tv Beyond 100 Days BBC News July 2, 2018 7:00pm-8:01pm BST
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you're watching beyond 100 days. the global tide of populism sweeps up mexico in a landslide election. in a now familiar pattern, voters dealt a stunning blow to the country s established political parties. this is the new president — he is left—wing, in favor of redistribution and against donald trump. translation: the new project of the nation will seek to establish an authentic democracy. we don't bet on building an open or closed the ticket —— dictatorship. the changes will be profound. the changes will be profound. andres manuel lopez obrador won because mexicans are fed up with violence and corruption. and they don t like losing in the world cup either. also on the programme: alive — the 12 boys and their coach lost in a cave in thailand have been found.
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michael cohen, president trump's long time personal lawyer, says his loyalty will "always" be to his family and country over the us president. get in touch with us using the hashtag #beyondioodays. hello, i'm katty kay in mexico city. nuala mcgovern is in london. we ll get to the news from here in a moment, but first to the incredible story unfolding in thailand. the thai football team lost for nine days in cave have been found alive. bad weather has hampered the rescue effort for the youngsters, aged between 11 and 16, and their 25—year—old coach through the tham luang cave — one of thailand's longest and toughest to explore. let's get the latest from richard galpin. for more than a week, diving teams from thailand and other countries have been
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picking their way through this long cave complex. in the hope of finding the boys and their football coach. and now it seems thailand's navy divers have succeeded, just as that hope was fading away. translation: about the missing of 13 persons, the divers found the beach was flooded. then they went deeper, around 300 or 400 metres further. it's another high ground and we found the boys safe. this photograph of the boys, aged between 11 and 16, was taken by their coach shortly before they went into the cave nine days ago, on what was supposed to be a fun adventure for them. but, inside, it's thought they were caught in flash floods, forcing them to move further into the cave complex in search of high ground. for their families, who have been waiting outside throughout this ordeal,
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at last it seems there is some good news. this grandmother of one of the children says she's so grateful to the authorities for persevering with this rescue operation. but it remains unclear how they are going to get the children out without the boys needing to use scuba equipment. 0ne hope is the authorities will succeed in pumping enough of the flood water out of the cave system to enable them to get out safely. but it will need to be quick, as more monsoon rains are on their way. richard galpin, bbc news. those pictures from thailand are amazing. we will be keeping on top of that story, as well. the pattern is becoming familiar. a population is dissatisfied, whether its with the economy or immigration or corruption, the established political parties fail to make things better and so voters turn to someone new,
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someone who promises radical change and a brighter future for the forgotten men and women. policy details are often sketchy, but the slogans are compelling. andres manual lopez 0brador fits that bill perfectly. so add mexico to the list of major democracies swept up by this global wave of populism. his landslide victory is as much a sign of discontent with the two main parties failure to deal with rampant corruption and terrifying violence as it is a heartfelt conviction that he can deliver on his soaring campaign promises. you are there on such a significant day. how would you describe what the last day has been like?” day. how would you describe what the last day has been like? i think the reason that andres manuel lopez 0brador is the new president of mexico is not because he has changed particularly. he has run twice before. it is because the situation
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in mexico has deteriorated so much and the established parties have failed to deal with it. this is a blow to the west on the ball order because this is somebody who has rejected the idea of globalisation, rejected the idea of globalisation, rejected the idea of globalisation, rejected the idea of free trade agreements and comes from that more 19605 agreements and comes from that more 1960s left—wing stable. he has also been very against mr trump in the past. he said he wants a relationship of mutual respect with the united states, but let's see if he can deliver neither of those huge promises he has made. he has been elected because the population is so dissatisfied, not because people here are convinced that he can wipe out corruption and particularly the violence in this country, which has become endemic. may was the most violent month in 20 years with four people being killed every hour in this country. that is what he has to address. let's see if he can do it. dawn sees the summer sunrise to land
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blessed, and cursed. nature is bountiful and as part of mexico and opium poppy fields can't yield 11 forfarmers and opium poppy fields can't yield 11 for farmers and other crops opium poppy fields can't yield 11 forfarmers and other crops have left the ground. bloodlines run deep here. this husband and wife score the opium bulbs to reveal the late text that will become heroin. translation: we are not responsible for the people who use drugs. people who criticise this have probably never know in need. so how does any government help this parent who doesn't want to be identified, that she can provide for her three—year—old child because she rea ps a three—year—old child because she reaps a bitter harvest? mexico's new president must address the raw poverty of millions if he is to tackle the drugs trade. but, in the
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meantime, in the dead of night, a smuggler preps to trade in misery. we watch as he takes apart an ordinary family we watch as he takes apart an ordinaryfamily carand we watch as he takes apart an ordinary family car and stuff the fuel tank with drugs. cocaine, heroin, crystal meth. the 26—year—old american was smuggled what every can get his hands on, whatever his handlers desire. you have loaded up the car, the drugs are in there. you are literally sitting on top of them. where are they headed? sitting on top of them. where are they headed ? i sitting on top of them. where are they headed? i take them to phoenix 01’ they headed? i take them to phoenix or los angeles, i know they can also go to indiana. you know what these drugs do to people across the border, do you care about that? no, i don't put a gun to people's head to make them take drugs, it is not my problem. his only problem,
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navigating the busy frontier checkpoint and avoiding the scrutiny of the guards. 0thers checkpoint and avoiding the scrutiny of the guards. others have very different concerns about the frontier with america. this man is a family man, with the hopes and fears of any parents, any husband. family man, with the hopes and fears of any parents, any husbandlj family man, with the hopes and fears of any parents, any husband. i am worried that if the violence is going to escalate more and we are going to escalate more and we are going to escalate more and we are going to have shootings here in the park grabbed my daughter's school, my wife's work. it is really sad to live like this. jesus understands manders by capacity for violence. he isa manders by capacity for violence. he is a crime scene investigator. we can see that the csi is processing the scene and the dead body is in the scene and the dead body is in the street. in a quiet suburban area in the border city of tijuana, mexico has lost another son. jesus
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describes the scene. i can see from here that he has probably gunshot wounds in the back. he is a young male. sadly, this it is a result of the out—of—control firearms that are coming into tijuana. mexico's the president has to deal with the epidemic of murders this country and jurors and stem the flow of guns coming in from abroad. that is where oui’ coming in from abroad. that is where our smuggler re—enters the story. he is back from america with a new cargo. guns. how many are down there in the t? the boss told me there are three in the tank. it is easy getting pleasing? easier bringing the weapons in because there is less surveillance compared to the other way around. the weapons are
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carefully wrapped in tinfoil and bag it. calibres of all sizes, killing machines smuggled to order. the only way to beat mexico's strict gun laws. you can doing it forfour yea rs. laws. you can doing it forfour years. a mini guns do you think you have brought in? hayloft. hundreds? hundreds. you have brought in hundreds of weapon to yourself? yes. he has told us there are many more weapons inside the car head on or around it. we have been asked to leave now because the person who ordered the shipment is on their way to pick it up and it doesn't take a genius to guess whether those weapons will end up. in the hands of criminal gangs and drug cartels. someone somewhere criminal gangs and drug cartels. someone somewhere in mexico will die asa someone somewhere in mexico will die as a result of those weapons. that night there is another murder in tijuana. yellow: smart the fallen
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bullet casings of this crime scene. forjesus, this bullet casings of this crime scene. for jesus, this country's bullet casings of this crime scene. forjesus, this country's well—being is on the line. the new president needs to secure a future for mexico's children. right now, this scene behind us, there is a dead quy- scene behind us, there is a dead guy. it's something that kids see every day and they get used to that. that is the sad thing. any to think about my daughter, my daughter's friends. i don't want them to grow up friends. i don't want them to grow up thinking that every day there is a killing and it is fine, nothing will happen about it. so many of mexico's problems are the result of a society that doesn't work for everyone. newsreaders must govern for the millions left behind, trying to navigate a life worth living. clive joins clivejoins me in the clive joins me in the studio clivejoins me in the studio in mexico city. what chance do you give the new president of mexico of
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fulfilling his campaign promises and making this a separate country?m is going to be very difficult. he has to tackle the rural poverty situation. millions around the country whose only avenue in terms of making money and sustaining themselves and their families is to get into the drugs trade, particularly if they are per farmers and rural areas that are growing poppies. he has to providejobs for the millions of young people in this country who do not have opportunities for them the drugs gangsis opportunities for them the drugs gangs is the only outlet to make a living. he needs to tackle deep—rooted problems in this country, which the two parties, the centre and centre—right governments over the last 60 or 70 years simply have not addressed. is he capable of doing that? we know the populace around the world who have taken power have had problems delivering on the grand promises and we would need to see a complete
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transformation of mexican society f mr 0brador is going to be successful. you look at other countries addressing problems on the way that these new populist leaders have done that in some cases has tended to be by being more authoritarian. that is what people are worried about, does mexico but, venezuela, or a philippines, are worried about, does mexico but, venezuela, ora philippines, where you have a strong runner that skirts around the rule of law? temp two's supporters, any suggestion that he isa trump supporters, any suggestion that he is a trump or hugo chavez lookalike, they get very annoyed about that. they'd look at the brazilian president, amanda the markets happy. the pesto did not ball today. he kept the market savvy, improve the economy but lived to deal with the millions in poverty and the brazilian president was successful toa brazilian president was successful to a degree in doubt. the idea that he will become this authoritarian
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chavez figure, his supporters say thatis chavez figure, his supporters say that is not what he is about. the bottom line is, mexico was the second—biggest economy and latin america. we have the united states on as northern border. he has to be the kind of person who does reach out to the markets and to the financiers in the united states and donald trump, so we can't go to left, but left is what the population said they wanted after so many years of centre and right politics that haven't worked with them. he has to keep his base happy, them. he has to keep his base happy, the markets happy, have some kind of religion should put donald trump. today he is making the right noises towards america, saying he wants a relationship of mutual respect. while donald trump was not a factor in the election campaign, he is a factor in mexico's future. he is. we've gone through delicate negotiations between the united states, canada mexico over the
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future of nafta. temp two's base is very mixed. you have the religious right, left as trade unions. i can keep this coalition together at the same time is reaching out to the united states, keeping the markets happy and appealing to the dirt poor rural vote rs happy and appealing to the dirt poor rural voters in mexico. it will be a fine line that he has to walk and will be an interesting next six yea rs. will be an interesting next six years. clive, thank you for coming in. they will be watching what happens here in mexico city from the united states, as well. i saw united states, as well. isawa united states, as well. i saw a light coming in there saying that donald trump says he thinks that's the new president might help of the border wall. let's wait and see. president trump's long term personal lawyer, and fixer, michael cohen says that his loyalty is to his family and country before donald trump. mr cohen has been giving an off—camera interview to abc's good morning america,
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as investigations continue into his work for the president, including a payment made to porn star stormy daniel. his response when asked if he expected mr trump to turn michael cohen says that his loyalty is to his family and country on him, "i will not be a punching is to his family and country defense strategy". 0ur north america editor, jon sopel, has more. how did you understand the interview? it is basically reported by george stephanopoulos about what happened off—camera. by george stephanopoulos about what happened off-camera. of course, you will remember that michael cohen's offices were raided by the fbi a couple of months back and it took away all sorts of documents pertaining to clients, which donald trump is incredibly upset about at the time. since then, michael cohen has more or less relatively quiet
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about the investigation. they did this off—camera briefing in which he said my first loyalty is towards my wife unto my family and to my country. they will take priority and a lwa ys country. they will take priority and always will. now, he had previously saidi always will. now, he had previously said i would take a bullet for donald trump. the most pointedly did not say that in this interview. you can read this two ways. one is that he is about to flip, to use the americanjargon, he is about to flip, to use the american jargon, and that he is about to flip, to use the americanjargon, and that he he is about to flip, to use the american jargon, and that he will maybe help the special counsel robert miller in his investigation or help the fbi in their investigation. the other way you could possibly read it is that maybe it was not underwent a donald trump, you know what, what, i would like a pardon if i get forced into saying anything i don't want to because do wa nt to anything i don't want to because do want to be prosecuted for things i have done on your behalf. there are two very different you can interpret the message that came out of this interview that michael cohen gate.
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thank you very much. let's talk more about the mexican election. commiserations on the game today. i feel bad for all mexicans. let's hope england is notjoining them soon. i spoke to you a few yea rs them soon. i spoke to you a few years ago about the state of the mexican economy and we talked about a boom time in mexico. i have come back like that this election and they hear that things are going so badly that the population has rejected established parties and gone for somebody from the left.|j think it is related more to the politics than the economic self mexico. northern and central mexico growing doubts one rate, the south
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of mexico isn't growing at all. that is where temp two's base is from. not only because of the economics, but people wanted a political change. change saying that we don't wa nt change. change saying that we don't want politicians to behave the way they did in the past. we centred his campaign on corruption and security. i don't think he won because there isa i don't think he won because there is a perception that the economy is going south. corruption is a main issue. he has promised to eradicate corruption in the country, notjust lessen it, but eradicated. can he do it? he had better try. that is the main challenge that we have. in the last few years the governors and mexico have had a lot more resources coming from the central government that they misused, misspent. and a lot of corruption at the same time. temp two has to make that promise
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holds and reduce it. i don't work you can eliminate it but a 30% reduction would be a success. mentioned the name temp two in washington, at the imf, amongst global trading partners and they have been quite nervous about him over the course of this election campaign. were they right to be? he ran in the past is a more radical candidate. this time he ran as a moderate. looking at the debates, he was in favour of nafta, a strong pesto. can he deliver on those? he wa nts to. pesto. can he deliver on those? he wants to. that shows that the main issueis wants to. that shows that the main issue is not economic, because if it was about economic steward had people against nafta and the strong pesto. we will see if we get the temp two the moderate or high he was
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before. thank you very much for joining me. washington will be watching this to see how the relationship develops, around nafta and other economic issues. another line i saw coming in is that donald trump says he thinks that he will do a good job, this new president, i keep seeing what else might come from washington, dc. now, we've been hearing about the important issues facing mexico, as the country ushers in a new president, and a new era — crime, drugs, the future of nafta — all that big—picture stuff. people are very intrigued as to how he will handle donald trump. what did mexican supporters who supported temp 21 from him? to what extent are the right to look
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at patterns of this populist weird that we have seen? mexico is part of that we have seen? mexico is part of that part in and it is the way to understand mexico in general terms. it falls clearly within that pattern. shelby doctor some people? do you want the next president to be tougher on donald trump? the analogy has been made between temp two and donald trump. is that the right comparison, do you think? i don't think so. you can draw parallels between the two. they're both populist, but if you had to draw parallels a better one would be with bernie sanders, in the sense that they are both left—wing populist was that clearly donald
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trump is not our depth and populist. 0rjeremy corbyn. yes. i would say that temp two is less ideological.” wa nt to that temp two is less ideological.” want to buy whatever she is selling! does she think donald trump respects mexico? witchy like more or less cooperation with america? in any mexican market there are some things that are just too good to say no to. they call it slap in the face. i have to buy you a slap in the face! it is sweet and sour. there is some chilli in there. like the times we live in. spicy. interesting.
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i was tempted to buy one of those slap on the faces and give it a christian. in some ways donald trump has been a slap in the face to the mexican economic model, the idea that you have globalisation, free trade part of our belief in their north american trading system, and that would ease the go is huge and going on around nafta is something thatis going on around nafta is something that is up for grabs. that woman there said she wants co—operation with america. everybody here realising that it is not in the interests of mexico to be soaked up on donald trump that mexico ends up losing item that relationship. he took a few minutes to pop into a bar today. and see a little bit of football. the mexico. it was a great barr, the atmosphere was fantastic. of course everybody wanted mexico to win. every time they nearly scored
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the bar erupted. there was almost total silence when i left at the end after brazil had scored two goals against mexico. their chances and i are out of the world cup, but it was so much fun to be here in this city when mexico was playing. it is a great city, by the way. i encourage you to come down into the programme from here with the one day. what a significant day. the election that has taken place, and also this date when they were hoping to beat the curse, as they call it, but not this time. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news: rescue teams find all 12 boys and their coach alive in a cave in thailand, after going missing for more than a week. hello. 0nly
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hello. only very subtle weather changes day to day this week. anybody looking for significant bill will be disappointed with this forecast. for many it will remain dry. a little bit cooler for some, particularly in the breeze across southern parts, compared to sunday. this is the satellite picture. cloud free for most, and there will be some cloud spreading into some parts of south—east scotland and into north—east england through the night. it will be misty and murky for some of us starting the day tomorrow. a chance through the evening of an isolated shower in south—west england. temperatures are in southern parts lower than they were last night. still high pressure in control from most of us during tuesday. an area of low pressure to the south of us that will start to bring up some cloud into the channel
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islands, especially the south—west later, south wales. you can see the less hot colours here, as well, across that eastern side with the breeze coming in off the sea, as well. so, it's west and south that will see the higher temperatures, near 30 in hotspots across parts of southern england, but it may not get quite to 30. as for wimbledon, well, there's going to be a bit more cloud around i think on wednesday, maybe on thursday, but not much difference. the story is one that is very warm to hot. a little less breezy, though, as the week goes on. if you're looking for weather fronts to bring some rain, not many to show you on the big picture as the week progresses, but there will be a weak one coming into scotland and northern ireland. it won't produce much in the way of rain, maybe a few showers into scotland. it will bring the temperature down a little bit, though, as you can see for thursday in glasgow and for coleraine, as well.
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whereas for england and wales, it will stay very warm, variable cloud and sunshine and most places are going to stay dry. so, again, relief for the gardens? this is not in the forecast. mainly dry, sunny. very warm to hot. widely low to mid—20s, but some spots will be upper 20s to near 30. light winds and, yeah, most places will stay dry. this is beyond 100 days, with me, katty kay, in mexico city. nuala mcgovern is in london. our top stories: rescue divers in thailand have found 12 boys trapped in flooded caves. these are the latest pictures coming to us from inside. there had been no contact with the boys, aged between 11 and 16, since they went missing with their football coach nine days ago. the left—wing anti—establishment candidate andres manuel lopes 0brador has been elected the next president of mexico. he promises to tackle corruption and have warmer relations with the us. coming up in the next half hour: the british prime minister, theresa may, is under pressure from mps to give more details of a possible new plan for the uk's post—brexit customs
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arrangements with the eu. mexico, once again, is eliminated from the world cup as brazil beats them 2—0 to go through to the quarterfinals. let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag #beyond100days. let's get more now on this incredible news from thailand where rescuers have made contact with a team of footballers and their coach who've beent trapped for nine days. we can bring you some of the latest pictures, these are filmed from inside the cave. as you can see, just a little bit of light, let's ta ke just a little bit of light, let's take a moment to look. no, not today. there are two of us.
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we come. i almost don't want to interrupt this moment, which is so moving. that is a british diver whose voice it is, speaking in english to these young boys huddled together. you saw them on a bit of a higher rock. they wanted to know if people were coming. he said lots of people were coming. he said lots of people are coming and he talked to them, saying they were so strong. he isa them, saying they were so strong. he is a british diver, you can't see his thumbs as they came across the camera, so happy news that these young boys and their coach are found alive. we will keep across thailand, but
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let me turn to mexico, who have elected a new president. andres manuel lopes 0brador, or amlo, as he's also known. he campaigned on promising to root out corruption and bring security to the country. today, mr lopes 0brador said today he would extend his hand to us president donald trump and wanted friendly relations with washington. joining us now is the bbc‘s will grant for more on what this change in leadership means for mexico politically there has been trepidation in washington watching the election year. do you think given the comments by the president alert, that his miss founded and he will work well with mr trump? family and that i have just seen that andres manuel lopes obrador has waited, that the two men had a conversation
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and he has proposed an integral response to various issues facing the two nations. what that means, we will have to wait that this honeymoon period is being treated accordingly by the two men for now. i suppose they want to get off on the right fit. there is a plethora of things they could bump heads on, security issues on the border, the wall, but for now it looks like they will play nice. will ground, thank you. joining me now is arturo sarukhan, the former mexican ambassador to the united states. thank you forjoining me. donald trump was not a factor in this election because none of the candidates were keen on him. now, amlo has to deal with him, can he satisfy his face, be tough on america and deal with the us?”
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don't think there was a tough on american sentiment in the campaign. 0bviously during the general election trump's statements on nafta and mexican immigrants poisoned the well of mexican perceptions of the us but anti—american is and didn't really rear its head, so i think he will engage constructively with mr trump at the outset but everyone is looking at what lopes 0brador will do on politics but this is something that will depend much more on trump than on mr lopes 0brador, how mr trump chooses to respond to him in the coming months will be important when lopes 0brador assumes office and how he will craft a policy. you
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were mexican ambassador to the us under president calderon. it seems that the perception in the us is that the perception in the us is that mexican presidents have a lot to lose and not very much leveraged. it's wrong. mexico doesn't have nuclear weapons so that is not a bargaining chip but if you look at what mexico has been doing since 9/11 in terms of intelligence sharing, how we share passenger lists of every flight coming into mexican airspace to make sure there isn't a terrorist on those flights, that collaboration which has been taken for granted in washington could be up for review if the relationship careened towards the mexico first, america first dynamic that these two men might bring to
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the table. at the same time, what i think is encouraging, this is one president who has a whopping electoral mandate from mexicans and these are signals of strength that trump does read. he is good at bullying those he feels are weak that this will be a very strong and popular mexican president and that isa popular mexican president and that is a strength he should recognise early on. and both of them are prolific tweeters. thank you for joining me here. let's cross live to new york now and speak to shannon o'neil, a latin american studies fellow at the council on foreign relations. shannon, do you see this election result as part of the populist wave that we have seen both in europe and north america? we have seen in countries around the world this desire for change but this election
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was fought and won on domestic issues in mexico. this is was about the population's frustration and angeraround the population's frustration and anger around corruption and violence and ongoing poverty, about those domestic issues and that was quite lopes obrador one. can he deliver on their promises to rectify those domestic issues? he made lots of promises on the campaign trail, to increase spending, double pensioners' pensions, to increase scholarships for young people, he has promised to double infrastructure spending so build lots of new roads and airports and refineries, there are lots of things he has promised to mexico to improve their lives, to bring the state into their lives, to bring the state into the economy in much greater ways in
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agriculture and energy but where will the money come from? he promised not to raise taxes or increase the debt so that will be a big challenge, given the number of mexicans who voted for him and his coalition, can he keep these promises? you're getting to the heart, he was talking about poverty being at the heart of that insecurity and violence that the country has been through but it sounds like it scanned on specifics of how he would kick—start the mexican economy? when you look at him on the campaign trail, it was very scant on specifics, so when asked, how will you take on corruption, he said he personally was not corrupt and that would filtered down through the government. that is a hopeful way of thinking about things but hasn't worked in other countries. same with
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security, he said he would reduce inequality, give young people jobs and then they would not have rising violence, and while that could help some of these issues, it takes a long time to change economies and that isn't always what causes violence, so there will be a long learning process and many on his cabinet, few of them have any government experience, so cabinet, few of them have any government experience, so there is the challenge of learning how to work ina the challenge of learning how to work in a government to deliver on these promises. he has six years, big promises and big challenges in fulfilling those. what happens if he doesn't succeed? this populist antiestablishment movement in mexico, is it over or is there a threat to the country if he cannot deliver? he has tapped into a real
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frustration with the way democracy is going and he said he would fix those things, address those things, ta ke those things, address those things, take on the establishment, what he calls the mafia of power that has been running the country and left many outside. if he cannot meet those demands, do they find another person who can promise those things and do it better or do people start looking outside the system, believing democracy is not what they hope, and that's hard to say. one thing we have seen in this election is more and more independence, of smaller regional parties, so politics is local and perhaps you will see experiments at the local level to bring better government to mexicans. shannon o'neill, thank you for speaking to us. it's such a
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workload that he seems to have ahead of him, but when you have met people down there, what are they telling you and how are they feeling? they are feeling that amlo is better than the alternatives on offer and things are so bad that why not try something different? here isjust one figure for you, to fulfil his social redistribution policies and expand the social welfare not, he has to find something like 2.5% of gdp. he says he can find it by clamping down on corruption and getting money back that was spent efficiently but most economists think that cannot happen, and when most countries tribe populism and people like this cabinet without experience, and then it doesn't work out, what happens then? mexicans
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have said things are bad, let's try something new and see what happens, andi something new and see what happens, and i think it will depend how long his grace period lasts. let's look at europe now, we spoke a lot about germany and those problems facing angela merkel around immigration but she is not the only european leader coming under pressure from politicians in her own government. theresa may is expected to be pushed for more detail on a new proposal for customs arrangements after britain leaves the eu. senior ministers have been sharply divided about two earlier plans designed to resolve one of the main brexit sticking points. the prime minister has now come up with a third way, details of which have not yet been made public. a prominent supporter of brexit, and a frequent thorn in theresa may's side, jacob rees—mogg says she risks a revolt if the type of brexit she promised is not delivered. but mrs may seems determined to find a compromise. speaking in parliament today she said the last remaining issue before a full deal is reached
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with the eu is the border with ireland. there remain differences between us and the european commission on northern ireland. 0n the protocol on northern ireland, i want to be very clear. we have put forward proposals and will produce further proposals, so that if a temporary backstop is needed there will be no hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. we are absolutely committed to the avoidance of such a border. i was watching and dipping into that but did we learn anything about this third way? nothing was very clearly spelt out today and when you hear a
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politician saying, we have been very clear, the clue for us is to accept that things have not been clear, it has been the opposite, but the statement was quite short but then we had questions from prominent brexiteers, so we understood when sir bill cash asks whether we would be part of the eea, theresa may... essentially that would be the norway option, remaining in the single market, theresa may said that remaining in that formation would not be delivering the referendum result, so perhaps we can take from that that we will not be part of the single market if we follow this third way, and the second question was whenjacob third way, and the second question was when jacob rees mogg asked third way, and the second question was whenjacob rees mogg asked if third way, and the second question was when jacob rees mogg asked if we would be in the customs union or subjected to a common external tariff with the rest of the eu
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countries, that we would not be independent to make our own trade deals with the rest of the world, and theresa may said we would not be pa rt of and theresa may said we would not be part of the customs union but she didn't answer whether we would have a common external tariff. so those are the two things we can say that nothing more clear—cut. are the two things we can say that nothing more clear-cut. if brexiteer is now in the cabinet are saying to the prime minister, any deal which restricts britain's ability to control migration or make trade deals independently with other countries, that would not be acceptable, i don't see how they square that circle with the eu and with tory rebels who are saying they wa nt closer with tory rebels who are saying they want closer ties and some form of free market access? i think it all goes back to the cherry picking, so the eu will tell you, we don't do
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cherry picking but brexiteers will sake every single treaty you have, every deal you have with third—party countries is slightly individual, but if we look at the swiss model, thatis but if we look at the swiss model, that is similar to what the brexiteers want because that would allow you to strike trade deals independently of the eu but the answer we keep getting from the eu is that they are not keen on that. negotiation is about finding a middle ground where you might not be keen about that but it somehow makes both sides content with whatever give and take happens, so that is what we will see but the main sticking point is still the northern irish border. we haven't heard how that will be resolved and until we see the paper which is meant to come out next week, we cannot say
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anything but apparently that paper has been shared with leo varadkar, the irish premier, so it all seems strange that our parliament has not seen it yet. and it is a long week until friday in politics. thank you for joining until friday in politics. thank you forjoining us. still to come, roger federer begins his quest for his ninth men's singles title. with a straight set win over serbia's dushan lajovitch. more on that and the day's other highlights, next. as the hot weather continues across much of the uk, people in northern ireland are experiencing the first hosepipe ban in 23 years. emma vardy reports. this is the hottest summer northern ireland's seen for decades. north woodburn reservoir in county antrim supplies belfast and nearby towns. water usage has reached an all—time high. this is one of 23 water treatment plants in northern ireland.
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and while the reservoirs have a healthy level of water in them, plants like this are all operating at full capacity, they can only treat the water and pump it out so quickly and demand is exceeding supply. some areas have seen a drop in pressure and temporary water loss in homes. we are doing our best to maximise production, and move water from one zone to another to ensure customers are kept in supply. but we don't know what the weather holds, what the forecast is. we will be keeping the hosepipe ban in place. to help ensure customers are kept in supply for as long as that takes. the hosepipe ban, in place since friday, is the first in northern ireland for more than 20 years. tankers have been borrowed from other businesses to help. we haven't been using the hose, i have a little pool, so i have kept the water in the pool and any water i need out of the pool i am watering the plants with it.
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forfarmers there are other problems, too — those grazing livestock say they are struggling to replenish the grass for animals to feed. in the east of the province where they haven't had rain forfour weeks, grass is drying up, not growing and farmers have had to start to supplement the grass with winter fodder. with the idyllic weather forecast to continue, so too will the appeals to customers in other areas affected across the uk to keep water use to a minimum, or risk losses in supply. wimbledon kicked off today. roger federer begins his quest for a record—extending ninth wimbledon men's singles title. the swiss opened today and won against serbia's dusan lajovic on centre court. seven—time champion serena williams,
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back at sw19 for the first time since giving birth, also played and won today. british number ones kyle edmund and johanna konta both play on tuesday, but compatriot andy murray has pulled out. we're joined now from the ground by former british tennis actually, we're going to try and connect with wimbledon soon but that will be injust a connect with wimbledon soon but that will be in just a few minutes. can connect with wimbledon soon but that will be injust a few minutes. can i return to those amazing pictures we were watching from thailand? this is a british diver, you will hear his voice, they have found the football tea m voice, they have found the football team and their coach who had been missing for nine days, so people so happy about this news. the young
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boys huddled together, there is a flashlight interspersed among them they seem safe and well. the divers who find them more chatting to them, so let's just take a look and listen in. we are coming, it's ok. many people are coming. many people. we are the first. what day is it? i don't know... monday, monday. 0ne week, monday, you have been here ten days. ten days. you are very strong. very strong. 0k, go back. we come.
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so the voices there telling them they are very strong and that more people are coming for them, so now that hard job begins about how to get them out. let's turn to tennis again, the greatest names played on centre court at wimbledon but what's it like to walk out on that famous centre court and onto the grass? simon mccoy has been to take a look. you get a sense of how important all this is, i quote from kipling, if you meet with triumph and disaster
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and treat those both the same. then this last bit of the walk because if you are not frightened by this you have stronger nerves than most. the players will have someone to open the door for them but when you get out here, you will have crowds cheering, the roof may be opened but you get a sense of the enormity of this. this is the last moment where you gather your thoughts that lack —— the biggest court in the world and you will have to play in the finals of the wimbledon championships and it doesn't get any tougher than that. it is up perfect time for watching
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sport, the mysteries of tv, we can get a line to most go city but not align to wimbledon. thank you for watching beyond 100 days. good night. only very subtle weather changes day to day this week. anyone looking for significant rain will be disappointed with this forecast and, for many, it's going to remain dry. another dry day in east yorkshire today. it's been a little bit cooler for some, particularly in the breeze across southern parts compared with sunday. this is the satellite picture. cloud—free for most. just a little bit in parts of the borders of northumberland and there will be some cloud just spreading in across parts of south—east scotland and into north—east england as we go through the night. it will be rather misty and murky for some of us here to start the day tomorrow.
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still the chance through the evening of an isolated shower in south—west england. this cloud will start to clear away. temperatures are, across southern parts, lower than they were last night. this is where it is going to make the most noticeable difference. less humid, as well. but it's still high pressure in control for most of us during tuesday. there is still an area of low pressure to the south of us. it will start to bring up a bit of cloud into the channel islands, parts of southern england, especially the south—west later. south wales may squeeze out an isolated shower or a thunderstorm. the vast majority will stay dry. expect a bit more cloud across scotland, as well. there may be an isolated shower here. in the north, there will be some low cloud lingering toward some, not all, some north sea coasts. you can see the less hot colours here, as well, across that eastern side with the breeze coming in off the sea, as well. so, it's west and south that will see the higher temperatures, near 30 in hotspots across parts of southern england, but it may not get quite to 30. as for wimbledon, well, there's going to be a bit more cloud around i think on wednesday, maybe on thursday, but not much difference. the story is one that is very warm to hot. a little less breezy, though, as the week goes on. if you're looking for weather
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fronts to bring some rain, not many to show you on the big picture as the week progresses, but there will be a weak one coming into scotland and northern ireland. it won't produce much in the way of rain, maybe a few showers into scotland. it will bring the temperature down a little bit, though, as you can see for thursday in glasgow and for coleraine, as well. whereas for england and wales, it will stay very warm, variable cloud and sunshine and most places are going to stay dry. so, again, relief for the gardens? this is not in the forecast. mainly dry, sunny. very warm to hot. widely low to mid—20s, but some spots will be upper 20s to near 30. light winds and, yeah, most places will stay dry. this is bbc news. these are the headlines at eight. how many of you? 13! brilliant. the moment 12 boys and their coach, who were missing for more than a week, are found alive in caves in thailand. firefighters warn it could take
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weeks to tackle fires on moorland across lancashire and greater manchester. theresa may draws up an alternative solution for the uk's post—brexit customs arrangements with the eu, as she attempts to resolve cabinet splits on brexit. and also this hour, all eyes are on gareth southgate as england gear up for their match with colombia. expectations are rising as the team arrive in moscow, and fans wait to see which players will make the cut. and in tennis, serena williams beats arantxa to reach the second round,
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