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:00:11. > :00:25.is broadcasting in the UK and around the world. American allies in Syria

:00:26. > :00:28.battle each other. Makeshift churches have held mass for the

:00:29. > :00:37.survivors and rescue workers of the disaster that killed 290 people. The

:00:38. > :00:42.childhood friends who at 41 were told they were switched at birth and

:00:43. > :00:46.brought up by each other's mothers. I want answers. I don't know what to

:00:47. > :01:15.say. There has been fresh fighting on the

:01:16. > :01:26.Turkey Syrian border. 35 have been killed. Observers say 20 people died

:01:27. > :01:38.in a village but they said they were targeting Turkish militants. Both

:01:39. > :01:41.Turkey and the Kurdish way PGR allies of the US in the fight

:01:42. > :01:47.against Islamic State but crucially they are also bitter enemies.

:01:48. > :01:52.President Erdogan desperately wants to stop the Kurds expanding their

:01:53. > :01:58.territory inside Syria. Here is our Arab affairs editor. A new drama is

:01:59. > :02:08.unfolding for the first day in the northern Syrian countryside. Kurdish

:02:09. > :02:16.militants leading the fight against IS have in Ankara's opinion gone too

:02:17. > :02:21.far. Casualties are mapping. Activists say dozens of civilians

:02:22. > :02:28.have been killed. The fighting is creating a further twist in the

:02:29. > :02:34.conflict with one group of rebels spear headed by the Kurds control of

:02:35. > :02:41.areas. Both sides have been supported by America, leaving

:02:42. > :02:46.Washington in a quandary. Vice President Joe Biden was busy mending

:02:47. > :02:53.fences with president Erdogan in Agro earlier this week. He weren't

:02:54. > :03:01.Kurdish fighters to pull back West. Turkey's Red Line for the Kurds in

:03:02. > :03:06.Syria... Fighters are beginning to wonder if despite their victories

:03:07. > :03:14.against IS, their cause will be subordinated to that of Turkey and

:03:15. > :03:17.it's imperative preventing... Far from the complications on the

:03:18. > :03:24.north-east battlefield, people and the divided city of Ullapool if the

:03:25. > :03:37.various factions will agree to let aid in. Do you when issued a new

:03:38. > :03:41.ultimatum for all sides to agree by today to a weekly 48 hour pause in

:03:42. > :03:49.fighting. There is no sign yet that that that'll be heeded. Our

:03:50. > :03:52.correspondent is an expert on Turkey and Kurdish affairs. He told me more

:03:53. > :03:59.about recent developments in the region. Look at the issue from

:04:00. > :04:05.different perspectives to see whether it makes sense. It is good

:04:06. > :04:10.for Turkey that Turkey has got back in the game in Syria. After shooting

:04:11. > :04:15.down of the Russian plane, Turkish planes couldn't get near Syria for a

:04:16. > :04:23.long time. This gives Turkey an opportunity to step in and prevent

:04:24. > :04:29.Kurds from joining two separate enclaves and replacing aces with

:04:30. > :04:35.militia who are more inclined to be influenced by Turkey. For Russia and

:04:36. > :04:41.Iran this makes sense because they are happy to see Turkey trying to

:04:42. > :04:47.curb the ambitions of Kurds who are allies in the region. The wouldn't

:04:48. > :04:52.want them to be replaced by anti-aside forces controlled by

:04:53. > :04:56.Turkey but they would be happily -- from the perspective of the US it is

:04:57. > :05:03.also good that the US are seeing another ballet getting in to fight

:05:04. > :05:08.against IS. There is a positive thing there. From the perspective of

:05:09. > :05:12.basis, it is strangely but didn't put up any resistance against

:05:13. > :05:17.Turkey. Maybe they would want to stare back to see 30 fighting

:05:18. > :05:21.against Kurdish rebels. For Syrian rebels it also makes sense because

:05:22. > :05:28.Turkey was giving different messages recently. It is good that they are

:05:29. > :05:33.fulfilling it from their perspective that they see some support from

:05:34. > :05:37.Turkey. What is the US perspective on this because this complicates

:05:38. > :05:45.their situation. They are allies of Turkey and the way PGR in Syria.

:05:46. > :05:51.They took more territory with US support from aces than any other

:05:52. > :05:57.force in Syria or Iraq. This issue has always cobbled headed US

:05:58. > :06:00.calculations in the reason. The art two potential allies of the West and

:06:01. > :06:04.they are at odds with each other at least in the last two or three

:06:05. > :06:09.years. If you imagine the Kurds and Turks fighting together against IS

:06:10. > :06:13.is allied with the West, we will have seen the aside government will

:06:14. > :06:19.be much weaker. Russia would have much less say in the region. This

:06:20. > :06:27.conflict between the allies makes it very difficult. If you want to find

:06:28. > :06:32.out more about this story there is a question and answer on our website.

:06:33. > :06:35.It explains that despite both being enemies of Islamic State, the Kurds

:06:36. > :06:39.have such a poor relationship with Turkey.

:06:40. > :06:41.The victims of the earthquake in central Italy have been

:06:42. > :06:43.remembered in church services across the country.

:06:44. > :06:45.Bishop Giovanni D'Ercole - who celebrated Mass in two

:06:46. > :06:48.of the worst-affected towns - urged Italians to unite

:06:49. > :06:50.in their response to the disaster which claimed nearly 300 lives.

:06:51. > :07:01.In Aquata del Tronto today, a Mass held in a makeshift tent,

:07:02. > :07:10.one of many across the worst hit towns in central Italy.

:07:11. > :07:12.The crosses made out of two ladders, the helmets represent

:07:13. > :07:15.Bishop Giovanni d'Ercole presides over the service,

:07:16. > :07:24.The local parish priest says he was caught up in the earthquake.

:07:25. > :07:27.TRANSLATION: When I was trying to get out, everything

:07:28. > :07:28.was falling on me, glass, walls, everything.

:07:29. > :07:31.I got out, I was crying, and I saw that my parishioners

:07:32. > :07:39.had also come outside, and they were crying too.

:07:40. > :07:41.Life has changed dramatic league for the residents,

:07:42. > :07:43.forced from their shattered homes into canvas ones.

:07:44. > :07:51.And a huge clear up operation is under way.

:07:52. > :07:53.In Amatrice, the worst hit town, with 231 people killed,

:07:54. > :07:56.what is left of this building is now being demolished.

:07:57. > :08:03.Scenes like this are being repeated over and over again.

:08:04. > :08:05.Many churches and medieval buildings were also completely destroyed.

:08:06. > :08:08.Sunday's proceeds from public museums across Italy,

:08:09. > :08:11.such as the National Gallery in Rome, will be donated

:08:12. > :08:23.At the Vatican, Pope Francis led prayers for the victims.

:08:24. > :08:26.He promises to visit the region as soon as possible to bring

:08:27. > :08:29.Yesterday, the country's President and Prime Minister both attended

:08:30. > :08:34.a funeral for 35 victims in a sports hall in one town.

:08:35. > :08:36.Hundreds of people also turned out to pay their respects

:08:37. > :08:44.Rescue workers helped to retrieve personal belongings

:08:45. > :08:51.from quake damaged houses, but some do not even want to go.

:08:52. > :08:58.Rinaldo cannot bear the thought of moving out.

:08:59. > :09:00.TRANSLATION: Could I ever abandon my town when it needs me?

:09:01. > :09:03.No, my wife and my children are saying, please, wear a helmet,

:09:04. > :09:06.you know what I mean, but I am not giving up.

:09:07. > :09:16.The Italian government has been criticised for failing to prevent

:09:17. > :09:19.deaths after the 2009 earthquake in L'Aquila which left 300 dead.

:09:20. > :09:21.Historic towns do not have to conform to anti-quake

:09:22. > :09:23.regulations, which are also often not applied when new buildings

:09:24. > :09:30.But Amatrice's mayor has vowed to fight for a tightening

:09:31. > :09:45.There are reports of heavy casualties as militias loyal to

:09:46. > :09:48.Libya's unity government advance into the final districts of Sirte -

:09:49. > :09:50.occupied by Islamic State militants. Hospital sources say twenty-eight

:09:51. > :10:01.government troops have been killed in the fighting. The incumbent

:10:02. > :10:03.president of Gabon, Ali Bongo, and his main rival, Jean Ping, have both

:10:04. > :10:05.claimed victory in Saturday's presidential election. Mr Ping told

:10:06. > :10:16.his supporters he'd won and was waiting for Mr Bongo to call to

:10:17. > :10:18.congratulate him. The ministry of health in Singapore - has confirmed

:10:19. > :10:21.40 more cases of the mosquito-borne zika virus - a day after announcing

:10:22. > :10:24.its first case. 36 of the cases were all men - working at the same

:10:25. > :10:34.construction site. It's believed all cases were locally transmitted.

:10:35. > :10:37.Negotiations on a huge free trade deal between the European Union and

:10:38. > :10:39.the United States have effectively failed - that's the view of the

:10:40. > :10:41.German economy minister. He said the deal - known as the Transatlantic

:10:42. > :10:43.Trade and Investment Partnership or T-Tip for short - had not worked

:10:44. > :10:45.because Europeans, including himself, didn't want to subject

:10:46. > :10:48.themselves to American demands. But - what exactly does this free trade

:10:49. > :10:51.deal mean? The deal aims to remove - or reduce - a wide range of barriers

:10:52. > :10:54.to trade and investment. It's thought by doing this - it will make

:10:55. > :10:57.it easier and cheaper to do business across the Atlantic. Those in favour

:10:58. > :10:59.- say it would ultimately lead to higher incomes and employment But

:11:00. > :11:01.critics argue - it could lead to lower standards of consumer and

:11:02. > :11:20.environmental protection - and even result in job losses.

:11:21. > :11:27.I'm hoping that we can go to Washington where we can join and

:11:28. > :11:32.former assistant Secretary of State to President Obama. Thank you for

:11:33. > :11:37.being with us. The German economy Minister, if he is indeed right,

:11:38. > :11:42.what impact will this have? I think he is right for a number of reasons,

:11:43. > :11:47.first of all on the European side, there is Brexit, and the practical

:11:48. > :11:51.matter is in the next couple of years, Europe is going to have to

:11:52. > :11:55.focus internally and try to work that negotiation and then maybe at

:11:56. > :11:59.some point in the future come back to the trade agreement with the

:12:00. > :12:03.United States. Here in the United States we have a presidential

:12:04. > :12:09.election in progress, the Obama administration has about five months

:12:10. > :12:16.to go. That is focused on trying to get the Asian equivalent treaty

:12:17. > :12:20.through Congress before it leaves office, and so here in America it is

:12:21. > :12:25.going to take maybe a year or so for a new administration to get its feet

:12:26. > :12:29.on the ground and put personnel in place. Whatever the United States

:12:30. > :12:34.and Europe decide they make to do in the trade area is going to be pushed

:12:35. > :12:40.off two or three years. Critics will cautiously welcome this claiming

:12:41. > :12:45.that TTIP will not be good for jobs or the growth of environmental and

:12:46. > :12:49.health standards, what is your reaction to that? I certainly think

:12:50. > :12:56.there is a very substantial amount of scepticism in European and

:12:57. > :13:01.American opinion, obviously Brexit itself was a vote by those who think

:13:02. > :13:08.that globalisation had left many of them behind and here in the United

:13:09. > :13:12.States we have an unprecedented candidate, Donald Trump who has

:13:13. > :13:19.excoriated every trade deal the United States has made in recent

:13:20. > :13:23.decades. Hillary Clinton is an advocate of trade guardedly but has

:13:24. > :13:26.also said she will not agree to any future treaty that will put American

:13:27. > :13:35.jobs at risk, so I think you're going to have to see a case, perhaps

:13:36. > :13:41.greater confidence in Europeans and Americans in the financial and

:13:42. > :13:47.economic... I am afraid we have lost him. That is a shame. We thank him

:13:48. > :13:52.for his opinions there. Stay with us. Still to come... A royal

:13:53. > :13:54.treasure is temporarily being banned from taking out of Britain. We will

:13:55. > :14:40.find out why. It will take months and billions of

:14:41. > :14:46.dollars to repair what Katrina achieved in just hours... Three

:14:47. > :14:52.weeks is the longest the great clock has been of duty in 117 years, so it

:14:53. > :14:55.was with great satisfaction that clockmaker John Vernon swung the

:14:56. > :15:04.pendulum to set the clock going again. This is BBC World News Today.

:15:05. > :15:08.A DNA test in Canada has revealed that two 41-year-old men

:15:09. > :15:10.were switched at birth and brought up by the wrong parents.

:15:11. > :15:13.David Tait and his best friend Leon Swanson were born just days

:15:14. > :15:17.The tale is even more shocking because another mix up

:15:18. > :15:19.was discovered last year at the same hospital.

:15:20. > :15:27.Cameron Mackintosh from CBC News reports.

:15:28. > :15:34.believing this woman was his biological mother.

:15:35. > :15:36.It turns out this mother was actually this woman,

:15:37. > :15:38.raising his best friend, Leon Swanson, as her own son.

:15:39. > :15:44.DNA now proving a long held, troubling suspicion

:15:45. > :15:57.Both men were born in this federally run hospital

:15:58. > :16:03.It's unclear how, but DNA has proven Tait's biological

:16:04. > :16:05.mother went home with the wrong baby, Swanson.

:16:06. > :16:07.Shocking but not entirely surprising.

:16:08. > :16:08.For decades, there have been comments

:16:09. > :16:20.people started teasing us about being switched.

:16:21. > :16:24.This discovery last year convinced them to do the test.

:16:25. > :16:26.These two men born in that very same year

:16:27. > :16:28.in that very same hospital discovered they were switched.

:16:29. > :16:30.Former Manitoba Cabinet Minister Eric Robinson

:16:31. > :16:34.The first time could be discounted as a mistake.

:16:35. > :16:40.A second time, in my view, is a criminal activity.

:16:41. > :16:45.Today, the Federal Health Minister promised an investigation.

:16:46. > :16:47.It's fundamentally important that we understand

:16:48. > :16:50.how this could have happened at the time.

:16:51. > :16:52.For both men and their parents, there's a lot

:16:53. > :16:54.of anger and confusion, but also a sense that they

:16:55. > :16:58.They'll always be my mom and dad, regardless,

:16:59. > :17:00.they raised me, they took me from day one.

:17:01. > :17:04.the bigger question may be, could there be even more cases?

:17:05. > :17:16.Cameron Mackintosh, CBC News, Winnipeg.

:17:17. > :17:24.Let's get some sport for you. Here is Ollie. Hello. Manchester City are

:17:25. > :17:29.top of the table on goal difference after a 3-1 win at home to West Ham

:17:30. > :17:32.in the final Premier League match of the weekend. Raheem Sterling scored

:17:33. > :17:36.twice for Pep Guardiola's sides to make it three wins out of three for

:17:37. > :17:39.them in the league. West Ham stay 12. It is now the international

:17:40. > :17:44.break the start of World Cup qualifying. When city return they

:17:45. > :17:49.will face a trip to Manchester United who also have a 100% record.

:17:50. > :17:57.I am so satisfied. It is a pleasure to work with these guys and this

:17:58. > :18:01.club. I wanted him to play good. We thought when we trained in that

:18:02. > :18:06.period that it can happen, and we feel that the players believe in

:18:07. > :18:11.what we do. But is more satisfying with the coach, of course, but

:18:12. > :18:16.without the result it is nothing. But we have got it. The first step,

:18:17. > :18:19.the most important thing is qualifying for the Champions League

:18:20. > :18:23.and now the Premier League, we have nine points and are playing good, so

:18:24. > :18:29.that is the most important thing and now the international break and come

:18:30. > :18:36.back and start again. In the second half I am more than happy, to be

:18:37. > :18:42.fair, and it gives us hope. With the players who are out injured, a lot

:18:43. > :18:46.of them, seven or eight, we expect a few of them to come back for the

:18:47. > :18:52.Watford game after the break, it gives us hope that it will be

:18:53. > :18:55.different. One other Premier League result was West Bromwich Albion

:18:56. > :19:00.versus Middlesbrough and that was goalless. West Ham's goal-scorer

:19:01. > :19:03.Michail Antonio has earned his first goal that a recall after a month.

:19:04. > :19:09.Earlier this year he turned down the chance for Jamaica in order to play

:19:10. > :19:15.for England. He is in Sam Allardyce's first squad. Lewis

:19:16. > :19:19.Hamilton fought his way from the back row of the grid to finish third

:19:20. > :19:25.in a chaotic Belgian Grand Prix. A series of crashes allowed him to

:19:26. > :19:30.climb from 21st to a place on the podium. Nico Rosberg started on pole

:19:31. > :19:34.position and won the race, cutting Hamilton's championship lead to just

:19:35. > :19:41.nine points. It has been great to get the win today on this legendary

:19:42. > :19:45.track, but Lewis starting from the back made it easier and I am sure he

:19:46. > :19:49.will be back in Monza and it'll be a big battle as always. The Tour de

:19:50. > :19:57.France winner Chris Froome is fourth in Spain. Dela Cruz finished almost

:19:58. > :20:05.have a minute ahead of the Belgian after a late attack on the final

:20:06. > :20:10.climb. He leads by 22 seconds in the overall standard X.

:20:11. > :20:13.That is all this but for now. Thank you.

:20:14. > :20:15.This week one of Britain's deadliest, but least-well known,

:20:16. > :20:19.naval forces celebrates its 100th anniversary.

:20:20. > :20:22.The Coastal Marine Force was founded during the First World War

:20:23. > :20:25.as a fleet of high-speed torpedo boats to attack the Germans.

:20:26. > :20:27.In the Second World War, their crew earned more gallantry

:20:28. > :20:29.medals than any other branch of the Navy.

:20:30. > :20:45.The small, fast coastal boats that helped change the tactics

:20:46. > :20:56.And now a century after their creation, the final few left have

:20:57. > :20:59.come together in Portsmouth for an anniversary sail-past,

:21:00. > :21:03.watched by veterans like Robin Coventry.

:21:04. > :21:06.He was a junior officer assigned to this nimble

:21:07. > :21:10.We were just going out to make trouble and that,

:21:11. > :21:12.often enough, we did, not only for ourselves,

:21:13. > :21:14.for the Germans as well, which was lucky.

:21:15. > :21:20.And they must have been fairly fed up with us, too.

:21:21. > :21:23.They first fired up in 1916, and were the idea of

:21:24. > :21:34.They were just 50 feet long and carried one or two torpedoes -

:21:35. > :21:40.enough to hit large enemy ships and then escape at high speed.

:21:41. > :21:42.In fact, they were sometimes called the Spitfire of the sea,

:21:43. > :21:48.because they were so fast, capable of 30 or 40 knots.

:21:49. > :21:54.Her enemies had never seen anything like them.

:21:55. > :21:58.By the end of the Second World War, there were 2,000 of them and they

:21:59. > :22:04.They sank over 500 enemy vessels and were awarded

:22:05. > :22:06.3,000 gallantry medals, more than any other branch

:22:07. > :22:13.In war, these vessels fired more torpedoes than Britain's submarines.

:22:14. > :22:16.100 years of lethal sea power and a miniature navy that did not

:22:17. > :22:36.Duncan Kennedy, BBC News, in Portsmouth.

:22:37. > :22:39.The British government has placed a temporary export ban on a sapphire

:22:40. > :22:42.and diamond coronet that belonged to Queen Victoria, preventing it

:22:43. > :22:45.The coronet, which was designed by the monarch's husband

:22:46. > :22:47.Prince Albert, for their wedding in 1840, is at risk

:22:48. > :22:50.of being exported unless a UK buyer matches the six and half

:22:51. > :22:53.Earlier I spoke to Philippa Glanville -

:22:54. > :22:56.who was on the Committee that recommended the ban who told me

:22:57. > :23:06.Excellent system that goes back 60 years to protect cultural heritage,

:23:07. > :23:15.not only British things but things of importance. Things which are

:23:16. > :23:19.important and they might be archaeological, manuscript or an

:23:20. > :23:23.important painting. In this case it is a delicate little thing for a

:23:24. > :23:30.pretty young woman in love, maybe not pretty, young woman in Love

:23:31. > :23:36.designed by her husband and using German motifs, Prince Albert was

:23:37. > :23:42.German and was a designer. There is very little surviving from Queen

:23:43. > :23:50.Victoria's Julie. They get reworked and put into other jewels. When she

:23:51. > :23:55.finally came out of morning to do the State Opening of Parliament in

:23:56. > :23:59.1866 she wore this with her veil and it became very significant and part

:24:00. > :24:06.of her image as an older woman, so a beautiful little love gift that

:24:07. > :24:09.became part of the Crown Jewels. Give us other examples of historical

:24:10. > :24:14.objects that were saved in this way. There was the Jane Austen ring a

:24:15. > :24:17.couple of years ago which is now in the Jane Austen centre down in

:24:18. > :24:21.Hampshire and there was quite a lot of discussion about that, because it

:24:22. > :24:26.wasn't very expensive but it was very important to the Jane Austen

:24:27. > :24:31.community and we argued jewellery mattered so much to women at that

:24:32. > :24:34.time in the late 18th and 19th centuries, it had a sentimental

:24:35. > :24:41.value as a significance far beyond perhaps what it was today. Women

:24:42. > :24:44.gave each other and simple jewels and this is an example of that.

:24:45. > :24:49.Isn't it a little unfair that a bit of hypocrisy of hanging onto these

:24:50. > :24:53.objects when perhaps some would accuse us of hanging on to objects

:24:54. > :24:59.that belonged to other countries, the Elgin marbles being one? We have

:25:00. > :25:04.been an extraordinarily wealthy and art loving country, however I am not

:25:05. > :25:08.going to comment on the Elgin marbles. I have my own reviews but I

:25:09. > :25:11.can't represent the Government on that. It seems to me that we have to

:25:12. > :25:16.have a more generous approach having been powerful and wealthy, sharing

:25:17. > :25:22.is for everybody's benefit. Things move around in exhibitions but

:25:23. > :25:26.people want to own their own heritage and being a former colonial

:25:27. > :25:36.power, that doesn't play to Greece, but it does apply to quite a lot of

:25:37. > :25:39.objects in richest collections. A reminder of our top scurry this

:25:40. > :25:45.hour. There has been fresh fighting on the turkey Syria border. Reports

:25:46. > :25:49.indicate 35 civilians had been killed after Turkish shelling and

:25:50. > :26:07.air strikes. That is it from me and world news today. Thank you.

:26:08. > :26:13.There have been a few showers around today. The trend through this

:26:14. > :26:14.weekend is for things to