danny savage, bbc news. katty: the bbc has seen firsthand how children are being used to help clean up a huge oil leak in the peruvian amazon. 3000 barrels of crude oil have leaked from a pipeline in the jungle, and a state of emergency has been declared. the state-owned oil company denies using child labor to help compliant -- contain it, but the spill is taking a toll on the community's way of life. >> the pristine rain forests of northern peru where an environmental disaster is threatening the headwaters of the world's greatest river system. for the last month, workers from state-controlled paid troll company have been mopping up and scooping up over half a million liters of thick crude oil. fulling thousands of sacks of contaminated soil, company officials are keen to show us how well the cleanup is going, but beyond the security cordon and hidden under blue tarp is evidence of how much oil remains. in these poor, indigenous communities, we saw evidence that children were also involved in the cleanup. sh

john donnison, bbc news in auckland. laura: tonight we have a special report on one of the more disturbing tactics used by the nigerian militant group boko from. -- boko haram. girls as young as 12 are being strapped with explosives and sent to blow them up in busy areas. the bbc spoke to one teenager who was to elect to escape after she was chosen -- risked her life to escape after she was chosen for the mission. her name and voice have been changed to protect her identity. reporter: it is not her real name and she doesn't know her age. she is probably around 17. about a year ago, she married into boko haram and moved into one of their camps with her fighter husband. today she is not meant to be alive. she is supposed to be a human bomb, instructed to explode in a refugee camp in the home of the insurgency. two of her friends did just that, killing themselves and 58 others, mostly women and children. just 24 hours before she was due to detonate, she escaped the clutches of the militants and she decided to tell us her st

the bbc's gary o'donoghue has more. and: summer 14, humanitarian disaster is unfolding in sinjar in northern iraq. yazidis are the fleeing the islamic state, their men being murdered, their women being taken into sexual slavery. after pressure from congress and humanitarian groups, the state department is prepared to call such atrocities genocide. sec. kerry: daesh kills christians because they are christians. yazidis because they are yazidis. shia because they are shia. this is the message it conveys to children under its control. its entire worldview is based on eliminating those who do not subscribe to its perverse ideology. gary: the u.s. also believes incidents such as the execution of 21 coptic christians in a beach in libya last year was genocide. the only other time the u.s. declared a genocide when it was actually happening was in 2004, when the bush administration determined that atrocities in sudan's darfur region met the test, which describes genocide as acts meant to destroy ethnic, racial, or religious gro

team, gome and the bbc to twitter. .hank ss and have a great weekend. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, newman's own foundation, giving all profits from newman's own to charity and pursuing the common good, kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs, and hong kong tourism board. >> want to know hong kong's most romantic spots? i will show you. i love heading to repulse bay for an evening stroll. it's a perfect, stunning backdrop for making romantic moments utterly unforgettable. i have lived in this city for years, but hong kong still makes me fall in love with it time and again. >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet los angeles. captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> sreenivasan: good evening. i'm hari sreenivasan. on the newshour tonight, republicans hold a civil debate before next week's crucial primaries, while ben carson becomes the second former rival to endorse frontrunner donal

bbc news, athens.atty: most people do believe the only way to stem the flow of migrants into europe is to tackle the root cause of their flight, the conflict in syria. the u.s. and russian foreign ministers spoke on the phone, reiterating the need for coordination over the fragile truth that they brokered in syria last week. our correspondent, steve rosenberg, has been with russian forces in northern syria. he sent this report. teve: the russian army is taking us into the hills of syria. they say they are using a positive fighting to encourage peace and reconciliation. judging by the armored vehicle we are in, progress is slow. a place where is five years of civil war left the village empty. we are told people are returning home. believe there will be peace in syria in your country? >> we hope. we heard from the guard. we hope so. it was russian air power that help the syrian army retake this village from rebels. today, the russian military has brought aid, not airstrikes. we drive to a town. the hills

bbc news, havana.anchor: make sure you join us monday and tuesday as "world news america" broadcast live from havana. we will be covering all the event stream the president's visit and hearing from the cuban people. this brings today's broadcast a close. you can find more on the day's news on our website. to reach me and most of the bbc team, go to facebook. thank you for watching. have a great weekend. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, newman's own foundation, giving all profits from newman's own to charity and pursuing the common good, kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs, and hong kong tourism board. >> want to know hong kong's most romantic spots? i will show you. i love heading to repulse bay for an evening stroll. it's a perfect, stunning backdrop for making romantic moments utterly unforgettable. i have lived in the city for years, but hong kong still makes me fall in lov

bbc news.atty: those poor people sitting there and waiting in those long to use to get into europe -- in those long queues to get into your. pope francis at the catholic church did not want donations of 30 money. addressing pilgrims at the vatican, the pontiff said he from thed-be donors enslavement of badly paid workers to take their money away and burn it. the mexican drug lord guzman has asked lawyers to speed his extradition to the united states in hopes that he would get that her treatment in prison. guards of his maximum-security prison and mexico will not let him sleep. he is woken every four hours for security reasons. in the u.s., deputies in georgia are looking for a man whose robbery attempt was defeated by a cashier. they were called to the convenience store at 11:00 a.m. on tuesday. they found money on the floor, but cannot find the suspect after searching the area. the united nations security council voted unanimously to approve the toughest sanctions on north korea in a decade. c

. >> and now, bbc "world news america." >> base is bbc "world news america." reporting from washington, i am katty kay. security forces battled gunmen believed to be linked to the paris attack in belgium. another big day in the presidential election as five states cast ballots. president obama calls the rhetoric bulger and divisive. in thephants democratic republic of the congo are under threat. rangers work to protect them. ♪ katty: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. a major security operation has been taking place in brussels inked to the terror attacks paris. belgium security forces working with french police are searching for 2 men after shots were fired during a raid in a suburb of brussels. one suspect has been killed. correspondent: dozens of armed police units moved into this district of brussels in the afternoon. they sealed off of a series of streets bringing the area to a standstill. there had been a police raid shortly after lunchtime. the officers were met with sustained gunfire. told to stayre indoors. un

katty: this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i am katty kay. the personnel records of islamic state. thousands of documents showed names and addresses of those who signed up to fight. president obama gives a warm welcome to canada's new prime minister justin trudeau. a woman in south africa is found a days oldidnapping baby. you won't believe how the truth was discovered. welcome to "world news america." the personal details of more than 20,000 islamic state fighters have been leaked. the files were obtained by german and british media organizations and appear to be recruitment questionnaires. they reveal the fighters' names and addresses. they were handed over by a disillusioned member of the group. gordon carrera has more. gordon: the group calling itself islamic state has drawn in thousands of recruits from around the world, including many from britain, and now a unique insight has emerged into who joined and how. it comes in these documents, smuggled out by a former member and obtained by some media organizations. the bbc has seen only a fe

bbc news, in northern iraq. >> the bbc has seen evidence suggesting that a saudi-led coalition fightingow they rebels in yemen used british-made bombs in an attack last year. that would be a breach of international law. the british government says it takes its arms exports very seriously. this report now from yemen. >> a sit al -- citadel perched on a cliff. a tourist attraction that somehow became a saudi target. at this not a chent -- ancient site we found new destruction. a house that stood call for -- tall for 1,400 years. "they attacked these plates," says this man. his brother in law was one of seven people buried beneath the rubble. hidden from view in the rugged terrain, the broader power struggle between saudi arabia and its great rival, iran. when the saudis began the bombing campaign, the stated aim was to restore the ousted president to power. that hasn't happened but 12 moves air strikes have had devastating consequences for the arab world's poorest country. with the death toll mounting there are plenty -- plenty of troubling questions about what happened. this ceramics fac

you are watching bbc "world news america."ll to come -- ♪ his legacy is forever tied to the beatles. we look at the career of legendary music producer, sir george martin. 40 million people in indonesia have been treated to a great spec the goal, a solar -- a great spectacle, a solar eclipse. the moon crept across the face of the sun not long after don. -- after dawn. reporting on the site and when it might come again. this is thet: moment that millions waited to see. the men passing between the earth and the sun creating a total eclipse. sun's light was blocked out for four minutes over indonesia and the central pacific, turning day into night. only the corona, the ring around the edge, was visible before the moon continued and revealed the sun again. could be seen.t for the red strip is 150 kilometers wide. anyone beneath it solve the total eclipse. as far as the philippines and australia would have seen a partial eclipse. in some places people were disappointed by the cloudy skies. this is what it looks like from thailand, w

bbc news, larnaca. it is notl to come, what you would expect in the english countryside, but for half a century wildcats has been one of the chief attractions at this safari park. might have thought that they would not see it in their lifetime. in myanmar, the first civilian leader in more than half a century has been sworn in. those waiting for change in myanmar have had to be patient. five months after a historic election and decades of military rule, this was the day that the hermes army steps back. steppedurmese army back. this is the journey from house arrest, detention, and now she walks into the chamber. leaderabout to see the of the first civilian government. leader, but not president. the constitution bars her from that job because her sons are british instead of burmese. she chose a close friend, htin as he waswatched sworn in as the first civilian president in more than 50 years. while later, it was the turn of the ministers, including mrs. suu kyi. she will control the foreign affairs portfo

mark lowen, bbc news. laura: it came in years behind schedule at a cost of $4 billion, but now new york is home to a spectacular transit hub. it is built close to where the twin towers once stood in. more than 2000 commuters are due to use it every day. the architect who designed the hall hasd steel called it a gift of love to the city. >> a bird in flight, a phoenix rising from the ashes, the dove of peace. new york's newest landmark is a symbol of hope of life. ,this new transportation hub at ground zero has finally opened its doors. for survivors, it is a highly-charged moment. charles lost 176 colleagues that day and has watched this building rise from the rubble. >> really proud of new york city and being able to rebound from such a tragic thing. it is absolutely remarkable, the way we have come back from this. to see this today is quite amazing. >> it is staggeringly beautiful, but staggeringly costly. the project has been plagued by cost blowouts and delays. originally the plan was to have a transpo

i am katty kay for bbc "world news america."nk you for joining the program. ♪ >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by -- the freeman foundation, newman's own foundation -- giving all profits from newman's own to charity and pursuing the common good, kovler foundation -- pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs, and hong kong tourism board. >> want to know hong kong's most romantic spot? i'll show you. i love heading to repulse bay for an evening stroll. it is the perfect, stunning backdrop for making romantic moments utterly unforgettable. i've lived in this city for years, but hong kong still makes me fall in love with it time and again. >> bbc "world news" was presented by kcet los angeles. woman: i'm jennifer, and i love being a doctor. the coolest thing about being a doctor is that i get to help people and make them feel better. that just lets me feel good every single day. you shouldn't be scared to go see the doctor because the doctor really only want

ian pannell, bbc news. katty: you are watching bbc "world news america."he legal feud between the fbi and apple over accessing an iphone is over for now. the issues. more then 200 people have been detained in the pakistan current the armynce after chief ordered a counterterrorism offensive across the region two days after a suicide bomber killed more than 70 people in lahore. it is being led by paramilitary troops. ammunition has been recovered in the raids. correspondent: this park was haded full of people who come out to celebrate easter and spend the day with their families. now, it feels like a ghost town. everywhere around me are signs of the carnage that took place. blood.ains of holes of abandoned shoes, broken glass. course, the destroyed food stands where parents would have bought snacks for their children . this, of course, is the site of a massacre. areas of the park cap then cordoned off. around the park, people have come with flowers and messages of solidarity. whereere are the rides children were playing when the suicide bomber decimated expl

"world news america." ♪ >> this is bbc "world news america."eporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. a manhunt is underway for brussels for this man, a key suspect on the run after the brussels attacks. he may still pose a threat. >> the third suspect wearing a light-colored coat and hat is on the run. he left a large bag and departed before the explosions. the bag contained the largest explosive device. laura: a moment of silence to remember the 31 victims and the 200 injured. belgium is a country in mou rning. jeb bush is throwing his political weight behind ted cruz. can anything stop the donald trump? ♪ laura: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. elgin is observing three days of national mourning. the investigation into tuesday's attack continues. bombers have been named, brothers that were belgian nationals. president obama declared that fighting the islamic state is his number one priority. from brussels, we start our coverage. silence spoke louder than words in brussels today. correspondent:

. >> and now, bbc "world news america." >> this is bbc "world news america." reporting from washington, i am katty kay. a blow to europe's plan for the migrant crisis. the u.n. ones that sending refugees back to turkey could violate international law. tuesday is election day in the american presidential campaign. in michigan, they could tell us if the donald presidential campaign could the stopped. a new twist on a -- on othello. ♪ katty: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. we start with efforts to solve europe's migrant crisis. what sounded like a breakthrough agreement between the european union and turkey is under fire. says the plan, which involve sending migrants to in exchange for taking syrians in turkish camps, could violate international law. correspondent: it is not the promised land, but it is better than where they ran from. thean families stuck on border between greece and macedonia were stunned by rumors whispered through the camp that europe plans to push them en masse back across the mediterranean. >> al

jon sopel, bbc news, palm beach, florida.atty: i spoke with a staff writer at "the new yorker." , hillary a piece today clinton versus donald trump. is it sewn up? >> not yet, but that is where we are heading. on the democratic side, it is very much running in clinton's favor. come back, but it is unlikely. ae republicans could have brokered convention and try to take the nomination away from trouble. that will be politically explosive. there may be a third-party republican running against him, but i think he will be the official nominee. katty: the bookies are giving the odds of a brokered convention saying the chances are higher than yesterday. do think that is wishful thinking on the part of the republican establishment? >> they are higher than yesterday, but they are low. donald trump has to win 60% of the delegates. it is not out of the question. if he gets close, it would be such a divisive and dangerous thing to do to try to snatch the nomination away from him. i don't think it will happen. you are seeing signs parts o

danny savage, bbc news.atty: as we said, the key to reducing the flow of migrants into europe is ending the conflict in syria. today, the u.n. set a cease-fire, now in its sixth day, is fragile but appears to be holding. steve rosenberg has been embedded with russian forces in the north of syria. he has been taken to a village and to the suburbs north of damascus. here's his report. reporter: sometimes, even the russian army needs a little extra help. we've been given a local escort for a russian peace mission. we have headed to the mountains of syria's holmer province. they want to show us how they are encouraging peace and reconciliation here. our destination -- until recently, this village was under rebel control. but the village elders have agreed to sign a declaration of peace with moscow and president assad. the middleman who negotiated this is a local sheik. he's pro-moscow, and he has been helping the russians do deals like this across the province. he is not only will respected here, he is well arme

bbc news, detroit.ty: one more piece of political news, the former mayor of new york city, michael bloomberg, has just announced that he will not be joining the presidential race as an independent candidate. he has been on the fence for a while. that henk it knowledge just cannot win. more than that, by running he could tilt the election to our republican like donald trump or ted cruz, whose views on immigration he is very much against. he's written a very thoughtful piece about why he's not running. he said it would just go against his conscience to find out inadvertently he tipped the race toward donald trump or ted cruz. >> it's very hard for a third-party candidate to make kind of headway, just the way the electoral college is laid out. states, hewon some could throw the election to the house of representatives which is controlled by republicans and that would mean republican president. katty: still to come on the program, my conversation with christine lagarde continues on women's roles in the work

katty: this is "bbc world news america." i'm katty kay. pakistan promises to find those responsible for the attack in lahore. as the fears to funerals or have -- held for more than 70 people killed. >> get out of here! katty: gunfire in washington, d.c. the gunman has been shot and captured. you could get more than just a ride in china. inside the moving exhibition. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and round the globe. security forces in pakistan have made a number of arrests behind the bomb attack on a park in lahore. more than 70 died including 29 children. a breakaway faction of the taliban has claimed responsibility saying it was targeting the christian community when it struck on easter. >> quiet this morning. the park where dozens lost their lives. families had come here to celebrate easter, and instead were caught up in carnage. a place where children came to play and now the sight of a massacre. the 16-year-old had been at the park with his brother. he never made it home. his mother was too distressed to speak

♪ this is bbc world news america.ossible by the freeman foundation, newman's own foundation giving all profits from newman's own to charity in pursuing the common good. pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and hong kong tourism board. to know hong kong's most romantic spots? i will show you. i love heading to the day for an evening stroll. it is the perfect stunning utterly for making it unforgettable. i have lived in the city for years but hong kong still makes me fall in love with it time and again. ♪ >> now bbc world news america. anchor: welcome to this special edition of the bbc world news america. from cuba. more than just a handshake and a smile, the presidents of cuba and the united states make history here in havana. after decades of cold war tensions. cuban exiles in miami protest to the president's trip. others think it is time to bridge the water between the two nations. with all this activity in cuba, you would imagine it would be hard to find a hotel room. one american company is looking to

world news america. >> anchor: this is "bbc world news america." hours after a flyover collapses in calcutta, rescuers dig through the rubble with bare hands to find survivors. at least 20 are dead. more are still trapped. high security in washington as world leaders meet to discuss nuclear threats, promising greater cooperation against north korea. and megacities are growing across asia. now a new exhibition captures their rise in art made from veryday objects. katty: welcome to our viewers on public television and around the globe. it is nighttime in india. and rescue workers in calcutta are using their bare hands to pull away debris from a fallen flyover. dozens of people are thought to trapped under a section of an overpass that collapsed earlier today. when the at least 20 structure, which was still under construction, caved in. people died and more than 70 were dakenfrom calcutta, raul reports. to hospital reporter: hopes are fading of finding anyone alive. but families are still gathered here, waiting for news of their loved ones. many other

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the first recording, to the best of my knowledge, in the bbc sound archives of a full radio infamous is from the september 1938, when neville chamberlain, the british prime minister, came back with a scrap of paper promising peace having negotiated a wholly bogus, as he thought, deal with hitler in munich. the question of technologies of recording is one that is deeply fascinating, and i know that iny of you are interested and knowledgeable of the history of sound recording. i obviously do not want to begin to get into that here. i do want to make one fundamental observation about the recording device, all recording devices. the key thing that i want to say oppositeed is not the of live. [laughter] my time is up, or my number is up, sorry. i've got to take it. always overwhelmed, jack darador always said, when i hear the voice of someone who is when i see a not, photograph or image of a dead person. i can be touched presently by the recorded speech of someone who is dead. affected by a be voice beyond the grave. for darador, the recording of the voice is, in his own words, one of the

it's like the bbc and they are confirming three explosions at three different subway stations in brussels so that would be in addition to the two at the airport this morning bring it up to a total of five at four different locations, the three subway stations in brussels, they are call maalbeek and schuman which is near the seat of the european union. if these are confirmed then i the belgian public tv broadcaster so fairly reliable source that there are -- that would be four different locations. >> can you give us a sense of where these locations are throughout the city. give us a sense of the geography. >> reporter: brussels is not large. certainly a lot more concentrated than the paris attacks in november which from spread out. all relatively close together, the main airport for the city is just ten miles outside. none far away from each other. the importance you're striking one of the highest security area s then at least two metro stayings that have symbolic locations next to the seat of the belgian government and seat of the european union. these are all not yet confirmed. tuning in

it's like the bbc and they are confirming three explosions at three different subway stations in brussels so that would be in addition to the two at the airport this morning bring it up to a total of five at four different locations, the three subway stations in brussels, they are call maalbeek and schuman which is near the seat of the european union. if these are confirmed then i the belgian public tv broadcaster so fairly reliable source that there are -- that locations. >> can you give us a sense of where these locations are throughout the city. geography. large. certainly a lot more concentrated than the paris spread out. all relatively close together, the main airport for the city is just ten miles outside. none far away from each other. the importance you're striking one of the highest security area s then at least two metro stayings that have symbolic locations next to the seat of the belgian government and seat of the european union. these are all not yet confirmed. >> in case some viewers are hour you're looking at some scenes right now, the aftermath of the departure terminal we

but that's the news the bbc is reporting this morning, and that's on the front page, front web page, of one of the belgium newspapers. so we're going to sort through those details, try to get everything confirm, bring you the details as we get them. there you can see the live pictures right there in belgium. >> there is a moment of silence at belgium, our time would be p and steve i'm not sure of the map right now, but show you the scene at the moment. silence, but that country rocked yesterday by another terror attack in our world. >> let's check in with tucker barnes a look at what's happening outside our forecast in the washington area. good morning. >> good morning, l an ex. allison, school today, i can't remember, last day. >> today is the last day before spring break-in montgomery county at least. >> we think most of virginia on spring break? >> i think most of virginia is on spring break. >> if you happen to be going to school today, much warmer than yesterday, up her's, low 50's, after school today how about 70 or better for just about everybody. should be very, very nice aft

i am looking at the belgium public television station like the bbc and they are confirming three explosions at three different subway explosions, and that would bring it to a total of five at four different locations, the three subway stations in brussels, and one is near the seat of the belgium government and one near the seat of the european union. i remind you, this is coming from the belgium public tf broadcaster, so a fairly reliable source, and that would be four different locations. >> can you give us a sense of where these locations are throughout the city? are they far apart or close together? give us a sense of geography? >> brussels is not a large city, and it's a lot more concentrated than the pairiris attacks which were all spread out. the airport is miles outside, and when you talk about different locations, none is far away from each other. the importance, of course, you are striking at one of the highest security areas, the airport, and then at least two metra stations that have symbolic locations, next to the seat of the european union. >> we want to reset incase viewers ar

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