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clashed with police as violence and looting continues for a second night. nearly 200 officers have been injured, one firing a warning shot when he came under attack. german chancellor angela merkel has condemned the demonstrations. presidents trump and putin have agreed to a ceasefire in south—western syria, due to come into force on sunday. the two presidents also discussed the alleged russian interference the us presidential election during their first face—to—face —— in the us presidential election during their first face—to—face meeting at the 620 summit in hamburg. venezuela's roman catholic church has criticised president nicolas maduro‘s decision to have the constitution rewritten. it said the plan will turn the country into a military dictatorship. officials on the inquiry into the grenfell tower fire say they hope to hold the first public hearings in september. they have also revealed that the chairman,
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sir martin moore—bick, isn't minded to extend the consultation period about the inquiry‘s terms of reference, despite pressure from some residents. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. in court, thejudge is the boss, but not here. if i can't satisfy you because you have some preconception about me as a person, that's up to you. this closed meeting was the second time sir martin moore—bick had met the people at the centre of the tragedy he's been asked to explain. i give you my word, i will look into this matter to the very best of my ability and find the facts as i see them on the evidence. it was a meeting with tense moments. but you don't respect me, because you say the government has appointed me to do a hatchetjob. not a hatchetjob! you're going to do a taylor report, like for hillsborough, which was very technical but did not deal with the wider issues and it took 30 years for
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people to be arrested! this is why it is so important to get the terms of reference right and for you to tell me what you think it should cover. we did, and then you dismissed them on tv! i did not. i think you've misremembered what i said. i will find the clip. the clip, a television interview last week. sir martin was asked if he would consider wider social issues while investigating the causes of the fire. i can fully understand why they would want that. whether my inquiry is the right way in which to achieve that, i'm more doubtful. some have demanded more time to respond to the consultation on the inquiry‘s remit. sources say the judge is not minded to change the date that will end, currentlyjuly 14. the prime minister will have the final decision, it is hoped, by the 20th ofjuly. there are people in this area who say that this judge is not the man for the job, but there are also people who are starting
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to say he should now be allowed to get on with the job. the truth is this community does not speak with one voice. everybody‘s at different places, so, like, you get some people feel this way, some people feel that way, because everyone is handling the trauma and the stress differently. so time is needed but time is also of the essence. sir martin's legal pedigree is not in doubt but can this cambridge—educated judge take a community with him? it's a question that has been asked before. after the murder of stephen lawrence, the government appointed sir william macpherson, an establishment figure, to investigate racism in the police. he produced a biting report. can sir martin do the same? there's a lot of anger there because people have been denied their rights by the people in the establishment. they see it as the root, the secret of the problem. and he obviously is an establishment figure. on the other hand, it does not exclude him from being able to listen and hear.
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17 years later, the grenfell inquiry is expected to begin hearing evidence in september. tom symonds, bbc news. now on bbc news, our world. a flimsy inflatable dinghy full of migrants is adrift in the open sea, around 30 miles from the libyan coast. they have no fuel, no water and no food. they have been detected by a spanish ngo. most of these migrants have never seen the ocean. they can't swim. and after hours at sea in the sweltering heat, they are exhausted. this boat has just arrived with about 500 migrants who have been rescued, trying to make the very dangerous journey from libya to sicily. so far this year, more than 80,000 people from different
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countries have arrived. around 2,000 have drowned. but the vast majority are not refugees fleeing war, but those in search of a better life. most will stay in italy. sympathy for the migrants is wearing thin. and blame is starting to focus on the ngos saving lives. there are critics who have accused ngos of acting as a taxi service to europe. there are fears now that anti—immigration groups are exploiting the crisis for their own ends. so you would like to see this mosque closed 7 yeah, i would like to see a museum or something else. tensions here are rising, but what is the solution
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to italy's migrant crisis? this is the gateway from sicily to the rest of italy. a short passage for many towards their new lives. this is the route that hundreds of thousands of migrants follow to get to the mainland. many of them end up in the north, but some are being settled in the south of the country. i'm on my way to one of those towns. in this quiet corner of calabria, for centuries, the locals have only spoken italian. but in recent years, riace has suffered from an exodus
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of people in search ofjobs and better prospects. and things are changing. hello, ciao, how are you? today, over half the population are new arrivals from africa and the arab world. the mayor's initiative, with government and eu money, is breathing life into his town and providing a haven for recent arrivals who have endured much to reach here. these young men of 16 and i7 are from the country which makes up
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the second largest number of migrants to come to italy this year — bangladesh. the boys told me they never intended to come to europe that they had paid people smugglers to take them to libya for work. but when they got there, they became their victims. bought and sold from one trafficker to another, the boys managed to finally get onto the boats for italy, but their ordeal was not over. not everyone is welcoming
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to migrants coming to europe. this is a promo video from a group calling themselves the identitarian movement. made up of mainly young, tech—savvy members, they have been described as the hipster right. with headquarters in austria and france, they are a small but growing group and their aim is to campaign against immigration. senior membership of the group is known to have links with neo—nazis. their annual camp is all
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about physical strength and fitness but with a definite sense of purpose. stop immigration now! this summer, the movement tried to stop a msf rescue ship from leaving port. the stunt ultimately failed but in just a few weeks the organisation raised over 70,000 euros and they have now chartered a ship they say they will use to disrupt trafficking and monitor the ngos in the mediterranean. i had heard that the group was developing plans for further action. their italy coordinator, lorenzo fiato, has flown down specially from milan. i want to defend europe from mass immigration and multiculturalism. we think that in every city where multiculturalism is present there is also radical islam and violence regarding illegal
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immigrants and more. so you want european culture, western societies, to just be white? it is not about white. it is about the other side of multiculturalism. this is a different kind of migration. these are thousands of illegal migrants coming to our shores and flooding into our cities. lorenzo told me that it wasn'tjust new migrants that concerned him. his organisation has a policy of re—patronisation of the children of existing immigrants. you want these people who live in europe, who are second or third generation, to go back to the home country of their own parents? i want them to respect our way of life or leave. that simple. and the people who respect your way of life? sorry.
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the problem is not about them. but most of them maybe have some parents or friends or people who are related to them. so i can't trust anyone in this matter. but lorenzo's first goal is to combat those he sees as facilitating mass immigration — the ngos. you say you don't want the ngos operating in those waters, that you want them to stop. they say that if they do stop, more lives will be lost. no, i think this is false. because these people are coming to europe because they know someone will save them. you cannot solve this problem by helping the human traffickers doing theirjobs, because they want to transport illegal migrants, so you are just helping them. there has been another rescue — this time by the organisation save the children. an inflatable carrying 125 people has been located off libya. it has been at sea for 2h hours, it is beginning to deflate,
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and it is taking on water. 25 children are on board, four babies, and several pregnant woman. —— pregnant women. and there are fatalities. four people died — one the mother of a is—month—old baby. the ship comes into a port in sicily. it is where a local prosecutor is investigating whether some ngo ships may be facilitating illegal immigration. the n60 missions are coordinated by the italian coastguard but the country's legal system has launched two investigations into whether they are saving lives
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or assisting illegal immigrants on theirjourney. do you feel that by rescuing these boats that the ngos are somehow encouraging the people smuggling trade? there are critics who have accused ngos of acting
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as a taxi service to europe. they say if they weren't operating, more lives would be lost. back on the quay, the save the children ship is preparing to continue its mission. since last september, the boat has rescued more than 4,000 migrants at sea, including over 500 children. hi, david. i asked the captain what he thought of claims that ngos were acting as a taxi service to migrants and people smugglers. yes, i have heard that before and i think i can see why people say that, but the evidence is absolutely to the contrary. you only have to see the craft they put them in to realise
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how absolutely cynical and ruthless they are. they do not need a pull factor, they are pushing these people out come what may, and if we are not there they will drown. what is the solution here because the numbers are not dropping at all? the solution is a political solution, it is not within the remit of a humanitarian organisation to solve this, but people will continue to do this until there is a safer legal way to do it. in the meantime, this tragedy will go on unfolding and we will continue to pick up the pieces and continue to get the blame for something that only other people can solve. i'm sorry, that is how it is. lorenzo has an important day.
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he is waiting for some new identitarian recruits who have come from the sicilian capital, palermo. hello, hi. viviana and claudia are university students and they have come to help on the defend europe launch. lorenzo says that he would take me on a tour of the town. all these restaurants are owned by migrants? yeah, most of them, it is easy to organise and easy to do. the food is not so healthy. they grew up like rabbits. they grew up like rabbits? what do you mean? it is like saying there are a lot of them and they continue to appear. in italy they are replacing the people living in these neighbourhoods.
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we are always less and they are always more. this is a mosque. what to think when you see this mosque here? i do not feel anything, because islam is ok if it is in the middle east or in some other places. ijust know this is not the place for a mosque here. that sounds islamophobic. i want to prevent this actually. you want to prevent islamophobia? i want to prevent hate and fights and the clash of civilisations. you would like to see this mosque closed ? i would like to see a museum or something in its place. as we sat down, i wanted to find out why viviana and claudia had joined the movement. for claudia it was something more personal. there are accusations that this is a racist group, an islamophobic group, a group that is linked to neo—nazis. so what do sicilian think of lorenzo and his friends, their movement and views?
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there are accusations that this is a racist group, an islamophobic group, a group that is linked to neo—nazis. so what do sicilian think of lorenzo and his friends, their movement and views? i wanted to see him in action. lorenzo sees the chance for a bit of pr and tells the man
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about blocking the ngo ship. but it is notjust ordinary sicilians who feel their voices need to be heard. across italy you see scenes like this. nigerian woman forced into prostitution. it is thought that a staggering 80% of nigerian woman who come
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to europe are trafficked. three years ago, 1,500 nigerian woman arrived in italy. last year it was more than 11,000. i went to meet some who were lucky enough to be rescued. jennifer and anna, not their real names, told me their stories began in nigeria where they were offered work as baby—sitters and hairdressers in europe. they agreed, but on the drive through the desert towards libya things started to go badly wrong.
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when you got to libya, that is when you realised they wanted you to do prostitution? that was when the girls were taken to what is known as "the carnation house." and how many other girls were there with you in that space? were you talking to each other? yes. what were you saying? but once they arrive in europe, many find they cannot escape. they still have to repay
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a debt to the traffickers and the debts are huge — up to 40,000 euros. so they remain in virtual slavery. it really is quite difficult for these girls to now go back home. they have no id and they are effectively stateless. for many of them, they have made such a tough journey coming here that they do not want to go back, they see their future here in europe. lorenzo has hired a room in an upmarket hotel for the defend europe launch, but there are complications. plainclothes policemen have turned up and are keen to make their presence felt. they question lorenzo, suspecting someone in the town's
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port might be passing information on migrant shipping. 0ur safety, our way of life, we have become a minority in our own country. perfect. does that mean that you will keep trying to stop the boats? of course, we are ready to face our problems, these kinds of problems. even today you were approached by police, they are watching you. yeah, i know. but we have our channels to keep these kind of things secret. the website, the internet, is a gift. we can talk there and organise these kind of things in almost totalfreedom, and this will help us a lot. it is estimated that this year
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a quarter of a million migrants will make the perilous journey from libya to italy. several thousand will drown on the way. while this crisis continues, so too will criticism of the humanitarian effort and the message of intolerance. and a solution? no end in sight. good morning.
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a sunny start in scotland and northern ireland. a fresh start here. single figures in the countryside. compared with friday, more cloud around. threatening one or two showers into the afternoon. brief and mostly light. a bit misty around cornwall. the warmest of the weather further north. sunshine for much of the day. across the hebrides and highlands, rain will go in. saturday night, that will go south. it will ease as it stops in northern ireland. it will get heavier during the day as we get on to the afternoon. north of that, a brighter day. england and wales, lots of cloud to begin with, especially on southern and western coasts. sunny spells coming through. one or two isolated and heavy showers later. feeling warmer than saturday
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in the south—east, 27 or 28 degrees. this is bbc news. i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: violence and looting on the streets of hamburg as presidents trump and putin meet for the first time at the g20 summit. there was plenty of disagreement between the pair on alleged election interference but progress on syria as a new ceasefire is agreed. a warning over president maduro's constitutional changes in venezuela — church leaders say it will turn the country into a military dictatorship. and preparations for a controversial exhibition in switzerland that could include works looted by the nazis. hello and welcome to bbc world news.
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