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welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: raising the stakes in the us—china trade war — washington announces tariffs on $200 billion worth of goods. rescue workers in the philippines search for dozens of miners and theirfamilies — buried by landslides during typhoon mangkhut. south korea's president heads north to pyongyang, hoping to restart denuclearisation talks with kim jong—un. and getting that red carpet feeling — the emmy awards are underway. we'll get the latest from los angeles. the us has announced new 10% tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese goods
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they'll be levied on 5,000 products imported to the united states from next week. they're the biggest round of tariffs imposed by the trump administration over what it calls beijing's unfair business practices. the president's told china it has had plenty of opportunity to address the issue and that any retaliation will see tariffs imposed on even more chinese products. let's talk to sharanjit leyl from our business team in singapore. hello to you sharanjit. president trump remaining but to his word. good to his word and wasting no time at all. 10% tariffs on some $200 billion worth of chinese goods which ta ke billion worth of chinese goods which take effect next monday, 2a september and is also warned that 10% will go up to 25% tariffs on
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$200 billion worth of goods next year and that is really a chance, they say, to give american business is time to adjust to the tariffs, to look new supply chains they can get their parts and supplies to many of their parts and supplies to many of their products elsewhere, not from china. what's also interesting is amongst the $200 billion, some items we re amongst the $200 billion, some items were left off, and is like smart watches, a concession many say to apple and its particular smart watch, bluetooth devices, children's playpens, bicycle helmets and others that we know $200 billion worth of goods, that is a lot of items and exports from china and in fact, the us warning that it china were to retaliate, that number gets bigger, $267 billion. if you think those numbers are mind—boggling, if you are keeping score, you know this is on top of the $50 billion worth of ta riffs on top of the $50 billion worth of tariffs that both countries have slapped on each other last month and
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that was at 25% in terms of tariffs. why is the us doing this? president trump says he thinks trade with china is unfair. the us has a huge trade deficit with china but of course there are things like the enforced transfer of technology from us firms to chinese firms, the theft of intellectual property, they say, and the ultimate thing he is trying to protect, jobs. what is the chinese position? are they softening in the face of this hard stance although —— or are they remaining firm? the chinese have retaliated, they continued this pressure back and they said they will continue to retaliate. this time around, we haven't heard any immediate comment from them but that also made some concessions to allow a bit more in terms of foreign businesses going into china but we know the us business end, a lot of american businesses and consumers have been
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complaining. we heard from several chambers of commerce, the us chambers of commerce, the us chambers of commerce in china, they did a survey of about 430 different firms operating in china and they say 60% of them said they already worse off because of that $50 billion worth of tariffs that have come into effect and essentially, this imbalance and this attempt to try to correct the imbalance of trade isn't doing them any good. 0k, sharanjit, no doubt we will be speaking about this plenty more in the coming days but now, thank you very much. 29 people, mostly miners and their families, are still missing after a landslide buried their shelter in the northern phillippines during a typhoon. some bodies have already been retrieved from the mud in the town of itogon but experts on the ground say there is no hope of finding any others alive. the storm is now weakening across southern china, as our correspondent jonathan head reports. in the end, it wasn't the wind, but the rain that was the real killer.
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that huge brown gash in the mountain is where an entire waterlogged hillside slid down and buried a building where dozens of miners had taken shelter from the typhoon. for two days, rescuers have battled to find survivors, clambering over the treacherous mud. they have been unable to bring up heavier excavation equipment because of the damaged roads. so far, only bodies have been recovered. dozens more are believed to be trapped under the mud. they aren't sure exactly how many. relatives have come up to wait for news, clinging to the hope that there may yet be survivors. translation: this is the first time i've seen a landslide this massive. almost everyone here is affected. even the miners are helping the rescuers, the police, everyone is giving their best.
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small—scale illegal mining is a long—standing problem in the philippines, where poverty is high and jobs are scarce. president duterte has now vowed to stamp it out, but such promises have been made before by filipino leaders to little effect. further north, in areas which bore the brunt of the storm, they are starting to count the cost. in places, it has been very high, not so much in lives lost, but in damage to homes, crops and infrastructure. the lessons learned from previous typhoons have certainly cut the death toll in this one. filipinos now know to heed official advice to evacuate their homes when a storm is on the way, but the tragedy of the buried miners underlines just how vulnerable this country is to natural disasters. its eroded and deforested hillsides are all too prone to collapse under the weight of heavy rainfall, and they get that all the time during the typhoon season. jonathan head, bbc news, northern philippines. moonjae—in will become
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the first south korean leader in over a decade to visit the north korean capital pyongyang. he's travelling with a delegation of 200 people from seoul including pop stars and business executives. there's hope president moon will restart stalled talks on north korea nuclear disarmament. let's ta ke let's take a look at the live pictures from pyongyang. the waiting reception there or president moon jae—in and we can see kimjong—un coming down the red carpet a few steps ahead of him, his sister getting ready to welcome moonjae—in as they hold their third encounter. a lot of pressure on this. duyeon kim is adjunct senior fellow with the center for a new american security. she's in seoul. we arejust
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we are just looking at these live pictures coming in from pyongyang. this welcome party moonjae—in. the lot of pressure on the president to actually get something concrete from these talks. that's right, and that's what we are going to be looking out. we'll president moon jae—in be able to broker us— north korea talks and will he be able to persuade kim jong—un to take substantive concrete measure that shows the seriousness about denuclearisation because that is what washington is going to be looking for and what washington needs, to move the ball forward. the other thing i will be looking out for today tomorrow is especially when ning grima is come out. what types of inter— korean projects will
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be resumed. will any of these run up against sanctions? also, in terms of reducing military tensions, we are expecting them to make some sort of announcement. what does that mean? but as any of this involve post— co—ordination with the us? especially because they have the un command on the korean peninsula and forgot us forces stationed in south korea. we are just looking at live pictures right now of president moon jae—in and a warm greeting from kim jong—un on the tarmac. as they yet again hold a summit. what do you think will be seen as a successful president moon jae—in? what
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think will be seen as a successful president moonjae—in? what can he ta ke president moonjae—in? what can he take away from this in the coming 24 hours to go back to seoul mac and say, look, putting all of my political capital on the line has been worth it. it's going to be tricky and challenging to him. he has his own presidential and domestic agenda. he wants to be the south korean president who brought peace to the korean peninsular but he also has to make sure that us— north korea nuclear negotiations progress and there is substantive progress and there is substantive progress on denuclearisation so he is really caught between a very difficult situation here because those two agendas, his agenda and the nuclear agenda, they don't a lwa ys the nuclear agenda, they don't always live a perfectly. this is where it's going to be a big task for him. the south korean administration, the blue house, has set expectations, saying that if
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president moon is able to broker us— north korea dialogue, that would be considered success. we will really have to see what the details are of that. i'd be very surprised if we heard kim jong—un say something very specific in public. typically, we've heard the south koreans come back and say kim jong—un heard the south koreans come back and say kimjong—un has committed himself to denuclearisation in very broad terms, perhaps the specifics will come behind closed doors and that's important to do privately but again, specifics and details are really key to this summit. we can't afford to have another debrief where the south koreans just come back with some vague statement on some commitment towards denuclearisation. of course, that promises to think about that summit injune of course, that promises to think about that summit in june between president trump and kim jong—un in
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singapore. big on spectacle but since then, not so much detail, not so much progress, and it does seem that president trump is almost relying on president moon to be his representative, his intermediaries. well, i'm actually not so sure if washington is relying so much on president moon but the us and north korea, they themselves have their work cut out. it's not clear at the two sides have even agreed what denuclearisation means is that the fundamentals of that need to be squared away. the north is to manning that washington declare the end of the korean war with south korea before it takes any denuclearisation measures and that has gotten trickier because what is that mean? what does peace mean?
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it's really, the road ahead is going to bea it's really, the road ahead is going to be a lot of twists, is going to be long and bumpy —— long and bumpy. it doesn't mean whose side is time on, it means who will run out first? president trump, president moon or kim jong—un. president trump, president moon or kim jong-un. as we look at the pictures coming in from pyongyang of the two leaders on the tarmac at the airport, you mentioned patients fare. what is the patience of the south korean people? how much faith do they have in the president to deliver on the expectations he has created? well, the south korean public at large as you can imagine in any democratic nation is very divided and very diverse. you have president moon's supporters who are divided on the issue. the south
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korean public has grown more sceptical about north korea's intentions but how the government deals with north korea. they have seen past presidents pay exorbitant amounts of money just seen past presidents pay exorbitant amounts of moneyjust to listen north korean prussic —— corporation on projects service south korean public will really look out for some key su bsta ntive public will really look out for some key substantive details to see if kim jong—un is serious about giving up kim jong—un is serious about giving up nuclear weapons. there are going to bea up nuclear weapons. there are going to be a lot of south korean critics who are clued to zeroing in on how much the south korean government paid to actual summit so there are a lot of parts here so in general, the south korean public, there is unanimous consensus on the desire for true heat but the definition of
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what peace means is diverse in the south. coming up behind these leaders, this 200 strong delegation with president moon, many of them businesspeople, clearly hoping to build business ties, do you think thatis build business ties, do you think that is perhaps slightly optimistic just at the moment? well, you know, it is quite symbolic too. it seems to be sending multiple messages, one is to the north that south korean companies may be prepared to invest in the north korean economy, as long as pyongyang is willing to surrender its nuclear weapons and stockpiles. there are many threads here. some critics in south korea are actually
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criticising the business leaders participation, saying are they the ones paying for this bill? we will really have to see how this all pans out. but i would not be surprised if one key message really is to show the north korean regime that there are business people who might be interested in investing, if the north is serious about denuclearisation. indeed. as we look at these pictures from pyongyang, the two leaders now looking much more formal. what i wish to write just a few minutes ago, was the warmth, the smiles and the greetings between the two. these actually look like two leaders who have some kind of chemistry, some kind of warmth and get along. do you think that matters? you know, chemistry matters at all times when we are dealing
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with any heads of state at any summit in any international relations at. we saw this chemistry, actually, from the very first summit, as you may recall, where kim jong—un walked across the border and was all smiles year to year and lots of hugging. —— earto ear. this is the third time eating. presumably, they have built up a rapport and that type of chemistry helps in any situation, it helps discuss important issues, it helps try to aim for some common ground and common objectives, but at the end of the day it really comes down to what will he agree upon, are they able to narrow some gaps between north korea and the united states, because what we are seeing between the two koreas, there are not many
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gaps between the two koreas so far, they have aligned on some of their major objectives. it is now how will moon co—ordinate and facilitate the inter— korean objective and the us on nuclear objectives. it is a complex, almost 3—way puzzle for him. as you mentioned earlier, i am supposing the armistice officially declaring an end to the war will be one of those key things that president moon has to struggle between the north and washington. yes. and so, it sounds like south korea is aiming for, at least based on their public comments, a symbolic declaration of ending the korean war. this is tricky for, it is more complicated walk the united states, it is relatively easy for the two koreas to announce that the war is
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over. it is harderfor the united states because it has a presence in the region. there are implications and questions to be raised about what happens to the armistice. so far, the conventional wisdom so far is that a war ended declaration should not have legal implications or structural implications to the armistice for the un command or the us troops, but would north korea be willing to agree on, would they be willing to agree on, would they be willing to agree on, would they be willing to declare the war is over and have a statement that specifically states that the armistice has not changed. is that enough for the north koreans to move forward on nuclear talks? we were really have to see about those details. so much of this comes down to definitions and interpretations of the word denuclearisation, as you are talking about earlier, also what is how do you define peace between the two countries and how do the
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different countries interpret it? exactly. the peace lexicon itself is also compensated. the south koreans are basically saying that the peace process is in three stages at. war ending declaration, a peace treaty and a peace regime. but for all of these three components i do not sense and i definition with washington on what all of those components means. for a country like north korea where it is symbolism and politics is much more important than the legal fight in print, even in warending than the legal fight in print, even in war ending declaration is specifically states that the armistice remains unchanged, no change to us troops, the north koreans can still run with it, take it and tout it as a political victory. they can tout it to their domestic constituents as the final victory over the united states and they can actually use that to argue for a peace treaty. the peace
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treaty, that is the legal document that has direct implications for the armistice and four us troops. that is another savvy way, they don't have to argue to get rid of the troops, they can argue for a peace treaty and that is a savvy way of getting to the part of the us presence in the region. always great to get your insight and analysis on the subject. we thank you very much for your time as we watch the motorcade heading off in pyongyang with president moonjae—in and kim jong—un heading off for that summit, the third summit. he has got a delegation of about 200 people with him, including some pop stars and business executives. they will
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settle down. after lunch, we will be following it here on bbc news. donald trump has ordered the justice department to declassify and release selected documents connected to the russia collusion investigation. this would include the unredacted text messages of senior department and fbi officials, including former fbi directorjames comey and deputy director andrew mccabe whom mr trump has repeatedly denounced. republicans want the documents released as they believe they may discredit robert mueller‘s probe into possible collusion surrounding the 2016 election. american television's biggest night of the year is here. the 70th annual emmy awards gets underway in los angeles in less than two hours' time. the a—list small screen stars have already begun their walk down the red carpet. peter bowes is keeping across all that's happening.
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hello peter. i understand they have made a big announcement in comedy, is it? breaking news. the show is already under way and they are focusing on the comedy is, the dramas will come later. but two comedy have been dominating so far is the dark comedy barry and the marvellous mrs mace all. let's talk about barry. the first name out of the hat was henry winkler. he was nominated for an emmy three times for happy days, now he has finally won all his supporting actor role in barry, he plays an acting coach and the marvellous mrs mace all dominating, winning eight roles of.
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how wonderful to see the fonz winning. what are we looking at in terms of drama. the most hotly contested category, game of thrones has 22 nominations, it wasn't eligible last you because of the timing of the last series, so that handmaid's tale was the big winner. is between these two this year in terms of who is going to win for best drama. we will get to that award much later on. it is interesting this year that the streaming services are really dominating. netflix has more nominations than mainstream television. and game of thrones is a hulu show, a streaming service. this, more than ever, we are seeing the change of the guard of who
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dominates the television landscape as what people are describing as the new golden age of television. huge sums of money are going into these streaming shows, getting high ratings and high—calibre actors and thatis ratings and high—calibre actors and that is now being reflected. in terms of the hosting, who is fronting this and who can expect to be ripped apart by them?m fronting this and who can expect to be ripped apart by them? it is michael serra and colin jobst from saturday night live, which is a satirical show which itself has a lot of nominations. that is probably because of the trumpet factor, they pretty much make jokes about the president every week and get a great audience for that. that will be one area ofjoking, but there will be plenty of others. peter bowes in los angeles, thank you very much. that is where we will leave it. hello.
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the jet stream targets the uk with a proper taste of autumn over next few days. several areas of low pressure moving through. the first on tuesday, the remnants of ex—hurricane helene. so storm helene is coming in and the winds at the south and centre of this will be strengthening as tuesday begins. another area of low pressure into wednesday too so voer the next few days, some strong, possibly disruptive wids as well so keep in touch with the situation in your part of the world through bbc local radio because there could well be some impact on travel, for example. the yellow, a met office warning area here, you need to be aware of some impacts during tuesday. some of the strongest winds through coastal and hilly areas to the west of wales and western england but it is going to be a very blowy we start off the day in that part of the world. some rain, heavy rain around parts of scotland in particular as tuesday begins with a mild, even warm start for some because the air is coming in from the south, south—west
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and there is some warmth associated with that. outbreaks of rain clearing northwards into the morning and then things are drierfor a time, broken cloud and sunny spells and heavy showers arriving from the west towards the end of the afternoon and going into the evening. we've established its a very blustery day across the uk but some warmth again, we get to see some sunshine, particularly through the east and south—east of england, 24, 25 celsius could be yours but many of us are in the high teens, even low 20s. the winds strengthen into tuesday evening and night across northern ireland and scotland. as we see this weather front moving east across the uk, not much in the far south of england but further north, heavier and maybe thundery downpours out of that. becoming dry during the second half of the night and again, temperatures are holding up into double figures as wednesday begins. so the next area of low pressure on wednesday, the concern about this is that it will produce even stronger winds. it will be a very windy day
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across the uk on wednesday, widely some gusts around 40, 50mph or so but some of them will be strongest through parts of wales, northern england, northern ireland and scotland and into western scotland, we could well see some up to 75mph so again, that risk of disruption on wednesday and associated with that, another spell of rain pushing north and east across the uk though again, not very much the further south you are — still some warmth here. elsewhere, it will be turning cooler. winds ease later in the week. this is bbc news. the headlines: washington's announced new 10% tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese goods, warning beijing it'll raise them to 25% if it retaliates. applying to 5,000 items, they're the biggest round of us tariffs against china so far and come into effect next week. rescuers in the philippines are digging through mud with their bare hands to retrieve the bodies of those buried by a landslide that's killed
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at least thirty—two people in the town of itogon. they took shelter from typhoon mangkhut in a temporary structure on the side of a mountain. the south korean president, moonjae—in, has arrived in pyongyang. he's there for three days to try and revive stalled denuclearisation talks between north korea and the united states. he was met at the airport by kimjong—un — as well as large crowds — waving flags. now on bbc news, hardtalk.
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