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i'm rico hizon in singapore, the headlines — president trump under fire for his zero tolerance immigration policy that's seen thousands of children separated from their parents. yes! joy for england as their world cup campaign kicks off with a win against tunisia. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme — the boss of audi, rupert stadler is arrested over the diesel emissions scandal. one of the world's largest orangutan populations is under threat because their habitat is being burnt in indonesia. it's 6am in singapore, 12am in london. pictures of children being held in cages along the us—mexican border have been shocking many people around the world. some 2,000 children, as young as 2 years old, have been separated from their parents in recent weeks as they tried to cross into the united states illegally. all this is the result of a white house policy to try to deter illegal immigration known as zero—tolerance.
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president trump blames the opposition democrats for splitting up families but insists america will not become a "migrant camp". nick bryant reports. children held in what look like cages. the trump administration's zero tolerance immigration policy being put into action at this detention centre in texas. it is not just the much wanted border wall that the administration will hope a cts that the administration will hope acts as a deterrent to those who cfoss acts as a deterrent to those who cross the mexican border in legally but also this wire mesh fencing. the geappen —— the detainees at all eat the dog kennel. the trump administration is not just the dog kennel. the trump administration is notjust detaining children that separating them from their taken away from their mothers and fathers in just fathers injust over one month long. inaudible. it will not be a migrant camp and it will not be a refugee holding facility. it won't be. you
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look at what is happening in europe, you look at what is happening in other places, we can't allow that to happen to the united states, not on my watch. in a series of tweets that will place even further strain on the transatlantic alliance, brett rumford ta ken the transatlantic alliance, brett rumford taken aim on angela merkel‘s germany. —— president trump. claiming it has caused a spike in crime. the last statement is false, the german crime rate is at its lowest. this detention centre, a converted walmart store in even mexican border. he has been accused of using the detainee ——t children as bargaining chips ——t children. zero tolerance policy makes zero cents. these are the most searing images of the trump presidency so far. we have heard some of the most
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searing sounds. released by us and you will —— news organisation and said to be audio of children crying he have been separated from their pa rents he have been separated from their pa re nts sto p he have been separated from their parents stop this policy is intended to protect american borders that is it demolishing american ideals? more analysis on our website. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. the south korean defence ministry has confirmed that an agreement has been reached with the united states to suspend joint military exercises due to take place in august. president trump appeared to take south korea by surprise last week when he announced the end of what he called "war games", after his summit with the north korean leader, kim jong—un. a statement from seoul said no decision had been made on otherjoint exercises. (read 0n) here's the white house press secretary sarah sanders had to say a short time ago. the conversations are ongoing and at
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this point, as long as the north koreans continued to act in good faith as we saw in singapore, then we expect those things to be on. and the us secretary of state mike pompeo says he would likely travel back to north korea "before too terribly long" to try to flesh out commitments made at that landmark summit between president trump and kim jong—un in singapore last week. the number of people displaced by conflict has reached the highest level ever recorded, for the fifth year running. a united nations report says that by the end of 2017, 68.5 million people worldwide were either refugees, asylum seekers, or internally displaced. people in western japan are continuing to clear up after the area around 0saka was hit by a powerful earthquake on monday. thousands of homes are still without gas or water after the 6.1 magnitude quake. three people are known to have died, including a 9—year old girl, the canadian parliament had passed
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a bill that would make canada the first major industrial country to legalize marijuana. the legislation still needs to pass the senate, which can delay, but not block it. take a look at this extraordinary aerial footage of lava flowing from the kilauea volcano in hawaii. it was released by the us national guard. mount kilauea began erupting around six weeks ago, destroying hundreds of homes. since kilawayo began erupting several weeks ago, —— since kilauea began erupting several weeks ago, a new coastline has been created, dozens of metres further into the sea. the chief executive of german carmaker audi, rupert stadler, has been arrested in connection with an investigation into the diesel emissions scandal. german prosecutors say they took mr stadler into custody to prevent him from
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tampering with evidence. the bbc‘s damien mcguinness has more. rupert stadler is the highest ranking official in the vw group to be detained for questioning. this marks a new level of the whole diesel emissions scandal. vw as a whole have sold and admitted to having sold 11 million vehicles fitted with so—called cheating software, the software that made ca i’s software, the software that made cars seem a software, the software that made cars seem a cleaner software, the software that made cars seem a cleaner in testing than they were in reality when sent out on the road. the allegations around rupert stadler who is ceo of audi, one of the brands within the vw group, revolved on e—mail back in 2015. the e—mail allegedly proved that rupert stadler may have known about the cheating software and still let the cars be manufactured and sold. if this is true, that
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would be fraught. and charges could well be made. right now, though, rupert stadler is still nowjust being questioned and the rest of the vw group are in crisis talks. they are trying to sort out the leadership in general and trying to figure out where to go next at this next stage of the whole diesel emissions crisis. also though, define and interim leader, a backup boss who can step in that while rupert stadler is being investigated. the world cup is continuing to provide football fans with drama. day five saw england beat tunisia in a nail biting 2—1 win. both england goals thanks to captain harry kane. also in group g belgium took on panama, beating them 3—0. and in group f, south korea lost to sweden 1—0. earlier i got the latest from our sports correspondent 0lly foster in moscow. dave ipad sort of past in russia.
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argentina and brazil falling at the highest hurdle. —— d5. argentina and brazil falling at the highest hurdle. —— ds. all eyes were on volgograd. harry came in his first world cup. —— harry kane. they started brilliantly. harry kane tapping it in but then they unravelled and gave away a soft penalty which in tunisia converted. it was 1—1 at half—time and it looked as though it would be back at full—time but you cannot keep a good man down. harry kane was found on market again in the box from a set piece and he just put in the winner. the 92nd minute. he was absolutely swamped by his teammates. such an important win because in the other group game, you've mentioned, the belgians who have this vast mix of individual talents, they have never quite done it together as a team. it was 0—0 against panama. this match
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was 0—0 against panama. this match was being played in sochi. there must have been a half—time team talk from roberto martinez and it cheered them up. the manchester united striker scored a couple of goals. a wonderful volley inside the box. england and belgium are top of group g now. if they both win their next match, it might be a dead rubber when they meet each other at the end. we saw the new video system in action. we have seen it in a few times. the video system referee giving penalties when the referee doesn't spot something. that was the only talking point from this match. it was an awful, awful game. sweden probably deserved the game just from that one ba are penalty. south korea who has been in every world cup but
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they will struggle to up that game to get out of that group. in that group is mexico and germany and germany will look to bounce back. they have sweden next. mexico flying high. they will have south korea. that group, not so wide open. sweden and mexico city and pretty. i have to admit that the newsroom erupted when england won. when harry kane got that goal. my son is gutted because he got south korea in his school sweepstakes so he was really disappointed with their result today. here in asia we are rooting for south korea, japan, iran, one of those asian countries to make it at least to the semifinals. i am a betting man. iam putting my least to the semifinals. i am a
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betting man. i am putting my money on poland versus england in the world cup finals just for you. on poland versus england in the world cup finals just for youlj world cup finals just for you.|j don't world cup finals just for you.” don't want to take any sites. poland are playing senegal later on on tuesday. —— take any sides. mystic marcus might see it. he is a small pig who has been choosing all of the teams he thinks will win. bello what is the prediction? —— what is the prediction? it is on our website. he chooses apples with flags on it and apparently, this little pig gets it right. we look forward to it. we will be watching it very closely. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme — one of the world's largest orangutan populations is under threat, according to conservationists in indonesia —
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we'll be finding out why. there was a bomb in the city centre. a code word known to be one used by the ira was given. army bomb experts were examining a suspect van when there was a huge explosion. the south african parliament has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing the population registration act, which for a0 years forcibly classified each citizen according to race. germany's parliament, the bundestag, has voted by a narrow majority to move the seat of government from bonn to berlin. berliners celebrated into the night but the decision was greeted with shock in bonn. just a day old, and the royal baby is tonight sleeping in his cot at home. early this evening, the new prince was taken by his mother and father to their apartments in kensington palace. the real focus of attention today was valentina tereshkova, the world's first woman cosmonaut. what do you think of the russian woman in space? i think it's a wonderful achievement and i think we might be able to persuade the wife, it would be a good idea,
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if i could, to get her to go up there for a little while. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories. widespread condemnation of donald trump's immigration policy that has seen trump's immigration policy that has seen children separated from their pa rents. seen children separated from their parents. a bump on the road for count —— carmaker audi after the bosses suspended over the diesel at —— diesel emissions scandal. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the japan times headlines with monday's earthquake in osaka that killed at least three people. it has a report on warnings of possible aftershocks, with experts saying the quake could be a sign that greater seismic
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activity is due in the west of the country. dubai's gulf news says the united arab emirates is to offer one—year residency visas to residents of countries affected by wars and natural disasters. it's said the visas will be available to apply for from august to the end of october. and britain's financial times looks at the ongoing tensions between president trump and germany's chancellor merkel. it reports on president trump accusing merkel of allowing immigrants to violently change germany's culture. this as merkel is under pressure in germany for taking in hundreds of thousands of immigrants.
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those are the papers. kasia, what stories are sparking discussions online? one of the most watched videos on our website gives a stark lesson to all of us who take risks when taking a selfie. this extraordinary footage shows a selfie almost going very horribly wrong. this is sanjay dutta, he's a forest ranger in west bengal. he was called in by villagers who saw this 5—and—a—half—metre long python swallowing a goat. mr dutta rescued the goat, but then went one further by posing for photos with the python wrapped around its neck. he was almost strangled, but managed to escape. the catholic archbishop of adelaide will be sentenced after being found guilty of concealing child abuse by a priest. philip wilson is the most senior catholic figure in the world to be
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convicted of covering—up sexual assaults by clergy. it relates to child abuse by a priest that dates back to the 19705. the bbc‘s hywel griffith is in the city of newcastle, on australia's east coast. he says the archbishop could potentially face a jail sentence of up to two years. we will find out what sentence he is given within the next few hours but last month, philip wilson was convicted of this after a long legal process and convicted of covering up events that occurred in the 19705. then he was a parish priest in east maitland i5 then he was a parish priest in east maitland is not farfrom here. victim5 turned to him to report the action5 victim5 turned to him to report the actions of paedophile prie5t5 but he did nothing and i5 actions of paedophile prie5t5 but he did nothing and is now the most senior did nothing and is now the most 5eniorfigure in the did nothing and is now the most senior figure in the world to ever be considered —— convicted of concealing abu5e. what is the archbishop had to say about this
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conviction? in his defence, he said that he hadn't been told by the victims, he denies he broke the law but since his conviction, he sent a letter out to children and parents in the archdiocese of adelaide to say that he would step aside from his position but not resign so he is holding on to his position as the archbishop and i5 holding on to his position as the archbishop and is possible that he could launch an appeal against his conviction. we will be due to learn more later. a forest believed to be home to one of the largest populations of critically endangered orangutans is under threat in indonesia. a timber plantation run by indonesian company, pt mohari5on, with investment from china and canada, has been accused of breaking indonesia's new environmental laws on peat land protection. rebecca henschke investigates. a canal cut5 deep into the dense
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peatland forests. environmentalists say the area is the key habitat for endangered orangutans. we are going to lose one of the largest and most important orangutan populations that we have left. we travel by boat into the forest, one of the last remaining low land peat 5wamp5 in borneo. thi5 forest is deep peatland, giant carbon sinks that help control our climate. now cleared and trained, they ea5ily burn, releasing that carbon into the atmosphere. in an effort to stop the annual peatland that rage acro55 kalimantan, covering the region in a toxic 805. the president declared a moratorium on the burning of deep
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peat forest, even within existing concessions like this one which was granted in 2000 before the new laws we re granted in 2000 before the new laws were introduced. in april last year, when documents seen by the bbc, the environment mini5try handed out sanctions. the government told the company to fill in this canal, saying there would be no compromise in terms of protecting peatland like this but as you can see, the canal i5 this but as you can see, the canal is still here, there is heavy building equipment. and when we came earlier in the day, we saw workers from the company pt moharison on site. you can see excavated here... injakarta, we showed our discovery to the director—general at the mini5try to the director—general at the ministry of environment. and this is the forest. virgin forest. and this i5 the forest. virgin forest. and this is the canal. what should happen to forest5 like this? is the canal. what should happen to forests like this? the forest is 5till forests like this? the forest is still intact. under law, it is now
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protected. it must be conserved. it cannot be touched. pt moharison in5i5t5 they have complied with all the government sanctions. by damning the government sanctions. by damning the canals. they say the workers we saw were the canals. they say the workers we 5aw were making a storage room. translation: we had a licence to dig that canal. suddenly new regulations come in and we are forced to stop and close it all down. it is devastating to the company after we have invested so much. environmentalists say what happens next will reveal how serious the government is about protecting its remaining biodiversity lo5t. meghan markle'5 father has given an interview — in which he shares insights into the royal couple's relationship and their wedding. thomas markle said, he was sure meghan cried, when he told her, he could not attend the ceremony and despite having not met prince harry face to face, he revealed they had had conversations about politics, including donald trump's presidency, and brexit.
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our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. she was the bride who memorably walked up the aisle without her father. thomas markle pulled out of meghan‘s wedding, health problems given as the reason for his absence. thi5 given as the reason for his absence. this place was taken by the prince of wales. now in an interview on itv's of wales. now in an interview on itv‘5 good morning britain, mr markle has expressed his gratitude. i can't think of a better replacement than 5omeone i can't think of a better replacement than someone like prince charles. he looked very handsome and my daughter looked beautiful with him. iwa5 my daughter looked beautiful with him. i wasjealou5, my daughter looked beautiful with him. iwa5jealou5, i my daughter looked beautiful with him. i wasjealou5, i wish it had been me, but thank god he was there andi been me, but thank god he was there and i thank him for that. mr markle
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5aid meghan had wept when he told her he couldn't attend the wedding and he had wept a5 her he couldn't attend the wedding and he had wept as he watched the 5ervice and he had wept as he watched the service on television in california and he spoke about the moment harry had phoned him to ask his permission to marry his daughter. harry got on the phone with meghan, they called me together and harry asked for her hand over the phone and i said, you area hand over the phone and i said, you are a gentleman. promi5e hand over the phone and i said, you are a gentleman. promise me you will never rai5e are a gentleman. promise me you will never raise your hand against my daughter and of course, i give you my permission. they also apparently talked about american politics and president tromp. our conversation, i was complaining i didn't like donald trump. he said to give donald trump a chance. i sort of disagreed with that. but i still like carrie. they we re that. but i still like carrie. they were his politics. i have my politics. harry said mr markle was an interesting guy who'd made a good
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choice in his daughter. he expects them to have children 5oon. a5 to them to have children 5oon. a5 to the future, mr markle says he is looking forward to having a good relationship with his new family. always lovely to see meghan markle'5 beautiful wedding dress. it's quite a pricy hat. a two—cornered hat said to belong to the former french emperor napoleon has been sold at auction in lyon for three—hundred—and—twenty -- $325,000. it was claimed to be found on the battlefield after his defeat at waterloo which took place today in 1815. napoleon wa5 renowned for his military bicorne5, which he wore sideways so he could be spotted more easily in battle. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. we will be looking at china's second—largest e—commerce companyjd as it gets
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big investment from google as it steps up its investments acro55 a5ia. and we'll leave you with pictures of a new installation in london's hyde park. bulgarian—born arti5t christo has literally rolled out the barrels, seven and a half thousand of them in fact, for this 20—meter high sculpture of an ancient egyptian tomb. it's floating on a small lake in the park 5urrounded by ducks and 5wans. good morning. somewhat of a battle of the air masses at the moment through the northern half of the country, fresh air, north atlantic air pushing its way in and to the 5outh, more mandir from air pushing its way in and to the 5outh, more mandirfrom the mid—atlantic. 5outh, more mandirfrom the mid—atla ntic. thi5 5outh, more mandirfrom the mid—atlantic. this one, as we see this little wave developed, a little bauble later bringing heavy rain. patchy rain and drizzle this morning acro55 we5tern patchy rain and drizzle this morning acro55 western parts, where the warmest of the errors. sunny conditions further north for the commute. it does feel a bit fre5her.
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sun5hine turns hazy a5 cloud increases. the cloud will break up but will turn cloudy. there is a lwa y5 but will turn cloudy. there is always a threat, northern and we5tern areas, patchy rain in drizzle. but note, temperatures into the 205, even with that cloud. the be5t the 205, even with that cloud. the best of the sunshine, the far north. northern ireland, south—west scotland, outbrea ks of northern ireland, south—west scotland, outbreaks of rain turns heavier. al5o scotland, outbreaks of rain turns heavier. also the parts of northern england. still separating the air masses so england. still separating the air ma55e5 so quite a fresh night into wednesday. the far south—east of scotland, stating monkey. heavier rain through the night. in a5hley pushes out into the north sea. just leaving i5 trailing cold front. introducing fresh air. here it is. outbreak5 introducing fresh air. here it is. outbreaks of rain through the start. it turns showery, that band. pushing
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through wale5. keeping things money towards the south—east corner. temperatures will shoot up. notice the contrast. temperatures much pressure further north. a few shower5, the highlands and islands. a5 shower5, the highlands and islands. as we go into thursday, that cold front is moved into the near continent. pushing i5 front is moved into the near continent. pushing is all in to pressure rare. a continent. pushing is all in to pre55ure rare. a few continent. pushing is all in to pressure rare. a few showers to shetland, the north—east of scotland. cloud building up in spreading dring middle part of the day but note that temperatures this stage, may be low 205 in the south. a5 stage, may be low 205 in the south. as we finish the week, going into the weekend, high pressure starts to nudge its way in, killing off that northerly airflow and bringing in 5lightly warmer air. it 5tays dry the most on friday, saturday and
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sunday, a good deal of sunshine, temperatures up a little bit. goodbye for now. i'm ka5ia madera with bbc world news. our top story — donald trump says the united states will not be a migrant camp. but there's been widespread condemnation of his immigration policy — that's seen thousands of children separated from their families at the border. england have kicked off their world cup campaign with a last minute, winning goal against tuni5ia. there was also joy for sweden and belgium in theirfirst games at the tournament in russia. and this video is trending on bbc.com. this man is a forest ranger, called in to help villagers in west bengal deal with a 5.5—metre long python. but he was nearly strangled when he decided to pose with the snake around his neck. luckily he managed to escaped. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news it's time for hardtalk.
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