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no deal — president trump cuts short his summit with the north korean leader and leaves empty—handed. there had been hopes kimjong—un would give up his nuclear weapons, but the leaders failed to reach agreement. you always have to be prepared to walk. i could have signed an agreement today, and they knew people would have said, what a terrible deal, what a terrible thing he did. no, you have to be prepared to walk. we'll be live in hanoi, where the summit has been cut short. president trump is now heading back to washington, where he's under pressure after his former lawyer testified that he's a racist and a conman. pakistan says it will release the indian pilot it captured, as a gesture of peace. a warning gangs are using sophisticated techniques to groom children, with chilling violence to stop them leaving.
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new hope for people suffering from parkinson's — a drug administered directly to the brain. and how firefighters rescued one of the world's most famous artists, after he got stuck in a lift. and coming up on bbc news, it's a winning start for england as their world cup preparations continue in the united states, against brazil. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a summit between president trump and the north korean leader, kimjong un, has ended early without agreement. a signing ceremony was hastily cancelled.
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mr trump said he walked away because of unacceptable demands from the north koreans, who wanted all sanctions against them to be lifted. the united states believes mr kim hasn't yet done enough to cut his nuclear weapons programme. barbara plett usher is travelling with president trump and sent this report. the day seemed to start off so well. the day seemed to start off so well. the smiles and friendly gestures that began in singapore continued on into their second dates, with another garden walkabout to demonstrate the special relationship. the statements were vague and president trump tried to lower expectations, but kim jong—un took the unprecedented step of answering unscripted questions from foreign reporters. translation: let me assure you that i will do all my best to bring a good results ultimately today. it's too early to tell. but i wouldn't say that i'm pessimistic. there's a
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lot of great ideas being thrown about. there were plenty of signals this would lead to the signing of some sort of agreement, at least a step towards denuclearisation. translation: if i'm not willing to do that, i won't be here right now. good answer, wow, that might be the best answer you've ever heard. but behind the performances for the the art of the deal broke down. mr trump emerged to announce they couldn't bridge their differences. always have to be prepared to walk. i could have to be prepared to walk. i could have signed an agreement today, they knew people would have said what a terrible deal, what a terrible thing he did. no, you have to prepared to walk. supported by his secretary of state mike pompeo the president declared the north koreans had demanded too much for too little. they wanted the sanctions lifted in entirety and we couldn't do that. they were willing to denuclearise a
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large proportion of the areas we wanted but we couldn't give up all of the sanctions for that. so while those hopes for peace will have to be put on hope for now and what a stunning outcome. you don't normally organise a high—stakes summit if you haven't sorted out a draft deal in exa m haven't sorted out a draft deal in exam “— haven't sorted out a draft deal in exam —— in advance. but president trump likes to trust is in things and personal powers of persuasion. in this case he got it wrong. —— trust his instincts. perhaps the north korean leader did too, maybe he thought he'd get more by going straight to the top. mr trump says they departed on friendly terms, but he wasn't ready to commit to another summit. barbara plett usher, bbc news, hanoi. our seoul correspondent, laura bicker, is in hanoi. how much of a surprise is that this summit‘s ended in failure? —— come to such an abrupt end? —— come to such an abrupt end7m was a huge surprise, we were all
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ready to go to a press conference where the two leaders were supposed to be signing an agreement and just before it happened, well, we were told hang on a second, plans have changed. now, what we're hearing is the united states was pushing the north koreans to give up a number of their nuclear planks. the north koreans were pushing the united states, calling for an end to all economic sanctions. it seems that for both men it was either all or nothing. from the little snippets of conversation we managed to pick up they do agree on some things but i was hearing from those close to the negotiations just a few days ago that there were still huge gaps. but it leaves the process now in deadlock. i'm hearing from seoul that president moon stands ready to mediate between the two but if they even cancelled lunch, if they couldn't sit down at a meal together this afternoon, then where do these talks go from here? laura bicker,
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thanks, from hanoi. president trump is now returning to washington, where he faces growing political pressure over allegations made by his former lawyer and fixer, michael cohen. giving evidence before a congressional committee yesterday, mr cohen called the president "a racist, a conman and a cheat". mr trump has dismissed his claims, saying "he lied a lot". let's speak to marc liverman from cbs news in new york. donald trump on his way back to the states. what he is facing when he gets back to the white house? as he arrives home, michael cohen will be wrapping up his last day of testimony which is today. this one will be behind closed doors before the house intelligence panel. it wraps upa the house intelligence panel. it wraps up a three—day marathon of testimony from president trump's former lawyer and fixer. yesterday's allegations were the only ones that michael cohen made publicly so we may never know the details from today's testimony and many republicans are not buying his testimony at all. they kept noting
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yesterday this is a man who is about to serve a three—year prison sentence for lying to congress as well as charges of bank and tax fraud, but it's providing a blueprint and a road map for democrats to follow to get corroboration. we expect them to follow u p corroboration. we expect them to follow up on a lot of those claims and try to figure out where to go next, to try and get a lot of these claims substantiated. us representative alexandra popp razia cortes asked cohen if the president ever provided inflated assets to an insurance company, he simply said yes. she asked if they needed to review his tax returns and financial statements, cohen and said, yes. these are the kind of areas democrats can follow up on today, behind closed doors. we haven't heard of any big immediate reaction to the president's response, that camejust a to the president's response, that came just a few hours ago from leaders on either side of the aisle but this is pretty interesting. the president's response could actually benefit democrats as they continue their investigations. they could
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point out that mr trump said the only thing cohen didn't lie about was the one thing that favoured the president, the rusher investigation. ibabin mark president, the rusher investigation. i babin mark leatherman in new york. pakistan says it will release the indian fighter pilot it captured yesterday after shooting down his plane. pakistan's prime minister, imran khan, says the pilot will be freed tomorrow, as a peace gesture. it comes amid rising tensions between india and pakistan, who are both nuclear powers. the dispute centres on the region of kashmir both countries claim it as their own, but only control part of it. there's been a sharp increase in cross—border fighting there in the last few days. well we have correspondents on both sides. in a moment we'll hear from yoghita limaye in the indian controlled kashmi, but first secunder kermani on the pakistani side. the line of control, or de facto
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border with indian—administered kashmir, isjust around 20 miles or 30 kilometres away as the crow flies. because of the tensions, schools here are closed and hospitals have been placed on high alert. last night a blackout was imposed in many parts because of the fear of cross—border shelling. earlier this week four civilians lost their lives. officials have told us that the local government has been helping relocate dozens of families from their homes close to the border. many others, we understand, have already moved, temporarily going to stay with relatives. across the country pakistani airspace remains closed today, and the question both the authorities and ordinary people are asking is how will india respond to this use of force by the pakistani military yesterday. pakistan is calling for dialogue, but is doing it after having shot down at least one indian jet and captured its pilot, and having carried out strikes across the border. those in turn were a response to indian airstrikes in pakistani territory, following an attack in india by a pakistan—based militant group. the international community is urging restraint, but the fear is that this series of retaliatory attacks could escalate.
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we're a few kilometres from the line of control, the de facto border between india and pakistan, in one of the last villages on the indian side. what you can hear behind me are pakistani and indian militaries exchanging fire. we think they are firing small arms and mortars. although you can't see any military installations behind me, you can hear those noises and we've been able to see smoke coming up from the mountainsjust behind us. villagers living here tell me they've been hearing these sounds pretty continuously, ever since india launched air strikes in pakistan two days ago. since then we've had india saying that they've shot down a pakistani jet, pakistan saying they shot down one indian warplane, and we have had these kind of ceasefire violations at multiple points along this line of control.
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the situation here suddenly seems to be escalating — very tense between india and pakistan. the children's commissioner for england has warned that "ruthless" criminal gangs are preying on vulnerable young people and that local authorities are failing to tackle the problem. a new report estimates there are 27,000 gang members in england aged between 10 and 17, with only a quarter of them known to the police or social services. our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani, reports. coryjunior davies, known as c], a loving teenager but troubled too, thanks to adhd and a school exclusion. when he was 13 he was groomed by a drugs gang to carry their product, his mother keesha mcleod repeatedly warned the authorities cj needed help. he called me one evening, he was being very agitated with me when he was
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talking, at the end of the conversation he said, the boys want me to sell drugs. i asked him where he was, i went to that area, i found him, i looked to see what he had in his possession, he had a fair amount of crack and heroin which i took from him. in september 2016 aged just 14 he was shot dead in the street. an official investigation found that the local authorities treated c] as a criminal when he should have been protected as a victim in the making. it wasjust him and me left to try and sort this out until anything else could occur, really. i100% believe i was let down. he is not here. cj's murder remains unsolved, the police are still appealing for information while his mother appealed to local authorities to learn the lessons. she says that the bigger picture was missed and today a report from the children's commissioner for england says too few agencies really
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understand the scale of the gang problem. her report estimates there are 27,000 under 18s in criminal gangs. but only a quarter are known to the authorities. she warns councils and police could repeat mistakes seen in how they failed to tackle street grooming by sex abuse gangs. we saw then that children weren't recognised in terms of the need and more often overlooked. people weren't recognising the scale of the issue, they weren't seeing the risks when children were being exploited and where parents and children asked for help they could not get the response and that, i see, is a too familiar pattern which is starting to show with children in gangs. the home secretary sajid javid says the government is now doing more than ever to intervene in the lives of young gang members including treating violence as a public health problem rather thanjust a crime. critics say it's not enough, a flagship scheme helping troubled families will soon run out of funding. three teenagers had died in a fortnight in birmingham prompting
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one police chief to describe knife crime is a national emergency. dominic casciani, bbc news. net migration to the uk from countries outside the european union has hit its highest level for 15 years. the figure is rising as the number of people settling in britain from eu countries continues to fall. our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, is with me. talk us through the figures. historically we still have very high levels of immigration to the uk, round and about 600,000. that figure hasn't changed much over the last four or five years. that's the overall context for this. if you look at net migration, the difference between immigration, the people coming to live in britain for a year or more, and those emigrating, well, that's 283,000, and that still well above the government's target of less than 100,000. when we look at the details
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of it, what we can see, there's been a clear trend since the referendum injune 2016, in terms of eu immigration. that's come down and that's led to a net of 57,000. that's the lowest for almost a decade. that's 70% down since the referendum. in terms of where that got is most keenly felt, well, it's among the eu eight, the countries like poland, the czech republic, slovakia, lithuania, latvia, we can see some sharp falls in immigration there. more of those people are leaving britain on arriving. in terms of non—eu migration, what we can see is that immigration has gone up can see is that immigration has gone up since the referendum. we have the highest level of net migration from outside the eu since 200a. it now 261000 and that is particularly being driven by more people coming here who have a definite job and also foreign students. the question
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is whether this is somehow the economy parling itself out —— economy parling itself out —— economy balancing itself out, non—eu migration, eu migration down, whether that's being balanced out, or whether the two nothing to do with each other and just happening independently. shaw, thank you. sure there thank you. the time is almost 16 minutes past one. our top story this lunchtime. a summit between president trump and the north korean leader, kim jong—un, ends early without agreement. mr trump said he walked away after the north koreans demanded an end to sanctions. and still to come. the labrador who refused to leave the side of the late president bush gets a new role in the us navy. coming up on bbc news, two—time world champion and olympic medallist james to gill his retirement from boxing ten days to the day he made his professional debut.
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there's new hope for people suffering from parkinson's disease with a radical treatment that delivers a drug directly to the brain. scans of patients who were given the drug found evidence of improvements to affected areas of the brain. the study‘s authors say it may be there's a "reawakening" of brain cells damaged by the disease. our health correspondent matthew hill reports from bristol's southmead hospital. tom phipps was the first of 41 patients to have a tiny catheter pushed deep into their brain which allows a protein to be infused which can repair damaged neurons. parkinson's develops when nerve cells die, scientists have to find a new way of getting through to the cells to deliver the protein known as gdnf. the promising signs of this treatment go back years, this patient was filmed walking before treatment and then afterwards. with the help of renishaw from gloucestershire, surgeon stephen gill developed this surgical robot to implant a machine that pumps the
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growth factor into their brain. while there was no significant difference in the symptoms of parkinson's between the group who had gdnf and those who didn't, when it came to brain scans, it was a different story. after nine months, there was no change in the scans in the group who had the placebo treatment but those who were given gdnf showed a 100% improvement in a key area of the brain affected by the condition. we set a bar and that bar was we expected to see a 20% difference between the patients who received the drug and those who did not. and we did not meet that criteria but if we then continued to deliver the drug over a longer period we actually exceeded that 20% improvement in symptoms. another patient to benefit is kay cotton. she designed costumes but had to give up because of parkinson's. it's almost impossible for me to believe this. that it worked.
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i can smell, that was the main thing. for me, it made a huge difference because with smell comes taste. there was a lot of things i hadn't realised i had missed, like the smell of lilac in the spring, it sounds really corny but it makes a huge difference. the trial is also featured in this bbc series. the technique is already attracting interest from across the world and has the potential to transform medicine internationally. matthew hill, bbc news. children held in young offender institutions and in custody are said to be at high risk of sexual abuse and thought before. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse that allegations were levelled at stop often following strip searches or insta nces often following strip searches or instances of restraint. its report concluded children are not safe from harm either physical or sexual, and
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called for an an official review. with britain due to depart the eu injust over a month, businesses across the country are continuing to weigh up how it will affect them. farmers have warned that leaving the bloc without a deal could threaten their businesses and the price of food in the shops. our correspondent ben thompson has been to the breccon beacons, to see how farmers there are preparing for brexit. welcome to the brecon beacons, where we're looking at how business could be affected by brexit and specifically a no—deal brexit. what could it mean for all sorts of firms? well, we are mid—lambing season. 600 lambs born on this farm over the past few weeks, 600 more are due over the next few weeks to come. but born into uncertainty. lots of big questions about trade, about tariffs, about trade deals with other countries. 92% of all welsh lamb that's exported goes to the european union, and also big questions over immigration and the staff who work on many of these farms. let me put this fellow down. let me introduce
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you tojohn and paul. john is the boss is the nfu in wales and paul is up until recently we should say a sheep farmer, now a beef farmer. we'll talk about that in a second. john, not long to go until brexit, still clearly lots of big questions. what could a no—deal scenario mean for you? well, a no—deal scenario would be disastrous for welsh farming. you know, we would crash out, we would face tariffs for what we produce and there possibly won't be tariffs for products coming in, you know — simply not acceptable. we cannot stop the clock. we need to have access to the best market in the world. the best market in the world at the present time is europe. for this year at the very least, or for the next few years, we need that access. paul, five generations in your family have been sheep farmers. you took pretty drastic action and you sold off your sheep, and you got cows. why? purely because of whatjohn'sjust said. it's the trade implications of us
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not securing a trade deal. half of our flock was a hill flock, so the vast majority of those lambs were exported to european markets — good, lucrative markets. if there's anything that would cause friction or a barrier on that, it would deem the welsh lamb sector unviable, really. lots of work still to do. good luck to you both, nice to see you. let me make my way through the lambs this morning. so there's one taste of what it means for business, particularly here in welsh farming. and a little earlier there were two french students who had come here on a french exchange scheme and they come to help out and to learn on the farm here. they've been doing that for 20 years. this is the last year they'll come here because of the changes brought about by brexit, so big changes and little changes, all of them adding up to lots of uncertainty for welsh farming. a two part documentary will be broadcast next week accusing michaeljackson of sexually abusing two young children, in the late
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19805 and early 1990s. wade robson and james safechuck say from the age of 7 and 10 the singer abused them at his neverland ranch in california. michaeljackson's family deny the claims. jackson also denied any allegations of abuse throughout his life. lizo mzimba reports. everybody wanted to meet michael or be with michael. the documentary details the story of two men now in their 30s who claimed when they were children they were abused by the pop star. michael asked do you and the family want to come to neverland? something they say began after jackson befriended them and their families. the days were filled with magical childhood adventure experiences. both say the abuse began after he brought them to his neverland ranch, they told cbs news
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it went on for years. for me, while the abuse was going on, the abuse for me went from aged seven to the age of 1a. i rememberfeeling around 12, starting to be a little more uncomfortable about that, sometimes trying to change the subject or, you know, distract but then, but then, having a fear that if i don't do this, i'm already feeling like i'm not a favourite of michael's anymore, if i don't do this, what is going to happen? i do think there are others out there but i also don't expect them to just come out now that we are coming out. it's such a difficult thing to do to come out, you have to do it when you are ready. jackson had always denied any abuse and was cleared at a 2005 criminal trial involving a 13—year—old boy. his family says these new allegations are completely untrue. i want them to understand
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and know this documentary is not telling the truth. there has not been not one piece of evidence that corroborates the story. and they are not interested in doing that. some would say it's hard for you to sit here and say the documentary isn't telling the truth when you haven't seen telling the truth when you haven't seen the documentary. shouldn't you see? i don't care because i know my i don't have to see the documentary, i know michael. the 2-part documentary has already been screened at the sundance film festival in the us and will be shown in the uk over two nights on channel four next week. a dog belonging to the former american president, george h.w. bush, has started a new position with the us navy. sully, a yellow labrador, won the affection of americans last year when he faithfully laid down beside his late master's coffin. his new role will see him helping wounded war veterans and their families, as neda tawfik reports. applause.
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it's a proud day for sully the service dog as he embarks on his next assignment. he was a constant companion forformer president george hw bush in the last few months of his life. starting today, his new home will be with veterans at walter reed military medical centre. sully hw bush, do you affirm as a hospital foreman in the united states navy, that you will support, comfort and share with warriors and their families, active duty and retirement? sully first touched the hearts of americans when he loyally accompanied the 41st president's casket to the nation's capital. their friendship began when the two—year—old lab moved into the family estate following the death of first lady barbara bush. sully was always by his side, for long walks and presidential meetings. bush senior loved him so much that even got socks to honour sully. hi, valerie, nice to meet you. nice to meet you. is this sully? this is sully.
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say hello to neda. we were lucky enough to meet sully at this training facility in long island before his new mission began. sully‘s trainer valerie says he is an old soul. which made him a perfect match for bush senior. his team wanted a loyal dog, a dog that was easily adaptable, great with children and sully fit the bill perfectly. sully, phone. he is also talented. service dogs like sully are trained to help in emergency situations. or with daily tasks. good boy, sully. it was president george hw bush's wish that sully would go on to walter reed to continue serving his country. there, hisjob will mainly be to comfort veterans and their families. army veteran tyler began before he was matched with his very own
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trooper. yes, good boy. he had to relearn everything after sustaining severe brain injuries and a fractured spine while on deployment. and he needs assistance trooper is there. it has meant the world to me. i feel like i can there. it has meant the world to me. ifeel like i can fully live my life. it's a bond that cannot be broken. it's, iam life. it's a bond that cannot be broken. it's, i am always there for him and he is always there for me. we got each other ‘s back. him and he is always there for me. we got each other 's back. sally will be making new relationships but he will forever carry the presidential seal on his best and he will always be sally hw bush. imagine being stuck in a lift with one of the most famous artists in the world. well, that's what happened in amsterdam when nine people found themselves stranded alongside david hockney, one of whose paintings recently sold at auction for a record 70 million pounds. they were all eventually rescued by dutch firefighters. well among the other people stuck in the lift was the bbc‘s ownjim naughtie this is his account
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of what happened. better than any museum. well, that isa better than any museum. well, that is a heavy stop. eventually there we re is a heavy stop. eventually there were shouts from outside of people, the editor of the daily mail, a friend of david hockney is, waiting for us in the lobby and we realised where we were. geordie went into super boy scout mode and shouted to reassure us. super boy scout mode and shouted to reassure us. the general manager of the hotel had been summoned, his chief engineer was on the way, so was the amsterdam fire department. we had forced the door open about three inches so we could see light and someone started to pass bottles of water through the gap. thenjordi got someone to find a folding still that was slipped through so that david hockney, 81, could sit down. get a crowbar he said, there was a pity adjective attached. we had been there for getting on for half an hour then be heard feet on the roof
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of the left, the sound of clanking tools, lights and torches, the glimpse of a fireman ‘s uniform. the cranking and heaving was helping and with a creek and banged the door was wrenched back. light poured in and we climbed out, cheers from the crowd that had gathered in the lobby. afterwards, the firemen crowded round, they wanted a picture with david hockney. it was amsterdam, after all! a very civilised city. glad they all got out ok. let's get a look at the weather with helen has gone. it has, what a difference a day makes, have the code the weather is. we still had today to get through but we are certain that february will be the warmest on record. but as you say, or change, down to a change in wind direction. this dry heat coming from the south, today we have moist and warm
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