tv Outside Source BBC News July 9, 2018 9:00pm-10:01pm BST
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welcome to outside source. where do we start with british politics? they brexit secretary has resigned, the foreign secretary has resigned. boris johnson's resignation foreign secretary has resigned. borisjohnson‘s resignation letter says of the brexited dream is dying, and the prime minister's plans will give the uk the status of a colony. this is a brexit that did in our national interest. it will deliver on the democratic decision of the british people. it is about brexit dealfor britain, british people. it is about brexit deal for britain, and british people. it is about brexit dealfor britain, and i commend this statement to the house. we have just had thatjeremy hunt has been appointed as foreign secretary. we will bring you up to date on the uk government think that russia is responsible as a moderate enquiry begins after the death of a woman who was exposed to novichok. eight of the thai boys are about safely from the cave. we will have more details. plus, we look through president trump's options ahead of
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the election of the supreme justice. you can argue the british government is in disarray, and tore at that tra nsfer is in disarray, and tore at that transfer brexit. on friday, we thought theresa may had pulled off a coup. it was definitely a long way from what some brexiteers really wanted. but that did not last. first, david davis resigned late on sunday night, and then the foreign secretary boris johnson sunday night, and then the foreign secretary borisjohnson resigned this afternoon. he says the brexit dream is dying. but paid in mind, all of this is playing just a few months away from with the uk believe matt ritchie in march. still, the government cannot agree what it
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wa nts to government cannot agree what it wants to ask for. here is david davis talking to the bbc about his resignation. ifi if i don't believe in it, i wanted good a job as someone who does believe. this is david davis's resignation letter. a key battle ground for brexiteers. the man who is taking over is dominic raab. she is taking over is dominic raab. she is the housing minister, now they brexit secretary. he is a prominent brexiteer. and now we have this update. theresa may has appointed jeremy hunt as the new foreign secretary, replacing borisjohnson. number ten has moved quickly on these appointments. it even announced the prime minister had accepted borisjohnson‘s resignation
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before he sent that resignation letter. in the end, we got to see it. mrjohnson treated it out. you can find it on his account. he says that brexit should be about opportunity and hope. it should be a chance to do things differently, to be noble and dynamic. he says it should be about maximising the particular advantages of the uk as an adverb looking economy. he said that dream is dying, suffocated by needless self doubt. news of his resignation came about 30 minutes before theresa may face parliament, and a deception that got. turning to brexit, i want to pay tribute to my right honourable friend ‘s... laughter the members for heart of paris and howden and aspirates and south ruislip for their work over the last two years. we do not agree about the
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best way of delivering our shared commitment to honour the results of the referendum. that is putting it mildly. the prime minister then attempted to sell her vision brexit. the friction free movement of goods is the only way to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and ireland, and between northern ireland, and between northern ireland and great britain, and it is the only way to protect the uniquely integrated supply chains of just—in—time processes on which millions ofjobs and livelihoods depend. so, at the heart of our proposal is a uk eu trade area which will provide the need for customs and regulatory checks at the bottom and regulatory checks at the bottom and protect those supply chains. the prime minister has now returned serve with a letter of her own. in it, she says i am sorry andy little surprise... after she appeared in the house of
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commons, theresa may also had to go toa commons, theresa may also had to go to a meeting of conservative mps. they were questions of the potential leadership challenger doing the rounds. here is one senior brexit supporting conservative, bernard jenkin ‘s, who was there, and how it all went. several members of parliament were expressing anxiety is and asking questions. the answer is, let's wait for the right people to promote. let's get more detail. the prime minister's assurances can be delivered, i think there will be a fairwind for delivered, i think there will be a fair wind for this proposal, but on the other hand, two cabinet ministers have resigned saying that these assurances are false. the
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opposition labour party is, as you would expect, offering the government no respite. dealers jeremy corbyn. two years on from the left addendum, 16 months on from article 50 been triggered, it is only this weekend that the cabinet banished to a creek in negotiating position among itself. and that illusion lasted 48 average. the government needs to get its act together and to do it correctly, and if it can't, make way for those who can let's go to brussels. we had from the noticed. politicians come and go, but the problems they have created for the people remain. the mess caused by brexit is the biggest problem in the history of eu uk relations. and it
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is still very far from being solved, with or with out mr davis. i'm fortunate, the idea of brexit has not left altogether. dick young is from the central lobby from westminster. the conservative party, is it going to be possible for the theresa may to keep her mps onside with people like borisjohnson summoning on the backbenches? with people like borisjohnson summoning on the backbenches7|j guess the point is that she has not been able to do that. it was of course inevitable that once you stop taking the camera down the road, as some of her opponents put it, and decided on the path for brexit she was going to pitchfork, she was going to lee grant section of her party very angry and upset, and that is exactly what has happened. tonight, they have been meeting in private, a group tory brexiteers. it doesn't seem that they want to push out. it is not about a leadership challenge. it is about trying to
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change the terms of that guilty brokered at chequers. it is just not good enough for them, and it has been articulated, that anger about it and the opposition to it by david davis and boris johnson. it and the opposition to it by david davis and borisjohnson. the fact that people in the middle of all of that people in the middle of all of that field that it is not honouring that field that it is not honouring that referendum result is a bold and others, so the determination is to try and change it, and their big fear is that this is just a starting point for the negotiations. once it gets into brussels' hands, they will as for even more compromises. lots of conservatives tonight i think they would certainly vote against that chequers deal as it now stands. isn't the point that even if you wa nted isn't the point that even if you wanted to ask for more from the eu, all the evidence is that they will not give it, so you could suggest some hypothetical harder brexit, but in reality, you could end up with no deal. yes, but some of them would be
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perfectly happy with that. you have got a faster rate of conservatives in the middle of all of those who are talking about a pragmatic compromise. they feel that is what is going to have to happen. of course, it has to be a compromise on both sides, and within the conservative party. but you have to get it through parliament, and that is the other issue. it looks as if, as the conservative stick to what they are saying, and if the deal comes back and it is what the chequers and rinsing is, they will not supported. that is why today we had opposition mps been taking in four beatings by number ten, because she may well have to rely on them. —— for meetings. ultimately, that is what may be what she is looking for. the other point, borisjohnson going to be backbench, if he is a huge figure within the party, but talking to people you might tonight, there are not many who think he would be able to launch a successful leadership bid. one cabinet minister
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said the times of peak bodies are way behind us. -- peak boris. that we bring you more good news from thailand. another four of those we bring you more good news from thailand. anotherfour of those boys have been rescued from the cape verde have been for the last two weeks or more. that means eight have now been saved. that leaves four buys an different bar code still inside the cave. these are some of the latest pictures coming in. they are primarily going to hospital in ambulances. some of the roads have been closed, and they have gone with police escort. we know at least one by was transported with helicopter. all taking to the same hospital. when he arrived by helicopter, you can see these enormous umbrellas reduced to shoot him from the media and the sun. these boys have been
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underground for over two weeks, their eyes are going to take some time to adjust. if you are wondering why i'm not giving you more details, it is because we don't actually know which ones have been rescued. we understand that not even do parents have been told out of respect for the families of those boys who are still in the clear. but we do know the boys who have been rescued and out in quarantine. he is no information from the chief of the rescue operation. translation: the children and well, this morning saying they are hungry for minced pork. they still need to be kept away from their parents and others due to fear of infection. thai divers are working with international divers to get the boys out. as you can imagine, each rescue is difficult and dangerous. the average of 26 hours per rescue. and this graphic helps us understand. —— average around six hours per rescue. you have two divers. some of the
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points they are having to go through an incredibly narrow. do not forget these boys have never died before, and some of them cannot swim. of course, these boys are going to need a great deal of support from the moment the edge. he is a senior psychology lecturer at the university of central lancashire on the recovery process they now have to go through. at the moment, we are seeing young people coming out of the case who have had greatly difficult experience, so because they have had to expend quite a lot of energy in staying alive and alert, and obviously, the rescue phase, we might initially see something called cognitive collapse, and that is where people can appear to be doing very well during the actual survival incident, but once they know they are safe and rescued, it is like the brain takes the time
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to relax and recalibrate, so we may see a little dip in their mental abilities, but with rice and a and fit, that should be ok. the next phase will be the adjustment back to everyday life. we might see the children having exaggerated startle responses. they might have flashbacks and nightmares to certain bits of the experience. however, as time goes on, we would hope that they would fade. and psychology is will do what the waiting. we will not intervene immediately to offer therapies and accept. it is much better for natural resilience to come through for family, for friends to talk to the boys, to help them readjust back to school life, to family life. and then, maybe a couple of months down the line, a psychologist are still concerned, we met at that point offer some sort of
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talking therapy, or some sort of expressive writing, or something to help them process that,, if it does not appear to be doing so naturally. you mention family, and for most judging the premier source of comfort and reassurance as their pa rents. comfort and reassurance as their parents. how do you assess this decision to keep the boys who have been rescued apart from their pa rents been rescued apart from their parents about the other rescues go on? that is quite a novel situation that we have, potentially at risk of infection. so, physical health is a priority. i think it would have been ideal to be connected the children with their parents, however, another priority is to keep the group together. so, as long as the boys are together in hospital, i think thatis are together in hospital, i think that is where they are going to get that is where they are going to get that initial source of support from. stay with us on outside source. we are going to be in washington, dc
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about the us supreme court and how it exposes huge influence over america and politics, and how donald trump will be making a key appointment in the next few days. the major french company danon is looking into reports that its baby milk is making children ill. hundreds of parents have complained. the company has said it has carried out extensive safety tests, but added it was taking all feedback seriously. the duke and duchess of cambridge attended the service with the three children. according to tradition, what are from the river jordan was using the ceremony. mothercare is closing more stores, meaning 60 of its outlets will be trapped byjune meaning 60 of its outlets will be trapped by june next meaning 60 of its outlets will be trapped byjune next year. the changes, after the company cleared
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every structure plan. 13 of the 22 stores will be saved. 900 jobs are at risk. the company says it will save £19 billion throughout the process. we live in the bbc newsroom. our lead story is that borisjohnson has resigned from the uk government over brexit. in the past few minutes we have had theirjeremy hunt is the new foreign secretary, replacing him as health secretary will be matt hancox. some of the main stories from bbc world service. happy when seen has pleaded not guilty at a court in new york. —— harvey weinstein has pleaded not guilty. more than 70 women have accused him
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of sexual misconduct including rape. whole installation in china is being blamed for a massive rise in emissions of the cream has gas —— greenhouse gas. this search was on for the source of these emissions after they was found to be in the atmosphere despite being banned in 2010. and lots of you have watched this video released by police in london. they are looking for the manganese cmv board who fires three shots into a car, aimed at a women who was driving to work. fortu nately, who was driving to work. fortunately, all three shots missed and she was unhurt. not long till donald trump and 90s has nomination for a new us supreme courtjustice. this decision will have ramifications for abortion and health care legislation. the decision has to be taken because justice anthony kennedy is retiring
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this summer. nancy pelosi said he was a crucial fought to protect families and human rights. we are expecting this announcement at 9pm eastern, sorting and five hours' time. yesterday, the president spoke about this issue at a golf club in newjersey. i am getting very about this issue at a golf club in new jersey. i am getting very close to making a final decision, and i believe this person will do a great job. iam believe this person will do a great job. i am very close to making a decision. how many people are you deciding between? let's say it is the four people. but they are excellent, everyone, you cannot go wrong. these are the three be think he is defending too. the federal appeals
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courtjudges. whichever one is chosen will have to be confirmed by the us senate. let's picture our correspondent in the us. help me understand how quickly this appointment could impact on legislation around abortion? appointment could impact on legislation around abortion7m won't necessarily change the balance of the supreme court. donald trump has already done that, he has already had one nominee who has already had one nominee who has already turned out to be one of the most conservative justices on the supreme court bench. it is now five — four, conservative too liberal. this will push it further in that direction, because all three of those nominees have got some interesting tales to tell, personal tales. we have a 46 year mother of seven, someone who almost got the nod last time round, but he was the first person and his family to go to
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university. what the all have in common is that they are conservative, they get this pause for as long as they want. it is a lifetime appointment. it was certainly have ramifications for decades to come. and it could start having an impact notjust an a woman's variety to choose whether or not to have an abortion, but also on things like gay rights, on voting rights, on a death penalty issues, on gun control issues. it has been described as a donald trump as one of the most importantjobs he does as president, and it is how a lot of voters saw it out as well. i was speaking to people during their campaign who said they were some things about donald trump which are not necessarily consistent with christian values, but they said our eyes a re christian values, but they said our eyes are on the prize with getting conservative supreme court justices, and that appears to be what they are getting. how likely would it be that
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the senate would cause problems for whoever the president chooses?m looks unlikely, because however slim, and the senate, republicans have the majority. so there is very little that the liberals are the democrats can do to stop it. by the looks of things, aside from the kind of gesturing you were talking about buying chuck schumer, nancy pelosi and the like, there is not a lot they can do to stop this happening. thank you very much. that announcement coming up and about 4.5 hours' time. let's talk about nissan. it has admitted that it has uncovered falsified data from car exhaust emissions test at most of its japanese factories. its shares... you can see what has happened. they have tumbled in tokyo. we have a statement from the firm saying it does not know how many ca rs firm saying it does not know how
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many cars are affected, but inspection reports are based on altered measurement values. it is also plays for a full and comprehensive investigation. one or two a nalysts comprehensive investigation. one or two analysts says it is important we should note that this is different to the vaults false wagon scandal in 2015. the other ones are saying they wa nt to 2015. the other ones are saying they want to be honest about this, which isa want to be honest about this, which is a key difference. the other one is a key difference. the other one is that fox wagon used defeat devices, whereas nissan arejust saying they are discrepancies in the testing environment, and some of the data was falsified, so it is very different to pitting defeating devices incarcerating get to the procedure. my understanding is that the specific test is forjapanese test only, so it is not clear whether it is affecting anywhere else. from a uk perspective, the
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only build two cars, so it is unlikely to affect us. but we need to look more broadly at how the industry is doing its testing, so we can get to a position where the consumers can trust. twitter stock has been hit during trading in new york. that's fine that five. what is going on? twitter shares closed nearly 5% down, and it all has to do with a report in the washington post that actually came out on friday. it said that twitter was deleting many accounts, trying to combat many of the sort of issues we have seen tonnes of social media companies tried to sort out, which is what to do with a bot accounts, once at palpitating fake news. the report said that twitter had deleted over 70 million accounts, and that it was accelerating. that has worried investors who are born bad that
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could impact the overall use of growth that twitter is experiencing. it had something like 336 million active users last time they reported that earnings, so 70 million is a significant number. have other, the company's significant number. have other, the compa ny‘s chief financial officer tweeted a few hours a court that the 70 million accounts were not included an active user figure, because many of them were not treating and the first place. a lot of investor concern surrounding pits issue, but we will not get clarity until the end ofjuly. that is when they were released second—quarter earnings, and we will get a better sense after is have impacted they have been. there maybe some people watching saying this that sounds like good thing. if it creates a better environment for people using the accounts, perhaps it will spend more time there? what is good for many people might not be good for
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investors. but investors care about is that there are a lots of people on the platform and that they can sell advertising and is to direct people to those users, more users usually means more ad revenue, so while it might be a better experience for gi diet, it could impact the compa ny‘s experience for gi diet, it could impact the company's bottom line. thank you very much. lots more businesses on the bbc news app and website. just like on the business tab. this city of landing there's watching what is happening in westminster very closely. as the story at the minute is that boris johnson resigned this afternoon following on from the brexit secretary david davis who resigned last night. moron that teeny minute. good evening. i weather in the uk has been extreme recently, but it is a different sort of extreme
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elsewhere around the world, especially across parts of asia. i will take you into indochina first of all, and specifically northern pa rt of all, and specifically northern part of thailand, with the rescue effort in the case are ongoing. there has been some rain in the past 24 hours. and then the next few days, some showers are not too far. they could be heavy and thundery. later on in the weeks looks more definitely wetter once again. arabic story is the floods injapan. in the past 24 hours, the rain has eased, sunshine has come out, but you can see the extent of the damage following the rain and mud and one small area. this is this is what is awaiting the rescue efforts, but at least the sun is out. and heavier rain has moved through. we have still got some cloudy threatening rain much further north, into the korean peninsula. in the areas that have been particularly badly affected by all of the b&b have had
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in such is thought space of time, the outlook is actually drive, much drier than you would expect at this time of year. part of the reason for thatis time of year. part of the reason for that is what is happening further south. in this pacific. this area of cloud is a classic typhoon. this one is typhoon maria. it is violent. it is typhoon maria. it is violent. it is still very strong and dangers. this centre looks like tracking towards taiwan. probably ceding to the north of taipei, but the strongest of the winds will be. making landfall in a china on wednesday, batting this part of south—eastern china with a very strong bones, dangerous ways and eat lots of rain. in north america, that any of cloud masks a developing hurricane. this one is called chris. basra, across north america, we will find a lot of the dry weather, a lot
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of sunshine, still a lot of heat and humidity. showers coming and two was the pacific northwest. more showers across the deep south. in the south—west, it is dry, hot and sunny. let's focus on address. wandering around at sea for the next 24—hour was. it will be swept northwards towards nova scotia and newfoundland. in europe, a lot of dry weather and sunshine. two alias of rain, particularly over central europe. otherwise, plenty of strong sunshine for the mediterranean. it is cooling down any north—west of europe in some areas. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source,
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after some major resignations from theresa may's government on the issue of brexit, the prime minister issue of brexit, the prime minister is looking to shore up our authority and cabinet. boris johnson is looking to shore up our authority and cabinet. borisjohnson resigned. he says under her leadership the dream ofa he says under her leadership the dream of a positive brexit is dying. jeremy hunt has been appointed to replace him as foreign secretary to help deliver the plan for brexit the prime minister would like to see implemented. the uk also has a new health secretary, matt hancock taking over the running of the national health service. an extraordinary day in westminster so far. who knows what the next few hours might bring. the government says russia is responsible as a murder inquiry begins following the death of a woman who was exposed to novel choke. eight of the thai boys are now safely out of the cave where they have been for two weeks. we
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will hear more updates and efforts to bring eve ryo ne updates and efforts to bring everyone else to safety. and we will also bring you up to date on the floods in japan. also bring you up to date on the floods injapan. there has been the most rain that has ever been seen in some parts of the country. here in the uk the police are launching a murder investigation into the death of a woman who was exposed to novichok in the town of amesbury in the south of england. over a week earlier, dawn sturgess and her partner charlie rowley had been taken ill. this is what the police have told us. it is both shocking and utterly appalling that a british citizen has died having been exposed to a novichok nerve agent. but make no mistake, we are determined to find out how dawn and her partner charlie rowley ca m e out how dawn and her partner charlie rowley came into contact with such a
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deadly substance and we will do everything we possibly can to bring those responsible to justice. the uk government has no doubt who is to blame. they remind, amesbury is to blame. they remind, amesbury is just is to blame. they remind, amesbury isjust a is to blame. they remind, amesbury is just a few kilometres away from salisbury where the former russian spy salisbury where the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter we re spy sergei skripal and his daughter were exposed to the same substance. let me play the statement of the uk defence secretary earlier. the simple reality is russia has committed an attack on british soil which has seen the death of a british citizen. that is something i think the world will unite with us in actually condemning. the russian government says that is absurd. let's hear from the russian government says that is absurd. let's hearfrom bbc‘s russia's correspondent. one of the most surprising thing came from the russian spokeswoman who commented on boris johnson's resignation and david davis' resignation but she
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clearly has linked back to salisbury and amesbury incidents and she wrote on her page on facebook, it was one thing to carry out experiments on sergei skripal and his daughter, who we re sergei skripal and his daughter, who were russians, but then their own citizens are something completely different. and they have to answer to their own people, notjust make up to their own people, notjust make up stories for nato. then the president's spokesman commented for the same time, saying it is absolutely willing to help with the investigation. and also, the russian embassy has commented today. they made a statement saying that without the access to the investigation and without access to russian citizens they will consider this as provocation staged by officials in london. how much coverage is this getting in russia this week? we have
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won world cup semifinal on tuesday and another on wednesday. i'm struggling to believe it is getting a lot of coverage? no, definitely not. we may make an educated guess that the official line was not to distract russia from this hugely positive events like the world cup and the hugely positive image of russia that they didn't want to comment massively on amesbury. the investigation continues. let's get the latest from june kelly. it is understood charlie rowley‘s flat on amesbury is regarded as the key location as police search for a container which was the source of the nerve agent. the work of the teams in their specialist heavy suits is being made harder by the heat. here in salisbury, the hostel which is dawn surges's last time has been closed and is now one of the decontamination site. people in this area believe the novichok crisis had passed. dawn sturgess no doubt
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thought the same. at the cordon by the hostel, flowers have been left with a message. "dawn, you were the innocent one in this". let's turn to japan and bring you the latest on the latest on the flooding and landslides. at least 100 people have been killed, mainly ina rush 100 people have been killed, mainly in a rush map prefecture. the search is going on for many others missing. we have this quote from one official saying we have never experienced this kind of rain before. they are right, this is a graphic of weather stations across japan. 118 of these points recorded record rainfall in the past few days. some areas have had three times the usual rainfall for all ofjuly since thursday. if you focus on this one town, it saw 58 centimetres of rain in 24 hours. let's get more details from andy more. the worst of the rain has stopped, to be replaced by bright
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sunshine and temperatures up to 30 celsius. rescue workers can now reach some areas previously cut off and start the grim task of recovering casualties. the death toll stands at more than 100, but scores of people are missing. many of japan's houses are wooden and no match for the tonnes of mud and rubble that came crashing down on top of them. the floodwaters are now receding but dirty marks show how high the water reached. the prime minister shinzo abe has cancelled a trip to europe and the middle east. after a second meeting of the government emergency committee many people are still missing and the size of the rescue forces are being increased to 73,000 people. there may be floodwaters everywhere, but water to drink is in short supply. many areas have had their supplies cut off and bottled water is running out. thousands of people are also without power. more than a
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million people are still being told to stay away from their houses. but some people like this man are beginning to return to the remains of their shuttle homes —— shattered homes, for some people there will be no home to return to. we're putting together the biggest global stories next i want to talk about these two men, reuters journalists in myanmar. they were killed after reporting on an execution. today they were charged with breaching the official secret act. reuters says... this is what they said as they left court. translation: we did not commitany
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court. translation: we did not commit any crime. but i would like to say in relation to be caught‘s decision today, we will not give up. the court's decision is not the decision that we are guilty. even though we are charged, we are not guilty. we have an opportunity to defend. in the upcoming sessions we will testify to our innocence. we will testify to our innocence. we will not tremble before the charges laid on a. this goes back to the rohingya crisis last year. hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims fled to bangladesh because of a military crackdown. the burmese military crackdown. the burmese military says their operation was targeting militants, rights groups say thousands of civilians were killed. these two reuters journalists were focused on a village where they allege this execution happened in september. reuters said they documented evidence of the execution of these
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ten rohingya men. the military‘s own investigation, which are summarised ina investigation, which are summarised in a statement on facebook, this statement, corroborated what the two journalists found that the authorities are saying the two meant illegally received documents from the police. they were given a call by burmese police and invited to a dinner. at the dinner, they were handed documents they say. they told their families that immediately after leaving this dinner with the police they were arrested by the police. since then we have gone through quite a lengthy pre—trial hearing whether burmesejudge quite a lengthy pre—trial hearing whether burmese judge was trying to decided there was enough evidence in the case to proceed and actually charge these two reporters with violating the state secrets act. so this hearing was quite long. there was one quite dramatic moment when one burmese police officer admitted he'd been told to frame the reporters, to trap them and to give them documents. however, prosecutors
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say that the reporters did actually have quite highly confidential information on their phones and the documents they were found to be carrying were top secret and so the prosecution says they do have reason to be charged and evidence lead the judge agreed with them. the case will proceed. they have been charged with violating the state secrets act and we will go into a full—blown trial. if those two reuters journalists are found guilty they face up to 14 years in prison. this case has been watched very closely around the world and it has been highly criticised by eu monitors, by the united nations, who say that really this case is a barometer to see whether things are actually changing inside myanmar and whether it is moving towards democracy or whether it's really staying under the control of military authorities. thank you. on a few minutes on outside source, an extraordinary announcement from ethiopia and
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eritrea, they signed a declaration saying a 20 year state of war is over. every new home in the uk may have to be built with an electric car charging point. this is part of the government's strategy to reduce emissions from road traffic. our environment analyst can tell us more. children at risk from filthy air. the world at risk from an overheating climate. emissions from motor vehicles are fuelling both problems. the government's answer is to ban the sale of conventional petrol and diesel cars by 2040. ten yea rs petrol and diesel cars by 2040. ten years earlier, ministers want between half and three quarters of new cars to be almost zero emissions. hundreds of thousands of electric charging points will be fitted to car and driver is that they won't be able to recharge. bigger grants are being given to firms installing charge points in
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the workplace. better, but not enough, campaigners say. it's kind of two steps forward someone back, i think. we know already that our air quality is at legal and illegal levels, and transport is part of the sector that is breaking our carbon budgets and both of those things the government has mandated to fix as quickly as possible. norway is showing the way. this lady drives her children to work ina this lady drives her children to work in a heavily subsidised electric car. the uk government says its leading the world by demanding clea n its leading the world by demanding clean cars by the year 2040. norway is doing it by 2025. it's very easy going electric as well, and eventually even short—haul flights and electric planes derived from this little trendsetter are on the way. the uk is far behind. across the uk, emissions have been going down except entrance port, where they have been going up.
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critics say today is a start but nowhere near enough. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is: about westminster. bruce johnson about westminster. brucejohnson has resigned from the government over brexit. jeremy hunt has been appointed as the new eu secretary. one of his firstjobs will be to welcome president trump on his visit to the uk in a few days' time. —— borisjohnson as was fined. harvey weinstein has pleaded not guilty at a court in new york. those two charges he assaulted a woman in 2006. this third case brought against him. more than 70 women have accused him of sexual misconduct. home insulation in china is being blamed for a massive rise in emissions of the greenhouse gas that
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damages the ozone layer. it has been traced to factories that make phone to integrate houses. that from bbc chinese. and this video from london by police shows a person firing three shots at a woman as she is striving to work. incredibly when you watch the video, they managed to miss her so she was uninjured but the police still want to apprehend that person, obviously. the indian supreme court has upheld the dull sentences of three men who we re the dull sentences of three men who were involved in a murderous gang rape in 2012. this concerned at 23—year—old student attacked on a bus in new delhi. the victim has become the home by local media as fearless. you might remember these pictures, showing one of the many protests broke out across india in response to the attack. they had an impact. they lead to stronger laws against rape. today does my decision by the
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supreme court was the last in a series of these against the verdict of the death penalty handed out in jyoti singh's case. the name of jyoti singh's case. the name of jyoti singh's case. the name of jyoti singh was revealed by her mother in 2015. she said you didn't wa nt to mother in 2015. she said you didn't want to hide the identity of her daughter any more and was at court again today for what she says is a fight forjustice again today for what she says is a fight for justice for all women in india. ina fight for justice for all women in india. in a petition today, the accused argued that they were first—time offenders from poor backgrounds and should be given a chance to reform. a fifth accused in the case had taken his wife by hanging himself in jail while the trial was still ongoing cost of an underage boy was also found guilty of that crime and sent to a probation home for three years. he has since been released. the indian government had tightened laws to deal with violence against women after jyoti deal with violence against women afterjyoti singh's deal with violence against women after jyoti singh's case deal with violence against women afterjyoti singh's case and introduced the death penalty of the
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maximum penalty for rape. recently the gang rape and murder of an eight—year—old child caused outrage for the brutality inflicted. after which, the government has introduced an ordinance to make the death penalty maximum penalty in the rape of girls under the age of 12 years. we have heard stories from india, myanmar, japan, the uk and the us. next we turn to turkey. the president has been sworn in. the ceremony was in the capital ankara. here are some of the pictures from just after the oath was taken. supporters in parliament gave him a minute long standing ovation. some of the opposition decided against that and stayed seated and stayed silent. the president has already been the president or prime minister for the last 15 years after winning that election two weeks ago he can expect many more years to come. remember, thanks to changes to the constitution that he championed, the
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presidency now has more power than ever before. in fact, and this may beafamiliar ever before. in fact, and this may be a familiar move to those of you watch in america, he has given a very important job to watch in america, he has given a very importantjob to his son—in—law. he's been appointed as treasury and finance minister. the 95 years, turkey was a parliamentary republic, the heart of power was on its grand national assembly. that changed today. president erdogan was sworn in for another five—year term in office, having won the recent elections but under a presidential system. he is now omnipotent president. he will scrap the post of prime minister, so becoming the head of the executive as well as head of state. he controls the army and intelligence agencies and has powers to choose ministers and those seniorjudges. turkey is now a presidential republic. he is the most powerful president now, the most powerful leader of the country since ataturk,
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the founding father of turkey who we re the founding father of turkey who were secular and dreamt of turkey being tied to the west but president erdogan is an islamist. he has religion at the heart of the country and there were very few western leaders that today's inauguration. the presidents of guinea—bissau and chad and somalia and pakistan and sudan words. the only european leaders were those of hungary and bulgaria. that is a sign of how turkey has undergone a geopolitical realignment under president erdogan. he is the arch polarise again today views on him will be very split and views on him will be very split and views on him will be very split and views on the country will be very split. to his supporters, this is a glorious new political system in a country that will streamline decision—making and make the country much more effective. it is the new turkey under their new father, the father of the nation as far as they are concerned. to his opponents, it isa are concerned. to his opponents, it is a dangerous one—man rule, the death of democracy are nothing short of the dismantlement of ataturk‘s
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republic. some extraordinary news concerning of the leaders of ethiopian and eritrea. they have signed a declaration saying the state of war between these two countries is over. here is the moment that declaration was signed. lots of people didn't think this would ever come. these countries have been at peace for 20 yea rs. countries have been at peace for 20 years. they fought a civil war between 1988 and 2000, over a thousand people, 80,000 people were killed while that happen. there was then led un brokered peace deal and it awarded some disputed territories, including this border town, to eritrea, but previous ethiopian administrations have rejected that, refused to implement the ruling. but ethiopia has a new prime minister and in a meeting the ruling. but ethiopia has a new prime ministerand in a meeting in the eritrean capital, this was thrashed out. the fact the meeting happened there at all was remarkable. the first time in 20 yea rs remarkable. the first time in 20 years and ethiopian head of state has set foot in eritrea. they have signed a deal declaring
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the end of the state of war between the end of the state of war between the two countries, agreeing to implement the decisions of the 2002 border commission that awarded disputed territories to eritrea. the five—point argument will also seek diplomatic ties were stored, flights between the two nations resumed on telephone lines that were cut off reconnected. the african union and the united nations have both commended the two countries and say they are ready to help them implement the boundary decision. the un is ready to do whatever the two parties ask us to do. it is obvious it is now for the two parties to decide how they want to conduct the solution of their problems. we will be entirely at their disposal to do whatever is necessary. analysts believe the biggest challenge will be the specific details of went ethiopian troops will withdraw from disputed territories and dedicated boundaries, issues which previously failed. the conflict with the ethiopian has been the single most defining issue of eritrea's local
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politics and international relations but of course there are concerns. first and foremost, how to demarcate the borders and implement the decision of the boundaries. that needs caution and consultation. it should involve the consensus and consultation of people who live on both sides of the border. tens of thousands of people were killed in the fighting between these two countries that share a common heritage but these two leaders believe this could be the beginning ofa believe this could be the beginning of a new relationship. i want to go back to a story we were talking about a few moments ago. we are expecting donald trump to announce his nomination for a new supreme courtjustice. announce his nomination for a new supreme court justice. this announce his nomination for a new supreme courtjustice. this is a decision that could impact on issues like abortion and health care for many years to come. abortion was legalised in america 45
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yea rs abortion was legalised in america 45 years ago, but today it is still one of the most divisive issues in this country. president trump now has a chance to put a serious dent in a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy with this second supreme court nomination. it will define his legacy and affect the social direction of this country for a generation and abortion rights are central. do you want to see the court overturned that right?“ central. do you want to see the court overturned that right? if we put another two or three justices on, that will happen and that will happen automatically, my opinion, because i'm putting pro—life injustices on the court. could those pro—life, more conservativejudges, now do and to what was recently unthinkable and overturn the legislation that legalised abortion in the us? in a landmark ruling the
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supreme court today legalised abortions. the 1973 case legalised abortions. the 1973 case legalised abortion in all 53 state, based on a woman's right to privacy, as laid out in the us constitution. but the ruling only applied to the first trimester of a woman's pregnancy. after that, individual state could make their own rulings. more and more of them are now doing so, effectively restricting access to abortions. it's a bit complicated, but nearly 20 states already have bands on abortion after the 20th week of pregnancy. others, like mississippi and iowa are trying to make it even earlier. we've also seen more restrictions on waiting periods and the use of private insurance to pay for procedures. so, if an abortion case were to become before a conservative supreme court, there is a chance it could be overturned and that would be a huge victory for mr trump's christian base.
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nearly half of conservative republicans say abortion was a very important factor in their vote in 2016. for white evangelicals, that number is even higher. what do we want? abortion rights! but here is a twist, polls also show americans wa nt to twist, polls also show americans want to keep abortion legal. a survey released after the news that justice kennedy was stepping down shows that two thirds of americans think the supreme court should simply leave the law alone. abortion is the most contentious issue in this nomination but there are a host of ways that are right—leaning court can of ways that are right—leaning court ca n affect of ways that are right—leaning court can affect daily life in america. and that nomination from president donald trump will come in four hours' time. thank you for watching this edition of outside source. we will be back tomorrow at the usual time. bye—bye. hello. monday was another stifling
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date for many parts of the country. if like me you finally get a little unbearable, there is a slight respite on the cards for tuesday. this was the evidence again, temperatures up to 30 degrees just to the west of london. not quite as high as sunday because we have more cloud. we certainly had more cloud across scotland in north—east of england. this taken in durham this afternoon. temperatures in this part of the country were about 10 degrees down on the temperature of the week. why? this cold weather front, albeit a weak one, is introducing some cold airor a weak one, is introducing some cold air or fresh a weak one, is introducing some cold airorfresh air. we a weak one, is introducing some cold air orfresh air. we have a weak one, is introducing some cold air or fresh air. we have another week weather from coming air or fresh air. we have another week weatherfrom coming into air or fresh air. we have another week weather from coming into the north of the country so scotland would have the odd spot of rain or drizzle more cloud and more cloud migrating across england and wales and a little more than northern ireland as well. the cloud could spark the watch out for parts of wales on the south—west. the re m na nts of wales on the south—west. the remnants of a weather front. look at
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the temperatures, considerably lower. also a nice fresh breeze coming from the north across the eastern side of england and the south coast. moving to wednesday, another weather front across our shores. this time it looks like it will give some rain for northern ireland. a little uncertain how much rain we will see that certainly more cloud here and for the west of scotland. if we seek a little rain, i'm sure it will be welcomed for the gardens. temperatures here will be held down. the england and wales, as we lose the influence of that week weather front, temperatures start to bounce back. from the mid—20s on tuesday we are back up to the mid—20s quite widely by wednesday, and the heat continues to build once again, so it isjust a brief respite with our high—pressure continuing to establish itself. so yes, we may start the day on the low teens temperature wise in the south, but they will rise. you can see more widely by thursday, the heat coming back into parts of northern ireland and scotland as well. so here we are also seeing temperatures recovered towards the mid—20s, 26—27 further
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south, with very little crowd except in the north and west. another fine and dry day for the most part on friday. again, things bode well for wimbledon. getting hotter after the brief respite on tuesday but when we start to see the hint of a change. these weather fronts behind start to see the hint of a change. these weatherfronts behind me start to see the hint of a change. these weather fronts behind me are starting to destabilise the atmosphere little bit so there could bea atmosphere little bit so there could be a few showers sparked off comes the heat of the day. you can see the heat is building further north. few and far between again, just quite nasty when you do catch one. however, for the weekend, getting very little cloud across most of the country. and what of hot and dry weather once again. temperatures in the high 20s, low 80s fahrenheit, but just off to the west of the high 20s, low 80s fahrenheit, butjust off to the west of me, the sign ofa butjust off to the west of me, the sign of a change. it looks more significant, tied in with this area of low pressure, which is meandering around, continuing to give some really wet weather for iceland. this
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mass of rain, enter as the remnants ofa mass of rain, enter as the remnants of a tropical low in it. it is called chris sutton man, sitting off the eastern side of north america and it may welljust inject the chance for a bit more rain across the uk and a drop in temperature because as we pick up the atlantic wind, the westerly winds, things will cool down somewhat. so not dramatic changes but it looks as if it will get cooler for dramatic changes but it looks as if it will get coolerfor a dramatic changes but it looks as if it will get cooler for a time as we go into next week and more unsettled with low pressure taking over from the atlantic. breezy as well. it is just how much rain and how far south it comes. as ever, we will keep you posted. tonight at ten we're at westminster — where borisjohnson has resigned as foreign secretary and launched a searing attack on theresa may's approach to brexit. in his letter of resignation — signed this evening — mrjohnson accuses the prime minister of seeking a brexit that would turn britain into a colony of the european union. it was the second senior resignation of the past 24 hours — after david davis stepped down
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as brexit secretary overnight. i was the person who had to present it, to parliament, to the european union, to everybody else and if i don't believe in it, then i won't do as good a job as someone who does believe in it. but the prime minister — under mounting political pressure, with her leadership being questioned — insisted she was taking the right approach for the country. this is the right brexit.
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