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this is the briefing. i'm sally bundock. our top stories: showdown at the un — america and iran clash at the general assembly over sanctions and oil. as britain's opposition leader prepares for his party conference speech, labour backs a second brexit referendum. we'll tell you who's won this year's bbc world news komla dumor award, named in honour of our colleague who died four years ago. onwards and upwards. the fed gets ready to raise interest rates in the us. we look at what it means for consumers around the rest of the world. it's good to have you with us. welcome.
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we're going to brief you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. also in the programme, the world health organization says there's been a dramatic decline in teenage drinking in europe. shifts in adult norms and teenage culture is one of the reasons why. so are teenagers more sensible today? are young people more health conscious? tell us what you think. just use the hashtag, #bbcthebriefing. we begin with the iranian president hassan rouhani, who's accused the united states of trying to overthrow his government, rejecting bilateral talks after president donald trump said ramping up us sanctions would get tehran to negotiate over its nuclear program. the two leaders made speeches at the united nations on tuesday, and it's there where the split over us sanctions could come to a head later, as barbara plett usher reports. yen, iranians gathered to protest
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the regime at the un. this time, they had a new champion at the podium. iran's leaders so chaos, death and destruction. president trump is pushing for maximum pressure on iran to make it change its ways, but iran's president was prepared. he cast the us over rogue state. translation: no state and nation can be brought to the negotiating table by force. what iran says it is clear, no war, no sanctions, no threats, no bullying. just acting according to the law and the fulfilment of obligations. obligation such as the iran nuclear deal, it endorsed by the un but tossed aside by the trump administration. —— endorsed by. the
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other world powers that negotiated the accord are not giving up without a fight. they met on the sidelines to try and keep alive, agreeing a funding mechanism to get around us sanctions. but long—time iran hawks, who are now in the administration, till that time has come. according to the mullahs in iran, we are being great satan, lord of the underworld, master of the raging inferno. some might imagine they would take me seriously when i assured them today that if you cross us, our allies or our partners, you harm our citizens, if you continue to lie, cheat and deceive, yes, that they will indeed be hell to pay. -- there. the stark split has left un members wondering what will happen at a committee meeting today, chaired by mr trump. formerly, at this meeting today was
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about non—proliferation, president trump has said he wants to talk about iran. he wants council members to isolate iran for what he calls its destabilising behaviour, but so far he has been the one isolated by pulling out of the iran nuclear deal. and a lot happens at the un general assembly, including discussions with world leaders about other issues. we will touch on the other discussions later in the programme. britain's opposition labour party has made it clear it intends to reject any deal the prime minister theresa may reaches with the european union over brexit. delegates at its annual party conference voted to keep all options open on the table, including the possibility of a second referendum. the prime minister again insisted that wouldn't happen. caroline rigby has more. our options must include campaigning for a public vote, and nobody is
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ruling out as an option. and the choice of staying on in the eu... on tuesday, members of the opposition labour party overwhelmingly backed the idea of having another referendum, and its leadership formalised the almost inevitable. they are on course to try to vote down the brexit deal in parliament. is the six tests are not met, we will vote against the meal. we have made that very clear for some months now. the government will then have to go back to the un said that, our parliament can't agree to this, these are the parameters that parliament wants us to negotiate on and go back and do that. but british prime minister theresa may is sticking to your plans and speaking at the un in new york, she again rejected calls for a second referendum on eu membership. parliament voted to give people the choice as to whether to leave the european union. people chose. i believe that people should be able
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to trust their politicians to deliver on that vote, and not go back and save you might have got it wrong, why don't you have another go? no, no second referendum. the people voted, we will deliver on that vote. you could be forgiven for thinking so, but the exit is not the only subject being discussed at the labour conference and opposition leaderjeremy corbyn will be keen to shift the focus from the divisions it has caused within his party. he will use his speech on the final day to denounce what he will call greed is good deregulated financial capitalism, call in delhi —— telling delegates a labour government would win about radical change in investment in renewable energy to create hundreds of thousands ofjob. —— jobs. let's brief you on some of the other stories in the news. bill cosby, once one of the big names of us television, has been sentenced to between three and ten years in prison for aggravated indecent assault. ajudge in pennsylvania branded
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the 81—year—old actor a sexually violent predator. cosby was found guilty of drugging and molesting a woman in 200a. a string of other women accused him of sexual assault, but most of the cases were too old to prosecute. pope francis has defended the catholic church's more recent handling of cases of child abuse committed by priests. he made his comments to reporters on the flight back to rome from estonia. his message coincided with a damning report published in germany about historic cases of child abuse by clergy. the pope also referred to a recent us report on decades of abuse in pennsylvania. he said a recent fall in the number of children abused in that area this showed the church realised it must now fight in a different way. health workers in the town of beni in the democratic republic of congo are resuming their operation against ebola on wednesday morning. so this morning. activities were suspended two days ago when twenty people were killed in a rebel attack, forcing health workers to stay indoors.
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100 people have died of ebola since the start of the outbreak nearly two months ago. health workers are back on the case today. for globalfinancial for global financial markets, it is all attention on what is going on in washington, where the us central bank, the federal reserve, is expected to raise the cost of borrowing for a third time this year. the markets are anticipating the fed will raise interest rates by a 0.25% to 2-2.25%. we have fiona cincotta with us, senior market snalyst at city index. good morning. good morning. so the fed, i know you are all watching this. it is honest feeling of we know what is happening, it would be
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very surprising if we did not get the interest rate rise. the markets are almost 100% certain that this raises happening, i think what is interesting is not whether they raise today, but what is interesting now is what is going to be happening next year. we know the fed is looking to be raising interest rates around three times next year, the market is going to be looking for confirmation that that is still the plan, and then what is interesting is the plan after that. us economy is the plan after that. us economy is very strong, all of the fundamentals look good, and the reforms from president trump with the tax cuts and everything else, we have seen this boom on wall street, as you say maybe three more rate rises from the deep federal reserve, but that is not something that president trump wants. no, he has made very clear that it is not won a strong dollar but that is not something that the fed is expected to ta ke something that the fed is expected to take into account at all. —— that he does not want a strong dollar.
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what is going to be the impact of that? so it is going to push prices up, that? so it is going to push prices up, consumers are in a strong position right now but i think what they are more concerned about at the moment is actually the problems of the trade war in china. those sort of tariffs, it could have a big hit on consumers, if they are pushing up prices of borrowing, then obviously mortgages are going to go up as well. the us economy is firing on all cylinders, it is really strong, so consumers are in a really strong place right now. all right, thank you for now. we have all sorts of issues to get our teeth into in the briefing. that is later in the programme. the libyan coastguard has told the bbc that the rescue ships off their coast only act as magnets to migrants and smugglers. they say this is proven by the fact that fewer migrant boats set sail when rescue ships are not in the area. but ngos blame a lack of policy in europe for putting in danger the thousands of migrants who are trying to cross the mediterranean.
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the charity msf estimates that more than 10,000 people fled tripoli this month alone. it's also believed that one in 18 migrants die attempting to cross the central mediterranean. and that over 17,000 people have already tried to cross the mediterranean this year. amnesty says at least 7,000 migrants and refugees are in detention in libya. the bbc is the only international news organisation to gain access to libya during the current fighting this month. from tripoli, here's clive myrie. iamon i am on board a libyan coastguard vessel docked here in the harbour in tripoli. it is actually undergoing maintenance at the moment but soon it will be seaworthy to carry out a mission to help said the lives of migrants who have got into trouble trying to sail towards europe from
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libya and drowned in the mediterranean sea. the ship has capacity for about 100 crew, but they tell me it sometimes has 200, 300, 1:00 they tell me it sometimes has 200, 300, 400 people on board, crammed with migrants, depending on the size of the vessel they having to deal with our there on the open seas. the coastguard you telling me that they simply do not have the resources or facilities to do with the current migration crisis and that is a crisis. that has got a little bit worse for the libyans following a deal with the european union at the end of last year, which has resulted in fewer ngo boats, non—governmental organisation vessels, aid agency vessels and charities, few of them are on the sea is looking for migrant who may be in trouble, so the workload for the libyans has increased enormously. and that means that more and more migrants are
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being rescued and they are being put in detention centres him the mainland, and that as far as the un is concerned is troubling. the conditions in some of those detention centres have been described as appalling, so this is a crisis that may have eased a little bit on the other side of the mediterranean, as far as the europeans are concerned , mediterranean, as far as the europeans are concerned, but on is still proving very, very difficult for the libyans still proving very, very difficult for the libya ns here. still to come here on the briefing: derby disaster — a big upset at old trafford, as manchester united are knocked out of the league cup. benjohnson, the fastest man on earth, is flying home to canada in disgrace. all the athletes should be clean going into the games. i'm just happy that justice is served. it is a simple fact that this morning, these people were in their homes. tonight, those homes have been burnt down by serbian soldiers and police.
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all the taliban positions along here have been strengthened, presumably in case the americans invade. it's no use having a secret service which cannot preserve its own secrets against the world. and so the british government has no option but to continue this action, and even after any adverse judgement in australia. concorde had crossed the atlantic faster than any plane ever before, breaking the record by six minutes. you're watching the briefing. our headlines: there's been a war of words at the united nations general assembly, as the presidents of america and iran threw accusations at each other. jeremy corbyn will makes his
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conference speech later, as the labour party votes to back another brexit referendum. is using biometric data — scans of your eyes or fingerprints — a violation of privacy? that's the question that's due to come before india's supreme court shortly. india has made biometric identification compulsory for a range of services including banking, driving licenses and phones. with a population of over one billion, the country's scheme known as "aadhar" is the largest in the world. but critics have cited recent data breach cases and argue it shouldn't be compulsory. our correspondent devina gupta is in delhi. it does sound like a hot debate. what do you think the decision will be kroos it is quite a controversial
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and deeply dividing debate. since 19705, and deeply dividing debate. since 1970s, this will decide the constitutional validity of this biometric identification. should this biometric be legal at all, secondly whether it should become compulsory to register is what is at sta ke. compulsory to register is what is at stake. it could be linked to phone bills and other services. critics say it impinges on rights of privacy. also data of personal information has been compromised. until the government could guarantee the safety of data, it should not be collected but it may be too late. it has already been nine yes and over a billion archives, find ashan cards
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with 12 digit numbers have been issued. it will be difficult if the court decides to make it voluntary and to do away with the scheme. purely from a logistical point of view, it is mammoth, to get the biometrics of over a million people. if it is a violation, that would cause it to unravel. absolutely. though there would be an option of review for an appeal, the parliament could step in with another law which could step in with another law which could make it legal but it would be a logistical nightmare. until now government schemes have been mick to this biometric system. the poor get food subsidies through the system. the court says it is not legal any more, it would lead to confusion for welfare schemes and other services.
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the government though is hoping the ruling will be in their favour but activists have cited a case in the past were a lot of people fail to register for the scheme because biometric of an does it work. if the government decides to review it, they could perhaps build a better system. thank you very much. very interesting and we will keep an eye on what the decision is an update you. you will very likely remember this face behind me. komla dumor sat in this chair and filled this studio so often and so well. he was my co— presenter at this time of day. and then died, suddenly, 4 years ago. he was just 41 years old. we meet him still. —— missed. he was ghanaian, and among much else he became a kind of posterboy for a modern africa. it's a legacy we honour with the annual komla dumor award.
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the idea is to uncover fresh talent from the continent, and we can reveal that the winner of this year's prize is kenyan tv presenter, waihiga mwaura. he tells us about the moment he found out. i was out of town, on holidays with my wife, set up to the hotel wi—fi. i logged in, started a discussion with someone from the bbc. the next thing they tell me, because i thought this was another interview, is that i'm the winner. i start shouting, screaming, like, it was intense. i call my wife, who was in another room, "come and and see what's going on," and so we did a little, sort of, happy dance for a bit there. ijust heard shouting. oh my god, what has happened? i'm the winner. excited screaming from a personal perspective, it's an endorsement. it feels... i got the feeling, in terms ofjournalism, i'm on the right path. hello, everyone. welcome to focus on africa from bbc world news. my name is komla dumor. komla dumor meant a lot of things to me as an aspiring journalist, as a journalist and also
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to me as an individual. first of all i feel our backgrounds were quite similar. he did not have a traditional, you know, journalism background, just like i didn't. but along the way we've fought to get into the media because we have a passion for for telling stories. seeing komla dumor reporting from... and talking about some of the biggest stories in the world on a platform as big as the bbc... i mean, this man was larger than life. this is a man we're talking about three, four years after he passed on. this is a man the whole world knows about. for me to be identified with him, just a bit, if i can only achieve 10% or 20% of what he did, i would feel like i have made my contribution to journalism, to tell the african story in a different way from an african man or woman's perspective. i'm really looking forward to the bbc komla dumor training programme in london, and while i've been privileged to attend several high—level training programmes, none will allow me to be as immersed in the work and understanding what they actually do as this bbc one. i believe i'll emerge a better person, who knows, the next komla dumor, as a result of this programme. we cannot wait to welcome waihiga
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mwaura here. komla dumora we cannot wait to welcome waihiga mwaura here. komla dumor a great colic. always had a smile to me at 3am when i arrived at the studio. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, coming up in your wednesday sport briefing. liverpool and chelsea meet in the third round of the english league cup later, after manchester united are knocked out on tuesday. real madrid and barcelona both feature in la liga. and the last 16 ties of the wuhan open get underway in china. liverpool and chelsea face each other later in the third round of the league cup, with neither side having suffered a defeat in any of their seven games this season. chelsea head to anfield with manager maurizio sarri saying liverpool are a step ahead of them at this stage of the season — the reds manager says he has nothing but respect for his opposite number. what a match he is, to be honest. i
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supporter of him since i saw them playing at naples. it was a very interrupted pre—season without a lot of players being bought. in spain, there are four la liga games on wednesday with the pick real madrid away at sevilla. julen lopetegui's side are still undefeated this season and are only separated from leaders barcelona on goal difference. they'll have to face sevilla without playmaker isco though who had surgery on tuesday for appendicitis while barcelona are up against bottom side leganes. unseeded wild card, wang qiang, heads into third round action at the wuhan open later as she looks to build on her shock win over karolina pliskova. the czech pliskova was coming off a victory in the pan pacific open last week but she couldn't deny the local player who now faces australia's daria gavrilova. the world number 34 and chinese number one goes in search of a place in the last eight and a second title in consecutive weeks after victory in guangzhou last time out.
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in case you missed it manchester united have been knocked out of the english league cup in the third round by second tier side derby county after being reduced to ten men in the second half when goalkeeper sergio romero was sent off. minus paul pogba who was ommitted from the team by managerjose mourinho, the hosts had to score late to salvage a 2—2 draw at old trafford at the end of 90 minutes. philjones then missed the penalty for united that saw frank lampard's side progress to the last 16. tiger mania has hit france after american player tiger woods, fresh off his win in atlanta on sunday, practised and answered questions ahead of the ryder cup which starts on friday. woods was asked about his record in this competition, in which he's only been on the winning side against the europeans once since his debut 21 years ago. my my overall of ryder cup record, not
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having one as a player since 1999, is something that hopefully we can change. we have not won as us in 21 yea rs on change. we have not won as us in 21 years on foreign soil and hopefully that will change this week as well. people have said that tiger woods winning a tournament again after five injury—laden years was a great sporting comeback, well we think we might have something that beats it. it's a shed. notjust any shed though — it's one that can travel at over 162kilometres an hour. and hasjust beaten its own land speed record. builder and driver kevin nicks beat his previous record by over 30 km per hourjust 3 months after the shed's engine exploded during a race! you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the team that is your wednesday sport briefing.
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today we are discussing new research gathered by the world health organization that shows there is a real change in culture stop teenagers are not drinking and there has been a huge decline. we asked you to some of you thinking. the wa each report lists some reasons, including a change in culture. from texas, one viewer says the answer is unbelievably obvious — cannabis. quite a view have been in touch saying they are shifting what they are up to. we talking about the story in our news briefing. stay with us. hello.
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tuesday was a day of contrasts across the uk. cloudy and windy for northern ireland and scotland, with some outbreaks of rain. across much of england and wales we saw a good deal of sunshine, and it's a similar day on wednesday. we keep this piece of cloud over the atlantic, extending into northern ireland and scotland. the heaviest of the rain through wednesday looks likely to be across the western isles and the scottish highlands. the odd spot of rain, some patchy drizzle at times for northern ireland, under cloudy skies, and we'll see a bit more cloud sinking its way across northern england, maybe with the odd spot of rain. but there'll be some sunshine across eastern scotland, north—east england, and that extends all the way down across much of england and wales. now, these are the average wind strength through wednesday afternoon. gusts once again will be higher, but not as strong as we saw on tuesday — 40 mph at times across scotland and northern ireland. in the sunshine, temperatures quite widely up to 20 or 21 celsius, including aberdeenshire and murray, which should see some sunshine through wednesday afternoon. through wednesday evening and overnight into thursday morning, our area of rain across the western isles and the scottish highlands moves its way a little bit further northwards, into orkney and shetland,
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so some clearer skies across eastern scotland. a bit more cloud across the far north of england, but clearer skies further south, where it will be another fairly cool night. some rural spots getting in the low single figures for a time. so this is the general setup as we go into thursday. we still have the influence of high pressure across central, southern england and wales, these fronts still fringing northern ireland and scotland, and bringing further cloud and outbreaks of rain through thursday. now, very slowly this will be slipping its way south and eastwards through thursday, but running into an area of high pressure, so the rain slowly starts to fizzle out. and ahead of it, we've still got a good deal of sunshine across much of england and wales on thursday, and a warm day here. last day of the warmth, though, for a while, i suspect — temperatures on thursday afternoon across east anglia, south—east england getting up to 22 or 23 celsius. but behind that front, we're going to be in the mid—to—high teens. a sign of something fresher to come as we head towards the end of the week. so, from thursday into friday, here's our front sliding its way south and eastwards. high pressure starts to build in as we head towards the weekend. so, across northern
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ireland and scotland, we should see a return of some sunshine, but for all of us by the end of the week we're back into something much fresher. so, after those temperatures getting up to 22 or 23 celsius on thursday, by the time you to friday, things will be starting to turn cooler. and into the weekend, some cool days, some chilly nights, but for most of us it will be generally dry, with some spells of sunshine. this is your business briefing with me, sally bundock. onward and upwards. the fed gets ready to raise interest rates in the us. we look at what it means for consumers around the world. mixing up a storm. we visit a harry potter inspired cocktail bar in london, but can it lure the millenial generation into drinking out more often? and forfinancial and for financial markets, that was the clothes in the united states on the clothes in the united states on the dowjones. the clothes in the united states on the dow jones. you the clothes in the united states on the dowjones. you can see in asia, we are seeing markets pick up some speed, having had a very mixed start to the trading week.
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