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i'm rico hizon in singapore, the headlines: senatorjohn mccain's body arrives at andrews air force base in maryland. he's set to lie in state in washington ahead of his funeral on saturday. after two days of violence — more far—right protests stoke fears in eastern germany. migrants say racism is on the rise. i'm ben bland in london. also in the programme. new hope for children with a severe muscle wasting condition... as gene editing successfully corrects the condition in dogs. and a filipino football superstar. neil etheridge goes from making saves to making history in the english premier league. good morning.
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it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 5pm in arizona where family, friends and political leaders have been remembering senatorjohn mccain at his memorial service. the vietnam veteran died from brain cancer last saturday — he will be laid to rest at the us naval academy, near washington dc this weekend. the former vice president, joe biden, was among those leading the tributes. our north america correspondent, laura trevelyan reports. the streets were lined in phoenix, arizona as people turned out to bid farewell to the man who served his adopted state with such distinction. # amazing grace...# as his grieving family watched, an honour guard carried john mccain into the baptist church where his funeral began with a much—loved traditional hymn.
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# that saved a wretch like me...# members of the public, arizona dignitaries and nationalfigures from both political parties were there. the speakers were eclectic, showing john mccain's extraordinary life. i'm glad he was white. a star arizona football player reflected on the bond he had with his senator. he didn'tjudge individuals based on the colour of their skin, their gender, their backgrounds, their political affiliations or their bank accounts. he valued them on the merits of their character and the contents of their hearts. navajo musicians performed, underscoring john mccain's close relationship with arizona's native tribes. my name's joe biden.
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i'm a democrat. and i lovejohn mccain. john mccain wanted former vice—presidentjoe biden to speak and he delivered a pointed tribute to his beloved friend. john's story is the american story. not hyperbole. it sounds like it. it's the american story. grounded in respect and decency. basic fairness. the intolerance fir the abuse of power. # and now the end is near...# the final musical tribute spoke to the maverick figure john mccain was, one who never hesitated to switch political positions to put the national interest first. now he's left his beloved arizona for the last time,
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making ta finaljourney to washington, dc where he'll lie in state before a memorial service on saturday. laura trevelyan, bbc news, washington. a memorial service on saturday. former presidents will offer their tribute to their political rival and possible. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. the russian foreign minister says that terrorists — as he calls them — in the mainly rebel—held province of idlib in syria must be wiped out. the un special envoy for syria has called for humanitarian corridors to be set up in idlib to help civilians escape if fighting erupts there. also making news today: there is a perfect storm based
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on warnings, counter warnings, which is gathering around, and due to the dilemma, which is a true dilemma, on how to defeat terrorists in idlib and, at the same time avoid, affecting a huge number of civilians. also making news today: french prosecutors are investigating allegations that the actor, gerard depardieu, raped and sexually assaulted a young woman. media reports say a complaint was lodged on monday by a 22—year—old actress. she says the 69—year—old assaulted her on two occasions this month at his paris home. mr depardieu's lawyer says he absolutely denies the allegations. the delegations of canada and the us have resumed talks to agree new trade terms before a friday deadline. canada's foreign minister says there is good will on both sides, but a lot of work still needs to be done. president trump threatened to pull out of the north american free trade agreement — or nafta — last year, but agreed to a renegotiation instead. russia's best—known singer, iosif kobzon —
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sometimes known as the soviet frank sinatra — has died of cancer. kobzon was born in ukraine, he sang for stalin at the age of nine, and grew up to become a superstar in 1960s, with a baritone voice that melted hearts and promoted patriotism. a blimp of london mayor sadiq khan wearing a yellow bikini is to fly over westminster on saturday. it's in response to the infamous donald tump baby balloon, which the mayor allowed to be flown during the president'sjuly visit. mr khan says that people are welcome to spend their day looking at him in a two piece but that yellow isn't really his colour. now, the british prime minister has been showing off her moves for the second time in a week. theresa may danced with a group of scouts during a visit to the un offices in nairob. the pm is on a three—day trip
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to africa, which began in south africa. there have been more far—right protests in the eastern german city of chemnitz. it follows two nights of demonstrations, including clashes, earlier this week. all that was sparked by the fatal stabbing of a german man in a street fight in the early hours of sunday morning and news that his killers were suspected to have been a syrian and an iraqi man. jenny hill reports. it is not what angela merkel wanted. extremists on the streets, nazi slogans in the air. "lugenpresse", they shout — lying press. this city is caught between grief and anger. this is where a german man fatally stabbed by, it is believed, by a syrian and an iraqi man in a street fight at the weekend.
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even the police admit they have been overwhelmed by the subsequent violence. it has horrified germany, terrified chemnitz‘s migrant population. abdul told us he was attacked on sunday. translation: a group of 15 men abused us, then beat us. i ran, but one punched me in the stomach. i fell and he took his foot and stepped on the side of my face. and mara told us she locked herself and her children in theirflat for two days, too afraid, she said, to leave. but she is frightened too. "go down to town", she says, "see what happens to you as a woman!" there is only one person speaking up for migrants. "open your eyes, wake up", they tell her. tense times then,
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for this troubled city. local politicians tonight appealed for calm, but few here trust them to keep chemnitz safe. angela merkel wanted to put the migrant crisis behind her. chemnitz may not let her. well it is rather early to determine whether chemnitz will have real political ramifications for mrs merkel, though let's return to our top story and the memorial service forjohn mccain. to discuss senator mccain's work fighting for human rights in vietnam, i spoke earlier to hoi trinh. he's the executive director of voice, a non—profit organisation that works for the protection of vietnamese refugees and democracy in vietnam. i think that senatorjohn mccain, notjust help vietnamese refugees but in his life, he helped a lot of human rights defenders in vietnam.
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if i may read two sentences from his letter that he wrote, that he co—wrote with senator ted kennedy at the time, 15 years ago when i first contacted both of the senators for the work that i was doing in hopes of resettling the last of the vietnamese boat people in the philippines. it reads, "our nation has a continuing obligation as part of our history and heritage to maintain a strong refugee resettlement programme for needy groups and that obligation is especially strong for refugees from vietnam." it speaks volumes of senatorjohn mccain's
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helping resettling notjust the last group of vietnamese boat people, 2000 then got resettled right up to the letter was written, but also over 300,000 vietnamese servicemen, south vietnamese servicemen and their families were able to resettling the us between 1990 and 1995 right before the normalisation of diplomatic relations between the us and vietnam. just vietnamese refugees. i wonder what your thoughts on his experience, having been a prisoner of war, tortured by the north vietnamese over 5.5 years during his time in detention there. how do you think that shaped his work in later life? well, shaped a lot. he is one of the most frequent visitors to vietnam. i remember back in 2000, 25 years after the fall of saigon, he went to vietnam and visited hoa lo prison and spoke to the journalists and said, you know what, the wrong guys won the war. and they robbed the best people, through thousands of people fleeing by boat, they sent hundreds of thousands of people to their re—education camps. so he knew that as a politician, he needed to push for the normalisation of diplomatic relations but at the same time, he needed to support the vulnerable and the courageous of vietnam's so every time he went back to vietnam, he would take time to meet up with civil society leaders.
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you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we speak to the man making premier league history — neil etheridge is the first philippines international to play in the english top flight. also still to come on the programme: celebrating the queen of soul. thousands of fans are at a tribute concert for aretha franklin in detroit — ahead of friday's funeral. she received the nobel peace prize for her work with the poor and the dying in india's slums.
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the head of the catholic church said mother teresa was a wonderful example of how to help people in need. we have to identify the bodies then arrange the coffins and take them back home. parents are waiting and wives are waiting, so... hostages appeared, some carried, some running, trying to escape the nightmare behind them. britain lost princess today, described by all to whom she reached out as irreplaceable. an early—morning car crash in a paris underpass ended a life with more than its share of pain and courage, warmth and compassion. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore.
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i'm ben bland here in london. our top stories: senatorjohn mccain's body has arrived at andrews air force base in maryland. he's set to lie in state in washington, ahead of his funeral on saturday. there's been another anti—immigrant demonstration in the city of chemnitz in eastern germany, after the killing of a german citizen on sunday. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the international edition of the financial times leads on the deepening financial crisis in argentina, where the central bank has raised its interest rates to 60%, as its currency, the peso, continues to plunge. the paper makes the comparison in this dramatic graph with another hard hit emerging market currency the turkish lira. the south china morning post covers the return of a fugitive hedge fund manager who allegedly
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pocketed 600 million yuan. it says that china has vowed to clamp down on behaviour that could unsettle the markets. and in the international edition of the new york times is a piece on the lack of provisions for orphans of the so—called islamic state in iraq. it says that the iraqi state is struggling to look after them. there are thought to be 13,000 orphans in mosul alone. and those are the papers. scientists say they've made a significant step towards an effective treatment for duchenne muscular dystrophy, a muscle—wasting disorcer which mainly affects young boys. they've used a technique known as gene editing, to correct dna errors in a small group of dogs with the disorder. our medical correspondent, fergus walsh, has the story. part beagle, part king charles spaniel, these young dogs all have duchenne muscular dystrophy. the condition mostly affects males in both dogs and humans,
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and it gets progressively worse as they age. now look at the contrast with these females, who carry the faulty gene but are unaffected. the dogs are part of a groundbreaking project published in the journal science involving the royal veterinary college and the university of texas. this research involved editing the dogs‘ genome, the recipe book for life. a faulty gene in the dna causes their disease, duchenne muscular dystrophy. the gene editing system known as crispr was injected into the dogs. it scans the genome, making a single cut at a precise point. this prompted a natural repair and enabled the dogs to produce the dystophin protein which is crucial for muscle strength. these dogs normally do not produce any dystophin protein or effectively no dystophin protein. and by modifying the dna in their muscle cells and their heart we have gone
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from effectively zero, to up to 92% levels of production, and that is widely predicted to be life—changing in human beings if we can get to that amount. you have to press that. and that really could be life—changing for felix. he's six and his muscles are already beginning to weaken. early treatment is vital for him because time is running out. the prognosis for the duchenne kids is very, very bad. they deteriorate very quickly from the age of sort of seven and eight, and normally lose the ability to walk by the time they are 10, ii, 12. and then it's a very rapid decline from then. we trade in hope. so, you know, to hear about something like this is absolutely fantastic. these animals are all descended from one dog, whose owners brought it to the vet with the muscle wasting condition. and scientists found it had the same gene defect as in humans. these dogs are playing a key role
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in the search for an effective treatment for duchenne muscular dystrophy. a devastating illness. but longer term studies are needed to show whether it actually improves muscle strength and is safe. only then would it be tested on humans. it is early days, but this research could ultimately benefit both humans and dogs, affected by one of the most severe of all genetic conditions. goalkeeper neil etheridge made premier league history earlier this month, by becoming the first philippines international to play in the english top flight. the 28—year—old has already made a big impact, with important penalty saves against both bournemouth and newscastle. —— newcastle. well neiljoined me a little earlier from his home in cardiff. i began by asking him what it felt
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liked playing in his first premier league match. to be honest, it is really tough for me to describe. it is something that you dream of as a kid, it is a dream come true. a dream come true in deep. especially for many filipinos and south—east asians are considered are the very first one to play in the top—flight. so what does it feel like representing the philippines and south east asia? of course, i fly the flag high for philippines and south east asia, i am very proud to be half filipino, it is a fantastic experience and ijust to be half filipino, it is a fantastic experience and i just want more people in the youth to follow in my. —— footsteps. more people in the youth to follow in my. -- footsteps. and asian players are not normally well represented, particularly in the english top flight. how hard was it
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for you to achieve this, to get to this level? extremely hard, of course. i was this level? extremely hard, of course. i was very this level? extremely hard, of course. i was very fortunate to be brought up here, but it is really tough for any asian player to come over to england and understand that. at the same time, the premier league is watched all over the world and there are a lot of nationalities, so i hope we are the first of many. the first of many indeed. a lot of asian players aspire to play in the english premier league, but did you a lwa ys english premier league, but did you always wa nt english premier league, but did you always want to be a goalkeeper? that isa always want to be a goalkeeper? that is a good question. i started off being a striker, i think everyone likes to score goals. when i was younger i think i was thrown in goals, the tallest in my team. from them, just enjoyed playing foot all, i think that is what it is all about. growing up is enjoying the sport, enjoying playing foot all and that has got me to the level i am at
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the moment. you have been a hero in your first couple of matches in the english premier league against newcastle united. stoppage time, a penalty kick that you saved, what is going through your mind in this situation? it just going through your mind in this situation? itjust becomes a bull, ifiam situation? itjust becomes a bull, if i am honest. 0bviously situation? itjust becomes a bull, if i am honest. obviously it was good for me to save the penalty, thenit good for me to save the penalty, then it —— more importantly it was good for the team to get our first point on the board. now it is fantastic to have two points from three games. we know it will be tough in the premier league but we wa nt to tough in the premier league but we want to enjoy it. you were born in london and the mother is a filipina. how connected to you feel to the philippines and is there anything you miss about it when you are training? of course. i moved out when i was a lot younger than i am now, i still keep in contact with my pa rents all now, i still keep in contact with my parents all the time, i have a great
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relationship with my mum. she is very proud, obviously of relationship with my mum. she is very proud, obviously of my achievement. i have been involved with the philippines national team alpha ten years and is fantastic to see the sport grow in the country. 0bviously see the sport grow in the country. obviously i understand that basketball is the number—i sport, but anything i can do and to helpful all grow is massive. so what are your hopes for philippines put all? you will be competing in the southeast asian championships and in the philippines cup. yes. i will be meeting next week on international break in bahrain, so i really hope that we can prove people wrong in the southeast asian championships and obviously in the asian cup moving forward window that we have got to strengthen. but it is all learning curve for the philippines, it isa learning curve for the philippines, it is a massive opportunity for myself and everyone involved in the tea m myself and everyone involved in the team and the country. cardiff city and philippines
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goalkeeper neil etheridge. ‘a people's tribute to the queen,‘ a concert honoring aretha franklin, is being held in chene park ampitheater in detroit. the tickets for the concert sold out in under six minutes. earlier, i spoke to soul, blues and rnb singer shauna jensen, who in her own words, is aretha's biggest fan and she shared with me her memories of the star. you know, ithink you know, i think my greatest memory of aretha was watching her sing in 1998, when she took over from pavarotti and sung at the grammys. i remember standing there with my hand on my heart, i couldn't speak, my mouth was open. she was incredible and shejust mouth was open. she was incredible and she just sang it like aretha, she didn't sing it like an opera singer. she sang it right that soul queen she was. i still get tingles thinking about it. she was amazing. absolutely. how much of an
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inspiration were she to your singing career? aretha was the biggest inspiration in my singing career. it actually makes me quite emotional thinking that she is not here any more. she, i have listened to her since i was maybe ten or 12, she was older than me. like have grown up with listening to aretha. so i have grown up listening to aretha, listening to all her albums, following her career. i whole life. and her music has lifted me up when i have been down and taken me higher when i have been happy. she has just been everything. so do you think there will still be another aretha franklin? there will never be another aretha franklin! there will always be great singers, but there will never be anybody like aretha, ever. i truly believe that. that was a big
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fan of aretha franklin, the moment i wa ke fan of aretha franklin, the moment i wake up, before i put on my make—up. forever and ever. sing with me, ben! ididn't forever and ever. sing with me, ben! ididn‘t want forever and ever. sing with me, ben! i didn't want to interrupt, i thought i am the luckiest person in the world right now, to be serenaded by rico hizon. you have been watching newsday. i'm ben bland in london. and i'm rico hizon in singapore stay with us. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures from the us state of utah, where fishing is a multi—billion dollar industry. but restocking the lakes, high in the mountains, is not so easy. so the state has developed a rather unique way of doing it. they drop them from the skies. it looks quiet violent but they have been doing this, bombing lakes with fish since 1956. the utah division of wildlife resources says its a technique that has a 5% mortality rate, less fatal than ground transportation, apparently. hello.
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well, friday is not looking too bad at all across most of the uk. for the next couple of days will probably bring a little bit of cloud, a little bit of rain, not an awful lot. it is in fact going to be mostly dry for a lot of us and crucially, the temperatures will be rising. so while meteorological summer is coming to an end and friday is the last day of meteorological summer, and the 1st of september, it is autumn, technically, according to meteorologists. this is the forecast for the early hours of friday, a lot of clear weather out there, temperatures will be around 12 degrees at 5am on friday, a bit chilly in newcastle and edinburgh. we are talking about six, there will be a hint of autumn first thing on friday morning. some sunshine around and a beautiful start to the day. there is a weather front approaching, you can see thatjust to the west of our neighbourhood. that will encroach on to northern ireland and maybe the isles of scilly later in the day, bringing a few spots of rain but nothing more than that. for most of us it is a dry day.
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i wouldn't rule out a shower in the south—east, so just a brief few spots of rain, that's pretty much it. temperatures will be typically around 20 degrees or so. friday is not a bad day. saturday, there is a weather front just stuck to the north—west of us. that means a little bit of cloud and rainfall. scotland, maybe the irish sea. we are not talking about an awful lot. if you squint you can see a little bit here just off lancashire and cumbria and south—western parts of scotland, maybe central parts of scotland, getting a few spots of light rain, possibly northern ireland. that's pretty much it. if anything, it will just be thicker cloud. central and eastern areas looking fine. if you've got plans on saturday, much of england is looking dry, and warming up as well, temperatures in the low 20s. saturday into sunday, we start to see warmer air coming out of france. this is high pressure here, low pressure there. when we get this sort of setup, this kind of pattern, anything that comes from the west is going to get stuck, and then it sort of slides off to the north—west. so this is where we could see a little bit of rain during the course of sunday,
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but by the time we get to the afternoon i think the weather fronts will be stuck in the north—west, whereas many central, eastern and southern areas will remain dry. the winds will be light across the uk. that means those temperatures on saturday, or sunday rather, are going to be climbing. on sunday we could be talking about 25 degrees in the south—east. into the low 20s even further north. that's it from me. bye— bye. i'm ben bland with bbc news. our top story. senatorjohn mccain's body has arrived at andrews air force base in maryland. he will lie in state at the us capital before being laid to rest. there's been another anti—immigrant demonstration in the city of chemnitz in eastern germany, after the killing of a german citizen on sunday.
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police are investigating cases of violence and demonstrators accused of giving the banned hitler salute. and this video is trending on bbc.com. russia's best—known singer, iosif kobzon, sometimes known as the soviet frank sinatra, has died of cancer. kobzon sang for stalin at the age of nine. he was also a controversial figure, with some labelling him as a "propagandist." that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk. britain's biggest payday lender, wonga, has collapsed into administration afterfacing a surge of compensation claims. the privately owned company ran into trouble after the government
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