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this is the briefing, i'm victoria fritz. our top story: us authorities announce they'll block asylum claims by people who enter the country illegally. civil liberties groups say the move is illegal. a vigil to remember the 12 people killed in a shooting outside los angeles. california's governor says america must change. with concerns about rising anti—semitism across europe, we report from germany on the 80th anniversary of kristallnacht. and the mozart of chess, magnus carlsen, teaches schoolchildren a move or two as he prepares to defend his world title in london. in business, a fairytale quarter for disney as the movie studios work their magic. but are its plans about to become a nightmare for netflix? a warm welcome to the programme,
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briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. tell us what you think — just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. a p pa re ntly apparently nannies are having to sign contracts that banned them from social media to keep their eyes on the prize. what do you think about social banned in the workplace? do you support them or is it a part of the nanny state? let us know using the nanny state? let us know using the hashtag. a new regulation to restrict asylum claims by migrants has been published by the us department of homeland security. it will no longer allow people who enter the us illegally to claim asylum. the american civil liberties union says the right to claim asylum must be granted to anyone entering the country, regardless of where they do so. chris buckler reports from washington. securing america's long border with
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mexico has become one of president trump of the greatest concerns. he believes the asylum laws are being abused by those who cross illegally and asa abused by those who cross illegally and as a result he says he intends to change them. currently anyone can claim refuge within a year of entering the country whatever means and infuture, entering the country whatever means and in future, the president intends to restrict the right only to those who queue up and cross at one of the official ports of entry. in a statement, the department of homeland security said: they insisted the president had the right to change the rules because it was no national interest. but civil liberties groups say the policy be challenged in court. he absolutely
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doesn't have the authority from congress and in fact congress made it very clear that what the law provides in this country is that you can apply for asylum whether you are ata can apply for asylum whether you are at a port of entry or not at the port of entry. what he is doing is trying to erase the law but the stroke of a presidential pen. —— with the stroke. the president has raised many fears about a caravan of migrants slowly making their way from central america to the us border. many in the group are saying they are trying to escape poverty and persecution but the of america's midterm election donald trump betrayed them as invaders and the threat —— portrayed. betrayed them as invaders and the threat -- portrayed. a vote the democrats is a vote to liquidate america's borders and it is a vote to let mess, sentinel heron and other deadly drugs poor across the borders. his angry letter wreck at political rallies led many opponents to claim scaremongering but he has
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all it with actions. first deploying thousands more troops to the border and is now changing the asylum rules. in an attempt to close down some of the routes that migrants have used to enter america. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. the fbi says it's too early to confirm why a 28—year—old former us marine killed 12 people at a bar near los angeles before turning his gun on himself. a police officer trying to save lives was among those killed by ian david long, who's believed to have had mental health problems. peter bowes reports from los angeles. another vigil for victims of a mass shooting in america. a town engulfed in grief, a community struggling to come to terms with the senseless tragedy it is all too familiar. the people of thousand oaks are doing what they can but this is the latest shooting where no one has any a nswe i’s. shooting where no one has any answers. we are here today because we are born and raised here in
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thousand oaks and we want to give backin thousand oaks and we want to give back in our community and we had friends here last night and one of them passed away and we found out briefly, ten minutes ago, and it is shocking and sad and this shootings need to stop, we need to find a solution for this. the violence needs to end now is that we are here and we want to give back and this is the only way i feel i can help out. 12 people were killed when the gunmen with suspected mental health issues went on a rampage in the busy bar. ian david long was a former marine who was known to the local authorities. police say he used a legally owned the automatic handgun which had an extended magazine that is illegal in the state of california. his motive is not known. it was a country music night at the borderline bar and grill, a venue popular with students. their stories are beginning to be told now, stories of bravery and of young lives tragically cut short. there have been many tributes to the 29
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year the trend of the local sheriffs office, one heelas, who was planning to retire next year. his swift action in confronting the gunman is believed to have held save many lives. he died in hospital. president trump has paid tribute to the great bradbury shown by the police but this is another american town, another community, planning funerals and wondering if the shootings will ever end. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. theresa may will lay a wreath at the graves of the first and last uk soldiers killed in the first world war later today. the prime minister's travelling to france and belgium to mark 100 years since the armistice. she'll say the visit reflects a shared history and shared future. more than 16 million people died during four years of war. the un has announced plans to double its food aid to yemen to avert mass starvation in the country. the world food programme said it was preparing to try to feed 14 million people — almost half of the population.
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there has been a remarkable decline in the number of children being born, according to researchers at the university of washington. the report says that in 1950 the average globally was just under five children born to each mother but that figure has now halved. cyprus has the lowest rate in the world with women having an average ofjust one child. at the other end of the scale, niger has a fertility rate of over seven. the bank of england is testing the uk's ability to withstand a major cyber attack on financial institutions. a0 firms, including leading banks, will take part in an exercise designed to assess their resilience in the face of the serious disruption. —— in the face of serious disruption. the bank is stepping up efforts to arm financial institutions against the threat of cyber attacks and of their own systems failing. thousands of residents are evacuating northern california as an uncontained, fast—moving wildfire approaches several towns in the sierra foothills. the camp fire, which started early
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on thursday, has been fuelled by strong winds and dry forest. lebo diseko has more. a very dangerous, very serious situation is how the sheriff of the cou nty situation is how the sheriff of the county described the fire ripping through northern california. some reports say it is booming at a rate of 80 in american will field a minute from injuring a number of people and destroying buildings. it has been called the camp fire because it started near a camping spot although it isn't yet clear what caused it. this is a very dynamic fire, it started about 30 this morning local time and the first reports from the first firefighters at the scene had it at about 10— 15 acres at even at that point when it was small and just starting out, definitely had the potential to be a major. almost the
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entire town of paradises been evacuated, including schools hospitals and homes, about 27,000 people told to leave. described driving through a of flames just to get to safety, the whole town is booming, one told reporters. residents of several other communities have also been told to get out with people queueing for hours on the road. authorities are battling to bring the fire under control but that has been hampered by winds up to 50 kilometres an hour which are driving it. warm weather and dry conditions are adding to the difficulties. meanwhile further south, another fire burns, difficulties. meanwhile further south, anotherfire burns, this time near a community that has already been traumatised. this blaze is tearing through ventura county, and areas surrounding the town of thousand a mass shooting took place on wednesday night. this has been one of worst years on record for
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wildfires in california and by the looks of things, it isn't getting better —— thousand oaks. lebo diseko, bbc news. let's turn to our top business story now, because it's been something of a fairytale quarter for disney. it has seen revenues jump i2% and earnings from its film and tv business have soared 50%, thanks to success at the box office. this summer, disney agreed a $71 billion deal to buy most of 21st century fox. it's all part of a strategy to enter the world of online streaming. its own answer to netflix, called disney plus, will be launching next year. we asked the founder and ceo of netflix how worried he is. i think it is more like nikkei and adidas, you know, to great competitors around the world. they are formidable, they have so much content, star wars and marvel so they will be a great competitor —— nike. that will push us do the best work of our lives so we are really excited about it and we have been
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competing with amazon for more than ten years so we used a healthy, strong competition and it makes us better. he certainly seems quite unruffled, shall we say. good morning and thank you for coming in, priya. is he right? that is dull results from disney, what do they pose to the likes of netflix? they disrupted their own business model, instead of mail order they went to randwick and streaming and the disruption has been successful so other movie houses like disney are moving in the same direction and they have to because that is where they have to because that is where the consumers are going and the advertisement revenue is. competition is good so he is right but there are questions of families and consumers, do you want to pay to the description fees and so that'll be the question for families, and do you want to play $5 99 or $4 99 a month. it is that men netflix is not going to have great content, they
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started relying on other content and now it is arguable they are the most powerful producer of content in hollywood and actually abroad as well, it will be interesting to see how it plays out and i'm looking at the disney app from my kids when it comes out. when it comes to family and stretched parents who don't necessarily have a huge amount of time to watch tv in the first place, i wonder who will win out in the war because it is all about content, content, content, content, isn't it? the quality of the content of more so the quality of the content of more so because disney have got franchises like star wars and marvel but netflix will be relying on third party content as well as their own which is not disney so i think families, more than filled it is an experience, it is about theme parks and actually the theme parks are a pa rt and actually the theme parks are a part of the reason why the results are good, their stores, the entire experience, it'll be interesting to see how it plays out in terms of what families can afford but
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children, this is difficult for netflix because are you really going to say to a child that you cannot have access to that new disney film thatis have access to that new disney film that is only streamed on disney plus? so that will be interesting. we will there and come back because we have the papers to go through soon. thank you. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: sergio garcia takes a 4—stroke lead into the second round of the nedbank golf challenge in south africa. all that and the rest of the action in our sport briefing. the bombastic establishment outsider donald trump has defied the pollsters to take the keys to the oval office. i feel great about the election results. i voted for him because i genuinely believe that he cares about the country. it's keeping the candidate's name always in the public eye that counts. success or failure depends not only on public display, but on the local campaign headquarters, and the heavy, routine work of their women volunteers. berliners from both east and west linked hands and danced round their liberated territory.
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and, with nobody to stop them, it wasn't long before the first attempts were made to destroy the structure itself. yasser arafat, who dominated the palestinian cause for so long, has died. the palestinian authority has declared a state of mourning. after 17 years of discussion, the result was greeted with an outburst ofjoy. women ministers, who'd long felt only grudgingly accepted during the ranks of clergy, suddenly felt welcomed. you are watching the briefing. our headlines: the united states authorities say they will prevent people who illegally enter the country from claiming asylum. a former us marine with suspected mental health problems has been identified as the gunman who killed 12 people at a bar in california. today marks 80 years since the nazis
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carried out a night of attacks on germanjews, their businesses and synagogues, in what many view as the beginning of the holocaust. the anniversary of kristallnacht, or the night of broken glass, comes amid concern about rising anti—semitism across the west. our berlin correspondent jenny hill reports. press for the dead and the persistent voice of this country's past —— prayers. these children, the descendants of those who survived the systematic persecution of europe's jews. 80 the systematic persecution of europe'sjews. 80 years on, kristallnacht still a byword for terror. nazis attacked jewish people, their homes, their shops, their synagogues. it was just the
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beginning. 6 million people would die in the holocaust which followed. today in society, there are challenges again. once again the ugly head of anti—semitism has shown its head. people have to know there isa can its head. people have to know there is a can ability. children growing up is a can ability. children growing up in germany have to know what happened in the past, what could happened in the past, what could happen if we don't stand up for democracy, if we don't stand up for respect and tolerance to people of all societies. and so every year the same ritual. each pavement clerk memorex man, woman or child dragged from their home nearby and sent to a death camp. for these berliners, a vital reminder, because support for germany's far is rising, and so is anti— semitism and xenophobia. translation: we always have anti—semitism in germany. it is probably here to stay, but i am frightened it has reached such an extent. translation: it is important that we don't forget what happened
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in the past, and that we make sure it never happens again. in the past, too many people were silent. today, we need to say what we think. the long rollcall of the dead. those who built this memorial to europe's slaughtered jews intended it as a warning against some of what is happening now in german society. unimaginable then that it openly racist party would take seats in parliament. this anniversary comes as this country is redefining its very identity. there is a small but growing minority which says it is time germany left its past behind. but there is an inevitability that, whatever this country's future, it will continue to be shaped by the legacy, and this, one of the darkest periods in world history. here is our briefing on some of the key events happening later. first to moscow, where russia will be hosting multilateral peace talks on afghanistan, with both afghan and taliban
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representatives attending. in kiev, european commissioner johannes hahn will be discussing attacks against activists in ukraine. also this afternoon, in geneva, the un human rights council is expected to publish their recommendations for saudi arabia and china, following their reviews earlier this week now it is time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm tulsen tollett. coming up in your friday sport briefing: sergio garcia takes a four—shot lead into the second round of the nedbank golf challenge. practice for the brazilian grand prix gets under way. and the icc women's world t20 starts in the carribean, with reigning champions west indies hosting it. sergio garcia holds a four—stroke lead heading into the second round of the nedbank golf challenge in south africa. the spaniard birdied three
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of the last four holes in his first round, to finish on eight—under, his lowest opening—round score of the season. last month he won the andalucia valderrama masters. it didn't go too well for rory mcilroy, though. he had a double—bogey on the 17th, which leaves him eight shots off the pace. lewis hamilton might be world champion, but the formula one constructors‘ championship is still to be decided. first practice for the brazilian grand prix gets underway in sao paolo later. here is the maths. mercedes, hamilton's team, can seal it providing ferrari don't score 13 points more than them. mercedes have won it for the last five years in a row. west indies cricket has taken a bit of battering in recent years, but this is one of their prouder moments. the women's team won the world twenty20 in 2016, and are hosting this year's edition. it gets underway on friday, and the structure of the competition is simple. the ten teams are divided into two round—robin groups of five, with two teams from each group qualifying for the semi—finals. i think for any team, winning at home is a big deal, you know, you always want to win
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with the support of your fans, your families, you know, coming to see you. and i think, you know, for us it's a great deal. in case you missed it, despite qualifying for the europa league last 32, and making it 15 games undefeated, arsenal suffered bad news in their goalless draw with sporting lisbon. danny welbeck suffered an horrendous ankle injury that will more than likely spell the end of his season. while their london rivals chelsea made it 17 unbeaten, as olivier giroud scored his first goal of the season, and first in almost 800 minutes for the blues, as they also qualify for the knockout phase with two matches remaining, beating bate borisov 1—0 in belarus. it's very important, because then we
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can talk again about this competition and february, and in february we will have for sure another target, but the first one is important. european football's governing body, uefa, says video assistant referees could be introduced in this season's champions league. it was initially planned to be phased in from 2019, but fears of high—profile, game—changing mistakes is leading officials to a rethink. a decision could be announced in early december, when uefa's executive committee next meets. anyone who plays basketball will tell you how difficult it is to sink a hoop from the other side of the court. what you are about to see is quite extraordinary. this is bull bullard from the harlem globetrotters making history. he has broken the world record for the furthest back somersault basketball shot. he did it from a distance of over 17 metres, or over 50 feet. here is the moment it was made official.
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you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that is bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team, that is your friday sport briefing. you might not agree with this statement, but chess is officially cool. the world number one is magnus carlsen, a chess rock star, and a millionaire at the age of 27. he is now preparing to take on the american grand master, fabiano caruana, at the world chess championship here in london. magnus carlsen sat down with some of his younger chess fans, and lucy hockings was with them. 0k, ok, come on, let's go. he's in here, come on, let's go and see. here he is. hello, i'm magnus. hello. what
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do you need to improve on in chess? i think do you need to improve on in chess? ithinki do you need to improve on in chess? i think i can improve on almost everything, but most of all i need to improve on my ability to handle chaos on the board. do you prefer playing computers or people? people, most definitely. i enjoy the struggle against the human brain much more. one in the 2013 world championship final, did you change your tactics before you started winning? that's a very good question. i don't think i changed my tactics, but my mindset changed a bit. i was very nervous at the start, i was a bit apprehensive. but i think start, i was a bit apprehensive. but ithinki start, i was a bit apprehensive. but i think i realised midway during the match that i was the better player. how will you prepare for your match against fabiano caruana, and how do you plan to win? i plan to win by proving that i am a better player. the way i'm going to that is i have
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a pretty universal chess style, so i'm not really afraid of him in any particular part of the game, and i'm just going to try to impose my will. do you have something that you would like to say, you guys? good luck. thank you very much, and good luck to you guys for your chess. the most important thing is to enjoy it, so i hope you do. and best of luck to magnus carlsen for later on today. the belongings of stephen hawking, the renowned physicist, have raised over $2 million for the stephen hawking foundation and the motor neurone disease foundation. christie ‘s said the collection of items represented the collection of items represented the ultimate triumph of scientific brilliance over adversity. professor hawking's signed copy of his 1965 ph.d. thesis sold for $500,000. an
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early wheelchair raised $400,000 and a script for his appearance on the simpsons sold for $10,000. his book on which he signed with a thumbprint in1988, on which he signed with a thumbprint in 1988, sold for $100,000, way above the $5,000 guide price. and tell me what you think about our talking point today. we are talking nannies and many states, apparently contracts are having to be signed by nannies preventing them from using facebook tom instagram and the like at work. send us your thoughts. use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. gabrielle says it depends on the job, if you are in charge of children your focus should be always on them, and not on their phone. as a mum,i on them, and not on their phone. as a mum, i completely agree with that. stay with us on bbc news. the weather is not looking great
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for some of us on friday. in fact the atlantic, at the moment, the weather across it is looking very lively. a lot of swirling action going on here. low pressures, stormy out to sea, and some of that rough weather is heading our way. on friday, we're expecting wet and very windy weather across western areas of the uk. intially, in fact, gale—force winds expected. through the early hours, there already is some rain around, particularly in the north—west of the country, around the irish sea, scotland as well. but towards the east, it's much drier. temperatures will dip down to five in norwich. double figures on the south coast and quite possibly in london. bit it's this low pressure on friday that is really going to upset the weather across western areas of the uk. it's charging in, and it's going to bring gales, and there's likely to be some disruption. heavy rain and gales are initially
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expected across western areas of the uk, and then through friday night, into the early hours of saturday, the gales and the rain will spread to perhaps some other parts of the country. this is what friday morning looks like. sp initially, actually, the weather's not looking too bad at all across some of these eastern and central areas. but here's the weather front. within this band of heavy rain, the winds are also very strong, so pounding the coasts of south—western england, southern parts of wales as well. here, gusts here could exceed 60 mph, and that does mean some potential damage to trees. the strong winds will also be blowing up across the irish sea into northern ireland, south—western parts of scotland, and very windy throughout scotland too. and of course, with that, some very poor conditions on the roads as well. and that weather front will be sweeping across the country during the course of friday evening and into saturday. so, as we head through the course of saturday morning, the bad weather is pushed out to sea. the winds will have eased,
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but in turn we have showers, blustery showers, and some of them will be heavy, particularly across western and southern areas. some of us actually on saturday will get away with a fairly decent day. then on sunday, again, a real mixed day. got remembrance day, of course. sunshine and showers, less cool, with temperatures around the teens. this is the business briefing. i'm victoria fritz. a fairytale quarter for disney as the movie studios work their magic. but are its plans about to become a nightmare for netflix? plus, the $25 billion retail binge — china's online shoppers gear up for singles day. but are they handing over too much personal data along with their cash? and on the markets, us shares fall as the federal reserve leaves interest rates on hold, but seems to be sticking to its plans to keep raising them, despite recent volatility on wall street.
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