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by the us special counsel, robert mueller, with interfering in the 2016 presidential election. mr mueller‘s office linked the group to an internet agency that allegedly churned out online posts aimed at boosting president trump's prospects. mr trump has met survivors of wednesday's high school gun attack in florida, in which 17 people were killed. during visits to a hospital and sheriff's office in the miami suburb of parkland, he praised emergency workers and medical staff for their response, describing the shooting as "ve brazil's president has signed a decree authorising the army to supervise all anti—crime operations in the state of rio de janeiro. michel temer said organised crime was spreading like a cancer in the country. the opposition has blamed austerity measures for the collapse of rio‘s economy. new figures show a dramatic reduction in the number of young people buying their own homes across the uk in the last 20 years. the institute for fiscal studies found that only a quarter of those
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aged 25 to sa, and earning average incomes, were able to buy a property, compared with two—thirds in the 1990s. simon gompertz has the details. aged 30, keen to buy, but shut out of the market. this is my room. tom says renting in brighton is money down the drain, but the house prices are beyond him. it's absolutely mission impossible at the moment. there's not a chance of getting a deposit. it's such a cost and with utility bills and the cost of trains going to london, with my rent prices, it's unachievable. my friends are all around the same age and none of us are on the property ladder yet. the institute for fiscal studies looked at young people like tom aged 25—34 on middle incomes up to around £30,000 a year for a household after tax, although most of them were couples with children. the number of young owners has dropped across britain,
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down to 44% in the north—east and cumbria, the smallest move, from 61% to 36% in east midlands. in london from 47% to just 20%. there's been a collapse in the homeownership rates of young adults across the country and its being concentrated on middle income families. if this continues into their later life they are going to be paying rent forfar longer, potentially into their retirement. they'll have less real resources for other spending when they are in old age. the huge increase in house prices is the reason why it has become so difficult. 20 years ago a young family would need four times their income in order to buy. now it's more like eight times. so, for increasing numbers, buying a home isjust a nonstarter. the government's help to buy scheme is helping people afford more, especially new homes, and first—time buyers have had their stamp duty cut. the problem is also one of supply.
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councils complain that developers are sitting on planning permissions for more than 400,000 homes, which haven't been built, and that's aggravating the shortage. it's really hard to see how we can make this better when we are still seeing a huge demand for housing and that housing demand is not being met with the right number of houses. so i think that it's all coming down to the individual now. they are having to make the choices and decide for themselves, do i want to rent and have the flexibility, but pay more for it, or do i want to make a lot of difficult decisions and get on the housing ladder sooner? my mum always said she got on the property ladder at 25 or 26 and she tells me the deposit prices and how cheap it was. tom has agreed that he is missing out, part of a generation in which most people, like it or not, are stuck with renting. now on bbc news, it's time for our world.
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there are flashing images from the beginning of katty kay's film about gang violence in los angeles. we've got a pursuit. it's a pursuit. they are on the freeway and coming east. the crime situation is high. it's very, very busy for law enforcement. but, again, it'sa busy for law enforcement. but, again, it's a very small percentage of people that are causing the problems. all right, bad guyjust crashed. all right. i'm going to get
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us crashed. all right. i'm going to get usa crashed. all right. i'm going to get us a little bit off because we have, like, 17 guns pointed in his direction. there —— they are starting to take the occupant into police custody. a night patrol with the la sheriffs in the city of compton. two suspected members of the southside compton cripps gang are under arrest. it would be really u nsafe for are under arrest. it would be really unsafe for them to be in their rival‘s area and if they are there they are going to have to have protection, because it's almost expected for them to be armed. police estimate there are almost 4000 gang members in compton. our area, oui’ service 4000 gang members in compton. our
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area, our service area, 4000 gang members in compton. our area, ourservice area, is 4000 gang members in compton. our area, our service area, is ten square miles. fireworks. ten square miles. so the every square mile we have six at the games. 37 games compete for control in a city of just 100,000 people. —— gangs. compete for control in a city of just 100,000 people. —— gangsm compete for control in a city of just 100,000 people. -- gangs. it is a lwa ys just 100,000 people. -- gangs. it is always gang on gang, gang on gang. the violence is there. the major problem is when we have an innocent person caught in the crossfire, or, and it happens too often, that case of mistaken identity. compton gained its grim reputation for gang violence during the 80s and 90s at the height of america's crack epidemic. this is a madman gun. a
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double barrel. a man that goes and kills with this is really mad. out of that mix in urged west coast can star rap and one of the most influential groups of all time nwa. 30 years on, the trauma of that era lives on. this was my childhood home. born and raised right here. i had a history of taking things that wasn't mine. if i saw it and liked it, i would take it. i would protect
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him by any means necessary. it, i would take it. i would protect him by any means necessarylj it, i would take it. i would protect him by any means necessary. i would protect him the same way. even if it means hurting someone else? pretty much. ultimately, ifi means hurting someone else? pretty much. ultimately, if i had to hurt someone much. ultimately, if i had to hurt someone to keep him from being hurt, ultimately that would be my choice. compton's notorious street gangs, the cripps, the lives and others we re the cripps, the lives and others were formed in the late 1960s. their clothes, their tattoos and even their jewellery all marked clothes, their tattoos and even theirjewellery all marked which gang they belong to. wearing the wrong coloured shirt would have and still could get you killed. there would be different types of shooting happening in this street. willjoin the cripps when he was just nine years old. i went through the sally, i was going to the store
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to get some cool late and i saw a quy to get some cool late and i saw a guy pass me and he looked at me and next thing i hear is a whole bunch of gunfire. right here? right here where we are standing. trombone music today, compton is on the up. a quarter of the population lives below the poverty line, butjobs are coming back and there's a sense that things are starting to turn around. we'll works as a community activist, trying to stop youngsters from ending up in gangs —— will works. icu. you know i'm going to come over there and give you a hug.|j icu. you know i'm going to come over there and give you a hug. i love you! i love you too, girl. keep up
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the good work! i'ma definitely do that. when my kids got killed and other mothers' kids got killed, they came here and he helped us. she lost two sons within 60 days. that's where her motivation comes to get out here. she is also in the trenches with us. compton's youthful mayor has made it her mission to transform the image and the economy of the city. in 2013, early in the first term and after 16 killings injust in 2013, early in the first term and after 16 killings in just four months, aja brown decided to hold a crisis meeting. she put a call out
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to the bloods and cripps to try to bring about a truce. it was rocky at first. we had a few people threatening to leave and i said, the ground rules are we have to stay until we finish. what gave you the confidence to do that? this is my community, are not afraid of money on people. it was interesting to hear from on people. it was interesting to hearfrom them. on people. it was interesting to hear from them. they are very pragmatic and talk about the need for employment opportunities that they can access, they talk about the barriers with employment because of their criminal records. i told them, it's not just about what can their criminal records. i told them, it's notjust about what can i do for you, i told them i'm willing to work with you if you make a commitment as well. compton has switched from a majority black to a majority hispanic town. but half the gangs are still african—american and it was the these gangs that aja brown turned
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first. most of the time we wouldn't be sitting at a table together, but she did it. it was over. how many of us? 50,60, she did it. it was over. how many of us? 50, 60, 300 in a room together. you were there at the first meeting with everybody got together? to be in there with 300 guys... that's disrespectful. that's terrible. a lot of male wouldn't do it. a lot of people said, why is she doing it? it was disarray when she came. and we got order and got the business. but did they listen to her? they listened to her. they listened to her because this is a first. this is in theirwet if her because this is a first. this is in their wet if it's the middle of the night and you need to call her, she will say, what's wrong? what's going on? she is there. you don't get that, not even in other cities. so you don't get that from a lot of
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mayors. and she was in a room with a bunch of men. i was in there looking at her sometimes, thinking, they crazy! this two men are from rival gangs. don is a blood, fred a cripp. if you would have come across fred ten yea rs if you would have come across fred ten years ago? there would have been a problem. he would have got stabbed or something. because you are rival gangs? i was young. or something. because you are rival gangs? iwas young. i didn't or something. because you are rival gangs? i was young. i didn't have an understanding of life or anything else. all i cared about was my gang and representing my gang.. so you would have heard him? yeah. yeah. he would have heard him? yeah. yeah. he would have heard him? yeah. yeah. he would have tried. is it still the same today? no, it's not like it used to be. no, it is watered down.
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it's not like it used to be, but it still crucial. the majority of these guys don't like the way they are living. they do like having to watch their back and worry about getting shot, can't go here, can't go there. they like that, better like that life style. they like that, better like that lifestyle. they are in their comfort zone and they do know how to go outside of the box. working custody, some of the gangsters, i would see them every day, i had a rapport with them, a lot of them were so, so afraid of the one thing that you and i love, and theirfear is being out here. 0ne and theirfear is being out here. one of them, who was a very, very important person when it came to the structure, he told me "i have a son,
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i don't know how to be a father,", and he goes further and tells me, closed —— "i don't know how to survive out there, i know how to have a job, i don't know how to be a regular person, or when i was violence and if i get out of here i'm going to hurt someone else, and i don't want to do that any more, i'm tired of it." regardless of whom is in the white house, there is not going to be a helicopter that comes into compton to fix all our issues. that is not happening. the height of the cracker can ——
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crack epidemic saw an explosion in violence as rival gangs fought for control of the drugs market. 87 people were murdered in 1991 alone. in 2017, that figure was 19. we'll search 12 years in prison for a string of offences, including car jacking and gun possession. —— will. in december of 1999, he decided to try and turn his life around.|j in december of 1999, he decided to try and turn his life around. i was significantly depressed, emotionally distraught i was suffering from a lot of the traumatic experiences i have suffered. you are thinking of killing yourself? definitely, iwas thinking about killing myself. that was the solution to the pollution. i had decided to go see my mum, it was two days after christmas, i decided
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i needed to go see her at least one more time. before i came back and did what i felt i needed to do. i sat right on the street around the corner, with an ak—47 to just at all. he didn't. he went to see a preacher. he basically said, you're not the first one who has felt this way, it not the first one who are going through what you're going through. but the difference is that you can make is to hear what i have to say and make a change. you will find a lot of the kids are looking for something when theyjoin gangs. the gangs have learned to cater to those things that are missing. the steady fall in crime since the
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90s is partly due to smarter policing. more significantly, as drug markets stabilise, there were fewer tu rf wars drug markets stabilise, there were fewer turf wars between the gangs. but there are worrying signs. hello captain, how are you, i am doing great. how are you? have a seat. 3096 lest gang crime this year than last year.. lest gang crime this year than last year. . . that lest gang crime this year than last year. .. that is significant. a lot of gang members now who are people who had gang membership in the past are having trouble directing their gang activities. we have an understanding with the gang members as to what was and wasn't within boundaries as to how we treat each other, and we have lost control of that. i appreciate your hard work
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sir. thank you. we are getting an emergency call, it is a vehicle collision with injuries. (siren sounds). who was driving? you are driving, are you 0k, just a little shaken up? you had your driver 's licence? as far as the violent crimes, it goes up and down. there are times when gangs will have a truce and they will kind of settle down, and then out of nowhere is someone down, and then out of nowhere is someone turns down, and then out of nowhere is someone turns on down, and then out of nowhere is someone turns on the lights which, they are at it again. —— turns on a light switch. the reason the homicide rate has dropped, it is not because the violence has gone away,
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someone because the violence has gone away, someone didn'tjust because the violence has gone away, someone didn't just sprinkle because the violence has gone away, someone didn'tjust sprinkle fairy dust on the city and it's gone, it is there, the reason why the homicide rate has dropped significantly is because of the advancements in medical science, this right now more than ever —— doctors right now more than ever, more than five years ago, they are saving more and more lives. you ain't trouble, that's why. i have been coming to this store since i was going to that elementary over there. all this has changed, we got a lot of homeboys getting killed over here, just hanging out, because this was almost a shared store
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between two rival gangs, and so in the process of that, a lot of people lost their lives appear, a lot of shooting, a lot of drive—bys were happen here. we'll now spends most of his night out on the streets, —— william now spends most of his life -- his william now spends most of his life —— his night out on the streets trying to stop fights from happening getting out of control. we are just going corner to corner, indicating with those that there are ways out, a lot of times we need that ourselves, so we can understand what's going on in the community. because they out here sometimes, they see stuff we don't see, sometimes they tell us who we need to go talk to. in order to survive, many families
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had to leave the city altogether. this is my mum, my beautiful mother deborah... when william's mum sorting is getting out of control, she uprooted her family and fled to nearby san bernardino. by uncle lester, he was killed. 1987. in compton. shot in his face. we have been victims of the violence to, you know. i think this was our family ‘s first experience of the violence in compton. i'm willing to bet you, there's not a family in compton that didn't lose somebody or someone near and dearto them. didn't lose somebody or someone near and dear to them. to gang violence. in sum, shape, formerfashion. and dear to them. to gang violence. in sum, shape, formerfashionm
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was a war. in sum, shape, formerfashionm was a war. it was like a war zone will stop i tell my friends, i'm a nurse now, but i think i have seen more death as a child that i have as an adult will stop there are plenty of days were 0lubi playing outside, —— where i would be playing outside, and see a car that can look familiar, and we had two seconds to get in the backyard and lay down, and bang, bang, bang. it became a way of life. it was not normal but thenit way of life. it was not normal but then it was normal, you know what i mean? i know as a young kid i didn't show that as much, when i was with my mum and it hurts that i know she went through that, to know that we put more on her table then she should have had on her table. it is something i have to live with because the thought occurs every now and then and it makes me cry, it hurts me, even though i have been
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living like this to 20 years, good, doing good work, it still hurts me to know that 20 something years ago i took my mum through what she had to go through, you know, it is something i will have to live with the rest of my life because i can't change that. but it hurts, it hurts, you know? the whole neighbourhood is totally different. it is sad when you see, that dude used to live over there but he's dead. the next neighbour died. it'sjust there but he's dead. the next neighbour died. it's just sad. there but he's dead. the next neighbour died. it'sjust sad. 0r they are injail for the rest of their life. the boys who ain't dead, theyin their life. the boys who ain't dead, they injail. it's sad. it's really sad. down this quiet street in compton is
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aja brown's former family home. back then i was —— my mother was a registered nurse so she worked overnight and her schedule was a bit different, and there was a home intrusion and someone raped and murdered her. no one else was home when this happened? murdered her. no one else was home when this happened ?|j murdered her. no one else was home when this happened? i don't ever remember not knowing what happened to my grandmother because my mother was really sad and i would ask her, why are you so sad, and she would just say that she missed her mother. no one was ever brought to justice and the case remains open. the loss of life is not moment in time, it lasts lifetime, and there are holes that can never be filled, and it is mea that can never be filled, and it is me a level of compassion, respect and even insight into what most people are dealing with. when you look at this house industry, what
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does it make you feel? is bittersweet to me. it is nice to be able to know where my family spent a lot of time growing up, but the same time it is a place of such despair for my family. it is a solemn place, i would say. the mayor's story is not uncommon. there is a level of post—traumatic stress in this town that comes from decades of extreme violence. but maybe it's that shared experience that could also drive people to end the violence. let's see what is coming your way this weekend.
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for most of us the weather is actually not looking too bad at all. there is certainly some sunshine on the way and skies on saturday will probably look something like this, a nice picture from a weather watcher. here's the weekend summary — so we have got some sunshine in the forecast for saturday but sunday does not look too great at least across western areas of the uk. here is the latest satellite image, we have got clouds across the country right now. but this gap in the cloud will be in place across the uk during the course of saturday. so in the short term, still some rain around across western and northern areas and even a bit of hill snow. the clearest of the weather is in east anglia and the south—east through the early area, and there's a touch of frost aound as well. around as well. just a weak weather front crossing the country first thing on saturday. by the time we get to the afternoon, on saturday, the weather would brighten up.
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so initially many of us will look out of that window first thing in the morning, and it will be fairly cloudy, there might be one or two spots of rain but by the time we get to the second half of the morning, the weather is looking a lot better and the afternoon bright if not sunny, apart from the odd light shower which might develop here and there. so on balance a fine day. 6 in the north of the country, there, 11 degrees the top temperature in the south. now, the forecast for saturday night so initially a lot of clear weather, in fact it is going to stay dry all the way through saturday night into sunday in the eastern and central areas but notice how the clouds are increasing out west. there's some rain spilling across ireland, and that will be edging our way, and it's a big area of low pressure, with big weatherfronts here. you can see the rain on this weather front coming through. this is actually a warm front which means that behind it we've got some milder air coming our way. so on sunday it will start to turn very cloudy, murky, drizzly and mild across many western areas. so i think for places like cardiff,
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eventually the north—west of england, certainly northern ireland and western scotland, you are in for a cloudy if not damp, possibly even wet afternoon. but many central and eastern areas on sunday — this is 3 o'clock on sunday — you can see it is dry in london, in hull, in newcastle and those temperatures creeping up to around about 11, maybe 12 degrees celsius. as far as the next few days are concerned, it looks like it may be turning colder. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm nkem ifejika. our top stories: prosecutors in the us charge 13 russian nationals with interfering in the 2016 presidential election. donald trump visits a hospital in florida where victims of wednesday's high school shooting are being treated. battling criminal gangs in rio de janeiro. brazil's president orders the army to take over security in the state. and how, in the wake of tragedies like the florida school shooting, dogs may bring some
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