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i'm nuala mcgovern with bbc news. our top story: there are conflicting versions of what caused the collapse of the summit between president trump and kim jong—un in hanoi. mrtrump said the north koreans had made unacceptable demands, that all sanctions be lifted in exchange for limited i'm sharanjit leyl in hanoi, denuclearization. where the trump—kim summit ends but north korea's foreign minister with no deal, no says they only asked for a partial lifting. agreement, no warm words. india has welcomed pakistan's president trump points the finger, announcement that it will release saying north korea wanted a captured indian fighter pilot. all sanctions lifted, tens of thousands of troops remain positioned along the border of the disputed kashmir region. something he could not accept. and this story is trending on bbc.com the world renowned conductor, you always have to be prepared to pianist and composer, andre previn has died aged 89. walk. i could have signed an born in berlin, he began his career agreement today, and they knew in hollywood, people would have said, oh, what a performing and arranging music while still at school. he went on to win four oscars. terrible deal, what a terrible thing stay with bbc world news. he did. no, you have to be prepared to walk. but that has been flatly contradicted by north korea. it says it was only asking for partial sanction relief. translation: if the united states
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removes partial sanctions, we will time now for hardtalk, on locaton in budapest. permanently and completely dismantle all the nuclear production facilities in the area. i'm nuala mcgovern in london. also in the programme: pakistan says it will release a captured indian fighter pilot in a bid to calm tensions over kashmir. india welcomes the move. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is to face corruption charges. he says they will collapse like a house of cards. it is midnight in london and 7:00am here in hanoi, where we have been hearing conflicting versions of what exactly caused the collapse of the summit between president trump and kim jong—un. mr trump left the summit early, saying the north koreans had made unacceptable demands that all sanctions be lifted in exchange for limited denuclearisation.
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basically they wanted the sanctions that did in their entirety, and we couldn't do that. they were willing to din into the rise a large portion of the areas that we wanted, but we couldn't give up all of the sanctions for that. so we continue to work, and we will see, but we had to work, and we will see, but we had to walk away from that particular suggestion. we had to walk away from that. but, just a few hours later, the north korean foreign ministers gave a conflicting response, saying they had been seeking partial, and not total, sanctions relief. translation: if the united states removes partial sanctions, namely removes partial sanctions, namely removes the articles of sanctions that hamper the civilian economy and the livelihood of our people in particular, we will permanently and completely dismantle all the nuclear material production facilities, including plutonium and uranium, in the presence of us experts and by the presence of us experts and by the joint work of technicians from
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both countries. let's speak to the bbc‘s nick beake, who is in central hanoi. neck, it is the day after that summit. the sun has risen, things seem to be back to normal here in hanol seem to be back to normal here in hanoi, the traffic continues, but you have had a very late night, haven't you, because there was this very late press conference being held by the north korean foreign minister. yes, and you are right, the north koreans calling a press conference is not a phrase we use everyday but that is what they did about midnight last night, and it gave them a chance to counter the narrative that president trump had put out some ten hours beforehand. and remember, there, he said that the reason the talks fell apart here in hanoi was because the north koreans wanted full sanction relief. we heard, though, from the foreign minister, normally based in pyongyang, at the hotel last night saying that no, that is not quite true. it was five specific un
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sanctions that the north koreans wa nted sanctions that the north koreans wanted relief from. now, in truth they are quite weak ones, and they relate to the banking sector and other economic sanctions that have been put on the country, but it did offer him an opportunity to really contradict what donald trump had said earlier in the day. and so here we are the day after, trying to make sense of it all. how did it all go wrong? because it was so incredibly unpredictable, wasn't it, the fact that they called off the summit earlier than expected. president trump has left. what are we likely to see, any more reaction today, as people are trying to make scrabbling to make sense of it all? yes, com pletely to make sense of it all? yes, completely unexpected, as you say. 24 completely unexpected, as you say. 2a hours ago the white house was saying we should prepare ourselves for some sort of deal to be struck. there was going to be this joint ceremony after a very cordial lunch. we know they can get to do that, they didn't get to eat another meal with each other. in terms of what happens now, it is quite interesting. the president is back in washington, dc, we have heard mike pompeo, his secretary of state,
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who was with him here, his right—hand man, saying, look, i think talks can get under way. both sides need a bit of time to regroup. interesting, you have seen some reaction overnight from the north korean official state media. there hasn't been animosity, there hasn't been any sort of attaching blame to the americans for what has happened here. instead they have said that mr kim and president trump met once again, they forged this deeper relationship that they managed to start back in singapore, and they have said that they will meet again in the future. there will be development here. but crucially, they didn't tell the north korean audience that this was cut short, that they walked away without a deal. yes, and of course, we know president trump, he is back in washington, dc, or at least president trump, he is back in washington, dc, orat least en route. kim jong—un remained washington, dc, orat least en route. kimjong—un remained here, doesn't he, for another day or two here in hanoi, hopefully to take in some of the sites, including the beautiful lake behind you, the lake of the sword. so tell us about what we know about his trip over the next few days. yes, president trump left
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pretty soon after, as quickly as he could, really. what we know mr kim is here properly for another two days or so. in terms of the itinerary he will be embarking on, we are not exact the sure and i think it is unlikely that the foreign media will be able to go and see at close quarters what he is up to. of course, he is the leader, he is the dictator of a communist country, visiting another communist country, visiting another communist country, and we think the schedule may well be the sort of thing you would expect, so sort of seeing people from the party apparatus here, maybe not the most hugely exciting of trips but one that he feels he obviously has to do. whether we will see him... see some of the landmarks here, like he did in the kapoor, we are not sure. but certainly people in hanoi here who have turned up to see his motorcade may well want to see him if he is out and about. yes, presumably waiting for that potential photo opportunity. well, thank you so much, nick beek, who has been following the summit for us. we will be here to try and make sense of it all, the day after the abrupt early
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ending of the summit —— nick beake. all of that foreign media was still here, about 3000 of us, still trying to make sense of it. exciting also to make sense of it. exciting also to see hanoi first thing in the morning. let's take a look at some of the day's other news: on a stop on his way back from that summit in vietnam, president trump has told us troops that 100% of the so—called islamic state group territory in syria has been taken. this is not the first time the president has said it, as he declared total victory over is via twitter last december. earlier on thursday, the us commander on the ground in syria said that complete victory would come next week, but the president said it had been achieved sooner than expected. we just took wejust took over... we just took over... you kept hearing it was 90%, 92%, the caliphate in syria, now it is 100%. we just took over caliphate in syria, now it is 100%. wejust took over 100 caliphate in syria, now it is 100%. we just took over 100 are sent caliphate. that means the area of the land, we just have 100%, caliphate. that means the area of the land, wejust have 100%, so that's good. we did that in a much shorter period of time than it was
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supposed to be —— 100%. also making news today: egyptian prosecutors say the fire which killed 22 people at cairo's main railway station on wednesday was caused by the train driver leaving the cabin without pulling the brakes. a preliminary investigation shows the driver left the train to argue with a colleague, but the driver says corroded brakes were to blame. the train hit the buffers and the fuel tank exploded, starting the fire. a deadline for two sisters from saudi arabia who have been appealing for help on social media to stay legally in hong kong after escaping from their family has expired. that means they could be deported. the young women ran away from relatives who they say beat them. they have been hiding in the chinese territory since september. two rival draft resolutions on venezuela have failed to pass at the un security council. russia and china vetoed a us resolution calling for humanitarian aid to be allowed in, and free and fair elections. a russian resolution seeking a political solution with president maduro's approval for any aid failed to secure the minimum support needed to get to a vote.
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pakistan's prime minister has offered to return an indian pilot on friday, in what is being billed as a peace gesture. that comes after days of rising tensions involving the territory of kashmir, which both nations claim as their own. pakistan shot down the pilot's jet on wednesday, after india had launched a series of airstrikes against a militant training camp in pakistan. 0ur correspondents yogita limaye and secunder kermani sent these reports from both sides of the line of control in kashmir. mortar shell has hit this mountaintop. india and pakistan exchanging fire. in the fields in the forest is, the bombs land pick and fast. people watch anxiously. this is one of the last villages on the indian side. here, they are used to hearing these explosions, but the past few days have been scary.
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translation: there has been so much shelling. we don't sleep at all at night. we worry that a bomb will hit oui’ night. we worry that a bomb will hit our house. since india launched air strikes across the border, on what it says was a terror camp, there has barely been a quiet hour here. it's too risky to go any further from here. we've been hearing the sounds continuously now for the past one hour. you can't see any military installations there, there's just looks like any other regular village, but those sounds tell you that you are very close to the border with pakistan. this village in pakistani administered kashmir was hit by shells on tuesday. you can see the absolute devastation that's been done to the house, and look. here is part of the mortar that struck it. whenever tensions rise between the two countries, it is people living in places like this that are the first to suffer. translation: when the shelling started, a bomb fell here. it has
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caused so much damage. i was hurt too. where can we find a safe place? ifi too. where can we find a safe place? if i could find one, sure. but who will give it to me is that even before this latest spate of violence, cross borderfiring had been increasing over the past few yea rs, been increasing over the past few years, and the family's home has been hit before. this 16-year-old had her leg amputated after a strike last year. hospitals in pakistan administered kashmir have been placed on emergency alert. tensions might now be easing, but it is of little use to this seven—year—old. he and his brothers are recovering after their home close to the border was struck earlier this week. another brother and sister were
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killed, as was their mother, but none of them know that yet. translation: she was their world. what can i do? they wanted to talk to her. i told them, she is on another ward, so you can't right now. dozens of families here have left their homes. some may feel confident enough to return for now, but this border is likely to remain a source of conflict. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: conductor, composer and pianist. andre previn has died at the age of 89. first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables, then suddenly the restaurant tables, then suddenly
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the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards, and it was just a matter of seconds as the fairy lurched onto her side. hydrogen bomb on a remote pacific atoll. the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshimalj explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i had heard the news earlier,... the constitutional rights of these marchers are their rights as citizens of the united states, and they should be protect it, even in they should be protect it, even in the right to test them out, so that they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital. is religious controversy, i know you don't want to say too much about it, but does it worry you that it is going to boil up when you get here? it worries us, yes, but we hope everything is going to be all right at the end of the day. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in hanoi.
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i'm nuala mcgovern in london. our top stories: north korea contradicts president trump's assertion that it insisted on a total lifting of sanctions at the hanoi summit. pakistan says it will release a captured indian fighter pilot to defuse the crisis between the two countries over kashmir. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world this morning. dominating the morning papers out of asia is the breakdown of that summit between kim jong—un and president trump. the south china morning post says the differences between the two leaders were too big to make a success of that meeting in vietnam. the china daily reporting on what might be a confidence boost for the country's tech giant, huawei. according to this article, the company expects to secure sg
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contracts in germany — that's after allegations of security compromises signalled its exclusion from western markets. moving onto the arab news, this features a photograph of a flooded roman amphitheatre in jordan's capital. take a look here. heavy rains have caused chaos in amman, vehicles have been washed away and mosques have been helping stranded people. blitz across the over the sharanjit leyl, has been watching the hanoi summit, at the of course so suddenly. —— let's. summit, at the of course so suddenly. -- let's. it is very much the talk of the town here, but also amongst north koreans and south koreans, the reactions they had mixed because the two sides have complicated history and they are technically still at war. rupert wingfield hayes has been gauging the reaction in seoul.
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at radio three north korea in seoul, they are broadcasting news of the trump kim summit into the north. this station is run entirely by defectors. the newsreader used to work for north korean state tv. the station founder was an officer in the north korean military. defectors like mr kim have long warned that kim jong—un is playing like mr kim have long warned that kimjong—un is playing a game with the outside world, and today, he feels vindicated. translation: trump, moon and the whole world is being deceived by kimjong—un. the south korean government must know that kim is not going to give up his nuclear weapons, but he went to the united states and told them kim is ready to give up his weapons. president trump accepted that and believed it until today. those on the right here and south korea may not be sad the latest trump kim summit has come to nothing, but many
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others feel massively disappointed. this behind me is the road to kaesong in north korea and to a large south korean run industrial zone, that used to employ tens of thousands of north korean workers. the years ago in the face of north korean missile test, it was com pletely korean missile test, it was completely shut down. hopes were high that the hanoi summit could lead to kaesong reopening, now those hopes have been dashed. ata at a factory outside seoul, this man is explaining how these machines made goldplated terminals that go inside mobile phones, until three yea rs inside mobile phones, until three years ago, he also ran another much biggerfactory across years ago, he also ran another much bigger factory across the border in case. we are devastated, he tells me. we thought was going to work out. i do not know what i am supposed to do now. i do not know exactly how much we have lost, but
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oui’ exactly how much we have lost, but our investment in kaesong comes to around $30 million. in seoul, the atmosphere is certainly very different from the warm april day last year when kim jong—un stepped into the south and shook hands with resident moonjae—in. into the south and shook hands with resident moon jae—in. —— into the south and shook hands with resident moonjae—in. —— president. president moon has rescued this peace process from collapse once already, whether he can do so again now is not at all clear. well, that is right. the reaction from around the region, particularly amongst the south koreans, but also here in vietnam, that there is still a little bit of shock today after the abrupt early ending to the summit, people are still talking about, as mentioned earlier, there are some 3000 members of the foreign press and everyone still trying to make sense of it all. such a big
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moment really for vietnam, as well as north korea, obviously south korea, america all watching, but i am wondering what does it feel like there? trump has left, mr kim remains, can you still feel that there is something happening in that city? is there a sense of steel anticipation or did the abrupt end change things massively? absolutely, i think the city has been just so excited to be hosting this, i mean from the sense we got speaking to vietnamese, they all seem incredibly proud that hanoi is hosting this summit. —— akrotiri. if you look down the street just summit. —— akrotiri. if you look down the streetjust in next to me, you can hear the hanoi traffic because it is busy, there are flags, at north korean flags, the vietnamese flag, altogether on the various flags here. —— still.
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streets have had to be shouts, you can imagine how much chaos there is regularly with the traffic here, for the streets to actually be shouts, that caused all kinds of disarray bite the locals do not seem to mind, they seem to take it into the sense of real pride in hosting this. —— bat. president trump's motorcade, i happened upon this huge crowd that we re happened upon this huge crowd that were all lined up to watch it go passed and as soon as he did, there was a cheer amongst the people there. quite amazing. was a cheer amongst the people there. quite amazinglj was a cheer amongst the people there. quite amazing. i have to say, iam there. quite amazing. i have to say, i am loving the glimpse into hanoi, i'm sure our viewers are too. —— but. thank you for that, sharanjit. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is to face charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust. he denies any wrongdoing. his likud party has described the reported move as political persecution and tried to block publication of the decision. it argues it could have a significant impact on the upcoming israeli elections.
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from jerusalem, here's tom bateman. he has dominated israeli politics for a decade. now benjamin netanyahu enters an election campaign facing the prospect of serious criminal charges. a tough talking premier who's forged a shift to the right at home and become the international face of israel for world leaders abroad. israel's justice ministry says the government's top lawyer has informed mr netanyahu about his decisions in three cases against him. the police have been investigating mr netanyahu for over two years, here they were turning up at his official residence to speak to him last march. they recommended he faced charges in three corruption cases. this is a friend of mr netanyahu, a leading israeli businessman. the police say a news website he owns buried bad news about the prime minister in return for favours for the site's parent company. and the alleged favours didn't end there. police say israel's leader tried
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to secure tax breaks and a us visa for the hollywood film producer, another friend, arnon milchan. in return, it's claimed mr netanyahu was given cases of pink champagne, cigars, and jewellery for his wife, sarah. his supporters remain defiant. at a recent election event for his likud party, activists said the case was politically motivated. he is innocent, netanyahu is innocent. they try to make him fail and they want to see it, no way, no way. he's the best. there was a last—minute bid from the party to stop today's decision, calling it a result of thuggish pressure. mr netanyahu has used these allegations to rally his right—wing base, saying that it's cooked up by the left and by the media. mr neta nyahu categorically denies the claims. the bbc asked him recently how worried he was about the cases.
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i believe nothing will come of it because there's nothing in it. and it doesn't affect me, it doesn't affect my support because people believe what i have just said and they also believe that we are doing the right thing for the country. his party has already hit back with an attack ad, calling the case a political hitjob. it said it will collapse like a house of cards. with six weeks until israel's election, mr netanyahu looks certain to fight on. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. the conductor and composer andre previn has died at his home in new york. he was 89. he led some of the world's great orchestras, and also won four academy awards for his film scores. will gompertz looks back at his life and career. andre previn was an extraordinary musical polymath, who blurred the boundaries between genres. he excelled as a conductor of many of the world's leading orchestras, conjuring from them a thrilling sound. he was a world—class jazz pianist...
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working with the greats, including ella fitzgerald. and at the start of his career, a hugely successful composer of film scores, including my fair lady... # i could have danced all night...#. for which he received one of his four oscars. good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to another television concert by the london symphony orchestra. he was also a tv star, recognising the small screen's potential to broaden the appeal of classical music. andre previn was born in berlin, before moving with his family to paris in the late ‘30s to escape the nazis, and then onto america and hollywood. his wit and charm and enthusiasm made him attractive to studios hiring musicians, and to women. the film star mia farrow was the third of his five wives. tonight, she tweeted...
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eric, say hello to mr preview. ah, mr preview, how are you? he achieved celebrity status in 1971 with a now legendary appearance on the morecambe and wise show. you're playing all the wrong notes. laughter i'm playing all the right notes. but not necessarily in the right order. iamjust i am just very happy that i am a musician. which branch of music is immaterial, just very pleased to be a musician, a wonderful thing to be. you have been watching newsday.
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i'm sharanjit leyl in hanoi. i'm nuala mcgovern in london. goodbye. well, we're just in the march and the weather has turned a little bit colder after that a warm spell in february. the atlantic is looking very turbulent at the moment, with those cloud swirling around. these are those cloud swirling around. these a re low those cloud swirling around. these are low pressure those cloud swirling around. these are low pressure weather systems and sheer our weather fronts, in fact there are multiple weather front around us, there's another one coming in from the south as well. all that is heading in our direction and as promised, the coming days will be very changeable. some days will be very changeable. some days will be very changeable. some days will be wetter than others but we will be wetter than others but we will experience that changeable weather. first thing in the morning, pretty mild, nine degrees in london first thing. around five degrees expected in aberdeen edinburgh, really missed murky start to the day with a bit of drizzle but it is not
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all bad because some of us on friday will actually get a little bit of sunshine particularly across western areas, cardiff, birmingham, at the north—west of england, for example, around liverpool, could get some sunshine. the further west you are, the claudio he will be. he was the first weather front moving into northern ireland on friday night, also the south—west of england and eventually wales, other areas of the country will get that rain in the early hours of saturday. early saturday, again a lot of wet weather, with a weather system is coming off the atlantic, it does tend to be quite mild. the weekend is looking very dusty across parts of the uk, we will see pressure moving off the atlantic. friday night into saturday, as at moves in, a lot of isobars there, those white lines, pressure lines, that basically means very strong winds. the low pressure comes across ireland, the rain reaches belfast eventually. one place we could keep the dry weather for most of the day and it may actually be really decent, that is london and norwich.
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temperatures here up to around 1a or 15 degrees. however, the weather will turn in the south because as this area of low pressure moves away, another one further south swings into southern areas of the country, so here we are expecting some pretty wet weather for cornwall, devon, parts of wales, the midlands, southern counties, east anglia and the south—east, so many of us in southern parts of the uk will need our brothers. northern areas, aberdeen there enjoying the sunshine on sunday with temperatures of around about 10 celsius. so it is all change, that warm weather we had in february of soon be a distant memory as this much cooler, showery weather continues into next week and it may last for quite sometime will stop that is the latest. —— that is 00:28:50,992 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 the latest.
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