tv World News Today BBC News June 24, 2018 9:00pm-9:31pm BST
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this is bbc world news today. i'm chris rogers. our top stories: in the last half hour turkey's president erdogan has claimed victory in the country's landmark elections. he says unofficial results suggest he's won another term in office, without the need for a second round run—off. his supporters have already started celebrating. president trump ramps up his rhetoric on migration, saying anyone trying to enter america illegally should be deported withoutjudicial process. the german chancellor says eu leaders have agreed that countries on the front line of europe's migrant crisis cannot be left alone to carry the burden. in moscow and the world cup where england and belgium are national of a place in the last 16, but poland cannot reach the knockout stage. hello, and welcome to the programme.
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in the last half hour, the turkish leader, recep tayyip erdogan, has declared victory in both presidential and parliamentary elections. he said unofficial election results suggest he has won another term in office, and that there is no need for a second round run—off. he also claimed that adding that his justice and development party had won the majority in parliament. lets take a listen. the elections on the 24th ofjune has brought some good news for our country, for our people. at the moment, an official results of this election is known. at the moment, it appears that our country has elected me —— unofficial results. at the moment, it appears that our country has elected me to continue to be the president, although it is an official. of course, again, ak party has also
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a majority in the parliament, and where we have a duty for a legislative process, as well. so i thank all of those who have actually taken their duty to work at the ballot boxes, and use their votes. i would like to thank each and every one of those citizens who did their duties. selin giritjoins us now from istanbul. if we are to embrace what mr erdogan has just if we are to embrace what mr erdogan hasjust said to if we are to embrace what mr erdogan has just said to those crowds of supporters in istanbul tonight, that he is their leader, he does have another term in office, that is not just it, is it? this is a president with greater powers and greater controls of the country? yes, if the
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final results are as announced, president erdogan will become this ever more powerful figure, president erdogan will become this ever more powerfulfigure, with sweeping powers. these were narrowly approved in the cause ofjewish and is last year, and his powers will improved, and issuing decrees with the... saying that if this was the case, if the sweeping powers were actually approved, if president erdogan secured this presidency, then there would be an erosion of turkish democracy. president erdogan said these results should be respected, but that is not what the opposition does at the moment. they are still challenging the figures. people have been casting their votes
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not only for the presidential elections, but also for the parliamentary elections. the one to watch that was what the pro—kurdish hdpe did. they managed to get over the 10% threshold to secure their way into the parliament, and they did that. they managed to get more than 10%. they could actually form a majority together. a political science professor joins together. a political science professorjoins me together. a political science professor joins me now. together. a political science professorjoins me now. what do you make of president erdogan‘s speech? sam maxwell, the president erdogan speech was too early. it was premiered —— speech was too early. it was premiered -- it was premature. i think it also created a situation again that whatever the outcome we will have, it will have, if it will be in favour of the government, we
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will have very weak legitimacy, because last year's referendum, exactly this happened before, they we re very exactly this happened before, they were very credible fraud allegations by the opposition, and before these broader allegations and objections we re broader allegations and objections were addressed by the official board, president erdogan announced victory, and gave his victory speech, but the opposition has not accepted this results, and the result has a weak legitimacy. you mentioned earlier on that the opposition said that if this happens, if president erdogan does this, then there will be an erosion of democracy. indeed, this is exactly what has happened. 0r of democracy. indeed, this is exactly what has happened. or the international organisations, as well as the domestic society, and organisations, they will say that turkish democracy is a reading, because this is basically not what the government —— is eroding. this is basically not what the president is basically not what the president isa is basically not what the president is a bit to do, if indeed he has one, then there is no hurry, then
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they should wait. with the sweeping powers, she will bring stability into this country, that is what he is saying. that he will continue with these big infrastructure projects that he had actually been carrying out the last decade. the voters seem to give him a mandate, haven't they? so why is it still up for discussion? sam maxwell, pat —— he has lots of supporters, but at the same time, there has been a lot of questioning within this block, as well, because of the situation. the opposition has been arguing correctly that this system is ongoing, and the ongoing infrastructure projects, very expensive, by borrowing money from abroad is exactly not be right thing to do, as far as the turkish economy is concerned. so the reason, the political reason behind this is
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since erdogan has begun to really tried to concentrate all the powers in his own hands, he has also undermined himself, because it has become less and less possible to really criticise him and to also talk about the truth in turkey. which has led to more and more mistakes by the government itself, as well. it has also undermined the performance of the government of president erdogan, himself, too. thank you very much forjoining us. as we speak, the opposition is still challenging the fact that erdogan has taken to the stage to claim victory. they're rather jubilant crowds celebrating ak party's victory and president erdogan‘s victory. in these elections, but chb, the main opposition party, ——
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the main opposition party's candidate has not said he has lost these elections. they will wait until the final results are announced, and it could be a long night for that. thank you. more controversy over immigration in the united states — president trump has called for illegal immigrants to be deported immediately "with no judges or court cases". the president tweeted that the current system was "a mockery to good immigration policy and law and order" saying it is "unfair to those who have gone through the system legally". chris buckler is in washington for us. is this just is thisjust a is this just a tweet or a policy announcement? you can never be sure where he draws that line. between a treat and saying he will do something further. certainly it is a reaction to some of the comments that have been given to the
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administration over the last week as they have struggled to deal with this issue of families being separated at the border. donald trump had to back down on that and had to put in place a new policy which he said would not in future see children separated from their families, but to do that so went against some of his battered dip in states from his point of view. as a result, we are now seeing a backlash from that. president trump policing the streets, and it is pretty harsh language when you look at it. he says, you cannot allow all of these people to invade our country. when somebody comes in, we must immediately with no judges all court cases bring them back from where they came. campaigners have already seized upon these works and said that it clearly shows that he has no sympathy or empathy from those who are fleeing countries where they are suffering from violence, or poverty, and are looking for an escape in america. they say it also shows he does not understand the whole process of asylum, which is decades
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old in america. and indeed, they suggest that if he was to follow through with this, if he was to make a policy, it would be fundamentally unconstitutional. and chris, very briefly. the laws as i understand them, wouldn't allow for what president trump once, anyway, and he sites the law. yes, absolutely. there are people who say that this would break the constitution, but at the moment, the law as it stands, basically allows for a process where people whenever they come into the country can speak to an asylum officer, they can then make their case in front of an immigration judge. to try and do away with all of that is not in president trump's power. it would have to go through congress, and although some republicans have been backing up him and saying, yes, the immigration laws need to be tougher, they need to be tighter, there are other republicans who are more concerned about the way that this is looking,
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particularly ahead of crucial congressional elections, here, in just a matter of the few months‘ time. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. at least 32 people have been killed in central mali by a group of traditional hunters known as dozo. local officials say the hunters surrounded a village in the mopti region, identified fulani people and killed them. nearly 50 people are still being treated in hospital following an explosion at an election rally in zimbabwe on saturday. the president of zimbabwe says the blast will not stop elections from going ahead next month. prince william has arrived in thejordanian capital of amman, for the start of a historic five day middle east tour. the duke of cambridge will travel to israel and the occupied palestinian territories, the first time a member of the royal family has officially visited on behalf of the british government. he'll meet israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas. german chancellor angela merkel says a european union
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mini—summit on migration has agreed that countries on the front line of migration cannot be left alone to carry the burden. italy had earlier called on all european union countries to take their share of migrants, or get less eu funding, at the meeting of 16 eu leaders in brussels. the bbc‘s kevin connolly has more from brussels. they are unified on the idea of unity. this was always meant to be discussion, was never really intended to come to serious conclusions, oragreements. intended to come to serious conclusions, or agreements. you would expect that they would talk about the value, if you like, of a common european approach and leave the details to be sorted out at some later point. that is pretty much
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what happened. the italians have presented what they regard as a big competitive plan. quite a lot of it is familiar, about the need to get countries outside the eu to do more. that sort of thing, but it is a lot of it, i think, is a challenge, also, to the eu governments to do more, frankly, to help those countries who feel they have been left alone. up to now, the position, is, the other leaders are agreeing to ta ke is, the other leaders are agreeing to take away the those italian pride and study them. they will be back in brussels on thursday, and the same issues will be discussed, again, then. so what exactly is it silly asking for? well, -- italy asking for. in broad terms, burden sharing. it feels it is a front line country with a long mediterranean coast. it is the country of first arrival, and the italian view is very simple. it is the current system, is really
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about placing the burden of dealing with migrants on the eu country where they first arrived. the italian said that that agreement was essentially conceived years before the current migrant crisis began, and it needs to be revisited, so that something is done to share out why grids between mediterranean countries and other countries in the european union. the problem with that, of course, is the have heard it before. lots of other european countries are, enthusiastic, about the idea, because they don't want my good problems of their own, of course, but an european countries like hungary and poland, are positively hostile to that idea. so the one area where you find general agreement is the idea of opening the eu's frontiers and do more to stop migrants from leaving their home countries in the first place. the
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problem of that, of course, is it is easy to agree that it is a good theoretical solution, but you are talking about fast structural overseas programmes, there, that might take years to implement when the eu needs a way of dealing with migrants now, not just the eu needs a way of dealing with migrants now, notjust as they arrive, in diminishing numbers, admittedly, but also those migrants who have already arrived here, and whose future is yet to be settled. kevin connelly reporting there from brussels. please stay with us if you can. coming up in the programme... welcome to moscow, we are here to help. we're out and about with russia's tourist police, bringing calm and a touch of charm to the world cup crowds. how this is bbc world news today. the latest headlines: tu rkey‘s
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turkey's president erdogan says he and his ak party have won both presidential and parliamentary elections after a fiercely fought campaign. residents trump has ramped up campaign. residents trump has ramped up his rhetoric on migration saying anyone trying to enter america illegally should be deported without judicial process. obesity is becoming a global issue and no more so becoming a global issue and no more so than in the uk. the government that has announced a new measure to tackle childhood obesity, including plans to ban unhealthy snack at the checkout and targeted restrictions on television advertising. the health secretary says the cost of obesity is ‘too great to ignore' — but campaigners say the new proposals don't go far enough. here's our health editor hugh pym. looking after the health of future generations. that's the aim of the government's plan. this class is run by us mums, a healthy lifestyle initiative developed by hull city council.
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bend those knees up a little bit more. let's go a little bit quicker. the view here is any help on choosing the right foods is welcome. i think unhealthy food is just way too cheap, and it's just easier for everybody to just get the unhealthy food when you're out. just go in somewhere and pick up something, like a chocolate, or a packet of crisps on the go. the government plan for england includes restrictions on unhealthy food promotions in supermarkets, including sweets at the tills, restrictions on tvjunk food advertising on all programmes up to the 9pm watershed and calorie information to be published in restaurants. these measures were all considered by david cameron in 2016, but then put on hold when theresa may became prime minister. all these options were available two years ago, you didn't take them. was it a wasted opportunity? you can always do more, but i think what we did two years ago was we said we wanted to reduce the sugar content in food consumed by children by 5% in the first year.
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and if we didn't deliver on that, we would go further. well, he industry did not deliver on that so today we're going further. reading the detail today, some health campaigners said they still had reservations. we welcome the plan. it's definitely a step in the right direction. however, many of the actions are subject to consultation so we don't know if they're actually going to take place. furthermore, we think there needs to be other areas that need to be looked at and considered for the future. the food and drink federation said there'd be deep disquiet in the industry and there will be intense scrutiny of how the measures might work. the government wants every restaurant and cafe to set out the calorie content of each dish on its menu. that's a big ask, especially for smaller outlets. a lot of detail will have to be worked out on how it is going to be implemented after the consultation process. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, who recently met celebrity chef jamie oliver, has made her own pledge
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to halve child obesity. a plan will be published soon. hugh pym, bbc news. now to the world cup, where poland has become the first seeded team to exit the tournament. in the last of the second round of group games, poland lost 3—0 to colombia. in the other group h game, japan twice came from behind to draw 2—2 with senegal. earlier, england beat panama 6—1tojoin belgium from group g in qualifying for the knock—out stages. the bbc‘s olly foster is following all the action in moscow. olly. you can imagine what the headlines are like here in the united kingdom. it isa are like here in the united kingdom. it is a panama hat trick for harry kane. they lots of goals in their in those results. 13 games into this world cup tournament, 32 to ditch to go. this is the half wasted. we are still waiting for it are first
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goalless draw. we have never seen an english result like that. that is their biggest winning margin at any competitive tournament. harry kane's was taken to the top of the rest of the golden boot, as well. that is secondary to getting into the knockout stage. they drag belgian through with them, as well. there's a renewed sense of optimism around this england team, not only in the squad but amongst the fans as well. an opening win over tunisia meant victory over panama would seal a last 16 spot for the three lions. the good mood got even better when john stones headed in the opening goal after eight minutes. a penalty followed and england's captain stepped up to make it two. the fluency in their play continued and manchester united'sjesse lingard added a third. kane finished with a hat—trick as he scored his team's sixth... before panama got theirfirst ever world cup goal.
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cheering. but it's england celebrating making the knockout stages. and belgium, pretty conclusive group g. eight goals each, only england on top on fair play. they have had less bookings. now, belgium and england will face a team from group age. we saw two teams in group... all four teams in group h, today. the first of them was in ekaterinburg. japan and senegal drew 2—2. a fantastic game this one. they are out in front. he is the youngest japanese
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player to score. now he is the top scoring asian player with four goals. poland are out, after they we re goals. poland are out, after they were out classed by colombia 3—0. this was the final match of the day. they have kept themselves alive, now, so england and belgium really don't know who they are going to be playing in that knockout round. they will just be peace playing in that knockout round. they willjust be peace to have got through in the knockout round. it is going to be fast and furious the next few days. we are going to see 16 games in four days. that is the group h table. that is going to be quite complicated. senegal facing colombia. japan hoping that they can get a decent result against poland. over the next four is, 16 matches to
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decide which of the remaining ten spots are filled in the last 16. thank you. hundreds of thousands of tourists have descended on moscow during the world cup. the russian authorities have deployed special tourist police to help out. we went out on patrol on red square with them. welcome to moscow. we are here to help. it's this building. straight and you will... i work on this job not even a year, but i already had so many situations and i have helped so many people that i am really proud of what i am doing. igive you...
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whether this hot and sunny weather is likely to last. it certainly looks like it will last through the coming week. the sunshine as strong as it gets, and some high levels of pollen, as well. you can see through london, —— monday, the heat expansion and we start to see some high temperatures, the dark orange colours here in dedicating temperatures into the high 20s. the main forecasting issue will be exactly where we will see those higher temperatures, but the general trend is it will be warmer, with temperatures quite widely into the mid—20s. we have seen those mid—20s asi mid—20s. we have seen those mid—20s as i say into the south. very little sour further north competitor earlier in the weekend. scotland and ireland, warmer here, as well. under the starry skies, quite cool again, in scotland in particular as we go into monday morning. further south, higher temperatures a little by
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night, humidity low. it is a dry area of high pressure. not a lot of moisture. but we do pick up some more moisture during the course of monday. that will spoil the sunshine a little bit for the north—west of scotland, particularly the islands, and perhaps the north—west mainland, as well. it could thicken enough for the odd spot of drizzle. good gets lowest cloud coming into eastern areas. the highest temperatures possibly coming towards 30 degrees, possibly coming towards 30 degrees, possibly in the south and east. again, there are some very high levels of pollen right up into central scotland and northern ireland. we are at the beaker that grass pollen season. tuesday, very similar. as you can see the remnants of that weather front are still meandering around in the but mostly weather, starting to pick up a little bit of an easterly breeze along the channel. that is because
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ofa along the channel. that is because of a high—pressure shift a little bit towards us, a sea track across the northeast, so mixing insight he called out, but it is still the most of us apart and well above average. we are not alone, that heaters across the west of europe and the east, as well. whence they will dawn onafine east, as well. whence they will dawn on a fine and one note once again. again, humidity low, so not uncomfortable overnight, but it will get warmer. temperatures this few degrees down victim counties, but still in the low 20s. it is because of easterly breeze. further west, the huge building. on thursday, chasing the high cloud. the wind starting to use, having seen a peak in the temperatures monday, they we re in the temperatures monday, they were left again on thursday to what that 30 degrees mark, but further west, as well, whilst again, the far north—west of scotland has a little bit more cloud around. it is where those higher temperatures will be, but it does look as though those high temperatures will last into the weekend and beyond, perhaps not
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pushing towards 30 by that stage, but certainly in the low to mid 20s. the reason for the difference is because we might see an incursion of atla nta's because we might see an incursion of atlanta's ed because we might see an incursion of atla nta's ed to because we might see an incursion of atlanta's ed to the far north west, bringing the potential of rain and some showers to break out across the southern part of the country. breaking down at heat, but next week, and beyond, still looks mainly fine and warm without greater risk of some rain in scotland and showers in the south. as ever, more on the website. this is bbc news, the headlines.
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tu rkey‘s this is bbc news, the headlines. turkey's president erdogan says he and his party have won both presidential and parliamentary elections after a fiercely fought campaign. he says polls amounted to a successful test of democracy. president trump has called for illegal immigrant is to the united states to be deported immediately without judicial states to be deported immediately withoutjudicial process. he described the us system is create a good immigration policy. the german chancellor says eu leaders have agreed that countries on the front line of your‘s migrant crisis cannot be left alone to carry the burden. france's president said they have rejected solutions that don't fit european values. in the world
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