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this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines at 8pm: protests in hamburg, as world leaders gather for the 620 summit. this is the scene live in the city now. police say a planned march has been cancelled. german chancellor angela merkel met donald trump as he arrived for the summit. they discussed north korea, and the conflict in eastern ukraine. here, 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. a year after his report on the iraq war, sirjohn chilcot says tony blair wasn't "straight with the country" about his decisions. also in the next hour — more safety checks in the wake of the grenfell tower fire. the government has ordered new, la rger—scale fire safety tests on cladding and insulation on tower blocks. and at 8:45pm, we'll be hearing from booker prize nominee neel mukherjee about his new book.
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good evening and welcome to bbc news. thousands of people have been protesting on the streets of hamburg tonight, ahead of the 620 summit which begins tomorrow. there's heavy security in the city tonight. these are the live pictures. you can see a lot of riot police deployed. some 20,000 security officers, we were told, had been deployed. about 100,000 demonstrators, in various different protests around the city this
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evening, ahead of bgt 20 summit, protesting against globalisation. protesting in particular against donald trump, many of them, and america's withdrawal from the paris climate change accord. earlier on there were some quite a violent scenes, water cannon has been fired. quite a few scuffles, as well. police say a planned a protest march has been called off by organisers after the clashes. a short time ago our berlin correspondent was on the ground among the protesters in hamburg. correspondent was on the ground among the protesters in hamburgm is not over yet. police have dispersed protesters here. it all began very peacefully this afternoon, some 5000 or so people demonstrating in a square a little further down the row behind me. it suddenly turned very ugly as police in riot gear moved in to try and shake the protest. as you can see, there is still a bit of this stand—off going on here. they have
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been using water cannon, and as you can see, they are trying gradually, bit by bit, to remove the remaining protesters back further down the road. at one stage police were telling people inside what was in affect a kettle, to remove balaclavas, they have balaclavas covering their faces which is illegal here in germany. it looks like the police are coming towards us, trying to clear what remains of the demonstrators. it will not be easy because they have made it very clear they are not going anywhere. as far as they are concerned, the streets of hamburg about and they wa nt to ta ke streets of hamburg about and they want to take them back. that was jenny all reporting. these were some of the pictures from earlier on in hamburg earlier this evening, when there were some quite dramatic clashes between the police and the protesters. a lot of scuffles, and the police sometimes charging demonstrators. you can see these protesters scrambling to get away from the police. the police also
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firing water cannon. so a number of demonstrations. 0ne firing water cannon. so a number of demonstrations. one of them was called welcome to hell, and anti—capitalist protest was that you can see the riot police with their helmets and shields, charging some of the protesters. and firing pepper spray, as well as water cannon as well. and there had been predictions of some trouble, certainly the german police had prepared for it. they had large numbers of officers, as we said. they are saying 100,000 demonstrators they were expecting, with about 8000 face all prepared to incite trouble. so, those that seems a little bit earlier on. and as we were saying, the german police saying that one of the german police saying that one of the marches this evening has been
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called off by the protesters, because there has been this trouble. so let's just tell you what's going on diplomatically, as well as on the streets. donald trump arrived in hamburg this afternoon, and met german chancellor angela merkel. a relatively warm handshake there was between them. they talked for an hour, we were told, about subjects that included the crisis with north korea, after that latest tests missile launch. also the conflict in eastern ukraine. chancellor merkel also brought up climate change, and said the g20 offered the opportunity to resolve differences over the issue. we know she is pretty angry that president trump is pulling out of the paris climate change accord. earlier today during a speech in poland president trump urged western nations
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to act together to defend their civilisation from the threats of terrorism and extremism. speaking to big crowds in the polish capital, warsaw, mr trump affirmed his commitment to nato's policy of mutual defence, and said the west had to stand up to those who would subvert and destroy it. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. this memorial in the heart of warsaw records one of the bloodiest moments in poland's history, the uprising against the nazis, in which hundreds of thousands died. donald trump came to this revered site to argue that poland's resistance then should stand as an example to western nations now. as they fight against islamist extremism, that he claimed poses a dire threat to our security, and way of life. the fundamental question of our time is, whether the west has the will to survive. do we have the confidence in our values to defend them at any cost? do we have enough respect for our citizens to protect our borders?
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do we have the desire and the courage to preserve our civilisation in the face of those who would subvert and destroy it? he defined that civilisation as the shared values of freedom and sovereignty, and the bonds of culture and faith, a view supported by poland's nationalist government. that bussed in some of the crowd from outside the city to guarantee a warm welcome. this why donald trump has come here. a cheering and sympathetic crowd. could he guarantee this in other european countries? mr trump also came here to meet america's nato's eastern flank to reassure them for the first time on europeans soil that the united states would live up
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to the nato charter and come to their aid if they were attacked. the united states has demonstrated not merely with words but with its actions that we stand firmly behind article 5, the mutual defence commitment. this speech, though, was notjust for the audience here in poland. mr trump warned north korea of "pretty severe action" after its latest ballistic missile test. and he told russia to stop destabilising ukraine, a deliberately tough message before his meeting with president putin tomorrow. then it was on to germany for the g20 summit, where the president will receive a less warm welcome from protesters and political leaders alike, whose definition of civilisation is perhaps different to his. and back to live pictures from hamburg. you can see some of the riot police in white helmets. earlier on they moved pretty quickly, to confront some demonstrators who were in black
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hoods and wearing disguises, in fa ct, hoods and wearing disguises, in fact, anti—capitalist demonstrators on what was called the welcome to hell march. police said many of those demonstrators refused to remove disguises. the police moved in and used pepper spray and water cannon. as you in and used pepper spray and water cannon. as you can see, in and used pepper spray and water cannon. as you can see, still a bit ofa cannon. as you can see, still a bit of a stand off in hamburg, but much calmer than it was an hour or so ago. and just to say, we will be talking to a german journalist in a few minutes time, who is on the ground there in hamburg, who will be bringing us right up to date on the latest there with those demonstrations. also we will find out how those protests at the whole jeet went —— 620 protests at the whole jeet went —— g20 summit is represented in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are kate proctor, political reporter
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at the london evening standard and the broadcaster, john stapleton. finding the right care provision for the elderly has become a game of "russian roulette" — that's according to the charity age uk. it follows a new report from the care quality commission, which found that a quarter of services are failing on safety. more than a million vulnerable people use care services in the uk. nearly 600,000 get care in their own homes from agencies. and about 300,000 are looked after in nursing homes. inspectors in england found a lack of staff and errors over drugs amongst the most serious problems. 0ur social affairs correspondent alison holt reports. mum, can you open your eyes? just a little? bernie gives her 78—year—old mother lunch. betty, who has dementia, is now back with family, but she lived in a nursing home. the family put in a secret camera and it picked up the sort of poor
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care highlighted in today's report. it showed a care worker pushing the chair to the desk, later when betty objects to her top being changed, her head is slammed back into the chair. i don't want to. last february in court, the care worker accepted her actions were reckless rather than intentional, and she was given a 12 month community order. query everything. don't let them dismiss you. because they did with us for about eight months. i wish we would have pursued it a lot quicker. because mum you know, mum probably wouldn't have suffered the way she did. the report by inspectors said most care in england is good, even so a quarter of services failed on safety. and 37% of nursing homes were not safe enough. also when reinspected, quality of care in some good homes had deteriorated.
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there is good care out there, we can be confident about that, but what it is saying is that some of the care is fragile and we have got to concentrate on making sure we shine the spotlight on poor care. when the number of older people and younger disabled adults is increasing, this report raises concerns about the quality of care that some are getting. but those at the sharp end say it also underlines the importance of rapid action to sort out how we pay for and organise care. for individual older people and their families, they're facing a degree of russian roulette. will there be a nurse? these are such fundamental questions, and it is unfair to expect older people to be facing them at the most vulnerable time of their lives. this home in south london is rated outstanding.
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jane ashcroft heads the organisation that runs it. their research suggests a quarter of people still think the state will pay for their care. which she says shows the need for a proper debate now. if we are still talking about this in three years, that will be a disaster for people living and working in services. we have to recognise this is a crucial issue and move with some pace. the government says poor care is unacceptable and that as well as putting in more money, it will consult on how to place social care on a more secure footing for the future. but the question for many is how quickly will that happen? the government has ordered new, la rger—scale fire safety tests on cladding and insulation from tower blocks. until now, tests have been carried out only on the plastic core of panels similar to those at grenfell tower in west london. the new tests will involve cladding being fitted to a 9m—high
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demonstration wall before being exposed to fire. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds says the new test simulates a very similar situation to what is believed to have caused the fire at grenfell tower. we've been reporting over the last few weeks that about 190 samples of cladding sent in by council building managers around the country have been given this quite specific test, of the plastic bit in the middle of the cladding, if you like the filling in the aluminium sandwich, has been taken out and exposed to fire, and it's been found wanting. now this new test that we can see here, is what the government is now proposing, very different. this is actually simulating a very similar situation to what is believed to be the cause of the grenfell tower fire, so that opening there could perhaps be the window that it's thought flames came through from a fridge fire, and the test is to see whether notjust the material
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in the cladding can withstand fire, because we know from these tests that it doesn't, but whether the whole system, so that's the cladding, the insulation behind it, fire breaks that might be around the section of cladding. they're going to build all of that on a wall a bit like that one and test it, to see what the result is going to be. i think the reason they've got to do this is that they're not sure that the cladding that is up on buildings around the country is safe in that sort of situation. is there a thought then that the initial tests were almost too tough, and sort of unrealistic? it's not so much that, because i think they wanted to be sure that this plastic inner core of the cladding, again, the sandwich filling, that that is, as they thought it would be, quite flammable. but actually, the building regulations are complicated and they allows you to use a material like that, as long as you can show, using perhaps that bigger study, that it is safe to be used. that might involve, for example, using a certain amount of it, perhaps a bit less, or perhaps using these fire barriers that are around the sections of cladding
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that prevent the flames spreading. so i think that is what is at the heart of this. but, of course, these sort of tests are the sort of tests you had hoped had been carried out before cladding was fitted to buildings. i think there is a growing suspicion that in many cases, if the test has been done, it has been done in the past, and if you like, desktop studies have been written up that simply refer to a previous test, without really serious testing of proposed designs, and that is at the heart of this current row, controversy that surround our building regulations in the wake of that terrible fire. that was our home affairs correspondent. let's take you back to those demonstrations in hamburg this morning ahead of the g20 summit. some violent scuffles between riot police and demonstrators, water cannon fired, pepper spray fired at some of the demonstrators. we can go to hamburg. max hofmann is a bureau chief for german broadcaster deutsche
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welle. he's on the ground now amongst the protestors. thank you forjoining us. what is the latest this evening? we are standing right here. this is the very place it happened. i'm on a bridge above the street where you just saw the pictures, those clashes happened. the remainder of that demonstration you can see in the background behind me. the organisers of the demonstration called off the whole thing after the riots, but a p pa re ntly whole thing after the riots, but apparently they changed their mind. they are going to continue, but without the so—called black bloc that was at the head of the demonstration, and where there was violence between this black bloc and the police themselves. when you talk about the black block, are these people who were wearing disguises, balaclavas, which are illegal in germany, is that right? that's right. that started the whole thing. the demonstrators started about 500
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metres in this direction and came to a halt because the police had barricaded the road, right where i am standing, underneath, they barricaded. the explanation was there were too many masked men in there were too many masked men in the crowd and that is not allowed according to german war. what happened afterwards was 35 minutes of nothing. the motto was welcome to hell, but it was welcome to know where. the tension was building and violence erupted, with the pictures we saw of water cannon, tear gas and everything. just tell us, what are the demonstrators really angry about? is it anti—globalisation they are on about? anti—trump, what are their main causes of anger? there is almost one cause of anger for every demonstrator you have here. there are signs saying save the dolphin, eat vegan, we need to do something for the migrants, but i think the
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common nominator is anti—capitalism and anti—globalisation. the one figure that has managed to unite the whole fragmented left which is traditionally a very different camps is the us president, donald trump. they all agree they don't like donald trump. the police were preparing for trouble, ahead of the day they had said that though would be maybe 100,000 demonstrators and i think they thought maybe 8000 or so they said would incite violence and trouble. exactly. that is why they came with 20,000 police officers. this is the biggest deployment of police officers in the history of the german police right here. you can feel it at every street corner, they are all over the place. i don't think they expected 100,000 demonstrators to this particular demonstration, they were expecting about 10,000 with 1000 people being pa rt about 10,000 with 1000 people being part of that black block, being
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suspected of being violent today and inciting violence. but some people here in hamburg say this whole 20,000 police officers in the city is completely exaggerated. but how they handled this, you can criticise it and say they went into hard and fast, but you can't say that they we re fast, but you can't say that they were not prepared. this summit has an even started yet properly. what is the prognosis? what will be happening in the next day or so, do you think? this was supposed to be the test. how this turns out might be the bellwether for what is going to happen in the next days. we also have do keep in mind there are no major legal demonstrations in the next day. this one was authorised. this demonstration had today was authorised. there are none tomorrow. there is another one, with what is expected to be more peaceful participants on saturday, but we expect to see small clashes throughout the day tomorrow, throughout the day tomorrow, throughout the day tomorrow,
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throughout the city, but nothing as big as what we have seen today. but you never know with these things. you never do know, exactly. thank you so much for being with us on bbc news. max hoffman, bureau chief. let's pause and get a sports round—up. good evening. kyle edmund says he enjoyed his first appearance on wimbledon‘s centre court today, even though he didn't get the result he'd wanted in his second round match. unfortunately for the home crowd edmund couldn't make it five britons through to round three in the singles. the british number two had no answer to the guile of the 15th seed gael monfils. the frenchman took it in straight sets 7—6, 6—4, 6—4 in temperatures reaching a0 degrees on centre court. first time playing up there was a really good experience for me. a lot of players would say is the most famous or biggest court in tennis. being british, growing up watching
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tennis and wimbledon, to actually get the chance to play out there was something you will always remember. 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 — winning 6—2, 6—2, 6—1. it was also straightforward for the tournament favourite, third seed roger federer. the swiss is seeking a record eighth title and he beat serbia's dusan lajovic in straight sets on centre court. however, there was an upset in the women's draw after third seed karolina pliskova was knocked out. the czech player, who won the title at eastbourne in the build up to the tournament was beaten by magdalena rybarikova. a tight match went to a deciding set, but it was the slovak player who triumphed. top seed angelique kerber has just beaten belgium's kirsten flipkens 7—5, 7—5 on centre court. kerber‘s struggled this year and has seemed somewhat uncomfortable
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with the tag of world no.1, but she's just come through a hard fought battle with flipkens. england's cricketers — led by new captainjoe root — recovered well on the first day of the first test against south africa at lord's. after a shaky start, they ended on 357—5, with root still there on 184 not out. 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss was at lords for us. we talk about captain's innings, but what an incredible performance from joe root. when he came into bat, england were in all sorts of trouble. england had won that some things seem to be going well but are still cook went for three. keaton jennings went and will be kicking himself for not revealing that one. joe root gave a couple of chances when he came in that held firm whilst the wickets tumbled around him. after lunch he am ben stokes
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really took the game to south africa. stokes again rode his luck and eventually went but root has blossomed after tea. he reached his century, a great moment for everybody here at lord's, was praying he would reach those three figures and since then he pushed on. south africa have looked a little listless. they seem to have been struggling in the heat. a day which threatened to belong to south africa in the morning, has belonged very much to england's captain, certainly his first day in a newjob, it will ta ke his first day in a newjob, it will take some beating. indeed, let's ta ke take some beating. indeed, let's take a closer look at the scorecard. joe root would have hoped for more from the top order. moeen ali again underlying his batting quality, unbeaten on 61. he will hope for more in the morning. the south africa, bowler vernon philander ended the day with figures of 3—116. all the plaudits at stumps went to england captain root. you always
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pride yourself on runs as a player. if you want to set an example as captain, it's important you do score runs. it's just the start, captain, it's important you do score runs. it'sjust the start, it's captain, it's important you do score runs. it's just the start, it's only the first game. if we want to push things on in the future, we have to do it more consistently. chris froome has retained the leads yellow jersey. the froome has retained the leads yellowjersey. the riders avoided any crashes but had to take evasive action when a spectator‘s umbrella blew into the road. sprinter marcel spittal took the win on the line but chris froome with the overall lead ahead of geraint thomas. that is all the spot for now, back with more later in the evening. flying umbrellas, very nasty! thank you, see you later on. the european union's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, has warned that britain will not be able to have what he called "frictionless trade" with the bloc after it leaves in 2019. mr barnier said british goods
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would be subject to checks to ensure they complied with eu standards, once the country was outside the single market. the controversy surrounding the iraq war — then and now — revolves around tony blair's role in taking britain into battle. today, sirjohn chilcot, the man who led the inquiry about the war, has poured fuel on the argument. speaking exclusively to the bbc on the first anniversary of his report, he said that mr blair was not straight with the public when he argued so forcefully — and emotionally — for intervention. mr blair's office has insisted that five separate reports, including the chilcot inquiry, have found that there was no falsifying of the intelligence. here's 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 here because these were public sessions.
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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 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 it was his perspective and standpoint,
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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, you fall back on your instinctive skills and reactions, i think. but he was relying, you suggest, therefore on emotion, not fact? both. that was sirjohn chilcot talking to our political editor laura kuenssberg. an unemployed man from west sussex who killed two of his former girlfriends five years apart has been sentenced to life imprisonment. robert trigg was convicted of the manslaughter of caroline devlin in 2006, and the murder of susan nicholson in 2011. both women were found dead at their homes in worthing, after a night out drinking with trigg. duncan kennedy reports.
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even on his way into court to be sentenced today, robert trigg's arrogance and contempt for his victims was made clear with this outburst. they should be here, not me. caroline devlin and susan nicholson were both killed by robert trigg. police initially treated him as a brief partner, not a suspect. he claimed he had accidentally rolled over on to susan nicholson as they slept in their home in worthing, but trigg never called 999, leaving it to a neighbour to talk to the operator as he lurked in the background. but susan's elderly parents were
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suspicious because they thought the sofa was too narrow for susan and tim palmer. they hide their own pathologist, who found susan had in fa ct pathologist, who found susan had in fact been suffocated by trigg. they say it has been a six—year fight for justice. it's a disgrace really, the way we were treated, absolute disgrace. they just treated susan way we were treated, absolute disgrace. theyjust treated susan as if she didn't matter. of no consequence. five years earlier caroline devlin‘s death was thought to be from natural causes, so there was no police investigation in her case either, but she had also been killed by trigg. today her mother said trigg might never have been caught. he's been living this life of the last 11 years and got away with it, up last 11 years and got away with it, up until now. that's the way i feel. as trigg was todayjailed for a
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minimum of 25 years, for killing caroline and susan, thejudge praised susan's parents for what she called their dog—eared fight to get this case reopened. thejudge said these were senseless and brutal killings, and that the grief of the families will never leave them. sussex police say they did investigate trigg but found nothing suspicious, but now admit they could have gone further. sussex police are very sorry that we didn't previously present those fa cts didn't previously present those facts to the court, but what they gave us facts to the court, but what they gave us was new facts to the court, but what they gave us was new evidence that we didn't have at the time. it took a family's determination to bring this case to stop two deaths, one man, no coincidence. pavlasek you're watching bbc news. the time is 8:31pm.
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a lot of weather today. more thunderstorms beginning to develop across the north of england. those will transfer to the eastern side of the pennines before moving off to the pennines before moving off to the north sea. that is the end of the north sea. that is the end of the story. we've had a lot of cloud, ringing rain into scotland and northern ireland overnight. there will be a close night. that is where we will find the weather fronts, the far north, bringing cloud, the odd bit of rain on that weather front. not a particularly active system but it does bring cloud and later on across the heart of england and wales. to the north of it 1a to 20 celsius but in the south and other sticky dough. frontal system through the british isles on saturday. disappointing for this time of year. saturday into sunday, a new weather front into the far north—west, maybe a thunderstorm in the south, best of the sunshine in the south of scotla nd the sunshine in the south of scotland and north of england. hello.
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this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines at 8:33pm... water cannon is used to disperse protests in hamburg as world leaders gather for the g20 summit — police say a planned march has been cancelled. german chancellor angela merkel met donald trump as he arrived for the summit — they discussed north korea,and the conflict in eastern ukraine. 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. and the government has ordered new, la rger—scale fire safety tests on cladding and insulation on tower blocks. president trump has arrived in hamburg in the last few hours, where he has attended a meeting with chancellor merkel. thousands of people have gathered to protest about the presidents
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visit, and clashed with riot police. head of tomorrow's summer, angela merkel and donald trump discussed north korea, ukraine and the middle east and all eyes are now looking ahead to tomorrow when the nation's leaders meet. that's hear what president trump had to say about tension in north korea. will take a look at what happens over the coming weeks and months with respect to north korea. it's a shame they are behaving this way but they are behaving this way but they are behaving in a very dangerous manner and something will have two be done about it. that was donald trump speaking in poland where he was visiting before he went to hamburg and while he was in poland he made a speech in front of the statue commemorating the 19114 warsaw uprising. in it he set out why he wa nted uprising. in it he set out why he wanted the us to pull out of the
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paris climate accord. the paris climate accord is the latest example of washington entering into an agreement that disadvantages the united states. to the exclusive benefit of other countries, leaving american workers, who i love, and taxpayers to absolute the cost in terms of lost jobs, taxpayers to absolute the cost in terms of lostjobs, lowered wages, shuttered factories and lastly diminished economic production. donald trump speaking in poland there. let's talk about what we might expect during this weekend's 620 might expect during this weekend's g20 summitand might expect during this weekend's g20 summit and let's talk to scott lucas, professor of international politics at the university of birmingham who joins us politics at the university of birmingham whojoins us by a webcam. what do you see as the most important, well, ambitions of this 620 summit? important, well, ambitions of this g20 summit? well, it's important first of all to render the wider
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context of the g20. first of all to render the wider context of the 620. for example, the ongoing effort, almost a decade after the great recession of 2008 for economic recovery, for maintaining trade and investment, for coming out of austerity and also the challenges to that effort, notably the increase in migrants and refugees, the general instability with the number of areas of conflict in the world, including the middle east and eastern europe, for example. but of course the reason we are all talking about donald trump is there's a special challenge for eve ryo ne is there's a special challenge for everyone except the united states and that is because of trump's protectionism and you heard the clip their one example of that, pulling out of the paris accord on climate change and because of his unpredictability, it is no longer the case that you can count on working with the us on these issues, so working with the us on these issues, so expect discussions around trump going beyond him, between european union is —— between european
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leaders, between leaders of latin american countries, because there is another spectrum and that is what you do if russia is pursuing an increasingly aggressive policy for it is no longer considered as a co—operative member of the g20, it is no longer considered as a co—operative member of the 620, but one who stands aside from other members, which may may not work for donald trump. speaking of russia, tomorrow this to trump needs vladimir putin, the russian president. that follows some strong criticism by donald trump of vladimir putin today, saying that russia was destabilising europe. is that rhetoric from donald trump or is it going to be a fiery meeting tomorrow? no comment when ba fiery meeting. there are two things here. 0ne meeting. there are two things here. one is that donald trump is reading offa one is that donald trump is reading off a script today and that script is one largely of a policy favoured by the state department, faded by the department of defence and national security council that you have to draw a line, which was the policy of the 0bama illustration,
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with as a putin over issues such as ukraine, the middle east, including syria, but on the other hand there is trump's personal view, which we heard in the press conference today. 0nce heard in the press conference today. once again dismissing and insulting his own intelligence agencies by saying we have no proof that russia interfered in the 2016 and when in fa ct we interfered in the 2016 and when in fact we do so. now, which of those two views do you get tomorrow? do you get from being nice to vladimir putin, yes, because the russians will know how to work to trump, flatter him, play up to his ego so that trump thinks you know what, i can be moscow's best friend. in terms of america's alliances with other 620 leaders, for example angela merkel, she seems to be moving away from the united states, having friendly relations with the chinese president. is that how you see it shifting alliances now because of donald trump's being in the white house? absolutely. i mean,
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even before trump came in the idea is what has happened is now leaders such as angela merkel, a manual macron in france, many asian leaders do not see the us as being first and foremost the first port of call on economic coalition. instead it is a case of organising lines between yourselves and then going to washington and saying maybe you should join us? this should empower, it is the shift we will see increasingly even if trump leaves office sooner rather than later. you have talked about a macron and angela merkel and that alliance at the heart of europe. what about brexit as an issue, to what extent might that be discussed at this 620? that's a great question because a lot of the coverage there has been a reference that in addition to the destabilise factors of trump's
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protectionism, refugees, brexit is a huge destabilise as well. this is question of the uk not been a part of the european economy or distancing itself but uncertainty of where the uk stands in the global economy. uncertainty of where the uk stands politically and i'm afraid with a government that appears to be paralysed in terms of what it does next but that is another worry for the 620 this week. next but that is another worry for the g20 this week. great to talk to you. really interesting to hear your analysis. thank you so much. professor of international politics at birmingham university. 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 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. 0ver100 people jailed for offences linked to so—called islamic state. the oldest, a driving instructor of 63 from luton. the youngest, a schoolboy,
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just 1a when he incited a terrorist act overseas. and a growing number of women 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.
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here they have years of experience in tackling radicalisation head on, and there's concern that government attempts to clamp down 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. 0n the battlefields of syria
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and iraq, is may be in retreat, but support for its ideology shows no sign of diminishing. june kelly, bbc news. 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. 0ur 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 i was actually suffering from something quite serious, angina or heart failure, and they needed to be dealt with quite promptly.
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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 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
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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 headlines on bbc news... protests in hamburg as world leaders gather for the g20 summit — police say a planned march has been cancelled. 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. a year after his report on the iraq war, sirjohn chilcot says tony blair wasn't "straight with the country"
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