tv World News Today BBC News June 8, 2018 9:00pm-9:30pm BST
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of next week. most places will part of next week. most places will be dry with some sunshine. it could be dry with some sunshine. it could be all change from wednesday onwards. this is bbc world news today. i'm kasia madera. our top stories: can the talks stay cordial? disagreements are already coming up at the g7 leaders meeting in canada. anger in turkey as austria shuts down seven mosques it says are funded from abroad. turkey says the move is islamophobic. israel kills palestinians protesting at the gaza border. hundreds more are reportedly injured. also in the programme: celebrity chef, writer and tv presenter anthony bourdain has died. we'll hear how he opened up the culinary world for audiences. we could be in store for a rocky g7 summit. tensions over international trade and the us decision to impose
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new tariffs on steel and aluminium have dominated the opening exchanges. both france and canada are strongly criticising the us for the tariffs. this is the moment when all the leaders gathered for a family photo. there were smiles, but overall, it was pretty brief. it's notjust the us tariffs that there is disagreement over. there's also a split over russia, after mr trump's surprise call for moscow's readmission to the group. the four european members of the group — germany, france, britain and italy — said they were united in opposing the move. jon sopel reports from quebec. the reluctant visitor has arrived. donald trump is the last one into quebec, and he'll be the first one out, missing all tomorrow's discussion on climate change and the environment. it's as bad—tempered a start to a g7 as there's ever been. before leaving washington this morning, he was in no
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mood for compromise. they understand, and, you know, they're trying to act like, well, we fought with you in the wars... they don't mention the fact that they have trade barriers against ourfarmers. they don't mention the fact that they're charging almost 300% tariffs. when it all straightens out, we'll all be in love again. though it's a little bit chilly at the moment in quebec, the other g7 leaders are enraged that the us has imposed tariffs on steel and aluminium, citing national security. it brought this brisk tweet from emmanuel macron. .. such is the president's isolation, this should perhaps more properly be called "the g6 plus one". donald trump seriously considered not coming at all. he feels he gets lectured by the other foreign leaders —
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on iran, on climate change, and, of course, on trade. and he's not a big fan of being lectured. one area where he's doing the lecturing is his call today for russia to be readmitted to the group. they were booted out after the annexation of crimea. not so fast, says theresa may. we've seen malign activity from russia in a whole variety of ways including, of course, on the streets of salisbury in the united kingdom. so we need to say that i think before any such conversations can take place, russia needs to change its approach. the quebecois are trying to go about their daily lives as if it's business as usual. and without much optimism, so too are the other members of the g7. but it's not. there's a tough decision to make. roll over and accept american tariffs, or retaliate and risk an all—out trade war. jon sopel, bbc news, quebec. let's cross to quebec where that summit is taking place and speak
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to our correspondent gary o'donoghue. earlier, we questioned whether we would get one of those joint statement at the end of this summit. it is if angela merkel read your mind because we are getting snippets from the sidelines where she says perhaps we will not get a joint statement. no, angela merkel is putting a brave face on that. she has apparently said that it would be an honest outcome if there was not a joint statement at the end of this, which really is trying to make the best of a bad lot. the leaders are into theirfirst, big best of a bad lot. the leaders are into their first, big sessions best of a bad lot. the leaders are into theirfirst, big sessions now. there was a bit of photo opportunity. at the top of that, donald trump seated between kennedy and promised herjustin trudeau, who is called his terrace on steel and aluminium risible and insulting and unreasonable. and on this site, angela merkel, who is also been equally critical of his idea to
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bring russia into the g7. so that will be mr trout‘s first taste of being in the room and all these leaders who disagree profoundly with him on international trade, on a number of foreign—policy issues and on this idea of bringing russia back into the club. he is not hanging around long, he is of the singapore shortly, leaving the rest of the leaders of their own devices. that is right. he was late in arriving and he will be out of here in the morning. he will miss the sessions on things like climate change and pollution of the oceans. that is not exactly the kind of area that is going to get him very excited anyway. and he is arctic pulled out of the paris climate change agreement, as they will be off. he has been focused the last few days really on that meeting in singapore with the north koreans. it fits his style, it fits his plan really and his campaign method. it is not like these multilateral organisations. he
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thinks they are part of the problem ofa thinks they are part of the problem of a globalised world, where america up of a globalised world, where america up of actively gets the wrong end of the deal when it comes to get in a room with an individual, with individual country and do the deal that kind of way. so it is not surprising that have little time for this sort of organisation, but he has created a lot of instability in a place like this g7 meeting, which has normally been a focus over the yea rs has normally been a focus over the years for agreements, has normally been a focus over the years foragreements, not has normally been a focus over the years for agreements, not just has normally been a focus over the years for agreements, notjust on trade issues but on political issues as well and in the other of foreign—policy. as well and in the other of foreign-policy. yes, the instructor is always. as always, thank you very much, gary liber quebec with the latest there. austria's government says it will be closing seven mosques and plans to expel dozens of imams funded by foreign countries, including turkey. turkey has reacted angrily, describing the move as racist and anti—islamic. from vienna, here's bethany bell. the door is locked
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at this vienna mosque. it's one of seven across austria that's been shut down at short notice by the authorities. the government, a coalition of the conservatives and the far right, says it's cracking down on political islam. translation: parallel societies, political islam and radicalisation have no place in our country. austria's law on islam bans foreign—funded clerics. the government says dozens of imams from a turkish organisation could face expulsion. the authorities are also stopping the work of an arab muslim group which they say has radical tendencies. well, i'm outside one of the mosques that was shut down. this one is associated with the turkish nationalist youth group the grey wolves. people turned up for friday prayers to find the doors locked. one worshipper told us there were no links to extreme groups. i've been here since i was seven
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or six years old, and i've never seen anybody actually, you know, people out of anything like the bozkurtlar movement. of course, some of our members may have nationalist views, but they don't concern us, because we are open to everybody, and everybody who wants to be part of our club is always welcome. austria has around 600,000 muslim inhabitants, who are mostly of turkish origin. the country has been spared the kind of deadly militant attacks as seen in london, paris and brussels. bethany bell, bbc news, vienna. gazan health officials say israel has shot and killed four palestinians, including a 15—year—old boy, during the latest protest at the border. they say more than 600 people have been injured, some of them critically. the israeli army says 10,000 palestinians took part in the demonstration, some burning tyres
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and throwing rocks. yolande knell is at the border. this is the last friday in the islamic holy month of ramadan. it's known asjerusalem day, an idea that originally comes from iran, and this has motivated a lot more people, really big crowds, to come down to the border with israel. now, hamas, which controls gaza, has also been encouraging people to come in big numbers. it has also been the message that has come from the mosques. and we've seen lots of protesters coming down here with tyres. that's what's burning now, causing all of that black smoke. they are flying kites as well. you can see some of the kites up in the sky, and those have got petrol bombs attached to them. in the last few days, these have caused a lot of damage inside israel. they have started a lot of fires in agricultural areas. israeli drones are being used to target them. that's what's causing now a lot of this excitement down at the border.
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hundreds of israeli snipers are deployed on the other side, and we know that the message from the israelis is that they will shoot in self—defence. also, they say they will shoot to stop anybody from infiltrating into their territory. for palestinians, these protests are about the right to return to their ancestral land, which now lies inside of israel, and also increasingly they have become about the tough conditions here. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. a british—based group monitoring the civil war in syria says at least 38 civilians were killed in overnight air strikes in the rebel—held province of idlib. the syrian observatory for human rights said five children were among the dead, and that the attack was likely to have been carried out by russian jets. us special counsel robert mueller has filed fresh charges against presdient trump's former campaign chairman, paul manafort, and also brought the first charges against a business associate who has
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ties to russian intelligence. the new indictment includes five earlier charges against mr manafort, but adds two new counts of obstruction ofjustice and conspiracy to obstructjustice against both mr manafort and konstantin kilimnik. it's the first time mr kilimnik has been publicly named. the international criminal court has overturned the war crimes conviction of the former congolese vice—president jean—pierre bemba. he was also acquitted of crimes against humanity. in 2016, mr bemba was given an 18—year sentence for atrocities committed by his forces in the central african republic, including rape and murder. the judges ruled that he should not have been held liable for crimes committed by his troops in a foreign country. football's world governing body fifa has suspended ghana's top football official after he was seen on camera accepting a cash gift from someone pretending to be a businessman.
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kwesi nyantakyi was a target in a two—year undercover investigation by a ghanaian journalist, anas arameyew anas. his film has left ghanaian football in turmoil. peter okwoche reports. these are the images that have sullied kwesi nya nta kyi's reputation. it's a huge fall from grace for the second most powerful man in african football. his campaign to head ghana's football association was built on a pledge to fight corruption in the organisation, and now that's the accusation that he's facing. and football's world governing body is now taking action. in a statement, it said the organisation... the undercover investigation featured dozens of other ghana football officials, all seen accepting various amounts of cash. this led the government to say it would dissolve the football association, a move that could put it in conflict with fifa. ghanaian fans have long complained about the way the game's been run in the country, and today's suspension of nyantakyi is a welcome move to some of them.
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we're hoping that this also has a cleansing of the gfa in total. it's long overdue. i saw this coming. i expected action to be taken earlier than this. this ghanaian sports journalist believes the gfa's inaction to clean house may have forced fifa's hand. i think the other issue is this decision is it sort of exposes the lack of action by the gfa's own ethics committe and the gfa's own body. on thursday, they stayed to fight the process rather than address the issues. but for fans, it may be a long time before they can trust those who run the game in ghana. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: as canada prepares to legalise recreational marijuana, we discuss the pros and cons of legal weed. the day the british liberated the
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falklands and by night, the british decide what to do with the enemy. falklands and by night, the british decide what to do with the enemym the heart of the western capital, crowds packed us in the manager there has raised a great hopes for an end of the of europe. michael jackson was not guilty on all charges. the screams of the crowd testament to his popularity and their faith testament to his popularity and theirfaith in his testament to his popularity and their faith in his innocence. as long as they pay to guesstimate, i will get out there and kick it down the hill. whether that be the first
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man to go across the channel on your own? this is bbc world news today. i'm kasia madera. the latest headlines: g7 leaders are in canada for a summit. there are disagreements between them on tariffs and climate change. and before leaving for the meeting, president trump called for russia to be readmitted to the group. lizzie greenwood—hughes has all the sport. hello, rafal nadal is through to his 11th french open final. the world number one and ten time winner in paris comfortably
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saw—offjuan martin del potro in straight sets 6—4, 6-1, 6-2. nadal has an incredible record at roland garros and is only the second man after roger federer to reach 11 finals at the same grand slam. so nadal will play austria's dominic thiem in sunday's final, the only man to have beaten him on clay in the past two years. thiem survived a bit of a wobble in his win over the italian marco cecchinato who'd knocked out novak djokovic in the quarter—finals. it will be thiem's first grand slam final. red bull's max verstappen was fastest in both practise sessions ahead of sunday's canadian grand prix. the dutchman was just ahead of ferrari's kimi raikonen and his team mate and monaco winner daniel ricciardo on the time sheets. championship leader lewis hamilton could only manage fourth quickest although mercedes appear to be playing a strategic long game in montreal with their tyres. geraint thomas is the new leader of the criterium du dauphine. the welshman took the yellow jersey as ireland's dan martin won stage five in the french alps. is thomas has an overall advantage ofi minute and 9 seconds with two stages left. tyson fury returns to the boxing ring tomorrow for the first time in over two and half years. he faces the little—known
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albanian sefer seferi in manchester. but the biggest talking point at the weigh—in was fury‘s huge size in comparison to seferi. the former world heavyweight champion has had to battle back to fitness after his lay—off, dropping from 27 stone to 19 and a half stone. that's nearly five stone heavier than seferi and a foot taller, but another former world champion is delighted to have him back in the sport. and was sparring in myjam and sparring with a world—class sparring partners. and he has been standing in the red. it is unbelievable. and it seemed to him where he has come from and how downed he was and how bad of shape he was and where he is today, he talks the talk, ties him up today, he talks the talk, ties him up but when has he ever not walk the walk i think you are the same as saturday. he is enjoying boxing, he has a smile on his face. and i think
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we'll see a different tyson fury in an out of the ring. these over the place. the welsh capitalcardiff is hosting the latest section of the volvo ocean race's ‘in port‘ series. tom brown is following the build up. since leaving spain last october, these birds have sailed around the entire world, stopping in southern africa, hong kong, braziland america, and for the first time here in wales. these seven teams in vendors and grueling conditions out at sea, sailing through the night with little sleep for weeks on end. but this afternoon, things were a little easier for them as a traditional import race was held off the south wales coast. this mini sprint series is stored separately from the round the world marathon, and it was the race team that came away with maximum points. of course, they raise previously has only visited some of them portsmouth when stopped in the uk, but he will say
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—— so stopped in the uk, but he will say —— so says he is an impressive about his homeland have taken on the task of hosting. they were concerned about card of hosting the volvo and we have people here to support, but it has been great and busy every day. there habit school groups down, taking part in all sorts of things in the village. this weekend, there will be crowds down here in the bay. on sunday, these but sent out into the ocean. first to sweden before finishing in two weeks in the hague in the netherlands. mane, there are 45,000 in the netherlands. mane, there are 16,000 nautical milejourney in the netherlands. mane, there are 16,000 nautical mile journey will be complete. the finish line is almost inside. tom rowett, bbc news encarta. that's all the sport for now. celebrity chefs jamie oliver, nigella lawson and gordon ramsay and us president donald trump are among those to pay tribute to anthony bourdain after the tv host died, aged 61. a renowned chef, food critic and writer hosted shows including the layover and parts unknown. he was found dead in a hotel room in france.
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his employer, cnn, says he took his own life. here he is speaking about his life in 2015 while launching his book medium raw. i'm the worst person in the world to look to for a message. i'm a bad role model, i'm a bad advocate. if anything, the book's about mixed emotions, a continuing argument with myself on a lot of issues, coming to terms with how i've changed and how the restaurant industry i wrote about in kitchen confidential has changed. so the message — conflicted. anthony bourdain, who has died at the age of 61. canada has moved a step closer to legalising cannabis, with the parliament approving a law allowing recreational use. prime ministerjustin trudeau has committed to making marijuana legal within months. a number of countries have already partially or fully
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decriminalised the drug, but canada would become the first of the world's wealthiest countries to fully legalise it. jon donnison reports. could this be the new growth industry in canada? cannabis production like at this farm is already big business after the drug was legalized for medical use. this week's vote in the senate means recreational use is a step closer to becoming legal, too. translation: medicinal use in canada has already been legal since the year 2000 for all practical purposes. what's happening now with recreational use is a big step. there are lots of corporations that can look at potential profits that can be generated in this market. cannabis pills are already produced in their millions. but economists say full legalization could see canada's cannabis industry grow to be worth $4.5 billion us. uruguay became the first country to legalize marijuana in 2013,
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although foreigners there aren't supposed to buy it. it's partially or fully decriminalised in several countries, including argentina, portugal, spain and the czech republic. and nine states, as well as washington, dc, have also legalized marijuana for recreational use in the united states. but canada would become the first of the world's wealthiest countries to fully legalize the drug. translation: a large portion of the population consume cannabis and obtain cannabis on the black market. the main idea behind the legislation project is to break up the black market and keep young people away from early consumption. under the new laws, people over the age of 18 will be allowed to possess up to 30 grams of marijuana for personal use. sales to anyone under 18 would be banned under federal law. but provinces and territories could set their own age limits. translation: canada is already a leader
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in the regulation of cannabis. we have learned a lot from our medical cannabis programme, and we hope that the legalization of cannabis will be copied in other countries. the new laws still have to be signed off by canada'ss lower house of parliament, but if approved, cannabis could become fully legal by the end of the summer. jon donnison, bbc news. now it's a question which scientists have long tried to answer — has there ever been life on mars? well, we may not have solved it yet, but new discoveries by the us state agency, nasa, mean we could be one step closer to finding out. nasa has announced that its curiosity rover has detected organic matter buried and preserved in ancient sediments on the planet, as well as a source of methane gas. all of which could have a biological origin. andrew plant reports. it's not evidence of life
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on mars — not yet, anyway. but it could be one step closer. tantalising signs of potential biology — organic molecules and methane. both could be an indication that something's happening on or beneath the red planet's surface. we don't know that there was ever life on mars. the organic molecules that we have found are not specifically evidence of life, because there are other sources of making those molecules, including things that are nonbiological in nature. the samples have been taken by curiosity rover, slowly exploring the chemistry of mars, burrowing down into the billion—year—old rock of what was once an ancient lake. 95% of the methane on earth is produced from biology, it's produced from termites or rice paddies, or cows, orsheep, or termites, etc. because of that, there's always been this interest in mars' methane. at the moment, it is not clearjust how common life might
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be on other planets. we only have one example, here on earth. but discovering life on our next—door neighbour, even if it is only little green microorganisms, would tell us a lot about both ourselves and the likelihood of life outside our solar system. fascinating stuff. thanks for watching. bye—bye. hello there, good evening. some warm sunshine this weekend, perhaps one or two showers around as well. today, we have had this zone of cloud across northern england, across parts of the midlands and wales. the rain in that is petering out. the cloud in scotland and northern ireland has triggered some thunderstorms and slow—moving downpours. those should become fewer and lighter overnight, but not completely. otherwise, it should be dry, with cloud coming up the eastern areas of the uk.
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temperatures in single figures in eastern scotland and northeast england. a cloudy start to the east, that cloud should thin and break. sunny spells develop widely, very few showers across england and wales. a few storms perhaps for northern ireland, and especially across scotland over the high grounds, some slow—moving downpours here. quite warm in the sunshine, and light winds with temperatures in the low 20s away from the east coast. sunday sees the showers mainly across scotland, perhaps onto the pennines. again, a few thundery downpours here. drier for northern ireland. most of england and wales will be dry, with more sunshine and probably a warmer day than saturday. now on bbc news, a newsbeat documentary: formula e — driving change, which looks at how the racing world is helping us to make a shift to electric cars. these to make a shift to electric cars. cars are definitely. green these cars are definitely... we go green in mexico city!
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all the talking stops and eight is all about business. not much to say. i think this is the future. it has a more free capacity to it. it's all a electric and it's all environmentally friendly. all of us a victim of our technology to be clea n a victim of our technology to be clean rather than dirty energy petrol. 10k travel the world to compete street tracks. now in its fourth season commits a just kidding the face of motorsport amidst changing the way we drive. —— it's not just changing changing the way we drive. —— it's notjust changing the face of motorsport. the last couple of races... in the wall! climbs out of the car. he's
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off! he crashed in free practise one and he has crashed in free practise two. can you dig himself out? that makes me feel sad for him, actually. a fantastic driver but i chose you to pressure every one of these drivers is under —— but that shows you. i'm newspeak's. .. drivers is under —— but that shows you. i'm newspeak's... he drivers is under —— but that shows you. i'm newsp ass... he drivers is under —— but that shows you. i'm newsp as a he in this is your big moment. formula e. this is your big moment. this is what you've been waiting for. how does it feel looking headgearfor season? for. how does it feel looking headgear for season? it's everything you worked for over the years and yea rs of you worked for over the years and years of practise. as you come through the ranks and different categories and this is the start of racing. you build up to the moment where you're prepared and you are ready to take the opportunity when it comes, and that's the benefit of being a reserve driver. you learn everything in the background and is
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slightly slower pace and then when the time comes, you are ready to do the time comes, you are ready to do thejob. the time comes, you are ready to do the job. are you living dream now? when i become the champion, i will be living the dream. never settled. alex ta kes be living the dream. never settled. alex takes us to silverstone to show us alex takes us to silverstone to show us his cars before they ship off for the start of the season. talk to the controls. it seemed like there's quite a lot. but what the three main ones with god are these ones here. the break setting, the paddle,
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