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this is the briefing, i'm sally bundock. our top story: a new nafta. president trump says he's agreed a revamped trade deal with mexico. but what about canada? more clashes in the germany city of chemnitz. the far—right rallies after the murder of a local man. mapping the plastic. we meet the volunteers taking to the skies to expose scotland's problem with ocean waste. heading to africa with a bold message. theresa may says she wants the uk to overtake the us to become the g7‘s biggest investor in africa. also in business briefing: toyota invests in uber ands expand a partnership tojointly develop self—driving cars. we'll go live to asia for the latest. a warm welcome to the programme,
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briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. also, returning to work after a blissful bank holiday can be tiresome enough without being faced with your fellow commuters‘ annoying habits, but what really drives you mad on your way in to work? get in touch, just use the #bbcthebriefing. we begin once again with news from the white house. from the moment donald trump first announced he was running for the white house, he insisted that nafta was always in his sights. that's the free trade
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agreement between the us, mexico and canada. now president trump says it's going to be overhauled. he's reached a deal with mexico, which he's hailed as incredible and much more fair. but so far, canada is yet to sign on. from washington, david willis reports. it's a big day for trade. big day for our country. a lot of people thought we'd never get here. it is, in his words, an incredible deal and the president wanted his mexican counterpart to share in the celebrations. i believe the president is on the phone. henrique eight? which he did... oncea phone. henrique eight? which he did... once a white house official had worked out how to divert the called to speakerphone. it's an incredible dealfor called to speakerphone. it's an incredible deal for both parties. most importantly it's an incredible dealfor the workers most importantly it's an incredible deal for the workers and for the citizens of both countries. details
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of the deal remain sketchy, but it's intended to replace the existing nafta agreement, which donald trump has consistently branded a disaster for american manufacturing. the new deal would keep more car park production within nafta, something that's good for mexico, and bruised the number of parts that are made in factories paying the us minimum wage, something that's good for america. but where does that leave the other signatory to the deal, canada? playing catch up it would seem. i'll be terminating the existing deal and going into this deal. will start negotiating with canada relatively soon, they want to negotiate very badly. mexico wants canada on-board. 80% of its trade is with north america. but at a rally in mexico city, mr pena nieto seemed relieved to have at least reached agreement with one of his countries' principal
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trading partners just a few months before he is due to leave office. translation: we've reached an agreement regarding the main topics of importance for both countries. let's remember that after the arrival, a little over a year ago, of the new us government, quite frankly we were faced with uncertainty and doubt in regards to what would happen, especially the commercial relationship between us. talks with canada are due to get under way later today. mr trump's relationship with his northern neighbours hasn't always been easy, and he's making clear, if canada doesn't come on board, the old north american free trade agreement will go from three members to two. david willis, bbc news, washington. shortly we will be live to mexico city to get more detail on that deal from our correspondent based at there. in the meantime, let's talk about what's going on in germany —— based there. several people have been injured in further violence in the eastern german
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city of chemnitz. far—right activists protested for a second day following the arrest of a syrian and an iraqi in connection with the death of a german man in a street fight. they clashed with anti—fascist demonstrators who accuse the far—right of using the death for political ends. andrew plant reports. the east german city of chemnitz, in front of its karl—marx memorial, several thousand demonstrators chanting anti—immigration slogans. police reported seeing hitler salutes too. tensions here are high after a german man was stabbed on sunday. a syrian and an iraqi man were arrested and a wave of anti—immigration protest took to the streets. translation: now is the time to remain calm and levelheaded. the police are investigating and the prosecuting authorities are doing theirjobs. chemnitz will not allow the perpetrators of violence and anarchists to run rampant on our streets.
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we will enforce the rule of law. police warned masked demonstrators in the city, which is 200 kilometres south of the capital berlin, that their actions were being filmed. flowers have been laid where the 35—year—old man was stabbed to death. in the hours after the killing, far—right groups took to social media to call for public demonstrations against immigration. translation: it does exist, the right—wing extremist scene which rears its head every once in awhile. there is also a certain mixture of different groups. for example, football fans. in 2015, germany gave home to more than a million migrants, many from the middle east, a stance that proved unpopular with many voters. in chemnitz, counter demonstrators called for calm and tolerance. there are reports that immigrants have suffered abuse in the city in the wake of the stabbing.
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chancellor angela merkel said germany would not tolerate vigilante justice. local prosecutors said the two suspects were still being questioned. andrew plant, bbc news. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. iran has asked the international court ofjustice to lift the sanctions imposed by the us when washington abandoned the deal on tehran‘s nuclear programme. the iranian legal team say the us aims to damage iran's economy as severely as possible and has violated a little—known 1955 friendship treaty. the us is expected to argue the sanctions don't breach the treaty. the british prime minister, theresa may, is to announce plans to boost britain's investment in africa after brexit, during herfirst trip to the continent as prime minister. at a speech in cape town later this tuesday, mrs may will say she wants
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the uk to overtake the us to become the g7‘s biggest investor in africa by 2022. she will also visit nigeria and kenya during the three—day trade mission. more on theresa may's visit to africa. that's in business briefing in about 20 minutes' time. one of the world's biggest car markers, the japanese company, toyota, has announced a $500 million in the american ride—sharing firm, uber. they'll work together on developing self—driving cars. uber suffered a severe setback this year when a pedestrian in arizona was killed by one of its self—driving vehicles. the company lost more than $400 million in the second quarter of this year. nina trentmann from the wall streetjournal joins me now. nice to see you, nina. thanks for having me. the wall street journal broke this story about the toyota
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plans. it would seem these two companies really want to work together? yes, and it seems they both have a shared interest, which is to advance their progress into self—driving technology, which both toyota and uber are not really seen as at the forefront of. with aruba, you mentioned that fatal crash uber had earlier this year in arizona where a self—driving suv killed a pedestrian —— with aruba. to tow has been seen as pedestrian —— with aruba. to tow has been seen as someone pedestrian —— with aruba. to tow has been seen as someone who's been investing but not as heavily as other companies, like other companies that have struck similar partnerships —— with uber —— toyota. interesting to uber, which has invested heavily in its own self—driving technology in the past, they're saying we are burning too much money here. this is a win-win, you can see why they are coming together. toyota has the much—needed investment money that uber definitely needs, and toyota brings
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credibility, doesn't it? toyota brings credibility, technology and also on the other side, uber brings something toyota currently doesn't have. the toyota system doesn't have all the features unique for self—driving technology that uber has. it seems as if it is a good match. it remains to be seen. by 2021, when the technology is being piloted, whether it will work or not. thanks for now. nina will be back for the news briefing and we will get nina's take on annoying habits in that morning commute —— news briefing. we will also have more on business briefing as well. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: it's there in black and white. this panda has artistic talent say its keepers in vienna zoo. he's the first african—american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that
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martin luther king declared "i have a dream." as darkness falls tonight, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south—eastern sky. an orange glowing disk that is brighter than anything save the moon — our neighbouring planet mars. there is no doubt that this election is an important milestone in the birth of east timor as the world's newest nation. it'll take months and billions of dollars to repair what katrina achieved injust hours. three weeks is the longest the great clock has been off duty in 117 years, so it was with great satisfaction that clock maker john vernon swung the pendulum to set the clock going again. you're watching the briefing. our headlines:
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there's been a second night of trouble in the german city of chemnitz. far—right activists protested following the murder of a local man and the subsequent arrest of two migrants. after a year of talks, the united states and mexico have reached agreement on a new trade deal. the mexican president—elect has said canada needs to be included too. lets stay with that now. the bbc‘s will grantjoins us now live from mexico city. good to see you, will. as always, donald trump is there to say how incredible the deal is, but we know not very much about it at this point, do we? yeah. details are emerging bit by bit. one thing that
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stood out to me that i thought was interesting was this idea that it would be a boost in the arm for the two countries' car assembly and automotive industries. i mean, we saw them on both sides of the border ta ke saw them on both sides of the border take a real uptake in their share prices just take a real uptake in their share pricesjust on the take a real uptake in their share prices just on the announcement itself. it looks like it will do them big favours on that front, particularly because of the fact that mr trump wants to see a greater proportion of those cars that will be sold tariff free between mexico and the united states sold... put together in factories that pay higher wages. what does that mean? essentially it means protecting those usjobs so it essentially it means protecting those us jobs so it doesn't go south to mexico. he got that, but dou btless to mexico. he got that, but doubtless mexico also got some things. so still more details to emerge. as you say, for both sides, this relationship is so important.
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manyjobs in the us and mexico depend on it. when he talked about ripping up nafta, there were real concerns about that. huge concerns. you know, across all three countries i think. obviously canada is still to come on board, and we'll have to see whether they can make that up between now and november. obviously november an important month because of the midterms looming in the united states, because mr pena nieto steps down in mexico in december. but, yes, you know, that is a key thing. it's the jobs. yes, you know, that is a key thing. it's thejobs. i know yes, you know, that is a key thing. it's the jobs. i know the yes, you know, that is a key thing. it's thejobs. i know the incoming president here in mexico, manuel lopez of brittle, is strong on trying to protect those so he was all for redrafting nafta, but from the mexican perspective, improve conditions and wages for ordinary
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mexicans who are producing goods going north. it is a complex deal but this is worth $1 trillion annually between those tri nations, so it's not surprising it's taking a year to thrash out at this point —— taken —— year to thrash out at this point —— ta ken —— these year to thrash out at this point —— taken —— these three nations. reaching this agreement, we know it's about trade, but does it smooth the when it comes to other issues like migration, the wall, those other issues? yeah. i think that's a good point. those were the sort of other thorny issues around that relationship. now, trade is central to it and of course donald trump sees everything in terms of the deal, getting a better deal. nafta isn't working so he needs to make it a better deal. it felt like that was the white house position through all of this. now they've thrashed out this situation, and certainly the foreign minister in mexico has said
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whatever happens with canada, this deal is in place between mexico and the us, so that's more solid, it might grease the wheels of diplomacy a bit better. of course there will be new faces and a new administration involved very soon. it was important to the outgoing mexican administration to get their pa rt mexican administration to get their part done, but it gives a blank ca nvas part done, but it gives a blank canvas on some of the issues you mention, immigration, border security and the walk, all of those things that are huge obstacles between the trump administration and the sitting government in mexico city to try to figure out how they put this relationship back on to a more normal footing. put this relationship back on to a more normalfooting. will put this relationship back on to a more normal footing. will grant, put this relationship back on to a more normalfooting. will grant, for the moment, thank you very much, our correspondent in mexico city. plastic pollution in our seas and the subsequent rubbish washing up on our shores are huge problems for wildlife. in an attempt to improve the situation, marine conservationists in scotland have created an interactive map, which shows where the worst of the waste can be found. lorna gordon has been finding out more. taken to disguise in the war against
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litter. i am going on a flight with the volunteers pinpointing hotspot where plastic rubbish is washing in from the sea. this is a typical, sort of, patrol height, patrol speed. as you can see, things are moving fast reasonably quickly. in some of these inlets there are hits and pieces. have you found it quite and pieces. have you found it quite an eye opener? absolutely. from the east coast, the north, south and west, the volunteer crews have been methodically criss—crossing scotland's coastline. from the air, flying at the height ofjust a few hundred feet, you get a unique perspective on the plastic rubbish blighting our shores. from beautiful sandy beaches like this one to more remote rocky inlets hard to reach by
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foot, thousands of miles of scotland's coastline are being photographed and surveyed. every photographed and surveyed. every photo on the every bit of footage shedding more light on the challenges faced. i feel pretty passionate about this problem. the trouble is i think people just realise the problem exists because nobody has found the stuff before. the reason you haven't found it is because it is almost impossible to see from the sea and almost impossible to see from the land because the sites are so isolated. light aircraft is the only real way of finding this stuff. we have everything here. we have a thickish boxes, football is... from the air, it looks shocking but on the ground it looks shocking but on the ground it is even worse. this is where the photos will have so many different uses, we can see this letter but we will also work with universities,, to figure out where is it coming from? can we stop it at source? it's coming from certain places or outlets, or do we need to go right
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to the top of government to say we need laws to stop this in the first place. some of the areas are tough, sometimes dangerous to reach, but those the shoreline well say the map will be a big help. part of my job is to visit part of the most fantastic coast in the world and i get to those remote faces and i find places that are full of plastic and sometimes i gather it all together andi sometimes i gather it all together and i carry it back and i think and i get really going to make a difference? that is where this project will help, it opens it up to a wider audience. highlighting where the worst of the waste is washing up will spur more action to get rid of marine litter scarring some parts of scotland's coastline. let's bring you right up—to—date with some of the sports stories. hello.
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i'm chetan pathak with tuesday's sport briefing. coming up, jose mourinho walks out of his press conference as manchester united lose again, and novak djokovic eyes more grand slam success at the us open. now, they've won the european cup four times in their history, but on tuesday ajax will be one of the sides looking to secure their place in the group stages of this year's champion's league. last season's dutch runners—up take a 3—1 lead to dynamo kiev in the qualification play—off second leg. and they'll be looking to build on their big win on saturday when they thrashed newly—promoted side emmen 5—0. novak djokovic starts his us open campaign today as he looks to build on his comeback success at wimbledon back injuly. djokovic is only seeded sixth but he's the favourite with many bookmakers to go all the way. he's won the title at flushing meadows twice in the past and starts his campaign this year against hungary's marton fucsovics. it was supposed to be the night
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manchester united bounced back, but tottenham had other ideas as they recorded a rare victory at old trafford by 3 goals to nil in the premier league. lucas moura was outstanding for spurs, scoring twice after harry kane's opener to give the londoner's only their third league win at old trafford in 27 attempts. it piles further pressure on united managerjose mourinho, who applauded the home supporters who'd stayed until the end. but two defeats in their first three games makes this the worst start to a season for united since the 92—93 campaign and afterwards, an irritated mourinho walked out of his press conference. now, just to finish. do you know what was the result? 3—0. three mills. do you know what this means?
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3-0. but mills. do you know what this means? 3—0. but also mean, three premierships and i want more premierships and i want more premierships alone then the other 19 managers together. three from me and two for them. respect. managers together. three from me and two forthem. respect. respect. respect. respect. britain's andy murray enjoyed a winning return to grand slam tennis as he fought back to beat australia's james duckworth. murray dropped the first set 6—7, but won the next three 6-3, 7-5, 6-3. it was murray's first best—of—five—set match in 1a months after having surgery on a long—term hip injury injanuary. there was a shock in the women's draw with world number one and top seed simona halep knocked out in the first round, inside the first 90 minutes of the tournament in fact. the romanian lost in straight sets 6—2, 6—4 to kaia kanepi of estonia. it's the first time a woman's top seed has lost in the us open first round. you can get all the latest sports
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news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. and that's your sport briefing, from me chetan pathak and the rest of the sport team, bye for now. gustav klimt, aygon sheila, alfrayt koobeen. just a few of austria's best known painters. now you can add a new name to the list, yang yang. two minor issues, firstly, she's not technically austrian. and secondly, she's a panda. as so often when it comes to these kind of stories, the bbc‘s tim allman explains. meet the artist in residence. 18 yea rs old meet the artist in residence. 18 years old with the daftest of brush strokes. macron —— yang yang is a mistress of the canvas, just as long as she is not feeling too peckish. translation: at first she found the paintbrush very exciting, she pulled it towards her, sniffed it and took
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a bite, tasted it. is important that only natural materials were used, the paint brushes were made from bamboo, then she liked what it is made for, that pictures can be made it works very well. clearly, her art isa it works very well. clearly, her art is a little on the abstract side. impressionistic and were you might say. but there does seem to be some emotional connection to her work. translation: we decided to have the picture is painted in black, because pandas are black and white. say she painted like on white. the painting va ry painted like on white. the painting vary a lot. if she feels more expressive than her paintings are wilder, sometimes they have relatively little paint on the canvas, it all depends on the mood of the day. the paintings are now on sale, 100 of them up for grabs, each one selling for more than $500. disease says it will use the money to raise awareness about pandas, and each picture will come with a
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certificate of authenticity. although this artist never sign so work. templeman, bbc news. —— tim allman. stay with me on bbc news. and tell me what you think about our talking point today, returning to work after a blissful bank holiday can be tiresome enough without being faced with your fellow commuters' annoying habits, but what really drives you mad on your way in to work? many of you have been in touch. douglas dalit he says, not sure if people do this in the uk, but in taiwan and it seemed somehow a cce pta ble taiwan and it seemed somehow acceptable to kids and older folks to watch tv on their phones or their ta blets to watch tv on their phones or their tablets with no earphones. douglas says it drives me nuts. many of you have applied and said yes it happens in the uk and it drives you around the twist as well. send in more comments. see you in a moment. hello. with high pressure building,
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it looks like the weather by the end of this week will be pretty quiet. this as pressure begins. and other working to the south with a risk of thundery showers for portions of southern and eastern england. a chance of rain during the first half of the week, but then as the weekends, high pressure builds and it is looking by then mainly dry. starting numbers for tuesday morning. double figures for many of us. morning. double figures for many of us. there is your rain, the far north—west of scotland to the western isles, a breeze slowly edging its way it south—east as the day goes on. ahead of that, some patchy mist and fog and a good deal of cloud, bright and sunny spells but it is dry. outbreaks of rain towards the northern isles into
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northwest mainman scotland. header that, maybe one or two showers but some sunny that, maybe one or two showers but some sunny spells a bit of towards the north—east scotland. range was voiced as side on a sunny spells in the east and across england and wales a good deal of cloud, if you bra kes wales a good deal of cloud, if you brakes of sunshine to come through. maybe it is low cloud into the moors of southern england, you could encounter drizzle higher up, spots through eastern parts of scotland into the low 20s. tuesday night, this weather system takes its rain further south with scotland and northern ireland. another one brings in the risk of thundery showers to southern england, the midlands and on towards thursday morning east anglia and south—east england. it will take a little while for this to clear away on wednesday. this week it is considerably moving further south going to wednesday. the chance of rain towards the south—east, east anglia as wednesday begins. a few showers following behind, author of
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that, northern scotland, ireland and what northern wales, with the showers coming through, maybe catch a breeze onto western scotland. temperatures again high teens, just a few into the work 20s. average maybe little bit low. then high pressure builds, settled weather for thursday and friday. still a good deal of cloud, the odd isolated showers. this is the business briefing. i'm sally bundock. heading to africa with a bold message — theresa may says she wants the uk to overtake the us to become the g7‘s biggest investor in africa. and in cambodia, local tuk—tuk drivers are dealing with tough competition from a rival model, riding in from india. and on the markets: markets are strong across the board. in asia it is heading higher following a good session on wall
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street. the trade deal between the us and mexico is a big reason why.
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