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you're watching beyond one hundred days. the us supreme court has upheld donald trump's travel ban that targets several muslim majority countries. the 5—4 ruling said he has the power — even if people don't like what he does with it. his opponents say his ban may be constitutional but it doesn't make it right. the president says it's a moment of profound vindication. a tremendous success tremendous victory for the american people, and for our constitution. this is a great victory for our constitution. president trump has lashed out at one his favorite american manufacturers, harley—davidson. if they move some production to europe, he says, they will be taxed like never before. and two weeks on from the singapore summit, we're still waiting for north korea's plan of action. is pyongyang serious about giving up its nukes? also on the programme... inside the tent cities of texas. how children are living after being detained and separated from their families at the border. and talk about a man's best friend.
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the police dog in madrid who takes a paws—on approach to "keep ‘em alive". get in touch with us using the hashtag #beyond1000ays. hello and welcome. i'm christian fraser in london. jane o'brien is in washington. donald trump and his advisers have long argued that presidents have the executive power to dictate the way the united states controls its borders. today, the supreme court agreed with them. in a 5—4 vote, the justices said the president's statutory power over immigration was not undermined by his controversial statements during the 2016 campaign, that muslims posed a danger to americans. the decision overturned rulings last year in the lower courts, that had deemed the ban unconstitutional. seven countries will remain on the list, five of them predominantly muslim — iran, libya, somalia,
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syria, yemen, as well as venezuela and north korea. here was the president speaking a short time ago. today's supreme court ruling just coming out, a tremendous success, a tremendous victory for the american people, and for our constitution. this is a great victory for our constitution. we have to be tough and we have to be safe and we have to be secure. at a minimum, we have to make sure that we vet people coming into the country, we know who is coming in, we know where they are coming from. we just have to know who's coming here. and joining us now from the us supreme court is the bbc‘s anthony zurcher. the first trump policy to undergo a full supreme court review. a huge political win for the president. yes, and you could tell he was very
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happy. the third time is the charm, because the first travel ban, rolled out shortly after donald trump was inaugurated, was blocked by the courts. it came out with it again and that was put on hold. the third one, started in october, was allowed to go into effect by the supreme court and now they have ruled its not only constitutional but also illegal under the exercise of presidential power. what you heard trump too bad there was national security. the supreme courtjustices echo that. time and again, you will hear the president talking about national security when it comes to immigration, notjust on the travel ban but also order enforcement, is wall, the policy of separating families. he says he is doing it for national security and the president has that authority and five out of nine supreme court justices has that authority and five out of nine supreme courtjustices agreed today. the argument was that the ban was racist because he talked in the campaign ofa was racist because he talked in the campaign of a total and complete an honours limbs. why were the justices
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swayed that it wasn't a muslim ban? —— complete ban on muslims. swayed that it wasn't a muslim ban? -- complete ban on muslims. they said they would consider the motivation of the president for this ban, but that looking at the policy on its face, independently, it was constitutional and legal. they put that aside and said that this was a legal, constitutional policy. i talked to a lot of protests as earlier and they didn't buy it. they said it was because donald trump has an anti—muslim bias. and that that was educated, and influencing this travel ban decision. even if he came up travel ban decision. even if he came up with some sort of pretence. one justice called it a moscow rate of national security, covering up anti—muslim bias. —— a moscow rate —— a masquerade. i have asked multiple times what they do next,
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and they say the fight continues and they are going to look at exceptions for people within the policy. they said they could give waivers to certain people from these countries covered by the ban to allow them in, but those policies haven't been described or detailed, so they are going to file lawsuits to attempt to force the administration to say who can and cannot apply for waivers. you from iran could apply for one? who from yemen and do that? there are no details on that, and they wa nt are no details on that, and they want it laid out so they can start applying and have a process for having a specific application acknowledged. thank you. the reaction to today's ruling came quickly from members of both parties on capitol hill. the president's supporters said it was proof he was trying to keep the country safe. but democrats said this was by no means the end of the story. one of them was senator chris coons, who sits on the foreign relations committee, and i spoke to him a short time ago. thank you forjoining me. can ijust
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get your reaction to this supreme court ruling? does this now settle theissue, court ruling? does this now settle the issue, as far as you are concerned? under our legal system, this ruling settles the issue. i disagree with some of the underlying policies that are being upheld by how supreme court. this was the third try by the trump administration to craft a ban on folks coming to the united states from a series of majority muslim countries, and courts around the country repeatedly rejected that, viewing it as something that violated our establishment clause, because of statements by candidate trump suggesting a strong anti—muslim bias is the underpinning of this policy. ultimately, the supreme court today decided that, on the third try, the administration had done a good enoughjob of providing a national security justification that, despite state m e nts justification that, despite statements by candidate trump, they
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let this decision stand and they upheld the policy. after all, it's something people voted for, his position on immigration. do you think it vindicates his broader policy, like zero tolerance on the border? i don't. i think that the president was compelled to walk backwards in executive order last week because of widespread outcries by republicans technocrats on the hill, and input from across the country from faith leaders, people who didn't support the policy of tearing apart parents and children. —— widespread outcries by republicans and democrats on the hill. this issue has badly divided the nation. are we seeing a new low, when we see people being thrown out of restau ra nts when we see people being thrown out of restaurants because of their political beliefs and jobs? one of your colleagues actually advocated harassment. i disagree with congresswoman maxine waters in
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publicly advocating for aggressive harassment of folks who work in this administration. i think america is at its best when it finds ways for people to disagree in a measured way. congress exists so we can resolve deeply divisive disputes without resulting to —— resorting to public conflict of violence, and i understand people who vigorously and aggressively disagree with the trump administration and its policies, but i think, for us to make any progress in congress, we need to find ways to express those disagreements that are constructive. thank you. interesting how senior democrats have pushed back about those comments in taxing capital waters. with regard to what has happened today, chris coons saying that expunge is the legal avenue and there can't be any more legal challenges to the travel ban per se, but it's only an executive order, and we have seen with donald
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trump that executive orders by previous presidents can be overturned. yes, it's never enshrine in law. that's the problem of immigration policy in the us across the board, which is why we are seeing congress racing across the clock to try and push through some kind of legislation before they go off on kind of legislation before they go offona kind of legislation before they go off on a short break. whether they will be able to do that is another matter. most people say they can't because this is such a divisive issue. you can see the frustration of president trump, as we saw with president obama. they can't get legislation through so they resort to executive orders where they get to executive orders where they get to sign something but, as you that can be overturned. so a big legal victory for the president at a time when his administration is mired in an entirely different legal battle — over his zero tolerance approach to illegal immigration on the mexican border. today, border officials admitted they have been forced to release families they have caught this week because they no longer have the facilities to hold them. cbs correspondent mireya villarreal has been allowed inside one
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of the tent camps in tornillo, texas where they are holding those children who were separated from their parents. she has been telling us what she has seen. the facility felt a little bit like a military—style camp. everything was very well organised, there was a strict structure. as we were walking around, the commander said, think of this as a sort of very structured camp. we went inside some of the tents. there were 22 tents where the boys stayed inside. there are separate tents for the girls. we walked in in the early morning and it was amazing to see that, at 9am, all of the beds were made in these tents. if you know teenage boys, you know that the chances of them making their bed willingly are slim to none, so we asked the question, why is there so much structure, why are the kids walking always in a line from their tents, their eating hall, to where they are going to the bathroom and the showers — they are always in lines, they are always keeping close together? and it was because they wanted these
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kids to know that, while, yes, we understand that you are children and we want to take care of you, we also want you to understand that you cannot leave here, that this is a place of detention, this is a facility that you need to stay in for your own good at this point. we had two people leading us around the tour yesterday of this tent city in tornillo, texas, and one of them was the incident commander. this is somebody who has set up similar tents for different hurricanes in puerto rico. in texas, we had the sutherland springs mass shooting. this is someone who has a very storied background and a lot of experience with these type of situation. as he was standing there talking to the media freely, he said this facility is a direct by—product of the separation of families policy, which goes hand in hand with the zero tolerance policy. he said there was no need for this. he called it a dumb, stupid decision. hands down, that was his quote. it's been two weeks since the historic summit
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between president donald trump and north korea's leader, chairman kim jong—un. a deal was signed, hands were shaken, and it was lauded as a success from both sides. but are we seeing change? david sanger is national security correspondent for the new york times. he's also the author of a new book, the perfect weapon, which examines the rise of cyber—warfare and its impact on global power. he joins us now to discuss it all. let's start with north korea, if we can. i know you are a supporter of the meeting we were both at, the summit in singapore two weeks ago. would you have liked to have seen more detailfrom the would you have liked to have seen more detail from the north would you have liked to have seen more detailfrom the north korean side thus far? what i said about the meeting itself was it was good that president trump tried to change the dynamic that has dominated this relationship fruitlessly for 35 yea rs relationship fruitlessly for 35 years and meet directly with the north korean leader. ifelt
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years and meet directly with the north korean leader. i felt that, years and meet directly with the north korean leader. ifelt that, if we could reach some kind of agreement, it could spread downward ina agreement, it could spread downward in a country like north korea, where all the decisions are made by one person. the problem was the agreement itself was barely an agreement, a statement of a couple of principles including denuclearisation, which kim jong—un‘s father and grandfather had agreed to at various points in the past quarter—century, and we haven't seen much since that fleshes out a time schedule or even a sequencing of events that would turn it into reality. we are told that the secretary of state, mike pompeo, is likely to go to north korea to try and get that sorted through in the next few weeks. my guess is that will be a very slow process. next few weeks. my guess is that will be a very slow processlj remember will be a very slow process.” rememberfrom the will be a very slow process.” remember from the press conference in singapore you asked a question we all wanted to ask. i was wondering if you could give us a sense on
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whether chairman kim told you how many nuclear weapons he believes he has made, whether he is willing to turn those over first and whether, in your mind, you need to do more than was done in the iran dealfor actually dismantling both the uranium and plutonium processes, and whether or not you have a sense that chairman kim really understood what that involves and have a timetable in his own mind of shedding that. trump: david, i can tell you he understands. he understands it so well. he understands it better than the people that are doing the work for him. that is an easy one. as far as what he has, it is substantial. the timing will go quickly. i believe you'll see some good action. every analyst i spoke to said, what does substantial mean? how much does he have, where is it, will verify it? we still don't have a clear idea. that's right. the cia
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estimate is 20 plus nuclear weapons. the defence intelligence agency believes it may be 60. let's say kim jong—un comes out a few months from now and says, we have 30 and you can come and inspect them. we are not all going to believe that's really the number. so the difficulty is we haven't even bounded the problem before we get to dismantlement. david, north korea has successfully used cyber weapons against the us, not yet nuclear weapons, but you say that russia is actually the master of cyber warfare. where does this leave the us? the us is probably slightly ahead of everybody else. britain is very good. they hide their talents well, but gchq has got quite effective at this. there is a section of the perfect weapon, the
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book, which describes how it was gchq which would the national security agency here that the democrat documents were flowing into russian hands. they have used these in very different ways. the north koreans have used it to melt down and tutors at sony corporation, because they didn't like the movie they were making about kim jong—un. the russians have used it to basically undercut our confidence in oui’ basically undercut our confidence in our own institutions. the subtitle of the book, jane, is war, sabotage and fear. iwould of the book, jane, is war, sabotage and fear. i would say the north koreans are doing pretty well at sabotage and the russians are doing really well at selling fear. if the us is so good cyber warfare itself, why don't we hear about any retaliatory attacks? because we are the most vulnerable country on earth, and britain right behind us. during the rush a hack, had a lot of
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opportunities to retaliate, and his fear that, if you did, putin would come back on election day and medal in the vote count, so their view was, its all right, hillary clinton is going to win anywhere and we'll deal with the russians after the election is over, design a plan and it over. turns out things didn't work out that way was our biggest problem is that, while we have a huge offensive cyber capability, we ourselves deterred, because there are so many ways ourselves deterred, because there are so many ways to attack the united states. which suggests, while we are talking about nukes in north korea, the great leveller across the global stage is cyber warfare. that's right, because nuclear weapons, if you use them, you might feel you've accomplished something for about 45 minutes, and then you know what the response is going to be. cyber can dial up and dial down. it's incredibly flexible. most of its use so far has been for short of
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war purposes, which is to say that countries calibrate how to go and use it so that there isn't a military response. there is a reason that no one is turned off all the lights from boston to washington or ci’oss lights from boston to washington or cross london, but they have gone after the british health care system oi’ after the british health care system or the electoral system in the united states. the reason is that they've calculated that there would be no major response. think of britain's own case. it was a north korean hack. i didn't hear much discussion in the british government about how they would retaliate against the north koreans that it did. fascinating. thank you for your time. the book is the perfect weapon. migration is one of the issues set to dominate a crucial european leaders' summit later this week. austria's governing coalition has made it a priority as the country prepares to take over the eu presidency. chancellor sebastian kurz has proposed what he called an axis of the willing to tighten the bloc‘s external borders. let's speak to our europe editor, katya adler, who's in vienna.
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is this going to be helpful, given the confused state of how to tackle immigration across europe?” the confused state of how to tackle immigration across europe? i think what this shows you here in austria, to make that point very clear today, the government organised a military exercise on its border with slovenia involving soldiers and police, as they practised, pushing pretend migrants back over the border. what austria highlights for you is the growing number of european countries who are saying, listen if eu wide measures don't work, are not practical or workable or agreed on and on the ground and to stop illegal immigration into europe, we individual countries will take the law into our own hands. austria in 2015, at the height of the migration
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crisis, as hundreds of thousands of migrants were pouring across europe, austria, along with germany and sweden, the three wealthy countries, took a very large number of asylum seekers and, at a certain point, they said no more and closed austrian borders, encouraged austria's neighbours to do exactly the same thing. it goes against the eu it all, if you like, of all for one and one for all. also that free movement around the country. borders shut as countries look after themselves. austria is a clear priority, and it says, as it takes over the six—month rotating presidency of the european union that it wants to be tough on migration. you can sum up the policy as, keep them out. its hard line. austria says it wants to work with the eu but i underline again that what its actions say is that, if eu responses don't work, individual countries will take the matter into their own hands. we heard jean—claude juncker today warning
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that migration is an issue that could see the break—up of the european union. it's interesting, we a lwa ys european union. it's interesting, we always look towards german chancellor angela merkel head summits for the way the eu may go but, while she is trying to push softer line and find bilateral deals between countries on who will take what, she faces a hardline from her own coalition, from the sister party in the coalition. she is, and i can talk about that with you tomorrow, acquired —— because i am on a free country tour to try and highlight the differences between countries. i spoke to you from rome yesterday and today in vienna with a more nationalist line, and tomorrow i will be in berlin. angela merkel faces a challenge from her sister party, the csu, which comes from five area. there are interior ministry comes from that country. —— comes from bavaria. the interior minister came to vienna to form what they call the access, along with italy, and they say they will take
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things into their own hands if eu solutions don't work out. but angela merkel is a great survivor. she is weakened, and the migration crisis is what weakened her. germany has taken in1.4 million is what weakened her. germany has taken in 1.4 million asylum seekers over the last four years, and public opinion has been turning against that. there are security concerns. people are worried. this has weakened her politically. but i don't think she is finished. she's going to the summit to find common eu solutions and to help bolster her back home. i think she'll find that tough. katya adler, thank you. a british plumberfrom north london who was also an al-qaeda bomb—maker has been convicted of planning a terror attack in westminster and making explosive devices in afghanistan. 28—year—old khalid ali was arrested in april last year after his mother called the police saying she had found knives in his bedroom and was scared he was going to kill the family. his fingerprints were later found to match those on bomb components recovered from aghanistan. a french couple who murdered
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a 21—year—old nanny at their home in london will serve at least 30 years in prison. thejudge said sabrina kouider and ouissem medouni first tortured sophie lionnet before burning the body. the couple were obsessed with a bizarre fictional notion that the nanny and an irish boyband member were conspiring to molest the family. the italian prime minister, giuseppe conte, says malta has agreed to accept a rescue vessel with more than 200 migrants on board that was denied a berth in italy. meanwhile, the crew onboard another charity—run search and rescue ship, aquarius, claim that italian maritime authorities have breached international maritime law by refusing to accept their help in migrant rescue operations off the coast of libya. how many of you know how to perform cpr properly? how many chest compressions? when should you check the airways? do you want a lesson?
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ok, this is poncho. he belongs to the madrid police force. and this is what you are supposed to do. compression, compression. check the pulse. no tongues. if you follow this technique, you will be ok. what you don't get if you perform cpr is a flashing blue light or a bacon chew. jane laughs. i don't know if you are supposed to lick the person if you are trying to help, either, and i think the wagging tail gives it away. i don't think he is doing cpr. he's having a blast. that has gone viral. since friday, that clip has been viewed more than 2.2 million times and
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shared around the world, and we still don't know what poncho is. izzy espanyol? he is clearly a mutt. you are supposed to do this to staying alive. the ears must get in the way. i don't know. anyway, he is clearly very good at it. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news... an elderly doctor goes on trial in spain in the first case linked to the disappearance of thousands of babies alleged to have been stolen from their parents during the franco era. that's still to come. hello. the heatwave continues and will do so for the rest of this week, with most sitting under blue skies
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like they did in liverpool through today. where we see the highest of the temperatures altering from one day to the next. yesterday, it was in the london area. today, it was across parts of wales and north—west england, where temperatures got to about 30 degrees. 31 in porthmadog in gwynedd during the afternoon. tomorrow, it could be the turn of scotland and northern ireland — maybe the warmest june day since 1995. northern ireland approaching record levels. putting that into a european perspective, while aviemore could get close to 30 celsius, note the temperature in athens, lisbon and thessaloniki. towards greece, notjust cooler but torrential rain storms continue over the next few days. we stay dry with high pressure in charge. high pressure has been with us, but we've seen a bit more cloud today. this strip through the irish sea, and a bit more cloud in western scotland. that pushes away through tonight. through tonight in and around north sea coasts, there will be more in the way of mist and low cloud developing, creeping a bit further inland here and there. most of us will be under clear skies night by night, and it's getting a bit warmer.
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temperatures for most in double figures as we go into wednesday morning, but nothing desperately high. into the morning, a bit of a grey start through eastern coast of scotland and eastern counties of england. the sun still strong though. that burns back to the coast. a bit more breeze towards the south—west. that will peg back temperatures a touch. but some of the highest temperatures showing on the profile. the deeper the colour, the warmer the air. we could see 30 degrees in some parts of scotland. high 20s here at northern ireland, as well as north—west england and parts of wales and the west country. mid 20s further east, and down eastern coasts the yellow colours indicate we'll see temperatures around the 20 degree mark. that's where we could still see some mist and low cloud coming inshore come much like we did on the east yorkshire coast through today. there will be some of that again on thursday on eastern coasts, so temperatures in the low to mid 20s. mid to high 20s further west. a few close to 30 degrees. parts of scotland could be favoured for that once more. across scotland and northern ireland, temperatures drop a little bit for friday. still warm in the sunshine,
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but more cloud to the north and east and north—east england. the hottest air will be further south, with temperatures still into the high 20s. very close to 30 degrees. whilst we've got sunshine at times in the weekend, it's going to turn a bit more humid and, with that, the risk of thunderstorms pushing up from the south. this is beyond 100 days, with mejane o'brien in washington — christian fraser's in london. our top stories: the us supreme court has upheld president trump's travel ban on people from several countries with large muslim populations. the president said it was a moment of "profound vindication". president trump has lashed out at one his favorite american manufacturers — harley—davidson. if they move some production to europe, he says, they will be taxed like never before. coming up in the next half hour: prince william pays his respects to the jews murdered in the holocaust, and meets israeli leaders on his five day trip to the middle—east
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a spanish doctor is in court in madrid, accused of stealing a baby from her mother under the franco regime half a century ago. let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag... harley—davidson says it will pay a hefty price for the trade war donald trump has started with the european union. tariffs on its motorcycles will increase from 6 to 31%, says the company, adding on average, $2000 to every motorcycle exported to europe. with us sales slowing, europe is an increasingly vital market. one reason they say why they are moving some production to this side of the atlantic. mr trump has accused them of raising the white flag. he tweeted: "a harley—davidson should never be built in another country—never! their employees and customers are already very angry at them. if they move, watch, it will be the beginning of the end — they surrendered, they quit!"
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joining us for more on this battle is our north america editorjon sopel. donald trump so they will be angry. if this kind of backlash not the sort of thing that could lose him the support from his base? remember where harley—davidson comes from. their headquarters are wisconsin. one of the stage 31 in 2016 and the blue—collar workers came out and supported him. harley—davidson have one before this embryonic trade war started there would be a price to pay because their motorcycles would be hurt in retaliatory measures and they were right. i hardly now costs $2200 more than it used to. europe is the second murky and so they have
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a responsibility to those shareholders to try to minimise damage. so they have said we will explore production elsewhere so i motorcycles a re explore production elsewhere so i motorcycles are not subject to those standards. and then the response from donald trump that our harley—davidson should never be built another country, never. harley—davidson should never be builtanother country, never. if harley—davidson should never be built another country, never. if bmw took that view that bmw could only be produced in germany that would lead to thousands ofjob losses in south carolina. and likewise for mercedes who have factories here and toyota and other companies with big factories in america. it is notjust that the message seems protectionist, it just that the message seems protectionist, itjust seems anti—global trade where companies are production facilities all over the world to meet a complex supply chain. it sounds entirely unrealistic. this is the sort of thing that will worry republicans? they are the party of free trade.
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donald trump had said that trade was so donald trump had said that trade was so easy to win and i think what we're seeing is that trade wars are a highly complex thing with the whole series of unforeseen consequences. the art of politics, i guess, is you sit down and see if we dox guess, is you sit down and see if we do x what will be the consequence of that? what might be the unforeseen consequences? he has launched a trade war which he thought would have hit the europeans and the chinese very hard. actually it is going to hit american producers as well. what happens when it turns to hold to being exported to china?” have from some close to the british government that they were wary of getting too high rate about the talents because of the threat to the whiskey industry in this country and the german similarly i'm nervous about the car murky. we are finishing a study of tyres on cars
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for the eu in that they have taken advantage of the united states and the former trade barriers and talents. that will have a huge effect on german manufacturing.” have something that was fascinating about the meeting at the g7 when the finance ministers met a week earlier than the leaders. the people around the table said to the american minister, you started this what happens next? he said, you are asking me? like, i don't know. you would have to ask the president because he is deciding this as he goes on. ifeel as because he is deciding this as he goes on. i feel as long as he thinks he has the republican base with them he has the republican base with them he will continue with it and when he feels he is starting to lose his core support, and i don't think there's any sign of that yet, maybe he will change his mind. be in no doubt that trade was an incredibly costly a nd doubt that trade was an incredibly costly and damaging to all concerned. are no easy victories to
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be hacked. mohammed ali used to say every fighter has a plan until you punch them squarely in the nose and i think the europeans are trying to pick industries to give him a nosebleed and hope that he turns around. but there is no sign of that at the moment. a lot of people asking where this trade war will end. i have come up with a rather nerdy graph. this is cold i yield curve. it is spooking wall street. it shows interest rate for short—term and long—term government bonds. usually interest rates on long—term bonds are quite high to co nsett long—term bonds are quite high to consett investors for the increase in prices but at the moment they are stubbornly low and the existing point about this curve is that low point about this curve is that low point there is as low as it has been since 2007 at the beginning of the
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worst recession in 80 years. so a lot of investors spooked by that. it doesn't necessarily mean that will bea doesn't necessarily mean that will be a recession but it means they are not very confident about long—term growth. i was sum up your graph with one word, uncertainty. that is what investors hate and what they are getting at the moment. european banks must "speed up" their contingency planning in case britain exits the eu without a deal. the warning comes from the european banking authority. it says the preparations made so far are inadequate. london is europe's biggest financial hub and crucial to the exchequer. financial services contributed £27.3bn to the uk tax purse last year. 1.1 million people in the uk are employed in financial services and 21 towns
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and cities are home to at least 10,000 people who are employed in this sector. i have been speaking tojeremy browne. he is the city of london corporation's special representative to the eu. and he has spent a lot of time listening to both sides of the debate. i asked him about the eba's concern that banks are not doing enough to get ready for a ‘no deal‘ brexit. all businesses that want to operate across the european union after march 2019 in my experience have already put a very close to having put in place contingency plans to enable them to do that, even if that is no deal or no transitional arrangement. they are planning for a possible worst—case scenario. how many do you think have done that? all of those who want to have a licensed operating presence in the eu after march 2019. but post—brexit would you still see london as the global financial capital, irrespective of those who are moving to europe? yes. overwhelmingly. i think what people don't appreciate is that there is no comparison between london and the other european centres. london's peer group is new york and to a degree singapore and of course
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we should not assume that the only disruptive effect is brexit. a lot of people might think the rise of china or even more artificial intelligence and automation are going to have a disruptive effect on the city as well so i think businesses are having to plan any number of disruptive impact on the business model. of which brexit is clearly one. at the beginning of the negotiations that was a feeling that some in the eu did not understand the importance of the city to their own interests in the european union. do you think they better understand it now? i think some understand it and some don't fully appreciate it. i think some probably do understand that but have come to the view that there is a political prize of trying to disaggregate some services out of london. so is the suspicion that michel barnier is prolonging the uncertainty in this negotiation in order perhaps to tempt banks back to the continent? i think that is a widly held view. whether he would put
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it like that, you'd have to ask them. but you do get the sense then that because it has been the easy with the uncertainty and the lack of clarity from the british government to throw rocks where they want to land, do you feel when you go to speak to the europeans, that they are not really sure where they want to land either? yes, i do. i think a lot of people observed in the british domestic debate and across europe that the british government could offer greater clarity about what its intentions are and what its end objective is and businesses find it frustrating trying to plan with so much uncertainty about what direction the government eventually wants to go on. but this is a two—sided debate and i think the eu can often be intransigent and it can be quicker to find problems than it can be to find solutions and they also are pretty
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political and considerations. they are not a neutral player in this process so we do have to be mindful that even if the british government were a model of clarity, it would still require the eu to engage in a meaningful and constructive way and i would argue in a more meaningful and constructive way than they have hitherto done. so we've had some fairly strident statements from airbus and bmw this week that if there is service interruption from the supply chains they will have to go back to the european union and close plants here, do you hear the same from banks in the city? one, i think that is a legitimate criticism that the british government needs to demonstrate greater clarity in its objectives and year that from business right across the board. pick a course, any course, but for goodness' sake, pick a course. maybe it is a bit extreme to say they would rather have a course to be disagreeable than no course at all but i think
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businesses do like to be able to know where they stand and plan on that basis and a lot of the moment are slightly shadow—boxing so that is frequently made criticism of the british government. but at the same time i think businesses have to be mindful about the need of the government to implement the referendum result good faith. so coming up with solutions that appear not to serve that central objective for the government are of limited value the debate in my view because government has two of us could be mindful of wider public opinion and the mandate of the referendum. i also think it is reasonable for businesses to shine a bit of a light on the european commission and the eu more generally. we have a european council later this week and that a lot of criticism made of the british government to not putting on the european commission and the eu more generally. we have a european council later this week and that a lot of criticism made of the british government to not putting forward enough concrete proposals. where are the concrete proposals of the eu? where other solutions to some of those difficult problems that are also compatible with the referendum result that was held in britain? that are also compatible with the referendum result that was held in britain? prince william has laid a wreath today at yad vashem,
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the world holocaust remembrance centre injerusalem. he told reporters after his visit he was "trying to comprehend the scale" of the atrocity, that must never be forgotten. the prince is in israel on the first official trip there by a uk royal. as well as time for sombre reflection, there was also an opportunity for the prince to show off his football skills as he had a kick about with young israeli and palestinian kids. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has been with the prince today. it isa it is a reminder of mankind at its worst. william came to yad vashem, israel's memorial to the six million jewish people killed by the nazis in the holocaust of in the museum, williams spoke to survivors of the holocaust. two men who, as children, were rescued on the kindertransport trains but who left their parents behind. they survived and their families we re they survived and their families were lost. in the hall of
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remembrance the victims of the holocaust were remembered. we unite with the blessed memory of six million of our people who died a martyr‘s death at the hands of the german nazis and their collaborators. chanting. william laid his wreath and stood for some moments in silence. this first official royal visit to israel has been long in coming, but a jewish leaders say it is appreciated. this is an historic day. the excitement is felt throughout israel and britain, around thejewish world. and just to see prince william here is something very, very special. there was a courtesy call on call on there is nothing to political about
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this visit but there is a message thatis this visit but there is a message that is conveyed in the people that william was meeting. i visited this afternoon with a cross community group of footballers. along with his visit to the palestinian territories this is intended to underline that peace can only be found by corporation. several israelis have said that invitations have been sent to the royal family over the years and none of this had been taken up so far till this one and yet the royal family had been to saudi arabia and other places. perhaps as nicholas was seeing it is allegedly sensitive going to israel and this is why
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taken so long. this is beyond 100 days. still to come — a first family like no other — never before has the family at 1600 pennsylvania avenue been so significant in american public life. we'll be speaking to author of the new book born trump: inside america's first family. as temperatures are continuing to rise, many are basking in the sun — with temperatures reaching a 30.2 degrees celsius at hawarden airport in wales. but the heat also comes with its problems — the met office though has issued a heat health alert whilst a fire has devastated parts of saddleworth moor in the north west of england. danny savage reports from blackpool. across virtually all of the uk, the heatwave continues, and quite understandably, many people like those in this park in london are making the most of the glorious weather. we were looking for a break from the queensland heat by coming here, and it's the same! it was 102 degrees when we left california, so this isn't so bad. but as too often happens there have
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been tragic accident as people try and cool off. last night three children got into difficulty. a search for a missing child at westport lake in stoke—on—trent resumed this morning after emergency services were called last night to reports that three youngsters were in difficulty in the water. two of the children are safe and well. the third is still missing. he has been named as a ryan evans. further north, a large wildfire has left a pall of smoke hanging over large parts of greater manchester. it has been burning since sunday. people living close to the blaze on saddleworth moor are being told to keep their windows closed as firefighters try and contain it. the heat has slowed trains down, too. in dorset and even have the gritters out to stop melting. in blackpool
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and other seaside resorts conditions could not be better and for the next few days if you want the hottest weather west is best as was proved earlier with an airport near chester and porthmadog reaching nearly 31 celsius. a doctor is on trial in spain — accused of taking part in a massive network, that's believed to have stolen, thousands of babies from their mothers, and given them up for adoption. the case against eduardo vela, involves one child, allegedly abducted in 1969 — he's the first person to go on trial, in connection with a scandal that has shaken spain. guy hedgecoe reports from madrid. for many years campaigners have been calling for a full investigation into the so—called stolen babies scandal. they believe that this case, the first trial of somebody accused of involvement in the affair, is deeply significant.
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the man at the centre of this particular case is dr eduardo vela. investigators say that in 1969 he took a newborn girl from her mother without permission and gave her to a couple for adoption without following due procedure. dr vela could face up to 13 years in prison if found guilty of abduction and forging documents. however he has denied any wrongdoing. ines madrigal was the baby allegedly taken from her biological mother 49 years ago. as an adult she found out she had been adopted. her adoptive mother told her that dr vela had suggested she fake pregnancy before he arranged for her to be given the newborn child. translation: this is the first trial and we hope it brings some kind of reform.
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some new law that protects us. we are tired and we have to find ourselves because time is running out. this case has reached court because key were alive to testify and documentary evidence was available. but it is widely believed that during the four decade dictatorship of francisco franco thousands of babies were taken away from single mothers or from parents who were seen as opponents of the regime. translation: dr vela's trial is extremely important because it's the first trial in spain about this babies theft case. campaigners claim that the abductions continued well after the dictatorship ended in the late 1970s and that there could be 300,000 such cases. this trial could help unlock the secrets of many of them. you're watching beyond 100 days. it's a first
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family like no other. the trumps have for decades lived their lives in public, but how much do we really know about the president's family and his relationship with his children? he has been married three times, and today as president he has two senior west wing advisers to whom he is related, together with two adult sons who are running the family business. well, there is a new book that looks closer at the families ties and what they mean for america. joining us from new york is emily jane fox. she a senior reporter for vanity fair and author of the new book born trump: inside america's first family. it is probably not a wise comparison to make but the family strikes me a little bit like the royal family. everybody works for the firm and they are all deeply involved in it and that is great privilege and access coming with it but as you see in your book with the golden keys comes golden handcuffs.”
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in your book with the golden keys comes golden handcuffs. i think they would be filled with your comparison to the royal family. they would eat that write—up. i think in reality the lived incredibly lavish privileged lives and went to the best schools. they had a beautiful almost castle like home in palm beach in florida and various houses and planes around the world but they also had a very difficult relationship with her father and with her mother as well. they were dragged through the press since the time they little children and continued to be public eye and especially today in not so favourable light. for all the wonderful privileges they had as children which i go into great detail in the book the dead set may have bumps on the road and very difficult and complicated and complex elision ships within the family. one of the big questions everybody asks is how much influence that they have over the president? we keep hearing that ivanka softens
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up we keep hearing that ivanka softens up and tries to persuade not to do things that are pretty impulsive.” think that was a great hope of many people that have known ivanka for very time. —— very long time. people ina very time. —— very long time. people in a social circle who were maybe concerned about what president donald trump would be like. she hoped she would be a moderating influence and we have seen that at times ivanka has voiced opinions that may differ on certain issues with the president does what he wa nts to with the president does what he wants to do whether his daughter or senior advisers or wife tell him thatis senior advisers or wife tell him that is maybe not the best idea. the reality is sometime ivanka does not differfrom her reality is sometime ivanka does not differ from her father reality is sometime ivanka does not differfrom herfather in reality is sometime ivanka does not differ from her father in the ways that perhaps people around who would like to differfrom
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that perhaps people around who would like to differ from her father. it isa like to differ from her father. it is a very convoluted relationship with a senior adviser in the white house is also a first daughter. she is limited in her ability to actually perform her west wing duties because she is dirty or to support her father and be duties because she is dirty or to support herfather and be his unyielding cheerleader at the end of the day. a lot is written about him as president and businessman but what was like as a father when were growing up? he was fairly absent. this is a man who primarily cares about himself today and was dead. he was summoned working a great deal in his capacity in the donald trump organisation and he was out on the town a lot. he's first marriage ended a very public divorce and he remarried and had a child and i got married again and had a fourth child and of itself. while he was an overarching great presence and his children's lives he was not there in the way a traditional father would
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be. he was not throwing baseballs for them on the park by making sure they had the on the table every night. but the children, because he was not a constant presence, lived to be impressed by his ambition. his lawyer said he had five children because he thought that would give good odds to having someone just like him. michaeltold in our first interview he had five children and holds one would be just like the president and what ended up happening is each child is each possessing one quality of donald trump and perhaps together they make up trump and perhaps together they make up one whole donald trump. that is where me and donald trump differ. i have two children and hope neither of them are like me. coming up next on bbc world news — ros atkin
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is here with outside source and for viewers in the uk — and we will have the latest news headlines. the heatwave continues. we will see the highest damages one day to the next. today the heat was across parts of wales and north—west england were tempters got above 30 degrees and 31 and porthmadog. tomorrow it may be the warmest day since 1995 in northern ireland scotland. putting that into european aspect of aviemore and strabane could get close to 30 celsius. torrential rain storms continue towards greece but we stayed dry
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with high pressure in charge. high pressure has been with us but we have seen of the workload today to the irish sea and through western scotla nd the irish sea and through western scotland will stop that which is away tonight but to tonight around north sea course that will be more in the way of rest and cloud. —— mess. night by night it is getting warmer. temperatures for most getting into double figures on wednesday morning but nothing desperately high. a bit of a grey start through southern coast of scotla nd start through southern coast of scotland and northern england course. it would preese hall peg back the temperatures. the deeper the colour on our profile the warmer the colour on our profile the warmer the air. we concede see 30 degrees in some parts of scotland. northern ireland and north—west england parts of wales and the west country. mid 20s further east and down the east coast yellow colours and an
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indication we will see temperatures around the 20 degrees mark. we could still see nest and low cloud coming sure. there will be some of that coming on thursday along e coast so a few temperatures close to 30 degrees and parts of scotland could be favoured there. across scotland and northern ireland tebbit is drop and northern ireland tebbit is drop a little bit. while in the sunshine but more cloud to the north and east. further south temperatures will be still into the high 20s and very close to 30 degrees. it will turn a bit more humid into the weekend and with that the risk of summer weekend and with that the risk of summer thunderstorms pushing up from the site. —— pushing up from the south. this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at eight: a british man has been convicted of planning a terror attack in westminster and of making bombs for the taliban. two men have been killed and 12 other people have been injured after a collision between a bus and a lorry in cambridgeshire. mps demand the government
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makes a big increase in britain's defence budget — to maintain influence with the united states and other nato allies. prince william has been visiting israel. he paid his respects at the world holocaust remembrance centre injerusalem, and called for peace in the region i know i share a desire with all of you, and with your neighbours, for a just and lasting peace. the us supreme court upholds donald trump's travel ban on people from a number of muslim majority countries. also coming up — the sun has got its hat — and so should you. as uk temperatures exceed 30 degrees for the first time this
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