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hello. you're watching "gmt" on bbc world news. our top stories. the spread of the deadly virus ebola is a world emergency. the organization says this is the largest, most severe outbreak ever. we're going to ask what this means for countries affected and international travelers. is ceasefire is over. a 12-year-old palestinian boy is the first fatality. islamist militants drive
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christians from their home in iraq. this triggers u.s. intervention. could this device spark a revolution in engineering? its creators hope so. we'll bring you the flat robot. we look at the massive overall of malaysia airlines. it's about to be reinvented. the airline is close to collapse. it's been in a bad way for years. the government is delisting it from the stock market and going to give a complete overhaul. we'll look at what that means. it's midday here in london, 7:00 a.m. washington, 1:00 p.m. switzerland. the world health organization
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has called a world emergency. this is after a two day emergency session in geneva. it means global travel restrictions may be put in place to halt the spread. the death toll is near 1,000. nick childs reports. >> the head of the world health organization says this is the largest most severe and most complex outbreak of ebola since it was identified nearly four decades ago. now the w.h.o. declared international health emergency with the plea for more international help for those countries affected. >> the economy's conclusions and my decision are a clear call for international solidarity. countries affected to date simply do not have the capacity to manage the outbreak of this size and complexity on their own. >> liberia troops have been setting up roadblocks to try to halt the spread of the virus.
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the infected countries have taken measures the w.h.o. is calling for like declaring a state of emergency. this is a region that's plagued by civil unrest. the country's health services a weak. they're battling ways to combat the disease. officials say 932 have died in the outbreak so far. that number is expected to rise. guinea, liberia and sierra leone are most affected. there are cases in nigeria too. the w.h.o. wants those neighboring the states to step up surveillance. it's not calling for a general ban on international travel or r trade. for countries beyond the infected region there's a call for more information of travelers and preparations to detect and manage ebola cases if they occur. also this message. >> while ebola is infectious in certain circumstances, it is an
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infectious disease which can be contained. let me underscore that. this is an infectious disease that can be contained. it's not mysterious. this is something that can be stopped. >> w.h.o. itself has limited resources. it wants the move now to gavelenize governments and agencies in the region to prevendt the furthpr prevent the further spread of the epidemic. >> a micro biologist at the albert einstein in new york is closer to a cure. how close are you? >> thank you for having me. there's a number of different types of treatments being developed, some by others. the real challenge is getting the possible treatments to the point where we can test them
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extensively in animals and humans and then have the regulatory approval to give these treatments to patients. so -- >> given we now have a global health emergency, that sounds like it could be months away. >> the most advanced treatments out there that are most likely to be deployed and used in the field to treat patients are this antibody cocktail called z map. this was given to the american doctor and nurse in liberia. this is a mixture of antibodies. they bind to the shell of the virus and neutralize it. block it from infecting new cells. that's one type of treatment. another type of treatment in the process of going to human testing is a genetic based treatment that attacks the acids
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in the virus and essentially does a similar thing, destroy the virus. it does it inside the cell rather than outside the cells in the body like the antibodies do. those are the two most advanced sort of treatments that could be used in people in a reasonable time frame provided one addresses all the the other ethical issues that go along with treating people with drugs that really haven't gone through the full gamut of human testing to show they're completely safe. >> are there still things you don't know about the virus? is it possible it could mutate? >> our experience from previous outbreaks from ebola is that this virus doesn't mutate all that quickly. it doesn't change that much from outbreak to outbreak. it's the same type of virus as hiv or flu. all of these viruss have the capacity to mutate. i think one of the issues here
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is that we need to curt tail and stop it. with everyday the viruss are allowed to infect people, we're giving it opportunities to do what viruss do which is mutate. >> thanks for joining us from new york. the israeli government has ordered military to retaliate with force after hamas refused to extend the three day fire. israel does not negotiate under fire. rockets were fired from gaza shortly after the truce period ended. israeli air strikes have resumed killing a 12-year-old palestinian boy and injuring at least six other people. let's take you to jerusalem. ch monitoring this for us, our correspondent. what's happened in the past half hour or so? >> well it's becoming clearer, the picture from cairo. we now know the israeli delegation left the egyptian
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capital before the end of the this 72 hour truce. there had been international pressure, despite the fact talks are going on extensively through the night. at some stages it seems the two side, israel and hamas talking indirectly to each other remain extremely far apart. israel has now said it does not negotiate under fire. we know there are instructions given to the israeli military from the prime minister's office that israeli military should respond with force. there have been air strikes across gaza we're told including that one on a mosque in the north of gaza city that killed a 12-year-old palestinian boy and injured others on the israeli side. there are more than 35 rockets and morters fired from gaza by palestinian militants. the missile defense system is back in action intercepting at least three of those.
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an israeli soldier and civilian have been wounded. >> thanks for that from jerusalem. hamas says it rejected extension to the ceasefire. israel failed to meet fundamental talks including the raid. for a year there's been a restriction on movement of people and goods. the crossing is the main israeli cross point into gaza. it's frequently closed because of security concerns. since july 6th, restriction on goods allow into gaza has been tightened. products like medicines have been permitted. fishing in gaza territory waters has been reduced from six nautical miles to three. israel says it restricts goods that could be used in attacks. most palestinians see the
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blockade as collective punishment. david went to the crossing and sent us this report. >> this is no-man's land. there's gaza, and there is israel. what we have here are regular goods and services that go into gaza. it's mainly food and blankets. a lot of building materials used to go through this point. since israel accused hamas of using the building materials to construct tunnels, none of that is going through now. more than a million live in gaza. there's certainly no food crisis, not enough foods and goods are getting in. this is one of the main demands that israel lift the blockade to gaza. a lot of onions, blankets, and some other food here. all of this has been going into gaza over the last month during
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the fighting. we've got a team of correspondents in the region. they're all contributing to the web page, bbc.com/news. go to the website for the latest on the conflict in gaza as soon as we get it. do stay with us here on bbc world news. still to come. we'll take you to south africa for the latest on the trial of oscar pistorius as his defense lawyer goes to closing arguments in his murder trial. it's one oft amazing things we build and it doesn't even fly. we build it in classrooms and exhibit halls, mentoring tomorrow's innovators. we build it raising roofs, preserving habitats and serving america's veterans. every day, thousands of boeing volunteers help make their communities the best they can be. building something better for all of us. ♪
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president obama has authorized air strikes against islamist militants who have overrun much of iraq. he said the u.s. would act to prevent a potential act of genocide. the advance of the islamist forces has threatened iraq's religious minorities.
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cities are trapped in the mountains after they were forced to flee when with militants overran their town. militants have also seized iraq's biggest christian town forcing locals to flee to the kurdish capital irbil. i'll speak to this father who's family had to leave. first, let's go to irbil. thank you very much for being with us. has there been reaction there to promise by the americans of air strikes? >> well the city of irbil is calm. many people were nervous and worried. the war was 40 kilometers from their kurdish city of irbil. the promise of dropping air supplies boosted the morale of
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people here. there's assurance that american wouldn't allow isis to reach the city. in the same time the kurdish commanders say they're happy because if they feel they have advance and sophisticated weapons as isis have, they may be able to push them back with support of american air force. >> is there any new cooperation being seen with the authorities in the government and baghdad yet? >> as you know in the past few years there's been a rocky relationship between baghdad and irbil. now because of the common enemy, they've been forced to talk to each other. a few days ago, a coordination of actions between kurdish security forces. iraqi army as reactivated. they're working together. iraqi air force have been supporting kurdish on the ground near mosul. >> what about the humanitarian
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situation with the christians in irbil? >> already hosting more than a million refugees from syria, they say they cannot cope with the situation alone. at the same time, many of those refugees that fled mosul were in the same city, largest christian city taken over the weekend. these people have to replicate and find a way walking or find some of their neighbors to take them to safety of kurdish region. many, many people trying to get out of the region. the danger is more for ziti people. according to isis and islamist, there's tradition they believe if they don't convert they deserve to die. they told christians to concert or pay protection tax or leave.
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for those there they have one choice, convert or die. >> thank you for joining us with the latest. let's talk to this catholic bishop of london. his family fled the iraqi christian town recently. thank you very much. i know it must have been difficult to listen to what he had to say a. what has your family been through? >> my family is -- i don't just don't talk about close family. all christian cities were my family and are my family. unfortunately they are in a bad situation. in one night they were forced to leave everything and to try to find refuge in northern iraq. now thousands and thousands, hundreds of thousands of people
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are sitting in the street. they wish to have cup of water, something to drink, something to eat. this is what i have this morning from the bishop, sit manage tti sun with his people trying to comfort them. we are witnessing genocide, ethnic, in our 21st century. we cannot absolutely everyone has heart, a human heart, cannot thinking to do something to save these people. i or you, everyone, humanitarian organizations go there, offer them something. try to help in way or another. please. in the name of the children. in the name of women. every people stuck in the
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streets. go soon possible. bring your health and help them please. >> what have your people there left behind? are their churches destroyed, manuscripts been destroyed? >> they left all. 2,000 year of history. we left it in the hand of terrorist group. still now i'm wondering how the government, the american government, declare they are defending the human rights. what are they waiting? thousands of people dying in the streets. then they say we are sorry? who cares about your sorry? we don't care. since 2003 we are saying the christians are not safe in iraq. do something. really we are disappointed about our british government who declares he's defending the
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human rights around the world and at this moment he didn't act. he kept silence. it's not time of silence. if you keep silence, everyone in the world, if keep silence now, he's participating in this crime in genocide. nobody. don't tell me any other thing. no political or economic interest. it's 200,000 people displaced in the streets. what are you waiting to do? when are you going to act? what are you waiting? >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you. oscar pistorius' defense lawyer is giving his closing arguments at the athlete's murder trial. barry roux has been claiming the prosecution has twisted the facts to try and discredit mr. pistorius over the shooting of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. at one point mr. roux gave his
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story that pistorius shot through the door without realizing who was behind it. >> now you're standing at the door. you're vulnerable. you have the effects of slow burn over many years. you're anxious. you trained as an athlete to react to sound, sprinters. we all know it. you train. this is all those factors into account. he stands now with his if anything her ready to fire if necessary. he stands there and then -- i made a noise louder. >> let's take you now to the bbc milton following this trial weeks and months. i joins us today.
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what else did you hear that was key? >> reporter: what was happening today is that barry roux tried very hard and spent a lot of time discrediting the evidence which was given by the neighbors who said they heard a woman scream and heard the gunshots. he was referring to the doctor and his wife who said they were woken up by screams and gunshots. he tried to discredit their evidence. he spoke about the food that was found by the pathologist in reeva steenkamp's tummy at the time of post mortem. he described there's no particular time when they could have eaten. he says as far as he's concerned oscar pistorius' version that they ate at 7:00 in the evening is still probably true. >> does it feel all of south africa is completely gripped by this trial, watching this live
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and absorbing every moment still? >> yes very much. there's a 24 hour channel dedicated to this trial. people are watching and following it on radio as well. today most newspapers had the headline about what gerrie nel said yesterday. a lot happened since then. some following the world cup. we had a general election. people's attention was somewhat diverted from this trial at some point. >> milton, thanks for joining us from pretoria. what does japanese art of origami and robots have in common? not much until now. harvard university has created a robot that folds itself into existence and actually able to craw. here's our science reporter. >> it takes four minutes. the self-folding device turns into a robot.
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it's made of layers of different materials that have folding hinges made into them. one of these layers shrinks when heated. when that contracts, it folds in on itself and up pops the robot. it has motors and batteries built into it. self-assembly devices i could be useful getting complex machinery into war zones or space explorations where flat sheets could be transported and folded into existence when they arrive. they want to share the technology with other engineers and non engineers that want to build their own useful devices. they say this could enable anyone to build a machine that folds into use. >> amazing. tropical storm iselle is hitting hawaii hard. driving winds now there knocked do you think trees and caused
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big power outages on big islands. it's the first of two major storms due to hit the island as the hurricane julio is set to hit late monday. let's take you live to gaza. the scene pretty calm there at the moment with the shot we've got. a few moments ago we did see smoke rising. this is because of course israel has resumed bombardment of gaza after palestinian rockets fire into the territory. what we're hearing from health officials in gaza is that israeli rockets have killed a 12-year-old child on air strike near a mosque. six others were injured in that. we were hearing israel has withdrawn ceasefire talks from
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this is "gmt" on bbc world news. i'm lucy i hockings. in this half hour, people vote for their president for the first time ever this weekend. the expected winner takes the liberal country in a more conservative direction. 40 years after richard nixon left the white house, how much do you trust your government. we're going to look at new research that shows the face of our politicians is at an all-time low. jamie is here looking at the
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culture of the company. take a look at these pictures. this man is mark stever. he's stepping down from the online luxury retailer. what would it take to get that popular? would you really want to be loved this much by yourself? turkey is holding landmark elections on sunday. it will be the first time in the country's history the president will be closhosen by the publicd not parliament. three men are in the race. here's mark from istanbul. >> the star of turkish politics continues to soar. he is aiming for glory in sunday's presidential election, first by popular vote.
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his rhetoric hits out at israel and foreign interests. the rock star politician pulls the crowds. three times prime minister, he dominates the campaign. he's accused of mixing religion and politics in a secular state. fans of all ages can't get enough. >> he is rooting for turkey, for everyone, for us, for people like me. now we have a choice. for me it's freedom. >> this election has become a referendum about the man who ruled turkey over a decade. his backers say he transformed this country politically and economically. critics call him authority.
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he says he's building a stable future. huge protests last year showed turkey's deep divisions. rage boiled over human rights. many died including a 14-year-old. his father says he went to buy bread when he was shot here by police. >> i blame him for my son's death, for holding police attack. he wants people without backing. we don't know if you're alive or dead. >> the next target was an islamist scholar. the leader blamed followers for
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leaks in corruption. many say he's using a smoke screen. >> he's the victim. there's certain enemies without naming them, foreign and interior who is trying to undermine his power, topple him. >> adored and hated in equal measure, he has polarized this nation. his ambition is lofty. can he take divided turkey with him? bbc news. from the turkish service with me mow, not going home for the election. let's talk about the cult and concerns some have. it seems like he's a sure-in. >> we're talking the most powerful political leader. he's in the power 12 years, won six elections and two referendum. he's very powerful. people are concern had the with this kind of power, the polls
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show that he might actually win in the first round with a 55% of the vote. people are concerned. if he gets that kind of vote from the elector rats. he might become more self confident about his policies which opposition sees turkey becoming more conservative, more islamist in the society and more polarization. they're saying society is polarized. not geographically or regionally. families are polarized. friends are just because of political opinions. either you're pro or un-erdogan. whether he turns into an autocrat and whether he'll embrace the whole nation is the question. >> is he this popular partly
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because of the economy? turkey has done well under his leadership. >> yeah exactly. that's one of the things he has had in the last 12 years. turkey economy has tripled. however, recently the economy is shrinking. the growth is at 4% at the moment which was above 10%. there are some significant figures. turkey needs foreign investment and the image that turkey provides to the international world is very important in that sense. so mr. erdogan seen as an autocrat might harm that which in the end might harm the economy. when talking about the economy, we need to remember what's happening in iraq and syria affecting the turkish economy too. they used to be very important
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expor export markets. >> what other things mostly that polarize people, what are issues? >> well mr. erdogan rhetoric is tough ended. opposition says he himself is the most important figure that causes this polarization. the speeches that he or colleagues in the governing party have given regarding issues for instance the prime minister recently said women shouldn't laugh out loud on the street which caused huge frustration amongst women. the prime minister said he doesn't make it secret that he's against abortion. he wants women to bare three children et cetera. that intervention into people's private lives is a main concern. of course the religious
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minority, sidelining doesn't happen either. >> looking ahead to presidential elections taking place the first time ever many turkey this weekend. here's breaking news to bring you now from kabul. we are hearing that the presidential candidates in afghanistan's election has signed an agreement to form a national unity government. we are hearing from one of the candidates. remember back in june 14th, there was a runoff in the election. it was marred by widespread allegations of elector rat fraud john kerry has been trying to negotiate this deal between the governments. we've got news that has happened. we're gathering more details from kabul and will bring them as soon as we have them. now to join jamie with
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business. >> thanks very much indeed. a british business man and his american wife are in court charged with illegally gathering personal data on chinese citizens. humphrey and his wife have been working for the pharmaceutical company to identify a whistle blower in the country. the couple's arrest coincided with the government's probe into the allegations. this is a complex case. it does underline the changed climate under which some western companies in china now find themselves operating. now they say that great leaders are respected, but they're not loved. that's not the case at one u.s. company. take a look at the scenes here. this is a low cost super market chain boss fired in the last year.
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thousands are staging rallies to have him reinstated. there's another one. workers who organized an elaborate farewell for their retiring boss. he arrived to work in what he thought was going to be his last day at work. this is how they greeted him. hugely organized celebration to mark the end of his time there. acrobats, a band, choir singing. it seemed all 2600 employees took parts. video links to the offices in u.s., singapore, china. we thought we'd ask how you feel about your boss and how important it is to like your boss. some responses on facebook include things who say bosses are the key reason you leave a key organization or stay even to make better money elsewhere. michael says i hate you boss. i hope his boss isn't watching at the moment. sylvia said i have the best boss
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in the world. she's a phenomenal woman. such inspiration. love for a boss. let's get a bit of professional advice on this. we have the chief executive of the institute of leadership and management. is the secret here? what makes a great boss. how did you get to be loved like that as a boss? >> the secret that sits behind having that connection with the team you run and are in control of is about trust. it's about trust a. they have somehow developed that trust and the emotional connection. they are treating individuals as people of the team. that's changed the relationship. that's made them want in one case their boss to come back n. another case they're genuinely sad. >> 2016 people spread a across
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the globe as this man did. >> it's a fantastic achievement. it's probably the highlight of his career. he's got the feedback he's always wanted whether his team is going with him or following his vision or agreeing with him because he's the boss. >> is there a difference between being a great boss and actually making profits? >> then there's the conflict of interests isn't there. you have to put shareholders first or employees first. that's a tricky one. >> that's a difficult one. it's the one the super market in america was hitting. you tend to have a different time scale. short term profits are driven in certain ways. you can reduce costs. that often means reducing people. long term success is driven through engaged an active staff. i don't know the case in detail. one individual wants to invest for the future and spend time
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building that team and potentially the other side are more interested in immediate returns. that's where you need the difference in strategy and vision. >> thanks indeed for that. now our other main story today. malaysia's state investment firm has proposed a complete overhaul of travel national carrier malaysia airlines. she want to buy the shares it doesn't own and delist the carrier. this move had been expected after the national carrier lost hose two airplanes this year in tragic events. this hurt the already struggling operations. there are triggered concerns about the airline's future. the governor owns 70% of the carrier and says it will purchase all minority shares in the flag carrier and finalize a restructuring plan by the end of the month.
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despite the recent events, this is an airline that had one of the worst ever performances in the industry. >> in the malaysian airlines, they've been in trouble for quite a while, well before the twin tragedies. it was well known they needed capital injection. in fact malaysia airlines had five straight quarters of losses. their next financial result is due august 20th. many analysts in the market actually say it could be the worst quarter ever. if they buy out may yoinoritiemt paves the way to certain structure out of the public eye. they're not holding to a market. they're reporting standards different that allows them to get on with business to turn that airline around. that's a big job ahead. when you look at what they're staying, the state investment fund, they're saying now that they've come out with this plan. it will in fact be a complete
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overall of the carrier. all relevant aspects of the situation. they've got to look at business model, jobs very significant. the regulatory environment. the one thing they're not mentioning is branding. the whole issue of branding is very much everyone imagines on the table. but at the same time, they want to keep a national airlines. the challenge is to turn this around, find a way to make it more efficient. >> talking about the face of malaysia. that's the business news. we'll have more later. >> do stay with us on bbc world news. still to come, football and the homeless. how a danish scientists are putting both together to improve the life expectancy and well being of those on the streets. [ male announcer ] it's one of the most amazing things we build and it doesn't even fly. we build it in classrooms and exhibit halls, mentoring tomorrow's innovators. we build it raising roofs,
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the top story this is hour here on "gmt." the world health organization has declared the spread of ebola in west africa an international public health emergency. a 12-year-old boy is reported killed in an israeli air strike on gaza city. the first after the israel and palestinian militants renewed the cross border attack. reminder of the breaking news we have from the afghan capital in kabul. the two leaders have agreed to a formation of government of national formty. this comes after talks with john kerry is in dthere at the momen. we have the power sharing arrangement. we are hearing so far from one of the candidates. it is clearly comings out of a
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press conference that our correspondent is in. david comes out and we'll talk to him and bring you the latest. just to confirm these rival candidates who have not be been able to come to an agreement since the election that everybody in afghanistan on both sides was saying was marred by electoral fraud have come to an agreement of national unity. let's take you back 40 years ago. president richard nixon left the white house. this dealt a blow to confidence americans had in their government. bbc has been looking at data. >> 40 years ago, richard nixon resigns from the american presidency. it was a moment of public disallusionment. back then, in 1974, 36% of americans trusted the government
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in washington. just two years earlier that number had been 53%. but even as nixon left office, that was hardly the low point for americans trust in government. the research center has compiled data showing the historic trend since 1958. you can see trust in government was high during the eisenhower kennedy years. since then, a steady slide down with the vietnam war, water gate and bad economy. trust didn't rebound until the end of reagan's first term in the 1980s. by the early 1990s, trust in washington went south again as the u.s. fell on tough economic times. but trust rebounded as the economy improved. during the run up to bill clinton's impeachment, the trust fell to 24%.
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the political drama wasn't profound enough to slow the upward trend. the most recent peak was after the september 11th attacks as the nation united together. since then, it's all been pretty much downhill. in february, research found that only 24% of americans trusted their government. if you'll recall, that's less than when richard nixon resign ed from the presidency. bbc news, washington. >> interesting figures now there. let's talk to phillip, director of the think tank. thank you for being with us. why is trust so low right now? why is america so polarized? >> it's not just trust in government. it's between each other. interesting enough, research has shown americans have never since records began been so polarized.
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you can't get republicans and democrats to agree on if the sun will go up tomorrow. >> you've got the republicans wanting to sue president obama. >> you do indeed. we've seen the destruction in shared values. countdowncountries do well whene deep faith in each other. it's globalization. west is losing in globization, losing jobs and wealth and power to the south of the globe. more importantly it's trust between each other, rise of individualism, my way is the only way. it's the destroy of the idea of shared goods. you see the right in the developed world of the united kingdom for example. british people think the uk is
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properly governed. you see skepticism. in france it's worse. you see the rational of the party. with it if not this time probably in 2020. >> 40 years ago we had president nixon leaving office. now we've got allegations from edward snowden. do you think this also dents people's trust over a long period of time? >> of course. if the government is spying on you, why would you trust it? we're in a dangerous situation in the west. the west achieved prominence through having a common value set everybody believed and endorsed. now nobody believes anything. that licenses all forms of extremism. you have crazy conspiracies on the one hand. you have parties forming throughout europe and indeed elsewhere.
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we're looking at the break down of the basis of the political settlement. there's no saying when this will end. >> thank you for joining us. one solution is going to be football apparently in denmark. it should come as no surprise playing football does deliver certain health benefits. a group of danish sports scientists thinks homeless people in particular have a lot more to gain from being active. >> these homeless spent much time outside their hostile. several time ace month they kick the bad habits, no incentive required. this improves balance, risk of falls and fractures. 20 years ahead of the rest of
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the population, they're five times more likely to go to hospitals with traumatic injuries. now football can extend their life expectancy. it can improve their general health and once more their are psychological benefits. >> the professor attaches a heart rate monitor of the 39-year-old former homeless drug addict. after three months, football increased oxygen intake 13% and cut in half the risk of cardiovascular diseases. >> when i started the project, i felt i had a lot of energy. it opens a lot of doors. i suddenly think i want those in life. i just want to live and do better for myself. >> football, physicality and comradery cured this aggressive junky.
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>> it's a beautiful game. it's a game i love. i wouldn't have the same self-confidence, same self-esteem i have today. when i'm playing a match, my mood is fantastic. >> the huge benefits of football proven once again. thanks for joining us here on "gmt." will you help us find a new house for you and your brother? ♪ ♪ ♪ woooooah. ♪ [ male announcer ] you're not just looking for a house. you're looking for a place for your life to happen. zillow.
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