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hello. you're watching "gmt" on bbc world news. i'm tim willcox. our top stories. inside rebel held parts of syria, the bbc gets rare access to horror of aleppo, subjected to daily attacks including indiscriminate bombs. >> the death sentence handed down along with 682 supporters. heading home before they started. international expositions leave
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as sherpa !#oñguides. block buster deals around the world from drug makers to train makers. germany tries to cozy with the giant. could these pairings?s be a mat made in heaven? hello. it is midday here in london, 7:00 a.m. washington, 2:00 p.m. aleppo where thousands of people have been reported to be killed or maimed in the ariel bomb boardment this year. forces are accused of terrorizing the city with indiscriminate air war against
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civilians, in particular barrel bombs thrown out of helicopters at a height of 7,000 feet. the bbc team has had rare access to aleppo. our panel and camera man spent four days there, only western broadcasters to have visited the city since last year. joining us now from turkey, he is there live. is it clear from what you saw ian, that bombs are dropped randomly not just areas occupied by fighters? >> reporter: it's a very good question. here's the problem. the rebel groups are based on opposition held parts of the city. many come from the city. these are residential neighborhoods. the government can legitimately claim in many cases that it's trying to hit rebel positions. the trouble is the scale of the attacks that they've conducted
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inevitably means civilians are hit. whatever it is you're trying to target, throwing a barrel bomb that isn't guided in any way, you have no way of knowing where it lands. here's our report. engulfed by darkness and fear, the heart of syria's biggest city. it becomes so dangerous drivers must turn off lights to avoid attack from above. even in the dead of night, the war grinds on. the government insists it's protecting people. often it's civilians that are hit. everyone keeps an eye on the sky looking for helicopters with
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barrel bombs that are tossed today ground. they're indiscriminate. their job is grim and dangerous. rushing in sometimes under fire to free the injured and recover the dead. barrel bombs are believed to have killed hundreds in aleppo this year, maiming many more. this video from the aleppo media center is extraordinary. the defense force desperately
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clawing in debris. a young boy has been buried. his limbs are freed. it's not clear if he's alive. suddenly there's movement. 9-year-old little boy is rescued. this was syria's heart land. today it's a shell of what it was. the team heads out again. >> translator: we are doing this because our people need help and rescuing, someone to lend them a hand. i merely want to safe civilians. >> reporter: driving through the street, residents shout directions to the bomb site. unaware the team heads straight
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into a front line position. the government sniper takes over. this is perhaps the most dangerous job in one of the world's most dangerous cities. we were in aleppo when the fighting started. today much of this vast ancient city is a civil war. scarred by a war that's displaced 40% of the population and killed what's thought to be more than 150,000. in the last few minutes there have been two bomb strikes in
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this residential neighborhood. much of it is abandoned at the moment. emergency personnel just arrived. the men from the civil defense force have gone in to see if civilians have been injured or even worse, killed. a barrel bomb landed on this small street killing a 4-year-old boy and injuring others. there were no fighters here, just residents. >> translator: we heard the first blast. i asked my husband to go and get the kids off the street. suddenly it hit us. it was like someone picked me up and threw me inside. >> did you have anywhere to go? >> translator: i have nowhere to go. i just want my husband back and nothing else. >> reporter: tens of thousands
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have fled aleppo this year. most live in makeshift camps huddled near the border. there are no signs of an end to this war. syrians are shunned by what they see as being different from the outside world, defenseless in the face of attacks and with little hope of relief. >> well tim, back in february you may remember in the rare show of unity u.n. security council called for an end to attacks, in particular, end to indiscriminate bombing attacks. people have been killed by government attacks overwhelmi overwhelmingly. there's the sense of desperation of people feeling that nothing will change.
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people used to ask you when will help come? when will the international community intervene? today there's a mood of despair. >> thank you very much indeed. let's speak to the director of human rights joining me live from beirut. terrible image as and injuries we've seen in ian's report there. isn't the fundamental problem this, the regime denies targeting civilian areas. when you have fighters living and fighting in residential areas, it's difficult to pinpoint your targets? >> that's not what's happening in effect. we've been looking at use of barrel bombs using satellite imagery from victims and also doctors. in most case like the cases in your report, we found there was no military objective near the area we were hit. these barrel bombs are not hitting the front lines. they're hitting all neighborhoods of aleppo.
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the way they're being used, they're dropped from helicopters high in the sky. even if there was military obje objective. they wouldn't be able to lit what they wanted to hit. >> what should the international community do now given we've had the u.n. security council resolution? >> it's time to transform words into action. human rights is calling on security council going to meet on the 30th of april to discuss how things are going, pose on syrian government and opposition groups. someone has to refit helicopters. the government of syria must be purchasing spare parts. there has to be action to stop the killing of civilians. >> those countries providing arms should be sanctioned as well, should they? is that what you're saying. i'm thinking particular russia and china in the past who
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blocked u.n. security resolutions. >> there's two things. has to be a security bar go imposed to stop the killings and second, countries providing support to abusive non state groups must know they can be held liable under international law for their support of anyone committing crimes against humanity and war crimes. >> this is not only terrorizing the local population, it's making it extremely difficult for humanitarian aid to get in to help civilians who stayed behind? >> exactly. this has been a use of barrel bombs in the last few months in a are he aleppo. many are camping in the area where aid is not reaching them.
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areas four kilometers from the tur kish border are not getting the aid they need. the security council must move forward. they are not doing anything to protect humanitarian workers. tomorrow we'll release a report that looks at t the recent attack by barrel bombs. two clearly marked hospitals were hit by barrel bombs over the last 30 days. >> thank you very much in deed. of course in the egyptian city of minya, 630 people are sentenced to death following the clashes last year. one policeman was killed and many others injured in minya. the muslim brother hood was
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removed from power last year. let's go live joined from there. how detailed, how thorough a legal process was this court hearing today? >> reporter: according to legal experts we've spoken to, this decision by the court to sentence 683 and refer the case, this decision lacks the required legal foundation. according to the defense lawyers and legal experts we have spoken to, the judge did not have the time to question the witnesses, to check the evidence. he didn't throw out the names of all defends. no defendants nor lawyers were present in the courts. according to the egyptians, they have asked for a retrial. this is just a preliminary decision. the case already referred to the grand muslim scholar, the
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verdict from the religious perspective. then the final verdict is going to be issued on the 21st of june can be appealed in front of a higher court. >> this is the second trial which has ended in mass sentencing of death isn't it? >> reporter: exactly. this is the second trial. it took only a couple of minutes. once the verdict was issued, the defendants outside the court start started screaming. some familyz3r,f!f members star sobbing and fainted. they say this case is political xized. the second case in which 37 were sentenced to death and 491 were years. this is the third session of case and the second session
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which was last month also the judge sentenced all the defendants in the second session and referred the case to the grand to ratify the verdict. today he issued his final >çi 37 to death and giving the others jail term of 25 years. >> thank you very much. you're watching "gmt" on bbc world news. stay with us. still to come, iraq begins voting in the first election since u.s. troops pulled out. we'll be live to find out how record levels of violence may affect the vote. ♪ find yourself. in an accomodation... where you get to do... whatever it is that you love to do! booking.com
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you're looking for a place for your life to happen. zillow. preliminary voting is taking place in parliamentary elections in iraq amid increasing violence. on sunday, a car bomb in the city in the neighborhood northeast of baghdad killed at
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least nine people. members of the iraqi security forces along with hospital and prison staff are going to the polls today ahead of a full vote which starts on wednesday. it's the country's first election since the u.s. troop withdrawal in 2011. let's get the view from two different parts of the country and take you to bbc who is in northern iraq. and we are also in baghdad 400 kilometers away. let's go to you first in baghdad. what's the situation there? how frightened are people about the security problems? >> reporter: well tim, what seems to be a normal day this morning for army forces, police forces, ended up being a very bloody day for the last three or four hours. a series of seven attacks have
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taken place around the country. two of which in baghdad. those two cities are very troublesome as far as security is concerned due to the fact there has been a lot of confusion and conflicting interest in the city between the government and various groups. basically that is likely to affect the turnout amongst the police and army? very unlikely. most this voting now should have been finished or winding up at least. >> okay and what is happening there? >> reporter: well of course in the relatively safe a tutonomou region in iraq. no bombings or attacks. there were chaotic scenes in the polling station i visited this morning. they are doing what authorities are doing this time around in elections, imposing strict
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identity check processes at this base with electronic devices. that's taking time apparently. people are getting late. i was talking today about the special voting day. that's the day the military and police services are voting. but again, the attacks were not very far away from the safety of the region. cities are right across the border between the region of the north and rest of iraq. >> thank you both very much. now another chapter has passed in the hunt for missing malaysian airliner mh 370. with the australian prime minister tony abbott announcing the end of the aerial search.
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it's likely to take nine months top find any sign of the wreckage. our correspondent has this. >> reporter: more than seven weeks on and still nothing. there have been more than 300 search flights. they've covered more than 4.5 million kilometers. now the area of operation has been called off. it is highly unlikely at this stage that we will find any aircraft debris on the ocean surface. by this stage, 52 days into the search, most material would have become water logged and sank. with the distances involved, all the aircraft are operating at close to the limit of sensible and safe operation. therefore we are moving from the
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current phase to a phase which is focused on searching the ocean floor over a much larger area. that underwater search is being forced to expand massively. previously it was covering a relatively small area of around 300 square kilometers. now that's increasing to around 60,000 square kilometers, 40 times the size of london. search crews continue to use in automated submarine, bluefin-21 that uses sonar to scan the ocean floor. it only moves a few kilometers an hour. the next phase is going to take time. >> if everything goes perfectly, i would say we're doing well if we do it in eight months. >> it won't be cheap. private contractors will be brought in to help. the next phase of the search alone is expected to cost around
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$60 million on top of what's already been spent. for the families of the passengers, the cost is ir measurable. the closure they seek remains remote. bbc news in sydney. climbers are returning from the mount everest base camp after sherpa guides cancelled this year's climbing season. 16 colleagues died in an avalanche nine days ago. our correspondent filed this report near the base camp where she spoke to a climber who's exhibition has been cancelled. >> reporter: lots of climbing groups are returning from the mount everest base camp. what's it been like over the past ten days? >> it's been a huge emotional roller coaster for a variety of reasons. the tragedy obviously is
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paramount. since then, there seems to be political motive going on between the sherpa community and government. >> you've went mount everest four times, trying to do fifth and sixth this season. do you think there could have been precautions taken to avoid what happened? >> they were caught there quite a long time. i don't think that could have be avoided other than if the traffic could have been moving and hasn't collapsed initially causing the backlog. >> reporter: there's a lot of criticism by how the government has handled this and they have a lot of money from expeditions like this. they need to be giving back little to the sherpas.
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how do you see that? >> difficult because although the government is perceived to receive a lot of money, it's only 4 million compared to 12 to $15 million it's come directly from this region. no government wants to be brought to its knees. i think it was a difficult situation on both sides. better pay, better insurance, government has got a limited budget i guess. >> that's speaking to one disappointed climber who's paid back from the base camp trying to climb mount everest. stay here. much more to come including the latest on president barack obama 's trip to the philippines. the final leg of his asian tour. we'll be assessing how successful this trip to the east has been. the territorial disputes in the region with china overshadowing
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i'm tim willcox. coming up this half hour, on the last leg of his asian tour, president barack obama is in the philippines signing a tougher military pact over the dispute with china. a major row in american basketball with an alleged racist mark by the owner of the clippers. it's all about doughnuts and ice cream. >> dunkin doughnuts and baskin
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robbins ice cream. here in the uk, we could be eating more ice cream. we're going to ask would a sweet teeth keep them going or is it time for a healthier option? welcome back. on the final leg of his tour of asia, president barack obama is in the philippines, a trip to pivot toward the region. the stop over china. today the philippines and u.s. signed a deal to allow america to send a larger number of troops to bases around the philippines. the pact comes as manila wrestles with beijing in the territorial dispute over islands in the south china sea. let's hear what the president
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had to say about that military agreement. >> the goal here is wide ranging. we've had decades of alliance with the philippines. but obviously in the 21st century, we have to continue to update that. the goal for this agreement is to build philippine capacity to engage in training, to engage in coordination. not simply to deal with issues of maritime security but enhance capabilities so if there's a natural disaster, we're able to respond more quickly. >> president barack obama in the philippines. we are in the north of the country explaining the impact of the dispute with china and how a new deal could be received. >> this is the south china a sea, one of the most contested bits of water on earth.
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we're headed toward the rich fishing grounds around the coral about a hundred miles off the philippine coast. these men used to fish there every spring, but now they're too scared to go back. his boat has been threatened with machine guns. china claim this is sea as its own. this line going up to the edge of the philippines is building facilities on coral to defend its claim. >> translator: our government is weak. it cannot defend us against china. that's why we really need america's help. >> reporter: out here in the south china sea, these filipino fishermen face the reality of chinese power. small countries like philippines
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with barely a navy to speak of has no way to face china's power itself. that's why it's turning back to united states for help. this is 50 miles north of manila. it was once the biggest american air base outside the united states. relics of the cold war era are now a site of picnicking. at the height of the cold war, 15,000 americans lived here. not everyone is happy about the idea of them coming back. in the nearby village, farmers from the left wing peasant group are meeting. they think the u.s. is using the china threat as an excuse. >> u.s. is trying to create an issue so that they can go back to philippines. they would like to go back here in the philippines to use philippines as their base and
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get all resources here and even all the asian countries. they use us base. >> reporter: there are many in the philippines who will welcome the americans back with open arms. those that campaigned to get the u.s. out of here 20 years ago feel like this is turning back the clock. bbc news in the northern philippines. >> let's get more now from the u.s. side. mary jordan is a pulitzer prize winning journalist from d.c. when you look at the agreement from japan for example, that was specific over the islands. one with the philippines is more generic isn't it? >> hit is. this trip has been under the radar for the american public. nonetheless it's incredibly
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important. mainly president barack obama wanted to be there to show the long standing relationship with the philippines is still strong. of course he's not visiting china but the whole trip is act china and saying to china, america has security and economic ties in the region. >> how sensitive is it going to be on the ground in the philippines? few decades ago they didn't want the american presence anymore. will that be mirrored ed ied i? >> yes. at times it's get them out. there's a mixed feeling in the philippines about the u.s. presence. some still want especially with rising china to have a close relationship with the u.s. there's a huge philippine community in the united states as well. they're watching this. there are quite a lot of people that want a strong u.s. military presence.
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>> as far as the american public is concerned, stationing more troops there or sending more troops in, will they be happy with that in terms of presence in that area and potential intelligence ties perhaps with the philippines in the fight against al qaeda? >> well, first of all there's no appetite for american soldiers a broad period. it's been remarkable this whole trip has been -- the only things getting air time is really about president barack obama going to japan and saying wow, you guys have great sushi. in the nitty-gritty of this, people are not paying that much attention. when you game it with we need people on the ground with intelligence for al qaeda, they're for it. they're not for more war or potential war. >> i think it was the best sushi restaurant in japan or the world wasn't it?
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not allowed to smoke beforehand. put that to one side. looking at the whole tour itself, you say not much interested in the u.s. how successful has it been in terms of the pivot when he came to power the last time? >> i think it was a big task what he set out for. he needed to show up. there were hurt feelings when he didn't come last year. it's been getting mid reviews. aim wasn't that high. he's not coming away with a trade pact, no real specific kind of announcement. he really set out what he had to do. he's done a lot of dinner, photo ops. it's not getting a lot of air time in america, it means a lot. not just to four countries he's visiting but australia and certainly beijing. >> thank you very much indeed. >> thank you. from sushi to business to doughnuts and ice cream.
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i never talk about doughnuts and ice cream. going to talk mega mergers at the moment. hello there. >> a love letter to shareholders. this is what pfizer has sent out. it approached astrazenca that it says would unlock good for shareholders. in response, the british company these said the board concluded it to be undervalued company. they want more money. if it did go through, it would be the largest take over by a uk firm by a larger company. there's potential concerns this merger could turn hostile.
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it's not the only big merger talked about. the french government talks with general electric with al ston energy business. let's look at the outcome of these two bids. linda, our chief business correspondent. great to see you. let's talk about the block buster drug possible merger. tell me if i've got this correct. the astrazenca doesn't seem to be impressed at moment. they'll try to woo and put pressure on the company, right? >> that would be the theory. what's interesting about the offer, on the face there's a 30% premium. in other words pfizer is willing to pay 30% more than the share price. it's how the deal comes together that matters.
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the deal would be 30% cash, 70% shares. that's something the board of directors wasn't keen on. share prices can go up and down. like all boards they want to get maximum value. the other thing to bear in mind about share prices which you and i have followed, in the first quarter of this year, there's been more deals in this seck, to industry, than since the first quarter of 2007 at the height of the peak of stocks. so that gives you an idea how to the cheek money stock markets have pushed. that's why the board perhaps wants to take a look at more cash on the table from pfizer before they consider it. >> more money my hiney basically. what's interesting linda, i want you to explain, both these
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deals highlight the different attitudes between the two governments, british and french government? >> yeah very much so. we talked act a deal with pfizer is part of who companies that have investment in the uk. british government has raised eyebrows over the take over bid. al ston is an energy company. they produce the high speed train. the bid from the american company ge which is now competed with by german company siemens has had the government saying hang over. we want to look at any take over by a private employment. that's why al ston would continue to be an owner. french would pay ownership of a
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company and create european industrial champions. this is a different approach to foreign ownership. the british government is thinking to think about industrial policy but certainly nothing like what the french or germans are proposing. the thing about foreign take overs, we think of them as being french or british. a lot of companies are incredibly global. they're probably already oewned by shareholders around the world. the two things, jobs where they're based and where they pay taxes are the things to watch out for. >> absolutely. we'll watch it and speak again. thank you linda joining us live from singapore. let's move on. it does seem there's a hole in the dunkin brand business. i don't mean the doughnut.
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i didn't write that. lower than expected quarterly results first lee months as extreme weather in the united states basically hit store sales growth. the group isn't down and out. it released the deal to expand the ice cream investment to the movie world. is there a sweet tooth for this kind of tactic? let's go over and speak to the ceo of dunkin doughnutdoughnuts. great to have you on the 2ka freeze tough for you. i can imagine theiix cold don'tu people to go out and buy ice cream and doughnuts. >> aaron, basically you got it right. we're 55% dunkin brand in the u.s. in the northeast. we got hit byç all the cold weather. i'm sure you heard about it here in the uk. it was a problem. some produced positive prompts.
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other change didn't. we're in the second quarter. we maintained expectations the full year. >> dunkin doughnuts reentered the uk this year. you've got the big baskin robbins deal with the movie cinema complex here. why the big push in the uk at moment? >> we saw uk as an opportunity. we've been here 30 years with baskin robbins. we came back in january. dunkin has gone nicely. i was in a great story yesterday in cambridge. we've opened three so far. we'll have 12 or 13 by the end of the year. we signed a new franchise the past week west of london. the city world deal we're excited about. the cinema business is growing. people love going into the theater with a great ice cream. baskin robbins with 31 flavors is clearly something guests are
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going to appreciate. >> nigel, i've got to ask you. you know there are concerns around the world that we're all getting bigger, fatter. begin to be frank. doughnuts and ice cream don't help those concerns. is there a time you look at healthier options going down a different path if you will? >> we've done that many years. we've had in place in the u.s. and around the world dunkin smart menu. we have basically less than 400 calories in sandwiches. we have yogurt and sherbert. we believe in balancing your life. a lot of customers occasionally have lower calorie items but still enjoy traditional
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favorites. >> you've got plenty of choices. nigel may have plenty of choices. viewers in the studio look at me. i don't have one single product in front of me. i know they're coming. nigel, we appreciate your time. thank you very much. the big boss of dunkin brands. i think there are products coming. follow me on twitter. follow me, and i'll follow you back. bbc aaron. that's it with business. >> i've had three. i can't believe you missed out. the whole studio even. thank you. stay with us here on bbc world news. still to come -- a foul off the court as the nba investigating allegations of the basketball team owner made racist remarks. we'll look at how the players reacted. did you get my e-mail? [ man ] i did. so, what'd you think of the house? did you see the school rating? oh, you're right. hey, babe, i got to go. bye, daddy. have a good day at school, okay? ♪
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hello. welcome back. i'm tim willcox. our top story this is hour. bbc is getting rare access to rebel held parts of syria where government barrel bombs have caused extensive dam and injuries. in egypt, the judge has recommended the muslim brother hood and 682 others be sentenced to death following clashes last year. the mayor of the ukrainian city has been shot and seriously wounded. kenes was shot in the back bun an unknown gunman. he's being operated on. further economic sanctions are on russia following the tension of military observers by pro russian militants.
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it's a phone call that led to a u.s. basketball team staging a silent protest, huge reaction on twitter and even a comment by president barack obama . the national basketball association, nba, is investigating the report the owner of the la clippers made racist remarks. the secretly recorded comments were published last week just before the playoff with the warriors. clippers players took off warm off shops. mr. sterling says the recording does not reflect his views. the nba calls the wording offensive and disturbing. let's go hear some of that.
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>> but not in public? >> why publicize it on instagram and bring it to my games? >> that was the phone call that's being made public. let's go to lester in the north. andrew s andrew sullivan captains the riders team. what do you think? >> it's disturbing for him to make such a statement. fair enough, it may be something you feel behind closed doors, but to question your girlfriend for being around black people is quite disturbing to be honest. >> of course it is a sport which has so many black stars in it, doesn't it? do you think potentially -- he says the tape is tampered with.
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he hasn't said it's definitely him. it's all allegations at the moment. do you think this could do damage to the clippers? >> i saw the coach doc rivers had an interview. he said the team is competing for each other. they said they weren't trying to win the championship for donald sterling. they're not going to allow them to deter them. going forward once playoffs are over, there will be questions from players whether they want to stay or work for someone who came out with such racist comments. >> that pro test after the warm-up, players taking their shirts off, is that done when players wanted to show anger about something? or is it just something which doesn't pertain to basketball itself? >> that's something obviously the clippers team talked about.
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it was basically a silent process to say we're not necessarily here for the clippers organization. we're here for each other. i thought they handled it with a lot of class. it's one of the situations that could have definitely turned ugly. they've gone about it the right way. they decided they were still going to play. they played with commitment as they normally do. that's the biggest thing they could have done to show everyone we do take the situation seriously. we're committed to each other which we should be. that's the most important message that should come out of this. >> i don't know how often you played in the states, but are there examples or cases you ran into of alleged racist comments? is that something basketball unlike football which has a serious problem with this. >> to be honest with you, i was
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lucky enough while i was in the states i wasn't exposed to anything like that. i've play add cross europe and have been exposed to racist chants from particular countries that i played in, against other teams. it's something that doesn't happen in basketball unfortunately. you know, like it does in football or other sports. it's something that's the ugly side of sports. we'd like to try to eradicate. it's extremely hard to do, you know, because it's not everyone. unfortunately it's usually a minority of people. >> okay. andrew sullivan, captains great britain national team. thank you for joining us on that hah continuing issue about the la clippers in the states and internationally as well. you've been watching "gmt." just to remind you about what has been our main story this hour. an exclusive report from the bbc
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rose: what's the emergency? the doctor: it's mauve. mauve? universally recognized color for danger. what happened to red? well, that's just humans. by everyone else's standards, red's camp. oh, the misunderstandings! all those red alerts -- all that dancing. it's got a very basic flight computer -- i've hacked in, slaved the tardis -- wherever it goes, we go. and that's safe, is it? totally. aah! okay, reasonably. i should have said "reasonably" there. no, no, no, no! it's jumping time tracks, getting away from us. what exactly is this thing?

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