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this is the briefing. i'm sally bundock. our top story: italy's new government says the country won't be "the refugee camp of europe" and reveals plans for large—scale repatriations. donald trump's lawyer says the president has the power to pardon himself over allegations of collusion with russia but won't. the uk's set to overhaul its counter—terrorism strategy and how intelligence on 20,000 suspects is shared. china warns the us sanctions will void trade talks, while members of the g7 say a trade war with the us could be just days away. is president trump about to have a change of heart? also in business briefing, a record fine for australia's biggest bank for settling claims that it breached laws against money laundering and terrorism financing. we'll be live to the region for the latest. a warm welcome to the programme,
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briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. we would love to hear from you. you can bea we would love to hear from you. you can be a part of the conversation in this programme. so, rudy giuliani says president trump probably has the power to pardon himself if any charges result from the russia interference scandal. is that fair? 0r is that fair? or is that an abuse of power? tell us what you think. just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. at least 48 migrants have died after their boat capsized off the coast of tunisia. 67 others were rescued by the coastguard. meanwhile, italy's new interior minister has been widely criticised
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after revealing plans for large—scale repatriation of illegal immigrants. matteo salvini says the country should stop being the "refugee camp of europe." lebo diseko has more. at this centre for migrants who have just arrived in sicily, matteo salvini's message was clear — enough of this region being the refugee camp of europe. he wants more deportations, and to discourage people coming to italy at all. translation: it's not enough to reduce landings. we need to increase expulsions. last year, we deported just 7,000 immigrants. at this rate, it'll take a century. we must open deportation centres in each region, making stronger agreements with countries of origin, and renegotiate italy's role in europe. this country is the main destination
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for people crossing the sea from north africa to europe, and many here argue it has placed a strain on the economy. and, while there are those who say refugees and migrants are still welcome, it seems the voices against are louder. the country's new, populist government was sworn in last week, having promised a tough line on immigration. salvini wants other countries to share the load when it comes to refugees, saying it is the only way to stop thousands of desperate people risking their lives. across the sea, in tunisia, the human cost of trying to make it to europe. 0ur boat filled with migrants capsized off the coast near the city of sfax. many did not survive the rescue. some of those who did reported to this hospital, and as the community waits for news of loved ones, the trauma of those still walking after being pulled from the sea is clear. translation: water was
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coming into the boat. those that could escape did. 0thers drowned. we stayed until almost 5:00am. fishermen came to help us, and then the army arrived. working with authorities and countries of origin like this is part of the action plan of italy's new government. but, if the danger of this journey isn't discouragement enough, the question is if new rules will be. breaking news. at least 25 people have died in guatemala after the fuego volcano erupted for the second time this year. the death toll is
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expected to go up. the agency says the settlement nearby has been buried. emergency services are evacuating entire villages from the most dangerous areas. fuego is one of the most active volcanoes in latin america. there are 6000 metres above sea level of ash and smoke. authorities have closed the main ru nway authorities have closed the main runway at the international airport. it is causing serious problems on the road. the guatemalan president said the situation was serious and a state of emergency is close to being declared. we will keep you date on that and all other news from guatemala. donald trump's lawyer says the president probably has the power to pardon himself if any charges result from the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. speaking on american television, rudy giuliani added
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that the president had no need to use the pardon as he had done nothing wrong. there's nothing that limits the presidential power of pardon from a federal crime, not a state crime. president trump is not going to do that. he's obviously not going to give up any of his pardoning powers, or any pardoning powers of future presidents, but under the circumstances will not do that. pardoning himself would be unthinkable, and it would lead to, probably, immediate impeachment. the senate would be under tremendous pressure. president trump has no need to do that. he did nothing wrong. rudy giuliani, us president donald trump's personal lawyer, speaking there. gillian metzger, professor of constitutional law at columbia law said that this would be an abuse of power. no, i think it's an abuse of the pardoning power. it is a broad power,
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but there are constitutional provisions, which are long—standing, against using public power for private gain, and the principle that no—one should be a judge in his or her own case is a long—standing one as well. right, i mean, so the use of public power for your own benefit, in this case to end the investigation, to take care of any possible future prosecution, is the use of public power for private gain. the constitution actually does prohibit the use of the pardoning power in cases of impeachment. so you could conceivably find, implicit in that, prohibition on the use of it in this kind of case, where the president is himself pardoning, as well. the key thing here, though, is something that actually guiliani mentioned, which i think is right, which is it would lead immediately to impeachment. and, in fact, the constitutional remedy for abuse of the pardon power is impeachment. we have been asking you for your opinions on this. is this an abuse of power? do you believe this is fair? here in the uk, the home secretary sajid javid, is set to announce a major overhaul
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of the british government's counter—terrorism strategy. in his first keynote speech, he's due to reveal changes in the way intelligence is shared on some of the 20,000 british citizens suspected of having terrorist sympathies. chris mason reports. pausing to remember one year on. yesterday, an opportunity to reflect on the eight people killed and 48 people injured in the attack on london bridge and or a —— borough market is. sajid javid, the new home secretary. today, in his first major speech since getting the job, he will say this. the threats are revolting, he says.
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—— evolving. 0ne —— evolving. one of the surprising plans is that mi5 will declassify the secret intelligence it holds of around 20,000 so—called subjects of concern. information about these people will be widely shared with, for instance, local governments. the aim is to maximise the chances of detecting any potential terrorist attack before it happens. chris mason, bbc news. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. after four nights of protests injordan, king abdullah is expected to ask the prime minister, hani mulki to resign. demonstrators are unhappy at a proposed tax increase and austerity measures, both backed by the international monetary fund. on friday, king abdullah intervened to freeze an increase in fuel prices.
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slovenia's president has confirmed he will give the leader of the right—wing sds party, janez jansa, the chance to form a new government. the sds emerged as the largest single party in parliament after sunday's election, but mrjansa's fiercely anti—immigrant rhetoric has alienated potential allies. security is tight in portland, 0regon, where rival demonstrations are being held. the rallies are by black—clad antifascists, known as antifa, and right—wing protestors in support of donald trump. it comes nearly a year after thousands converged on the city to protest against a pro—trump rally held shortly after a fatal racially motivated stabbing. china has warned the united states that any agreements reached on trade and business between the two countries will be void if washington implements new tariffs.
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last week the trump administration said it will go ahead with plans to impose 25% tariffs on $50 billion worth of goods from china. meanwhile, this weekend, finance ministers from the g7 nations expressed their anger with the united states over steel and aluminium import tariffs introduced last week. the plot is thickening all of the time. the independent analyst stephanie harejoins me now. a regular. good morning. this is quite an important week. so many twists and turns. and now we have the g7 meeting coming to a head. they are trying to put the pressure on donald trump. we also have the important summit between donald trump and north korea. it is
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interesting to think about what success interesting to think about what success looks like with this negotiation tactic the us is using. ta riffs negotiation tactic the us is using. tariffs on steel and aluminium, it has annoyed the eu, canada, mexico, china, and all of these deals are coming off the table potentially by christmas. who will blink first and where is this going? how can donald trump say this is a success? it is difficult to know where this will go. financial markets which were sensitive about this story for good reason, they do not seem to be that concerned at the moment. and yet you do not seem to know what happens next with the trump administration. 0ne next with the trump administration. one minute you feel like it is trying to smooth a path between itself and china and then we are talking about tariffs implemented today. it is happening behind the
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scenes. donald trump wants to take a certain message back to the american people to say i have done something that will improve jobs and the economy. he seems to think a trade war is no big deal. he thinks the united states was already losing. the question is will the gamble pay off and will the us win? will he cause chaos in the economy and were backfire? at the moment markets are calm, which is interesting. compare this to italy last week, with markets freaking out over a week of negotiations. this will be much bigger. we shall continue the discussion in business briefing. she will be back to look at what the media is discussing. in business briefing we will have another view on the trade talks, trade war, however you describe it. and now to move on. the top three military officials
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in north korea are reported to have been removed from their posts days before the summit between kim jong—un and president trump. 0ur correspondent, hywel griffith, joins us from the south korean capital, seoul. what does this mean, these three individuals being removed from their posts ahead of the summit? individuals being removed from their posts ahead of the summinm individuals being removed from their posts ahead of the summit? it is ha rd to posts ahead of the summit? it is hard to know directly what it means because we understand the changes have taken place over the course of weeks coming up to this moment. not necessarily because of the summit, but definitely a suggestion kim jong—un wants a more moderate line in his armed forces. we understand it is the defence chief, the chief of general staff for the army, and the head of the politburo, all removed. it may be generational changes as well. we saw before kim jong—un make changes relatively
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regularly in order to keep control of what is going on in his enormous military. what some are saying, those looking from the outside, they are arguing this implies kimjong—un is quite committed to the denuclearisation plan. 0r is quite committed to the denuclearisation plan. or not? some of these figures removed were quite pro—nuclear activity. of these figures removed were quite pro-nuclear activity. absolutely. you can read it in that way, certainly, and that is how south korea is hoping to interpret it. it wa nts korea is hoping to interpret it. it wants denuclearisation to be a policy he drives forward. the speed of change is up for debate. there is still a lot of debate between north korea and the us over the meaning of the word. in terms of how we read these changes in pyongyang, it is i
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could lay a symptom of that. he has made it a public confirmation that denuclearisation will be achieved stage by stage. if there hardliners in the military, they must be removed for that to happen. thank you. stay with us on the briefing. also on the programme: pope francis calls for an end to violence in nicaragua. more than 100 people have been killed in weeks of civil unrest. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crowning in accordance with the order of service, by a signal given, the great guns of the tower shall be shot off. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali, who has died at the age of 74. 0utspoken but rarely outfought, ali transcended the sport of boxing, of which he was three times world champion. he was a good fighter and he fought
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all the way to the end, even through his illness. yes, he did. uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs playing in europe. today is the 20th anniversary of the release of the beatles' lp sgt pepper's lonely hearts club band, a record described as the album of the century. you are watching the briefing. 0ur headlines: italy's interior minister says his country won't be the refugee camp of europe, and prepares plans for large—scale repatriations. devastation in guatemala. at least 25 are killed as a river of lava sweeps through villages. pope francis has called for an end
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to violence in nicaragua, where more than 100 people have been killed in weeks of demonstrations against president daniel 0rtega and his proposed changes in social security. the pope said social protests were being violently suppressed by armed groups. shuba krishnan has more. another day of violent clashes on the streets of nicaragua, this time just 20 kilometres south of the capital, managua. anti—government protestors fire slingshots and home—made rockets at police. they stand behind wooden barricades and improvised brick roadblocks. the deaths of this battle add to a week of bloodshed. on wednesday, in the country's capital, at least 15 people were killed and more
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than 200 injured. it was one of the worst days of violence since the protests began more than a month ago. they were triggered by cuts to pensions and social security. human rights groups say police have acted with brutality, and the pope has called for an end to the violence. translation: the church was always for dialogue, but this requires an active commitment to respect freedom, and above all life. i pray that all the violence ceases, and conditions are put in place to resume talks as soon as possible. but talks between the government and opposition have collapsed, and as president 0rtega is refusing to negotiate, an end to the violence doesn't seem near. here is our briefing on some of the key events happening later. now it is time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre.
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hello, i'm tulsen tollett. coming up in your monday sport briefing: find out why rafael nadal was eating cake as he prepares for his next match at the french 0pen. in golf, ariya jutanugarn wins the women's us open in a play—off. and an expensive mistake sees the pace car crash on the warm—up lap of the indycar race in detroit. later on monday, game four of the nhl stanley cup final will be played in washington, as the capitals look to go within a game of winning their first ever title. they were 3—1 winners over the vegas golden knights on saturday, having lost the opening match of the best—of—seven series. the golden knights are in their debut season, and were 500:i outsiders at the start of the campaign. serena williams says she is surprised that her tennis rival maria sharapova's recent autobiography was so much about her. williams has won their last 19 meetings, with one of sharapova's only two victories coming in the wimbledon final in 2004. the russian wrote that she thought williams hated herfor seeing her
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at her lowest moment. the pair will meet in the fourth round of the french open on monday, but williams says there is no bad blood between them. 0ne one thing that i always say, i feel like women especially should bring each other up. and, you know, a lot of people always assume that i feel a different way, and it is not true. if anything, i feel like we should encourage each other, and the success of one female should be an inspiration to another. i've said that a thousand times. rafael nadal is in action on monday, too, one day after celebrating his 32nd birthday. and what better way to do it than with cake at roland garros on sunday? nadal progressed to the last 16 with a straight—sets win against richard gasquet, and faces maximilian marterer for a place in the last eight. in case you missed it, ariya jutanugarn won a thrilling
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73rd us women's open at shoal creek, in alabama, beating south korea's kim hyo—joo in a play—off. thailand's jutanugarn held a seven—shot lead heading into the back nine holes, before imploding and being forced into sudden death. but she prevailed on the fourth extra hole to claim her second major title. novak djokovic is through to the quarter—finals after a straight—sets victory over spain's fernando verdasco. the 31—year—old serb, seeded 20th, has reached the last eight at roland garros for a 12th time, an 0pen—era record. the i2—time grand slam champion will now play marco cecchinato in the last eight, after the italian upset belgian eighth seed david goffin. indycar‘s chevrolet duel in detroit was delayed over a half—hour because the pace car crashed during a pace lap at the raceway at belle isle park.
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just before the green flag flew on race two of the chevrolet detroit grand prix, the pace car slammed into the turn two wall. mark reuss, a general motors executive vice president, was behind the wheel of the corvette zri when it crashed, along with an indycar official. the car's price starts at $123,000. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett, that is your monday sport briefing. now, it is estimated by the un that globally we throw away $1 trillion worth of food every year. a lot of that waste comes from large catering operations, the kind you find in hotels or, say, cruise ships. but technology developed in britain known as smart bins aims to change that. dougal shaw reports. this commercial kitchen in central
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london prepares 1500 meals a day. it provides catering for a museum and a conference centre. kitchens like he's typically throw away 20% of ingredients they buy. some are thrown away as trimmings, even though they are edible, and sometimes food ends up in the bin is simply because it is not needed after all. to stop this happening, this kitchen has been using a new piece of technology which can simply be connected to a normal bin on scales. this is what is known as a smart in. kitchen staff use it like a supermarket self checkout —— smart bin. the idea is to keep an accurate digital record of the food being thrown out. this helped the head chef make more informed choices. thrown out. this helped the head chef make more informed choicesm isa chef make more informed choicesm is a shock on the tonnage that is actually saved by using this. by keeping tabs on exactly what kind of food is being thrown out, the chef can adjust his orders of ingredients, but also improvise whole new menus based on what was previously being thrown away. whole new menus based on what was previously being thrown awaym whole new menus based on what was previously being thrown away. in an operation where you make a significant amount of your food in
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advance, you can typically cut food waste in half. do people actually have time on top of everything else the catalogue this stuff as they are putting it into the bin? they do. to start with, it is taking a little while to get used to the bin system, it is just about familiarising yourself with where the buttons are. however effective they may be, there is one important factor that holds these smart bins back. traditionally, smart bin technology has been quite a height price point, particularly for small operators. there is an equally small fraction that can afford that implementation. it appears this is just one solution to the problem of food waste. stay with me on bbc news. i'll be back with the business briefing in just a few moments. we will have a detailed look at those trade talks, with wilbur ross meeting the chinese vice premier on sunday. what was the outcome? will
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see you in a moment. plenty of warm sunshine around on sunday, with temperatures topping out into the mid to upper 20s. in the day ahead, very different weather. i hope you made the most of that blue sky, with very few showers, actually, on sunday compared with recent days. the day ahead rings plenty of cloud. the high pressure to the north of us, low pressure to the south. we are not too worried about the showers from that for the time being. the high pressure is a gentle north north—easterly flow coming into the uk, and that for monday morning has dragged a lot of low cloud in from the north sea. some patchy fog around as well. temperatures starting the day about ten to 14 degrees. northern ireland, western scotland, wales and south—west england starting the day with some sunny spells around. where you have the cloud it could be drizzly in places. for many central and eastern parts of the uk that cloud will hold on throughout the day. you're not going to get to see the sunshine. a few spots in south—east england perk
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up. south—east england, wales, sunny spells. the odd heavy afternoon shower, many of us dry. northern ireland and western scotland seeing some sunshine at times. here you could see an afternoon shower which could see an afternoon shower which could deliver a downpour. much cooler under the cloud. still a bit of warmth where you get to see some sunshine. a lot of that cloud still with us through monday night and into tuesday morning. perhaps a little drizzly in places. misty, murky weather as well and temperatures a little bit lower compared with recent nights. temperatures are not as high as they have been, but not cold by any stretch of the imagination. the big picture for tuesday, this front may start to bring a few showers towards the channel islands. most of us will stay dry. under the influence of high pressure, but low cloud to begin the day. a slow improvement through the day. we will start to see some sunshine coming through, away from southern england and parts of wales could say rather cloudy throughout. despite increasing
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sunshine elsewhere, temperatures may actually be a bit lower compared with monday, where you have some blue sky. but those temperatures are going to recover as we go on through the week. just back into the low 20s we re the week. just back into the low 20s were some of us. the week. just back into the low 20s were some of us. some sunny the week. just back into the low 20s were some of us. some sunny spells, some cloud, light winds, and the first half of the week is looking mainly dry. later in the week, some showers may come back. perhaps a few thundery downpours. they are not looking as intense as the ones we have seen recently, but we will keep an eye on that, and of course we will keep you updated. and that is how this week is shaping up. this is business briefing. i'm sally bundock. china warns us that sanctions will void trade talks; while members of the g7 say a trade war with the us could be just days away. is president trump about to have a change of heart? and australia's commonwealth bank has agreed to pay $530 million for settling claims that it breached laws against money laundering and terrorism financing. and on the markets:
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