:00:00. > :00:08.This is BBC World News Today with me Tom Donkin.
:00:09. > :00:13.He was the world's longest serving monarch.
:00:14. > :00:15.Outside the hospital where he was being treated people
:00:16. > :00:23.World leaders have also been paying tributes.
:00:24. > :00:25.Donald Trump strongly denies a series of new reports
:00:26. > :00:29.that he groped or kissed women without consent.
:00:30. > :00:40.These vicious claims about me, of inappropriate conduct with women are
:00:41. > :00:43.totally and absolutely false. An alleged prisoner swap in Nigeria
:00:44. > :00:46.sees 21 kidnapped schoolgirls Bob Dylan becomes the the first
:00:47. > :00:50.musician to win the Nobel The death of Thailand's King
:00:51. > :01:13.Bhumibol Adulyadej marks "the most devastating
:01:14. > :01:14.moment for Thais". Those were the words
:01:15. > :01:16.of the country's prime minister after it was confirmed that the 88
:01:17. > :01:20.year old king - the world's longest President Obama said the king had
:01:21. > :01:35.been a, "tireless champion There is widespread grief
:01:36. > :01:38.in Thailand and members of the international community have
:01:39. > :01:40.also been paying tribute. President Obama said the king had
:01:41. > :01:43.been a "tireless champion And at the United Nations General
:01:44. > :01:46.Assembly in New York, a minute's silence was observed
:01:47. > :01:49.in honour of King Bhumibol. Then, this tribute from
:01:50. > :01:53.the Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon. He was revered as a unifying
:01:54. > :01:54.national leader and a highly respected figure internationally.
:01:55. > :01:56.The outpouring of emotion in Thailand itself, has been acute.
:01:57. > :01:58.Here, outside the hospital where the king had been
:01:59. > :02:00.undergoing treatment - hundreds of people
:02:01. > :02:14.TRANSLATION: I feel crushed. We will make him proud when he looks down
:02:15. > :02:20.and he will feel proud. We have two be strong, Thailand has to be strong
:02:21. > :02:23.and move forward. The country's strict laws means that there is no
:02:24. > :02:27.public discussion about the monarchy but the Prime Minister has confirmed
:02:28. > :02:28.the crown prince will be the new king.
:02:29. > :02:33.It was a moment everyone here knew was coming but few
:02:34. > :02:43.The long-expected announcement from the Palace, that the king
:02:44. > :02:52.who had reigned and inspired them for 70 years, had died.
:02:53. > :02:56.Still the cry went out - "Long live the king."
:02:57. > :03:03.Well, we've seen an intensely emotional reaction here to the news
:03:04. > :03:10.The unquestioned reverence to the monarchy in Thailand is not
:03:11. > :03:13.what it was, but the emotional bond that people across this country
:03:14. > :03:16.feel, to a man they still refer to as "Father of the nation",
:03:17. > :03:25.His death will leave an enormous void, one which may well have
:03:26. > :03:31.consequences for this country's political stability.
:03:32. > :03:33.He'd acceded to the throne when the monarchy was
:03:34. > :03:39.During his long life, the country modernised quickly.
:03:40. > :03:42.Yet, the king was treasured as a symbol of older, spiritual
:03:43. > :03:49.values, against the backdrop of rapid growth and messy politics.
:03:50. > :03:52.But, as he aged, Thailand became more polarised and the royal brand
:03:53. > :04:00.By the time of his death, he'd been out of sight for years.
:04:01. > :04:04.Yet, the grief on display was raw and very real.
:04:05. > :04:06.They remember a king, who, in earlier years,
:04:07. > :04:08.devoted himself to public duty and his charisma,
:04:09. > :04:12.they believe, underpinned their country's fortunes.
:04:13. > :04:20.Tim Forsyth is Professor of South-east Asian Studies
:04:21. > :04:32.I'm happy to say that he joins me now, it is good to see you. The
:04:33. > :04:36.country has boosted security because of this, we are in uncharted
:04:37. > :04:40.territory, we have not had this before. We have spoken of the Crown
:04:41. > :04:45.Prince saying he wanted to delay the process but what do we know about
:04:46. > :04:48.what will happen now? The technical role of the Privy Council Office to
:04:49. > :04:52.nominate the future monarch and they've already done that, they have
:04:53. > :04:57.basically said that it will be the Crown Prince and he is showing a
:04:58. > :05:01.mark of respect by undergoing one month of morning and then he will
:05:02. > :05:05.take up the role and the rest of Thailand will undergo another year
:05:06. > :05:10.of mourning. The big question is, what will happen to the government?
:05:11. > :05:14.In 2014 a military government took over, there was a military coup and
:05:15. > :05:18.they have undertaken various steps to control the politics and now the
:05:19. > :05:22.monarchy is assured and we will know what will happen, the likelihood is
:05:23. > :05:25.we move towards a general election and a new form of politics. A smooth
:05:26. > :05:31.transition is important in the country. It is hard and in some
:05:32. > :05:32.cases against the law to talk about the royal family in tile and
:05:33. > :05:37.especially. It is there to say the new king, the
:05:38. > :05:41.Crown Prince, he will not have the same reverence or respect as his
:05:42. > :05:45.father? Well, it is fair to say that he is not as popular as his father.
:05:46. > :05:52.But I also think the circumstances have changed a great deal, King
:05:53. > :05:57.Bhumibol Adulyadej has been in power for 70 years. In that time, Thailand
:05:58. > :06:01.has transformed from a relatively poor and rural country into a
:06:02. > :06:06.relatively successful and industrial power. In those years, the
:06:07. > :06:10.government and monarchy were seen as a strong counterpoint to communism
:06:11. > :06:13.in Southeast Asia and now the situation is very different. I think
:06:14. > :06:17.the role of the monarchy has changed. And on that point of the
:06:18. > :06:21.role of the monarchy, how do you see it going forward? The King was very
:06:22. > :06:25.much out of politics, he did not deal with it except in 1992 when he
:06:26. > :06:32.intervened in a coup but that was because of his ill health.
:06:33. > :06:35.Now we have a younger model, throwing, will he be more involved
:06:36. > :06:42.in politics? As things stand, the Crown Prince has not particularly
:06:43. > :06:52.been involved in politics and will take over where his father left.
:06:53. > :06:58.It's good to talk to you, Tim Forsyth, the professor of East Asia
:06:59. > :07:00.studies at the London School of economics. Thank you.
:07:01. > :07:02.Now a look at some of the day's other news.
:07:03. > :07:05.The death of a Syrian refugee suspected of planning a bomb attack
:07:06. > :07:11.in Germany has been condemned as a scandal by his lawyer.
:07:12. > :07:14.Jaber al-Bakr strangled himself in a Leipzig jail with his shirt -
:07:15. > :07:15.and the government has demanded an immediate inquiry.
:07:16. > :07:18.The European Council President has suggested Britain might not leave
:07:19. > :07:21.the European Union because it would mean a damaging "hard Brexit".
:07:22. > :07:22.Donald Tusk, who will oversee negotiations between Brussels
:07:23. > :07:25.and London, stressed that Britain had little chance of securing
:07:26. > :07:27.a "soft Brexit" where kept the benefits of EU membership
:07:28. > :07:38.Aid groups have asked a French court to delay the closure
:07:39. > :07:40.of the Calais migrant camp, known as the "Jungle",
:07:41. > :07:42.arguing authorities are not ready to relocate refugees.
:07:43. > :07:45.French President Francois Hollande wants to close the "Jungle" and move
:07:46. > :07:47.around 9,000 migrants who live there - to reception
:07:48. > :07:55.The Portuguese politician Antonio Guterres has been
:07:56. > :07:56.officially appointed the next Secretary General of
:07:57. > :08:03.The appointment was made at the UN headquarters in New York.
:08:04. > :08:06.Mr Guterres - who was also a former UN High Commissioner for Refugees -
:08:07. > :08:09.will take over from Ban Ki-Moon in January.
:08:10. > :08:12.21 of the Chibok schoolgirls - the same girls kidnapped more
:08:13. > :08:16.than two years ago by Boko Haram militants - have been freed.
:08:17. > :08:18.The announcement, which came from the President's office,
:08:19. > :08:24.But authorities say the girls were released following negotiations
:08:25. > :08:27.between the government and Boko Haram.
:08:28. > :08:29.Four imprisoned militants were reportedly freed,
:08:30. > :08:31.although the government denies the girls were released
:08:32. > :08:56.It's good to see you. Let's talk about this allergic deal. It -- this
:08:57. > :09:00.deal. Boko Haram wanted to swap prisoners with the government, that
:09:01. > :09:05.has not happened. But they did say that there was some negotiations
:09:06. > :09:09.which took place but they have not swapped any prisoners. But we do
:09:10. > :09:19.know that many people have been taken from Boko Haram, not just the
:09:20. > :09:23.schoolgirls from Chibok. Is there hope that there will be a new
:09:24. > :09:26.relationship between the government and Boko Haram? The government says
:09:27. > :09:31.it is doing everything it can to release the schoolgirls, what is
:09:32. > :09:34.being withheld some information, they've not said much about
:09:35. > :09:40.negotiations and what is taking place between them and Boko Haram
:09:41. > :09:43.but what we have now is that 21 girls have been released and they
:09:44. > :09:48.are still hoping for more to be released. For those of us who cannot
:09:49. > :09:52.remember as well as you, I guess, take us back to when the schoolgirls
:09:53. > :09:57.were taken. There was a huge social media campaign in this part of the
:09:58. > :10:02.world and Nigeria, what was the reaction to such a brazen capture?
:10:03. > :10:10.So many young girls? A lot of people are still in shock. There are a lot
:10:11. > :10:13.of other girls not from the Chibok area who were stolen. There are a
:10:14. > :10:17.lot of people looking for their children and all of that. Some
:10:18. > :10:22.parents are still traumatised by that effect. There has been a lot of
:10:23. > :10:31.social media issues and comments about stuff like that. Now, there
:10:32. > :10:36.are 196 left after the 21 but there is renewed hope that they will be
:10:37. > :10:39.released. The government is showing that they are doing more to get
:10:40. > :10:43.these girls released. The government does not give a running commentary
:10:44. > :10:49.on how they deal with Boko Haram but we are seeing a shift in terms of,
:10:50. > :10:54.not a military campaign against the group, but negotiations moving
:10:55. > :10:58.forward? They are still fighting Boko Haram but yes, they are
:10:59. > :11:03.negotiating as they have said, but the negotiations have been put
:11:04. > :11:08.through with the help of the Red Cross and the Swiss government.
:11:09. > :11:11.Thank you. The Republican presidential
:11:12. > :11:13.candidate Donald Trump is under renewed pressure tonight
:11:14. > :11:15.following more allegations A woman has told the New York Times
:11:16. > :11:19.that he grabbed her breasts and put his hand up her skirt
:11:20. > :11:22.during a flight in the 1980s. Mr Trump has tweeted that the story
:11:23. > :11:25.is a total fabrication - and his lawyers are threatening
:11:26. > :11:27.to sue the paper, according Here's our North America Editor Jon
:11:28. > :11:31.Sopel. This woman, talking
:11:32. > :11:42.to the New York Times recounts how she was on a flight
:11:43. > :11:47.and moved to first class. She found herself sitting
:11:48. > :11:54.next to Donald Trump. He was like an octopus,
:11:55. > :11:56.like he had six arms. He started putting
:11:57. > :11:59.his hand up my skirt. Two of the allegation
:12:00. > :12:05.that is emerged last night concern sexual misconduct by Mr Trump
:12:06. > :12:07.at his One woman, a writer
:12:08. > :12:10.for People magazine had gone to interview him and his wife
:12:11. > :12:13.for a piece on their first wedding Melania Trump was heavily pregnant
:12:14. > :12:16.at the time and gone upstairs it change when the reporter
:12:17. > :12:19.claims Mr Trump pounced. In response on Twitter
:12:20. > :12:41.Donald Trump says: He says: "The phoney
:12:42. > :12:53.story is a fabrication." convinced there is effectively a
:12:54. > :13:02.conspiracy between the liberal media and Clinton campaign but this many
:13:03. > :13:16.stories from so many different In the last hour, Donald Trump has
:13:17. > :13:20.been speaking at a rally in West Palm Beach, Florida and repeated his
:13:21. > :13:32.denial of this and says that he will prove that they are false.
:13:33. > :13:36.This is what he says. These vicious claims about me, about inappropriate
:13:37. > :13:45.conduct with women, they are totally and absolutely false. CHEERING
:13:46. > :13:51.The Clintons know it and they know it very well. These claims are all
:13:52. > :13:59.fabricated. They are pure fiction and they are outright lies. These
:14:00. > :14:07.events never, ever happened and the people who set them -- said them
:14:08. > :14:11.fully understand. We have substantial evidence to dispute
:14:12. > :14:14.these lies and it will be made public in an appropriate way and at
:14:15. > :14:16.an appropriate time very soon. CHEERING
:14:17. > :14:20.Let's get more from Katty Kay in Washington.
:14:21. > :14:27.She has been watching today's events. These new claims about
:14:28. > :14:31.Donald Trump, do they continue to hurt him or has the damage already
:14:32. > :14:35.been done? In terms of going forward, what more can we expect
:14:36. > :14:40.from this campaign, it's been quite remarkable? I think that we will
:14:41. > :14:44.spend the next and final three weeks of the American presidential
:14:45. > :14:48.elections caught in some sort of grotesque discussion of who treats
:14:49. > :14:52.women worse, Bill Clinton or Donald Trump. That is effectively what we
:14:53. > :14:57.have come to an Donald Trump has made it clear that he will hit back
:14:58. > :15:02.against the Clintons, dredge up all of Bill Clinton's allegations of
:15:03. > :15:08.invalid deleterious abuse that have come up against him as a retaliation
:15:09. > :15:14.weapon. He was taking on the Clintons and taking on the media. He
:15:15. > :15:23.laid it out as "Me against the world". And his supporters loved it,
:15:24. > :15:29.they love him on offence, as he was in Florida now. He sees it as the
:15:30. > :15:32.victim of this whole campaign and allegations against him but he
:15:33. > :15:37.almost painted himself as a martyr as well, saying he was happy to baby
:15:38. > :15:42.slings and arrows on behalf of his supporters because that is what it
:15:43. > :15:48.was going to take -- happy to bear the slings and arrows. 21 days left,
:15:49. > :15:52.he's not down and out. But he campaigns drastically and
:15:53. > :15:56.frequently? Yes, but the polls are not looking great and generally
:15:57. > :16:01.speaking, three weeks is not a long time to turn them around when they
:16:02. > :16:05.are consistently showing him in a weak position. So, you can take a
:16:06. > :16:09.whole slew of them and now we are having polls out, since the video
:16:10. > :16:14.tape emerged last Friday, where we saw him caught on camera nicking
:16:15. > :16:17.lewd comments about women. We are beginning to get polls out since
:16:18. > :16:23.that video came out, showing that there's been a greater defection
:16:24. > :16:27.among female voters who are important in American elections,
:16:28. > :16:29.away from Donald Trump. It is hard to believe these kinds of
:16:30. > :16:34.allegations have just come out in the New York Times and People
:16:35. > :16:37.magazine, and they went out to that. Anything can happen in American
:16:38. > :16:42.elections, they can be unpredictable and lord knows that this one has
:16:43. > :16:45.been! But with so many polls pointing in the wrong direction for
:16:46. > :16:49.Donald Trump, something pretty dramatic but had to happen for him
:16:50. > :16:54.to turn it around. What is your impression of his game plan and
:16:55. > :16:59.strategy? He is coming under weight of allegations and pressure. You
:17:00. > :17:02.would be hard to see him as a Republican, he has distanced himself
:17:03. > :17:07.from his party and is going it alone in a way. What can he gained from
:17:08. > :17:13.that approach? His game plan is to make it through every day, I do not
:17:14. > :17:16.think there is a long-term strategy but fight for another week and try
:17:17. > :17:21.to turn the poll numbers around if he can and get the battle ground
:17:22. > :17:25.states back into his field. We heard some of it there, it is to carry on
:17:26. > :17:29.fighting and take on the Clintons and the establishment. Take on the
:17:30. > :17:35.media and his own party, and to paint this as a movement of him and
:17:36. > :17:39.his supporters against the world. Effectively, that is what he is
:17:40. > :17:46.doing and we will take the world on, and we will show them and, if we do
:17:47. > :17:50.not take them on or when something apocalyptic will happen. That speech
:17:51. > :17:55.he just gave in Florida was very apocalyptic. It painted a very dark
:17:56. > :17:58.picture of what is happening and what would happen in the USA if
:17:59. > :18:03.Donald Trump is not elected president. If this was a normal
:18:04. > :18:07.presidential campaign, if there is such thing as that, Hillary Clinton
:18:08. > :18:10.would be facing more attention over these Wikileaks e-mails, has
:18:11. > :18:16.anything yet emerged which could hurt her? It's interesting, this has
:18:17. > :18:21.barely been a story. Donald Trump would love the Wikileaks to be a
:18:22. > :18:25.story. And what he says is it is the crooked media that is ignoring a big
:18:26. > :18:30.story about Hillary Clinton because they are so focused on him and it is
:18:31. > :18:37.the press's boat that is not getting out. If you go through all of these
:18:38. > :18:43.Wikileaks allegations, they suggest a campaign which is very political
:18:44. > :18:45.and one that is very careful about polling, careful about what the
:18:46. > :18:51.candidate should say and shouldn't save. There have also been
:18:52. > :18:55.allegations that there is some sort of collusion between the Department
:18:56. > :18:59.of Justice and Hillary Clinton's campaign on some of those things
:19:00. > :19:03.that were on her e-mail server. That there was some collusion between
:19:04. > :19:10.someone on her campaign and loyal to her, but was a paid member of the
:19:11. > :19:14.press. It feeds into Donald Trump's portrait of a corrupt system which
:19:15. > :19:18.is rigged against outsiders. And she is the ultimate, he says, outside in
:19:19. > :19:23.that system. Fascinating, thank you.
:19:24. > :19:24.You can follow Katty Kay on Twitter as well. She is following the
:19:25. > :19:28.campaign very closely indeed. The Italian playwright
:19:29. > :19:30.and actor, Dario Fo, Famed for his biting
:19:31. > :19:39.political satires, Fo - went on to win the Nobel prize
:19:40. > :19:41.for literature in 1997 - for works including
:19:42. > :19:43."Accidental Death of an Anarchist", and "Can't Pay?
:19:44. > :19:45.Won't Pay!". His radical politics
:19:46. > :19:48.saw him banned from Italian television for years,
:19:49. > :19:50.and led to him being stopped twice And speaking of the Nobel
:19:51. > :19:53.Prize for Literature - this year the award has gone to Bob
:19:54. > :19:55.Dylan. The legendary singer-songwriter
:19:56. > :19:57.was praised for having created 'new poetic expressions
:19:58. > :19:59.within the great American It's the first time, in 115 years
:20:00. > :20:04.that the prize, has been Our Arts Correspondent
:20:05. > :20:06.David Sillito reports. There was an expectant buzz outside
:20:07. > :20:08.the Swedish Academy's The literature prize had
:20:09. > :20:19.been delayed for a week. The academy said it was a diary
:20:20. > :20:22.issue, but many suspected the jury was taking its time because it was
:20:23. > :20:25.about to spring a surprise. The gasps and cheers
:20:26. > :20:32.for a songwriter who, perhaps more than anyone, turned
:20:33. > :20:35.the lyrics of pop music into poetry. For having created new poetic
:20:36. > :20:37.expressions within the great It's more than 50 years ago
:20:38. > :20:52.that he became a figurehead for a generation, with songs that
:20:53. > :20:55.took the traditions of folk and protest and then span off
:20:56. > :20:57.musically and lyrically into places that the rest of pop
:20:58. > :21:13.music then followed. For years, his name has popped up
:21:14. > :21:16.as a potential Nobel Prize winner, only for his fans
:21:17. > :21:24.to be disappointed. The social conscious of his early
:21:25. > :21:27.songs were followed by lyrics that removing, meaningful,
:21:28. > :21:28.puzzling in a single verse. These are songs that have become
:21:29. > :21:32.part of our culture. He's saying something that has
:21:33. > :21:35.a depth and resonance that other Many people will love Bob Marley,
:21:36. > :21:42.Joni Mitchell, will worship at the feet of Leonard Cohen,
:21:43. > :21:46.which is all very fair and valid, but when all is said and done,
:21:47. > :21:49.I think Bob Dylan will be the one He's an artist who's often seemed
:21:50. > :21:55.uncomfortable with the awe and regard his work has attracted,
:21:56. > :21:58.but he couldn't avoid the accolades. He never stopped performing,
:21:59. > :21:59.never stopped writing. The prize was always
:22:00. > :22:07.going to be has eventually. The prize was always
:22:08. > :22:11.going to be his eventually. Joining me now is the musician,
:22:12. > :22:13.broadcaster and writer, CP Lee who saw Bob Dylan play
:22:14. > :22:29.at the Free Trade Hall Very jealous of you there! Good of
:22:30. > :22:34.you to join us. He is the first songwriter to win the award and are
:22:35. > :22:38.his lyrics really that good? Do they stand alone without the famous
:22:39. > :22:42.harmonica and melodies? I think so, they draw from a very
:22:43. > :22:49.deep well of human experience. When the Beatles were writing, he was
:22:50. > :23:01.writing a Hard Rain is going to Fall. God knows where he got it
:23:02. > :23:03.from, different influences in European Expressionism and Italian
:23:04. > :23:09.romanticism, and Walt Whitman, American poets, he fundamentally
:23:10. > :23:14.changed the approach of popular music. Now comedian his lyrics well.
:23:15. > :23:19.Let's do a little test here to see if they stand out without the music.
:23:20. > :23:23.If you would be so good as to recite some of your most favourite and
:23:24. > :23:30.famous ones? I think one everyone would be familiar with is Mr
:23:31. > :23:37.tambourine man, dance beneath the sky with one hand waving free
:23:38. > :23:42.silhouetted beneath the sea. It is one of his first existential songs
:23:43. > :23:47.which breaks away from protest songs which are more familiar. Like how
:23:48. > :23:54.many roads must a man walk down before you can call him a man? Black
:23:55. > :23:57.American singer Sam Cooke, he wanted to change direction completely and
:23:58. > :24:03.wrote a change is going to come. We can move through to the howl of
:24:04. > :24:08.loneliness like a Rolling Stone, how does it feel to be on your own like
:24:09. > :24:13.a complete unknown, like a Rolling Stone? All the way through to lines,
:24:14. > :24:21.and lyrics like tangled up in blue, and his 1976 album. She opened up a
:24:22. > :24:25.book of poems and handed them to me, written by an Italian poet from the
:24:26. > :24:31.13th century. Every one of those words flowed true, pouring off every
:24:32. > :24:36.page like it was written in my soul. We can go through to Tempest written
:24:37. > :24:43.two years ago, he underwent a renaissance and began to produce
:24:44. > :24:48.Scarlet Town, and old tin Angel, based on an Elizabethan ballad but
:24:49. > :24:57.he writes he threw down his crosstown broadsword, he renounced
:24:58. > :25:03.his faith. When he writes in that shrouded and almost religious
:25:04. > :25:07.script, he is deeply effective at moving people. Briefly, there are
:25:08. > :25:08.many lyricists are like Joni Mitchell, Leonard Komon comes to
:25:09. > :25:29.mind, why Bob Dylan? -- Leonard :. He said that Elvis Presley freed our
:25:30. > :25:34.bodies, and Bob Dylan freed our minds. He provided a springboard.
:25:35. > :25:42.After the release of freewheeling, suddenly you have the folk tradition
:25:43. > :25:45.of America. And then discovering a whole lot of other angles and
:25:46. > :25:51.elements that he began to bring into his songwriting and from that point
:25:52. > :25:57.on, limited: Heard Bob Dylan and tried to write songs, Joni
:25:58. > :26:00.Mitchell... -- Leonard Cohen. I'm afraid we have to stop there.
:26:01. > :26:01.That's all the time we have, next is the weather.
:26:02. > :26:11.Goodbye. Hello. For a long while we have had
:26:12. > :26:16.high pressure over Scandinavia and that has meant easterly winds
:26:17. > :26:20.blowing across us. Over the next few days the pressure falls and wind
:26:21. > :26:21.direction changes. Going more southerly and that