tv World News Today BBC News May 13, 2018 9:00pm-9:31pm BST
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this is bbc world news today. our top stories. indonesian police say members of one family carried out coordinated suicide bomb attacks on three churches, killing 11 people. we will not tolerate this kind of cowardice. i am calling on everyone to fight terrorism. as the us prepares to move its embassy to jerusalem, the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu calls on other nations to do the same. the knifeman who killed one man in paris on saturday was reportedly born in chechnya and was on an anti—terror watchlist. also in the programme. lewis hamilton reigns in spain. the formula one world champion extends his lead in the race for this year's title. police say three separate church bombings in indonesia that
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killed at least 11 people were the work of one family. a mother with two young children blew herself up in one church, the other attacks were carried out by the father and two sons. dozens of people were injured in the bombings in the city of surabaya in east java province. the indonesian presidentjoko widodo called the attacks ‘barbaric‘. our correspondent jonathan head reports. blazing motorbikes marks the site of one of the three attacks. all suicide bombers, say the indonesian police, and all from the same family, including a mother and two daughters aged nine and i2. a known islamic state media outlet has claimed that the attack was the work of its loyalists. the police claimed the family had recently returned from fighting is in syria. the president visited the site, and called for indonesians to fight the scourge of extremism.
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translation: this morning, we have ordered the police track down the networks of the perpetrators at source. we will not tolerate this kind of cowardice. i'm calling on everyone to fight terrorism, which is against the values of all religions, and our national values as a nation. and is linked group was also blamed by the authorities for this attack two years ago in the business tick trickster of the capital, jakarta, in which eight people died —— the business district. a bomb in 2002 in bali killed more than 28 british tourists. indonesia is the world's most populous muslim nation. tracking and containing a dangerous radicalfringe has been a challenge for its security forces for the past two decades. they have had many successes.
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but this attack by a single family is a reminder that with hundreds of indonesians returning from the war in syria, the threat is still very real. jonathan head, bbc news. greg barton is a professor in global islamic politics and an expert on counter—terrorism in indonesia. he explained what we know about this group with which the family has been linked. the organisation is essentially the local indonesian branch of the islamic state and see themselves of having sworn alleys and —— allegiance to islamic state and act in its name. they claim the attack we have heard about where terrorism detainees were being heard by police, and we heard it was another
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islamic state cell interrupted in planning an attack and four people we re planning an attack and four people were killed. last night this was. the islamic state have claimed these three church bombings although we don't have any further evidence, although there is no reason to doubt that this claim is plausible. the group has around six or 700 people and we don't know the exact numbers from southeast asia to join with them. many of them in the last 12 months have been stopped from entering iraq and others have left theirfighting entering iraq and others have left their fighting and have found their own way home, and often gone to the turkish border and been sent home. we are seeing a steady trickle of individuals and families coming back into indonesia. they do a good job of trying to process this, but indonesian law lags because there is no law against going to a conflict law orjoining islamic state so they are struggling with this problem. one of malaysia's most
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prominent businessmen has apologised for publicly backing the ousted prime minister, najib razak, in last week's general election. tony fernandes, who runs the airline air asia, had appeared in a video praising mr najib. but now mr fernandes says he'd faced intense pressure from the government. and under the intense pressure, i buckled. it wasn't right. i'll forever regret it. but it was a decision made at the spur of the moment to protect that baby that has given so much to malaysia and will continue to give so much to malaysia. i apologise once again for the pain and the hurt i caused. my views, as i said earlier, are very much the same as all of your views. i look forward to a fantastic new malaysia. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has called on countries to follow the united states and move their embassies to jerusalem. he was speaking ahead of monday's opening of the new american embassy. mr trump's daughter, ivanka, and her husband, jared kushner, are in
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israel for the ceremony. palestinians bitterly oppose the move which was ordered by president trump. i call on all countries to join the us in moving their embassies to jerusalem. cheering move your embassies to jerusalem because it's the right thing to do. and move your embassies to jerusalem, listen to this, move your embassies to jerusalem because it advances peace. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. officials in the eastern afghan city of jalalabad say at least nine people have been killed in what appears to be a coordinated bomb and gun attack on a government building. 20 others have been wounded. virunga national park in the democratic republic of congo is suspending visits by tourists after an ambush on friday in which a park ranger was shot dead.
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two british nationals and their congolese driver were released by gunmen after they were taken hostage. the head of virunga park said it would remain closed until the authorities felt it was safe for visitors to return. the head of the populist five star movement in italy, luigi di maio, has told president sergio mattarella that he'd reached agreement on a coalition programme with the right—wing populist party the league. president mattarella had given the parties until the end of sunday to break the stalemate since inconclusive elections in march. it's emerged that a knife—wielding attacker, who stabbed a man to death in paris on saturday, had been on an anti—terror watch list. he's been named by french media as khamzat azimov — a french national born in chechnya.
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the 21—year—old was killed by police at the scene. a friend of the attacker has now been arrested in strasbourg. janey mitchell reports. it should have been a pleasant weekend night out in a popular part of paris. instead, a victim lies stabbed in the street. eyewitnesses reported scenes of panic as the attacker lashed out with a blade. police flooded the area near the opera house and witnesses say officers first tried to taser the suspect and then fired two shots. the attacker came around the corner of the street with blood on his hands, holding a box cutter, very aggressive, came with his arms open, with an angry gesture, came straight at the policemen. the policemen were shouting for him to put his arms down, drop your weapon. they tasered him twice. he managed to sort of isolate one of the policemen, i suppose, as the policemen were trying to encircle him and one of them ended up between the car and the street and ended up getting pushed back a bit and as the attacker went for him, i heard two shots.
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translation: according to witnesses, the attacker shouted allahu akbar when he attacked with a knife. given the aggressor's mode of operation, the paris anti—terrorism unit are investigating. the suspect, khamzat azimov, was born in the southern republic of chechnya. he obtained french nationality in 2010. a source said his parents are being questioned. islamic state group has claimed responsibility, saying it was targeting countries of the coalition which fought a source said his parents are being questioned. islamic state group has claimed responsibility, saying it was targeting countries of the coalition which fought against it in the middle east. translation: france is absolutely determined not to yield in any way to the threats issued by attackers. a source said his parents are being questioned. our response will be firm and clear. over the past three years, a string ofjihadist attacks across france has claimed the lives of almost 250 people. as the investigation
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continues, the police will remain on high alert. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come. a golden day for liverpool's mo salah, as he sets a new record for the most goals in a single premier league season. the pope was shot and the pope will live, that is the essence of the news today. the man they called the butcher of leon, clausen barbie, went on trial where he was the french gestapo officer. winnie mandela did not look like a woman sentenced to six years in jail. the judge said there was no indication
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she felt the slightest piece of remorse. the chinese government has called for an all right —— all—out effort to help. the computer deep blue has triumphed over the welch —— world charles champion, garry kasparov. as the versed on the computer has beaten a chess champion ina computer has beaten a chess champion in a match. same-sex marriages have been taking place in massachusetts. god bless america. this is bbc world news today. the latest headlines. indonesian police say members of one family carried out coordinated suicide bomb attacks on three churches — killing 11 people. as the us prepares to move its embassy tojerusalem,
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the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu calls on other nations to do the same. the former british labour cabinet minister dame tessa jowell has died at the age of 70. she had campaigned to raise awareness of brain cancer following her diagnosis a year ago. during her political career she had worked as culture secretary under the then prime minister, tony blair. mr blair described her as an amazing politician and a dear friend. her impact on politics was enormous. everything she touched, she turned to gold in some way, whether it was advancing equal pay for women, starting sure start, which is an immense programme for children in our country, or bringing the olympics to britain. she did everything with the same passion, determination, verve and charm. european rough—sleepers detained and deported under an illegal policy by the home office in britain are to receive hundreds of thousands of pounds in damages. figures obtained by the bbc reveal
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that in the year to may 2017, 698 homeless eu nationals were systematically targeted and removed from the country. john ironmonger reports. tomas lusas is from lithuania. for nine years, he has been living, working and paying taxes in england, but a low point in 2016 found him on the streets in west london. recently i was sleeping here. he was woken one morning by immigration officers, and quickly bundled into a van to be deported. it is really hard to stand up after that, you know, because all of those handcuffs, all of this immigration thing, all of those officers who don't even want to help you, chat with you. tomas was detained for 19 days under a home office policy that the high court ruled in december was illegal and discriminatory. what was life like in a detention centre for you? jail — you don't know the end of the sentence. i didn't know i was going
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to spend a night in this. he was later awarded £10,000 in damages, but others like him are now entitled to a pay—out. law firms tell us that the home office is in the process of settling at least 45 such claims. the true number is likely to be higher. figures obtained by the bbc reveal that, in the year to may 2017, nearly 700 homeless eea nationals were illegally detained. simultaneously net migration was cut, helping to cover rising homelessness. but rough sleepers were being targeted even if they were in work, even if they had a permanent right of residence in the uk. eu law is very clear, and actually it is very robust. but what the policy was was a very flimsy attempts to misuse the law simply to meet immigration targets. the home office told us it had ceased all action on immigration status of eea citizens
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because of rough sleeping, and that claims for rough sleeping will be considered on a case—by—case basis. tomas, meanwhile, has a new place to stay, and a second chance to make his home in the uk. the egyptian striker mo salah has set a new record for the most goals in an english premier league season. the liverpool forward scored in liverpool's 4—0 victory over brighton at anfield, taking his season's tally up to 32 goals. his exploits have made him a household name in his native egypt and salah will be spearheading his country's efforts at this summer's world cup in russia. he'll also play in the final of this year's champions' league. his manager at liverpool, jurgen klopp, was full of praise for the egyptian forward after today's game. he played this season which is outstanding but he is young enough and has enough potential to improve so that's really good news, for all of us, for him as well. so there's still work to do and i'm
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really happy about that. but what he is in his mind, he's a real goal getter, that's cool. he wants to. and i'll mix it up, in a few moments, then there will be goals again. that number, have no idea of course because obviously it's difficult to score that many goals otherwise other people would have done it already. let's cross to cairo now and speak to the egyptian football writer marwan saeed. he also edits the sports website king fut. can you believe that? 32. what an extraordinary number. can you believe that? 32. what an extraordinary numberlj can you believe that? 32. what an extraordinary number. i can't believe it, like you said. it's obviously something very big. egyptians, they don't believe it. he has done a lot of things for the country outside of football as well, but his exploits make egyptian youth dream about achieving more, and if
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people can book their head into it there is no such thing as an impossible feat. the egyptians have had a lot of problems, mentality wise, they had a lot of problems previously in their career in europe but mo salah is establishing a new path for egyptian youth to follow. can you give us a sense of his stature in egypt's. could he walked down the street without being mobbed? has he reached that level yet? you never see him in the street because he has become a national icon. he has reached the level where people say they are going to the presidential elections and voting for him. this is the level he has reached at the moment, so for him to go to the streets and act like a normal civilian, it's a very hard thing for him to do and he does do
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some visits to his hometown, his hometown, but they are brief but nobody knows, and if you've seen him by chance, he keeps his private life very secretive and ever since he moved to europe he does not have a lot of interviews with the egyptian media and such, so this is what makes him the guy he is. he's very focused on his football, goes to training, comes back home and then repeat and it's working well for him and he's reached a level where he is making egyptians dream and this is the effect he has had on the youth, the effect he has had on the youth, the elderly even. they feel very proud that one of their own is managing to compete on such a big stage and i don't think such a player has had an effect on all the egyptians that he makes them sit
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together and gather round and watch a football match just for one player. we wish in the best. great to talk to you about such a happy story. thank you very much. we will stay with the sport and get the rest of the day's news. here is gavin. thank you, duncan. great to hear from the egyptians perspective. the english premier league season has come to an end and until the last moment there was goals and late drama, not least for manchester city but it was the champions league spots that found much of the focus for the day. liverpool claimed the final qualifying place available with a convincing win over brighton. mo salah scoring his 32nd goal in the premier league, a new record for a38 the premier league, a new record for a 38 game season. the boys had pressure, and there's always pressure, and there's always pressure, but it has been massive in the last few weeks. it was always
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going to be one game between us and the champions league and it is difficult, and we are always one player less from the last game. i really think that it was fantastic and to qualify this year for the champions league is a massive achievement. chelsea needed liverpool to lose and to win themselves to take fourth, but it didn't happen. in fact it couldn't have gone worse for antonio conte eight as they lost 3—0. chelsea will play in the europa league next season. play in the europa league next season. we did not take our place in the champions league, because of the situation, and it was not in our hands and our opponent one today, for sure, not a good game, not a good game. in this case the coach is
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the first person to answer about this. manchester city scored with a final kick of the game to become the first premier league team to reach 100 points. their 1—0 victory over southampton means they break the record for winning the premier league by the biggest margin, 19 points. gabrieljesus with the goal. their 106 of the season. the defeat to southampton does not relegate them because swansea have gone down after seven seasons in the premier league. they needed to win and also turn around a huge goal deficit but they lost at home to stoke to join them in the championship. 31 goals in total on the final day including one for arsenal who beat huddersfield in arsene wenger‘s final game in charge. it was their first away win in 2018. there were no draws at all on the final day. lewis hamilton secured his second formula 1 victory in a row after
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dominating an eventful spanish grand prix. the event featured a heavy first lap crash, to caution periods and a number of spins and collisions. hamilton was in complete control though, leading from the front in his mercedes to open up a 17 point lead at the top of the drivers championship. valtteri bottas made it a 1—24 mercedes. sebastian vettel took fourth following a questionable strategy call from the ferrari team. zverev won his game in the madrid open. he claimed a straight set victories suggesting there will be a major threat from him and french open later this month. ireland have been given a sobering interaction to test cricket. they were forced to follow on by pakistan on day three of their inaugural match in dublin. they declare their first innings on
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310-9. declare their first innings on 310—9. ireland's first go with the bat could not have gone worse. they we re bat could not have gone worse. they were eventually all out for 130 but made a much better go of it second time around and will resume on the fourth day on 6a—0. ed joyce is 39 not out and william porterfield is unbeaten on 23. just before we go, time to tell you that simon yates has stormed to a superb win in italy to extend his lead in the general classification to 32 seconds. gavin, thank you very much. you might not the next story. tommy charlton, the younger brother of england's world cup—winning siblings bobby and jack, has made his internationalfootball debut at the age of 72. he was in the england over—sixties side that beat italy at walking football — a gentler version of the game for older players, played on smaller pitches. it's the first time the sport's been played at international level. a volcano that's been erupting in hawaii for more than a week could be heading
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for renewed explosive activity. geologists monitoring the kilauea volcano say more fissures are expected as pressure forces the hot magma up through the ground. meanwhile locals are buying respirators to cope with the acrid air. andrew plant reports. it looks like a special effect from a hollywood film. thick streams of lava still flowing. still advancing here. this is the new fissure, seen from a helicopter. an angry, orange, smoking scar in hawaii's otherwise lush green landscape. this monitoring station preparing for a worst—case scenario, working out a process for emergency evacuations in the hope they will not be needed. these are areas where
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the helicopters cannot land, for whatever reason. that is very restricted. but we understand that if someone is in an area where we can't land and they need help, we will have to hoist them out. the kilauea volcano has been erupting for eight days now and shows no sign of slowing down. this new split in its flank one of 16 that have appeared, as the pressure inside searches for a release. thousands have now left their homes, notjust the lava but the toxic gas is a real danger. the us geological survey team has said that more fissures are likely and there is the possibility this highly—active volcano could just be warming up for a series of even more explosive eruptions. andrew plant, bbc news. for most parts of the country it's
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been a beautiful day. a bit more cloud around in the north and east that rain for parts of northern scotland, but here was the scene in leeds, a bit of fairweather cloud and the next week or so we are looking at dry weather set to continue. but there will be a cooler speu continue. but there will be a cooler spell of weather through the middle pa rt spell of weather through the middle part of the week. back to now and here's the satellite image that we still have across northern and eastern scotland stretching down close to parts of
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east anglia and the south—east, more cloud working in through the west overnight so it will cloud over for northern ireland but the much of the country under the clear skies, we are infora country under the clear skies, we are in for a chilly start to monday and ina are in for a chilly start to monday and in a few spots there could even bea and in a few spots there could even be a touch of frost. a bit milder towards past of east anglia with cloud drifting in from the north and milder under the cloud for northern ireland. through the day, a largely dry day with sunshine on offer and a bit of fairweather cloud building through the day but quite cool around the eastern coast with breeze coming in from the north sea and the cloud pushing in four parts of east anglia and the london region. but in the sunshine, temperatures up to 19 degrees and it could feel pleasant. a bit cooler around the east coast. as we head into tuesday we have this frontal system which starts to move into the north west which will bring cloud to northern scotland and northern ireland with a few spots of rain. england and wales keep the sunshine on tuesday with a bit of cloud, but it should be the warmest day of the week, particularly towards central and south—east england. here we will see temperatures around 20 or even 23
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degrees, but slightly cooler conditions working into scotland and northern ireland later in the day and fresher behind that weather front. the front will track further south and east across the country as we move through tuesday and into wednesday. you can see the blue colour returning. things changing in the middle of the week with a slightly cooler day. wednesday, the wind changes so a more northerly influence and a cloudy day for england and wales as the weather front eases away. still a few showers and temperatures between 13 and 16 degrees. goodbye for now. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines. police in indonesia is the members of a single family who had just returned from fighting in syria carried out suicide bomb attacks on three churches. 11 people we re attacks on three churches. 11 people were killed and dozens injured. the israeli minister, benjamin netanyahu, israeli minister, benjamin neta nyahu, has called israeli minister, benjamin netanyahu, has called on countries to follow the united states and move the embassies to jerusalem, to follow the united states and move
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the embassies tojerusalem, speaking ahead of monday's opening of the new american embassy. french police have arrested a friend of the suspected militant islamist who stabbed and killed a bystander in paris on saturday. the attacker was reportedly bought in chechnya and was on anti—terror watch list. manchester city had broken the points were good for the english premier league on the final day of the season with a 1—0 victory of —— over
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