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this is bbc news. i'm ben bland. our top stories: an american media report says the trump administration is planning new detention centres for tens of thousands of migrants. and mr trump threatens to impose import duties of 20% on european cars, the latest stage in the trans—atlantic trade war. the un's human rights council says venezuela's security forces have killed hundreds under the pretext of fighting crime. last minute goals save brazil from embarrassment at the world cup, and there are crucial wins for switzerland and nigeria. media reports in the united states say its navy is drawing up plans to build detention centres on remote military bases,
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to house 25,000 illegal immigrants. the us department defence reportedly plans to build what are described as "austere" detention centres at abandoned airfields in california, alabama and arizona. meanwhile, along the southern border, in texas, hundreds of children remain separated from their parents. the bbc‘s chris buckler reports. just inside america's border, only miles from mexico, this is one of the shelters were children are being held. from there, you can see young people being a shared between the makeshift structures in what is being called a tent city. —— the air. the pictures of cages and crying that have emerged from texas last week led a trump to reverse its policy of separating migrant parents from their children. he has given every indication that he did so
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against his natural instincts, and the president returns to arguing for tougher laws as he shared a platform with families who have had relatives killed by immigrants. they are not separated for a day or two days, they are permanently separated, because they were killed by a criminal illegal aliens. these are the families the media ignores. they don't talk about them. with controversy don't talk about them. with c0 ntrove i’sy over don't talk about them. with controversy over current policies and confusion about how and when separated families will be reunited, members of president trump's republican party have been working on new legislation. but now he has told them to stop wasting their time. this order divides, and the president believes the supporters are on his side, as he pushes once again for the american authorities to tackle illegal immigration. there are reports that the us navy is currently working on new plans to build what have been described as temporary and steer detention centres. —— austere. it is claimed
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the facilities, in abandoned airfields, are designed to hold up to 25,000 migrants. translation: airfields, are designed to hold up to 25,000 migrants. translatiosz is not ok what they are doing, because you are treated like a criminal when all you have in doing is working there. i don't take drugs oi’ is working there. i don't take drugs or anything like that, i havejust been working. it is not fair what they are doing to us. there is unlikely to be any let up in the pressure at the border, and with congressional elections only months away, it will remain a focus on how america deals with the problem on its doorstep. the pentagon has announced the indefinite cancellation of two marine training exercises with south korea. it follows the decision earlier in the week to suspend a majorjoint military exercise between the two countries that had been planned for august. a spokesperson said the move is aimed at supporting the implementation of agreements reached at the singapore summit between president trump and the north korean leader kim jong—un. a united nations report has accused venezuela's security forces of killing hundreds of people under the pretext of fighting crime.
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venezuela has in the past dismissed human rights allegations as "lies" as the country goes through a protracted political and economic crisis. andrew plant reports. anti—government activists in clashes with venezuela's national guard. a scene common in a country in a protracted economic crisis. some estimates say 87% of venezuela ns are now living in poverty. now a un report accuses the security forces of hundreds of killings under the guise of a crackdown on crime. there are raids conducted in poor neighbourhoods to arrest so—called criminals without a judicial warrant, then there was the killing of young men who fit the profile, in some cases in their homes, and finally the security forces would tamper with the scene so that the killings would appear to have occurred in an exchange of fire. at the northern tip
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of south america, venezuela has huge oil reserves, the largest in the world. many believe the profits, though, are squandered, siphoned off by corruption. president nicolas maduro accused of increasingly authoritarian rule. juan pablo's family one of dozens who say they are unable to getjustice after he was killed, shot by police, they say, demonstrating in the capital caracas last year. translation: it's been one year since our son was killed. we have been denied justice by the office of the public prosecutor. no one would allow us to identify the guard responsible for killing our son. amid hyperinflation and severe shortages, the report says families search for food in bins, while protesters face the possibility of detention, ill treatment, and torture.
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the venezuelan government has previously dismissed criticism and denied the problems exist. the office for the high commissioner for human rights is now calling for an immediate enquiry, saying no one is being held to account and that venezuela's rule of law has virtually disappeared. andrew plant, bbc news. president trump has threatened to impose import duties of 20% on european cars. the president made the comment after the eu imposed tariffs on some american goods, a move that was itself a response to us tariffs on steel. shares in the carmakers bmw, porsche and volkswagen all fell on the news. nick bryant is in washington. it's notjust the transpacific trade war with china, the trans—border trade war with canada and mexico, india took retaliatory measures with the united states and japan and turkey is preparing to do the same. this is broadening and widening. many of donald trump's supporters, especially those in the industrial heartland states of the rust belt
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love the rhetoric of the trade war but will they like the reality because the european union has been specific about which us goods it is targeting. it's gone to brands like harley—davidson, not because they are iconic or symbolic but because of where they are made, in those rust belt states of the old industrial heartland. they are trying to damage donald trump politically. many worry it could damage america economically. it's a view shared by the chamber of commerce in america but the markets are jittery. although the fundamentals of america are strong, unemployment at an 18—year low and donald trump believes he is entering this battle from the point of economic strength. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. agencies delivering aid to the yemeni city of hodeida say civilians are fleeing the embattled port town, as pro—government forces try to drive out houthi rebels. a un statement said there had been a "large scale" displacement of residents in the past two days.
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the government and saudi—led coalition allies launched the offensive to capture hodeida earlier this month. a review of the church of england's inquiry into allegations torrential floods have hit south—western romania affecting scores of homes and destroying crops. authorities sent aid teams to help residents clear mud and water from their homes. the rain only lasted twenty minutes but exceeded 70 litres per square meter, the amount usually seen in a month. the release of five men accused of gang raping a teenager in spain has sparked mass protests around the country. the group known as wolf pack, were convicted of the 2016 attack during pamplona's running of the bulls festival, but have been released pending an appeal. the decision has sparked outcry from the public and political sphere as women call for reforms in the justice system, including tougher punishment for sex crimes. georgina smythe reports. anger on these streets of spain and. tens of thousands of women chant
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"here we are, the feminists" and "it is not abuse, it is rape". these m essa 9 es is not abuse, it is rape". these messages delivered right outside government offices around the country, including the headquarters of the ministry ofjustice in madrid. protesters calling the men's release" patriarchaljustice" after an 18—year—old woman was attacked in an 18—year—old woman was attacked in a hallway during pamplona's running of the bulls festival in 2016. the man, from seville, walked free from prison, three of them pictured here in pamplona, after each paying $7,000 bail, an order by a spanish court as they await the outcome of an appeal against a nine—yearjail sentence. men, whojoked about the assault in a whatsapp group called the wolfpack, were acquitted of a gang rape charge in april and were instead jailed for the lesser crime of sexual abuse, leading to protests in the street. their premature
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release has also been criticised in the political sphere. translation: we were surprised by the release order. because the general rule in these cases is that a convicted person remanded in custody is kept in prison. especially when he has a nine—year sentence. in prison. especially when he has a nine-year sentence. new prime minister pedro sanchez has promised to hold training forjudges in gender equality. the european ad planemaker airbus says it could leave the uk if britain leads the eu's single market and customs union without a transition deal. airbus employs more than 14,000 transition deal. airbus employs more than 111,000 people, transition deal. airbus employs more than 1a, 000 people, contributing than 111,000 people, contributing over $9 billion to the british economy every year. another major manufacturer in the uk, b&w, has said uncertainty could damage the uk's car industry. —— bmw. on a mission to air its fears over brexit,
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the boss of airbus in the uk issued a stark warning over the consequences of any interruption to their supply chains. we're very fearful there will be chaos at the borders, and we want our factories to be able to operate as smoothly as possible. some politicians will say, "we've heard this all before, this is scaremongering, this is a reboot of project fear." this isjust a businessperson sitting here today explaining the risks we've evaluated for our business. i'm not a politician. rather than project fear, this is dawning reality. this wing—making factory in broughton, north wales, is the biggest of airbus's 25 uk sites and local people are worried. i've lived in broughton all my life, and it would be disastrous if they went, for the community. and it's notjust airbus, it's all the suppliers that supply them, isn't it, as well? airbus is not the only major manufacturer expressing concern about disruption to supplies. here at the mini factory in oxford, 270 trucks deliver millions of components every dayjust in time and in the right order to make one car every 67 seconds. mini's owner, bmw, says it needs clarity on future trade and border arrangements by this summer. if we don't get clarity
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in the next couple of months, we have to start making those contingency plans, which means investing money in systems that we might not need, in warehouses that might not be usable in the future. effectively, making the uk automotive industry less competitive than it is in a very competitive world right now. and that is a decisive issue that ultimately could damage this industry. advanced manufacturing is a delicate, finely tuned business. minis may be made in the uk, but it's not as straightforward as that. when it comes to symbols of british manufacturing, it doesn't get much more iconic than this. but how british is a mini? well, the steering wheel is from romania, the front lights are from spain, the rear lights are from poland, the crankshaft is from france.
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and these components can go back and forth several times between here and the eu. in fact, of the components that go into this car, 60% come from the eu. you get a real picture of how it takes a continent to build a car. so why not simply source more parts here in the uk? there just isn't the uk supplier infrastructure here. 15 million cars produced in europe, 1.5 million here, the sourcing tends to be in europe because that's where the main factories doing this sort of business are. the government insisted it is listening to business and wants the same things from the negotiation. our intention is to avoid unnecessary frictions at the border, to avoid tariffs. we couldn't be clearer in terms of our understanding of what the economy needs, and that is to be able to continue to operate a sophisticated, modern, just—in—time production system. airbus and bmw have long harboured concerns over brexit.
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with nine months to go before we leave the eu, those concerns have turned to alarm. simon jack, bbc news. stay with us. still to come, we will be hearing from sir david attenborough, as the bbc launches a new initiative to track the impact of past it pollution on the world's oceans. “— of past it pollution on the world's oceans. —— plastic pollution. members of the neo—nazi resistance movement stormed the world trade center armed with pistols and shotguns. we believe that, according to international law, that we have a rightful claim on certain parts of this country as ourland. i take pride in the words "ich bin ein berliner". chapman, prison—pale and slightly chubby, said not a single word in open court. it was left to his lawyer to explain his decision to plead guilty to murdering john lennon. he believes that on 8june,
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god told him to plead guilty, and that was the end of it. the medical research council have now advised the government that the great increase in lung cancer is due mainly to smoking tobacco. it was closing time for checkpoint charlie, which for 29 years has stood on the border as a mark of allied determination to defend the city. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the us navy is reported to be making plans to set up detention centres on military bases to house tens of thousands of migrants. earlier i spoke with dara lind, a journalist who has been covering immigration for almost a decade and at vox since 2014. i began by asking how the apparent choice between enforced separation and building a border wall can resolve itself? it's actually much more demanding
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than that. they have all but told congress that they have a little under three weeks to approve what they laid out in an executive order on wednesday, which is detaining families across the us—mexico border indefinitely, which isn't currently allowed in the law. if congress doesn't do anything to fix that, they have hinted they may have to start separating families again. so the administration tends to say to congress either you'll do everything we wa nt congress either you'll do everything we want on immigration enforcement, at the border, in the interior, cutting legal immigration, or we will just cutting legal immigration, or we willjust do cutting legal immigration, or we will just do what cutting legal immigration, or we willjust do what we want and it willjust do what we want and it will be your fault. this is willjust do what we want and it will be yourfault. this is kind of the latest automation —— ultimatum. it is not clear whether it will succeed greater than the otherwise
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have. football, and the world cup continues in russia. the group games are coming thick and fast — and there were great results for nigeria, switzerland, and those perennial favourites — brazil. the bbc‘s tim allman has been watching all the action. there's leaving it late — and then there's leaving it late. these brazil fans were celebrating after a vital win at this world cup. but they know just how lucky they were. yes, we are so happy. at the end of the game we scored. and that's awesome. that's the best thing, the best feeling ever. oh my gosh! he saved us so many times. it's got to be our day. and then what happened happened. and what happened was this. brazil, looking to overcome fierce costa rican resistance, thought they got a penalty, but then those magic letters, var, popped up again. and the referee changed his mind. it seems like we were heading to a 0—0 draw.
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but come injury time, philippe coutinho managed to poke home and nod down from roberto firmino. 1—0 would have done, but they got a second. neymar scoring his first goal of the tournament. brazil not all that impressive, but doing what they have to do. staying in group b and serbia hoped to seal a place in the knockout stage, taking an early lead against switzerland. but things turned around in the second half. first granit xhaka making it 1—1, then in the 90th minute, a brilliant solo effort from xherdan shaqiri it made it 2—1. still a lot of sorting out to do in this group. it's not much clearer in group d. nigeria doing their chances no harm at all with a 2—1 wheel over iceland. ahmed musa getting both goals. this one a possible contender for best of the tournament. iceland did have a chance to make it 2—1, but gylfi sigurdsson's penalty flew over the bar.
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when it's not your day, it's not your day. tim allman, bbc news. this weekend the french grand prix returns to the formula 1 calendar after a ten—year break. it'll take place at the paul ricard circuit in the south of the country. but what is it like to actually drive an f1 car? the bbc‘s chris partridge got the very rare opportunity to find out. it is eight o'clock in the morning and already i'm feeling nervous. here i'm about to drive a renault formula one car, capable of over 200 mph. just sitting in one is a privilege. but actually driving it even more unusual. the same car propelled kimi raikkonen to race victory in 2012, so how will i cope in it? well, first of all, some laps
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ina in it? well, first of all, some laps in a less powerfulformula in it? well, first of all, some laps in a less powerful formula four car. then back to the classroom. now it is time for the f1 briefing. this is it. don't put it like this is active. the french grand prix returns to the f1 calendar after a 10—year break, and this is the venue. my drive is now very close. here it is. this is the renault formula one car. in a few minutes timei formula one car. in a few minutes time i will be strapped into that doing to lapse on the circuit. finally, the buildup is over, at the moment has arrived. ok, here goes. formula one. it feels absolutely immense. ok. straight up here. along
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the straight now. oh my word! what surprised me is how comfortable the car was. that was despite lying virtually flat on my back with my feet up at the height of my chest. this is a kimi raikkonen's car where he won in abu dhabi. and, oh my goodness, i am driving it. he won in abu dhabi. and, oh my goodness, iam driving it. —— i am driving it up paul ricard. as soon as it had started it was over. but returning to the pit lane
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a hippie neutral button too early, so the cavalry had to be sent to help me back —— i hit the neutral button. thank you very much. that was brilliant. thank you. my pleasure. 225 kilometres? 255. it was a thousand times better than i thought it would be. i thought it would be absolutely amazing. i could not commit —— compute, after time, what was happening, and wasjust going for it. soon it will be the professionals who will really be going for it here. chris partridge, bbc news, southern france. it's six months since the television series blue planet ii shocked the world by exposing the destructive effect plastic pollution is having on our oceans. today the bbc launches plastics watch, tracking the impact of this pollution. here's renowned naturalist and blue planet presenter sir david attenborough, to tell us more. we hoped that blue planet ii would
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open peoples eyes to the damage we are doing to the planet and the creatures that live in it. i've been absolutely astonished at the result that that programme has had. i never imagined there would be quite so many of you who would be inspired to wa nt to many of you who would be inspired to want to change. no plastic straws! you have been on beaches, with thousands more of you than ever before, picking up rubbish. we live so close to beaches and our water we don't want to do before the plastic. families have changed their habits. for me blue planet ii was a pivotal point. there is anything is people can do. and schools and communities across the country have searched for ways to reduce their single use plastic footprint. the challenge! we
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have moved away from single use plastic. all of a sudden, before 100 plays we were wasting, can be used, what, and reduced again. what is more, the strength of your response has not gone unnoticed in the corridors of power or business boardrooms. more than 40 countries have signed up to initiative to cut back but decrease in britain. plastic bottle, plastic pollution tackling the scourge of plastic. plastic bottles. everyone has woken up plastic bottles. everyone has woken up to the need for action. even as far away as china change is happening. right now 8 million tons of plastics ends up in the oceans every year.
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talk of a heatwave, i'm pretty sure, will be met with cheers and groans in equal measure. that's next week. the warming of our weather gathers pace this weekend. cloudier skies for some on saturday compared with friday. not all of us are going to be dry, as i will show you in a moment. it is high pressure, settling, drying weather which is building across the uk, you can see the warmer colours moving in as well. the temperatures had up as a further into next week, as we will see in a moment. that said, early risers saturday morning, there will be a chill around. temperatures quite widely into single figures, overnight averages will be heading up as well. as we look at the picture into saturday, cloud around for northern scotland, there will be some outbreaks of rain, especially into the northern isles and quite breezy here compared with elsewhere. elsewhere, light winds and extensive high cloud. the sun will be hazier that it has been. the winds are very light, but quite breezy with the cloud and outbreaks of rain in northern scotland. hazy sunshine though. clearer skies across southern parts. temperatures heading up a few degrees you. elsewhere, many not too much of a difference yet. more of a difference on sunday. the rain will clear away for much of northern scotland in three saturday evening and night.
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a bit early sunday into shetland. elsewhere, under clear skies, temperatures dip, but again maybe not quite as far as they have been doing. more places holding up into double figures. on sunday, high pressure plonked is right across the british isles. the weather fronts being steered well to the north. early rain in shetland will clear away. for most, there will hardly be a cloud in the sky. a little hazy in places, particularly across southern parts, out through some eastern areas of england. patchy cloud in north—west scotland. they are the exceptions to an otherwise glorious part two of the weekend. the warmth begins to gather pace. more of us into the low 20s on sunday.
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bit of cloud towards north—west scotland on monday. elsewhere, plenty of sunshine. the temperatures go up further, low to mid 20s on monday. it is widely into the mid—20s and maybe upper 20s as well as we look beyond that. the hotspots getting new 30 celsius for the first time this year. it will be a bit cooler on the coast. remember the overnight temperatures warming up a bit as well. high uv and very high pollen levels in places. it looks likely we will make 30 celsius at some stage next week. this is bbc news, the headlines: an american media report say the us navy is planning to build detention centres on remote military bases, to house tens of thousands of illegal immigrants. according to time magazine, "temporary and austere" facilities will house 25,00 migrants at disused airfields. the united nations human rights council has accused venezuela's security forces of killing hundreds of people under the pretext of fighting crime and then faking evidence to make it look like an exchange of fire.
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the un human rights chief has called for an international inquiry into the alleged abuses. and on day nine of the world cup, brazil narrowly escaped an embarrassing draw and beat costa rica 2—0. nigeria beat iceland 2—0. that makes it more likely that argentina might be able to qualify from group d. switzerland clinched a 2—1 victory against serbia. now on bbc news, the travel show.
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