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hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. we start with good news from thailand. how many of you? 13. brilliant! this is the moment 12 young boys and their football coach were found — alive — after being trapped in a vast cave system for nine days. mexico has a new president — and he's promising big changes. translation: the new project of the nation will seek to establish an authentic democracy. we don't bet on building an open or closed dictatorship. the changes will be profound. donald trump's long time personal lawyer once said he'd take a bullet for the president — now he says his first loyalty is to his own family, not mr trump. and in the world cup belgium left it very late, a goal in the final minute of added time, to beat japan 3—2 and secure their place in the quarterfinals. brazil are also through.
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wonderful news from thailand earlier — those 12 missing boys and their football coach have been found alive — nine days after they disappeared in a cave complex. their ordeal is not over — there are several kilometres of flooded passages between them and the outside world. but for the moment everyone is concentrating on the relief that they are alive and at least relatively well. i can show you some extraordinary footage. we're going to play you quite a long bit of it — this is the moment a british diving team reaches the boys inside the cave and finds them safe. how many of you? 13. brilliant.
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not today. there is two of us. we are coming, it's ok. many people are coming. we are the first. many people come. what day is it? monday. you have been here ten days. ten days. you're very strong. very strong. let's go out. 0k, go back. i
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know, i understand. strong. let's go out. 0k, go back. i know, iunderstand. 0k, strong. let's go out. 0k, go back. i know, i understand. 0k, we come, 0k. once those divers made it out, the news was announced at a press conference. the local governor gathered all the waiting media, and made the announcement late at night, it was about ”pm local time. more of that press conference in a moment — first let me first just show you this map of the cave network. divers managed to get through flooded passages to set up an operation base in an area called chamber 3. they took in food, electricity equipment, air tanks and telephone wires.
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for a time, though, they couldn't go any further because of heavy mud. when they eventually cleared that point, they pushed on for another 3km aiming for a cavern known as pattaya beach. thy expected the boys to be there — they weren't, they were even further in. here's the governor again. translation: the divers found the beach was flooded, then they went deeper, about boo—a00 metres further, another high ground. we found the boys safe. the caves are in chang rai province. this is the entrance. they're a popular tourist attraction — but actually this group is local. they'd often go to the caves after football training. and last week, we saw this image of their bikes
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where they'd been left at the entrance. jonathan head's been covering this story throughout — here's his latest update. there's a smile on everyone's‘s face and people are delighted. the news had got better, fobe had risen again, after moments when people we re again, after moments when people were beginning to despair —— hope had risen. after the immense challenges of getting through to this spot, and they did not even know the boys were there, they could have been risking their lives to get somewhere and not finding them, that was on everyone's‘s mines as a possibility, but but this is faster than we expected —— minds. they have got that out of the way, and they have moved through much faster than expected to this area, actually found the boys 400 metres further than they expected, and as far as we know they are all more or less ok. the provincial governor has said they are safe, so you can just imagine... there is a media scrum, so imagine... there is a media scrum,
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so many imagine... there is a media scrum, so many cars. imagine... there is a media scrum, so many cars. we imagine... there is a media scrum, so many cars. we are imagine... there is a media scrum, so many cars. we are waiting to hear bit more about the biggest challenge, the operation to get the boys out, because this has taken the divers, very experienced divers, a long time to get through, there is concern about the possibility of heavy rain later this week. the boys will be in a weak state of health right now. the main priority is to get them medical treatment, divers with medical training to treat them and get them food and rebuild their strengths, before they even think about how they will bring them out. at the moment, there are generators, some of them are refitting air tanks for the divers and some are driving pumps which are constantly pulling water out of the caves. the authorities are hoping this is their best bet, to keep pushing water out toa best bet, to keep pushing water out to a point where the boys can get them back through these very difficult tunnels. the pictures
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suggest they are in reasonable health. these are some of the boys. they are are all under 16 — and the youngest is 11 years old. the pictures we've seen from inside the cave suggest they're in good health despite spending so long underground. thailand has thrown everything at rescuing the boys. pumping water — great lenghts of pipes taking 10,000 litres of water out of the cave every hour. thousands of soliders have been brought in. the rain keeps coming which makes the effort much harder, as well. they've been helped by foreign divers who have come in from around the world. meanwhile, families camped outside, waiting for news. thank goodness the better news came today. next this is nopporn wong—anan from bbc thai. more than 1000 people involved in the operation, starting from last month. it has been ten days so far, they have deployed all kinds of resources , rescue
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they have deployed all kinds of resources, rescue and search teams and navy, army seals, defence operations, and even doctors have volunteered to get involved. this also involves international operations, the chinese are offering help. the burmese also sent a team, and australian and american teams, big operation going on. mexico has a new president. it's andr s manuel l pez obrador. he is projected to win 53% of the vote. is nearest rival did not even win 23%. and this map shows us how comprehensive the victory was. mr obrador came first in each state marked red. these are some of the pictures from mexico city on sunday night. he is a former mayor there, so these are his people. here was his message to the country.
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translation: the new project of the nation will seek to establish an authentic democracy. we don't bet on building an open or closed dictatorship. the changes will be profound. but will happen with a strict adherence to the legal established order. they will be corporate freedom and freedom of expression, of association and beliefs. mr obrador is promising to tackle corruption, inequality, and the country's drug cartels — some people think holding back the tide would be easier. this bbc article details how 200,000 people have been killed or have disappeared since the mexican government declared a war on drugs in 2006. 200,000. and this election campaign has its own story. this map shows the number of political candidates
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killed in each state. the darker the green, the higher the death toll. the highest was in guerro state where14 candidates were murdered. nationally, that figure is at least 48. if we include political workers too, the figure is 130 people. here's the analysis of one legal expert. translation: it will be very difficult to break the levels of complicity between the authorities and organised crime, it will require strong government that has the support of the people. the most important thing will be to pursue the politicians who have allowed this to occur. for any mexican president, their relationship with the american president is crucial. and it's fair to say this will be a difficult one to handle. donald trump has taken an abrasive approach from the start — he wants mexico to pay for a border wall, he wants to renegotiate the north american free trade agreement,
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he's put tariffs on mexican steel — and he's been scathing about how mexico deals with immigrants who are travelling north to the us. well, we have a tweet from the president. he said he was sitting forward to working with the new president. —— looking forward. the sunshine is unlikely to last. during the campaign, mr lopez obrador was fiercely critical of donald trump. and the president tends not to go for diplomacy when under attack. here's one us—mexico relations expert on how this could shape up. overall we will see a different relationship between president trump and andres manuel lopez obrador, and he has been slightly silent in the face of taunts from the president of the united states. amlo is more confrontational, though, this will appeal to his base. part of his base would like the next mexican
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president to stand up to the president of the united states and so president of the united states and so there will be a change of rhetoric. i spoke to the bbc‘s katty kay from mexico city a short time ago, and began by asking her how the new president will approach the issue of central and south americans heading north across the us border. that is one of the questions that many millions of mexicans who voted for andres manuel lopez obrador are asking themselves because this was a politician who promised including being tougher against the united states, and cutting down on corruption and getting rid of violence in the country, with very little in the way of specific details. he has said he has spoken to donald trump and that he has ideas about how to reduce migration into the us from mexico, but mexicans that i've spoken to who voted for amlo as he's they want the next president to be tougher and to deliver on that toughness against donald trump for the they don't like being treated the way they have been
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treated by donald trump and they like the —— they would like the new president to stand up to him. the war on drugs president to stand up to him. the waron drugs and president to stand up to him. the war on drugs and the war on the cartels has not worked. may was the most violent month in mexico, four people being killed every hour because of this violence. the military get tough on the drug cartels, and that could be why we have had a spike in violence because the cartels fragmented and now there's a sense of lawlessness amongst the drug gangs. again not much in the west pacific ‘s and this will be the challenge for andres manuel lopez obrador, —— again not much in the way of specifics. how do they deliver on the specifics? how long does the mexican population give him before they start saying,
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you promised a lot and now we need to see results? stay with us on outside source — still to come... another thriller in the world cup — belgium have made it through to the quarter finals, beating japan with almost the last kick of the game, they'll face brazil next. firefighters say it could take them weeks to deal with the flames on moorland across lancashire and greater manchester. fire crews from across the country are now working around the clock tackling blazes near bolton, staleybridge, and on the staffordshire moorlands. danny savage reports. day 5 of the fires on the moors above bolton. dozens of firefighters from across northern england are here to stop the blazes getting any bigger, but it's a difficultjob. the view from above has also led
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to some shocking observations of other people starting new fires. a couple of days ago there was a nearby moorland hill, and there was a report of a fire that had started there and the helicopter went to put some water on it and drop some water on it and i understand that the helicopter believes, the pilot believes, he's seen people actually setting fire actively there and then which is quite astonishing. there are many days of work here on these moors yet. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story: how many of you? 13. 13? yes. brilliant. this is the moment 12 young boys and their football coach were found — alive — after being trapped in a vast cave system for nine days in thailand. these are some of the main stories
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from bbc world service. an update on a story we covered last week. people continue to flee their homes in south—western syria — the number has risen to at least 270,000. that's since the syrian government launched an assault on rebel—held areas there two weeks ago, the un says. that story is from bbc arabic. a controversial mayor in the philippines has been shot dead by a sniper during a public ceremony. antonio halili was killed by a single shot outside a town hall. the sniper has not been identified. mr halili was criticised by human rights groups for his treatment of drug suspects. this has been watched a lot online — around 50m of road collapsing in the chinese province of sichuan on sunday. that was reportedly after days of heavy rain. if you were watching the belgium against japan if you were watching the belgium againstjapan game, if you were watching the belgium against japan game, you if you were watching the belgium againstjapan game, you will probably need a lie down. belgium have beaten
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japan in their knockout match, but not by much. japan scored the first two goals, the first by genki haraguchi, the second by takashi inui. belgium then mounted a massive counter attack, scoring three goals, the third one coming in the last seconds of the game. olly foster is in moscow. they are ranked number three in the world, so a great comeback, but have that they end up in that situation? because it is one of those world cups, astonishing results, but nobody saw this japanese performance coming. we thought this would be one—sided. belgium making ten changes from their second string that made it three victories out of three with the victory over england. that was one of the goals forjapan.
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and the cut this, he hit the sweet spot —— and look at this. belgium we re spot —— and look at this. belgium were up against it. jan vertonghen with a freakish header that got them backin with a freakish header that got them back in with a chance. fellaini came off the bench, 2—2. nacer chadli, another substitute. it was a wonderful sweeping move from their own box. kevin de bruyne at the heart of it. and the dummy from lukaku. nacer chadli was relegated with west brom in the english premier league. - is with west brom in the english pre the league. - is with west brom in the english pre the saviour. - is l they go by the skin through. only by the skin of their teeth. japan group, but they will feel heartbroken. they have never made it be on the last 16 and they were 20 minutes away from getting there. belgium showing strength in depth,
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really, with the talent roberto martinez has on the bench, he used them and it paid off, but my words they have a tough quarterfinal coming up on friday. what about brazil? reasonably straightforward ? yes, we expected a bit more from mexico, so it will be a brazil belgium quarterfinal on friday. brazil, everything revolving around neymar, the goals and the assist and the drama and the theatrics. it was goalless at half—time. mexico have won over a lot of supporters with their style of play, beating germany along the way. neymar actually got the first, a wonderful run around the first, a wonderful run around the edge of the box and a little backheel from willian, and then
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there was neymar. neymar set up the second late on for roberto firmino, the liverpool striker. fairly standard and a comfortable victory for the brazilians. they are growing into this tournament are getting better and better. in that tricky top half of the draw everybody is shifting their money towards the brazilians but france and uruguay are in that side of the draw as well. we have any marriage >> studio: -- well. we have any marriage >> studio: —— we have an image of neymar rolling around on the floor. it is hard to warm to him when he rolls around in that way. if you look for an eric cantona video on
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social media, you will laugh at that, as well. the mexican winger went to retrieve the ball after neymar had been fouled for the umpteenth time, and quite clearly the mexican put his studs into neymar‘s bad foot. he should have been sent off of that incident. neymar is theatrical but that was premeditated and the referee should have done something about it. but it causes a debate. does he need to roll around and bring his hands —— ring his hands? he was found, but he is not getting the decisions as he should because referees are becoming a bit tired of the theatrics perhaps. —— he was fouled. they have belgian coming up on friday now. —— belgium. thanks forjoining us. if
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you haven't got the bbc sports app download it on your phone. this is from fox news anchor maria bartiromo. "@potus trump: european union is possibly as bad as china". that's what us president donald trump told her in an interview about the eu's approach to trade. the financial times then reported that the eu has warned america of a $300 billion hit to the us over car import tariffs. but the eu also said it wants to do everything it can to avoid them in the first place. we understand that we should make use of the tools at our disposal to prevent this investigation to come toa similar prevent this investigation to come to a similar outcome, that is why we ta ke to a similar outcome, that is why we take part in the investigation and we will present this submission and we will present this submission and we will present this submission and we will take part in the hearing and we will take part in the hearing and we will take part in the hearing and we will spare no effort at the technical and political level to
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prevent this from happening and i think it is in this framework that it should be understood, the trip by jean—claude juncker late in the month to washington. paul blake is in new york. i thought this escalation happened because donald trump introduced them? it goes back to the beginning ofjune when the president imposed steel and aluminium tariffs on the eu, and the eu imposed tariffs in return, that upset the president, and now the president has been threatening to impose tariffs on ca i’s threatening to impose tariffs on cars being imported from the us and that has upset the europeans who have a large kind is gm they have decided to push back themselves but saying —— who have a large car industry, and they have decided to push back themselves. this threatens to turn into a full on war with the european union in terms of trade.
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thanks forjoining us. two of the world's biggest suppermarket chains are planning to work together to cut prices for their customers. bewtween them britain's tesco's and france's carrefour sell more than $169bn of groceries and other stuff every year. and they employ more than 800,000 people around the world. they have almost 20,000 stores between them and as you can see from this map are in most corners of the world. madelyn postman is a branding consultant and has been explaining the deal. the purchasing alliances about purchasing power and the aim is to reduce prices especially in the own brand and private label products for tesco and carrefour, and we have seen the pressure everywhere, and there has beenjob losses. in the end people have less to spend and they will go where their weekly grocery spend is less. so whether
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it's a premium brand or a discount site like lidl, they want to go to a place they can trust, where the prices will be low. 50% of tesco sales are on a brand products and a quarter of the kisses —— carrefour sales are own brand products. so they have a lot to offer in terms of they have a lot to offer in terms of the marketing and their own brand, and they want to push these products, but people need to buy food and they need to do shopping somewhere so this is partly about online sales and partly about the bricks and mortar. the strategic partnership, tesco and carrefour wa nt to partnership, tesco and carrefour want to strengthen their position in the market. we will be talking about donald trump's lawyer michael: shortly. —— michael coen shortly. we ta ke
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we take a look at some interesting weather happening around the world, weather happening around the world, we will head to north america, real contrast in temperature, warmer towards the east. there has been some cloud and heavy showers to come, especially around the gulf states on tuesday, but also towards the north—east, where temperatures in new york and montreal are well above average in the mid—30s. much cooler for the likes of san francisco and los angeles. the other side of the atlantic, high—pressure driving the weather across many north—western parts of europe, largely dry for the uk and parts of germany and scandinavia. further south, scattered heavy showers in spain and southern france into italy, and low moving into the west of russia which might bring showers and cooler conditions for the world cup. the monsoon continues north and north—west across india, especially
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heavy rain on wednesday, maybe flooding issues for stop and the likes of bangor and bangladesh. there is a typhoon in the north china sea, heading very close to southern japan, south korea, and the storm system will bring those damaging winds, as well as heavy rain, pushing north across japan in particular. moving further south across asia, plenty of heavy showers across asia, plenty of heavy showers across much of indonesia especially for borneo. a bit dry in sumatra. weather front heading into western australia, bringing showers to perth, but sydney looks dry and will be warming up later in the week. mostly dry in new zealand but some rain in the south island late in the week. closer to home, the uk outlook, something we are getting used to, dry and sunny, and it will
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feel very hot once again. tuesday, a lot of sunshine, more cloud for parts of eastern end, the risk of showing the fat south west, down to the channel islands —— the risk of a shower in the far south—west. a bit cooler around the east coast for the overnight, largely dry, the risk of a few showers in the south, and we could do with some rain by this stage was the temperatures remaining in double figures. looking ahead towards wednesday, not any rain in the forecast, but more details coming up in about half an hour. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. we start in thailand. how many of you? 13. brilliant! this is the moment 12 young boys
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and their football coach were found — alive — after being trapped in a vast cave system for nine days. mexico has a new president — and he's promising big changes. translation: the new project of the nation will seek to establish an authentic democracy. we don't bet on building an open or closed dictatorship. the changes will be profound. donald trump's long time personal lawyer once said he'd take a bullet for the president — now he says his first loyalty is to his own family, not mr trump. and we are also going to talk about the world cup. we have updated you on the games for we will look at the issue of sexism as experienced by some of those people in russia. michael cohen has been donald trump's personal lawyerfor a long time.
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we already know he's being investigated by the fbi — over the weekend he talked to abc. back in september he said he'd quote "take a bullet" for the president. now he says "my wife, my daughter and my son have my first loyalty and always will. i put family and country first. he was then asked if he expected mr trump to turn on him. he replied ‘i will not be a punching bag as part of anyone 5 defense strategy‘. now the fbi raided mr cohen's new york offices in april. special counsel robert mueller had referred them. he, as you know, is looking into alleged collusion between russia and donald trump's election campaign. one central issue is the payment mr cohen made to porn actress stormy daniel over an allaged affair with donald trump — and whether that breached electoral laws. here's anthony zurcher speaking to me earlier.
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michael cohen has been very close to donald trump from more than a decade. his had a front row seat to all of trump's business dealings. he represented donald trump in dealing with foreign governments, including going to moscow to meet with people who were interested in building a donald trump tower in moscow. that's something that could attract the attention of those investigating possible ties between russia and the trump campaign. he also was involved in that payment to stormy daniels. there are other negotiations he conducted with the national enquirer, for instance, trying to get settlements to a woman who was alleging affairs with donald trump. —— two women alleging affairs. there are any number of different avenues they could ask him about, shedding light on all his questions surrounding donald trump's finances,
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in addition to the champ campaign. what you are sitting with michael cohen is a change in tone. he is not sounding like donald trump's closest defender any more. he is putting distance between the president and himself. —— in addition to the trump campaign. angela merkel‘s coalition government is under threat from her interior minister horst seehofer. he doesn't agree with her migration policy and is threatening to quit. reuters is telling us he has dropped that threat, now. the christian democrats led by angela merkel has this sister party in bavaria, the csu. now there are not the same parties, they work incredibly closely together. they almost always are aligned. this is extraordinary in and of itself. reuters again
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saying cdu's chairwoman says he have a deal that will prevent migrants registered elsewhere from entering germany. this is crucial. mrs merkel had been saying if someone has registered elsewhere for asylum but there on the german border, yes they can come in. the csu say no, no. if they are registered elsewhere, they can't comment. there was apparently no common ground. “— can't comment. there was apparently no common ground. —— they can't come in. the coalition which took months to build would have collapsed and we would be looking at more elections if they could not find an agreement. last september by the last elections. here they are arriving for emergency talks today in berlin. he said the issue of migration was essential and was very rude about the eu statement. saying it was inadequate and ineffective. the two of them have plenty of differences. if you want a measure of how personal this got — before going in to today's meeting —
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mr seehofer told a german newspaper: i won t let myself be fired by a chancellor who is only chancellor because of me. this is all the more extraordinary because first — they've onlyjust formed this coalition government and second, horst seehofer leads the csu here in bavaria — munich being the state capital. they are supposed to be on the same side, though they are not looking like that at the moment. it's the sister party of mrs merkel‘s christian democrats. but they have history. mr seehofer said germany's decision to open its borders at the height of the migrant crisis in 2015 was a mistake. angela merkel, throughout that difficult election campaign, had said she stood by the decision but had since bought in measures to reduce the influx of migrants. the numbers we saw coming in in 2015 and 16 are far, far greater than any numbers we saw in 2017 or this year. nonetheless, as we've seen in
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austria, hungary, italy, france and others, this remains a politically potent issue even though the numbers coming into the eu have dropped. the un secretary general has visited rohingya refugees in map bangladesh. refugees in bangladesh. there are 700,000 refugees living in a camp at cox's bazaar in the eat of the country. in the east of the country. they fled myanmar to escape a crackdown by the burmese military last year. antonio guterres tweeted that the stories the refugees told him about that crackdown were heart breaking and will stay with him forever. he also said that 200,000 of the refugees at cox's bazaar will have to be relocated because of the monsoon season. here's more from our myanmar correspondent nick beake. this trip appears have to had a
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profound affect on the united nations secretary—general. he said they had suffered unimaginable atrocities, in particular he talked about the dreadful sexual violence that the rohingya women had endured before they fled to bangladesh. he said this was a humanitarian and human rights nightmare. the short—term priority was for some 200,000 rohingya people in cox's bazaar to be moved to another location, a place of safety, to escape a battering from the monsoon season which continues to hit this place so hard. he called on the international community once again to do more to help these people. he said they are the most persecuted people and they desperately need assistance. in the medium to long time, the priorities are much more difficult to solve. that is trying to bring back the rohingya people to man mark, the place they call home. the united nations said conditions
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on the ground and rakhine state are simply not right for their safe, sustainable and dignified return. —— bring back the rohingya people to myanmar. i was there last week, i saw the level of animosity from the ethnic rakhine state all, still there, they are buddhists, and they have got a huge amount of animosity towards theirformer huge amount of animosity towards their former muslim neighbours. what happens now? the un have signed a deal with the burmese government which they say will allow more us access into rakhine state. —— un access. within this deal there seems to be no guarantee they will be given citizenship, that for the rohingya is a key, fundamental principle. if there is a time where they feel safe enough to return, they feel safe enough to return, they want to be treated with dignity and respect as citizens. stay with us on outside source — still to come...
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we are going to find out about extraordinary new tax in uganda. it's on social media. you will be paying five us cents a day to use it. the government says it is designed to stop gossip, that seems a little overly optimistic, but we will see how this is going to work... campaigners say budget cuts by councils have left bus services across england and wales in crisis. the campaign for better transport says funding for buses has almost halved since 2010. the government insists it provides 250 million pounds each year to support services. victoria fritz reports. it is the most popular form of public transport in britain. 5 million busjourneys are made every year. 5 billion busjourneys are made every year. roughly half are here in london. while the city services are thriving, the picture outside the capital tells a different story. the bus connects passengers
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to jobs and schools, shops and hospitals. it is a lifeline to students and pensioners in particular, people who do not want or cannot use a car — but the funding that local authorities in england and wales received to front roots has fallen for eight consecutive years and that is putting pressure on the whole network. over £182 million has disappeared from bus budgets since 2010, a decrease of 45%. almost 200 routes were altered or withdrawn in england and wales in the last year alone. are you going to york, love? ticket sales pay for only part of this journey. it depends on council subsidy and the bus company being reimbursed for those travelling on a free bus pass. in whitby, volunteers have stepped in to provide services up to the moors, where people feel abandoned. i think that somebody like us will always be needed and we are happy to do it. but we do not really want to have to keep taking overfailing bus
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services because that should not be the case, should it? campaigners say the government must wake up to the crisis hitting local services before it's too late. the solution is to have proper funding and for the government to have a national coach investment strategy. it's the only mode of transport that does not currently have one. more people travel by bus than rail and that already has a national strategy. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story... how many of you? 13. brilliant! that still gives an awful lot of pleasure. this is the moment 12 young boys and their football coach were found — alive — after being trapped in a vast cave system for nine days in thailand.
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but they will spend more time getting out, it's going to be very, very complicated. brexit is reaching the sharp end of things. on friday, at chequers, the prime minister's country residence — senior ministers will gather to agree the government's negotiating position on brexit. and we're told there's a new plan on the table for how customs could work. we don't have full details on that — but here's theresa may in parliament earlier. there remains some real differences between us and the european commission on northern ireland. on the protocol on northern ireland, i wa nt to the protocol on northern ireland, i want to be clear. we have put forward proposals and will reduce the proposal so that if a temporary backstop is needed, there will be no ha rd backstop is needed, there will be no hard order in place. we are absolutely committed to the avoidance of such a border. it's 9 months until brexit happens. and there's no shortage of advice for the pm. a lead pro—brexit mp jacob rees—mogg wrote in the daily telegraph today. he says the pm risks a revolt
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if the type of brexit she promised is not delivered. that was publicly rebuked in this tweet by alan duncan. "rees—mogg s insolence @telegraph in lecturing & threatening pm isjust too much. risks debasing govt, party, country & himself." this remember is a party that promised strong and stable government in the election campaign last year. iain watson is at westminster. i allowed myself a wry smile when the prime minister was talking about there being differences between the eu and the uk. before we even get to that, we have to get over the differences within her own party. absolutely right, those differences may well come to a head on friday. at this summit at her country residence. they have gone to —— they have got to agree on a document to
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put up putting's position. britain's position. those decisions are not going to be kept behind closed doors, jacob rees—mogg at the centre of things, one of the big brexit campaigners who was not simply slapped down by alan duncan but other conservative grandees, who told him to shut up. none other than the foreign secretary, boris johnson, then tweeted his admiration ofjacob rees—mogg, johnson, then tweeted his admiration of jacob rees—mogg, talking johnson, then tweeted his admiration ofjacob rees—mogg, talking about how he was dedicated and principled. it's is against that kind of backdrop that the prime minister is going to have to try to bring her troops together. one way of doing so a p pa re ntly troops together. one way of doing so apparently is this idea of the new customs proposal which she has at the moment, two working groups looking at two proposals, one thinking it was too much like the existing arrangement. then there is the max fax solution, apparently downing street say this is going to be something which is a significant step forward. the trouble is, some
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ministers say privately that they have not been briefed exactly on what it is. they fear being bounced at the end of this week. in addition to that, with a range of her own mps asking for clarification today in the house of commons, she didn't really give that to them. they wa nted really give that to them. they wanted assurances for the brexit side of things that britain would not simply adopt the eu's external tariff for goods beyond the transition period, beyond 2020. on the other side she was urged by ministers such as nicky morgan to ignore red lines being put down by the campaign for brexit. plenty of advice but what we don't have yet is an awful lot of detail. forgive me for being cynical but i feel there area number of for being cynical but i feel there are a number of points in the last couple of years where we thought everything had to be resolved and in fa ct everything had to be resolved and in fact it wasn't. is there a possibility that we get a fudge which isjust possibility that we get a fudge which is just enough to get us to brexit, but actually kicks the fundamentals into the transition period? ? that's not impossible. very little
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detail on this proposal but something she did say worth noting, she did not want to extend the transition period, that would still be quite a short window of the trade negotiations. she also said she did not think any agreements to withdraw from the eu would get through the house of commons unless it was accompanied by at least a vision of that future partnership, the future relationship. one of her partners in this, in dup, pressing herto make sure that future partnership would be legally enforceable. there must be legally enforceable. there must be some detail before brexit formally happens about what is going to follow. theresa may has some hard work to do there. i don't think she would take on what the government in uganda is just doing... would take on what the government in uganda isjust doing... —— hasjust done... a new tax on social media
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has just come into effect. if you use social media, you have to pay a 5 us cents a day. the government says the money will fund public services. and the president of uganda says it is also an attempt to stop gossip. by that he says he means "opinions, prejudices, insults (and) friendly chats". critics say this is unrealistic — and stopping people sharing opinions and insults surely is. and that this is a way of stopping criticism of the government. catherine byaruhanga's in kampala. they posted three hours ago... this is all this man needs to make a profit. he gave up his office job to sell fresh fruit from the back of his car. he markets all his products online but says the new social media tax has made it harder to reach customers. previously, iwould send a message to whatsapp or facebook messenger, then someone replies like, i need this for tomorrow. then you find some are off—line and you are forced to pay to make a phone call. making a phone call has more
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charges. malcolm says his daily deliveries have halved already since the new tax came into effect on sunday. he is hoping the drop in profit won't last. the president championed the new levies, saying it needed to curb idle talk online and raise much—needed revenue. but on monday morning, activists approached the courts to squash the new tax. they say this is all about politics. people are aiming their opinions, their views and demands for accountability on social media. those who can't afford to. doing so. some people are using virtual private networks to bypass this tax. these applications that make it seem as though you might not actually in uganda. the regulators are sticking to their guns and say this tax is here to stay. the telecoms regulator has faced a backlash ironically
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online, over the new levy. they insist this is about increasing revenue from big multinational companies like facebook and twitter rather than taxing freedom of speech. the companies are quietly sitting behind. they see their consumers paying tax, they have a choice. they can decide to say, look here, let's pay the tax. because we are making business in uganda and the rest of africa. this is the amount of money we get out of uganda, so we are willing to bring back this much. but the government has also tried and failed to get details of facebook users critical of its policies in the past. for malcolm and his customers, it might ta ke malcolm and his customers, it might take some time to get used to the new way of doing business. back to the world cup now. across the course of the tournament, we've played you clips like this. don't do this! never do this again.
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i don't allow you to do that. never. 0k? i don't allow you to do that. never. ok? this is not right, this is not right. that was brazilian sports reporter julia guimareas, but that's only one of several similar incidents. here's another one — involving deuschewelle reporter julieth gonzalez theran. she was kissed, groped by a man while reporting from moscow. the head of the fare network, an organisation that fights discrimination in football, says "this is the worst sexism we have ever seen at a world cup." his organisation has counted at least 35 instances of sexual harassment or assault, and says the vast majority go underreported. here's one fifa council member on the issue. incidents all cases of sexual
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assault are not known to me, so isn't statistics on that so far, in my view, what i see and hear, it doesn't present an overwhelming problem or issue. mr sorokin did add later that in cases where a crime was committed, appropriate action would be taken. the secretary general of fifa — who is a woman — addressed the matter a bit more directly. "let s treat each "many women are in russia to carry out their duties in a professional manner and it 5 important we respect them and their work." some obviously haven't got the message — and there have been far too many incidences to list now. here's another example — last week getty images posted this photo gallery — of "the hottest fans at the world cup." they were all young women. getty later removed the post and said it was "a regrettable error injudgement." georgina rannard wrote this article for the bbc — i asked her if she thought the problem was worse this year,
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or if we were just noticing it more. i think what's happening is that after the me too sexual harassment and a loss in hollywood, women are now feeling more able to call these things out. this has always been a problem in football and other sport. now women are feeling bold, and i am going to say something about this. what was interesting about your article was that it did notjust highlight individual fans behaving inappropriately to a woman while on air but there were some corporate exa m ples air but there were some corporate examples as well, let the getty images example. may feel. exactly, that article came out in the middle of me writing my piece. -- that mayfield surprising. this was not the tone we would expect from a large agency right now. that's exactly what accounts
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like the men in football said, this is outdated, is it really 2018 on this article is coming out? get later apologised and said it was subject to review. as you look at these things, do you draw the conclusion that there's something specific to football or the world cup orto specific to football or the world cup or to russia, that are exacerbating these problems or is it just that this is the biggest sporting event in the world and as such we noticed them more? you're right, it is the world's largest sporting events. women do make up a huge portion of the audience, and it is just that there is so much of it coming on. historically, it has been a male dominated sport, as many sports have been. women are now making history and this world cup has had lots of firsts the female broadcasters. that's giving them more exposure, which is raising the profile. and perhaps creating some backlash. that's to be expected. fifa are saying 40% of the global audience are women. clearly millions
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of women are not uncomfortable with this as a male dominated event, they still want to watch the action. exactly. they still enjoy it, women's football itself is on the rise. i've talked about fans in china in my article, women being criticised for being fake football fa ns criticised for being fake football fans in cartoons that mocked them. women came back and said, look, the women's national football team is doing better than the men's. i think there will continue to watch and enjoy it. that's it for us. thanks for watching. you can get more on the stories online. i'll see you tomorrow at the same time. no matter how the rest of the some plays out, this heatwave will be remembered for quite some time. there is an extra reason for that now. this is glasgow last thursday,
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we knew it was hot in scotland but now new provisional data from the met office suggests that down the road in motherwell, the temperature reached 33. what is significant about that? that makes it the highest temperature ever recorded in scotland. not just in june, highest temperature ever recorded in scotland. notjust injune, ever recorded. that is remarkable. the heat has a stalking but so does the lack of rain. a quick cycle through the big picture shows us that for proper rain, you need weather fronts. there is one. it does not have much with it. high pressure if anything will strengthen once again going into the weekend. we are staying predominantly dry, for quite some more time to come. this is how tuesday plays out, some clout in eastern scotland, north—east england, southern england, maybe be an isolated shower in south—east england. maybe a rumble thunder. misty cloud keeping coastal counties
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cooler than elsewhere. high teens but for most low to mid 20s, for some of 20s. wednesday, still high pressure, not as strong as it has been. there may be a shower dotted about here and there. the vast majority going to be staying dry. a bit more cloud, scotland, north—east england, southern england, south wales, despite that cloud we are staying mainly dry and temperatures again, low to mid 20s, some upper 20s. thursday, that weatherfront again, low to mid 20s, some upper 20s. thursday, that weather front i showed you earlier, here it is. moving into scotland and northern ireland. but it lacks any significant rainfall. there may be a light shower or a spot of two of rain but for many it will be more cloud and a change in the feel of the weather for a time as temperatures come down. could well be on thursday that your temperature will top out in the mid to upper teens where as the heat is on england and wales. if anything,
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temperatures may be a bit higher. friday and saturday, the peak does build again at the start of the weekend. little difference from monday to the next across the uk. the weather staying pretty much as it is. here is that area of high pressure building in again across the uk, uk, the pulse of that coming from the south—west of the things settled. the further you are in scotland, there is a chance for an isolated shower somewhere. the vast majority staying dry. if anything, temperatures going up a bit more. there is that 30 again. into next week, thejet, we can see it, just to build the of the uk. it might be close enough to northern scotland to deliver a week weather system but for most of us well to the south of the jet stream, we are under the influence of high pressure. what does it mean for our weather next week? a fair amount of sunshine,
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further north in scotland temperatures closer normal, there may be a shower somewhere but little significant rain. heat had an impact so far this summer. we know that. just how much more we will fill the impact from a lack of rain, that remains to be seen. this is bbc news. the headlines. how many of you? 13. 13? yes. 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 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
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