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BBC news 2015-10-19

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European Union leaders meeting in Brussels say they've agreed a broad actionplan with Turkey to help stem the flow of migrants to Europe. The president ofEuropean Commission Jean Claude Juncker says there was now an explicit linkbeing created between progress on stopping migrants entering the EU and theacceleration of plans to grant Turkish citizens visa free travel to the EuropeanUnion. The European Council president Donald Tusk says concessions have beennecessary in return for Turkey's support. "We prefer that well firstbecause we need that responsible and adequateresponse from the Turkish side. They are our partners in the crisis. The morefor more principle must supply you have passed. We have your, It is exact simple." During theday, the Bulgarian president Boyko Borisovabruptly left the EU talks after reports of violence between guards andrefugees on Bulgari’s border with Turkey. It was later confirmed that a migrantfrom Afghanistan was shot dead by a guard.

Officials in Nigeria say at least 30 people have been killed in an apparentsuicide attack at a mosque near the city of Maiduguri. Reports say there wereat least two big explosions during prayers. David Bamford has this report. “Nigerianmedia, quoting local twitter, say that many people were killed in twoexplosions during evening prayers at the mosque in the Maiduguri suburb ofMulai. Injured casualties have been ferried to the local hospital. A seniorofficial said the blasts were thought to be the result of an attack by suicidebombers. Maiduguri is frequently targeted by the Islamist group Boko Haram.”

The former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has given evidence tofederal prosecutors denying that he carried out illegal lobbying work afterleaving office. The founder of the ruling Workers' Party remains one ofBrazil's most popular politicians, but he risks becoming embroidered in aseries of corruption and political crisis that have undermined the governmentof his successor Dilma Rousseff. Our Brazil correspondent Wyre Davies has thisreport. “Although former president Lula hasn't been charged with any criminaloffense, he was asked by federal prosecutors in Brasilia to clarify any reallymatter found in lobbying for some Brazil's biggest firms after he left officein 2010. In particular, prosecutors probe into details about President Lula'srelationship with one of Brazil's biggest construction companies Odebrecht andpreferential loans that received from a state development bank.”

An opposition Venezuelan politician Manuel Rosales has been arrested six yearsafter fleeing the country amid corruption allegations. Mr. Rosales, a formerpresidential candidate, denies any wrongdoing. World news from the BBC.

The Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is making her first visit to thewestern state of Rakhine since 2012 when Buddhist attackers drove more than100000 Rohingya Muslims from their homes. Critics say Ms. Suu Kyi has notspoken up strongly enough for the Rohingya over her visit comes ahead of nextmonth general election.

The US has been accused of carrying out drone attacks based on fake evidence inwhich most of those killed are not the intended targets. Allegations remainedon a website called the Intercept. It said a whistle blower handed over secretmilitary documents about drone strikes in Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia.

A senior minister in South Sudan has described the peace deal signed recentlywith rebels as flexible. His comments follow widespread anger at a unilateraldecision by the government to redraw state boundaries. But in a BBC interview,South Sudan's minister of information Micheal Makuei said the agreement shouldnot be read rigidly although the government was still committed to peace.

Scientists in Britain say it may be possible to prevent schizophrenia bycalming the brain's immune system. Scans have shown that it’s hyperactive bothin people with schizophrenia and those at high risk. James Ganligon Ann reports.“The brain has its own equivalents of gardeners called microglia. They read outinfection but also constantly prune the connections in the brain. A team of UKmedical research cancer scientists found the microglia was too keen inschizophrenia. It’s thought the microglia like a gardener too keen with shares,trim the wrong brain connections. That leads to a brain that is not wiredcorrectly and culminating symptoms such as hearing voices. The research saidthe study mount to a real step forward in understanding the condition and wantedtrial antiinflammatory drugs to treat and prevent schizophrenia.” BBC worldnews.