we have to wait for the decision of the then British Prime Minister.
:16:00. > :16:01.If the Prime Minister is coming from the Remain
:16:02. > :16:06.If the Prime Minister is coming from the Leave camp,
:16:07. > :16:12.And in terms of free movement, which was one of the biggest issues
:16:13. > :16:16.of the campaign in the UK, do you think you will be prepared
:16:17. > :16:20.to cut a deal on trade between the UK and the EU
:16:21. > :16:24.which doesn't involve the same free movement terms
:16:25. > :16:32.Expand on that for our viewers, please.
:16:33. > :16:39.If you are in, you can try to change the rules.
:16:40. > :16:42.In the framework of the deal we have concluded with David Cameron,
:16:43. > :16:47.there were indications about how these things could be changed.
:16:48. > :17:02.Earlier in the European Council, there were leaders giving
:17:03. > :17:07.simultaneous press conferences in different rooms around the Council
:17:08. > :17:10.building. One of them was held by Francois Hollande. I was sitting a
:17:11. > :17:15.few rows back from where he was speaking and he emphasised with the
:17:16. > :17:18.leaders understand Britain needs a new Prime Minister to oversee this
:17:19. > :17:23.process but one that has a new leader, they urgently want Britain
:17:24. > :17:27.to begin the process and they will be patient until September. Beyond
:17:28. > :17:33.though, they will not be. We will talk about who might take over in a
:17:34. > :17:36.moment, but there is a question mark over who will lead the Conservatives
:17:37. > :17:41.and the official opposition, the Labour Party in the long term,
:17:42. > :17:45.because this huge pressure on Jeremy Corbyn, 80% of his MPs called for
:17:46. > :17:49.him to go yesterday. He is showing no signs of doing that. Today the
:17:50. > :17:51.Prime Minister got involved in that campaign.
:17:52. > :17:54.Look, if he's looking for excuses about why the side he and I were
:17:55. > :17:56.on about the referendum, frankly he should
:17:57. > :18:00.And I have to say to the honourable gentleman, he talks about job
:18:01. > :18:03.insecurity and my two months to go, it may be in my party's interest
:18:04. > :18:06.for him to sit there, it's not in the national
:18:07. > :18:16.interests and I would say, for heaven's sake, man, go.
:18:17. > :18:25.Let's start with the Tories. Today, the nomination process began. Who
:18:26. > :18:30.has been sending in a job application? The nomination process
:18:31. > :18:36.was formally opened earlier this evening and the candidates have
:18:37. > :18:40.until 12 noon tomorrow in the UK to get their nomination papers in. The
:18:41. > :18:45.first to declare is Stephen Crabb, who was not somebody who may be
:18:46. > :18:49.exactly a household name around the world of where you are speaking
:18:50. > :18:56.from. The Work and Pensions Secretary. Relatively new face. But
:18:57. > :19:00.the Conservative Party, he offers an alternative to the likes of Boris
:19:01. > :19:04.Johnson and David Cameron. He is from an ordinary working-class
:19:05. > :19:08.background, brought up on a council estate. He is backed up by the
:19:09. > :19:15.Business Secretary. He is saying it is time to heal the wounds, put
:19:16. > :19:21.behind the campaign is to remain or leave the EU, to unite the country
:19:22. > :19:25.and get on with those all-important negotiations of taking Britain out
:19:26. > :19:35.of the European Union but also expecting Lee, Liam Fox, expecting
:19:36. > :19:38.him to throw his hat into billing. The two likely leading contenders
:19:39. > :19:42.will be Theresa May and Boris Johnson, the former mayor of London,
:19:43. > :19:46.a leading figure in that campaign to take Britain out of the European
:19:47. > :19:52.Union. By noon tomorrow, we will know exactly who is there to succeed
:19:53. > :19:56.David Cameron. This is a contest that will run over the summer and it
:19:57. > :20:00.will not be until the 9th of September until we know who the next
:20:01. > :20:05.leader of the Conservative Party is and therefore the next Prime
:20:06. > :20:12.Minister to take on that very complex and difficult process of
:20:13. > :20:17.negotiating Brexit. With regards to the opposition Labour Party, the
:20:18. > :20:20.situation we have is that the majority Members of Parliament on
:20:21. > :20:24.Jeremy Corbyn to go that he is insisting he has been elected not by
:20:25. > :20:30.the MPs backed by the membership of the party and is not going anywhere.
:20:31. > :20:33.We expect a leadership challenge to trigger a leadership contest. Jeremy
:20:34. > :20:38.Corbyn are saying if there is another leadership contest, he will
:20:39. > :20:42.enter. So who knows who we will end up with?
:20:43. > :20:44.The leaders of the United States, Canada and Mexico are meeting
:20:45. > :20:46.in Ottawa to discuss trade and globalisation.
:20:47. > :20:48.The Canadian Prime Minister says, in a time of global instability,
:20:49. > :20:50.working together is more important than ever.
:20:51. > :20:53.The three nations are part of a North American Free Trade Agreement,
:20:54. > :20:55.which Donald Trump has vowed to renegotiate or even
:20:56. > :21:04.BBC's Rajini Vaidyanathan reports from Ottawa.
:21:05. > :21:07.At a time when global partnerships are breaking down,
:21:08. > :21:14.North American leaders are promoting the closeness of their ties.
:21:15. > :21:16.Canada's Prime Minister hosted the Mexican President
:21:17. > :21:20.He kicked off a Q with students by making a brief
:21:21. > :21:27.We saw, from last week's vote in the UK, that young people
:21:28. > :21:30.were slightly in a different place than the majority of the other
:21:31. > :21:38.And that's because young people understand how important building
:21:39. > :21:40.links across borders, creating partnerships,
:21:41. > :21:48.Hours before preaching this message of inclusiveness,
:21:49. > :21:50.Mr Trudeau announced that Canada was to lift visa
:21:51. > :21:55.These two leaders will soon be joined by President Obama for talks.
:21:56. > :21:58.As Mr Trudeau is pledging to be more welcoming the Mexicans,
:21:59. > :22:03.one of Mr Obama's potential successors, Donald Trump,
:22:04. > :22:08.At this language school just outside Ottawa,
:22:09. > :22:12.Mexican students are taking short courses in English.
:22:13. > :22:15.For many of them, the political rhetoric across the border in the US
:22:16. > :22:19.makes Canada a far more appealing destination.
:22:20. > :22:26.From what you hear, from what all the media,
:22:27. > :22:28.all the social networks, all the things you hear
:22:29. > :22:31.in the street when you talk to people, I think Canada
:22:32. > :22:36.Which country do you think is more welcoming, Canada or America?
:22:37. > :22:46.Immigration is a big issue is at home for these three leaders
:22:47. > :22:49.but it will be hard for them to avoid discussing Brexit.
:22:50. > :22:52.The Canadian government, which is close to signing a key
:22:53. > :22:56.trade deal with the EU, says it's unclear how the UK
:22:57. > :23:03.Our decision about the EU and its members is clear
:23:04. > :23:05.and we think it's a great deal and we are looking
:23:06. > :23:09.With regards to Britain, Britain really need to make clear
:23:10. > :23:14.more of its choices for us to know how we will proceed.
:23:15. > :23:16.For now, Canada's focused on strengthening ties
:23:17. > :23:22.It's getting cosier with Mexico and America, but with the US
:23:23. > :23:25.election round the corner, all that could change.
:23:26. > :23:32.Rajini Vaidyanathan, BBC News, Ottawa.
:23:33. > :23:35.Some of the day's other news: Dozens of militants from the so-called
:23:36. > :23:37.Islamic State are reported to have been killed while trying to flee
:23:38. > :23:42.Iraqi forces there have reopened the mayor's office three days
:23:43. > :23:47.after the city was declared fully liberated from IS.
:23:48. > :23:50.Falluja had been under IS control for more than two years.
:23:51. > :23:53.The Italian navy has raised the wreck of a boat which sank
:23:54. > :23:56.in the Mediterranean last year, killing up to 800 migrants.
:23:57. > :23:58.It's thought that hundreds of passengers were trapped below
:23:59. > :24:03.It will now be taken to Sicily, where experts will attempt
:24:04. > :24:09.The largest rough diamond to be discovered for more than 100 years
:24:10. > :24:14.The Lesedi La Rona, which is about the size
:24:15. > :24:17.of a tennis ball, was found at a mine in Botswana.
:24:18. > :24:19.It's expected to be sold for about $70 million
:24:20. > :24:27.with the government in Botswana getting 60% of the profit.
:24:28. > :24:29.Researchers in Switzerland have developed a robotic salamander
:24:30. > :24:31.in a creative exercise to better understand neuroscience
:24:32. > :25:06.The impressive creation can walk and swim, just like its inspiration.
:25:07. > :25:09.The project was really about understanding the body
:25:10. > :25:11.of the salamander, how the body of the salamander interacts
:25:12. > :25:17.What's interesting in the salamander is the ability to swim and walk.
:25:18. > :25:20.This is interesting because few robots can do that.
:25:21. > :25:23.We want to have different versions of such a robot to do pollution
:25:24. > :25:27.detection or search and rescue missions but here the goal was to do
:25:28. > :25:36.science and understand how the real animal works.
:25:37. > :25:39.Salamander really has no problem at all, so it's very light x-rays,
:25:40. > :26:13.But for now, from me, Ben Bland, and the rest of the team, goodbye.
:26:14. > :26:14.This disappointing run of weather is set to continue over the next