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welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. our top stories: british police hunt for more potential suspects, after a teenager was arrested in connection with the london tube bomb. bangladesh imposes sweeping new restrictions on 400,000 rohingya muslim refugees, stopping them from travelling once they enter the country. also in the programme: we bring you a special report on the stories of those who survived the devastation of hurricane irma in the caribbean. police here in britain have described the arrest of a teenager in connection with friday's london underground bomb attack as very significant.
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the 18—year—old was arrested at the port of dover, one of the main crossing points to france. detectives say they are keeping an open mind about further suspects. daniel sandford reports. the hunt for the london tube bomber led this afternoon to this surrey council estate, and a mauve terraced house. fearing an explosion during their search, counterterrorism officers evacuated residents from several streets around the property. there could be a bomb down there, and they were telling me i could go into my house, even though there could be a bomb. we're really scared. the couple who live in the house being searched by police, ron and pennyjones, are well—known for fostering teenagers, including refugees. they were even given mbes by the queen. she's fostered generations and generations of children, you know, and i've never known anyone more dedicated to the community, and helping people. itjust shows you, doesn't it? maybe she's, after all these years, a little too trusting. and, you know, even the best people
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can be made a fool of. the house was raided after police arrested an 18—year—old man in the departure area of the port of dover, just before 8:00am this morning. the port also had to be partially evacuated. it was an arrest senior detectives described as very significant, and was the first sign of a major breakthrough. at this stage, we're keeping an open mind around whether more than one person is responsible for the attack, and we are still pursuing numerous lines of enquiry, and at great pace. it seems that the improvised explosive device at parsons green station, a bomb in a bucket, had failed to go off properly. that bags on fire. but it produced a sheet of flame in the carriage. 30 people ended up in casualty, and three were still in chelsea and westminster hospital this morning. but, despite today's arrest, the official terrorism threat assessment in the uk is still at its highest level, with armed officers patrolling
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stations and busy venues, like premier league football games. the threat level remains at critical, and there will be further investigations in part of the operation later today. we urge the public to remain vigilant, but not alarmed, and we hope to come back with more news in due course. this has clearly been a good day for officers investigating the parsons green tube bomb, but they are not yet completely confident that the immediate threat is over. daniel sandford, bbc news, sunbury—on—thames. let's go to bangladesh now, where the government is planning to build a giant camp for the 400,000 ethnic rohingyas who have fled from neighbouring myanmar. the government says it will also impose restrictions on the movement of the rohingyas, in order to prevent them from settling in other parts of the country. 0ur south east asia correspondent jonathan head has the latest from cox's bazar. when they first started crossing the border,
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three weeks ago, bangladesh said it would send the fleeing rohingyas back. with 400,000 already here from previous outbreaks of violence, the government believed it could not take any more. but the unprecedented surge in numbers of rohingyas has forced bangladesh to reconsider. it now wants to build a vast camp, adjoining an existing one, in which it hopes to accommodate all 400,000 of the new arrivals. the police say they will also enforce restrictions, barring the rohingyas from moving elsewhere. there are questions, though, over how fast this can happen. the displaced rohingyas are in desperate need of the most basic aid. they are, in many cases, sleeping in the open, with no sanitation or water supplies. until now, the un refugee agency has been restricted to the relatively small numbers, around 70,000, living in official camps. un officials hope that the government will now consider
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a wider role for various un agencies, so that a full—scale relief effort can be organised. jonathan head, bbc news, cox's bazaar. the united nations has called for an investigation into the killing of burundian refugees in the east of the democratic republic of congo. the un force in congo says the congolese security forces shot dead 37 refugees and injured 117 others. it said one soldier was killed in the incident, which began when the refugees protested against the expulsion of four burundians from the country. andrew plant reports. the bodies of burundian refugees, apparently killed when security forces opened fire. officials in the democratic republic of congo say the refugees were attempting to break into a secure compound. this camp, just a few miles from the border of burundi,
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now home to thousands who fled outbreaks of violence in their country, which erupted there more than two years ago. translation: the security forces in the democratic republic of congo threatened to kill us, in case we did not want to return home to burundi. justice must be done. many more have been injured in the violence at the camp, basic medical care given at the side of the road. opponents of burundi's president, pierre nkurunziza, say his move to stay in office for a third term in 2015 was illegal. the clashes that followed caused tens of thousands to flee, opposition rallies crushed, with rumours of abductions and torture. in france, regular demonstrations are taking place to try to draw international attention to burundi, and a situation that many say could escalate into civil war. translation: there are people dying every day in burundi,
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and they close their eyes. so perhaps we're here to move them a little, perhaps to open their eyes, they are trying to close. it's very, very hard. the government says the people killed were members of an armed group who had attacked an office of the national intelligence agency. the un refugee agency has called for a full investigation, and has sent medical teams to help treat more than 100 who have been injured. a demonstration has been held in central barcelona in support of over 700 catalan mayors who backed a referendum on regional independence. the leaders have been summoned by spain's public prosecutor, and will be arrested if they don't answer the summons. here is our europe regional editor danny aeberhard. "we will vote" — the chant from 700 mayors and their supporters, gathered inside the gothic courtyard of catalonia's palace of government. they have come to the administrative
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heart of old barcelona. there, they were met by crowds waving the pro—independence flag, and were received by both the city's own mayor and the region's president. those in madrid's sights hammered home messages of defiance. translation: we're sure that we won't be cowed. we won't remain still. we'll do everything necessary so that our people, the people we see every day, can exercise democracy, and can vote. long live catalonia. the spanish government's dilemma — how to stop a referendum that polls suggest a clear majority of catalans want, even as they indicate that the odds are against independence. prime minister mariano rajoy has vowed to thwart what he has called an intolerable act of disobedience. but come down too heavily, and it risks playing into the hands of the secessionists.
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the dilemma for the catalan authorities — how to stage such a referendum, in the face of madrid's implacable opposition. this goes beyond legal threats and efforts to seize election materials. madrid looks set to take control of the region's finances next week. the referendum is planned fori 0ctober, two weeks away. so far, neither side is backing down. hamas says it is ready to hold talks with the rival palestinian fatah movement in order to pave the way for general elections in gaza. president mahmoud abbas‘s palestine authority, controlled by fatah, fought a war with hamas over gaza in 2007, which led to hamas taking over the territory. attempts to reconcile the two and form a power—sharing unity government in gaza and
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the west bank have failed. more than 1,000 people have demonstrated in the tunisian capital, tunis, against a controversial amnesty bill that was approved by parliament on wednesday. the law gives amnesty to officials accused of corruption during the rule of zine el abidine ben ali, who was ousted in january 2011. supporters of president trump held a rally on the national mall in washington, to defend what they consider to be american values. we went to speak to some of those taking part, to find out what they feel are the most important issues facing their country. the patriot movement has been so excited to have a celebration of this type, to come out here on the mall. you know, we elected donald
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trump, we are very happy with that. the value i think most under threat is the unity of the country. the... i think the american value that is most under threat is liberty itself. freedom of speech. how are you doing? are you holding down? i love these people. i run a music store in chicago, and because we were trump supporters, we were bullied, we were threatened, we received death threats, all too quiet hour speech. it is not the government quiet in out it is not the government quiet in our speech. the government is out here protecting, you see the dc police are out here protecting our right to free speech. it is the value of free speech that is under assault here. the value is to keep people together, keep them working, try to get our country strong again, and united. the value of respecting one another's opinion. well, i think american is is under threat. ——
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american is is under threat. —— american —ism. american is is under threat. —— american -ism. youngsters, if you wa nt to american -ism. youngsters, if you want to and participate in the pledge of allegiance, come on up. 0ne nation, under god, indivisible, with freedom and justice for all. the views of supporters of president trump, at a rally in washington this weekend. the british super model kate moss has been heckled by hundreds of anti—fur protesters outside a show fashion in london. police were forced to form a human chain to allow celebrity guests to enter the building where burberry was hosting a london fashion week event. protestors chanting "shame on burberry" had blocked the road. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a special film featuring the bbc‘s coverage of hurricane irma as it wreaked destruction on the islands of the caribbean. 30 hours after the earthquake that devastated mexico city,
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rescue teams still have no idea just how many people have died. there are people alive and people not alive. we just can help with whatever we have. it looked as though they had come to fight a war. but their mission is to bring peace to east timor and nowhere on earth needs it more badly. the government's case has been forcefully presented by the justice minister. he has campaigned vigorously for abolition, having once witnessed one of his clients being executed. elizabeth seton has spent a lot of time at this grotto. now that she has become a saint, it is expected that this area will be inundated with tourists. the mayor and local businesses regard the anticipated boom as yet another blessing of saint elizabeth. this is bbc news.
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the latest headlines: police have arrested an 18—year old man on suspicion of a terror offence, following friday's bombing on a london tube train. hurricane irma devastated the caribbean islands last week, with the british overseas territories in the region particularly hard hit. the rescue effort started slowly and will take years to complete. the bbc were the first on the ground on the island of barbuda as a mass evacuation was taking place. here's laura bicker with a specially extended report: we're not coping. we're definitely not coping. where can we live reand what can we do? my whole life is here, so... describe the night here.
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what happened ? well, it started off with the wind. it wasn't, like, life—threatening. it started picking up and then it came in, the wind picked up harder and harder. at the time, i was sleeping and my brothers woke me up, the windows blew open, and he's trying to pull in the roof and i was holding him, we were fighting the wind. the roof came off. then my bedroom came off. we went in the living room. we had all of this boarded—up. the british virgin islands look like they have been hit by the blast
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wave of a bomb. 0n the biggest island, houses have been ripped apart. contents scattered for miles. we had to leave. the wind picked us up. in the moment it was like your life was on the line. she had her arm around a post after the roof came off. the walls were caving in. she had her other arm around a child. she said the wind just pulled a child out of her hands and that was the last
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they saw of the child. the night was restless. you couldn't get to sleep. you were up all night. everything just started to decay and just crumble. what have you eaten in the last few days? nothing. hardling anything, 'cause you can't cook, so you have to have a biscuit, tea or water, or whatever. what do you do now? i have no idea. everyone now with homeless. no—one has anywhere to go. everyone is in the same situation and no—one can help each other because everybody needs help. the objective this morning is to make sure we get every single
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resident off barbuda. we now have a mandatory evacuation in place. i'm going there to urge the residence, those who are defiant, to vacate the island. we cannot afford a situation in which barbuda is hit by yet another hurricane, jose, in these conditions. don't worry. we will get you off the island to safety. you will be taken care of. can it land? don't worry, you'll be ok. the sheer horrifying scale of the devastation means barely a building can be salvaged. that means the whole island will have to be rebuilt and the government has admitted it simply does not have the money. we're hoping governments and international partners
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will step up to assist us. have you got enough food, water? no. everybody is fighting and stealing. a lot‘s going on now. people are breaking into people's homes and taking what they have. it's a state of emergencies. yelling when it came to the opening of this supermarket just an hour ago, we witnessed shocking scenes. people were waiting for up to eight hours in 35 degree weather. they are looking for basic supplies such as water, any canned goods. when it comes to the local ministers, they told me it is simply not true that people are hungry. but i have been here on this island for the last five days and that is not what they are telling me. i have seen real stress, real determination, but now what i am seeing is real desperation. we need water and food.
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we need electricity. have you had enough help? i don't think so. you can go down there for a bit. we are fine. we are under control. but there'sjust — we did not expect this mess today. we onlyjust got out of our house today. as we were filming, a local government minister approached. we have lots of food arriving tonight. for this market and other markets and lots of food arriving every day this week. we are trying to make some phone calls. how have things been for you? really difficult. there is no food or water. we've heard some people are bringing help.
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but we haven't seen anything. they are organising the logistics and while that happens, people are suffering. the food, a week ago it was already finished. we have more children. it is tough. we have been told not to walk too far up this street because the number of serious criminals are still on the loose from the damaged prison. something else for the government to deal with. when you walk around this neighbourhood you get a real sense it's not just about rebuilding lives and homes, it's about rebuilding trust. hi. is this where you live? i live right around the corner. you don't want to see my house. what's happened to it? it's completely decimated. i am feeling hungry. is it acceptable that seven days after the hurricane there is limited
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access to food and water? you've got huge amounts of both coming in today. today is seven days after the hurricane. people have not had water for seven days. i can tell you that the uk has made a huge effort. i have just talked to the premier, who says they have enough for two months here. we are intensifying the effort. i think most people would say the uk has made an absolutely stunning effort to get support to this island, to help bring law and order, after what has been an unprecedented natural catastrophe. this was the bar here.
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first i have to get it cleared up. first, clean it up. a lot of work. do you think you have got the money to do it? no, but i've got the... white sands is one of the most exclusive beaches on the british virgin islands. every decimated building you see was a bar, a restaurant, someone's main income. they'll need to be rebuilt if this islands to survive. how many people have you been feeding? 50-150. it has basically been a community effort to build this shelter. the experts will give us the ability to rebuild in a way that we want, because in many ways we did what we could in terms of building. the fact that they've built something this substantial
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is due to them. but if we as a community come together we can have a community shelter, which we by the way don't have as of now. have you got the determination to do this? do we have the determination?! you ask a very simple question! no, we have the determination. this is not only determination, it is a challenge. we have so much potential. i mean, look at these kids. these kids — they have gone through a traumatic experience but they're not as traumatised as you would expect. i think when everyone who needs to leave or would like to leave gets off the island, which will happen pretty soon, i think the rest of us can really refocus our efforts on what needs to be done. that's how people just pass. you are alive, there is hope. if we had any animosity among anyone
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of us, this is the time now to pull together and get stronger and move on. and i think we have to keep hope alive. and when we do that, we are going to make it to where god helps us to go. hurricane irma's trail of destruction is vast, and yet the caribbean spirit prevails. as our team walk the streets, so many told us the same message, they are simply grateful to be alive. that report on the destructive power of hurricane irma was from laura bicker. her team on the ground, maxine collins, paul blake and peter murtaugh. it was edited by franz strasser. plenty more of course on the website. stay with us for the headlines. hello there.
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the second half of the weekend should bring us a decent day across most parts of the country. it could be quite a chilly start to the day on sunday, some mistiness around. later on, sunshine anda few showers, but not as many showers as on saturday and not as heavy as they were, either. low pressure still sitting to the east of the uk. higher pressure, though, moving in from the south—west from the atlantic. that leaves us with a bit of a cool northerly breeze, particularly for eastern scotland and north—east england too. through sunday morning, most of the showers will be concentrated across southern england. across much of the rest of the country, quieter. one or two heavy showers towards the channel isles. there could be a rumble of thunder. inland, most places dry with clear spells. one or two patches of mist first thing too across england and wales. perhaps the chance of an isolated shower for north—east england. but for much of northern ireland
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and scotland, a dry and bright start. but certainly a chilly morning, although things will warm up relatively quickly once the sun gets going. still a cool breeze across parts of eastern scotland and north—east england, which could drive in a few isolated showers. most places staying dry for a good part of the day. but during sunday afternoon, a rash of showers developing. they will be hit and miss, so for many parts of the country, you will avoid the showers altogether, particularly the further north and west you are. but you could see one or two showers towards the east. if you do catch one, it should pass through relatively quickly. during sunday evening then, any of those isolated showers will largely fade away, leaving us with a mainly dry night. but you will notice that breeze continuing in the east coast of england, drawing in one or two showers off the north sea. with clear skies and light winds elsewhere, a cold night. by first thing monday, temperatures will be a few above freezing in some rural areas, so a cool start to the working week. monday, low pressure in east and high
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pressure in the west. so that'll bring largely dry weather across the country on monday. but with that northerly breeze feeding in once again, that could bring a few showers to eastern scotland and england. further inland, one or two isolated rogue showers popping up. most of us avoiding them. so a lot of dry and bright weather. temperatures 17 or 18 degrees in the south, but cool for newcastle and aberdeen. into tuesday and wednesday, a bit of rain for the middle of the week, but the temperatures are on the rise. this is bbc news. the headlines: police in britain say they're hunting for more potential suspects
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after an 18—year—old man was arrested, suspected of planting a bombing device on a train on friday. officers have also raided a house south—west of london belonging to an elderly couple known for fostering children over several decades. police in bangladesh have announced wide—ranging restrictions on the movement of more than 400,000 rohingya muslim refugees who've entered the country in the past three weeks. the bangladeshi government says it is building a massive new camp to accommodate new arrivals. the united nations has called for an investigation into the killing of burundian refugees in the east of the democratic republic of congo. the un force in congo said the congolese security forces shot dead 37 refugees and injured 117 others. now on bbc news, click. this week —
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