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this is bbc news. the headlines at apm: donald trump arrives in hamburg where he will attend the 620 summit. earlier in poland he said the west must act to protect its civilisation and values. there are dire threats to our security and to our way of life. you see what's happening out there. they are threats. a lack of staff, not enough food and the wrong medicines. just some of the failings found by adult care inspectors in england. a year after his report on the iraq war, sirjohn chilcot says tony blair wasn't "straight with the country" about his decisions. a campaign urges people to visit their gp if they suffer from a persistent cough or breathlessness. in the next hour: riding an elephant is on many tourists‘ holiday bucket list. but researchers found more than three quarters of the elephants they assessed were living in "severely cruel" conditions. kyle edmund is out of wimbledon, meaning it's just the four british
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players through to the third round. president trump has arrived in germany ahead of a two—day 620 summit. in the last hour air force one touched down in hamburg. security has been stepped up as thousands of people are expected to demonstrate at numerous events across the city on issues including climate change. earlier today, president trump addressed cheering crowds in the polish capital warsaw, where he called on russia to cease its destabilising activities. he also declared he was considering a very severe response to north korea's nuclear weapons programme.
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our correspondent wyre davies reports. air force one touchdown on german soil this afternoon on the second leg of the brief european tour by donald trump. as the trump model went into warsaw, he found a country where whose views are widely admired and shared. after talks with the polish president donald trump hailed the first export of american natural gas to poland, a deal which could reduce poland's dependency on russian energy, and there was rare direct criticism of moscow over tensions in eastern europe. america is committed to maintaining peace and security in central and eastern europe. we are working with poland in response to russia's actions and destabilising behaviour. with as many as 5000 american troops based in poland, donald trump repeated his demand that it was past time
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for other members of the nato alliance to get going, as he put it, with their financial obligations. but his most direct comments were again reserved for north korea, the american leader calling on all nations to confront what he said was the global threat after pyongyang's latest missile test. it is a shame they are behaving this way but they are behaving in a very very dangerous manner. and something will have to be done about it. the polish government is delighted that donald trump chose here to set out his vision for america's relations with europe. the president will have been soothed by his enthusiastic reception in poland, when his style and leadership is often ridiculed elsewhere on the continent. the crowd chanting his name as donald trump began one of the most important speeches of his presidency so far, warning about the threat of extremism
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to western civilisation. today we are in the west and we have to say there are dire threats to our security and to our way of life. you see what is happening out there, they are threats. we will confront them, we will win. but they are threats. the circus has moved on to hamburg for the g20 summit. donald trump can expect a more hostile reception when he arrives in hamburg laterfor the g20 summit, anti—globalisation and environmental demonstrators will be kept at bay but the american president may face tough questions from his fellow leaders on issues like global warming and protectionism. a scheduled meeting on the fringes with vladimir putin could also be awkward given donald trump's comments about russia earlier in the day. live now tojenny hill,
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who's in hamburg. what sort of atmosphere is there no way he is there? at the moment things are very good—natured. we saw donald trump's helicopter pass overhead and there was not very much noise from the crowd. police are expecting up to 10,000 protesters to attend this demonstration alone. it is said there are tens of thousands of demonstrators in the city. what is striking about this summit is the strength of feeling that it is a walking in people notjust in germany but further afield than many of them have come to voice their displeasure, aimed at largely at g20 as an organisation but also at donald trump. everywhere you go there are posters displayed with words to the effects of we don't wa nt words to the effects of we don't want donald trump and his policies.
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police will be relieved watching what is going on so far. we know they are concerned. extra officers have been drafted in. officers are telling us they are worried about what they describe as extremist protesters who they believe to be armed with improvised weaponry. police say they have these things like slingshots, ball bearings, even five extinguishers modified to contain flammable liquid. they are expecting trouble and they are taking no chances. very tight security. they have put a security cordon in the heart of the cities of protesters will not be allowed anywhere near that summit and that in itself is causing controversy and angered many of the demonstrators who feel it is infringing on their rights to protest against what they see as an institution that simply does not work. there is an act argument about whether the police
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have been too heavy—handed and have got too many officers on the streets. pictures of scuffles that have broken out with police using water cannon to disperse demonstrators a couple of nights ago and that has caused anger. you get the sense from the police they are on edge. it is good—natured fun out but there is the sense that could change. welcome to hell is the sign in parts of the city but it appears to be going on beautifully at the moment. in the days to come, after what he has said in poland, the relationship between vladimir putin and the american president is going to be pored over as they meet for the first time. of course. in some respects while germany has the presidency of the g20 and angela merkel has set the agenda, they are supposed to discuss climate change, free trade, global health care, and
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migration and because these, but in some respects that agenda is almost out of the window because the more delightful this is going to be on this meeting between vladimir putin and donald trump. also the turkish leader. that has got a lot of anger in germany. he has been banned from holding a rally on the fringes of the summitand holding a rally on the fringes of the summit and has described that is political suicide on the part of germany. there is a lot of drama going on amongst the personalities that this summit and that in itself is going to overshadow any of the policies discussed. let's speak to p] crowley, a former us assistant secretary of state under president obama. he joins me from washington. how do you see this summit going?-
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jenny suggested the meetings that the president is going to engage are important. the first one with angela merkel is going to tell you how trump responds to his first trip to europe. does he come here with an attem pts europe. does he come here with an atte m pts to europe. does he come here with an attempts to help angela merkel have attempts to help angela merkel have a successful g20? attempts to help angela merkel have a successful g20 7 does attempts to help angela merkel have a successful g20? does he narrowed the gap that has been created by the discord of his first trip to europe? the tone of the meeting with vladimir putin, it is important these two leaders meet but they are president trump will be fighting his instincts. he talks about having good meetings, good chemistry, but he has to avoid the same path that his predecessors experienced with high hopes of recirculation is only to have dashed expectations going forward. behind the scenes what is most important is the meeting he
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might have with the chinese president. will he lean into the president. will he lean into the president regarding north korea because any solution in that situation has to involve china? as the president wiki before he came to europe in the backdrop of expanding trade between china and north korea, is north korea... is china going to do anything meaningful to try to impose economic costs on this recalls the gym leader? a lot to chew over. you talk about president trump resitting expectations but he has gone in very bullishly talking about russia being destabilising in ukraine. that was a very good message. president trump has been lea ked message. president trump has been leaked to arrive at this conclusion. he has talked during the campaign and the early part of his presidency about having a constructive relationship with russia while
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refusing to necessarily recognise its destabilising role in ukraine, in syria, it's undermining of the western border. in essence as the president issued a clarion call today to preserve the existing order the question is, is he going to respond in meaningful ways to help protect it? back to north korea, how much do you expect that to dominate the agenda? as we have seen in other summit meetings of this nature there seems to be some of radiant national issue that imposes itself the agenda. north korea is going to be the most significant backdrop. vladimir putin has an interest in this. the chinese president is going to be critical. are there economic tools that you can use to put
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pressure on countries to change their behaviour? whether you're talking about north korea, russia and ukraine, these are the go to tools but obviously so far in both cases they have had limited effect. standing back, there are protests building up outside the summit arena. you might see these happen all the time at the g20 or the g7. do you think that tensions are going to be heightened by having somebody combated like president trump as president? there are two different dynamics. one is the unique political personae that donald trump as representing. as we have seen in many cases of european public opinion, europe, understandably and rightfully, doesn't believe in bands, walls, and yet you do have
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this undercurrent of anti—globalisation forces, those who feel that they have been left behind in this current dynamic, the dynamic that helped to get president trump elected. it led to their dramatic decision regarding brexit and europe. you have these competing forces and ironically in hamburg you have those who are the key defenders of the existing order, the chinese president and angela merkel, and the leaders who are destructing, that would be donald trump and vladimir putin. how that works will be fascinating to watch. thank you. a quarter of adult care services in england are not safe enough, according to the watchdog. the care quality commission says most services are good, but the quality of some is "fragile and precarious". in some cases, people are not getting enough to eat and drink,
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and not being given the right medication. this report by our social affairs correspondent, alison holt, contains some upsetting images. mum, can you open your eyes just a little? bernie jarvis carefully gives her mother lunch. the front room of the family's birmingham home has become 78—year—old betty's bedroom. they want her close by after discovering the sort of poor care highlighted in today's report. betty, who has dementia and heart problems, was in a nursing home. the family had concerns, so put in a secret camera. it soon showed a care worker pushing the chair betty was slumped in sharply towards a desk. then, when betty objects to her top being changed, her head is slammed back into the chair. no, i don't want to. ahh! last february in court, the care worker accepted her actions were reckless rather than intentional. she was given a 12 month community order. query everything. don't let them dismiss you.
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because they did with us for about eight months. and i wish we had pursued it a lot quicker than we did, because mum probably wouldn't have suffered the way she did. today's report by inspectors says most care in england is good or outstanding. even so, a quarter of all services including home care and residential homes failed on safety, and 37% of nursing homes were not safe enough. also, when reinspected, quality of care in some good homes had deteriorated. what we're seeing in these services that are deteriorating is how fragile and precarious quality in adult social care is. that's the reason why we have to make sure that everybody understands that quality matters. providers have got to focus on that, and commissioners and funders have
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to make sure funding is available to ensure that people get the quality of care they deserve. campaigners say the report is an indication of the pressure that social care is under because of increasing demand and underfunding. for individual older people and their families that means they are facing a degree of russian roulette. will they get good care, will they get any care? will it be affordable? will the carer turn up? will the care, if they get it in a care home, be safe? will there be a nurse in a nursing home? these are such fundamental questions and it's unfair to expect older people to be facing them at their most vulnerable time in their lives. the government says the poor care experienced by some families is completely unacceptable, and that as well as putting in more money, it will be consulting on how to place social care on a more secure footing for the future. the headlines on bbc news. donald trump arrives in hamburg an
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he will attend the g20 summit and meet with vladimir putin. earlier, president trump argued that the future of western civilisation is at stake in a speech in the polish capital warsaw. the government says it's unacceptable that standards of adult care in one—in—four cases in england have been found to be unsafe by the regulator. novak djokovic eases into the third round at wimbledon but cahill edmund is out after losing in straight sets. ben stokes is gone but he and captainjoe sets. ben stokes is gone but he and captain joe root sets. ben stokes is gone but he and captainjoe root have helped give england a foothold after a poor start to the opening day of the first test against south africa. manchester united have agreed a fee of around £75 million with everton for lukaku. i will be backjust after half past. the chairman of the iraq war
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inquiry, sirjohn chilcot, has told the bbc that tony blair was "not straight with the nation" in the run—up to the war 1a years ago. speaking a year after the report was published, sirjohn said mr blair was "emotionally truthful" in the evidence he gave the inquiry, but relied on beliefs rather than facts. a spokesperson for tony blair said sirjohn was clear that mr blair had not "departed from the truth". sirjohn chilcot spoke to our political editor, laura kuenssberg. do you feel the politicians you dealt with were as straight with you as they ought to have been? i think i'd need to distinguish. they adopted different approaches. and i have to name names because these were public sessions. tony blair is always and ever an advocate. he makes the most persuasive case he can. not departing from the truth. but persuasion is everything. advocacy from my position. do you believe that tony blair was as straight with you and the public as he ought
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to have been? can i slightly reword that to say, i think any prime minister taking a country into war has got to be straight with the nation and carry it, so far as possible, with him or her. i don't believe that was the case in the iraq instance. do you feel he gave you the fullest version of events? i think he gave... i hesitate to say this, rather, but i think from his perspective and standpoint, it was emotionally truthful. i think that came out also in his press conference after the launch statement. i think he was under very great emotional pressure during those sessions, far more than the committee were. he was suffering. he was deeply engaged. in that state of mind and mood,
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you fall back on your instinctive skills and reactions, i think. but he was relying, you suggest, therefore on emotion, not fact? both. the bbc has found that more than 100 people in the uk have now been convicted of terrorism offences relating to syria and iraq. the director of public prosecutions has warned that would—be extremists may try to carry out attacks in britain if they're unable to travel abroad to join the islamic state group. our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. the face ofjihad in the uk. over 100 people jailed for offences linked to so—called islamic state. the oldest, a driving instructor of 63 from luton. the youngest, a schoolboy, just 1a when he incited a terrorist act overseas. and a growing number of women
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and girls have also been drawn in. the terror attack on london bridge, one of three islamist—inspired atrocities in recent months. two of the men responsible are said to have wanted to go to syria tojoin is, but were unable to travel. they are among the rising ranks of thwarted foreign fighters, and the director of public prosecutions told me that could increase the terrorist threat here. we need to be acutely aware that if people can't go to syria, and we have seen this in some of the cases that we have prosecuted, they may plan an attack here, instead. or they may do more to radicalise other people to attack. at this youth centre in east london they use activities like boxing to try to engage young people and fight the extremist ideology which they can be exposed to. here they have years of experience in tackling radicalisation head on, and there's concern that government attempts to clamp down
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on extremism could end up alienating muslim communities. going into communities, penetrating the wall of silence, having the credibility, having the trust, without the community trust, without the community engagement, we can't have conversations, we can't have effective programmes. but especially since the attacks in london and manchester, there is a premium on community involvement, according to ministers. we have to work with the communities to deliver counter—terrorism. that's where we get information from. diversions for young people if they're being groomed, so we are incredibly alert to those issues. we do make sure to remind people that it's really about safeguarding people from being exploited. some of the hundred plus convicted have now served their sentences and are back in the community. on the battlefields of syria and iraq, is may be in retreat, but support for its ideology shows no sign of diminishing. june kelly, bbc news.
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the gmb union says firefighters at the sellafield nuclear site will go on strike for the first time. more than 60 members of the union will stage a series of 24—hour walkouts in a row over pay. the sellafield site employs around 10,000 people and is in the process of being decommissioned. the foreign secretary borisjohnson has said it is in the interest of the uk and the eu to agree a free trade deal after brexit. his comments come after the european union's chief negotiator rejected the idea that britain would be able to secure a frictionless trade pact after it leaves the eu. speaking at an event in london mrjohnson said he had no doubt such a deal could be achieved. there is an important distinction between membership of the single market and having access to the single market, and i think what all sides want to see is a great free trade deal that benefits both sides of the channel. that is manifestly in the interests of the uk but also in
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the interests of our european friends and partners. i absolutely have no doubt we will be able to get that. as i said earlier, we may be leaving the eu but we are not leaving europe and we will continue to be actively involved notjust with ukraine, supporting ukraine, but in the whole periphery of the european union where the russian impact is being felt. the uk is the second—biggest contributor to nato, a massive military power in the region, and we will always have a very big role to play. one way or the other we are going to be part of, a happy part of, the wider european security architecture. i am sure we can get a great deal out of these talks. the former editor of
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live political programmes and head of westminster at the bbc has left the corporation for ajob at number10. robbie gibb has been appointed director of communications at downing street. he was in charge of many programmes including the daily and sunday politics. he'll replace kate perrior who resigned after the general election was called in april. older people are more likely to urge others to see a doctor for signs of lung problems than to go themselves, according to a new survey. the poll is part of a campaign to highlight the symptoms of lung cancer, lung disease or heart problems. they include getting out of breath doing things you used to be able to do, or having a cough that lasts for three weeks or more. our correspondent sarah smith reports. even when a simple stroll left him struggling for breathjohn admits he thought twice about going to the gp, but, unlike many older people he did go, and he says it's a good job. it made a tremendous difference because in both cases of breathlessness
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i was actually suffering from something quite serious, angina or heart failure, and they needed to be dealt with quite promptly. so it was just as well i went and did not hesitate too much. public health england say far too many people wait for weeks before going to see their doctor. about breathlessness or a persistent cough. and of the people asked a third said they were worried about wasting their gp‘s time. lung cancer and lung and heart disease cause more than 150,000 deaths a year but while most people would urge family and friends to see their gp many fewer would contact the doctor if it happened to them. that, says the body tasked with improving the nation's health, must change. it makes a difference if you present early because you can have important treatment, diagnosis, and even if you can't save somebody‘s life you can enable them to live better with their symptoms. in the new campaign
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dame esther rantzen talks about her late husband's treatment for heart disease. it was crucial he went to the gp. he had to be persuaded by telling him it was something macho like an executive checkup but thank goodness he went because it gave us 15 extra years we would not have had. john says that first visit to his gp means he is managing a potentially very serious condition. the campaign's aim is to ensure many others will take the same action. the heat and the humidity are dominating the forecast for the rest of today and tomorrow for many of us. of today and tomorrow for many of us. lots of sunshine out there and blue sky but also some thunderstorms for some of us. a few across parts
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of east anglia, eastern england. further north a little bit of drizzle for scotland and northern ireland. these are the temperatures we have seen this afternoon. into the evening we have the chance of a few heavy downpours and there could be some surface water hanging around across parts of eastern england and those showers clean away and it is going to be hot night. 18 is the minimum temperature in the south—east by friday morning. a warm day tomorrow. lots of sunshine across england and wales. by day for scotla nd across england and wales. by day for scotland and northern ireland banks of this weather front. slightly fresher. it is hotting up in the south—east. this is a bbc news. it is exactly
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az30pm. president trump has called for a defence of western civilisation and values. speaking in poland ahead of the t20 summit coming he promised to defeat radical islamist terrorism. as the us president lands in hamburg, thousands of people are expected to take the streets of the german city to protest over climate change and other issues. inspectors warn that a quarter of home care services in england are ‘fragile and precarious'. the government have said it's unacceptable that standards have dropped below safe levels health authorities in england have urged people to see a gp if they have lung problems. a new poll suggests that older people are more likely to encourage others to see a doctor for symptoms of lung problems than go themselves. new research has found that more than 100 people have now been convicted of terrorist offences related to syria and iraq. time foran
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time for an update on the sport and all of the wimbledon action. it's day four at wimbledon. there was lots for british fans to cheer about yesterday, with four players making it through to the third round for the first time in 20 years. unfortunately for the home crowd, kyle edmund is out. the british number two had no answer to the guile of the 15th seed gael monfils. the frenchman won in straight sets 7—6, 6—4, 6—4. three time champion novak djokovic eased through his second round match. he beat the world number 136 from the czech republic adam pavlasek in around an hour and a half and was rarely troubled — 6-2, 6-2, 6-1. roger federer is due on centre court later on but first there's a second round women's match between the third seed karolina pliskova and slovakia's magdalena rybarikova. just one break of serve allowing
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pliskova to take the first set. you can watch all of the action on bbc one and the bbc sport website and app. after a shaky start, england's cricketers are recovering on the opening day of the first test with south africa at lords. our correspondent andy swiss is there. already, on his debut as captain, it isa already, on his debut as captain, it is a captain's innings from joe root? i don't think andy can hear us at the moment. well, what fantastic scenes we have had in lourdes in the last few minutes. joe root has just reached his century, a century on his debut as england test captain. it was a true captain's innings. he reached it with a boundary a few moments ago. england, currently 209-5. as i moments ago. england, currently 209—5. as i say, it has been some innings byjoe root. he came in when
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england were in real trouble. they lost early wickets, alistair cook 43. the lost early wickets, alistair cook a3. the wickets continued to tumble before lunch. bairstow, going for ten. joe root rode his luck. he was dropped twice early on. he took advantage during the afternoon session. he played with his typical composure. great assistance from ben stokes, his vice captain, who scored 56. joe root has just reached his century. what a moment for him on his debut as england skipper. england currently 209—5. his debut as england skipper. england currently 209-5. brief delay, but we got there in the end. senior sources at manchester united claim they have agreed a fee in the region of 75 million pounds for everton's romelu lukaku. bbc sport understands negotiations have lasted much of the summer. sports news correspondent richard conway is at old trafford. so, will we see lukaku here at old trafford for the start of the new
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season? senior club sources have told the bbc that a fee of about £75 million has been agreed. not so, say everton. we will have to see how it plays out in due course. clearly, the choreography from manchester united officials to bring lukaku to manchester is under way. that will be something of a blow to chelsea. they had hoped to bring him back to sta mford they had hoped to bring him back to stamford bridge. he made his name there after leaving anderlecht. he played underjose mourinho but was then sold in 201a. it could be a return for lu ka ku then sold in 201a. it could be a return for lukaku to playing under mourinho once again. what a glittering array of talent he would then have, anthony marshall, paul pogba, getting the best out of the talent will be up tojose mourinho. but it will be a problem that most
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premier league managers would like to have. duggan has left manchester city tojoin to have. duggan has left manchester city to join barcelona. to have. duggan has left manchester city tojoin barcelona. she is currently preparing for the european championships england. natalie pirks has more. if you follow the women's game, you will be well aware of her name. great header! now england striker toni duggan's talent has been recognised on a global scale. barcelona are the biggest club in the world. the fact that they know my name is an honour. but being able tojoin them my name is an honour. but being able to join them and called the club home, iam blown to join them and called the club home, i am blown away by it. barcelona doesn't tend to look to these shores for their players. not since gary lineker in 1986 has an english player signed for the cata la n english player signed for the catalan giants. duggan is ready to shoulder the responsibility. to be the best you have to do that sometimes. i'm not going therejust
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to live there and see the city. i wa nt to to live there and see the city. i want to be successful. i want to make my name at this club. i believe i will. after playing for england this summer, she jokes she will focus on getting his new team—mates to understand her accent. fortu nately, to understand her accent. fortunately, football is a universal language. just before we go, marcus kettle has won the stage of the tour de france today. lets return to the news that donald trump has arrived in hamburg ahead of the g20 summit in the german city. he's meeting chancellor angela merkel this afternoon. in a news conference a little earlier she said she would represent german and european interests at the summit and did not see herself as a mediator between presidents trump and putin. on climate policy, she said there we re on climate policy, she said there were various options to discuss. their previous meeting was characterised by frosty relations.
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we can now speak to stefan kornelius, foreign editor at the german newspaper sueddeutsche zeitung and chancellor angela merkel‘s biographer. hejoins me on webcam from munich. let's just talk about that previous meeting. there was that handshake, or rather there wasn't. what did that say about these two people's relationship? well, the handshake incident was overblown, but nevertheless the relationship is not that warm. angela merkel was the first leader after he was elected that spoke out against him, or set conditions on how to work with him, under which circumstances she could imagine having a good relationship. that relationship hasn't really become better over time. the latest was that she set a meeting a couple of weeks ago, where she returned and openly said that europe has to find its own way now to battle it through
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world affairs, this can't on others any more, a clear hint that america is not on your‘s side any more, or at least she sees it that way. now the 620 at least she sees it that way. now the g20 meeting in hamburg will be the g20 meeting in hamburg will be the next stepping stone, the next event where we could measure this kind of relationship. it's interesting, given that they have met before. donald trump, this time, seems, having just been to poland, he is addressing issues he has not addressed quite so aggressively before. one thinks of russia, one thinks of nato. these are issues that the other leaders are going to wa nt to that the other leaders are going to want to talk to him about, aren't they? right, the speech this afternoon was quite remarkable fifa reasons. he was clearly outspoken on article 5 issues, meaning defence. the united state support for the joint defence of nato territory, which he has not said before openly. the second issue was definitely
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russia, where he was publicly very outspoken, criticising moscow for destabilising. however, at a press conference he spoke differently unsent different signals. at the same time he spoke, his foreign minister rex tillerson made some overtures to russia and propose some kind of negotiations on syria. i do expect, on the bilateral path, between russia and the us, some constructive words and some atmospherically good pitchers. however, trump has to watch his back. back in the united states, they blame him for being too cosy. on the multilateral issue, we will see confrontation on climate and free trade. that hasn't changed. but came to europe to send a of unity to the allies, unity defined on his terms. unity defined in rejecting other ways of living, migration
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issues, rejecting those that interfere in our business in the west. angela merkel might be relieved that the focus will be an president putin and president trump's meeting for the first time? well, i guess she is a totally different type. her approach to the summit is so much more nuanced. she wa nts to summit is so much more nuanced. she wants to drive along with the climate issue and free trade issue. she wants to uphold those kind of western values. the value she thinks are central to our existence. these are central to our existence. these are eu members at the hamburg summit, over the past few days, in berlin, and they joined summit, over the past few days, in berlin, and theyjoined forces, they basically set up the same line of arguments and will confront trump with a view on how they want him to behave. that will be interesting to watch. angela merkel is the fine tune. she wants to see the details
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and read them. trump was only watching the meeting, because that is what plays back home at the us. in terms of the streets of hamburger, we saw some demonstrations. is it angela merkel‘s wish to make sure the police are pretty aggressive and controlling things? no, everybody would be happy to have a piece delete more —— peaceful and quiet illustration. they have the rights to flock to the streets and protest the world, as it is. but violence is not part of that game. there is a very heavy potential of having violent clashes tonight, so i guess the reaction of the police will be to crush that. i can't predict how that will evolve over the next few hours. but there is a worry that
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things can get out of control. thank you forjoining us. the billionaire founder of sports direct, mike ashley has described himself as a "power drinker" who likes to get drunk. he made the comments on the witness stand at the high court where he is being sued by a former employee who says mr ashley reneged on an agreement to pay him £15 million. jeffrey blue has testified that the agreement was made in a central london pub injanuary 2013, but mr ashley denies that. richard lister has been following the case. at times, mike ashley was very competent, he was irritated, sighing loudly and putting his head in his hands. he was making very clear that he did not like the persistent accusation that he had made this deal with a city investor, jeffrey blue. according tojeffrey blue, the deal was that if he could use his influence to double the share price of sports direct to £8 a share within three years, mr ashley would pay him £15 million. mr ashley
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com pletely pay him £15 million. mr ashley completely denies that deal was made. they do both agree that they had a meeting at this pub, the horse and groom, in central london, january 2013. and groom, in central london, january 20 13. jeffrey blue says thatis january 20 13. jeffrey blue says that is where the deal was done. we had that is where the deal was done. we ha d co ntext that is where the deal was done. we had context of what the meeting was like. mr ashley said it was a fun evening, they were drinking at pace, as he put it. he went on and said, i like to get drunk, i am a power drinker. he added, my thing is not to drink regularly, it is binge drinking, trying to get drunk. he said he was so drunk that he didn't remember any of the conversation, but he was adamant there was no formal deal done with mr blue. when it was put to him if the conversation took place early in the evening, perhaps he would have remembered it, he said the beers we re remembered it, he said the beers were coming like machine guns. he reckoned he had had four orfive pints of beer in the first hour. he was very pints of beer in the first hour. he was very competitive when he was pushed on this. he said, i am not
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the one that is the liar here. he did acknowledge paying mr blue £1 million bonus, but he said that had nothing to do with any agreement that mr blue said that he made. he said it was for other matters and not a down payment on the £15 million, but mr blue said it clearly was. mr ashley has finished his evidence for the day and the case resumes on monday. millions of people who travel to asia want photographs of elephants. but according to a study carried out by the british group world animal protection, this is helping to fuel a rise in elephants captured from the wild and kept for entertainment. the number in thailand has increased by almost a third over the last five years. with me is steve mcivor, he's the ceo of world animal protection. just start by setting up the scale of the problem. the problem is very
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significant. you are talking about something like 3000 elephants being keptin something like 3000 elephants being kept in captive conditions for the entertainment industry. three quarters of those, across 220 venues, in five countries, were being kept in completely unacceptable conditions, and being used for elephant rides, to perform, if you like, circus tricks to entertain tourists. which countries did you visit? we were looking at thailand, sri lanka, a variety of countries. thailand was where the worst problems were. we had an increase in tourists going to thailand. but i went there a few months ago, and for myself i saw coachload after coachload of tourists riding on the backs of these pollutants. the thing that —— on the back of these elephants. but
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to ride on the back of an elephant, it has to have been broken. what does that mean? as a baby it would have been taken, possibly from the wild. then it would be treated to what is called the crush, where it is deprived from food and isolation, and they use sharp metal instruments to basically beat the animal into submission. once the spirit is broken, it is trained to perform tricks like riding giant scooters or painting with its trunk. very unnatural things. i don't think people want that. we are encouraging travel companies and we have partners like the tui group and 166 other companies that are refusing to send tourists to those venues. we wa nt send tourists to those venues. we want them to go to elephant friendly centuries, places where we could go
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and admire this animal in the natural setting, help the local economy, support the people that work with the elephants and everybody wins. what about the governments in these various areas, the local authorities. how cooperative are they in something that might eventually damage their local economies? i think local economies like thailand are doing very well. financially, there is no economic downside. the problem is, in many countries, elephants are crossing over the border. many young elephants are being brought out of myanmar into thailand. it is a huge, porous border. the government are failing to close that down. that is not surprising, it's a tough thing to do. but then the elephant venues themselves are poorly regulated. so we are working with the regulatory authorities and trying to encourage them to do more to protect elephants and to encourage the best santry
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experiences for elephants, elephant owners and for the tourists. —— sanctuary experiences. would you say to any tourists considering the sort of holiday not to go? we would say go to them, celebrate the beauty of nature and the fantastic culture. but make sure you avoid the commercial elephant attractions, the places where people ride on huge elephants that are poorly treated. go to sanctuaries, look on our website and see the place that you can go. many thanks. ina in a moment, how the financial markets had closed the day. donald trump arrives in hamburg, where he will hold his first official meeting with president putin. earlier, he argued the future of western civilisation is at stake. the government says it is
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unacceptable that standards of adult ca re unacceptable that standards of adult care in one in four cases in england have been found to be unsafe by the regulator. hello. now a look at how the markets in europe have ended the trading session. european shares fell to their lowest in 11 weeks after minutes from the ecb's latest meeting showed the central bank had left the door open to scrapping its bond—buying pledge. there was a knock—on effect from wall street which also opened lower, following some weaker than expected jobs data in the united states and there are ongoing concerns among investors globally about the increased tensions over north korea. let's take a closer look at some market movers in more detail now. shares in associated british foods rose today after the company reported a better—than—expected performance from its primark clothing chain. abf said third—quarter revenues were up 13%. in the uk, primark‘s total sales for the year to date are up 9%.
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housebuilder bovis has set aside a further £3.5 million to deal with customer complaints over flaws in its homes. some customers said homes were sold unfinished, and reported plumbing and electrical faults in new properties. bovis had already set aside £7 million to cover the issue. and household products giant reckitt benckiser has said last month's cyber—attack could lead to a permanent loss of revenue. the attack disrupted manufacturing and ordering systems at the company, whose products include nurofen and dettol. reckitt said the disruption meant like—for—like revenue growth in the second quarter would be down 2%. let's get detailed analysis of all of this with jeremy stretch, head of currency strategy at cibc world markets. not positive news at all, why do you think the company has found it so difficult to recover, notjust now
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but in the future from this cyber—attack? but in the future from this cyber-attack? clearly they have become concerned that some operations will take time to come back on stream. if you're going to see a halt in production of certain products, there is always the risk ofa products, there is always the risk of a substitution effect from the consumer sector. in effect, the problem is that the company are facing really hit home the fact that we, as consumers, as individuals, face a number of concerns in terms of cyber attacks, but it is notjust individuals. the corporate sector have got to be mindful. there are significant procedural risks to companies. what about the underlying performance? in that context, it is doing relatively well. there are ongoing support mechanisms in terms of the products that they make. there are a number of consumer sta ples were there are a number of consumer staples were there is the ongoing demand to drive a degree of probability. beyond the headline risks of the cyber attack, the
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dynamics remain reasonably constructive. we have primark on the screen now. constructive. we have primark on the screen now. it is known as the golden goose for associated british foods. the result we have seen today backed that up? indeed they do. it's rather ironic that associated british foods are at supported by the primark brand, a low—cost retailer. it's notable that more than 60% of sales of the company in terms of the primark brand come from outside of the uk, to really translate those earnings back into stone, it amplifies the benefit. it isa stone, it amplifies the benefit. it is a case of the sector or the company being driven by primark, and ina company being driven by primark, and in a sense it is reflecting the fact that consumers, notjust here, but globally, are searching for value and that duminy is providing that in terms of the customer experience. let's turn to bovis homes. shoddy building work costing the company more money, setting aside more than 3.5 million, on top of the 7 million
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it had put aside to cover the costs. what about the reputational damage? that is an ongoing problem for a company, when it has to rectify problems it does hit the reputation of the company. having said that, there have been some takeover attempts. you could argue that other companies in the sector perceive there is still value in the company as it stands. overall, the business is trying to slow down its sales growth to the course of the calendar year, perhaps to preclude or remove some of those issues that beset the company. perhaps it wasjust some of those issues that beset the company. perhaps it was just growing a little too quickly and was perceived to be cutting corners. hence the reason why there have to be these continued set—asides to rectify the problems. jeremy stretch, thank you very much. the dowjones, the dow jones, this the dowjones, this is the picture on wall street at the moment. the nasdaq is down, and the dow is down
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following weaker than expected jobs data. investors are now awaiting another keyjobs figure — the government non—farm payrolls data tomorrow. let's talk about wimbledon. at wimbledon we're used to tennis balls being yellow, but they were very nearly pink instead. the final decision was all down to what worked best for colour tv. it's been 50 years since colour television began with coverage of wimbledon, and it was all down to the personal ambition of one man — sir david attenborough. he's been speaking to graham satchell. lillian gish, what made you decide to become an actress? i never decided. late—night line—up 1967, and the bbc was running an experiment. while the rest of the country was watching in black—and—white, two people were watching in colour. there were two — two prototype colour television receivers. one of them belonged to the chief engineer of the bbc, and the other was mine,
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and they were the size of refrigerators. sir david attenborough, then controller of bbc two, wanted it to be the first in europe to go colour. we knew that we were running a race with germany, and in a rather childish way, i thought it would be nice to compete. and it occurred to me than that two broadcast units were enough to give you a continuous service from wimbledon. it is not the first time wimbledon offered an opportunity. 80 years ago, it was the first sport to be broadcast live on television. this year also sees the 90th anniversary of radio commentaries. and then, 50 years ago, this — the first colour television in europe. it was like, you know, a sudden new world of brilliant colour, and everything that you only saw if you went there to the event was here before your eyes, and that was wonderful. john barrett, the voice of tennis
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commentary for more than 30 years. in 1967, he was still playing, but remembers the introduction of colour tv well, and its impact on wimbledon. the colour of the balls used to be white. they had a day here, which i remember well, when they were testing all sorts of new colours. and, after a number of colours were tested, including pink, yellow was found to be the most easily discernible against the grass. so it could have been pink? well, it could have been. it doesn't feel right, does it — pink! there is the trophy going back to australia. there were other changes. the trophy presented on court to the winning man used to be this, the president's cup. today they get the challenge cup, because it looks better on colour tv. it's gold. so what does the man who introduced colour make of his achievement? we had guests in every evening, and it was a wonder. the problem was, on the first
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set there was a thing called the tint control, and viewers would wind up the tint, so that the skies were throbbing ultramarine, the greens were saturated emerald. i mean, they were awful. but they wanted real colour. that's what they wanted. we want real colour! and we still do. hard to imagine, today, a world without colour television, that all started here on centre court 50 years ago. fascinating. it really was, and is. as the weather will be. seamless! we have a lot of sunshine out there. a hot and have a lot of sunshine out there. a hotand humid have a lot of sunshine out there. a hot and humid feeling day. that heat and humidity, continuing for many of
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us into tomorrow. still a few heavy showers and thunderstorms, not many of us seeing them but particularly across parts of norfolk, up towards the north—east of england, that is where we have had some heavy downpours. we could well see some thunderstorms over the next few hours. a look at the temperatures, london up to 32 celsius now. we have a very hot day out there. widely into the high 20s, across england and wales. still the chance of a few isolated thunderstorms through parts of norfolk, towards lincolnshire and england. they will fade away but you could have surface water on the roads. temperatures holding up as high as 17 or 18 degrees, down towards the south—east. a muggy, humid night for many. through the day, a weak front brings cloud to scotla nd day, a weak front brings cloud to scotland and northern ireland. that drifting south across central part of england and wales. slightly fresher, around 17 or 19 in the north. towards the south—east, another hot day. temperatures not as hot as today, up to 2720 degrees. ——
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to gather in hamburg — security is intense. on a stopover in poland, president trump called moscow "destabilising" and warned pyongyang about its nuclear programme. we have to say there are dire threats to our security and to our way of life. we'll have the latest from the g20, and we'll be talking to our correspondents on the ground. the other main stories on bbc news at 5pm: a watchdog says a quarter of adult care services in england are not safe enough, and in some cases residents are not getting enough to eat or drink.
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