bbc news. -- can get underway. bbc news. precarious truce. to be a world soccer superpower by 2050 and has outlined a plan for the next decades, to get a certain number of people playing by 2020. has ranked the china football league and 81st place. at a suicide writer has ramped into a bus killing at least 12 people. officials say most of those who died were new army recruits. nearly 40 of his were injured in the same explosion, and the fonda -- and the bombing happened near the city of jalalabad. and one man has defected, according to south korean officials, and the man has not been named, but they say he was a senior colonel and that he left last year. thet wrenching reminder of need to rid the world of nuclear weapons. that is how the u.s. secretary of state sized up his visit to hiroshima. john kerry is the senior most u.s. official to visit the site of the atomic tom dropped by u.s. planes at the end of world war ii. it helped to end the war, but it killed thousands of people. our reporter has more. reporter: it has taken nearly 71 years

richard wescott, bbc news. katty: now, it is almost primary day in new york, the presidential contenders there are contending very hard. republican donald trump is hoping his home state will deliver a big victory. on the democratic side, hillary clinton and bernie sanders are battling it out come with rival claims to the empire state. nick bryant has more. >> trump, trump trump it up! the days leading up to the new york primary committed his is donald trump's a business that has made his brand even more ubiquitous. the candidate himself as cap a much lower profile overview of protests at campaign events in staten island, the only when he has held in new york city itself. polls show she is heading for a thumping victory, but the key is to get enough delegates to reach the magic number for first ballot victory at the republican convention, 1237. linerump: i'm winning by a i think we are going to win the 1237. i think we are not going to have the second delegate despite what i just said, it is a corrupt system and

." >> this is "bbc world news america."eporting from washington i am laura trevelyan. the bbc gets rare access to syrian cans with the islamic state has been driven out. rescued from boko haram, but not necessarily happy about it. meet.rian woman who we made a palestinian doctor who lost his daughters in an israeli airstrike. ♪ laura: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. talk severs and in geneva aimed at finding a solution to the crisis in syria. the government held elections, announced by opponents as a legitimate. the focus on the fight against the islamic state remains. i have lost a number of towns and cities. including an area that is the latest to be captured, it was a key supply route. the bbc has been sent this report. the rare places of islamic state rule. is rare to get this kind of insight. much of the town has been hit by airstrikes. the evidence still remains. this is what is left of the state market. for the price of a couple of hundred dollars, dozens of young women we

bbc news.ty: doing what we can to restore the devastation and senseless devastation, in palmyra. the 400th anniversary of william shakespeare's death. his plays has been adapted to every medium, including a board game. now shakespeare has entered virtual reality with a young game developed in california. jane o'brien traveled to sacramento. jane: who knew shakespeare could be so much fun? look at the audience. they are not watching the performers, they are looking at the screen. play the knave is a type of theater where the players control avatars to create an animated film. a shakespeare short. do not be fooled by the technology. the exaggerated gestures are very shakespearean. >> this is an old style of acting that was used during shakespeare's time from an older oratorical method of delivering speeches. interesting it is that the technology is bringing back the older style of acting. concept is irresistible, even for someone like me who has never played a video game. you choose your costume,

atie watson, "bbc news."ent: it's open mic and a laugh a minute at this comedy club in montreal. the audience likes political jokes you would think. mention donald trump and nobody cracks a smile? >> what did you think about trump's views on islam, it's scary, isn't it. correspondent: was there ever a point when donald trump made you laugh? >> of course, obviously. he says a lot of ridiculous things, did he ever make me laugh? i have to think. i mean, he makes me cink and he makes -- cringe and he makes me uncomfortable. it's great fodder for comics. in my opinion, it has gone too far. you want to see it end. you don't know if he is getting into power. would you vote for donald trump if he ran for prime minister? >> absolutely not. correspondent: asking random strangers what they think of trump, we decided to do the same. we're doing a piece on donald trump. can you tell me quickly what you think of him? >> i hope he doesn't get elected. correspondent: why? >> no one wants a racist bigot for president, do the

richard westcott, bbc news.r more on the latest auto scandal, i spoke with a reporter for reuters news. david, can you explain, why would mitsubishi fiddle with the test results knowing that they could get caught? it is a risk versus reward. the most competitive. there are hundreds of models. they are all looking for an edge. they gain arguably 5% to 10% in fuel efficiency, and that goes along way. especially for this segment in japan. small cars looking at fuel efficiency is a key attribute. that it isou think pressure from the customers that is driving the cheating or that we want to have fuel-efficient vehicles, even if they are not really. david: in volkswagen they are investigating if there is pressure from the ceo and top executives to make omissions targets. it is unclear if it was executives within the company or broader competitive pressure. laura: is a problem with regulators not picking out the behavior? are they not tough enough? david: roast of the scandals has been found by the u.s.. a europe -- eu

martin patience, bbc news, chibok.: for more on boko haram and what has happened to the ,hibok i spoke with peter pham the director of the security council's africa center. do we know more about what happened to the girls? peter: very few have been recovered. it is likely those that have survived have been dispersed to neighboring countries. boko haram has been active not only in northeastern nigeria, niger.d, cameroon, somewhere out there, these girls have then dispersed, likely forced into marriage or used as sex slaves. there has been hoped they could negotiate with the nigerian government, that doesn't sound like it will happen? peter: it is unlikely the girls have been kept together. the last nigerian government to push boko haram out of territorial control. the current government has kept up that offensive. they are not holding territory where they would keep a large number of prisoners together. they have been forced to disperse them. katty: the number of attacks has come down. ofer: the number conventional assa

bbc news, milwaukee, wisconsin. i spoke a short time with the national political correspondent for "the washington post." stophe stop trump campaign trump? atthey will have to stop him a republican convention in july. there do not seem to be enough contests left in the calendar for ted cruz to accumulate enough delegates. her goal for the movement is to deny trump enough delegates to ince a contested convention july. they will fight it out on the floor. katty: we have primary races coming up. are you suggesting it is impossible for donald trump to win enough to go into the convention and say "i am the nominee?" >> there is still a chance. the next contest is in new york, his home state. he is very popular. 50% inshowed him above new york. if you were to hold that, he gold get the delegates and to other states that favor him in the northeast, like new jersey and connecticut. then it will be decided in california. if he continues to lose like he did in wisconsin, it will be hard. katty: what do you reckon? is 50-50. i

victoria gill, bbc news. laura: from the middle east to venezuela, the drop in crude oil prices is having a profound impact. here in the united states it has caused the fracking boom to go bust. areas which depended on revenue from the shale oil industry are struggling to cope. as michelle fleury discovered on a trip to north dakota. michelle: flying low above north jacks dotlains, pump the landscape, evidence of the boom that has helped to power america's energy renaissance. but with falling oil prices, north dakota's economy is now in trouble. on the ground, signs of the downturn. used wellheads sit unsold outside this oil field services company. the owner says he has had to cut salaries and workers. >> two years ago there would be 35 people in their working and now i'm not sure what you can see exactly behind me but there is the or four people working. michelle: he says there is now less business to go around. >> it is largely a game of musical chairs, where there is so many vendors that are chasing a smal

you're watching bbc world news america. still to come on tonig's program.atest hits collection like no other. shakespeare scholars on the edge of their seats. the greek authorities say thousands of migrants must move to organize shelters. the warning comes ahead of the orthodox easter, which marks the beginning of the tourist season. meanwhile on the island of les beaux, fewer migrants have been arriving from turkey. our correspondents in greece and also turkey. >> greece has been very much on the frontline of the refugee and migrant crisis with hundreds of thousands of people crossing this see here to try to make it north through europe. the eu says its new deal with turkey is about preventing people taking the dangerous journey. it's about reducing risk and providing safe alternatives. now anyone who arrives here in greece faces being detained and possibly deported. >> the preparation was last-minute, but in the end, the first returns ran smoothly. the deportation centers to be returned to their countries of origin, syrians taken to refugee camps to be ex

the bbc visits the afghan army as it launches a new defensive against the taliban.he global high is on for this man in the hat. the belgian authorities hope this will help find the missing suspect in the brussels bombing. ♪ we're off to meet the wizard, the wonderful wizard of oz ♪ >> in may seem like a bad movie at times, and maybe there is a reason. we look at each candidate's favorite film. why at least one likes to act it out. >> nothing better, except for a nice mutton, lettuce, and tomato salad. >> welcome to world news america. afghan forces have begun the new offensive against taliban militants in the province of helmand where allied forces suffered more casualties in more than a decade of fighting in afghanistan. government troops have had a tough time since nato forces ended the combat mission in 2014. we visited the former british base from where he sent this report. >> i flying to what is left of am camp bastion, the main british base in afghanistan. very few journalists have been here since the british withdrew. so this is what remains of that vast comp

>> this is bbc "world news america."eporting from washington i am katty kay. yes landed prime minister resigns after tax document show he and his wife hid their wealth offshore. the public is outraged. offended about how our politicians are behaving. it is not enough that he has resigned. >> anger, and frustration with continued corruption. jane: in the u.s. presidential race, it is both front-runners that have a lot riding on the outcome. capturing mecca through his camera lens. --audi photographer puts th pushes the bounds of contemporary art in the kingdom. ♪ katty: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. they are known as the panama papers, but the first political casualty came in iceland. the prime minister has resigned following the leak of documents from a panamanian law firm showing that he said up a law asian offshore account with his wife. that did not stop outrage. even after the prime minister resigned, protesters beat outside the parliament, pelting the building with eggs

bbc news, windsor.u, her majesty. 90 years old, still popular with her subjects. before we go, the singer prince has died at the age of 57 at his home in minneapolis. he is being remembered around the world. tributes are pouring in on twitter and even from world leaders. the president called him a virtuoso. that brings the program to a close. next for watching. -- thanks for watching. ♪ ♪ >> 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, e-trade, and cancer treatment centers of america. ♪ >> e-trade is all about seizing opportunity, and i'd like to -- >> cut! so i am going to take this opportunity to direct. thank you. we'll call you. evening, film noir, smoke, atmosphere. bah! >> you are a young farmhand, and e-trade is your cow. milk it. ♪ >> e-trade is a

learn more at cancercenter.com. >> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is "bbc world news america reporting from washington, i am katty kay. five more states cast their ballots in the presidential primary. donald trump and hillary clinton are ahead. a jury in england say errors by the police contributed to the deaths of 96 football fans at the hillsboro stadium. and big ben is about to fall silent after more than 150 years of nearly continuous service. ♪ katty: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. take a train along the eastern coast of the u.s. and you would hit five states casting their ballots in the american presidential elections. at the end of the night, front runners hillary clinton and donald trump are hoping to take theireps to clinching party's nominations. the biggest prize is pennsylvania. that is where nick bryant reports. nick: it is unusual for the primary contests to go this far. by the time that these northeastern states cast their ballots the race is usually over. the democratic side, hillary clinton's victory in new york n

learn more at cancercenter.com. >> and now, bbc "world news america." >> this is "bbc world news america reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. foreign policy under the spotlight in the u.s. presidential race. for america calls to be more unpredictable when facing enemies like the so-called islamic state. mr. trump: i have a message for then. their days are numbered. i will not tell them when and i will not tell them how. republican ted cruz and announced that carly fiorina is his vice presidential pick. how to save africa's elephants from poachers. and in illegal ivory trade is putting these animals under serious threat ♪. laura: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the gbe. in the u.s. presidential race, foreign policy has not been center stage. today, front-runner donald trump outlined his proposal in a speech in washington. it comes after a night where he swept the board in five primary contests. he was not backing down, saying other countries must pay their fair share for security and theedoing most of obama administration's policies. correspon

learn more at cancercare.com. >> and now, "bbc world news erica" 6789s >> this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington i'm katty kay. the white house is in talks with russia to restart a cease-fire in syria but it's small comfort to people still hammered by attacks. the small flow of migrants from turkey to greece has stopped but some are now stuck on the island of lesbos. and taking a test drive on the red planet? simulating what it would be ike to explore mars. >> welcome to our viewers around the globe. a -- as syrian government airplanes continue to bottom -- bomb rebel areas the white house says today it's talking to russia to try to get the cease-fire working again. over the past week the city of aleap has seen a string of deadly bombings including one on a hospital that killed at least 50 people. today a mosque was among the targets. richard galvin has more. >> for seven days now the people of aleppo have come under relentless bomb bored ment, shatering the so-called cease-fire. government forces have been carrying out air strikes in rebel-held areas and the rebels h

bbc world this is news america, reporting from washington.resident obama says they will keep up momentum in the battle against the islamic state. teaming up to defeat donald trump, the republican front-runner rivals will now cooperate. or is it too late? and,nter: and the library the secret -- a daring rescue. ♪ welcome to our viewers from around the globe. president obama announced that an additional 250 u.s. forces will be heading to syria. a bignot very many, but increase, only six people are currently there. they are military trainers for those battling the islamic state. it comes at a fragile time. the cease-fire seems to have broken down in syria, and not much hope of a political solution. richard gallup has more. correspondent: these kurdish are likely to be helped by the new contingents of american personnel to be deployed soon in the country. and aim to ensure the kurds their allies can keep pushing back the militants of islamic state. since october, 2014, the kurds, along with christian arab fighters have made significant advances i

you are watching "bbc world news america." to come, it is a football team defying the odds and taking the premier league ice storm, but here despite strong, but here in america, simply by storm, its name -- but here in america comes italy pronouncing his name is a challenge. steve wozniak was the cofounder of apple in the 1970's. today it is a company worth $600 billion. then thompson asked him if he thinks apple was right in refusing to assist the fbi in unlocking the phone. steve: is apple have the data they would turn it over and they have. thousands of cases. severus security is a critically important. apple has been the good guy. there are politicians who don't have a clue as to what severus security is about trying to pass laws saying that apple has to make the product secure -- that is a crime. so horrible. i just cry. reporter: he said silicon valley care too much about making money. young people coming up with a new idea, in a dorm room, in a garage, something nobody thought was going to be anything big. now it become

you are watching "bbc world news america."o gets ready for the olympic games, a rare look inside to see how the preparations are going. leaderetan spiritual said the only way for the world to confront terror attacks is through greater contact between different sides and mutual respect. wake ofpeaking in the the brussels terrorist attacks. >> i think violence in the name , we should make more closer contact with people with faith. one of my commitments is to try .o promote genuine harmony harmony isenuine developed amid basis of mutual respect, mutual admiration. >> the chinese government has put a lot of pressure on governments around the world. for example, do you think written is placing its business interests ahead of what you believe should be its moral obligation -- do you think ?ritten -- do you think britain >> of course. it is understandable. the new friends who have a lot of money -- it is very important. it is understandable. >> but doesn't disappoint you? >> no. sometimes our world is a political power, including mi

jane: this is "bbc world news america." caught in the conflict, a bombing campaign against rebels in yemen has left many refugees trapped in a humanitarian crisis. come here to get a food voucher, it is supposed to be enough to eat a family for a month, but many here tell us they need a lot more help. >> an overpass collapse kills more than 20 people. now anger is building over how it could have happened. and planned before his death -- the tribute concert david bowie was supposed to attend. stars celebrate his life and love of new york. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. it is sometimes called the forgotten conflict, but tonight, we start our broadcast with a look at the deepening humanitarian crisis in yemen were over 80% of the population is in need of aid. it comes a year after saudi arabia, backed by the united states, began a bombing campaign in yemen against rebels who had toppled the country president. a warning, this report does contain distressing images. reporter: th

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.ane: if you thought that piece was colorful, wait to hear the line which being used to describe ted cruz. speaking to college students, the former republican speaker of the house john boehner called cruz lucifer in the flesh. that might well be one of the more-- more polite phrases use. i spoke with nick ryan in new york. we're certainly used to hearing insults fly but why is john boehner wading in now? and why is he picking on ted cruz? nick: he was at stanford university at a town hall style event. he was an expansive mood when somebody asked for his opinion ted cruz. first of all, he made a face and then he described him as lucifer in the flesh. he went on to say he had lots of friends in the democratic party and republican party that he has never met such a miserable s.o.b. to use the abbreviation for the term used as ted cruz. now, ted cruz has seized on this almost as proof of his outsider status. he's used it as an example to show that he is the scurge of the washington establis

the bbc has more. correspondent: this is the main detention camp on lesbos for migrants. we found a group of mainly men that have main fans been protesting. some science say "if you deport us, we die." others say "freedom." we understand most people taking part in the protest are pakistani. i did see one time that said afghan. one volunteer that has been

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from the bbc. melocal news anchor tells from the jewish chronicle, and he is named ahmed.applause] rudyard: nigel. nigel farage: good evening, everyone. we need to use the eu as a case study. but we must start by asking ourselves what is a refugee? i speak as a family of refugees. we were french protestants, being burned at the stake for political opinions, something many in westminster would like to bring back today, i am sure. [laughter] and i come from a country that is, there is no country in europe with these lectures about looking after refugees. the french have done it better than anyone else. we have done it with jewish people, uganda, asians. but we talked about this earlier. it is a person with a well-founded fear of persecution because of their race, religion, political opinions, or orientation who are outside their own country and fear returning to it. now, i know it is tempting to support this motion. it sounds wonderful. itr huddled masses, and shows we can feel a sense of our own moral superiority. gotten, that idea has the eu in the past year. , i have to s

today, we are in one of the most 10 beautiful airports in the world, according to the bbc. the long beach municipal airport. the airport terminal was built following the announcement of douglas aircraft moving in next door because long beach and new there would be a lot of important dignitaries and people from other countries flying into the long beach airport to visit the douglas the silly. they wanted to have a state of the art, facility. in the 1940's he decided to buy land adjacent to the airport from the montana land company. this is after 1939 and world war ii was still going on. he decided it would be wise to make a state-of-the-art facility. it was the first lack belt plan -- blackout air plan. it was more or less a city unto itself. there were 11 separate buildings that were camouflaged from the air. there was an underground railway system that would transport parts from one area of the plant to another. it was virtually a city within a city. i think at one time there were 170 thousand people working here at one time or another during the war. the douglas payroll w

you turn on the radio in the morning and you hear rais raisa ikhbal for the bbc. my local news agents tells me when to look at the jewish chronicle. and his name is ahmed. [ applause ] >> nigel? >> thank you. good evening, everybody. if we're going to discuss the global refugee crisis, we better use the eu as a case study. but we must start by asking ourselves, what is a refugee. now, i speak as a family of refugees. we were french protestants being burned at the stake for our political opinions, something many in westminster would perhaps like to bring back today, i'm sure. and i come from a country -- there's no country in europe that needs lectures about looking after refugees. the brits have done it better than anybody else. we' done it with jewish people. we've done it with uganda asians. but what is a refugee? the 1951 convention that we just talked about earlier, it's a person with a well-founded fear of persecution because of their race, religion, political opinions or orientation, who are outside their own country and fear returning to it. now look, i kno

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her grandson prince william during an interview with the bbc today paid tribute to his grandmother. >ueen's duty and her service, her tolerance, her commitment to others, i think that's all been incredibly important to me. it's been a real sort of guiding example of just what sort of >> prince william answered criticism of his royal duties saying he's willing to take on more responsibility when the time comes. >> in the meantime, prince william and harry took time away from all the pretense of royal duty for light heathered moments with some very different kinds of princesses. >> here's abc's lama hasan. >> reporter: in a galaxy far, far, well, actually not so far away in pinewood studios west of london. two real royal princes meeting the new "star wars" princess. fresh faced actress days i ridley. royal force meets the force. harry coming face to face with admiral akbar. >> it's a trap. >> ridley who plays rey in the movie "the force awakens" showing william and harry around the set. the royals getting an exclusive look at episode 8. and a sneak peek at the costumes some of the most