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this is bbc news. i'm tanya beckett. our top stories: president trump's collision course with protestors. more demonstrations on his uk visit as he says he "fully intends" to run for re—election. set to leave hospital at last. we speak to the father of one of the 12 boys rescued from a flooded thai cave. after an attack on his home, former sinn fein president gerry adams calls on the perpetrators to meet him. and a huge iceberg threatens a village in western greenland. officials say further splits could cause a tsunami. hello, and welcome to bbc world news. the 12 boys and their football coach on the third day of his uk visit,
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president trump has confirmed he intends to run for the next us presidential election. speaking to his friend and jounralist piers morgan he said he didn't believe any democrat could beat him. donald trump also spoke about his meeting with queen elizabeth and described her as "an incredible woman, and beautuful." he said she was a beautiful woman "inside and out." earlier thousands of people in scotland held protests against his visit. he's spending two days playing golf at his resort in ayrshire. britain's international trade secretary liam fox has described those who've turned out against him as an "embarrassment to themselves." scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has said she wasn't opposed to the man but his policies, and criticised him on climate change, minorities, and "his language about women." our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. this has been described as a private visit to scotland, but president trump is not publicity shy. making his way around the turnberry fairways, acknowledging the waiting media and protesters. donald trump the businessman owns two golf courses in scotland. donald trump the president calls his ayrshire resort "magical". president trump has described his trip to turnberry as "two days of meetings, calls, and hopefully some golf." he has managed to play
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a round, but it's not been entirely relaxing — protesters getting close to the course. demonstrations too in scotland's capital, where many thousands took to the streets of edinburgh. we don't agree, he doesn't have a special relationship with the british people, and we just need to exercise our right to protest. he is a cruel, horrible man, and as an american i should speak out. this is now the third day of protests. not impressed, says the minister hoping to cut a deal with the us after brexit. i don't think that the protesters were an embarrassment to the government, i think they were an embarrassment to themselves. and i think when you have the president of united states, the leader of the free world,
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greeted with signs that say, "go home, we hate you", i don't think that reflects the genuine good manners and hospitality of the british people. hello, glasgow! the diplomacy seemingly strained at other points, too. it has been reported that donald trump has said he hates scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon. addressing a pride march in glasgow, she said it is the policies, not personality, that matter. many people in scotland and across the uk, and we've seen that over the last couple of days, take strong objection to some of the policies of the trump administration — the treatment of minorities and women, or most importantly, the separation of migrant children from their parents, and i think it's important that we don't have diplomatic silences around those things, but we all have the ability to speak out. last night's security breach by agreenpeace campaigner who got
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close to donald trump is being investigated. security here is very visible and tight — until the president leaves for helsinki tomorrow. lorna gordon, bbc news at turnberry in ayrshire. the 12 boys and their football coach who were rescued from a cave complex in thailand are to leave hospital on thursday, when they'll be reunited with their families. the father of one of the boys, who's the team captain, has told the bbc the team had feared for their lives — and that he was looking forward to hugging his son. martin patience reports. they're arguably the world's most famous football team. the latest pictures from hospital where the boys are building up their strength. this player wants to eat crispy pork and fried rice. another boy is after some sushi, and a third wants a kfc. thank you so much. after the darkness of the cave, they now have the light to draw. one of those recovering is 13—year—old dom. his father has spoken
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exclusively to the bbc. translation: he said it was an enormous struggle inside the cave. it was of course dark, and there was no food. they drank the water dripping from the roof of the cave. the coach got them to meditate every day. it created a tight group, and they all stayed together. they must have feared that they were going to die in that cave. yes, because children are not like adults and cannot control their emotions in the same way. in the darkness, some of them must have been crying. i think many were afraid of the dark. what is the first thing he wants to do when he gets out of hospital? when he comes out, i want to hug him and tell him that i love
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him very much. and we need to celebrate his birthday and have hot pork for him, because that's what he will want to eat and to have a cake, a big cake so that he's happy. and dom will not have to wait long for that belated birthday. officials say the boys will be out of hospital in a few days. martin patience, bbc news, thailand. let's get some of the day's other news. hamas militants in gaza says they have agreed to a ceasefire with israeli forces after heavy clashes left two palestinian teenagers dead. earlier, israeli fighter jets bombed a high—rise building in the shati refugee camp in the northern gaza strip. israel said the building was a training facility for the militant group hamas. at least two student have died during an attack on a church in nicaragua. dozens of students had been taking part in anti—government protests when they came under attack from paramilitaries and became trapped in the church
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on friday evening. they could be escorted out after the intervention of the roman catholic cardinal and another bishop. hundreds of people had been holding a vigil outside the church. officials in somalia say at least seven people have been killed in two car bombings in mogadishu. five of the dead are said to be from the islamist group al shabaab which carried out the attack. eritrea's president, isaias afwerki is visiting ethiopia for the first time since the start of the two countries' border war in 1998. the visit follows the signing of a new peace deal that restored diplomatic and economic ties between the long—time enemies. emmanuel igunza reports from the capital addis ababa. eritrea's president, isaias afwerki, stepping on ethopian soil for the first time in 22 years. it's a historic moment and the latest in a string of moves towards reconciliation between these once bitter enemies. and here, rare pictures of eritrean and ethopian flags flying side by side, days after the two neighbours declared a truce to end two decades of a border dispute. in the streets, thousands
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lined up in celebrations, some overwhelmed by emotions over the new—found peace. translation: i never thought this day would ever come. i have missed my grandmother, my sisters and all my family who are all in eritrea. but the prime minister has made this peace possible. i thank you. citizens from both countries have praised the new deal that will see eritrea and ethiopia restore trade and diplomatic ties. transport and telephone links will also be re—established. the first flights between the two countries in two decades are expected next week.
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i'm very happy, because eritrea and ethiopia, they became peace, and then i was born in ethiopia, but my father, he is from eritrea. yeah, my father is from eritrea, so today i am very happy. welcome, president isaias afwerki. we respect you, we love you, we are the same people. we love you, the eritrean people, welcome. our dream is coming true. originally a border war was fought between 1998 and 2000. a peace deal to end the conflict had never been fully implemented and there has been tension between the neighbours ever since. but there is growing optimism that these latest developments will not suffer the same fate. the former sinn fein president, gerry adams, has appealed for those who carried out an attack on his home in west belfast to meet him. an explosive device was thrown at the house on friday evening. it follows several nights of rioting in londonderry, which police have blamed on dissident republicans. our ireland correspondent chris page reports. people in northern ireland had
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hoped these scenes had disappeared from their streets. but in the last week, there's been an unwelcome reminder that paramilitary violence has not ended. in londonderry, there were six nights of trouble in the bogside area. police blamed dissident republicans who are opposed to the peace process. sinn fein condemned the rioting, and this may have been the retaliation for that — an explosive device, made up of large fireworks, was thrown at the home of the party's former leader, gerry adams. he appealed for calm and had a message for those who targeted him. i'd like them or their representatives to come and meet me. i'd like them to sit down and explain to me what this is about. i'd like those who are involved in exploiting children in derry to do the same thing. a similar device was thrown
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at the house of bobby storey, one of mr adams's closest allies. he's a former ira prisoner who is also a senior senior sinn fein member. sinn fein dominates irish republicanism. the party has greatly increased its electoral strength during the peace process. but there's a small minority of republicans who still think the ira should never have called a ceasefire, and they‘ re hostile towards sinn fein‘s political strategy. dangerous disorder is much less common here than it used to be, but sudden outbreaks showed that peace building isn't complete yet. chris page, bbc news, belfast. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come — belgium beat england in the world cup‘s third—place playoff. it's their best—ever finish at the tournament. the flamboyant italian fashion designer, gianni versace,
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has been shot dead in florida. the multimillionaire was gunned down outside his home in the exclusive south beach district of miami. emergency services across central europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worst floods this century. nearly 100 people have been killed. broadway is traditionally called the great white way by americans, but tonight it's completely blacked out. it's a timely reminder to all americans of the problems the energy crisis has brought to them. 200 years ago today, a huge parisian crowd stormed the bastille prison, the first act of the revolution which was to topple the french monarchy. today, hundreds of thousands thronged the champs—elysee for the traditional military parade. finally, fairy penguins have been staggering ashore and collapsing after gorging themselves on huge shoal of their favourite food, pilchards. some had eaten so much they could barely stand. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines:
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there's been a third day of protests against president trump, as he continues his uk trip in scotland. he's said he "fully intends" to run for re—election in 2020. the 12 boys rescued from a flooded thai cave are set to leave hospital on thursday. let's return now to our top story on the third day of president trump's visit to the uk at his turnberry golf course in scotland. it follows two days of official meetings, including talks with british prime minister theresa may. my colleague, ros atkins, has been following events from turnberry. i asked him how president trump had handled the protests there. well, as is quite often the case with president trump, well, i think for the most part, the president has been trying to avoid these protesters. he didn't spend any time out and about in central london because he and his colleagues knew he would be exposed to
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protesters wherever he went, so when he was in england he went to blame chaim pallas, windsor castle, and the prime minister's country retreat at chequers, but no time in central london. the plan is roughly the same in scotland, the difference is that if you play golf it is quite difficult to prevent people getting relatively close to you. i am speaking from turnberry, the golf resort which mr trump and the trump organisation owns. i went down the road a couple of 100 metres where you can stand close to the fairway on the first hole at turnberry and the president went past in his golf ca rt the president went past in his golf cart and lots of other golf carts for the security personnel, and a bit past where i was standing, there we re bit past where i was standing, there were some points where the protesters were able to see the president and he was able to see them. they certainly made their feelings known and at one point the president waved back. that was the first interaction we have seen between donald trump on the protesters. however, it is worth saying that is the only interaction there has been between the president and the protesters. we have seen
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other big turnouts in edinburgh and glasgow and donald trump is not going to visit those cities while he is here in scotland. 50 going to visit those cities while he is here in scotland. so what is the next move on his itinerary. the next move and arguably the most important one is the last move of this trip. he will tomorrow fly from an airport just outside bars go to helsinki and on monday he is going to meet vladimir putin. now, there are a number of elements here which are getting everybody‘s attention. first of all, american media are now saying they will hold enjoyed press conference, which is something there will be eight vast amount of interest in. —— a joint press conference. the other noteworthy thing is that no agenda has been released. while there are a vast number of things donald trump and vladimir putin could talk about, we don't really know what the focus of this meeting is beyond attempts to improve relations between the two countries and create some form of relationship between the two men. let's not underplay the significance of this. the relationship between russia and america is relevant to the status of crimea. it is relevant
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to the sanctions that are currently imposed on russia because of crimea. it is relevant to the situation in syria. it is relevant to a huge range of international issues of the highest importance, and we are really not at all clear which issues these two men will seek to emphasise and what they will say about them. here in the uk, the prime minister, theresa may, has warned her own conservative members of parliament not to put the government's plans for brexit at risk. she's appealed for them to back her in key votes in the house of commons in the coming week. our political correspondent iain watson has been giving us more details. basically some long—standing leavers are unhappy with her brexit plan, her white paper, so they are trying to scupper key elements of it by trying to change legislation in the house of commons next week. writing in the mail on sunday she is warning them that if they do so and do not get behind the plan, they risk a disorderly brexit, or as she puts it, possibly risk brexit itself. the mail on sunday splashed it on the front page, "back me or there
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will be no brexit." tough words from the prime minister for some of the long—standing brexiteers but also tough words for the remainers who wants to stay in the customs union because she says that would be a betrayal of brexit. there is another ministerial resignation tonight, andrew griffiths, the business minister, has resigned because partly, according to the papers, he sent a rather large number of text messages of a sexual nature to some of his constituents. i think the prime minister will be relieved tonight that this is one resignation which appears to have nothing to do with brexit, and i think she will have to be as relaxed as she can for a very challenging week ahead. an extraordinary mountain rescue has taken place in the us state of oregon, after a man from texas climbed to the top of mount hood in an apparent suicide attempt and had to be airlifted by helicopter. daniel mckerrell has more. perched on the side of a mountain, a helicopter from the oregon national guard is hovering at over
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11,000 feet above sea level with just its rear wheels touching down on the snow. it had been called in to rescue a man who, authorities say, had attempted suicide on the summit of mount hood, along with six mountain rescue personnel who had gone up to save him. the slope of the mountainside was so sleep, the rotor blades of the chinook helicopter were spinning dangerously close to chest height. because of the angle, we had to crawl out there just to get under the rotor blades. it's kind of surreal, but you just have to trust the pilots know what they are doing. local media say the man climbed to the peak of mount hood on thursday with no plans to descend. the man sent a distress call to the county sheriff's office from the mountain and a rescue team was dispatched, reaching him early the following morning. rescuers said the man appeared to have been on the mountain all night. he was alive and uninjured but unable to descend. as the summer day got warmer, rescuers were concerned the mountain would become more treacherous. this time of day, the mountain starts to fall apart. everything is melting,
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ice and rock is coming off the mountain. after being airlifted from the top of mount hood, the man was flown to a nearby sports field where he was transferred to an ambulance and driven to hospital. his identity has not been released by authorities. in all, the helicopter rescue took just over 30 minutes, including three minutes with two wheels touched down on oregon's highest peak. an iceberg weighing up to 11 million tons has drifted close to a small village on the western coast of greenland, prompting fears that falling chunks of ice will unleash an enormous wave on the coastline. the iceberg is looming over houses in the village of innaarsuit, about 1,000 kilometres north of the capital. although large icebergs are common in the region, locals say this one is the biggest yet. kenneth elkjaer from the greenland broadcaster, knr, says they fear it will split any moment now. right now, the situation is that
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everybody is waiting to see where the iceberg is going. the wind is controlling the situation right now. yesterday, it moved a bit towards the north because of the wind and high tides, and that was a good thing for the village, because it moved away. but this afternoon the wind is supposed to change in the other direction, so the iceberg could go back to the original position, thereby being a threat again to the village. so right now everybody is waiting to see how it's going and where the iceberg is moving. the joint arctic command in greenland has sent one of their vessels up there. they are monitoring the situation with the local authorities. but, i have to say, it's quite far away from everything up here. it's 1000 kilometres from nuuk and it's quite remote. so, well, we have to see what happened up there, and the locals are very important in this.
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they tell the police and local authorities how they see it, and yeah. and of course, it is not a unique situation, it is just that the threat is perceived to be very large? yeah, it's quite unique that the iceberg is staying where it is. they are used to icebergs floating by all year round, almost, especially in northern greenland, this one is very big. the locals describe it as the biggest one they've ever seen so close to the village. for some days this week, it was stuck and yesterday it moved a bit, but it's still laying very close to the village, which makes it unique, that it stopped moving by. the village has been largely evacuated. it's very dramatic, in terms of lives? it is, but i have to say the evacuation has happened inside the village. around 30 of the people have been moved from the area close to the sea and moved up in the village,
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where there is supposed to be a little less danger. so the evacuation is inside the village. an iceberg off the coast of greenland threatening a small village. now to the world cup and belgium have beaten england in the third—place playoff to ensure their best—ever finish at the tournament. england's top scorer harry kane admitted his side need to improve if they are to end their long trophy drought. adam wild has all the action. and so for these sides, the final stop on the world cup journey. not the destination where they wanted it all to end, not the game in which anybody really wants to play in. pride and passion still counts plenty. while that is true for england, so too is it for belgium. inside four minutes, a goal, a lead. this clearly still matters. thomas
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meunier missed the semi—final suspended, this is belated way of offering a men's. still, this is a young england team which still inspires. eric dier, a marauding forward , inspires. eric dier, a marauding forward, a brilliant opportunity so close but denied when it mattered most. agonising for england at the tail of the tournament. but when faced with eden hazard, england ultimately saw belgium come second, securing a third place at this world cup. for england, thejourney‘s end. not the ending they wanted for belgium. it is bronze for the golden generation. the uk's newest polar research ship, the sir david attenborough, has been launched on merseyside. the name was chosen for the largest commercial ship built in britain for three decades after ministers rejected a public vote for boaty mcboatface. our science correspondent victoria gill watched the launch. three, two, one, launch. years of work and one momentous splash —
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as britain's newest polar research ship floats for the very first time in the river mersey, the man whose name it now bears considers the role the vessel will play in polar science. it's only in recent years that we've discovered how dangerous plastic is. before that, we didn't really understand about cfcs and the problems of what it was doing to the atmosphere and the ozone layer. and so what this ship will be discovering is not only solutions but revealing problems to which i hope it will find the solutions. while she's not the biggest vessel built here on the mersey, this ship will be a unique place for researchers to work. we'll have the labs, mostly aft, cabin areas, and then this little bit in between which has got a coffee shop, there's a gym and a sauna just forward. nice! yeah. as well as labs and living quarters, the vessel has giant freezers to keep safe scientific samples from the polar extremes of our planet.
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now that all 10,000 tonnes of her hull is in the water for the first time, there is actually still plenty of work to do. there's a whole accommodation block to be lifted onto the ship. but once that is done, she'll be ready to head to some of the most remote corners of our planet. this is how the ship will look when the real exploration starts. trials in the ice of arctic waters will begin next spring. from then on, the sir david attenborough will spend 25 years as a base for polar discoveries that are yet to be made. victoria gill, bbc news, birkenhead. i wonder if you can book a cabin already. troubled lynott. you can reach me on twitter if you want to. —— probably not. thank you for joining us. stay with us here on the visy news. —— bbc news. hello. for much of the uk the
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weekend got off to a fine, warm to hot start with long, sunny spells. england and wales are going to hold onto more of the same during sunday, whereas for scotland and northern ireland, more clouds and some rain coming in. already on saturday this weather system showed itself in highland scotland with cloudy skies and patchy rain. you're in sunday it is on the move across more of scotla nd is on the move across more of scotland and northern ireland, taking some occasional rain and making it cooler than it was on saturday. high pressure holding on in england and wales, and this is where the sunshine and the very warm to hot weather will prevail for another day. this is a sunday is shaping up. very slowly, some patchy rain further ease through northern ireland and scotland. i don't think much at all in eastern scotland until late in the day. for england and wales, some cloud is going to build, long sunny spells into the afternoon, and every bit as warm or hot as it was on saturday. a little
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cooler in scotland and northern ireland. still some spots, helped by a few sunny spells into the low 20s. for much of england and wales, we are talking mid 20s, high 20s in some spots in northern england. maybe even low 30s across the hotspots in south—east england. so it is going to be a hot one at wimbledon for the men's final. could be the hottest since 1984. we expect in sunny skies compare to saturday. as we go through sunday evening and night, this weather system, it is taking its time but it will eventually move a bit further south and takea eventually move a bit further south and take a few showery downpours towards wales and western parts of england. as monday begins it is going to be a little cooler on sunday night in scotland and northern ireland, after a rather sultry saturday night. so this is how monday is looking. this weather system slowly moving south—east. the potential for some heavy downpours. keep your expectations in check. some spots will end up with nothing, but others could get a useful downpour. the odd showers in
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scotla nd downpour. the odd showers in scotland and northern ireland. still some heat around for east anglia, the east midlands, south—east england. the 30 in the hotspots, there could be isolated showers. as this weather system finally com pletes this weather system finally completes its journey east across the uk, by tuesday we are in two cooler and fresh air. it is not going to be told. temperatures will still be in the high teens and low to mid—20s. it is not going to be as hot as it has been and not quite sunny. we will have a few days midweek where bardia and shower there will still be lots of dry weather around, some pleasant sunny spells, for potentially able to weather system comes in. that's your forecast. this is bbc world news. the headlines: president trump has confirmed he intends to run for re—election in 2020. speaking to his friend and journalist, piers morgan, he said he didn't believe any democrat could beat him. thousands of people in scotland have staged protests against his visit as he played golf at his resort in ayrshire. the 12 boys and their football coach
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who were rescued from a cave complex in thailand are to leave hospital on thursday, to be reunited with theirfamilies. the father of one of the boys has told the bbc the team had feared for their lives and that he was looking forward to hugging his son. the former sinn fein president, gerry adams, has appealed for those who carried out an attack on his home in west belfast to meet him. it follows several nights of rioting in londonderry. which police have blamed on dissident republicans.
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