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hello and welcome to bbc news. hawaii is bracing itself for floods and landslides as hurricane lane makes its way past the islands. it's been downgraded to a categoryi storm, but authorities are warning that lives are still at risk. it's the biggest storm in nearly three decades. james cook is in hawaii. this is what hurricane lane has done to hawaii already. and it's still churning towards the islands. so far, it's not the ferocious winds, but the torrential rain which is the biggest problem. there are reports of catastrophic flooding, of landslides, and of water rescues. tourists among those who've been pulled to safety. police loudspeaker: attention, attention, the beaches are closed. please leave the area. the big island in hawaii, hawaii county, has received in some cases, some reports of two feet of rain already. and unfortunately, there's more to come, so the impacts are going to grow.
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the real question is when does it start to make its turn to the worst? if it drifts further north, that means you're going to see a storm surge, greater winds, as well as increased rainfall. hundreds of islanders have been forced to flee their homes. has this ever done this before? no, this is the first time. i've been here for 11 years and this is the first time we've seen it here. across the state, dozens of evacuation centres have been set up. major hurricanes are rare in hawaii, and as the storm approached many people heeded the dire warnings, stocking up on food and water as a state of emergency was declared. we have the help of the federal and all of the counties making sure that we are protecting the health, safety and welfare of all of our people,
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including the tourists who are in the state right now. people were forced from a storm shelter as a wildfire was driven before the gale. this shows the unpredictability of a hurricane, it is smoke rather than spray that is filling the air here as they try to put out this wildfire, that is being driven by the storm. is this a big one for hawaii? yeah, it is a big one, but it don't seem to be... it's mostly the fire that we're worried about, the storm is not a concern right now. the beaches are now closed, but nothing was going to stop these surfers from seeking the ultimate thrill of catching a wave on the edge of a hurricane. james cook, bbc news, maori. president trump has cancelled plans for his secretary of state to visit north korea. mr trump said progress toward the us goal of de—nuclearising the korean peninsula was too slow.
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the bbc‘s david willis is in washington. well, i think it's certainly fair to say, nkem, that donald trump's pronouncement that north korea no longer represented a threat, a nuclear threat, to the rest of the world, may have been somewhat premature. us officials are seeing very few tangible signs that north korea is giving up its nuclear arsenal. has yet to provide an inventory of its nuclear programme and its nuclear facilities. so having announced just yesterday that the secretary of state, mike pompeo, will be making a return trip to pyongyang, the white house, after a horrid meeting there, today, announced that trip would be scrapped. the blame, at least in part, is being laid at china's door. china is of course the biggest donor to north korea. it is also involved in a trade
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dispute with the united states and donald trump believes that the outcome, of the outcomes of that dispute, is that china is, in effect, backing away from brokering this denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. let's get some of the day's other news. pope francis will meet victims of clerical sex abuse during the republic of ireland's first papal visit for almost a0 years. the irish catholic church has been engulfed in scandal with the uncovering of widespread clerical sexual abuse of children and cover—ups. those are the latest of our top stories. stay with us here on bbc news, still to come: a british couple die suddenly in an egyptian hotel, and their family don't believe the official explanation. the former first minister
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of scotland alex salmond strongly denies two claims of sexual harassment dating back to 2013. the claims, which were made in an internal scottish government investigation, have been passed to the police. mr salmond has launched legal action against the scottish government for the way it's handled the case. here's our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon. i think we won the election. he's one of the best—known figures in scottish politics. 0h, you've got your scotland shirt on! alex salmond, a former first minister, a man who led his party, the snp, twice and became the face of the nationalist movement, securing an historic referendum on independence for scotland, but who is now facing allegations of sexual misconduct in the run—up to that vote. the complaints date back to 2013, when mr salmond lived and worked here at bute house, the official residence of a serving first minister. the allegations from two individuals have been denied by mr salmond, who described the claims
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as "patently ridiculous". i've made many mistakes in my life, political and personal, but i have not sexually harassed anyone, and i certainly have not been engaged in criminality. you know, i'm no saint, i've got flaws, i understand that, but these are absurd, and i'm looking forward to the opportunity to establish that point. mr salmond said he's not been allowed to see and therefore properly challenge the evidence against him, so now, in an extraordinary move, the former first minister is taking the government he used to lead to court. nicola sturgeon, his anointed successor and for many years his closest political ally, said complaints could not be ignored or swept under the carpet. alex, into this one, please! everybody knows the length and closeness of my relationship to alex salmond, and i think people will understand how difficult this is for me and for my party. this will be extremely upsetting
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to members of the snp up and down the country. it's a difficult situation, but what is important is that complaints are treated seriously, regardless of who the person complained about his. the investigation into these allegations was conducted by scotland's top civil servant, the permanent secretary leslie evans. in a statement, she says alex salmond's comments contain significant inaccuracies which, she says, will be addressed in the court proceedings he intends to bring. she says the scottish government will defend its position vigorously. they've now handed the information to the police, who said their inquiries are at an early stage. welcome to the very first episode of the alex salmond show... alex salmond lost his westminster seat at the last general election, swapping front—line politics for presenting his own tv show. well used to being in the spotlight,
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mr salmond has come out fighting. he'll now take centre stage in a case which will be heard in the highest civil court in scotland. the details of the allegations against alex salmond, and the investigation‘s findings, have yet to be made public, but the nature of these complaints, against such a high—profile figure, have rocked scotland's political establishment. the united nations says that 22 children and four women have been killed by a saudi—led coalition air strike in yemen. they were fleeing fighting in and around the key port city of hudaida. it comes just weeks after a strike on a bus killed more than a0 children. egyptian authorities say a british couple john and susan cooper, who were on holiday there, died of natural causes. but that's being disputed by their daughter, who says they were in perfect health before they suddenly became very ill in their hotel room in hurghada on the red sea. judith moritz reports.
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john and susan cooper are said to have started their holiday in great spirits, going to bed on monday in good health, but gravely ill the next day, when they were discovered by their daughter. i believe that their death is not due to natural causes, and something on the evening of their death does not add up. my parents went to sleep on the monday evening fit, healthy and in good spirits, and they woke the following morning in very poor health. medical action was taken, but unfortunately, nobody could do anything to save their lives. i have made accusations, and i need answers. they meant the absolute world to me. nobody could have asked for anyone better. they were the salt of the earth. the family were staying at the five—star steigenberger aqua magic hotel, in the egyptian red sea resort of hurghada. today their tour operator, thomas cook, said that although the circumstances
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of the coopers‘ deaths were unclear, there'd been reports of a raised level of illness amongst guests. the hotel disputes this. thomas cook is removing all 300 of its customers, offering them a different hotel or a flight home. everybody‘s really worried. we flew out on tuesday, which is the day that these poor, poor people passed away, and must say i'm really sorry about what's happened. but i think we should have been given the option whether to come or not, and now wejust want to go home. absolutely dreadful, all i could think of was, like, "i just want to go home." janine traviss has just come back from the same hotel and has spent the last three weeks on antibiotics. she and her partner, lee brooke, both had terrible stomachs cramps. he went downhill more rapidly than i did and became quite unwell, by the evening time, he was just in the room being violently sick. stomachs cramps, nausea, dizziness, really, really unwell.
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and i, by this time, was sort of in quite a lot of pain. for thomas cook, this is very close to home — susan cooper worked at their burnley branch. it was closed today, mrs cooper described as a loyal and long—serving member of staff. the company says it's helping with the authorities‘ investigations and is deeply saddened by the deaths of susan and john cooper. judith moritz, bbc news. a man who falsely claimed to be a grenfell tower resident to avoid a prison sentence has been jailed for six years. derrick peters stayed at the park grand hotel in paddington after claiming he lost his friend and his possessions in the blaze injune last year. he then ran up a bill of £45,000. there is no safe level of alcohol consumption, that's the stark message from one of the most significant studies into alcohol use and its health effects to date. researchers looked at the drinking
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habits of people in 195 countries, including the uk. the findings suggest that even moderate consumption is asscociated with cancer and other diseases. 0ur health correspondent, dominic hughes, reports. just how much alcohol is it safe to drink? it's confusing when different studies produce apparently contradictory results. it's confusing when different studies produce apparently contradictory results. now the latest research says while alcohol might protect us from heart disease, overall there is no safe level of alcohol consumption. alcohol is linked to seven types of cancer. we know about liver disease, which has risen over decades in the uk. so those risks actually outweigh any benefits. so what the study‘s saying is for health overall the best thing we can do is not to drink at all, which is clearly not going to happen for most people. but if we want to give advice, that's probably what we should be giving. nhs guidelines say we should restrict our drinking to just “i units of alcohol each week.
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that's around six pints of beer or seven glasses of wine. but today's report suggests many people are drinking more than that and posing a risk to their health. the study looked at global drinking habits. around the world, one in three people drink alcohol. the study showed that british women drink on average three drinks a day and ranked eighth in the world of highest drinkers. british men drink a similar amount but ranked 62nd, because drinking levels internationally are generally far higher among men. and in this st albans pub, customers were not especially alarmed by these new findings. i think everything comes with a risk, doesn't it? you have just got to make the decision. be aware of what you are drinking and go from there. there's conflicting advice all the time, isn't there, about how many units you can drink or are supposed to drink? i think it must depend on the individual, surely. drinking alcohol is pleasurable, so it is a case of don't overdo it. it's the degree of risk that we may suffer ill—health linked to drinking that we all have to weigh up.
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the study shows that the risk of drinking within current guidelines is very low indeed, so it's no argument for abstention just because there is no safe level. after all, there's no safe level for driving, there's no safe level for going on holiday. there's no safe level for getting up in the morning, but it doesn't mean we should abstain from these activities. and, in the end, this is what the debate around alcohol consumption comes down to, the level of risk we are each willing to live with. dominic hughes, bbc news, st albans. the latest headlines: hurricane lane is moving towards hawaii, lashing the big island with huge rains, torrential rains and catastrophic flooding. in the last couple of hours, it has been downgraded to a category one hurricane. president trump has cancelled next week's planned trip to north korea by the us secretary of state, citing delays in the process towards denuclearisation. the finance boss of
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the trump organisation has reportedly been given legal immunity for helping with the investigation into president trump's former lawyer, michael cohen. earlier this week, immunity was also given to the boss of the firm that publishes the national enquirer. here's our north america editor, jon sopel. he is the publisher of the national enquirer magazine, published a whole series of sensationalist articles, all of them really hostile to hillary clinton during the election campaign, but he did one other thing. when karen mcdougal, a playmate who alleges that she had an affair with donald trump wanted to sell her story, he bought the exclusive rights to it for $150,000 but never published it, it's called a catch and kill operation, and according to an american news agency, he has in his office, quite literally, a safe full
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of other stories that he bought and have never been published. he's now cut a deal with the feds and is cooperating with them. he's the chief financial officer for the trump 0rganisation, the treasurer of the trump foundation, a trustee of the blind trust that donald trump set up when he became president, and in fact, you could put it like this, he is the most senior person in the organisation whose name isn't trump. and he has also done a deal with prosecutors looking into all these matters. now, earlier in the week, donald trump railed against people who flip, the flippers he called them, and he has used the word, rats. well, now the two people closest to him, and who know the most about his financial affairs, are now helping the federal prosecutors. it hasn't been a great week for donald trump. spain's socialist government has passed a decree to exhume the remains of the late fascist dictator francisco franco
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from a huge mausoleum near madrid. they say the site glorifies spain's fascist past, but many say the remains should be left to rest in peace. andrew plant reports. high on a mountainside near madrid, this 152m—high cross marks the valley of the fallen, the resting place of more than 30,000 soldiers killed on both sides of the spanish civil war, and of francisco franco, spain's former fascist dictator. now the government has taken the controversial decision to have franco's remains exhumed and moved elsewhere. translation: it is completely intolerable for a mature democracy like ours to have the victims from the civil war in the same place as franco's tomb. it is disrespectful to the people buried in the same place. franco took power when the war ended in 1939, establishing a dictatorship,
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until his death 36 years later, when spain became a democracy. talk of exhuming his remains has been divisive, several hundred protesters making fascist salutes outside the site last month. many feel spanish history should be left alone. translation: there are many problems in spain. i think this decision is to divert attention. removing franco from the valley of the fallen does not solve anything. the dead must be respected, whatever side they are on. it is not clear where his remains will be moved to, but spain's government say they want the exhumation completed by the end of the year, though the decree will still have to be agreed by the spanish parliament first. it's being descibed as one of the biggest events in the history
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of the internet, despite the fact that the names ksi and logan paul probably mean little to some people. people below a certain age, that is just my estimation. the two youtube stars are set to earn millions of dollars in a boxing match on saturday, that's being broadcast via pay per view online. colin paterson reports. get ready for the biggest internet event in history! two of the biggest youtube stars taking their online rivalry into the boxing ring. i can't wait to punch you right in your stupid, smug face. britain's ksi and his american opponent, logan paul, each have almost 20 million subscribers, predominantly teenage boys attracted by their mix of comedy, bad language and hostility towards other youtube stars. despite not being professional boxers, tomorrow night both are set to make seven figure sums in a pay—per—view fight broadcast live not on satellite tv, but on youtube. a lot of people watching this fight are very young. how good a role model are you?
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i never like people calling me a role model. i'm not a role model, i'm just a guy that does things on the internet and if people are inspired by that, then that's cool. but logan paul is the baddie of the piece, after causing global outrage earlier this year by filming the body of an apparent suicide victim in a japanese forest. i made a severe and continuous lapse in my judgment, and i don't expect to be forgiven. i'm simply here to apologise. today, he made it clear that he's still trying to make amends. i don't think this is "the redemption". i think it may mark a part of it, but by no means is this fight a redemption for my mistake that happened in january. this fight also shows the way that the entertainment industry is changing. for the last decade, youtube stars have worked out how to monetise their huge online following. this is taking it to a different level. this is an audience
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who are used to not paying. it's a pay—per—view event tomorrow, so in live numbers, we're expecting it to be huge. but over the period of time of the content, it will run to hundreds of millions of impressions. no matter who loses, both are set to be winners. a rematch in the usa is already scheduled. colin paterson, bbc news, manchester. i would enter into a ring for seven figures, easily. the chinese president, on his visit to the uk three years ago, was filmed eating fish and chips with the then prime minster, david cameron. since then, chinese tourists in britain have been keen to try the traditional dish — an opportunity which one food outlet in the north of england has taken full advantage of. phil chapman takes up the story. 0ther fast food outlets are available, but for many chinese visitors here on the edge of york, fish and chips are a must have delicacy when touring the north of england. and it seems to be at least partly down to david cameron.
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we know the story of the president having fish and chips in 2015. it's been offered by david cameron. so what they do now, they like to come and have fish and chips, like traditional for them. i know thank you, xiexie, which i always do when they come in here, and bye—bye as well. can we put the fish in 25, please? and roxie and her team have also gone to the trouble of producing menus in mandarin and cantonese. i like the fish and chips. i think it's very delicious. i have never eaten it in china. so i love it. chinese, you know, we have cook the fish, we steam it, vegetables steamed and these sorts of things, not like this, deep—fried, so it's very different altogether. it is very tasty, actually. i think it is mouthwatering. i only eat chicken in china, but now i really like the fish here. yeah, ifinishd.
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chinese tourists are now among the biggest spenders in the world. recognising this, a york resident has been building the business's profile in china, helping agencies visit china with his social media. fish and chips are becoming very popular in china. every tour operator in china, they will definitely bring people to experience fish and chips here. there is no equivalent in china at all, so this is very special to the chinese tourist. it does not matter if they like it a lot, they will definitely try the fish and chips, especially in the uk. phil chapman, bbc look north, york. we're often told man's best friend is a dog, but for many people, the only pet that they can manage is a goldfish. small, easy to look after, they should be the ideal companion, but experts say that these aquatic creatures may not thrive in a domestic environment. now, an aquarium in paris is offering an alternative. the bbc‘s tim allman explains.
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prepare yourselves for an emotional farewell. this is emmy and her goldfish, louis pablo. for some time now, they have been almost inseparable, but all good things must come to an end. translation: i've had my fish for two years. i've done all i could for him, it's really sad. i've read a lot of articles saying it's unreasonable to keep a fish in these conditions. i'm quite attached to him, but i said to myself that two years is enough and now it's time for him to move on. the paris aquarium has opened its doors, and its tanks, to more than 600 goldfish. stuck in a bowl, they can expect to live maybe two or three yea rs. somewhere like here, their life expectancy is more like 20 years. translation: goldfish need a minimum of 100 litres of water, a companion, some decoration, and a filtration system to maintain
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the correct levels of nitrogen. it's very important. otherwise, the fish is unhappy, and in fact maltreated. so people can bring us their goldfish. but what about emmy and louis pablo? well, first he'll go into quarantine, then he canjoin all his goldfish brothers and sisters in the main aquarium. a sad moment for his former owner, but she'll always be able to visit. tim allman, bbc news. now, the weather. hi there. there were loads of showers around on friday, some of them really heavy with some hail and thunder. it was also really cool right across the board. of course for many of us, this is a bank holiday weekend. we have seen showers
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at times and some sunshine. loads of showers around on friday, some really heavy with hail and thunder. also cool right across the board. we will see further showers at times but also some sunshine. friday's showers clearing away with this low pressure during the early hours of saturday. a few showers still remaining across northern and western areas, a few pushing in towards the midlands there. but with lengthy clear skies, a really chilly start to this morning, with temperatures widely in single figures. perhaps across scotland into north—east england, some sheltered spots could get close to freezing. we are start this morning off on a chilly note, but largely dry and bright with lots of sunshine. breezy across the north—east. elsewhere, there could be a few showers developing here and there, but nowhere near as many as we saw on friday. with slightly lighter winds across the south and the west, despite the fact it will still be quite cool for the time of year, with below average temperatures, it should feel that little bit better. now, as we head through saturday night, it looks like it will be another chilly one. a veil of high cloud pushes in off this weather system. i don't think it will be as cool to start sunday as what we were expecting this morning.
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so double—figure values across many areas. now, this area of low pressure there will come hurtling in during sunday. already across western parts during dawn. it will spread eastwards through the day to bring wet and windy weather. a bit of brightness across the far east for a while, but a cool start. very soon, that cloud will thicken up. wet and windy weather spreads to all areas. some of this rain will be quite heavy. in western areas, it will be a blustery day, with winds of a0—a5mph in the south and the west. it will feel disappointingly cool as well with all the cloud, wind, and rain. temperatures generally the mid—to—high teens celsius. 0ur area of low pressure pushes off into the near continent though, and then for monday it looks like we are into a ridge pressure, so a bit quieter. still breezy for the west and north—west, that could feed in further clouds to england and wales through the afternoon. perhaps a few showers here, but for most places, a dry, a quieter day,
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temperatures ranging from 17 to 21 or 22 degrees in the south—east, so a touch warmer. as we head on towards tuesday, a fine and settled day, again a ridge of high pressure and feeling a little bit warmer with some sunny spells. this is bbc news, the headlines: the approach of hurricane lane is causing flash flooding and landslides in parts of hawaii. more than 2,000 people have taken sheltering in evacuation centres, others have been stocking up on water and food. in the past couple of hours, lane has been downgraded to a category1 hurricane. president trump has cancelled next week's planned trip to north korea by his secretary of state. in tweets, mr trump complained that not enough progress had been made in dismantling pyongyang's nuclear programme. he blamed china for the stalled process, suggesting a link with current trade tensions. pope francis is due to arrive in ireland for the first papal visit
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there in four decades. the centrepiece of the visit will be a mass on sunday in front of 500,000 people. a series of scandals has damaged the reputation of the catholic church in recent years. after a week when donald trump saw his legal
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