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this is bbc news. the headlines: more turmoil at the white house — donald trump names generaljohn kelly as his next chief of staff after days of public infighting. john kelly will do a fantasticjob. general kelly has been a star, has done an incredible job thus far, respected by everybody, a great, great american. fireworks and bottles are hurled at police in east london during a protest over the death of a man who was restrained by police last week. north korea says its latest intercontinental missile test is a stern warning for washington. north korea says its latest missile test proves the whole of the us mainland is within range of its weapons. also in the next hour — putting lives at risk — one in four shops are caught selling knives to children. the local government association to
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hear trading officers carried out the test purchases as they find are alarming. and in half an hour, day line has an eyewitness account of europe's containing migrant crisis and the trump administration. good morning and welcome to bbc news. president trump has described his new chief of staff, john kelly, as a true star of his administration after reince priebus stood down from his post. mr trump said mr kelly, a retired military general, had done a spectacularjob as the head of
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homeland security, where he injured asa homeland security, where he injured as a tougher immigration policy. the resignation of mr probus came after he was criticised by the present‘s new communications director who accused him of leading to the press. another treat, and other day, . another treat, and other day,. john kelly is currently in charge of homeland security. donald trump replaced by his priebus at the end of another to much is weak in washington. the two men travelled to long island, where trump lavished praise on kelly. another one of our stars. president trump was heading back to the white house when he tweeted the news. he spoke briefly to reporters. he is a good man. john kelly will do a fantasticjob. general kelly has been a star, has done an incredible job this far,
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respected by everybody. a great, great american. reince priebus, a good man. there was a time when they seemed close. ever since the election, right—hand man reince priebus, rarely farfrom election, right—hand man reince priebus, rarely far from the present‘s side. but he tendered his resignation on thursday after what he said was several days of discussions. be president wanted going a different direction. i support him in that. the president has a right to a reset button. i think this is a good time for the reset button, i think he was right to hit the reset button and i think that it was something that i think the white house needs, ithink that it was something that i think the white house needs, i think it is healthy, and i support him in his. asked about an interview in which he was described by white house community should and chief anthony scaramucci as a paranoid schizophrenic, mr prather said he didn't want to get into the mud. —— mr priebus. in a moment we'll be hearing from a us politics specialist
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about these latest developments, but first let's get a bit more background on the president's new chief of staff, generaljohn f kelly. as a four star general he holds the highest possible rank in the us military. during a career spanning four decades he served as a commanding general in iraq. his son robert died in action when he stepped on a landmine in afghanistan in 2010. it made general kelly the highest ranking officer to lose a child in the afghan and iraq wars. president trump appointed him the secretary of homeland security injanuary, where he was responsible for borders, immigration & cyber security. he's said in the past that a border wall between the us and mexico is essential because of threats entering the united states. a doctor in us politics told me earlier that president trump is
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running himself with people who are more little —— will more closely deliver his vision. what you're seeing is an exorcism of the gop leadership who had helped trump become president. reince priebus, sean spicer who left last week. these were seeing your individuals within the gop, the republican party, that donald trump had basically needed to get the presidency but having secured the white house, he has now ease them out and is getting his own people in. and if you notice, this is now the third general that donald trump has either brought in or tried to bring in, so don't forget, we had general flynn, for example, the trouble of national security adviser, the defence apartment, and now another general running the white house, effectively. to that is an interesting development. what are we looking at, a white house in chaos with people quitting, or a
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strategy by donald trump to surround himself with people he trusts? who gets thejob done himself with people he trusts? who gets the job done and distance themselves from the republican establishment. i think a little of both. the chaotic nature in which it's being done is very problematic, jeb bush suggested that donald trump was a chaos candidate and would be a chaos president. unfortunately, that prophecy seems to be coming true. europe ought their —— your report that talked about the new white house communications director in the new yorker, one of the few quotes that you can use on—air with regards to mr scaramucci's reference towards reince priebus. so this idea that there is no love lost amongst some of the highest level officials in the white house is very problematic and the new chief of staff, which is and the new chief of staff, which is a very important position within the white house, is going to have to install discipline very quickly. so
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perhaps he better, than as you say, a 4—star general? perhaps he better, than as you say, a 4-star general? even with the team he once in place, mr trump as to get the budget through, yes the russian investigation hanging over him, problems of north korea. he is not out only with, is he? not at all. and to be fair, a lot of his problems are of his making. this is someone problems are of his making. this is someone who, as problems are of his making. this is someone who, as an problems are of his making. this is someone who, as an american resident, has the full support of a majority in both houses of congress. so one would imagine it should be relatively easy going for him but that has not been the case. he has not made life any easier for himself by distancing himself, alienating himself from the republican party base that he desperately needs to get anything done. and with his continuing tweets that continue to recruit the situation, in many ways, the greatest risk to his presidency is himself. —— continue to aggravate the situation. it'll be interesting
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to see whether general kelly can make you be more disciplined as they move forward. us politics expert at richmond university there. violence has broken out in east london during protests over the death of a man as he was being restrained by police a week ago. the independent police commission is investigating his death. last night, bottles a nd investigating his death. last night, bottles and fireworks were thrown at officers in the dawson area of hackney. —— the dalston area. a tense night in part of east london. a fleet of police riot vans faces a burning barricade. fireworks and bottles being thrown. hundreds of officers were sent to force people back. move away, the dogs are coming out. after a peaceful protest earlier in the day ended in violence. well, it's just after midnight and things have started to calm down. a lot of people have moved away and left. but there are still quite a lot of police officers here in heavy riot gear.
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this was sparked by the death of rashan charles. the 20—year—old was chased into a shop by police. officers say he tried to swallow something. there was a struggle and he became ill. just over an hour later, rashan charles was declared dead. he's the third young man to lose his life after being stopped by police in london injust over a month. they're angry and they're confused as they are not represented in life itself. they have to sell drugs. they have to carry knives because they're living in fear. they have to spirituality. ——they have no spirituality. they have to sell drugs? yeah. why? they're forced into situations where they don't understand how to life, how to make money and how to work for what they want because they don't want to work for the system. it was concern and anger at the system that last night spilled out onto the streets. police say whatever the frustrations, this is not what the family of rashan charles wanted. danjohnson gave an update on the aftermath of the violence.
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is very, now but there were some serious disturbances, though not widespread, last night here in dalston in hackney. all sparked by the death of rashan charles full to beat ndidi tributes that have piled up beat ndidi tributes that have piled up in the week since he lost his life. this was the focus of lost my‘s demonstration that it eventually turned violent, the robins and mattresses pushed into the road to form a burning barricade, they were set on fire. hundreds of riot officers had to come in to deal with this. it was a tense time for everybody here, late last night. unfortunately, it doesn't look like anyone suffered injuries, we don't believe there we re injuries, we don't believe there were any injuries, we don't believe there we re a ny arrests injuries, we don't believe there were any arrests and the damage has been minimal and has been cleared up quite quickly this morning. he with me this morning is the mayor of
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hackney. thanks for coming to talk to us. are you worried by what you solve your? getting there were some very disturbing images on television and social media, but as you say, it's calm now. we would plead with the community to remain calm. if you listen to what rashan charles's family are saying, they didn't want this to happen, and our thoughts should be with them and their wishes. and the commute have been trying to talk to young people and listen to their anger at what has happened, channel that into the independent police commission desiccation. is it just the independent police commission desiccation. is itjust the death of rashan charles or is there a bigger issue here about the way police deal with people? i think there are all the challenges with relationship sometimes with the police, but here in hackney, we work very hard with that relationship, and that is why we have been talking to the ip cc and building revelation ship, making
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sure that officers and the community and young people understand the issues, their rights and response notice. i think what is would the sad is that this has ruptured that relationship you in hackney. that relationship you in hackney. that relationship that has been built up with cut council, community leaders, youth leaders and young people themselves. there is another protest, do you fear that you could see more violence? i really hope we will. i think it comes back to what the family have been saying about not wanting to see any violence and wrestles up i would echo those concerns will. and i would urge anyone coming outside hackney to reflect on what has been happening in hackney, people saying that they wa nt in hackney, people saying that they want the protests to be common for people to act responsible. thank you very much. that message has come very much. that message has come very shortly from the family of rashan charles, they want any protests to be peaceful and that assemble something the police want assemble something the police want as well. it has emerged that uk universities
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have a pension fund with a deficit that has grown to more than £17 billion. that is the largest in the uk. the uk universities superannuation scheme caters for retired academics. a pensions expert says that investors may have to reduce benefits for members or increased church and fees for stu d e nts to increased church and fees for students to fill this black hole. i'm joined by our business correspondent, how realistic it your analysis is that, that tuition fees might have to be raised? if you have a pensions black hole and your private pensions, basically a savings scheme, the government is not going to bail you out because it's private. your options are, you ask the existing people who would benefit from this scheme, academics, lecturers, to take another pay cut. they did that last year. they got their benefits cut last year. they won't be keen on that. you asked them to take another pick—up, they may say, i'm moving to germany or
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canada or the saints. option two, you ask donors to pay more money, well the people who studied at these universities, to cough up more, but will they do that? easy for oxford and cambridge, but not much for the less well known universities. last option, you ask shins to pay more. that's controversial. there is a tuition cap on fees, will they go back to the government and say, can we raise that even further, or start charging shins for the things? ‘s charging shins for the things? ‘s charging to use the wi—fi, or other things. you don't want to detergents as “— things. you don't want to detergents as —— did her students as the uk emerges from brexit. this the deficit doubled in one
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year. thank you for now. the headlines bbc news: translate mac donald trump names generaljohn kelly as his new chief of staff after reince priebus resigns. angry clashes in east london during a protest over the death of a man who was restrained by police last week. north korea claims its latest miss o test shows that the whole of the us mainland is within range of its missiles. donald trump calls the test reckless and dangerous. that's care more on that now. the north korean leader, kimjong and, now claiming any target was at them
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striking range following the latest intercontinental missile test. the second within a month. as with previous launches, the event was celebrated by north korean state media. here is our correspondent in seoul. cloa ked in darkness, state run tv captured the final moments before the missile launch. a potent symbol of north korea's defiance in the face of international sanctions. its leader kim jong—un there to witness it all. then the dramatic lift—off. and the moment that pyongyang thumbed its nose at the world. the second launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile in less than a month. it travelled higher and further than the missile fired before, eventually smashing down into the ocean off the coast of japan. then came the official confirmation from pyongyang. the newsreader announcing that this test was proof that the whole of the us is now within reach.
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pictures show a triumphant north korean leader. in washington, president trump described the tests as reckless and dangerous. the reaction from north korea's neighbour in the south was equally harsh. translation: dashing the international community's hopes of eased inter—korean military tensions and in particular, seoul's offer of bilateral military talks. these joint us south korea military drills a response to the launch, designed to send a clear message that seoul and washington stand shoulder—to—shoulder in the face of an increasingly belligerent north korea. the us already has battleships in the pacific ocean. now, it has promised to scale up its strategic assets in response to this latest threat.
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more aircraft carriers and stealth bombers could soon be on the way. a jubilant kim jong—un wants us recognition as a nuclear power. instead, in the wake of another missile test, he's likely to face stiffer sanctions with china and russia under pressure not to stand in the way. pope francis has led tributes to charlie gard, the 11—month—old boy who died yesterday, following a lengthy legal battle over what medical treatment he received. charlie's parents, connie yates and chris gard, wanted their sun to be taken to the united states to be treated for a rare genetic condition, which causes progressive rain damage and muscle weakness. they eventually dropped their legal challenge against great ormond street — the hospital looking after charlie — when a specialist offering to treat charlie in the us, said it was too late for the treatment to work. pope francis, who followed charlie's story closely, charlie's
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story closely, tweeted that he... here, the prime minister theresa may said... and the us vice president mike pence also tweeted. president trump had offered support to charlie and his family during the legal dispute. north wales police are searching for a missing five—year—old girl. detectives believe that she may be with her father, who detectives believe that she may be with herfather, who failed detectives believe that she may be with her father, who failed to attend a court hearing yesterday. nearly a quarter shops are breaking the law by selling knives to underage people, some as young as 13 yea rs underage people, some as young as 13 years old, according to new figures from the government association which says some retailers, including
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cheering supermarket chains, have been caught out. —— including cheering supermarket chains. local trading standards seems tried to buy knives earlier this year. almost one in four shops they visited were found to be selling knives to be the underage. seven out of 29 retailers, including cheering —— including two major supermarkets, sold eight knife to persons under 18. last year, similar test purchases we re last year, similar test purchases were carried out by london trading standards, where eight nights a month were sold to children as young as routine. safety campaigners are now calling for tougher penalties. these penalties should be applied and of retailers continue to sell, then absolutely, they should
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basically be put out of business. then absolutely, they should basically be put out of businessm is illegal to sell knives to anyone under the age of 18, but in scotland, 16 to 18—year—olds can buy a kitchen knife recovery. shops caught selling knives to anyone underage face six months in prison orafine of underage face six months in prison or a fine of up to £5,000. the local government association says more needs to be done to stop knives being put at risk and irresponsible drops need to step up their safety checks. deadline coming out very strongly, but the sport. play is under way on day three of the third test where england are looking to bring an end to south africa's first innings the first task for the tourists is to avoid the follow on. they need 16 more runs and so far they're on course to do that, with morne morkel and tenda bavuma holding firm so far.
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kinder conditions today, and also, cylinder mac will come in next —— philanderfor comment cylinder mac will come in next —— philander for comment following his release from hospital after receiving treatment for a stomach bug. this is how england's players arrived at the oval this morning, no buses or chauffeured cars but a quick hop on the cheap. britain's paul di resta could be about to make a return to formula one racing for the first time since november 2013. felipe massa has been suffering from dizzy spells and the williams team look like they've been converting the brazilian's car to allow reserve driver di resta to take part in qualifying for the hungarian grand prix. daniel ricardo topped the time sheets in friday practice, but a hydralic issue brought him to a halt in final practice. championship leader sebastian vettel smashed the hungaroring track record as he clocked the quickest
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time for ferrari. qualifying gets under way at one o'clock with lewis hamilton hoping to equal michael schumacher‘s record of 68 career pole positions. rugby league's challenge cup, has reached the semi final stage — with both matches live on bbc tv, this weekend. salford take on wigan tomorrow last year's winners, hull fc, face leeds rhinos, at doncaster‘s keepmoat stadium. rhinos won the competition in 2014 and 2015, while hull have lost the last eight meetings between the sides jab they were almost on playable at times. a really physical team and with a strong. if things go well for them on game day, they become a really difficult in to beat. but then, i would say the same about us. we sampled success last season and i
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think, you know, if we can back that up think, you know, if we can back that up second time around, that will be a real segment for the club and a visit, the direction that would want to be heading towards, constantly pushing for silverware. if we can come together as a collector, this cup is what we'll be striving for. one of britain's wimbledon champions jordanne whiley has announced she's pregnant. what's more she's announced that she knew she was expecting throughout wimbledon when she and her playing partner, won the wheelchair doubles title for the fourth year running. she has tweeted a picture of her latest scan saying "had a little help at wimbledon this year." her baby is due injanuary. ahead of the world athletics championships, which start next friday, there's a special programme, on the bbc‘s brendan foster this lunchtime. it's nearly a0 years since brendan started working for the bbc after his own athletics career and he's hanging up his mic after the world championships. that's brendan foster,
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a life in athletics at 1.15 on bbc one. south africa have moved up to 140—8, still two innings to go at the oval. here's the weather. we've got some fairly unsettled weather on the cards through the weekend, but it's not going to be a write—off, there is some sunshine around too. here is the view taken earlier on this morning in cullen, this is eastern scotland, in moray. you can see the fairly well broken cloud, so a decent morning, actually, for many places. as the third test continues at the oval, dry to start things off, but later on this afternoon we are going to see that rain rolling in, so i think that will affect play at times today, with the breeze picking up too. in fact, many southern parts of england, in particular, will see outbreaks of rain, with this front initially in the english channel pushing its way slowly northwards. to the north of that, sunshine and showers is going to be the story of the day, with low pressure sitting to the north—west of the uk.
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some of those blustery showers pushing in across scotland and northern ireland, moving through quickly on the breeze, some sunshine in between. slightly drier further south across northern england, the north—west, the midlands, just the odd showers, bright and dry in between. further outbreaks of rain in the south through much of the afternoon anywhere along the south coast of england, right up towards part of east anglia, perhaps oxford as well. outbreaks of rain accompanied with brisk winds in the south—east, and along the english channel, lots of people heading towards france today, so quite blustery through the english channel. and we'll see a spell of rain across much of england and wales overnight tonight, clearing the east coast during the early hours of sunday morning. and then further showers moving in around the north and the west coast of the uk, temperatures overnight down to 12—15 degrees. now, through the day tomorrow, this first area of low pressure does clear fairly quickly away from the east coast, more persistent rain with it, and then we are left with sunny spells, scattered showers, again with the low pressure sitting out towards the north—west. so most of the showers to start sunday will be around northern and western parts, and then they will check their way eastwards. eastern and south—eastern parts of english and avoid them,
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but there could be the odd heavy, thundery shower as well during the afternoon, temperatures between 16 and 21 degrees, so slightly on the cool site for this time of year, feeling cooler with those showers and the breeze around too. low pressure staying with us as we move into the new working week, against sitting out to the north—west, a hint of higher pressure starting to build in from the south, so still plenty showers in the north—west for monday and tuesday, things a little bit try, and a little bit warmer towards the south—east. that it for now, bye—bye. hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm jane hill. this week we hear more about europe's migrant crisis. one of my guests is just back from seeing the impact of the continuing flow of people into italy. we'll discuss the state of the french presidency. and — what a week in the white house. my guests this week are the writer and broadcaster yasmin alibhai—brown, agnes poirier from france's marianne, john fisher burns
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of the new york times, and the british—somali journalist and writer at prospect magazine, ismail einashe. welcome to you all. we will begin with the migrant crisis. we talked about it not that long ago but it is an issue that is absolutely not going away. we have a great opportunity to discuss first—hand the issue and some of the problems facing europe as it struggles to cope with wave after wave of migrants. ismail, you've just returned from italy, which is bearing the brunt of this tide of humanity escaping war, famine, and people smugglers. what did you find? well, the last several
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