:00:00. > :00:14.This is BBC World News Today with me Ben Bland.
:00:15. > :00:20.We are live in the press conference in New Jersey where the governor has
:00:21. > :00:25.been speaking about the train crash. Let's return to the press
:00:26. > :00:29.conference. I'd like to thank the team for their outstanding response
:00:30. > :00:34.to this tragedy, thank the lieutenant governor for being here
:00:35. > :00:39.and all for first responders. We know what happened, we don't know
:00:40. > :00:43.why it happened. As Governor Christie said, the train came in at
:00:44. > :00:49.too high a rate of speed, it didn't stop, it came through the barriers.
:00:50. > :00:53.When you see the destruction up close, the silver lining is that
:00:54. > :00:58.there is only one fatality that's far because the destruction really
:00:59. > :01:08.is significant, and the power of the train coming in is obviously
:01:09. > :01:12.devastating in its impact. The 100 injured and the fatality and the
:01:13. > :01:19.critically injured, we remember them in our prayers and we hope that
:01:20. > :01:24.there is only one fatality and it stops there. The NTSB will do a full
:01:25. > :01:28.investigation as to what happened exactly and we will let the facts
:01:29. > :01:34.speak for themselves and if there's something to learn from those facts
:01:35. > :01:41.after that investigation, then we will be sure to learn and
:01:42. > :01:46.incorporate that lesson. The Commissioner and chairman Pendergast
:01:47. > :01:50.are working hand in glove in a seamless approach where New Jersey
:01:51. > :01:59.transit is working with the NTA, the Port authority to expedite tonight's
:02:00. > :02:04.commute and tomorrow's commute, because, as the governor said, the
:02:05. > :02:09.structural damage to the station itself, and we don't yet know how
:02:10. > :02:15.long that damage will take to repair or what the consequence of that
:02:16. > :02:19.damages. I'd like to applaud all the first responders, who did a
:02:20. > :02:25.magnificent job once again. And I'd also like to take this opportunity
:02:26. > :02:34.to say these are difficult times over these past weeks and months.
:02:35. > :02:39.Between terrorist attacks, natural disasters, we've had our hands full
:02:40. > :02:44.in this country. We've had our hands full in the north-east. I want to
:02:45. > :02:53.thank the police who did an extraordinary job in apprehending
:02:54. > :02:58.the suspect in connection with the Chelsea bombing. They really did a
:02:59. > :03:02.fantastic job and I want to thank the coordination and Corporation of
:03:03. > :03:06.our neighbours and partners in making that happen. Today is another
:03:07. > :03:12.situation for us to deal with but I also believe as many challenges as
:03:13. > :03:19.mother nature sends us or our enemies send us, we are up to
:03:20. > :03:24.handling them. We will handle them one at a time but when we worked
:03:25. > :03:28.together, there is nothing that we can't accomplish, and nothing we
:03:29. > :03:33.can't overcome. And we will do that with today's tragedy as well. With
:03:34. > :03:40.that, I'll turn it back to Governor Christie. The Commissioner for
:03:41. > :03:43.transportation and the German of New Jersey transit will address some of
:03:44. > :03:50.the transit issues we will be confronting in the days to come.
:03:51. > :03:54.Good afternoon. As Governor Christie mentioned earlier, the train service
:03:55. > :03:58.is going to be resumed at this station this afternoon. We expect to
:03:59. > :04:03.run a full rush-hour service. There is a couple of pilot trains that
:04:04. > :04:07.will run in the next hour or so but all indications are go, safety
:04:08. > :04:13.inspections have shown is there's no reason we can't run the system at
:04:14. > :04:17.full rush-hour capacity. For the afternoon, New Jersey transit will
:04:18. > :04:21.be expanding bus, rail and light rail services as much is possible to
:04:22. > :04:30.make up for the closure of the rail line at Hoboken. We will increase
:04:31. > :04:36.services on the bus lines. Customers will be notified where to get their
:04:37. > :04:46.services. A bus shuttle will run between Hoboken and Secor crustacean
:04:47. > :04:53.on a load basis. The Hudson Bergen light rail is currently suspended
:04:54. > :04:56.into and out of Hoboken... That is the press conference taking place
:04:57. > :05:01.live in Hoboken about the train crash. We heard earlier from
:05:02. > :05:06.Governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie. He emphasised they were
:05:07. > :05:11.not going to speculate on the causes at this early stage, that an
:05:12. > :05:15.investigation is in progress. We also heard from the governor of New
:05:16. > :05:18.York, Andrew Cuomo, who talked about the structural damage to the
:05:19. > :05:24.station, obviously saying it is impossible to say how long it'll
:05:25. > :05:28.take for that to be fully repaired. Andrew Cuomo also said the train
:05:29. > :05:31.obviously came in at two higher rate of speed, he said it was unclear at
:05:32. > :05:41.this stage why that was. One moment it was a normal commuter
:05:42. > :05:43.journey, the next, chaos. A train has crashed into a station
:05:44. > :05:47.in New Jersey in the United States, leaving at least one person dead
:05:48. > :05:49.and up to 100 injured, These images from the station
:05:50. > :05:53.at Hoboken show the scene after the train smashed
:05:54. > :05:55.into the buffer stops causing part Dozens of people are being
:05:56. > :06:00.treated in hospital. Investigators are trying to work out
:06:01. > :06:04.the cause of the crash but they say the train appeared to be
:06:05. > :06:06.travelling at speed. The BBC's Nick Bryant
:06:07. > :06:08.is at the scene and has A packed train entering a crowded
:06:09. > :06:17.station at the peak of rush hour. A routine morning commute
:06:18. > :06:20.changing in an instant Passengers said the train just
:06:21. > :06:26.didn't slow down as it entered the station,
:06:27. > :06:29.ploughing through ticket barriers and into the reception area
:06:30. > :06:33.of Hoboken station. And everything from
:06:34. > :06:40.the ceiling came down. Jumped a little bit
:06:41. > :06:55.on to where we were standing, so it crushed that little centre
:06:56. > :07:00.where people would normally be standing, and threw
:07:01. > :07:02.them into where we were. Then I saw another, and then I saw
:07:03. > :07:10.a couple of people... I didn't see many bodies until I ran
:07:11. > :07:14.over there and then I saw people getting up and getting helped up,
:07:15. > :07:17.bleeding all over the place. Such was the impact of the crash,
:07:18. > :07:20.part of the roof caved in, making it all the more difficult
:07:21. > :07:24.for the emergency services to reach There are reports of people pinned
:07:25. > :07:31.under collapsed concrete pillars. Hoboken is in New Jersey,
:07:32. > :07:34.across the Hudson River Many commuters use this busy station
:07:35. > :07:40.to travel into Manhattan, and many tend to pack the front
:07:41. > :07:44.carriages of the trains to shave Nearby hospitals were told
:07:45. > :07:50.to prepare for a mass Orthopaedic injuries
:07:51. > :07:57.and internal injuries, and some deep lacerations
:07:58. > :08:00.being treated by our trauma In addition, there are a handful
:08:01. > :08:05.of other patients who are currently being evaluated for their injuries
:08:06. > :08:08.in the emergency room. Approximately 40 patients
:08:09. > :08:11.are being treated as well for walk-in types of injuries, and
:08:12. > :08:17.they are being evaluated as well. The cause of the crash isn't yet
:08:18. > :08:20.known but New Jersey Transit hasn't completed installing what's called
:08:21. > :08:23.positive train control, a safety system designed to prevent
:08:24. > :08:28.accidents by automatically slowing or stopping trains that
:08:29. > :08:32.are going too fast. It had been ordered to install
:08:33. > :08:47.the system by the government, It there have been a spate of train
:08:48. > :08:52.accidents and often the cause has been locomotives going too fast.
:08:53. > :08:56.Commuters are inevitably -- inevitably asking, why is it taking
:08:57. > :09:01.so long to install the safety mechanism, especially when America's
:09:02. > :09:02.National transport safety board was calling for its introduction over 25
:09:03. > :09:05.years ago? The BBC's Nada Tawfik
:09:06. > :09:17.is at the scene. We heard the update on the situation
:09:18. > :09:27.in the press conference a short while ago but what more you hearing?
:09:28. > :09:30.The press conference is still ongoing as Andrew Cuomo and Chris
:09:31. > :09:36.Christie take questions from the press. What we heard is to Governor
:09:37. > :09:39.is saying they can't rule out what the cause of this train crash was,
:09:40. > :09:44.that they can't speculate at the same time. They have to wait for
:09:45. > :09:49.further investigations into that. They confirmed one person has died
:09:50. > :09:53.and that 108 people have been injured. They said there are still
:09:54. > :09:59.people in critical condition in hospital 's Barclays pray and hope
:10:00. > :10:06.that number doesn't go to more. It was also interesting to hear Andrew
:10:07. > :10:09.Cuomo talk about how there have been several difficult weeks for New York
:10:10. > :10:12.in Jersey, between the bombings in New Jersey and New York, he
:10:13. > :10:17.mentioned the natural disasters in this, and he said that they would
:10:18. > :10:21.get through this just like anything else, they would take anything that
:10:22. > :10:24.mother nature brought towards them. The governor is still taking
:10:25. > :10:28.questions here, but I think what you're going to be hearing from the
:10:29. > :10:32.press are questions about the safety, what caused this. The
:10:33. > :10:35.conductor of the train is still in hospital with injuries. We don't
:10:36. > :10:39.know if he's spoken to authorities but it is why there wasn't a
:10:40. > :10:50.mechanism installed on this train. This is one of the busiest
:10:51. > :10:53.transportation hubs in New Jersey so why the proper mechanism will want
:10:54. > :10:55.in place to prevent this type of accident. The governors are still
:10:56. > :10:58.speaking and we're hoping to get more on that. Give us a sense of
:10:59. > :11:01.what the station would have been like at that time, at rush hour. Is
:11:02. > :11:07.it a station you are familiar with and have travelled through?
:11:08. > :11:11.Absolutely, I am a resident of New Jersey and have gone through this
:11:12. > :11:16.station several times. You have the Path train here in this train
:11:17. > :11:20.station. Along with New Jersey's transit system. You have to transit
:11:21. > :11:24.system is going through Hoboken. There's also the ferry people can
:11:25. > :11:30.transferred to to get to New York. Just to give you a sense, this is
:11:31. > :11:33.the fifth busiest train station in New Jersey. You have thousands of
:11:34. > :11:39.people going through here in the mornings. People who are getting off
:11:40. > :11:43.to go to New York but also other parts of New Jersey, since this is
:11:44. > :11:51.such a busy transportation hub. When we spoke to eyewitnesses, they talk
:11:52. > :11:56.about the chaos, the screening, the panic, the injuries they'd seen, and
:11:57. > :12:00.the governors described how the path station, which was a bit further
:12:01. > :12:04.removed from weather train crashed, would be able to resume but because
:12:05. > :12:08.of the structural damage to the station with the roof partially
:12:09. > :12:15.collapsing the trains for New Jersey transit would be running any time
:12:16. > :12:20.soon. So it is what we expected but, again, it is such a chaotic... It
:12:21. > :12:24.was such a chaotic scene here this morning because of the number of
:12:25. > :12:26.people that go through this station. OK, thank you very much for the
:12:27. > :12:28.update. Tensions are escalating
:12:29. > :12:29.between Moscow and Washington over the crisis in the Syrian
:12:30. > :12:31.city of Aleppo. US Secretary of State John Kerry has
:12:32. > :12:34.threatened to end existing cooperation with Russia after heavy
:12:35. > :12:37.bombing continued in The UN has warned of a humanitarian
:12:38. > :12:43.catastrophe in Aleppo, unlike any witnessed so far
:12:44. > :12:47.in the five-year civil war. Let's get more from our
:12:48. > :13:01.correspondent Barbara It seems that patience is running
:13:02. > :13:07.out, and tempers fraying. All of this isn't going to help the
:13:08. > :13:11.situation at all, is it? No, it isn't. The Americans are really
:13:12. > :13:15.scrambling to try to figure out how to respond to the situation because
:13:16. > :13:19.they had this carefully crafted peace plan which took months and
:13:20. > :13:23.months to work out with the Russians which was supposed to get a
:13:24. > :13:27.ceasefire, and then move onto political negotiations to end the
:13:28. > :13:31.conflict. They were taken by surprise at how quickly that
:13:32. > :13:38.surprised and by how ferocious the resumption of violence has been with
:13:39. > :13:41.these air attacks. Both Russian and Syrian planes on Aleppo that is
:13:42. > :13:45.creating this humanitarian catastrophe of proportions we
:13:46. > :13:50.haven't seen before. So John Kerry was saying a little while ago the US
:13:51. > :13:55.was on the verge of cutting off any talks, any attempts to talk with the
:13:56. > :13:58.Russians about a resumption of the plan. He said it is irrational to
:13:59. > :14:03.sit here and say were trying to seriously revive this when the
:14:04. > :14:08.Russians have shown no seriousness in doing so. He didn't close it off
:14:09. > :14:12.completely. He said they would have to pursue other alternatives for a
:14:13. > :14:15.period until the warring parties are ready to take a different approach.
:14:16. > :14:23.The administration is looking at what it could do to respond to this
:14:24. > :14:28.unprecedented upsurge in violence. I just wonder how serious this threat
:14:29. > :14:32.is from John Kerry. Is it just sabre rattling to put pressure on Moscow
:14:33. > :14:38.or do you think they really would walk away from cooperation with
:14:39. > :14:42.Russia? Well, what he's talking about is closing the diplomatic
:14:43. > :14:47.channel for the moment that the two pursued on Syria. Of course, they
:14:48. > :14:51.would still have contacts with Russia on other issues. It is this
:14:52. > :14:55.effort he's led. He's kept saying, I'm keeping this channel open,
:14:56. > :14:59.trying to revive the ceasefire, I want to talk to the Russians but he
:15:00. > :15:03.is saying there's no sense saying that because the Russians, at least
:15:04. > :15:08.according to how they are behaving in Aleppo, and serious about
:15:09. > :15:13.reviving peace talks. He's messaging the Russians but it is a message
:15:14. > :15:17.they are not picking up. Alongside that, we are hearing the White House
:15:18. > :15:21.has asked the National Security Agency to look at any other options
:15:22. > :15:26.with which to respond to this crisis, including the possibility of
:15:27. > :15:29.military options. That has been discussed at staff level, no
:15:30. > :15:35.recommendations and no suggestions of large-scale military commitment,
:15:36. > :15:38.in keeping with Mr Obama's long-term resistance to that. But perhaps some
:15:39. > :15:44.kind of action that would give a stronger mission to -- message to
:15:45. > :15:46.the Syrians and the Russians. OK, thank you very much.
:15:47. > :15:48.Now a look at some of the days other news.
:15:49. > :15:51.The Indian army says it has launched strikes against suspected militants
:15:52. > :15:53.along the de facto border with Pakistan in Kashmir.
:15:54. > :16:00.Both India and Pakistan claim Kashmir in its entirety but each
:16:01. > :16:03.The decades-old dispute has seen an increase
:16:04. > :16:08.The net worth of the US Republican presidential candidate,
:16:09. > :16:10.Donald Trump, has slipped by an estimated $800 million over
:16:11. > :16:15.the past year, according to figures published by Forbes magazine.
:16:16. > :16:18.It attributes the loss largely to the declining value
:16:19. > :16:26.But it still reckons Mr Trump is worth $3.7 billion.
:16:27. > :16:29.New research has found that a small proportion of children with HIV
:16:30. > :16:32.do not develop Aids, even without treatment.
:16:33. > :16:36.Tests on 170 HIV-positive South African children revealed
:16:37. > :16:39.that the immune systems of some were apparently able
:16:40. > :16:48.Many of Europe's economies are struggling at the moment
:16:49. > :16:50.and in Italy the frustration is especially acute.
:16:51. > :16:52.The recovery has stalled and growth was zero
:16:53. > :16:59.That's led Prime Minister Matteo Renzi to stake all on a referendum
:17:00. > :17:03.Under the plan, the country's parliamentary system
:17:04. > :17:06.would be restructured, with the upper house
:17:07. > :17:08.stripped of its powers, the number of senators would be cut
:17:09. > :17:14.Mr Renzi has promised to resign if he loses,
:17:15. > :17:19.and latest polls give the No campaign a narrow lead.
:17:20. > :17:22.The BBC's Europe Editor Katya Adler asked Mr Renzi if holding
:17:23. > :17:26.the referendum wasn't too dangerous a political gamble.
:17:27. > :17:33.I know in 2016 you expressed your referendum in EU, it's a risk.
:17:34. > :17:36.But jokes apart, I believe this is a great challenge for Italian
:17:37. > :17:41.people because this constitutional reform reduces the red tape
:17:42. > :17:45.of bureaucracy, gives stability to the Italian
:17:46. > :17:51.institutions, and, finally, solves the problem of...
:17:52. > :17:53.The relationship between central government and
:17:54. > :17:59.So, for a lot of reasons, this is a great challenge
:18:00. > :18:04.We wind back a few months and David Cameron wasn't worried.
:18:05. > :18:07.He must have told you at the EU summit, I'm not worried
:18:08. > :18:12.He lost and his political career was finished.
:18:13. > :18:25.But I think this is a very different referendum.
:18:26. > :18:28.I think this is a very great opportunity for our citizens
:18:29. > :18:33.to reduce the costs of the politicians.
:18:34. > :18:38.To reduce the level of bureaucracy in Italy.
:18:39. > :18:45.Also populists will vote for our position.
:18:46. > :18:47.Isn't there a risk, though, that the Italian people won't vote
:18:48. > :18:52.We've seen in so many European countries, we look
:18:53. > :18:55.over to the Atlantic at the United States, there are more
:18:56. > :18:58.and more angry people, people who feel they've been left
:18:59. > :19:00.behind, and who are angry at the establishment,
:19:01. > :19:04.and even though your name is the Demolition Man,
:19:05. > :19:07.you want to change it today, but you sitting here,
:19:08. > :19:12.The risk is Italians may just vote against you as part
:19:13. > :19:21.But, at the same time, there is a question.
:19:22. > :19:28.The question of referendum is do you want to reduce the establishment?
:19:29. > :19:33.I think the real decision for anti establishment will be to vote yes.
:19:34. > :19:37.Will be to vote as government propose.
:19:38. > :19:42.Obviously, there are a lot of risks, but it's impossible to manage
:19:43. > :19:46.a political experience without a risk.
:19:47. > :19:50.It's impossible to have a great challenge in the Italian
:19:51. > :19:58.The Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
:19:59. > :20:00.Elderly people who regularly take common painkillers, such
:20:01. > :20:03.as ibuprofen, are at increased risk of heart failure.
:20:04. > :20:06.New research analysed the effects of anti-inflammatory drugs given
:20:07. > :20:10.But younger patients are unlikely to be affected, as our
:20:11. > :20:15.Medical Correspondent Fergus Walsh explains.
:20:16. > :20:21.For 40 years, Ann Nutt has struggled with rheumatoid arthritis.
:20:22. > :20:26.She needs medication to help her control chronic joint pain.
:20:27. > :20:29.She is prescribed diclofenac but research says these
:20:30. > :20:34.and similar painkillers, like ibuprofen and naproxen,
:20:35. > :20:43.Do I stop taking them and lose part of my independence or do I carry
:20:44. > :20:49.on taking them and, perhaps, put myself at a greater risk?
:20:50. > :20:52.That's the decision most of us out there are going to have to make
:20:53. > :20:57.The research has examined 27 non-steroidal anti-inflammatory
:20:58. > :21:03.drugs being taken on prescription by 10 million people in Europe.
:21:04. > :21:07.Overall, the drugs increased the risk of being admitted
:21:08. > :21:10.to hospital with heart failure by 19% compared to
:21:11. > :21:16.But the study didn't show the underlying or absolute risk.
:21:17. > :21:21.All medicines have potential side-effects, but the warnings
:21:22. > :21:26.from this research really only apply to the elderly.
:21:27. > :21:29.The average age of the people in this study was 77.
:21:30. > :21:34.For them, doctors need to be careful when prescribing painkillers.
:21:35. > :21:39.As always, it's a balance between risk and benefit.
:21:40. > :21:43.A leading pharmacist sought to reassure the public.
:21:44. > :21:47.Younger patients occasionally take these drugs, short courses,
:21:48. > :21:49.and there's no evidence this is a problem.
:21:50. > :21:52.Older patients are generally getting these drugs prescribed
:21:53. > :21:55.by their doctor and their being monitored closely anyway.
:21:56. > :21:57.If people do have concerns, they should speak to their
:21:58. > :22:02.Ibuprofen and other anti-inflammatories
:22:03. > :22:07.But for the elderly and those at risk of heart disease,
:22:08. > :22:25.Let's return to our top story, the train crash in Hoboken in New
:22:26. > :22:34.Jersey. These are the pictures immediately after the crash.
:22:35. > :22:38.Witnesses will play a vital role in piecing together what went wrong. A
:22:39. > :22:41.number of the survivors and shocked onlookers spoke to the media in the
:22:42. > :22:47.immediate aftermath. Here is what they told us.
:22:48. > :22:55.When it comes into the station normally, it slows down, and it
:22:56. > :23:01.lightly rolls in. And it didn't do that today. And I felt the train
:23:02. > :23:06.car, it was off the track. And then the impact occurred. I had no idea
:23:07. > :23:11.what the front of the train could look like. I mean, I'd never seen
:23:12. > :23:16.anything like this in my life. And I saw the ceiling coming down, and it
:23:17. > :23:21.crumpled, and the passengers on the first car with the glass broken
:23:22. > :23:23.trying to get out, I knew that this was... More serious than New Jersey
:23:24. > :23:26.transit has ever had. The minute we turned around,
:23:27. > :23:31.we were approaching the station, I was thinking, the train
:23:32. > :23:33.is going to slow down. At first, I thought
:23:34. > :23:37.something exploded or... Because, typically,
:23:38. > :23:39.there is warning, and I just heard people screaming,
:23:40. > :23:55.and then I saw a big train coming. And the trend is basically
:23:56. > :23:57.came straight into me, came off the tracks,
:23:58. > :23:59.and straight towards where So, at that moment, when I saw that,
:24:00. > :24:03.I panicked, I turned around and ran. All I could see was the ceiling
:24:04. > :24:06.collapsing, the pipes coming down, and then, when it all calm down,
:24:07. > :24:13.I walked back towards fair. You see people coming off the train
:24:14. > :24:16.that were injured. Some people ringing their loved
:24:17. > :24:19.ones, telling them that I don't know how I survived, I'm lucky to be
:24:20. > :24:22.alive, there's people dead on the. I'm assuming it must
:24:23. > :24:27.have been coming fast. And I walked into Dunkin' Donuts
:24:28. > :24:29.to get a coffee. As soon as I got in line, you heard
:24:30. > :24:32.like a bomb. Everybody froze and I said, oh,
:24:33. > :24:36.my God, I heard water, So I ran outside and I just saw
:24:37. > :24:41.people jumping out of the train, You don't really believe it's
:24:42. > :24:54.happening in front of your face. I walked past that area where it
:24:55. > :24:57.happened 100 times a day. And I could never imagine that
:24:58. > :24:59.happening. I just couldn't believe
:25:00. > :25:07.what I was seeing. There certainly were some major
:25:08. > :25:09.injuries from things falling. People bleeding from
:25:10. > :25:12.the head or wherever. And, basically, running
:25:13. > :25:25.away from the area. They were coming through the
:25:26. > :25:30.windows, you know? People helping, people bleeding. I think the people
:25:31. > :25:37.who got hurt other people in the station. These are the images of the
:25:38. > :25:41.aftermath of that train crash, that's our top story that we've been
:25:42. > :25:45.following, as it developed. That trend that crashed in New Jersey
:25:46. > :25:49.during the morning rush hour at Hoboken station. We have had the
:25:50. > :25:55.latest from the governor of the state who said the numbers are one
:25:56. > :25:58.dead and 108 injured, some of them critically, including the train
:25:59. > :26:00.engineer. That is all from the programme. Next is the weather.
:26:01. > :26:18.The first widespread gales of the autumns swept into day. Another
:26:19. > :26:20.rather weaker system beginning to take shape further west, coming into
:26:21. > :26:22.play at