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this is bbc news. the headlines at two: theresa may meets donald trump on the final day of the 620 summit in hamburg. the us president says he expects a trade deal with the uk "very, very quickly" and that he'll be coming to london soon. firefighers tell the bbc they didn't have the necessary equipment needed to tackle the blaze at grenfell tower. celebrations in mosul as iraqi forces say they‘ re close to completely recapturing the old city from islamic state militants. this kick from owen farrell tied the match and tied the series as the lions and all blacks‘ test series ends in a stalemate. this is the scene as thousands of people descend on the capital, marching through the city centre, marking 50 years since homosexuality was decriminalised in england and wales. good afternoon and
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welcome to bbc news. our correspondent is at the t20 summit in hamburg. he has the latest for us. —— 620. the emerging theme of the 620 could be described as, let's agree to disagree. we knew coming into it that donald trump and his administration in washington was not in line with most of the country's representatives at the 620 on the two biggest issues, on trade and climate change and as we start to get lea ks climate change and as we start to get leaks and climate change and as we start to get lea ks and information climate change and as we start to get leaks and information about the communique, they were expecting
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angela merkel to release in the next hour or angela merkel to release in the next hourorso, it angela merkel to release in the next hour or so, it appears she has had to broaden the terms of the statement a long way. on trade, we understand that the support for fire prevention but also for a country's right to protect itself. 0n climate change, there will be an acknowledgement that america has pulled out of the paris climate change but a commitment from all the other countries to implementing it so other countries to implementing it so this is a very broad church or a fudge if you are more critical of the 620 process. this report from oui’ the 620 process. this report from our correspondent. theresa may was hoping for warm words and donald trump had plenty. years keen to surely is open to free trade with the major ally. when it came to encouraging language, the president was clearly feeling generous. i'd like to thank trade
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minister theresa may for being with us. minister theresa may for being with us. we've had tremendous talks. there is no country that could possibly be closer as allies and i just want to say thank you very much. the trade deal is a very big dealfor both much. the trade deal is a very big deal for both countries. i want to have that done very, very quickly. it wasn't also fairly. theresa may urged him to drop his opposition to the climate change treaty but he said he was still planning a visit. not everyone will be as happy as theresa may to see him. until then, worth cultivating the us friendship with the president, his family and advisers. his daughter is both. meeting the japanese leader was important, too. shinzo abe hasjust done a trade deal with the eu and britain wants one just as favourable. warm words about trading corporation can be politically
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useful at a summer like this but striking deals with america, india, will take hard bargaining and plenty of british businessmen, 6overnment officials, even theresa may's when chancellor need to be convinced that agreement around the world could ever compensate for the harsh deal with the european union. the prime minister insists it can be done. all that has been playing out inside the 620 bubble, inside this huge conference centre in hamburg where i am speaking you from but outside of the conference centre, it is a com pletely the conference centre, it is a completely different situation. we seen completely different situation. we seen significant protests over the last few days. there's another taking place at the moment. we should emphasise the vast majority of protesters, most of whom have issue with the former globalisation ta kes issue with the former globalisation takes have been peaceful but there has been violence over the last few days. jenny hill has been covering these protests and this is her report. the theory, the violence took
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hampered by surprise. shops looted, businesses trashed. this man has been trading here for nearly 50 yea rs. been trading here for nearly 50 years. he told us he has never seen anything like it. translation: really shocked. we are helpless and shop. the business has been here for 70, 80 years. we know there are problems in the neighbourhood but it wasn't people from round here that did this. for nearly two days, hamburg's streets have been a battle ground, clashes flaring all over the city, more than 200 officers injured. this is, they say, a new dimension of violence. translation: we had to bring in special forces trained in anti—terrorism operations to protect
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oui’ anti—terrorism operations to protect our officers. we had intelligence that the protesters had molotov cocktails and concrete blocks ready to throw from the rooftops. the morning after, a brief lull. what is really striking about hamburg today is the quiet. for the first time in an early two days, there are no helicopters circling overhead, there are no silence, no clashes breaking out but in the air, there is, i think, a sense of quiet shock. this city, after all, has just experienced nearly 48 hours of almost continuous violence. for now, peaceful protest. police believe extremists plan to hijack this, too. hamburg, the so—called gateway to the world, is now a city on edge. while the protests and also the
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major issues of climate change and trade have understandably dominated this summit, there are many other issues he considered. one is food aid andi issues he considered. one is food aid and i have been speaking to david beasley, the director of the world food programme and they have just been awarded significant new funds to carry out delivering food aid around the world. there years with the details. —— yet he is. today was one of the most exciting daysin today was one of the most exciting days in terms of food relief. the president announced $931 million at a time when we're facing the worst humanitarian crisis since world war ii. a lot of people by doubting whether the united states would continue to provide leadership and the president was strong and said the president was strong and said the united states would continue to lead in 6ermanic assistance and $639 million sent a very clear message. —— humanitarian assistance. million sent a very clear message. -- humanitarian assistance. it is a large figure but the amount of money
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you need to provide is also substantial. indeed. we need over $1 billion. we were projecting a week ago that if we did not receive a major significant amount of money quickly, than 600,000 childrenjust in the four countries facing famine that they are facing death so this is huge news. the president has called up on other donors around the world to step up. the united states are providing leadership but other nations need to step up as well. have they? the uk has been stepping up, the eu, 6ermany have they? the uk has been stepping up, the eu, germany has been doing amazing things, that the crisis is ongoing. here's what really difficult. out of 13 countries where we spent the most money, ten are man—made conflicts so first and foremost man—made conflicts so first and fore m ost we man—made conflicts so first and foremost we got to end the conflict so foremost we got to end the conflict soi foremost we got to end the conflict so i called upon the powers that be to bring every pressure, bit of
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pressure in today's conflicts so we can focus on sustainable programmes and changing redesign the economy so that all the different issues that need to be addressed today like climate change and so many others. the president isn't helping the world with climate change, he is pulling out of the paris agreement. i think the president will continue to provide leadership whether that is climate change are humanitarian aid soi is climate change are humanitarian aid so i am confident, watch what he does, not what he says. david beasley, director of the world food programme. the timing scene that the 620: —— are a little bit fluid. leaders sometimes spontaneously meet each other but we are expecting a press conference from the presidency of the 620, angela merkel, whose 6ermany from the presidency of the 620, angela merkel, whose germany is the host. we expecting that in under half an hour host. we expecting that in under halfan hourand host. we expecting that in under half an hour and we may start
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getting details about any substantial agreements between countries if any. needless to say when that happens, we will keep you right up to date. london fire brigade says it's changed the number and type of fire engines it routinely deploys to tower block fires. it follows an investigation by the bbc‘s newsnight that found that no high ladder engine was sent in the first wave of vehicles that went to the 6renfell tower fire which has so far claimed 80 lives. the fire brigades union says the extra height provided by such an engine would have helped fight the fire more effectively and may have saved lives. mark lobel reports. braving the flames just before 1am. fire services were on the scene in minutes from being called but firefighters said that they lacked equipment and sufficient water pressure when tackling what became an inferno at 6renfell tower. it took more than 30 minutes for a high ladder to arrive at the 67—metre high blog according
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to a bbc newsnight investigation. one was not automatically send. one was not automatically sent. one fire union official believes if it had arrived earlier it could have made a difference. i have spoken to aerial appliance operators in london who drive and operate those appliances and who attended the incident, who think that having that on the first attendance might have made a difference because it allows you to operate a very powerful water towerfrom outside the building. it has also emerged there was no platform tall enough in london to suit a building of this size and help with the rescue effort so one had to be set from surrey. london fire brigade has now changed its procedures so that a high ladder is automatically sent to any tower fire straightaway. other fire brigades now may follow suit and greater manchester fire and rescue service announced a change in their policy so that a high ladder is automatically dispatched to a tower block fire.
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newsnight was also told that firefighters struggled with water pressure problems and called thames water to increase pressure in the area. thames water said any suggestion that there was low pressure during this appalling tragedy is categorically false. but questions remain as to what was in place as firefighters first rushed in to help the residents of 6renfell tower that night. even though some answers may not come until the public inquiry, it seems that pressure for more precautions in the future means changes are already underway. the mayor of london sadiq khan has asked the london fire commissioner to carry out a review of kit following the newsnight report. the key thing is not to detract from the great work of our fire service and the emergency services. i want to pay tribute to new site for their report. it is going to be a public inquiry and the police investigation. i'm not willing to
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wait for that site asks danny cotton, the commissioner of the london fire service, to carry out an urgent review. the review will tell me what she needs, or the fire service needs, and my promise to her is that the fire brigade get exactly what they need. many londoners will be staggered to learn that there wasn't a default position to send out a high ladder in that kind of situation. the key thing is to reassure londoners that when there are fires in tower blocks, the way the fire service operators from within the tower and to reassure them, they have equipment to keep people safe when there is a fire in a tower block but 6renfell tower was unprecedented. all of us saw the speed of the fire spreading, and address concerns about the cladding and the fire doors, whether the fire engines to had blocked access issues. all of these things have been reported by london fire brigade. the key thing is to make sure londoners are reassured. in the meantime, i've asked them to look into what equipment they need and
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i've given them the promise that once they know what they need, we will let them have what they need. was this issue about deployment or the tape of kit that was available? was that something you are without prior to 6renfell tower? was it something that had come out in talks for planning for the city's resilience? it has not been raised with me before. i saw it a view into theissue with me before. i saw it a view into the issue of whether we were fit for purpose, bearing in mind the huge cuts that have been made over the last eight years to the london fire service and what people have recognised is that there are lessons to be learned from 6renfell tower, a fire that was unprecedented but lessons fire that was unprecedented but lesso ns ca n fire that was unprecedented but lessons can be learned. a woman and three children have died in a house fire in bolton. police and firefighters were called to the blaze in rosamond street at around nine this morning. a man managed to escape the terraced house, but two boys and a girl, all under the age of 13, and a woman were still inside. one of the children was pronounced dead at the scene and the woman
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and two children died later in hospital. the headlines on bbc news: theresa may meets donald trump at the 620. the us president says he expects a trade deal with the uk "very, very quickly" and that he'll be coming to london soon. firefighers tell the bbc they didn't have the necessary equipment needed to tackle the blaze at 6renfell tower. and celebrations in mosul as iraqi forces say they‘ re close to completely recapturing the old city from islamic state militants. there are reports in iraq that mosul‘s old city may soon be recaptured from so—called islamic state. iraq's second largest city has been under the control of the militant group for more than three years.
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joining me now from the iraqi city of irbil is basheer i'll zaidi from bbc arabic. quite a fast moving picture there. we got the celebrations or news of celebrations from iraqi soldiers. any sign of a formal declaration that so—called islamic state is out of mosul? a formal declaration is expected later today. we don't know when. a raging battle is taking place in the old city of mosul, the counterterrorism forces are saying they are only a a few metres away from the western edge of the river tigris in the old city but there is ferocious fighting taking place between them and remaining isis militants. the advance is supported by the iraqi coalition forces. there
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we re by the iraqi coalition forces. there were reports that some senior isis leaders blew themselves up in one of the buildings as they were surrounded by the iraqi security forces. it was announced that isis militants had tried to cross the river tigris to the eastern part of mosul but were killed by the iraqi security forces stationed there. we don't know when the final declaration will take place, but it is soon according to the iraqi commanders on the ground. nearly1 million mosul residents have been displaced since this fighting started. hundreds of thousands of people are displaced, mostly from the western part of the city, which has witnessed a huge scale of
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destruction. when i was looking around the western part and inside the old city, i was wondering when that would be reconstructed actually. it will take some time for these people to come back home. a lot of efforts have to be orchestrated by the iraqi 6overnment in order to rebuild the city. that ta ke in order to rebuild the city. that take a long time. a great effort from the iraqi 6overnment. take a long time. a great effort from the iraqi government. the post isis era is expected to be fluid when the iraqi 6overnment isis era is expected to be fluid when the iraqi government and the iraqi leaders will try to wreak on sale and build up the trust between them. also to find the funds actually because we're talking about billions of dollars needed to reconstruct in mosul, in a two part of the city, but we don't know when that will take place. it will take a long time and is expected. so-called
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isis itself, is it is confirmed and isis itself, is it is confirmed and isis have lost its de facto capital of its caliphate, whether they going? what happens to the group? do they return to their more insurgent groups? can you repeat the question? what happens to isis now because they would have lost their de facto capital. when are they going? the iraqi security forces said we have given isis militants to options, to surrender to die and they said they have chosen obviously to die so we will eliminate all isis militants. however, there are reports of some isis members who were able to speak among the civilians who were fleeing the old city of mosul. some of them we re the old city of mosul. some of them were captured by the iraqi security
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forces, some of them said to be seen in other villages and other parts. the feeling concern among civilians in mosul is that isis could rise again. if things do not go well after they are kicked out or eliminated in the city, there is a lwa ys eliminated in the city, there is always that concern, the control and thinking of the people in mosul. we don't know if they have a way out, but they have some underground tunnels. they have unseen ways because yesterday they were able to fight and to go behind the iraqi forces, the iraqi security forces, and launch a counterattack which was surprising to the isf but we don't know if they have managed to escape from the city. thank you very much for that, speaking to us from irbil. clashes have broken out between protesters and security forces in indian—administered kashmir,
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on the anniversary of the killing of a militant leader, burhan wani. the indian authorities have imposed heavy restrictions in the kashmir valley for the anniversary. shutting down internet access and locking down key locations. our correspondent sanjoy majumder is there. we are heading to south kashmir and the village of burhan wani, the militant commander killed in a year ago, where large protests are expected today. we have a a few kilometres from the village. the main access roads have been blocked. soldiers have taken up position and cordoned off this area. there is a cu rfew cordoned off this area. there is a curfew in place and villagers are being asked to stay inside their homes. soldiers are checking the woods beyond to make sure that no one is able to sneak through. any civilian who comes to this area is being stopped and prevented from proceeding further.
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translation: a year ago, proceeding further. translation: a yearago, burhan proceeding further. translation: a year ago, burhan wani was murdered in this village. we're not going there and even if we were, what's the problem? but as the day wears on, the first sign of trouble. some protests have just broken out. the protesters a re some protests have just broken out. the protesters are mostly teenage boys and they have come out on the streets and security forces are chasing them. they're throwing rocks at them and they are being pushed back slowly. the mandate is very clear, on no account must they be allowed to advance. security forces will use as much force as needed to bring this to an end. gunshot. the protesters have retreated but the situation is at its worst in decades and the government is struggling to contain it. hundreds of thousands of people
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are expected to attend the pride in london march, which gets under way this lunchtime. this year the event is marking the 50th anniversary of the first partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1967. wyre davies is in london's oxford street where the march is due to set off from. incredible scenes here in west london. this is the capital's 45th anniversary of celebrating diversity and equality and also marks 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in england and wales. there are about 26,000 official participants on float and in the parade itself. . there are huge range of backgrounds and cultures and 1 million people expected on the streets of london today in amazing weather conditions, rather too hot actually! pride is being opened today by lb 6t members
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of the emergency services, many of whom served not only at 6renfell tower but also at the terror attacks at london bridge and westminster bridge as well. security is a very big issue here at the carnival for obvious reasons and they will be a much bigger police presence for obvious reasons. some incredible scenes. old have said it has become rather commercial but the spontaneity and the enjoyment is as good as ever, i think. everybody is out there enjoying themselves and we're just about to get under way. great ormond street hospital has applied to the high court for a fresh hearing into the care of the terminally ill baby, charlie 6ard. judges have previously ruled against the child's parents, who want to take him to america for treatment. but the hospital now wants the case reopened to consider new evidence about a potential treatment. a range of doctors and scientists have voiced their opinions.
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i think it needs to be remembered that the doctors and nurses and all of the staff at great ormond street are doing what they feel is their very best and in the best interests of charlie himself. some of the media coverage doesn't seem to have portrayed them as staff who are uncaring and just want to withdraw without giving anybody a chance and i think it is very important to remember that they're working in very intolerable circumstances because everybody has an opinion on those opinions very polarised. what they're doing is the right thing, i think, because they lifted as potential new evidence that there is a treatment that might work, it has to be considered. i don't see it as a turn around. if there was evidence that wasn't available prior to yesterday. if it is a reasonable and responsible doctor willing to undertake this sort of experimental
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treatment, then they ought to be allowed to give it a go and it seems to me the doctors who have been involved are reasonable. we're not talking about quacks, it would be wrong for charlie to be taken overseas to be given something for which there was no possibility, zero chance of it having an effect, but as this current letter shows, this isa as this current letter shows, this is a treatment that has some scientific rationale. this is bbc news. it was a nail—biting battle that went down to the wire but in the end it was honours even as the british lions ended their three match series in new zealand with a 15 all draw with the all blacks this morning. katie 6ornall reports from auckland. rugby is part of the fabric of new zealand. almost everyone here is a fine although today the all blacks
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seemed outnumbered. the lions are confident that they are the underdogs. there are reminders everywhere that the reigning double world champion and they won't be letting the series trophy go without a fight. but in six weeks, the british and irish lions have transformed from no hopers into a genuine threat. usual‘s fortress invaded by a red army. it would set the tone for the breathless first half, the pace not always matched with precision. the all blacks the opening score, a try finished. new zealand's captain was making his 100th appearance but it was the debutants who were stealing the limelight. the all blacks's dominance wasn't reflected in the storyline. penalties kept it in reach. new zealand strained every
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sinew to hold back the lions, sometimes illegally. a yellow card give them hope but playing here is a test of nerve and own file could never be faulty of that. this was the key to seal the match. a draw was a fitting end to a thrilling series but for the lions, there remains a sense of what might have been. a tea towel collection and the com plete a tea towel collection and the complete works of the jockey dick francis, probably not the first things you would associate with the port like philip larkin, but they are part of a new exhibition of his belongings —— poets. for the first time, they are on show as part of hull's city of culture celebrations. colin paterson has been to visit. when getting my news dominoes in a book during when getting my news dominoes in a book during now we know a lot more about his
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reading habits because his personal reading habits because his personal reading collection has gone on display. here we've got 3700 of philip larkin's own books. be a part of an exhibition of his personal objects at hull library where he worked for more than 30 years but what do ties, longmore and tiny animal figurines tell people —— a lawn mower? longmore and tiny animal figurines tell people -- a lawn mower? lots of words have been written about larkin but what you can see here is the things he surrounded himself with in his life. because he is a librarian, he catalogues everything and he has even catalogued who he has received christmas cards from the two he sent them to. so if you said one to someone and doesn't get one, they will be in 1979 he gets a christmas
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ca rd will be in 1979 he gets a christmas card from andrew motion, future poet laureate and his i prefer, and then in1980, he laureate and his i prefer, and then in 1980, he says a christmas card to the family. so he sent one in 1979, he doesn't send one, he is embarrassed and he says one in 1980? it also includes silent films from the 60s and 70s which the library made for its annual christmas party. it is clear why philip larkin became a poet and not an actor. and he not shied away from the darker side of his personality. no, this figure of adolf hitler was buoyed by his father on a visit to 6ermany buoyed by his father on a visit to germany and he gave it to his son and philip kept it —— bought. germany and he gave it to his son and philip kept it -- bought. hull's the city of culture has already changed perceptions of the

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