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this is the briefing. i'm sally bundock. our top stories: turkey's newly re—elected president erdogan says the work begins immediately to fulfil his campaign pledges. from istanbul to after winning the tightly contested election, what is next for president erdogan and the ever more devoted turkey? —— divided. ahead of a major summit on migration later this week, france's president macron says eu leaders have ruled out forcing refugees back to countries where they may face persecution. a historic win for england puts them through to the last 16 of the world cup. i will be bringing you all the latest action from the world cup, including that something big tree over panama. —— thumping victory.
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china prepares for the worst and frees up billions of dollars in its banking system to cushion the blow of a slowing economy due to trade tariffs. a warm welcome to the programme — briefing you on all you need to know in global news — business and sport. also today — uber begins it's appeal against the decision in london not to renew its license because of safety and security concerns. so we are asking are you a fan of uber or could you live without the ride—hailing app? tell us what you think. just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing.
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recep tayyip erdogan has been re—elected as the president of turkey, with nearly 53% of the vote. the alliance led by his ak party is set for an overall majority in parliament, but his main challenger, muharrem ince, has said that it was not a fair race. addressing jubilant supporters in ankara, mr erdogan said he would act more decisively against what he called terrorist organisations. translation: starting from tomorrow we will begin working to fulfil the pledge as we make to our people. to a large extent we have completed our preparations regarding the new residential system. —— presidential. turkey made its decision in favour of fighting decisively against all
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terrorist organisations, including the pkk. at the same time, these results show we will continue to liberate syrian land and open the way for gas in our country to return home safely. —— gasts. —— guests. mr erdogan‘s supporters say they voted for stability and continuity, but those supporting the opposition fear that the new powers he is going to assume as president are a threat to democracy. translation: he means everything to us. translation: he means everything to us. turkey would have been lost without him. it would have ceased to exist. because i am happy with them, i trust them and believe stability should continue. in 1922 we built the republic, but now after 100 years nearly, we lost our technocratic culture. —— democratic. our correspondent selin girit is in istanbul. we can hear there is mixed feelings,
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despite this strong outcome in favour of president erdogan. indeed. turkey feels even more divided than it was after a rollercoaster of a night if we can put it as such. even when president erdogan was giving his victory speech, the opposition was still challenging the votes and the outcome. but later in the night, they considered defeat. —— conceded. what is next for turkey? what is next for president erdogan? and what is next for the opposition in turkey, remains to be the main questions in the mind of everyone, every citizen who had cast their votes yesterday. the opposition had felt that the power was in their reach, they had dreamt of this for over a decade, they had felt that they could actually change things
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with a fierce campaign that they had led. but president erdogan proved once again that he was invincible. simon is my guest, thank you for joining us. you are the author of a new turkey and its discontents. us and to his speech, what did you make of it? it wasn't totally embracing, it was a typical victory speech. what is interesting about it is that he didn't focus too much on the issue that he is going to have to address in the months to come, that is the economy. one of the reasons he brought the election forward is to basically garner a victory before a looming economic crisis is about to hit this country and he has to deal with plummeting lira against
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other currencies, youth unemployment and those are the issues that he has to address. otherwise, in five years time, the elections he will not win a. the economy is very much tied up with the success of him and even though there were discussions that the economy is faltering that he may not win, it was on the early stages of this crisis when the majority of turkish people hadn't felt the pinch that he managed to gain a victory just before the crisis really hit. but the markets seem to have responded well to his victory. for now. his victory means stability, not just his now. his victory means stability, notjust his presidential victory but also these were parliamentary elections as well, where his party managed to pass 50% threshold, which means they are going to have a dominating position in parliament, as well as the executive presidency
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which president erdogan will now hold. but it depends on how you manage the economy. how free will the central bank be? this is something that international immunity as well as its investors are going to focus on and it depends on it. simon, thank you very much for joining on it. simon, thank you very much forjoining us. a lot was at stake at last night's election. and today, turkey wa kes at last night's election. and today, turkey wakes up to an ever more divided nation. what is president erdogan going to do to bring this nation together still a question on everyone's mind and as simon put it, what will happen to the turkish economy, everybody will be watching what is next for turkey. thank you, joining us there from istanbul. we will be talking to an economist about the outlook for the turkish economy, coming later in this programme. the leaders of sixteen eu countries have held an informal meeting in brussels to discuss migration. italy's new populist government welcomed the outcome of the meeting — italy wants other countries to be encouraged to accept more migrants.
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the issue is expected to be discussed again at a full eu summit on thursday. andrew plant reports. on board the rescue ship the lifeline carrying more than 200 migrants, this footage shows maltese armed forces handing over supplies, but malta and italy have refused to let the ship dock, saying they shoulder an unfair share of the burden. eu leaders met in brussels on sunday. the french president, emmanuel macron, has angered italy by saying the peak of the problem has passed from a high of more than a million in 2015. italy's deputy leader, luigi di maio, called him arrogant and said perhaps france should take more migrants. and angela merkel is under pressure too to change her liberal approach to migration. translation: we all agree that we want to reduce illegal migration.
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it cannot be the case that only some countries deal with it. everybody is responsible for everything. wherever possible, we want european—wide solutions. migrants often leave via the coast of libya, heading for malta, italy or spain. eu rules say there must claim asylum where they arrive, but many say it is not working. we are in a situation if we don't take decisions in the coming days, the situation will escalate. what i heard today, what i think we converged on today, is a signal that there is probably a willingness to go for some operational changes. even if all member states can't agree on a new way to relocate migrants throughout the bloc, smaller deals could be done. afull summit is
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scheduled for thursday, with pressure growing and officials warning that a new surge of migration could trigger the collapse of free travel within the eu. andrew plant, bbc news. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. french police have arrested ten people with links to radical far—right groups over an alleged plot to attack muslims. the authorities say the group was ready to hit muslim targets, in revenge for islamist—linked attacks. surveillance operations mounted by the french intelligence agency indicated that the gang was trying to obtain arms, while grenades and explosive material were found during police raids. police in central nigeria say at least 86 people are now confirmed dead in violence between farmers and nomadic cattle herders in plateau state. officers said fifty houses had also been burnt down. the latest clashes began in the barikin lardee area on thursday when a group of herders was attacked, prompting retaliatory killings on saturday. fighting between the two sides has been going on since april, but this is the bloodiest clash yet. in what's been seen as a step
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towards reconciliation in northern ireland, the leader of the democratic unionist party has attended a regionalfinal of the irish gaelic football competition. gaelic football has long been seen as a nationalist game and arlene foster is the first dup leader ever to attend a final. it comes at a time when unionist and nationalist politicians are still divided over power—sharing in the province. china's central bank has announced that it's cutting the amount of cash some banks need to hold as reserves by 50 basis points. this will free up over 100 billion dollars for commercial banks to lend money to boost spending. maike currie, investment director at fidelity personal investing joins me now. this is china readying itself for
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any impact of a possible trade war that it could have on its economy. absolutely. if you look at the date it is scheduled to have —— happen on the fifth ofjuly, the day before president trump's trade tariffs come in against china. what this will do it will boost liquidity, a cash injection into the economy at a time where there are other concerns the ikonomidis lowing and we have seen this in the market. this is the beauty of china, it is about scale. china is such a big country with degree sources, unlike other countries that perhaps wouldn't fare so countries that perhaps wouldn't fare so well if it were not facing huge paris. absolutely. and the amount
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they are injecting is about three times the impact of those trade tariffs. what it will do is it will free up a lot of money for small and medium companies, china has been explicit that it shouldn't be used for the zombie companies and it will be interesting to see how this unfolds as president trump and up the rhetoric for china. —— amps. banks are coming in. —— thanks for coming in. lots more to come on the programme. stay with us on the briefing. also on the programme: i will be bringing you all the latest action from the world cup, including england's thumping victory over panama. 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.
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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, 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. you're watching the briefing. our headlines: after a tight contest, president erdogan of turkey is re—elected to power, and pledges to work immediately to fulfill his campaign promises.
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an informal eu summit on migration pledges not to force refugees to return to countries where they face persecution. let's get to the world cup now and six teams have already assured themselves of a place in the last 16 of the competition, another two places will be confirmed later. lucy hockings is in moscow. it is still all to play for. lovely to see you. tell us about the day to come. and what about celebrations for those who came through yesterday? welcome to moscow. there we re yesterday? welcome to moscow. there were many goals yesterday. 111. a great day. england, as you
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mentioned, leading the charge. the former captain, terry, italked mentioned, leading the charge. the former captain, terry, i talked to him, and he said it would be a goalfest. i thought he was overoptimistic but he was right on the money. 6—1 over panama. a record—breaking win for the lions. here is tim allman. for england fans, the world cup is often more an ordeal than a pleasure. so many expectations, usually followed by so many disappointments. but england being england, they neverfail to dream big. it's absolutely unprecedented. they've never done anything like this before and it's almost like all the karma since 1966 is coming back to bring it home for england! come on, england! england won 6—1, the biggest ever win in the world cup, football's coming home, england are going to win
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the world cup, what else is there to say? well, let's talk about this match against panama for a moenet. england taking an early lead with a header from john stones. not long after, they got a penalty. harry kane with an object lesson on how to convert them. thenjesse lingard scored an absolute peach io minutes before half—time. the goals kept coming. another one for stones from a cleverly worked set piece and two more for kane, making him the first england player to score a world cup hat—trick since 1986. in group h, japan took on senegal, sadio mane giving the senegalese an early lead thanks in no small part to the japanese goalkeeper. but soon it was 1—1, takashi inui getting the equaliser. senegal went ahead in the second half, but substitute keisuke honda claimed a point late on. in the group's other game, columbia got their world cup going with a comfortable win over poland.
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yerry mina got the first and then radamel falcao scored a second, his first ever world cup finals goal. the final score, 3—0. for the poles, their ordeal is over. tim allman, bbc news. are watched the second half of the england game with some belgium fans and they said they couldn't wait to face us. both of us have qualified. it should be a great game and one to look forward to. and now the russian
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dolls, very famous. they depict about seven figures inside one another. they are cashing in at this world cup. i went to meet a dollmaker on the outskirts of moscow. it takes more than two years to create just one goal, from the first steps of chopping the ward and drying it to the carving of it. —— wood. this was inevitable. i am being
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asked to paint my own goal, and obviously, it is going to be a masterpiece. —— doll. and she is finished. not exactly a masterpiece. art was my worst subject at school. but she is not bad. here she is. not bad. i am quite fond of her and she sits by my bed. there is a lot more action on the
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pitch in the football. four games in total. group a, uruguay against the formidable russia. saudis against egypt. then group b. iran against portugal. there is a lot of talk about what ronaldo will get up to. and of course, spain against morocco. so much to come. we will keep you up—to—date. thank you. and i love that doll. i look forward to meeting it when you return. and to keep up to date with what's going on in the world cup, go to the bbc sport website. everything you need is there. team news, interviews, results, and fixtures building up to the final on july the 15th. go to bbc.com/worldcup. now here's a puzzle for you.
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what's got 13 sides, a hole in the roof and hasjust appeared in a northeastern english carpark? the answer — europe's first full—sized pop up shakespearean theatre. it opens today and our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson, is there. in much ado about nothing, shakespeare wrote "would my horse have the speed of your tongue?" what about the speed of this, a car park in three weeks becomes a pop—up shakespeare theatre. the first in europe. it is all the idea of this man. it is not inflatable. there we re man. it is not inflatable. there were a number of elizabethan theatres. people were trying out new things. they would recognise it if
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they can hear. made of scaffolding. they would recognise it and say you are using trap doors, we use those. it costs around £3 million without any subsidies. 660 people can be seated with another 300 standing, exposed to the elements. it is incredibly exciting to me because it is very intimate on the stage. it feels like being in a place where you are embraced the audience. feels like being in a place where you are embraced the audiencem feels like being in a place where you are embraced the audience. it is a pop—up. this is a much effort, gargantuan. it has paid off. in the back, a pop—up costume room in use for both macbeth and miss summer's night dream. we do not want lady
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macbeth coming on as half a fairy. how does this shakespearean theatre influence you? massively. you have to be very robust in your design and make good design decisions. you have to be very bold and committed. and look how bold and committed i was in this costume. a strong look. so, finally, did shakespeare actually ever make it to york? there is no historical record that he came here, but we think he did. he did not sign any graffiti saying he was here. but 110w any graffiti saying he was here. but now it is shakespeare in york all summer—long. bbc news. we wa nt we want you to join we want you tojoin in we want you to join in the conversation in uber, appealing the
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decision for their license in london to not be extended due to concerns about security. they say they have helped to change the way they operate in london. are you a fan? can you live without it? andy says uber shook up the taxi trade, but 110w uber shook up the taxi trade, but now to reduce congestion. i always use a black cab. stevens as i do not like unregulated companies and i will not use it. keith says it is interesting to hear about instable. full of history. the election is not necessarily free and fair. erdogan is not democratically elected. we will talk more about istanbul in the
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business briefing. we will see you $0011. hello. a textbook summer's week ahead for most of you. blue skies overhead, strong sunshine too and staying dry and for some of you, particularly hot this week. thankfully, it's a dry heat rather than humid so it means the nights are fairly comfortable. monday, temperatures in the countryside down to single figures, some centres in the teens throughout this week but with sunshine overhead, right from the start of the day, things will warm up rapidly. the exception will be the highlands and islands, a bit cloudier there into the afternoon but it will break up every now and then, a bit of a breeze and temperatures in the teens and widely into the 20s elsewhere. scotland, 25 and 26 in parts, 25 to the west of northern ireland, and maybe our first 30 of the week in and around the london area. possibly hitting 30 as high pressure holding on. most places staying dry and sunny all week. patchy cloud on eastern coasts at times but otherwise, a perfect week of summer. lighter wind. the chance in ireland of one or two isolated showers. the temperatures are not as high as
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monday. more breeze and glad to the south and east. elsewhere, mid 20s, if not higher. eastern coastal counties, temperatures will be down. look at the deep orange colours in the west. mid to high 20s. one or two sports getting close to 30 degrees by the time we hit wednesday afternoon. blue skies overhead. night—time temperatures, not building much. a good example of what will happen this week is sheffield. roughly around the teams. —— teens. strong sunshine. if you have got the week off, good on you. this is business briefing. i'm sally bundock. turkish president erdogan has secured another term in office, but what lies ahead for the turkish economy? and china prepares for the worst and frees up billions of dollars in its banking system to cushion the blow of a slowing economy due to trade tariffs. in the financial markets, in asia,
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the fear factor is back as investors weigh up reports that more punitive trade action against china from president trump. —— reports of.
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