:00:08. > :00:17.The submarine owner who took a journalist to sea will be charged
:00:18. > :00:19.with murder after her body washed up off Denmark.
:00:20. > :00:22.The UN calls for a pause in the fighting in Syria
:00:23. > :00:26.to allow civilians to escape Islamic State's last stronghold.
:00:27. > :00:29.Eight people are missing after a landslide in the Swiss Alps,
:00:30. > :00:32.with warnings that further landslides could follow.
:00:33. > :00:38.The narwhal - as sea ice retreats in the Arctic,
:00:39. > :00:40.scientists are learning more about the creature they call
:00:41. > :01:02.Hello and welcome to World News Today.
:01:03. > :01:03.Danish prosecutors investigating the death of a Swedish
:01:04. > :01:06.journalist say they plan to charge submarine inventor Peter
:01:07. > :01:10.The dismembered body of Kim Wall was found off the Danish coast
:01:11. > :01:13.after she was taken out to sea in a submarine by Mr Madsen
:01:14. > :01:23.for any more remains of Kim Wall, near to where she and Mr Madsen set
:01:24. > :01:27.Anything they find will be key to piecing together what happened
:01:28. > :01:30.with a lack of physical evidence or witness testimony.
:01:31. > :01:40.Kim Wall travelled and worked around the world for
:01:41. > :01:43.She graduated from Colombia School of Journalism,
:01:44. > :01:45.and it was here fellow students held candlelit vigils to
:01:46. > :02:01.When somebody passes, they always say the person was sweet, and she
:02:02. > :02:05.really was. She was funny. When you talked to her, you could talk to her
:02:06. > :02:13.for a long time. She was very easy to talk to. So a lot of us are
:02:14. > :02:15.feeling like it is not fair. Elisabeth Thiis from Danish
:02:16. > :02:29.broadcaster TV2 has been covering Thank you for talking to us. What is
:02:30. > :02:36.the latest on the search for Kim Wall's remains? Late this afternoon,
:02:37. > :02:46.Swedish police found what seems to be a body part off the Swedish coast
:02:47. > :02:52.just across from Copenhagen and the place where the torso of Kim Wall
:02:53. > :02:56.was found. It is too early to say whether it is related to the case
:02:57. > :03:00.but it is definitely something the Danish police are keeping in mind at
:03:01. > :03:05.the moment. Rossa Kidder 's say they plan to bring murder charges, or ask
:03:06. > :03:12.for a murder charges against Peter Madsen -- prosecutors say. Do you
:03:13. > :03:20.know when the charges will be brought? The police are charging him
:03:21. > :03:29.with murder. The new charges are that they plan to ask for charges of
:03:30. > :03:37.the felony abuse of a corpse. The new charges will be in the latest
:03:38. > :03:46.September. Two charges, murder and abuse of court 's -- abuse of a
:03:47. > :03:53.court 's. What had she been trying to do when she agreed to take the
:03:54. > :03:59.trip on a submarine? As we know the story, she was planning on writing a
:04:00. > :04:03.story about this submarine. Not many people have private submarines in
:04:04. > :04:09.the world and Peter Madsen, the Danish inventor, build this and it
:04:10. > :04:16.is one of the largest in the world. She was going to write a story, that
:04:17. > :04:19.is the explanation we now so far and all other explanations are
:04:20. > :04:28.speculation. This must have shocked the whole of Denmark as well as
:04:29. > :04:31.journalist colleagues in Copenhagen. Yes, the story has been developing
:04:32. > :04:38.for the last two weeks. First we had a missing submarine, which is
:04:39. > :04:43.unique, then we had a missing young journalist and suddenly a very
:04:44. > :04:51.well-known scientist charged with murder. Today the police revealed
:04:52. > :05:00.that the torso washed up on the coast of Copenhagen was found naked
:05:01. > :05:05.and there were no clothes from Kim Wall in the submarine. There has
:05:06. > :05:06.been a lot of development in the story and it is something which
:05:07. > :05:28.doesn't happen every day in Denmark. Migration continues to focus
:05:29. > :05:32.the minds of European leaders with President Macron
:05:33. > :05:34.on a tour of central Europe. He's visiting Austria,
:05:35. > :05:36.Bulgaria and Romania to persuade them of the need to tighten up rules
:05:37. > :05:39.which ensure workers from low wage members of the EU don't undercut
:05:40. > :05:42.the wages workers in its richest Elsewhere in the bloc
:05:43. > :05:45.the number of migrants heading to the UK has fallen sharply
:05:46. > :05:48.as the country prepares 50,000 fewer EU nationals came to
:05:49. > :05:52.the UK in the past year than before. That still left total net migration
:05:53. > :05:55.- the difference between those entering and leaving the country
:05:56. > :05:57.- at 246,000. For many Eastern Europeans,
:05:58. > :06:00.the time has come to go. The triggers, Brexit
:06:01. > :06:02.and the falling pound. Among the crowds at London's coach
:06:03. > :06:04.station this afternoon, He said Leave voters
:06:05. > :06:11.had driven him out. I think they are a little bit racist
:06:12. > :06:18.with us, the European people. That is why you are
:06:19. > :06:24.planning to leave? Yes, and also because sterling
:06:25. > :06:28.is going down, you know? We want to go there,
:06:29. > :06:30.because we can find good At this chicken hatchery
:06:31. > :06:38.in West Oxfordshire, they have become reliant on workers
:06:39. > :06:41.from countries like Poland that It allowed their business
:06:42. > :06:50.to expand, year-on-year. But today's figures show that
:06:51. > :06:52.suddenly almost as many people from those countries
:06:53. > :06:54.are leaving as arriving. The owner is losing staff
:06:55. > :06:58.and struggling to find new ones. The referendum was when people
:06:59. > :07:01.really thought about it. Over the last 12 months or so,
:07:02. > :07:04.it has got worse and worse. People have thought about it more
:07:05. > :07:07.and more and it is now This isn't something that might
:07:08. > :07:13.happen in the future, in 2019. For people like myself, recruiting
:07:14. > :07:18.staff, it is a problem today. Further up the chain in chicken
:07:19. > :07:21.production they are even more For the first time in years,
:07:22. > :07:26.he is planning to shrink Rightly or wrongly, huge sections
:07:27. > :07:30.of the agricultural, food production, hospitality
:07:31. > :07:31.and manufacturing industries in the UK have become reliant
:07:32. > :07:34.on a ready supply of workers Now, all of a sudden,
:07:35. > :07:45.that supply is drying up. Today's figures show
:07:46. > :07:48.the total number of people arriving in Britain to live,
:07:49. > :07:51.study or work, minus those leaving, But the headline figure is dropping
:07:52. > :08:01.and the single biggest factor is that fewer Europeans are coming,
:08:02. > :08:14.and more are leaving. It is good to see that we have
:08:15. > :08:18.the third quarter in a row of net but we can't be complacent,
:08:19. > :08:21.we won't be complacent. There is still a lot of work to do,
:08:22. > :08:25.and we will continue to do that to deliver ultimately
:08:26. > :08:27.on the long-term ambition to see it Of course, millions of EU citizens
:08:28. > :08:34.are still working in the UK in places like this Scandinavian
:08:35. > :08:36.cafe, and many will stay. The UK economy is now
:08:37. > :08:40.performing less well, perhaps, Another one is that the value
:08:41. > :08:44.of the pound has declined, which means, firstly,
:08:45. > :08:46.it is more expensive to live Also, if you are earning money
:08:47. > :08:51.in the UK and you want to spend it in another country or send it home
:08:52. > :08:55.to your family, it is worth less. The figures are the strongest
:08:56. > :08:57.sign yet of a Brexit The question is, what will the
:08:58. > :09:01.knock-on effect be on the economy? Swiss police say 8 people
:09:02. > :09:03.are missing following a landslide Rescue operations are being
:09:04. > :09:07.intensified, and geologists are warning that further landslides
:09:08. > :09:09.in the remote alpine valley, which is popular with hikers
:09:10. > :09:12.and climbers, cannot be ruled out. On Wednesday morning,
:09:13. > :09:21.4 million cubic metres of mud and rock poured down the mountain,
:09:22. > :09:24.destroying farmhouses in its path and ending up right on the edge
:09:25. > :09:27.of the tiny village of Bondo. Residents were they
:09:28. > :09:28.activated immediately. Helicopters plucked hikers
:09:29. > :09:30.from alpine huts and, at first, rescue workers thought
:09:31. > :10:03.everyone was safe. TRANSLATION: Overnight we received
:10:04. > :10:05.reports of missing people. We intensified the rescue effort
:10:06. > :10:08.and an army helicopter was sent out. Police have now confirmed that eight
:10:09. > :10:12.people known to have been in the region at the time
:10:13. > :10:15.of the landslide are Over 120 rescue workers
:10:16. > :10:18.are now searching on foot and with specialised helicopters
:10:19. > :10:19.which can detect These remote, steep-sided valleys
:10:20. > :10:23.are popular with climbers and hikers but they are also known for the risk
:10:24. > :10:26.of avalanche and rock slides. Some communities here have
:10:27. > :10:28.already invested millions Geologists are warning that
:10:29. > :10:31.in the coming days further The United Nations has called
:10:32. > :10:49.for a humanitarian pause in fighting against so called Islamic State
:10:50. > :10:52.in its Syrian stronghold of Raqqa to help civilians escape
:10:53. > :10:54.the increasingly deadly battles. The UN estimates that some 25,000
:10:55. > :10:56.civilians remain trapped. The war in Syria is in its seventh
:10:57. > :10:59.year, with rebels refusing to give up the fight against President
:11:00. > :11:06.Assad. Our chief international
:11:07. > :11:08.correspondent Lyse Doucet is in Syria and has just returned
:11:09. > :11:11.from the town of Suknah, the site of recent battle,
:11:12. > :11:26.and she joins us now What is the latest about the battle
:11:27. > :11:29.and the effect on civilians? We heard the United Nations trying to
:11:30. > :11:43.be seen to be doing something to end what is clearly a dire situation for
:11:44. > :11:49.civilians trapped in Raqqa. When they tried to escape they are either
:11:50. > :11:54.stopped by snipers or booby-traps or by Islamic State which wants to use
:11:55. > :11:59.them as human shields, or if they manage to escape they come under
:12:00. > :12:05.fire from US led coalition air strikes targeting the positions of
:12:06. > :12:09.Islamic State, including the boats they are using to transport fighters
:12:10. > :12:16.and weapons as they dig in for their last stand. This is the last battle
:12:17. > :12:22.it is believed to take back what was declared the capital of the
:12:23. > :12:26.caliphate. It is a very important call by the United Nations but the
:12:27. > :12:35.big question, as always, is whether all of the poses the United Nations
:12:36. > :12:41.tries to achieve in Syria, this time it might fall on deaf ears. You are
:12:42. > :12:47.in Homs, we have heard so much about it with so much tragedy in this war.
:12:48. > :12:55.What is the situation there? In the early years of the Syrian uprising,
:12:56. > :13:01.Homs so some of the largest protests and the heaviest fighting. Buying to
:13:02. > :13:15.me there are entire neighbourhoods lying in ruin. By doing surrender
:13:16. > :13:19.deals with the opposition and forcing them out, all of Homs is
:13:20. > :13:22.back in government hands and there are parts of the city where you
:13:23. > :13:28.would think they had never been a war at all. Swimming pools full of
:13:29. > :13:34.children on summer holiday, families walking in parks, Ferris wheels full
:13:35. > :13:38.of children laughing and playing as they would anywhere. But this city
:13:39. > :13:46.has been through a lot of hardship and pain. So many residents were
:13:47. > :13:48.forced to flee and believe with bitterness and anger and sadness
:13:49. > :14:01.that they will not be allowed to come back. What sort of strategic
:14:02. > :14:07.significance does Suknah have? It is a desert town in the midst of a vast
:14:08. > :14:12.expanse of Desert, left as a mound of ruins, and the 80,000 people
:14:13. > :14:19.living there fled the town when Islamic State stormed it years ago.
:14:20. > :14:21.Now there is almost nothing left but the Syrian military describes it as
:14:22. > :14:29.the most important victory this year. The taking of Suknah opens the
:14:30. > :14:36.road to the only province in Syria entirely under the control of
:14:37. > :14:40.Islamic State. Except for a besieged part of the capital city which is so
:14:41. > :14:53.held in government hands, also a Syrian Air Force Base, that is the
:14:54. > :14:59.next target. We saw people making their way ten kilometres a day
:15:00. > :15:03.across the desert. Thank you very much. Sorry about the problems with
:15:04. > :15:08.the sound just at the end. Let's take a look at some of
:15:09. > :15:15.the other stories making the news... 23 people have died
:15:16. > :15:18.in Brazil after a ferry boat sank en route from the Island
:15:19. > :15:20.of Itaparica to the coastal A survivor said he spent two hours
:15:21. > :15:24.in the water before being rescued. At least 19 others were killed
:15:25. > :15:27.in a seperate incident on Tuesday Brazil's government has abolished
:15:28. > :15:30.a vast national reserve in the Amazon to open up
:15:31. > :15:33.the area to mining. The area covers 40,000 square
:15:34. > :15:36.kilometres and is thought to be rich The government insists that
:15:37. > :15:39.protected forest areas and indigenous reserves
:15:40. > :15:54.will not be affected. Dutch police have arrested a second
:15:55. > :15:57.suspect after a rock concert was cancelled last night
:15:58. > :15:59.because of fears of an attack. Police are still questioning
:16:00. > :16:02.the driver of a Spanish-registered van that was stopped
:16:03. > :16:04.near the concert venue in Rotterdam, India's law minister says
:16:05. > :16:07.he welcomes a landmark ruling by the country's Supreme Court that
:16:08. > :16:10.says citizens do have a fundamental right to privacy The decision
:16:11. > :16:12.could have big implications for a huge government biometric card
:16:13. > :16:14.programme introducing personal More than one billion Indians have
:16:15. > :16:18.already signed up but rights groups are concerned personal data
:16:19. > :16:20.could be misused. It has been described
:16:21. > :16:32.as a historic judgment, one that could fundamentally alter
:16:33. > :16:35.the lives of Indians. Nine judges of the country's
:16:36. > :16:37.Supreme Court spent two years poring over arguments before delivering
:16:38. > :16:39.a powerful verdict. In its order, the Supreme Court said
:16:40. > :16:45.not only does the constitution guarantee the right to privacy,
:16:46. > :16:48.it is also an intrinsic part of an individual's right
:16:49. > :16:50.to life and liberty. Then it went on to say
:16:51. > :16:53.that there was a need for the courts to be sensitive to the dangers posed
:16:54. > :16:56.to liberty in a digital age, and the direct impacts
:16:57. > :16:58.for an ambitious and flagship government identity programme,
:16:59. > :17:08.the Aadhaar system. For the past eight years,
:17:09. > :17:10.the government has collect biometric data from more than 1 billion
:17:11. > :17:12.Indians, covering almost In return, every citizen has been
:17:13. > :17:16.provided a unique identity number that has now been mandatory
:17:17. > :17:19.when opening a bank account, filing taxes and accessing a host
:17:20. > :17:28.of other essential services. Many Indians believe it has
:17:29. > :17:30.given the government too much access and control
:17:31. > :17:35.over their personal information. Nobody should tell me that this
:17:36. > :17:38.is how you should live. The way I want to live,
:17:39. > :17:43.I should be accepted that way Privacy means live and let live
:17:44. > :17:56.and it is important for everybody because if somebody is always
:17:57. > :17:59.looking into your life it becomes stressful and you feel
:18:00. > :18:00.you are being judged. And there are some who believe
:18:01. > :18:04.the extensive judgment has For example, the surveillance
:18:05. > :18:07.architecture of the state here in India is growing
:18:08. > :18:10.exponentially and fast and it has been growing without trammels
:18:11. > :18:13.and so the fact that the right to privacy has been explicitly
:18:14. > :18:15.and by such a large bench laid down, and it includes
:18:16. > :18:36.information on privacy. -- and it includes
:18:37. > :18:37.informational privacy. The Aadhaar identity system
:18:38. > :18:40.was meant to cut red tape and curb corruption while delivering basic
:18:41. > :18:42.services and welfare But it has left many concerned
:18:43. > :18:46.that the data could be After today's court decision,
:18:47. > :18:49.the entire future of this ambitious A study here in the UK has
:18:50. > :18:53.revealed shocking levels of inactivity among middle-aged
:18:54. > :19:02.people in England. Researchers found that about 41%
:19:03. > :19:04.of those studied didn't even manage a brisk ten minute walk
:19:05. > :19:06.once a month. In the Derbyshire Peak District,
:19:07. > :19:10.the Stockport walkers I believe the weather
:19:11. > :19:16.is going to be fine. The beauty of walking
:19:17. > :19:22.is it is free, you do not Regular walkers will
:19:23. > :19:27.tell you, there are People like Liam Quigley,
:19:28. > :19:33.who joined this club after If you feel down, you
:19:34. > :19:41.come to an area like this, you get a few
:19:42. > :19:43.miles under your belt, and you go home and you feel
:19:44. > :19:45.100% better. Nothing seems as bad
:19:46. > :19:47.as it did before. Now Public Health England says
:19:48. > :19:49.too many adults are not getting enough physical activity,
:19:50. > :19:51.leading to hundreds of avoidable But walking briskly at around three
:19:52. > :19:56.miles per hour for just ten minutes each day can
:19:57. > :19:59.significantly reduce the risk of ill That is the advice
:20:00. > :20:07.GP Dr Zoe Williams has a smartphone app
:20:08. > :20:13.to measure heart own progress. But according to a survey
:20:14. > :20:15.of our exercise habits, Four in ten adults,
:20:16. > :20:19.between the ages of 40 and 60, are not managing
:20:20. > :20:22.to achieve ten minutes of brisk walking
:20:23. > :20:26.per month, which sounds unbelievable, and a lot of those
:20:27. > :20:29.people will be walking, but they are It is important to
:20:30. > :20:32.walk briskly, because that is when you start to get
:20:33. > :20:38.the health benefits. But for many, time is the biggest
:20:39. > :20:40.obstacle to exercise. Generally I would rather
:20:41. > :20:42.drive than walk, because I need to get
:20:43. > :20:43.there in We do go for a walk,
:20:44. > :20:48.but not briskly. This advice from health
:20:49. > :20:59.experts to do ten minutes of brisk walking every
:21:00. > :21:03.single day sounds simple enough, but many of us struggle to work that
:21:04. > :21:06.kind of activity into our everyday many of us struggle to work that
:21:07. > :21:16.kind of activity into our everyday If you use public
:21:17. > :21:19.transport to get to work, you could hop off a stop
:21:20. > :21:22.early and continue As you get to work, do not take
:21:23. > :21:28.the lift, use the stairs. If you do get a break
:21:29. > :21:30.during the day, for example a lunch hour,
:21:31. > :21:32.you can use that time Walking can help with weight loss,
:21:33. > :21:36.back pain, long-term conditions like diabetes, even reducing
:21:37. > :21:38.the risk of cancer. Now we're all being urged
:21:39. > :21:47.to get up and get moving. It's a figure too
:21:48. > :21:49.big to comprehend - Well, it's made one
:21:50. > :22:09.Massachussetts woman very happy - CHEERING
:22:10. > :22:14.That is the sound of someone who has won the lottery.
:22:15. > :22:17.She is the winner of the biggest jackpot in North American history
:22:18. > :22:29.and has come forward to collect her prize. I just want to sit back and
:22:30. > :22:42.relax. I had a pipe dream to retire in 12 and it came early. I work in a
:22:43. > :22:45.medical centre in patient care. I have called them and told them I
:22:46. > :22:47.will not be coming back. LAUGHTER
:22:48. > :22:49.The rate of melting ice in the Arctic has been worrying
:22:50. > :22:53.Now they're studying narwhals, one of the most mysterious
:22:54. > :22:55.ocean species, to help determine the impact.
:22:56. > :22:57.A new exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum
:22:58. > :23:00.of Natural History in Washington DC reveals some of their findings.
:23:01. > :23:09.Often called sea unicorns, narwhals are among the most
:23:10. > :23:17.Their frozen habitat has made them hard to study but, as the ice melts,
:23:18. > :23:27.these aquatic mammals are becoming more accessible to scientists,
:23:28. > :23:30.who hope to solve perhaps the biggest mystery of them all -
:23:31. > :23:32.the purpose of the narwhal's tusk.
:23:33. > :23:35.A lot of people think this tusk is a horn but it is not,
:23:36. > :23:39.And you are a dentist, which I suppose makes sense.
:23:40. > :23:42.And in this case probably a dentist for one of the most extraordinary
:23:43. > :23:48.The research we have been conducting for the last 16 years has shown
:23:49. > :23:51.tiny nerve connections between the outside of this
:23:52. > :23:53.tusk and its inner nerve, which is innervated
:23:54. > :23:58.That is one of many theories, although most scientists believe
:23:59. > :24:00.the tusk is used by males to attract females.
:24:01. > :24:03.This exhibition presents an overview of the latest research.
:24:04. > :24:06.It also shows how narwhals are changing their behaviour due
:24:07. > :24:08.to habitat loss caused by climate change, and how that
:24:09. > :24:12.affects the Inuit, who have depended on the narwhals
:24:13. > :24:18.The native folks have told us that they are changing migrations,
:24:19. > :24:23.that there are more instances of what we call entrapments,
:24:24. > :24:26.that is when the narwhals get caught when the ice is freezing up
:24:27. > :24:28.in the fall and in the winter it will freeze right
:24:29. > :24:40.So there are some pretty dramatic events which can occur.
:24:41. > :24:42.Scientists work with the Inuit to track and study narwhals.
:24:43. > :24:44.By fitting them with sensors, they are learning more
:24:45. > :24:46.about the diving patterns and feeding habits, migration,
:24:47. > :24:54.These sounds were recorded underwater but when predators are
:24:55. > :25:03.But even their breathing can be an unforgettable experience.
:25:04. > :25:07.I was on the ice and it was 2am roughly and I heard the breathing
:25:08. > :25:17.The water was still, it was tranquil.
:25:18. > :25:20.There was a light mist and fog and then hundreds of whales started
:25:21. > :25:23.surfacing and I heard this cacophony of breathing sounds all around me.
:25:24. > :25:27.There are approximately 180,000 narwhals living in the Arctic
:25:28. > :25:32.but climate change is opening the region not just to scientists
:25:33. > :25:36.but to commercial enterprises, raising the risk of pollution.
:25:37. > :25:44.And that could pose the biggest threat of all.
:25:45. > :25:47.Don't forget you can get in touch with me and some
:25:48. > :25:50.of the team on Twitter - I'm @KarinBBC.
:25:51. > :25:53.From me, Karin Giannone, and the rest of the BBC World News
:25:54. > :26:15.The best of the dry and bright weather the further south and east
:26:16. > :26:19.you are over the next few days. Low pressure is in the north-west,
:26:20. > :26:20.moving slowly towards us and bringing outbreaks