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pie ♪ >> what is "american pie" about. the lyrics to the famous song are going on auction. maybe we are closer to finding out. hello, again. eight workers say the conditions in yarmouk in damascus are growing desperate for 18,000 civilians that live there and are trapped by the fighting taking place. the u.n. demanded urgent humanitarian access. the camp was attacked by islamic state militants. they are believed to be in control of much of it. >> reporter: it's unusual for the divided security council to be able to agree on anything to do with syria.

the plight of an estimated 18,000 palestinian refugees caught up in the fighting in yarmouk condemned what the councilmembers called the great crime which is linked to al qaeda. >> the members call for protection of civilians in the camp for issuing humanitarian access to the area including providing life-saving assistance and ensure safe passage and evacuation. >> reporter: easier said than done in the deadly violence in yarmouk. i.s. fighters stormed much of the camp last week, possibly helped by the front. for the palestinian refugees there, it's meant another episode of fear and terror on top of everything the past two years have taught them.

hundreds managed to flee to safety over the weekend. >> translator: as the i.s. fighters got closer we were told they were killing women and children. then the syrian army came in and brought us to a safe place. >> reporter: this is the scene of devastation they fled. the latest fighting added another layer of destruction to an area damaged by two years of conflict. there are believed to be thousands of civilians trapped in yarmouk as the struggle goes on. the problem is it is located on the approach to the heart of damascus. bbc news, beirut. fighting continued where houthi rebels are. they are still bombing the city. many are fleeing the attacks. many of those are arriving where

our correspondent reports. >> reporter: an indian warship coming into port after a rescue mission in the gulf of aiden. some of the latest to flee the fighting in yemen. most here were indian nationals, trapped for days as the country plunged deeper into chaos. the evacuees are coming ashore. the authorities are expecting more boats in the coming days. the longer the crisis in yemen continues, the greater the numbers trying to flee. the united nations has been preparing for an influx of 5,000 but says that number may be exceeded. the new arrivals are putting a strain on this tiny poor nation. officials say they urgently need international assistance. some told us they were caught between the rebels and the air

strikes. >> people die or they shoot them in the head. >> reporter: this is what he left behind an intense campaign aimed at stopping the houthi rebels. almost two weeks of air strikes have not forced them into retreat. this is some of the latest fighting in the southern port of aiden. this group of yemen fishermen fled in their own boat. the air strikes made them refugees. most told us they were the them to continue. yes, yes, yes, they said. mohammed told us the saudis should keep bombing the rebels so peace can be restored to yemen. some fear the air strikes could spark a wider conflict across the water bringing new dangers to the region.

bbc news. kenyan students are preparing to march in nairobi, demanding greater security after the attack on the university of al shabaab gunmen. 147 people were killed. religious leaders are organizing a rally to condemn the attack. kenyan warplanes bombed camps after the president warned of a severe response. we can show live pictures now. the march has begun. there has been some doubt over whether the organizers have authority to stage this. it's a march, but also a protest and demonstration. everything seems to be very peaceful. >> that's right. many, many activities have been planned in memory of 147

students who were killed in the attack. i have seen vigils held in venezuela, south africa, australia by students there in honor of their fellow students in kenya who were killed. the hashtag that is trending is one foot seven, not just another number. it's to put a face on those who died. friends and relatives put up their pictures and wrote something about what they stood for, what they believed in. something they would like to be remembered for. 147, not just a number. they planned a walk in the morning to remember these people. but, of course, the mood is very somber. kenyans are still shocked and also angry. they feel the government is not doing enough to ensure their

security in the country. >> he said he would take urgent measures to secure the nation and clearly, we are reporting about these warplanes bombing al shabaab camps. is there any feeling amongst the people on the street that kenya should not be involved in that african union fight against al shabaab? >> reporter: it is divided about the kenyan forces in somalia. the government says the forces will continue to fight in al shabaab and somalia. kenya's borders have been secured. the growing concern of it. some participated in the attack on the university. there are arguments that kenyan forces can withdrawal but it's not going to ensure the kenyans

are going to -- it was there for two days two or three days during the -- after the attack. every few hundred meters you traveled, the heavy presence of military officers, which is not a common sight in kenya. there are police deployed there. the government asked about 10,000 records to report to police colleges for training. this was an exercise that was to take place last year. then it was because of allegations of corruption. a government has now decided that they will go on with that process regardless of the outcome of the case. >> thank you very much indeed. you are watching live pictures of this march that is taking

place in the kenyan capital. later, a vigil for 147 people killed. we'll continue to monitor to see if it grows during the day and if anything develops in terms of what message the demonstrators are trying to send to the government. the latest parliament passed an anti-terrorism bill. it's needed. it's a bill that has indefinite without trial. it's something the president appealed in 2012. human right marchers called it a giant step backwards. jennifer is in the capitol of kuala lumpur. >> reporter: according to malaysian police they have arrested dozens up to 95 suspects linked to islamic state. last year they said more than a dozen of them escaped court charges because of insufficient

evidence. that's why they say a new anti-terrorism bill is needed for them to stem the tide or the influence of i.s. here in malaysia. this is a muslim ma jorty country and people are proud. they say the tougher laws are needed to tackle this problem. they got majority support from malaysians initially, now that they have introduced this bill with indefinite detention without trial, some are worried, especially opposition lawmakers who worry it could be used and abuse zed against them which it has in previous laws. >> what about the 17 people detained over the weekend suspected of plotting terrorist activities in the capitol. do we have more details? >> reporter: well, the police say that they have been planning to attack malaysian police stations as well as army bases to seize weapons amongst other

plots they had. they have not said whether these people have been charged, yet. one is as young as 14 years old. certainly malaysian officials say this is a serious problem here in malaysia that they must tackle. the problem with the anti-terror bill is the fact there is no judicial oversight and no courts to stop police from trying to hold and detain people under the anti-terrorism bill. it's been passed in the lower house. it needs approval from the senate as well as the king. it's all but certain it will become law. >> jennifer in kuala lumpur. let's round up other main stories now. turkish police -- the bus was shot at in the northern city after they beat a local side 5-1. the driver was hit in the face. he was taken to the hospital. speculations mounting that

hillary clinton is going to announce she will run for u.s. presidency in the next two weeks. they are announcing the former american first lady's staff should be ready to start their presidential campaign roles at any moment. the jury and trial for the man accused of the boston marathon bombings is going to begin deliberations tuesday. he admitted he carried out the attack, but not guilty to all the charges. he argues he was led by his older brother. >> reporter: mingling among spectators two years ago as he planted a bomb in the crowd. these chilling images at the finish line show what happened next. two devices exploded in quick succession leaving three dead and injuring more than 260. tsarnaev can be seen here running away from the carnage.

he wanted to punish america and become a terrorist hero. as he went on the run from police, he hid on this boat. here he wrote a note asking allah to make him a martyr. he admits he carried out the attacks, but acted under his older brother tamerlan. he was the master mind and it might spare dzhokhar from execution. people want justice to be served after the attack on their city. the key challenge is what that justice looks like. if, as is expected tsarnaev is found guilty the more difficult challenge for the jury is deciding his punishment. should he face life in prison or the death penalty. bbc news boston. still to come doctors in the uk say they are seeing more children unhappy with their gender. we hear from two of britain's

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these are the latest headlines. the u.n. security council appealed for urgent humanetarian access of yarmouk in the syrian capitol of damascus. kenyans are on the streets. they are demanding greater security following last week's attacks on the university. samsung is what aaron, the world's most important telecom company? >> having tough times. here is the question. has samsung finally turned the corner? they have released their profit for the first quarter, the first three months of this year.

it is better news than expected. the korean giant says operating profit should come in at $5.4 billion. it will be the best performance for nine months. still, when you compare the same quarter to the year before the same period it's a 30% drop. samsung will publish the full results at the end of the month. sales of the smartphone have been falling because of stiff competition from apple and several chinese businesses. the chip business is doing well. the launch of the s-6 line of mobile devices. banks owned by african-americans who serve the black community in the united states have been closing down at a rapid pace. there are only 24 such banks left across the country. nearly a fifth of african-american households don't have bank accounts.

many argue minority banks are needed. this a big deal. fedex is buying dutch rival tnt express for 4.4 billion euros. it is a cash deal thank you very much. it represents a 30% premium over their closing. they expect the deal to close in the first half of 2016. they will seek to avoid significant redundancy. they are hoping this will be cleared by the competition authorities. more business on "gmt." follow me on twitter. i'm going to go that's it. back to you. >> thank you, aaron. the afghan government is failing to protect women's rights campaigns. the comments come after a 27-year-old woman was killed by a mob in kabul after being falsely accused of burning the koran.

here is david. >> reporter: women police officers, like prominent women in afghanistan, face challenges in carrying out their work that demands tight restrictions on women. now, amnesty international carried out a survey of those who stand-up for women's rights. in 50 cases of threats, intimidation and violence only one was fully investigated. >> i think the shocking thing is there's indifference. there are many cases where women have been attacked and police are watching this. i mean it's quite extreme. we think this is a litmus test for the new government. we have new leadership in place who stand-up for women's rights in words. the question is the destrax. the amnesty report says attacks on those who stand-up for women's rights not just for the taliban, but other criminals and

war lords and government officials. the most recent attack on women is the one beaten to death by a mob in kabul. there was so much about the case that was unsettled, in particular the sight of police standing by and doing nothing. but, the huge public outcry led to the rare scene of women carrying the coffin. at least that case was exposed. >> that case was brought to public but many women are suffering in silence beyond closed doors. now people are questioning the capabilities of law enforcement agencies. >> reporter: women who break the mold like this one who drives a taxi face constant threats. they are not going to give up and are changing afghan society despite indifference and hostility. bbc news kabul.

british doctors are announcing dozens of children every year who are unhappy with their biological sex. the number of 10-year-olds and under who have been referred to support services to deal with transgender feelings quadrupled in the past years. we have been speaking to two of the youngest transgender children in the country. she has permission from her parents. these children were both born boys. ages 6 and 8, they are some of the youngest to be referred to an identity clinic run by the nhs. >> can you remember when you were treated as a boy, why you wanted to wear girl clothes? >> to just see how it looked and see if anyone laughed or not. and i would be happier then. >> reporter: more young children with feelings like this are

being seen by nhs doctors. the number has been rising sharply as awareness grows. 77 children age 10 and under are referred to a gender identity clinic up from 19 six years ago. there might be some who think this child is 6, it's bound to be a phase. >> we thought that to start with. but, this has been going on since she first started talking. there's no point trying to force them to be somebody who they are not. >> reporter: research suggests many young people find the transition far from easy. levels of self-harm can be higher for transgender children. for parents as well it can be difficult. >> they feel foolish calling because they are reading too much into it. other times, they are quite distressed, feeling alone, isolated. >> reporter: there may be complex decisions to make in the

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you are watching "bbc world news." these are the top stories. forensic teams in the city of tikrit exhume graves. the u.n. demands humanitarian access to yarmouk in damascus. it describes the situation as beyond humane. greater security after last week's massacre by al shabaab militants. could these be signs of extra

terrestrial lives? scientists are confused about radio waves being sent to us from space. hello, again. work is under way in the city of tikrit to evacuate mass graves of up to 1700 iraqi shia soldiers. they were massacred last june as i.s. extended their hold in the north ott country. we have the report on the grizzly work under way to identify them. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: paying tribute to the slain men. it's believed this is one of 12 mass grave sites thought to contain the graves of 1700 iraqis. remains of the victims clothing have been lying here for almost

a year. now, forensic teams have begun excavating, first as diggers, then more carefully as bones start to appear. survivors claim they rounded up soldiers from a former u.s. base. they were slaughtered at the presidential compound belonging to the late dictator saddam hussein. he explains pointing out what happened. >> they repeatedly said they won't hurt us. they brought us here. when we got here they tied up our hands. the fourth bullet was meant to kill me. i was not hit. the fifth bullet was fired killing the one next to me. i deliberately fell to the ground. i was covered with blood, then i rolled down the valley.

>>reporter: his story matches images seen. for months relatives of the victims have been calling on authorities to provide them with proper answers. now, they are closer to finding out about the fate of their loved ones. the mass killings have come a symbol in iraq. bbc news. with me is the bbc's reporter from bbc arabic. is there any doubt at all, these are the soldiers i.s. videoed while they were massacring them? >> no. all the evidence goes toward them being the soldiers they found earlier. everyone knows now they were 1700 of them and mainly they were shia soldiers who i.s. captured earlier last year, actually in 20 14.

>> they are worried about the speed the government is carrying out the work to excavate and exhume the bodies. they say there should be more care taken. it seems the iraqi government just wants the evidence as quickly as possible. is that fair? >> yes. part of it is because they need to give that kind of peace of mind to their families. most families don't know what happened to their kids. all they know is they disappeared. they are not sure whether they were killed or what happened to them. they want to sort of move on and help their families move on from that. they do want to provide the evidence as soon as possible that these were the soldiers that went missing. >> thank you very much indeed. we can go to iraq and speak to duncan spinner. duncan is head of the iraq program for the commission on missing persons. it helps identify people missing through war and genocide.

duncan is your organization involved in what's going on there in tikrit? >> at this stage, no we are not. we came back from baghdad yesterday where we were in discussion with the iraqi government and the institutions we have been working with and inviting them on the most appropriate way to go forward. we have no personnel on the ground. >> is there any independent organizations involved? i was saying to my cleenlg from bbc arabic a few are concerned about the process taking place there in tikrit. >> that's correct. the teams are on the ground from the human rights and medical institute in baghdad. they have been trained in the past. our concern is that the political pressure particularly from the families will mean the process is rushed to the point where it will be difficult to preserve forensic evidence for

future justice process. however, we understand that political pressure. our advice to the iraqi government has been to engage with the families in order to explain the process effectively so that all sides can achieve justice. >> through your organizations investigations and presumably through speaking with the families, do you find the correlation to be correct between what the families are saying and what appeared in that video and the location of this mass grave? >> i just want to stress we are not actually investigating. we have been helping the iraqi government the last few years to build its capacity in dealing with missing persons. until such time as all the evidence is collected and able to be reviewed we are not in a position to say exactly what has happened here apart from the information we have already received from open sources. >> okay so to be straight, you

haven't spoken to family members of those who are believed to be missing and in this grave? >> we have spoken to a number of family members. it is a very emotional discussion. there is significant pressure on them to try to find out what the truth is. our advice to the iraqi government and the families is in order to secure the truth, the process, which is a complicated and slow process must be done properly to find out what happened to the family members. >> do you suspect or know of possibly other sites like this around iraq? >> we are aware, again, from open sources, that there have been a number of other incidents. by far the largest incident that we are aware of at this stage. we are aware, for example, we are five sites recovered in the

kurdish region government a few weeks ago. there are sites the defense recovered as well. our view is that it is a significant incident. it represents the tip of the iceberg. it has to be dealt with in the appropriate manner. >> duncan appreciate your time. thank you very much indeed. >> thank you. conditions in yarmouk, a palestinian refugee camp in damascus, is growing desperate for 18,000 civilians trapped by fighting. they have demanded urgent humanitarian access to the camp. the camp which is in southern damascus was attacked last week by islamic state militants. they are now believed to be in control of much of it. we have been following developments in beirut in

neighboring lebanon. >> reporter: it is unusual for the security council to agree on anything to do with syria. the plight of an estimated 18,000 palestinian refugees caught up in the fighting at yarmouk brought a rare moment of unity condemning what they called the great crimes committed by i.s. and the front, linked to al qaeda. >> the members called for the protection of civilians in the camp for issuing humanitarian access providing life saving assistance and ensure safe passage and evacuation of the syrians. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: easier said than done in the deadly violence raging at yarmouk. a densely packed settlement on the southern approaches of damascus. i.s. fighters stormed much of the camp last week possibly helped by the front. for the palestinian refugees

there, it's meant another episode of fear and terror on top of everything the past two years have brought them. hundreds managed to flee to safety over the weekend. >> translator: as the i.s. fighters got closer, we were told they were killing women and children. then the syrian army brought us to a safe place. >> reporter: this is the scene of devastation they fled. the latest fighting was added another layer of destruction to an area damaged by two years of conflict. they were believed to be thousands of civilians left in yarmouk as it goes on. the problem, it is located on the approaches of the heart of damascus. bbc news beirut. rallies are taking place in the kenyan capital of nairobi. the third and final -- religious

leaders organized a march, but the pictures we can show you here. this is nairobi. the students on the streets are demanding greater security after those al shabaab gunmen killed 147 people. after this march, a vigil is going to be held for those who were killed. indonesia's attorney general says illegal processes will no longer hinder the execution of drug smugglers. the statement was made after the appeal, which challenged the president's refusal to pardon them was rejected. they were part of a group of nine caught in 2005 trying to smuggle heroin into australia. their lawyer will be making a further appeal to the constitutional courts. the attorney general says that is irrelevant. >> translator: the administer court rejected the claim. we know clemency is not an

argument in the court. it is finished now. we heard they will file a judicial review to the court. that's their business. we are not affected at all. and, if they file it it won't change the decision that has already been made. we will not wait anymore and the legal process will not hinder the execution. >> astronomers and other scientists are trying to explain bursts of radio waves that may be far outside our galaxy. they have seen the bursts 14 years. they have a specific pattern and there's no definitive explanation. they are certainly excited. what could they be? professor john is from the physics department from the university of hawaii. >> the special thing about them that has the astronomers so excited is they have something

called dispersion measure. it's a swooping of the frequencies which would generally be short and lined up. in fact the higher frequencies come first and the lower frequencies come later. by this swooping this chirping of the frequencies, you can do a calculation of the distance that is used all the time for pulsars. when you do that you get distances that are billions and billions of light years away. they are, therefore, very far and therefore they would have to be very energetic. they are strange creatures, not like anything else we have seen. people would love to know more about them if indeed they are at great distances. >> professor, where are they coming from? >> well we don't really know. most of the observations are from the observatory, the parks

telescope in australia. ten of the 11 we know of now have been observed there. one was observed in puerto rico but all the others are observed from south america. sorry, australia, so that is concerning. we worry about some local interference or whatever. what we did that i'm afraid upsets the apple cart a bit is indeed, if it is correct, we saw there is a pattern in these measures of the distance the dispersion measure and that pattern says they are multiples of some basic shift and that would mean the distances are regular distances, which makes no sense for something extra galactic. we have also seen funny

correlations, maybe a correlation with the utc integer second, which is a signal it is and there's hint of correlation with lunar faze which might be an observing bias from when the telescope is taking data. >> you seem to be denying all those, some call fantasies that there could be extra terrestrial life. one is the great british astronomer. given the millions of star in the galaxy somewhere in the universe there should be extraterrestrial life. we are looking at maps where they have come from. could it possibly be, if it's a pattern, could it be a signal and is there a computer program that exists that might be able to interpret such a signal? >> first of all, i perfectly in

sympathy with the fact there probably is other life out there. that's why my friends and i have spent time trying to see where we might see signatures in data that we have here in earth. but, i don't think this is it unfortunately. i'm sure that our publication will make both fans of extraterrestrials and the extragalactic astronomers mad at us. in my view the data is leaning toward a relatively boring effect, maybe a satellite, maybe a satellite in lunar orbit. maybe a satellite in earth orbit or maybe we have been thinking about reflections of radar pulses off the moon. the cia regularly in the '60s looked made large radio telescopes to look at reflections off the moon.

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welcome back you are watching "bbc world news." forensic teams in the city of tikrit exhume mass graves. the u.n. security council appealed for urgent humanitarian access to the palestinian refugee camp of yarmouk in the syrian capitol of damascus. in moscow, boris -- the

killing of the veteran liberal politician shocked the country and raised fears of repression. five men are in custody over the assassination. the alleged government denies involvement. as a cease-fire in eastern ukraine stumbles on could it become a frozen conflict? to get an idea of what life is like inside republics that call themselves independent, we are going to nagorno-karabakh. >> reporter: she is teaching her youngest son arithmetic. he can count on his fingers, unlike his older brother. he found an unexploded round.

it blew off his left hand. he hides the sump in his pocket. she says they live in constant fear of more violence. >> translator: if there is a war, we will suffer. my children will also suffer. they won't care whether we are guilty or not. they will think we have no right to exist. >> reporter: that view is common here. they fought for this land in the 1990s. they lost territory. hundreds of thousands fled their homes. despite a 20-year cease-fire it remains heavily militarized. there are frequent fire fights and casualties. they call themselves an independent republic. they have their own government

university and international airport. though, in reality, they are isolated from the outside world. last year the republic marked 20 years of independence. this independence in the republic itself has not been recognized by the international community which considers this land. there are still lots of signs this conflict remains unresolved. one example is this airport, renovated a couple years ago, it sits empty. there are no aircraft flying in or out. the planes risk being shot down because there is no official peace agreement. the defactor government says the exclusion from negotiations is holding back the process. >> when you withdrawal them from the table -- in reality,

determination. >> reporter: it's also about self-preservation. at his school they are learning how not to make the same mistake his brother did. thousands of unexploded things remain from the past. that, and the threat of a new war is the concern of the present. bbc news. turkish police arrested two people for an attack on a bus carrying players from the football club. the bus was shot at on saturday near the northern city. they beat the local side 5-1. the driver was hit in the face. he was taken to the hospital. turkey superleague and cup matches have been stopped for a week. they will not play until the attackers are caught.

a woman died at the age of 116. she died in her nursing home. a japanese woman had been the oldest until her death at 117 on the first of april. this week showcasing african health innovators. we were collaborating with the university of cape town helping sick children spend less time in the hospital. it helps parents take responsibility for their children's care. >> today, we have planned to send a little girl home. this has been a long journey for her family. she was in and out of hospital with chest infections. finally, she got a tracheotomy and she was put on a ventilator. she has it because she is very weak and her breathing muscles

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