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this is bbc news. the headlines: the us and russia meet face—to—face for the first time. the not so says angela says ”3 ' ' ' angelasays calls?’ ' ' ' angela says calls it" ' ' ' summit. angela merkel calls it unacceptable. camping without shelter in france. the migrant families desperate to make it to britain. also, some sport. stretched to the limit. world number one andy murray wins a titanic struggle against tabby —— fabio at wimbledon. welcome to bbc world news.
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it was the most anticipated meeting of the 620 leaders at hamburg, that between president trump and the man accused of trying to rig his election, president putin. after an encounter lasting two hours, the trump team claimed to have secured an agreement from russia not to interfere in the american democratic process. they cannot seem to agree on what was said. the russians claimed they had denied any such interference and donald trump had accepted that. that is not how the americans see it. jon sopel reports from hamburg. it is hard to overstate the significance of this meeting. this handshake. two men with nuclear arsenals who could blow the world to pieces. two self—proclaimed tough guys who like to win. but today at their first face—to—face meeting, they were the epitome of restraint and respect. thank you very much. president putin and i have been discussing various things and i think it is going very well.
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we will have a talk now. obviously, that will continue. and for his part, vladimir putin said i am delighted to be able to meet you personally, mr president, and i hope, as you have said, the meeting will bring positive results. the meeting went on for nearly two hours longer than scheduled. they onlyjust made it in time for the concert tonight. they discussed ukraine and continuing western sanctions, and syria, where it is said they agreed on much. president trump raised russian interference in the american elections. mr putin denied this, an assurance, the russians say, was accepted by donald trump. sergey lavrov, the foreign minister, said president trump said he heard clear statements from president putin the allegations of meddling are not true and the russians did not intervene
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and he accepted that. besides translators, the only other person at the meeting was us secretary of state, rex tillerson. off—camera after the talks, he said they went well. the two leaders, i would say, connected very well. there was a very clear, positive chemistry between the two. there's a lot of things in the past both of us are unhappy about. we're unhappy, they're unhappy. but i think... and one of the reasons it took a long time is because once they met and got acquainted with one anotherfairly quickly, there was so much to talk about. earlier, there was the family photo. president trump in the strange position of not being centrestage. but forget any headline of a president marginalised, there was no shortage of leaders wanting to bend his ear, two big topics, trade
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and climate change. i was clear to president trump how disappointed the uk was the united states decided to pull out of the paris agreement. i was clear i hope they find their way back into it. that is important. i believe it is possible. we are not renegotiating the paris agreement. that will stay. i want to see the united states looking for a way to join in. the 20 leaders had dinner together this evening. the 620 has almost become a sideshow next to the main event, the meeting between the president of russia and the president of the united states of america. jon sopel, hamburg. protests outside the 620 meeting in hamburg have continued unabated for the second night running. at least 160 police officers are reported injured, reinforcements have been drafted in and cars and lorries have been torched. jenny hill reports. a city centre which is now a battleground.
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for 2a hours now, violence, chaos, fury, at donald trump, at inequality, at the establishment. even the police here admit they don't have the resources to cope with this. not far from where we took these pictures, an officer firing a warning shot at protesters. protesters have been playing a game of cat and mouse with police. clashes like this have been breaking out all over the city all day. it has been an unprecedented 2a hours of violence in this city. hamburg is in lockdown. city stations deserted. everyone a suspect. tonight, the clashes, the riots, the violence, continues. angela merkel chose hamburg, the
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gateway to the world, for this summit. she did not realise what the decision meant. bbc news, hamburg. what do we make of the meeting? there are serious political constraints. first, the meeting. the issue of russian interference in the election. the rejoinderfrom president putin that they did not do it. and if the russians are telling the truth that president trump accepted that, he is accepting president putin over his own intelligence services in washington. i have dug out what they said in january. russia's goals were to undermine faith in the us process,
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harm hillary clinton's electability, and that president putin knew about this. there are a series of investigations going on in russia into russian meddling in the us election. even if donald trump wants to reset the relationship with president putin, there will be constraints in washington preventing him from doing that. and that was jon sopel. we have a lot more information on the 620 and that meeting on our website. it as a comparison of the relative powers of president trump and president putin. you can see that and plenty more on the website. bbc.com. and now a look at the other main stories today. israel has strongly condemned unesco for passing a resolution brought by the palestinians to declare the old city of hebron a world heritage site. they call it a delusional
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decision. the palestinians alleged israel was carrying out violations in hebron where a small committee of tuition settlers live among tens of thousands of palestinian settlers. ——jewish. thousands of palestinian settlers. —— jewish. 6uitar thousands of palestinian settlers. —— jewish. guitar is thousands of palestinian settlers. ——jewish. guitar is in crisis. —— qatar. saudi arabia, united arab term it's particulate ——. venezuela's catholic church has criticised nicolas maduro's decision to have the constitution rewritten, saying it will turn the country into a military dictatorship. he ordered the establishment of the constituent assembly in may as a protest against his government was gathering. hundreds of migrants are camping in
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dunkirk in north france trying to make their way to the uk. more and more are arriving each day. the new government of emmanuel macron has vowed not to open a formal centre. but as lucy williamson reports from dunkirk, pressure is growing to provide some form of assistance. scarlett has lived in france for all of her six weeks of life. she has never been inside a house, never slept in a crib. she only has bugs in the nearby river. her parents and two sisters arrived in dunkirk four months ago after travelling from iraq. they said there was no chance for new families year. nothing. it is difficult for me. i am looking at
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my is difficult for me. i am looking at b, is difficult for me. i am looking at y is difficult for me. i am looking at my baby, my children, and my heart is like this. because you are doing it for them? yeah. despite the lack of any showers, toilets, running water, up to 50 young children are thought to be living here with their families, along with hundreds of single young man. at lorne yesterday, police arrived and stripped the camp of all of its shelters. —— dawn. volunteers said one mother came back to find all of her belongings soaked through. she only had baby clothes to start a fire. they came unannounced and banged on tens. they drew everyone out into the rain. we have had an exodus of people walking down the la ke exodus of people walking down the lake it in —— getting soaked. exodus of people walking down the lake it in -- getting soaked. more
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than 300 people live in the woods with more arriving each day. the local mayor called the conditions in him and said the area needs a formal migrant camp. —— inhumane and says the. but just a migrant camp. —— inhumane and says the. butjust a year after the jungle closed, they say they do not wa nt jungle closed, they say they do not want another one. last 0ctober, it cleared thousands of people from the jungle camp, and police say dunkirk was a routine event to prevent more camps springing up. this woman has taken her family through six different countries, but wants her children to grow up in the uk, because she speaks english, likes the government, and believe they will be given a home. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come. sharp teeth, a fearsome reputation. we look at
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sharks and a photographer who has gone that little bit closer than most. central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. police say there have been many casualties, and there is growing speculation that al-qaeda was responsible. 6ermany we will host the 2006 world cup. they pipped south africa by a single vote. in south africa, the possibility of losing hadn't even been contemplated, and celebration parties planned in all the big cities were cancelled. the man entered the palace through a downstairs window and made his way to the queen's private bedroom. then he asked her for a cigarette, and on the pretext of arranging for some to be brought, she summoned a footman on duty, who took the man away. one child, one teacher, one book, and one pen, can change the world. education is the only solution. this is bbc world news. the latest
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headlines: president trump has had what was described as robust talks with president putin about alleged russian interference in the us election. they met for the first time at the 620 summit in hamburg. it is tense on the streets outside that meeting. 6erman it is tense on the streets outside that meeting. german police say 160 police officers have been injured in clashes with demonstrators. the agonising legal battle over the future of the terminally ill baby charlie 6uard has taken a new turn. —— 6aard. the hospital where he is
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being treated has applied for a fresh court hearing about possible treatment for him. the courts have ruled that 11 —month—old charlie be allowed to die rather than receive experimental therapy. this little boy's life and whether it continues has become the focus of international attention. charlie 6ard's parents have campaigned to keep him alive. they've been in despair afterfour courtjudgments backed his doctors, who want to switch off his ventilator to end his suffering. you know, he's our own flesh and blood and we don't have a say in his life. we're not bad parents and we are there for him all the time, completely devoted to him. he isn't in pain and suffering and i promise everyone, i would not sit there and watch my son in pain and suffer. i couldn't do it. the reality is, charlie is terminally ill. he can't move, see, cry, swallow. he also has serious brain damage
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and doctors say nothing can help him. but his parents refuse to accept that. they've raised £1.3 million for experimental treatment in the united states, treatment which doctors at the hospital say is futile. but now seven medical experts from rome, new york, cambridge and barcelona have intervened. in a letter to great 0rmond street hospital, they accept that the treatment is experimental and ideally should be tested in a mouse model. however, there is insufficient time to perform these studies, so reconsideration of treatment for charlie 6ard is respectfully advocated, they write. i don't understand it. euthanasia's illegal. suicide's illegal. how is this legal, when there's a chance? all i want is two to three months. we will know in that time whether this is going to work or not. there is potentialfor him to be a completely normal boy,
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but we don't know, because you just don't know until you try. it is significant that the letter came from a hospital owned by the vatican. the pope had already offered to transfer charlie to rome, and president trump has tweeted he would be delighted to help the family. legally, there is nothing preventing 6reat 0rmond street from withdrawing life support for charlie 6ard. that's been the case for the past 11 days, since the european court of human rights, like all the uk courts, rejected the parents' arguments. but interventions by donald trump, the pope, and now a letter claiming new evidence means that doctors here don't feel they can proceed at present. charlie has a rare genetic disorder of the mitochondria, which causes muscle wasting. it is progressive and has devastating consequences. with a serious mutation like this, the prognosis is very poor. the mitochondria supply the energy, really, for every cell in the body, so the heart, brain, they become blind and they have no muscle tone.
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it's manifested very early and the outcome is death in infancy. 6reat 0rmond street hospital's position has not changed. but it's now asking the high court to assess the new evidence and make the final decision about charlie's future. it is about doing the right thing, don't get me wrong. china's only aircraft carrier has arrived in hong kong. many see it as arrived in hong kong. many see it as a show of force to its rivals, over the contested south china sea. the three ships entered hong kong waters from the south. the aircraft carrier and its accompanying warships will be anchored in hong kong for the next five days. their arrival comes as pa rt five days. their arrival comes as part of planned celebrations commemorating the 20th anniversary of the hong kong handoverfrom the
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uk to china. now, the very public nature of this visit is highly significant. the people's liberation army has been stationed in hong kong since the 1997 handover, but to this day it maintains a very low profile. in fact, soldiers are rarely if ever seen in fact, soldiers are rarely if ever seen on in fact, soldiers are rarely if ever seen on the streets with their uniforms on and it contrasts very sharply with the pomp and ceremony seen sharply with the pomp and ceremony seen at this port call which comes just days after the chinese president warned hong kong against separatist forces. to sport now. it has been deified at wimbledon and andy murray, the defending champion, has won a thrilling third round contest. the crowd were screaming and on their feet at multiple points in the dramatic two hours and 39 minute on centre court. andy murray saved five set points in the fourth set before eventually winning it. he tied in a
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third round match. the world number one has made it to the second week at wimbledon for the 10th year in a i’ow now. ididn't i didn't feel like i moved as well today as i did in the first couple of matches, but i had a couple of days' break where i can work on that. and hopefully get myself in a good rhythm over the weekend and come out and play some good tennis on monday. but i am obviously happy to get through the first week and anything can happen from here. there will be a —— and other big game taking place. rafael nadal will play for a place in the quarter—finals. in the women's draw, britain'sjohanna quarter—finals. in the women's draw, britain's johanna konta quarter—finals. in the women's draw, britain'sjohanna konta is through to the next round after a convincing win against her 6reek opponent. and five—time wimbledon champion venus williams defeated her japanese opponent in straight sets to reach her fourth round. returning to the 620. sometimes it
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is actions rather than words that tell us the real story. let's take a look at what an expert in body language makes of the time donald met vladimir. you get the feeling they are both very self—confident alpha male, but their body language is very different. very interesting right from the get go. look very carefully at that handshake, it's something that trump has played a lot of attention to. they had an equal handshake. it wasn't one on top or more prominent than the other. but what was interesting is that trump then got a leg up i putting an arm under putin. but the dominant move. if you are meeting somebody who you area if you are meeting somebody who you are a little cow or unsure with you
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would never add an extra reach or touch under their arm and said he doubled down on the move when they we re doubled down on the move when they were side—by—side and trump puts his arm on putin's back. again, the dominant move. the first thing i noticed when they were seated in those chairs was that trump was far more comfortable. but in offcourse is much shorter than trump and he is smaller in that chair. so it appeared that putin was trying to compensate by putting his arms akimbo undersides of the chair. trump, forget that. he leans forward with his arms on his knees. very much kind of a macho move. and then his hands were in a steeple kind of position. whereas, if you go back to putin, at one point he was ringing one finger, then the other. again, this looks like an unsure or nervous
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body position. when trump talks he addresses the crowd. compared i contact. when he looked over at putin, i contact. contact. when he looked over at putin, icontact. putin contact. when he looked over at putin, i contact. putin on the other hand, not great either contact at all. looking down most of the time and then glancing up at the end. it gives us the feeling that he either doesn't really want to be there, perhaps he is nervous or sees this as kind of useless and we can't wait to leave. the things you learn! it is of course almost the weekend and for many that will mean ettrick at the beach, maybe. although rare, shark attacks might be on the minds of some of those swimmers. 0ne photographer says the creatures are more majestic than menacing. he has been photographing them for decades and has a new exhibit at the national geographic museum in washington. the bbc went to meet him. sharks have been misunderstood for
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centuries. there's been a lot of popular culture movies in the last few decades that have really portrayed sharks as this sort of shadow week, 1—dimensional villain that's just waiting, lurking shadow week, 1—dimensional villain that'sjust waiting, lurking in shadow week, 1—dimensional villain that's just waiting, lurking in the ocean, to bite you the moment you put your toe in the water. that's not true at all. i've been photographing sharks for 35 years. i saw my first shark in 1982. it moved exquisitely through the water and was very gentle. it wasn't at all like the stereotype that i would like the stereotype that i would like to believe. they blended grace and power beautifully. they moved elegantly through the water, yet they exuded this great confidence. that was intoxicating for a photographer. when you are working with an animal like a shark, contrary to popular belief these animals usually don't have much interest, so you have to spend a lot
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of time, which means many weeks or months in places to be able to have those brief encounters where they do come close. and then when they do you are within a metre of a big predator. that's the good news as a photographer, but it's also without risk. it was late in the afternoon. we had anchored our boat at the edge ofa we had anchored our boat at the edge of a deep drop off and throttled back the engine and all of a sudden they saw this horse will be —— this dorsal fin, they saw this horse will be —— this dorsalfin, so i knew it was an oceanic white tip. i immediately jumped on the water and she came over to me very curious and what sort of bouncing her nose off my camera and we did this 360 pirouette three orfour times in a row. it was just a magical experience. being in the water with his animal that has this nasty reputation, to see her as something beautiful. with all the stresses of the ocean right now, dying of deaths from a thousand
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cuts, all these assaults on the ocean overfishing, climate, loss of habitat, sharks are struggling. i hope that people come away seeing them as something remarkable and i don't expect anyone to go and hard—won but at least appreciate that these are critical animals and they are important. this is bbc world news. a reminder of the main story. president trump and his russian counterpart vladimir putin have met for the first time. mrtrump said they putin have met for the first time. mr trump said they had very good talks, which would continue. the russians claimed their denial of any interference in the us election by mrtrump. all of interference in the us election by mr trump. all of the team are on twitter. 6ood
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good morning. 0n good morning. on friday we saw the seventh occasional ready where we saw temperatures beat 30 degrees. that was at heathrow airport. at the same time it was only 16 celsius in 6lasgow. a big contrast north to south and those contrasts continue this morning. a fresh but sunny start in parts of scotland, northern ireland, northern england. still muddy further south, with temperatures still about 18— 19. more cloud compared to friday in southern counties. sunshine here and there, but the cloud thick enough to produce rain and a few passing showers. misty towards the coast of devon, cornwall and wales. showers. misty towards the coast of devon, cornwalland wales. further north the well broken cloud to start the day. a bit on a fresh site. what with light winds and sunshine it will soon warm up for much of scotland, northern ireland and northern england. early sunshine in the hebrides doesn't last. the cloud beacons and we have outbreaks of rain developing widely through the
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rest of the day. holding onto plenty of cloud in southern counties compared to what we had on friday. still the chance of the few passing showers. most will be dry and temperatures about 30. —— down on the 30 we saw on friday but still the 30 we saw on friday but still the mid— 20s possible and in the sunshine further north feeling warmer than on friday. it does look like largely dry but cloudy at wimbledon for saturday. the small chance of a shower. sunday, the chance of a shower. sunday, the chance of a shower. sunday, the chance of a shower later and monday staying dry. 0ver chance of a shower later and monday staying dry. over the next few days it will be a close call and into saturday night the cloud could produce the odd spot of rain. wet conditions the scotland and northern ireland and windy. at work southwards into sunday. the weather fronts grinding to a halt in southern scotland and northern ireland and it is here on sunday where we start with temperatures are bit higher than they were on saturday morning, with plenty of cloud around. still a mighty start further south. misty around southern and western coasts. —— still muddy.
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we have sunny spells coming through. a couple of showers later. the odd rumble of thunder. southern scotland, northern ireland, cloudy and stamp and compared the england and stamp and compared the england and wales it will be cooler. temperatures than the teams at the very best. through sunday night and into monday that weather system gradually pushes eastwards and it just holds onto a lot of cloud. developing low pressure around it. that means monday will be a story of some sunny that means monday will be a story of some sunny spells, butjust that means monday will be a story of some sunny spells, but just about anywhere could see showers. some of them heavy and thundery and temperatures, high teens, low 20s at best. this is bbc world news. the headlines. president trump and president putin have discussed the alleged interference into the us elections during their face—to—face meeting in hamburg during the 620 summit. it was described as robust. 160 police officers have in injured outside of the summit due to
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protests with one officer firing a warning shot when he came under attack. angela merkel has condemned the protesting. a legal battle over the protesting. a legal battle over the terminally ill british baby charlie 6ard has taken a new turn. his hospital has asked for a new court hearing for fresh evidence to be assessed. and defending champion andy murray has won a thrilling third round contest against italy's fabio fanini at wimbledon. and
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