tv The Briefing BBC News August 6, 2018 5:00am-5:31am BST
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this is the briefing, i'm david eades. our top story: more than 80 people are now known to have been killed by an earthquake on the indonesian island of lombok and is the second to strike in the last week. and investigation is launched after a world war two vintage plane crashes on a sightseeing flight into a swiss mountainside —— an investigation. all 20 people on board were killed. shock and despair in chicago as police confirm at least 59 wounded and four killed in gun attacks over the weekend linked to gang violence. and with an amazing rally on the last day, england's georgia hall claims her first major victory at the british open. europe's largest bank, hsbc, reports half year earnings. has new ceo john flint‘s plan for expansion in asia succeeded? a warm welcome to the programme,
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briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. is fubbing ruining your relationships? the practice of paying more attention to your phone than to the person sitting beside you. it really affects all of last, doesn't it? should we create a phone etiquette to protect our traditional ways of communicating and avoid being fubbed? tell us what you think, just use the #bbcthebriefing. well... another deadly earthquake has struck indonesia, killing more than 80 people on lombok island. hundreds are reported injured.
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the search and rescue operation is continuing, but is being hampered by power cuts. it's the second earthquake to hit lombok in a week. rhodri davies reports. these are deadly tremors that've become feared and familiar to people in this part of indonesia. this magnitude seven earthquake hit the coast on the resort island of lombok on sunday, and killed dozens of people as well as injuring more. the us geological survey said it struckjust ten kilometres underground. and above ground, there was palpable panic. translation: when i was working, it was initially just little shocks, but then it was getting bigger and bigger and people started to shout, "earthquake!" then all of the staff panicked and rushed out of the building, then officials asked everyone to vacate the building. it's the second quake to hit here in a week, forcing families to rush from their homes and onto
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the streets, where they stayed amid blackouts to sleep and wait for safety. 0thers resorted to prayer as the power cuts hampered rescue attempts. 0fficials did issue a tsunami warning that they later cancelled, although seawater as high as 13 centimetres entered a couple of villages. and there were two after—shocks to come. translation: we experienced an after—shock, it was very strong. we ran out from our house twice. this is a residential area, the majority of the houses here are for rent. everyone ran out because the quake was very strong. and it was felt on the neighbouring island of bali, where tourists fled from shopping malls and hotels. we were a little scared, and it went on for a very, very long time. yeah, and everything shook, everything was moving. a hospital in bali put patients
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outside to stay in tents, this while others with broken bones and head injuries were being taken to it. both islands are popular with tourists. the airports on them have suffered minor damage, but remain open. and after a quake killed 16 people and left 500 hikers stranded last week, with more dead in today's strike, people may be wondering what will come next. rhodri davies, bbc news. we're hoping to speak to a senior member of the red cross who is back on lombok island right now. we'll get to that a little bit later in the programme. why did a german—built world war two bomber, converted into a tourist plane, crash in the swiss alps? the investigation is of course underway. all 20 people on board this junker collectors plane were killed in the accident. the aircraft had been returning
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from locarno in the south of the country. swiss police say it came down on a remote mountainside, as sarah campbell reports. there were no survivors. the wreckage of the vintage aircraft now scattered across this alpine slope. 20 people had been aboard the flight back to zurich. three from austria, the rest from switzerland. 0ne eyewitness said the plane fell from the sky like a stone. what's left of it suggests that was the case. translation: based on the situation at the crash site, we can say that the aircraft smashed into the ground almost vertically at relatively high speed. the exact cause is still to be investigated. what we can rule out at this point is that there was a collision before the crash, neither with another aircraft nor with some other obstacle, such as the cable. junkers 52s were built and used by the german military in the second world war.
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the one that crashed was part of a fleet now used for sightseeing. according to the owners, it passed a maintenance check at the end ofjuly. the isolated location means there was little radar monitoring of the flight, and the plane had no black box. the question for the investigators is what could have caused such a catastrophic crash. sarah campbell, bbc news. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. the united states looks set to roll out new sanctions against iran. the secretary of state, mike pompeo, said an announcement will be made in the next 2a hours. president trump pulled the us out of a deal between world powers and tehran in may. that agreement enabled the lifting of international sanctions in return for curbs on iran's nuclear programme. the president of south sudan, salva kiir, and the rebel leader, riek machar, have signed a power—sharing agreement which is designed to bring an end to five years of civil war.
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large crowds cheered outside the venue in khartoum as the deal was signed. many thousands of people have been killed in the conflict and four million have fled their homes. saudi arabia says it is freezing all new trade and investment transactions with canada, and is expelling the country's ambassador. riyadh's envoy to ottawa is also being recalled. the moves follow a statement last week by the canadian foreign ministry criticising the arrest in saudi arabia of women's rights activists, including the saudi—american human rights campaigner, samar badawi. the rhetoric surrounding trade relations between the us and china seems to be hotting up. china's people's daily newspaper said president trump was starring in his own street fighter—style deceitful drama. that follows donald trump's tweet over the weekend saying that his strategy of steep tariffs on chinese imports
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is "working far better than ever anticipated." where does that leave us? nina trentmann of the wall streetjournal joins me now. nina, we talk about a trade war, this is the war of words prefacing the full—blown trade war it feels like? yes, both sides have been providing ample ammunition to that. i guess it's not surprising the chinese are hitting back at the comments we saw on friday and then over the weekend given of course china is exporting quite a lot to the us, around $500 billion in goods versus 130 billion us dollars from the us each year, this is something beijing didn't plan for at the beginning of the year. there were two tweets at the end from trump, and they were both absolutely
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adamant this is doing us the power of good, it's helping to create jobs in the us, making us all wealthy, we can pay off more of our debt. he's not changing and it feels like there's a lot of talk trump marches people to the top of the hill, but it feels like he's not budging here? he isn't, we saw that a couple of weeks ago when jean—claude juncker was in the us from the european union and he was able to negotiate some sort of agreement between the us and the eu for the us to drop ta riffs us and the eu for the us to drop tariffs on certain european products. 0nto its to see whether there's any form of agreement like that between china and the us just because there is much more at stake here —— i'm curious. and we have the two biggest economies in the world. it's interesting to see how that plays out and also then whether the trump strategy is working out, and also whether it's true what he's saying, whether it's doing the us
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economy any good because at the moment we have strong economic growth, lots of things working well, but it needs to be seen how far that is persisting given the tariffs are only now kicking in. a good time to say that given the circumstances. nina, thanks for that, we will speak later about the rest of the world's news. thank you. the greek government has replaced the chiefs of its police force and fire brigade following criticism of their handling of the wildfires near athens, which killed 90 people. it comes just days after the resignation of the civil protection minister. 0pposition parties say the government failed to provide warnings and evacuate the area and gave conflicting accounts of what went wrong. wildfires continue in the us. president trump has declared a major emergency in california as wildfires rage across the state. thousands of firefighters have been deployed, tackling blazes which have been spread by high temperatures and strong winds. so far, seven people have died and thousands evacuated. 0ur north america correspondent, chris buckler, reports. for more than a week, parts of california have been
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in a state of urgency. —— emergency. and now, as a result of the damage, destruction and deaths caused by these ferocious wildfires, the white house has declared this a major disaster. slowly they are containing more and more of the biggest blazes, but it's obvious firefighters are struggling in their battle against the flames and the conditions. strong winds, high temperatures and low humidity have combined to create the perfect conditions for the wildfires to spread. we've displaced nearly 40,000 plus people. there's been about 1,300 plus homes that have been destroyed. but on the good part, we've repopulated many areas and got people back into their homes as quickly as possible. but some don't have homes to return to, and there are other areas where families are only now being ordered to evacuate.
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that's true beyond california. skylines across a series of states, including utah, have been lit up by the wildfires. a spectacular sight, but everyone here knows what is at risk. we stayed up there as long as we could in our valley until the flames were actually... they weren't 360 degrees around our area, but close enough that we decided to get out. in california alone, more than 1,000 aircraft and fire engines are being used in the attempt to bring the fires under control, but it's proving extraordinarily difficult. the mendocino complex fires north of san francisco now cover a sprawling area more than two thirds the size of los angeles, but declaring this a disaster will mean extra money to help those who've lost their homes and businesses, and that number continues to grow. i normally don't like to scare people, but i always want to say we've got tough times ahead. firefighters from new zealand
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and australia are flying in to help try to help try to tackle the carr fire north of sacramento, another of the major blazes. in this state well over 111,000 people have been involved in the huge effort to put out these flames, but this is only the start of the wildfire season and there is a clear fear of what california could face in the weeks ahead. chris buckler, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: all the sports news, including a major breakthrough for england's georgia hall as she claims her first british open title. the question was whether we want to save our people, and japanese as well, and win the war and taking a chance to win the war by killing all our young men.
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the invasion began at 2am this morning. mr bush, like most other people, was clearly caught by surprise. we call for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all the iraqi forces. 100 years old and still full of vigor, vitality and enjoyment of life. no other king or queen in british history has lived so long, and the queen mother is said to be quietly very pleased indeed that she's achieved this landmark anniversary. this is a pivotal moment for the church as an international movement. the question now is whether the american vote will lead to a split in the anglican community. you're watching the briefing.
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0ur headlines — 20 people have been killed after a world war ii vintage plane crashed into a swiss mountainside on a sightseeing flight. the indonesian island of lombok has been rocked by the second deadly earthquake within a week. more than 90 people are now known to have been killed. let's stay with that story. we'rejoined on the phoned from lombok by the head of disaster management of the indonesian red cross, arifin mohammad hadi. thank you for talking to us. we know you have essentiallyjust arrived. what do you do at this early stage of your arrival? my position here, i manage the operation, it is
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conducted by the indonesian red cross. we know about the tragedy of the number of people who have died already. presumably, are many people badly hurt and at the moment, i'm treated? the number that we have got at this morning has grown from 82 people. the earthquake, around the district. the worst area is in the north of lombok. just give us an
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idea, how do you find all of those people who have either fled out into the streets or into the fields, wherever they have gone, and all of the others who are hurt and injured, how do you track them all down to treat them? i think, you know, the situation is very dire because the power has been cut off. the roads and the bridge are broken. because of the many houses damaged and people didn't want to stay in their house so they want to stay on the outside of the house in temporary shelters. we have tarpaulin. the
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problem is, the electricity is still cut off. with the fear of after—shocks, you can understand why they wouldn't want to go back inside. i know you have quite a task in front of you. thank you for joining us. donald trump has admitted his son met a russian lawyer injune 2016 to get information on an opponent, but argues it was legal. it is the us president's most direct statement so far on the reason for donald trumer‘s meeting with kremlin—linked lawyer natalia veselnitskaya injune 2016. special counsel robert mueller is investigating us intelligence findings that russians conspired to sway the election in mr trump's favour. president trump denies any collusion. 0ne paramedic says it has been like a war zone and the statistics seem to bear it out. this weekend has seen a surge in violent crime in the us city of chicago.
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local media say 59 people have been shot since friday night. the death toll is still not clear, but some reports say at least five people have been killed. 0thers place it as high as eight. police are pinning the trouble on gang violence but they do add that despite the recent violence, murder rates are actually down after a weekend of violence, this is what is left. the pain and grief for families almost too much to bear. scenes like this were repeated throughout chicago this weekend, with dozens of people shot since friday night. most of it happened between saturday night and sunday morning. 30 people shot within three hours, according to local media. police say some of the shootings were targeted and linked to gangs. what i promise you is that we won't be defeated. i promise this city we won't be defeated, we won't be overrun by that small group, that small element that's committing these reckless acts. we will not, i promise you that we will not be defeated.
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we need more help from ourjudicial system, we need more help from ourjudicial partners, and we're getting it, but we won't be defeated in this. just last week, thousands marched against gun violence in this city, where the levels of murder have earned it the name chiraq. protesters called for more to be done to deal with the problem and make their neighbourhoods safe. scenes like this have become all too familiar for many people living here, particularly in poorer areas. and yet speaking on sunday, police said both murders and shootings have dropped by at least a quarter each so far this year, and that they continue to head in the right direction. but for families like these, that will be hard to believe as they struggle to deal with the aftermath of this weekend's carnage. lebo diseko, bbc news. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre.
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hello, i'm chris mitchell with your monday sports briefing. coming up — a first major title for georgia hall, the netherlands retain the women's hockey world cup and what happened to an england cricketer playing golf on his day off. she's been on the lpga tour for less than a year and she already has a major, georgia hall's win in the british open means that she's on course to break into the world's top ten. it also means that she faces a day with the media. she's coming here in just a few hours' time to talk to us, bbc radio and bbc 0nline. here's the moment she's dreamed of, the winning putt on the 18th at royal lytham and st annes on sunday. hall finished on 17—under par to win by two strokes.
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i can't believe the amount of support i have had in these last four days. i always wanted to help out to them as well because they kept on cheering so loud and saying, come on, georgia. it's amazing to have all of that support. you have to go back to 1999 when serena williams won her first singles grand slam. that was in the us open where whe beat martina hingis, she's won a few more since. her preparations for this year's us open aren't quite going to plan. williams has pulled out of the rogers cup, which gets underway on monday in montreal. it's one of the key hardcourt warm—up events ahead of flushing meadows. williams cited personal reasons for her withdrawal. let's look back at the big sunday's big stories. netherlands won the women's hockey world cup, defending their title as they thrashed surprise finalists ireland 6—0.
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the netherlands haven't been outside the top two at the world cup now for the last six editions. from the moment we scored the goal, it was kind of a relief. we started playing our game. we played really good. we showed the world what we are capable of. european champions, you defended your blog title, a great day. we have really good team. we worked really hard for it and yeah, we want to show everybody what we can do. manchester city have have started this season as they ended the last. pep guardiola's team won the fa community shield for the fifth time after comfortably beating chelsea 2—0 at wembley. both goals came from sergio aguero, that means the argentine becomes the first player to score more than 200 goals for city. this is their third trophy of 2018. reeza hendricks will be pretty pleased whith how his debut went for south africa,
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scoring a century isn't a bad start. the number three batsman only needed 88 balls to smash the fastest 0di hundred by a debutant. the tourists went on to beat sri lanka by 78 runs. they now have a 3—0 lead in their five—match series. england's cricketers weren't expecting to have sunday off, but after beating india in their first test on saturday, a few of the players decided to go for a round of golf. and this is what happened. spare a thought forjames anderson. he might have a bruise on his face when when the hosts face india at lord's on thursday. it's worth a slow motion replay, we're assured that he is ok. teammate stuart broad couldn't resist posting it on instagram. we are not laughing. i need to ask
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you. you put out a talking point about phone snubbing. it had ruining your relationships? we have had a lot of response. rubin, "who needs a relationship that plays a poor second". that is a sad indictment on modern life, isn't it? ellard feels that it needs to be dealt with. pointing out, interestingly, toddlers have no one to speak to them at all any more. it is very sad. a bit of a change of attitude. francis says the first time anyone fubs me would also be the last. that is feisty, isn't it? stay with us on a bbc news. a lot more still to bring you. thanks for being with us. hello.
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it's been a weekend of contrast across the uk. scotland and northern ireland have seen more cloud with some outbreaks of rain at times. england and wales have seen plenty of sunshine and it's been very warm if not hot. but some changes to come through the week. slowly we start to lose the heat. it will feel fresher for all of us, an increasing chance of seeing some showers and also still some sunshine, and it's sunshine we'll continue to see for much of england and wales on monday underneath this area of high pressure. meanwhile, for scotland and northern ireland, these fronts will continue to bring more cloud, and also some outbreaks of rain. but slowly it will ease through monday and become increasingly more patchy, maybe a little bit of rain possibly get into the far north of england through the afternoon. equally some breaks of cloud in eastern scotland. after we've lost the mist and low cloud on the western coast, lots of sunshine for england and wales, feeling warm, with 31 or 32 possible in east anglia and south—east england. still 23 celsius for eastern parts of scotland in the best of the sunshine. through tomorrow evening, for most it will be dry with clear skies again for england and wales, before mist and low cloud reforms on western coasts. still a zone of cloud from scotland
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to northern england could produce a bit of drizzle at times. temperatures dropping to between 12 and 16 celsius in many areas, 17 or 18 maybe still in south—east england. we still have the front going from monday into tuesday. it's a weakening feature as it slips south and east. still a band of cloud stretching from scotland down into parts of wales and south—east england. asa as a going to tuesday, there is still front. it is a dividing line between fresh air to the north and west and the warm, humid air in the south and east. slowly as a going to wednesday, it starts to pull away into the near continent. 0n wednesday, it starts to pull away into the near continent. on tuesday, there is still upfront and it is a band of cloud with mainly patchy rain stretching down into parts of wales. that will start to thin and break and by the afternoon, most will be dry. spells of sunshine, the last of the hot days across
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south—east england. 3132 and still 2526 across northern england. —— 25— 26. temperatures are coming down to 17-19 26. temperatures are coming down to 17— 19 celsius here. we noticed the drop across england and wales and the chance of some showers which will be much needed it also still some sunshine. bye—bye. this is the business briefing. i'm david eades. europe's largest bank, hsbc, reports half year earnings. has new ceo john flint‘s plan for expansion in asia succeeded? tariffs are working big time — that's president trump's response to china's latest threat to bring in levies on $60 billion of american goods. and on the markets: we knew the dowjones was up. in fa ct we knew the dowjones was up. in fact they are all up. nikkei and hang seng in spite of the back and
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