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welcome to bbc world news, i'm duncan golestani. clashes over trade tariffs are continuing to overshadow the g7 summit in quebec. several countries taking part say a closing joint statement is unlikely, although president trump said he believed they would agree on one. from quebec, here's our north america editor, jon sopel. one big happy family, but although they put on strained smiles for the cameras, do not be deceived. this is as bad tempered and as tense a start to the g7 as there has ever been. watches may be the only things that are synchronised. donald trump was the last one into quebec and he will be the first one out. isolated over his protectionist trade policies. before leaving washington this morning, he was in no mood for compromise. they understand, and, you know, they're trying to act like,
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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 brusque tweet from emmanuel macron. such is the president's isolation that this should perhaps more properly be called the g6+1. donald trump seriously considered not coming at all. he feels he gets lectured by the other foreign leaders on iran, on climate change and, of course, on trade. and he's not a big fan of being lectured. but one area where he's doing
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the lecturing is on his surprise call today that russia should be readmitted to the group. whether you like it or not, and it may not be politically correct, but we have a world to run, and in the g7, which used to be the g8, they threw russia out. they should let russia come back in because we should have russia at the negotiating table. but france, britain and germany are saying no. the expulsion decision was made after russia annexed crimea. theresa may had more recent events in mind. we've seen malign activity from russia in a whole variety of ways, of course, including on the streets of salisbury in the united kingdom. so, we need to say, 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.
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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. the us special counsel, robert mueller, has filed new criminal charges against president trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort. he and a former aide, konstantin kilimnik, are accused of obstructing justice by tampering with witnesses. mr manafort has disputed the charges, but mr kilimink has yet to respond. let's get more form our north america correspondent, peter bowes. peter, just how significant are these latest legal developments? well, this is a sign the special counsel, mr mueller, is determined to exert maximum legal pressure on mr manafort. two new charges, obstruction of justice mr manafort. two new charges, obstruction ofjustice and conspiracy to obstruct justice
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obstruction ofjustice and conspiracy to obstructjustice and they stem from allegations we heard about earlier in the week that he had attempted allegedly to tamper with witnesses, contacting them using mobile phones and encrypted messaging services. the allegation being that he was attempting to influence their testimony at any future trial. a second person, konstantin kilimnik, is facing the same obstruction charges. he is said to bea same obstruction charges. he is said to be a long—time associate of mr manafort, described by some as a right—hand man in ukraine, and perhaps, according to prosecutors, with connections with russian intelligence. as far as mr manafort is concerned, he's facing a string of crime charges to do with financial affairs and he is likely to be in court again at the end of next week, not to face trial, but for a judge to look at the conditions of his bail. those conditions of his bail. those conditions could be tightened or bale could be revoked altogether, which would mean that he would go to
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jail to wait for his trial ash bail. peter, thank you. —— bail. guatemala has asked for more aid from the international community after the volcanic eruption, which has claimed more than 100 lives. the volcano, 50km west of the capital, exploded last sunday. a state of emergency is in place, with rescue efforts hampered by bad weather. andrew plant reports. more evacuations as the fuego volcano, looming over the guatamalan landscape, continues to spit smoke and fire clouds of ash high into the air. translation: at the moment, the national civil police is evacuating the people located in the area surrounding the mountain. there's a lot of activity at the fuego volcano, which puts the lives of everyone who's in the area at risk. a massive quantity of material could come all the way to where we are now. sunday's deadly eruption sent a fast moving mixute of gas and ash pouring from the volcano,
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burying everything nearby. this, a thriving town just a week ago. now locals are calling it ground zero. the stench of burnt animals, they say, is hanging in the air. eufemia garcia grew up here and is now searching for her loved ones. translation: my family was here and here they are buried. my sister with all her children are here. there are 52. no—one has appeared. friday brought further eruptions, officials will be more people to leave their homes. now the government has called for more help, more international aid, as guatamala tries to cope with more than 100 deaths and hundreds more missing. andrew plant, bbc news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. chinese government hackers are reported to have stolen highly sensitive data from the computers of a us navy contractor.
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the information is said to include plans for advanced underwater weapons. the navy said it would be inappropriate to comment on the reports. the united states has agreed to extradite the former investigators in california say they believe several of the wildfires that killed 46 people and caused widespread destruction in the north of the state last year were caused by electricity lines. the state's fire protection department said it referred evidence of illegality by the pacific gas & electric company to prosecutors. the company has denied wrong—doing. the so—called bride of belsen, gena turgel, has died at the age of 95. seen here with other holocaust survivors, gena was born in krakow, poland, the youngest of nine children. she was sent to various nazi death camps, including auschwitz, buchenwald and bergen—belsen. she nursed anne frank at belsen and married the british soldier who liberated her. theresa may says the
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government's white paper on its brexit position won't be published until after the eu summit at the end of this month. speaking at the g7 summit in canada, she told our political correspondent, vicky young, that she would deliver on her promises. pressing her case on the world stage, theresa may's flown thousands of miles to chat with presidents and prime ministers. but the questions for her stay the same. is brexit on track? is she in charge? these are complex negotiations, but the british people want us to deliver brexit and i am determined to do that. she might not expect eu leaders to give her a helping hand, but surely she could rely on her foreign secretary. back home, though, borisjohnson's been secretly recorded suggesting theresa may could learn something from the american president. so did the prime ministerfeel
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undermined by those remarks? people like borisjohnson have strong views on brexit, but so do i. i want to deliver brexit for the british people. that's what people want and i'm getting on and doing it. how many times can we get to this position, where you have to have these clashes with those on your own side? at every stage in these negotiations, we've seen people casting doubt on whether or not we could achieve what we want to achieve. we're now moving on to finalise those withdrawal issues and also to move on to discuss our future relationship. mrjohnson also described the treasury as "the heart of remain." he and the chancellor don't see eye to eye on brexit, and on a visit to berlin today, philip hammond urged cooperation with brussels.
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my experience has been that a collaborative approach is generally more productive than a confrontational approach, and certainly my advice to my colleagues is that the way to address the challenges that there undoubtedly are of reaching a good brexit solution is to engage with our european partners. and brussels certainly does have concerns. the latest wrangle is over a so—called backstop or fallback plan for trade with the eu after brexit, if a long—term customs arrangement can't be negotiated and set up in time. the uk suggesting it could match eu tariffs to avoid a hard border on the island of ireland. brexiteers insist this must be time limited, not something eu's chief negotiator is happy about. translation: backstop means backstop. now, why do i say that? because this has to be a backstop which provides a guarantee under all circumstances. so, the temporary backstop is not in line with what we want or what ireland or northern
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ireland want or need. as theresa may said again today, these are complex negotiations. it's not going to be easy. our political correspondent, vicky young, reporting. a 90—year—old woman is seriously ill in hospital after being attacked while she was in bed at home in north—west london. iris warner has told police a man hit her several times in the face. herfamily have released pictures of her injuries as they appeal for people to come forward with information. i should warn you thatjune kelly's report contains distressing images of those injuries from the start. this is what someone did to iris warner in the bedroom of her semi—detached house which has been her home for decades. her family have released these
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pictures in the hope that it leads to information about who was responsible. police say the bedroom of the house in north—west london had been ransacked, but it hasn't yet been established whether anything was stolen. all she's really been able to say is that she believes it was a male that has leaned over her while she was in bed and has hit her three times with some sort of instrument. iris believes it was once to the face and a few times to the back of the head. mrs warner was found by her son on monday afternoon. it's believed that the attack had happened in the previous 48 hours. she suffered two bleeds to her brain and at one stage her life was hanging in the balance. she used to go down to the sweet shop and buy a newspaper. i used to see her almost every other day. but yeah, i'm just shocked. i'm absolutely horrified. i would like to see more police, you know, around this area, greater safety.
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you do get all types of things here, especially at night time. police are stressing that these attacks are rare, but this case will add to public concern over violent crime, as all those involved in policing are aware. this is a barbaric attack. it is staggering to believe anybody could think anything can justify attacking this woman in her home. iris warner is said to be drifting in and out of consciousness as doctors treat her multiple injuries. june kelly, bbc news. our main headline: g7 leaders meeting in canada have been discussing import tariffs imposed by president trump. france said there's willingness to find an agreement. let's stay with that story. earlier i spoke to steve herman, the white house bureau chief with voice of america news, who's at the g7 summit media centre.
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i asked if he thought the leaders seem to be more conciliatory, at least in public. we've seen that with the us president, who has gone from the combative twitter trump to summit trump today. at least a complete reversal of his time when the cameras were on today's. although we heard in that leaders summit that it did get testy when the news media was not there, with the europeans trying to present the us president with some data to convince him that his trade tariffs are really not a great year for anybody, including the united states. does that do anything to the sense of isolation surrounding the president, or is it too little too late? that remains to be seen, whether the g6, as you might want to call it, are going to be united. you have the italian prime
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minister, who seems to be siding with donald trump, although the italian prime minister has only been around for a week now in office, and also i think the japanese prime minister is out not to gang up on the us president as well. so it's really the europeans and then of coursejustin trudeau as the host here in canada, he's trying to be the ultimate diplomat in all of this. you spend a lot of time observing the president, do you get a sense that really he resents being at this meeting and would actually rather skip on to the much bigger show in singapore in a few days? well, certainly he likes the show in singapore because it's going to be him and kim jong—un and nobody else, where here, he is sharing the spotlight and of course, the way that it is being presented to the rest of the world is that it is the rest of the world against donald trump. not a portrait he likes to see painted for himself. i think he saw that the g7
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as a bit of a chore, a talk—shop, and had a realisation that he doesn't like these multilateral types of things, whether they're forums pacts or agreements, that is the way he has been since he has got into office. he likes to do these one—on—one deals, we saw him sitting down individually with macron and trudeau and it was all very nice and very diplomatic. he's lost more than eight stone in preparation, boxer tyson fury launches his comeback later today after an absence of over two and a half years and well publicised battles with drugs and depression. fury will be fighting the albanian sefer seferi and insists he's not nervous, but that it's been a "rollercoaster of a few yea rs". andy swiss reports. tyson fury!
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the weigh—in after the waiting. in manchester today, tyson fury, fighting fit once more after a lay—off in which his only battles had been outside the ring. from the highs of his 2015 world title, fury‘s life unravelled. drink, drugs and depression. his weight ballooned, his titles disappeared. after losing some eight stone, he says he's now back from very brink. there was moments there when i thought i'd never, ever box again. i had mental health problems, depression. i'd been heavy hitting the drink. almost got divorced. you know, i lost everything. i was as high as any man could go, i was as low as any man could go. but look at me now, i'm back. well, for tyson fury, this fight has certainly been a long time coming. but after 2.5 years away, can he recapture his old success? back then, fury was also a showman — dressing up as batman... even head—butting watermelons.
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but he courted controversy, too. accusations of homophobia, which he denied. one man who's helped fury back to fitness, though, feels he is now transformed in every way. you've seen some of the interviews tyson's done in the past where he's not come out smelling of roses, shall we say. but, no, i think he's been a little bit more ok for the build—up to this fight. you know why that is, that's because he's happy. in the long—term, he'll be hoping for an all—british showdown with anthonyjoshua. but first he has to beat sefer seferi. the albanian's nearly a foot shorter and five stone lighter. for fury, a chance to pick up where he left off, and rekindle his sporting career. andy swiss, bbc news, manchester. the queen's birthday honours list has been announced. it includes damehoods for professor mary beard and the actress emma thompson. but there's controversy over a cbe for the boss of network rail. our entertainment correspondent
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lizo mzimba has more. it has been a shambles. it has been a nightmare. we are stuck because there were so many of the northern train sitting on platforms with no drivers. the decision to make network rail‘s chief executive mark carne for service to the rail industry was made many weeks ago but still being seen as controversial following network rail‘s role is controversial. they acknowledged timing was unfortunate. less controversially, player, manager and the figure who gave huge support to the hillsborough families, kenny dalglish, says he is hugely proud to receive a knighthood. everybody that made a contribution, maybe even a detail, one or two untruths of it myself to get this far, and to come out and get the accolade, that has been awarded, is very humbling.
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imagine your husband bought a gold necklace and come christmas, gave it to somebody else. oscar—winning actress and writer emma thompson becomes a dame for services to drama. it is an extraordinary collection of art. classicist and presenter mary beard also becomes a dame. the troops have been firing indiscriminately. along cbe‘s, the busy journalist kate aidan... the end broadcaster bamba gascoigne, actor tom hardy and businesswomanjo malone, for services to the british economy. i feel honoured, i feel humbled, i feel for the first time that, i don't know, ifeel on top of the world. it is an amazing feeling to be honoured and thanked by your queen and country and government for your hard work. hello and welcome
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to gardner's world. for obes, wanted on for services to horticulture and charity. and actress keira knightley for services to drama and charity. it is certainly very panicked... investigative journalist stacey billy becomes an mbe... as does an award—winning singer who can now say... miss dynamite, mbe. lizzy yarnold is made an obe. and the only gold—medallists from this is paralympic become mbes. most honoured have gone to people out of
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the public eye for work in committees. people like the founder of online forum she speaks, we hear. i really wanted to elevate the voices, the everyday voices of muslim women because i felt that more often than not they are spoked about in negative terms, but we don't get to hear their authentic voices. the oldest person recognised, becoming an mbe, 103—year—old rosemary powell, britain's longest serving poppy seller who retired after 97 years earlier this month. bbc news has been investigating local, regional and national identity this week — across england, wales and scotland — and tonight our series ends in northern ireland. our northern ireland political editor, mark devenport has been talking to people from different traditions about their connection to the uk — how the past has shaped what they wish for in years to come — and whether brexit has caused a shift in their allegiances. you don't have to look far to see
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the symbols of clashing cultures in northern ireland. the dispute between those proud of their irish and british identities underpinned decades of violence. these days, there's peace, and the old divides are more nuanced. i also want to wish you "adh mor" — good luck — with your exam. here in strongly unionist east belfast, ijoined an irish class attended by both protestants and catholics. linda irvine came late to her love of the irish language. she's a protestant whose brother—in—law was a loyalist leader. many of the words that we now use in everyday speech, many of oui’ surnames come from the language. we're surrounded by things that are irish. the clue is in the name, northern ireland. so we are part of the uk, we are british. but we're the irish part of the uk.
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almost a third of those with a protestant background defined themselves as irish, but only 4% of those with a catholic background identified as british. 83% of protestants described themselves as british and 82% as northern irish. 96% of catholics said they were irish, and 82% of catholics considered themselves european. training on a beach in county antrim, connell stewart is preparing to compete in a couple of european marathons. connell studied in europe and strongly opposed brexit. he used to favour staying in the uk, but now wonders if a united ireland could be a better option. where we were ten years ago was that being in the uk was the best bet. now, i'm open to persuasion. it looks like the stability is in the european union now, whereas it was reversed ten years ago. it looks like there's uncertainty and no—one knows where we're going with this. for me and for peace in northern ireland, i think we have to choose stability. it's the logical thing to do.
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in the bbc survey, 45% of people wanted to stay in the uk, while 42% said they would vote for a united ireland. that suggests the don't knows, at 13%, could prove decisive. 28% said brexit had changed their mind, making them more likely to back a united ireland. commentator: it's an irish driver in the lead! trevor england was a rugby star back in the 1980s. he's proud he wears the irish shirt, but when it comes to politics, he believes it's too soon to consider a united ireland. what we have to do is appreciate what we have. we live in a beautiful place. the people are fantastic
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when you press the right buttons, and the challenge is to make this place work whatever our constitutional preference and enjoy what we have and build relationships here, first and foremost. then, hopefully in a0 or 50 years, our children will be better friends. and in that scenario, they can take whatever constitutional decision they want to take. whatever choices these children make will be helped by their parents‘ confidence in the future. nearly 70% think northern ireland's best years are yet to come. that's a more optimistic outlook than anywhere else in the uk. mark devenport, bbc news, belfast. now the weather with helen willetts. hello. it looks like a fairly decent weekend ahead for many of us. we had very few showers through the course of friday. we had a good deal of sunshine, as well. and is very similar picture for saturday.
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it is warm, it is muggy, there will be some sunshine, but, at this time of year, you cannot rule out the chance of a shower. a lot of the showers fell across northern ireland. this was a photograph taken yesterday here, as you can see, at lurgan, and that was because we have a lot more sunshine, or we had a lot more sunshine, across northern ireland and scotland. and those high temperatures, the sunshine, triggered some heavier, thundery showers. we also had the remnants of a weak weather front sitting across parts of england and wales. there was more cloud across northern england and parts of wales during friday. a similar story for saturday. some dry, brighter spells to the south. so as we dawn saturday morning, still chilly in the north—east of scotland. a lot of low cloud having returned back in off the north sea. that will clear away. one thing worth pointing out again is the very high levels of grass pollen, particularly for england and wales, but for northern ireland, as well. so unfortunately no sign of respite as well. so for the day ahead, plenty of sunshine to start across northern ireland. mist and low cloud clears away. if anything, the showers will be more prevalent for scotland. and we will take a while to get that cloud clear back to the coast. it could linger across, as you can see, shetland. but around morrey, we have some of the study is whether, yesterday, so we could
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well see that again. if anything, the showers will be more widespread over the hills. heavy hail and thunder, perhaps fewer showers for northern ireland. one or two for northern england, wales, south—west, and the odd homegrown one as well, potentially, across the home counties. they can't be ruled out. but for many it is fine and dry after a murky start, potentially. through the evening and overnight, temperatures will fall away again in the north and the east. a few showers to continent with. if anything, there will be focused eastwards, across scotland, the north—east of england, as we go through the day on sunday, perhaps a few more across northern england and wales and the south—west again. we'll watch developments to the south, in the channel islands, and just one or two elsewhere. but if anything, temperatures will be just a little higher on sunday. but there's a lot of warmth close by. some exceptional heat at the moment across scandinavia. high wildfire risk here. whilst it's a little cooler across iberia. but without heat and low pressure moving northwards, as are mentioned, some showers crossing into the channel islands. of course, that would trigger some because of interruptions at roland garros. it looks as if it will be kept at bay for a while and, actually, our main rain,
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that will start to come in the atlantic as temperatures dip away from midweek onwards. as ever, there's plenty more on the website. have a good weekend. this is bbc news, the headlines: g7 leaders meeting in canada have been discussing import tariffs imposed by president trump. following a bilateral meeting with donald trump, the french president said there's willingness to find an agreement.
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