tv Outside Source BBC News May 13, 2019 9:00pm-10:00pm BST
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hello, i'm kasia madera, this is outside source. beijing hits back again to washington with thousands of tariffs on us products. president trump says he's happy to be fighting a trade war with china. are very positive step, i love the position we are in. there can be some retaliation but it can be very, very very substantial by comparison. the legendary holywoods actress doris day has died at the age 97.
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where are all the gorgeous clothes and work with rock hudson and jimmy gardner and clark gable. how bad can it be? and the deepest ever dive into the mariana in the pacific find new species and plastic pollution. that's all coming up on outside source. hello and welcome to the programme. the trade war between the world's largest two economies has escalated further. only last week hopes were high that the us and china would agree a deal. but the talks broke down. today china has announced new tariffs on $60bn worth of american goods, starting on istjune. that's a retaliation for the us more than doubling the tariffs on $200bn of chinese goods last friday.
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the ongoing battle between the two economic giants has spooked the markets. this is a graph of how the dowjones index, a list of 30 of the biggest companies in america, has performed recently. it hasn't been doing all that well, this last dip was when president trump announced china had broken the trade deal they were negotiating. then it began to climb again. but today it fell by more than 2.5%, after china announced steeper tariffs. president trump has been speaking about this and he won't china not to retaliate. we are in a great position right now, no matter what we do. china wants to have it because companies are already announcing that they are leaving china because they cannot do that, they cannot compete if they are in china, with the tax. what a lot of
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companies are going to be doing, quite naturally, is leaving china and going to other countries so they don't have to pay the tariff. that is something that is a problem for china, they don't want to have that. we don't want to have that necessarily for china. we had a deal with china, it was 95% there. and then my representatives, they went to china and they were told that things we had fully agreed to, we we re things we had fully agreed to, we were not going to get any more. that is not acceptable. president trump is not acceptable. president trump is competitive on tv and is fighting back on twitter as well saying there will be nobody left in china to do business with. very bad for china but very good for the usa. the president trump is macroeconomic adviser said something different on fox news. the president says china doesn't, china it pays the tariffs, they may suffer the consequences
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but it's us businesses and us consumers who pay, correct? yes, to some extent. i don't disagree with that, again, both sides will suffer on this. zhaoyin feng joins us live from washington. china is obviously retaliating for what the us has done. we are going infor what the us has done. we are going in for tit—for—tat trade war here? indeed. after the us tariffs going up indeed. after the us tariffs going up last friday, beijing may have felt pushed into a corner. it has to give a very strong response to the us. on monday evening, chinese central television made an unusual announcement in a combative tone that china has now fully prepared to fight the trade war. it wasn't willing to enter this war, started by the us but it is now prepared and will fight to the end. it is a message clearly targeting the
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domestic audience. i want to bring in the live shot from new york, from the stock exchange of new york. it is not looking good. when it comes to china, do you think there is going to be a situation where they will want to have a deal ultimately, oi’ will want to have a deal ultimately, or is it all over? i think china still has an appetite for a deal. if you look at the tariffs, the chinese tariff will not kick in until the ist ofjune. tariff will not kick in until the ist of june. that leaves tariff will not kick in until the ist ofjune. that leaves us a three—week window to renegotiate. so it is likely the two sides will meet again in beijing for the new rounds of talks. they will have to negotiate under the dark cloud of the tariffs. so going forward, what are we looking at on the ist of june, will these tariffs against american goods, are they likely to be kicking in all is it something that can be reined in? it depends on how the talks go in the coming
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weeks. both sides understand how high the stakes are. for china, the trade war will bring gdp growth lower than 6%, which might be outside the comfort zone of the chinese leadership. it will be the loudest gdp growth for china in three decades. so it might be a very big price for china to pay. and for the us, trump would like to prove to his base that he can handle china regarding trade. so he has told reporters earlier that he will be meeting with president xi in osaka, japan by the end ofjune. we will be watching that one. many thanks for bringing us up to date from washington. we are going to keep the focus on the united states. hollywood icon, doris day, has died at the age of 97. as an actress, she starred in films such as calamity jane, and also recorded more than 650
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songs, making her one of the most popular and acclaimed singers of the 20th century. the news came via a statement from her charity — the doris day animal foundation. it said... "day had been in excellent physical health for her age, until recently contracting a serious case of pneumonia". "she was surrounded by a few close friends as she passed." star trek actor william shatner has lead tributes. "she was the world's sweetheart and beloved by all." here's david silito on doris day's her career, which started in the 1930s. doris day, cracking that whip in calamity jane. no one captures better good—natured ‘50s hollywood innocence. # whip—crack—away, whip—crack—away,
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whip—crack—away. . . # her romantic comedies were smart, glamorous box office hits. pillow talk with rock hudson won her an oscar nomination. you ain't the kinda gal who'd break a date. no, i'm not. and i ain't the kinda guy who'd ask you to. i had a great time, and i think that they sensed it. ihad fun! to wear all the gorgeous clothes and work with rock hudson andjimmy garnerand clark gable, you know. how bad can it be? as a child, the young mary von kappelhoff wanted to be a dancer but a car accident ended that dream. she then discovered she could sing. # not so politely when we dance, and you hold me tightly #. in the late ‘40s, with her stage name doris day, she was one of the highest—paid singers in the business. # when we walk hand in hand, the world becomes
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a wonderland, it's magic #. the film romance on the high seas was her first screen role and, despite almost no acting experience, the star quality was immediately obvious. doris day, star of the new film... she went on to become the highest paid actress in hollywood. in public she was platinum grade, all—american good cheer. # gonna take a sentimentaljourney...# but in private, it was a rather different story. you can't tell me what to do! this movie withjimmy cagney was perhaps a closer reflection of the first of her four marriages. # que sera, sera...#. her move into tv was the consequence of her third husband leaving her virtually bankrupt. fashions had changed, her movie career was over. # que sera, sera...#.
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then in 1985 a reunion, a tv interview with rock hudson. a few months later, he'd die from aids. showbusiness was now, for doris day, over. her life, her animal foundation. there was an album of unreleased songs that made her a chart topper at age 89. however, her wishes are no memorial, no funeral, no grave marker. however, we'll always have the films. # que sera, sera, what will be will be #. remembering doris day. let's cross over live to los angeles and david willisjoins us from over live to los angeles and david willis joins us from there. david, what are korea, where do you start? it is just glittering. absolutely, she was the last remaining star of hollywood's golden age, if you like.
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the archetypal girl, all woman next door. they have been laying flowers on her star on the hollywood walk of fame today. of course tributes have been pouring in both from singers and from actors, melissa etheridge, tony bennett, gloria gaynor among those playing tribute. goldie hawn saying doris day left us and took a piece of the sun with her. the estate of the late humphrey bogart also sent condolences to doris day's family and sir paul mccartney, who visited doris day at her ranch in california, wrote on his website saying i will always remember her twinkling smile and infectious laugh, as well as the many great songs and movies she gave us. doris day was nominated for an oscar in 1964 the film pillow talk, in which he starred alongside rock hudson. she didn't win, but the academy of
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arts, the body who gave at the oscars have hailed her as a legend. david, thank you. let's turn to some of the day's other news. the saudi government has condemned what it's described as sabotage attacks on two of its oil tankers as well as two other boats. pictures released by the united arab emirates show a norwegian—flagged vessel with damage to its hull. the incident happened near the strait of hormuz — a vital oil and gas shipping route. the tankers were passing near the port of fujairah. here's our security correspondent frank gardner.
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this is a spark that sets things off. it is interesting that both saudi arabia and the uae, and us allies have stopped short of saying he was behind these acts of sabotage, as they put it. privately, people are wondering is it the iranians? but the iranians are saying they are very concerned and it is worrying and they want an investigation. some officials have hinted a third country could be to blame. it is very odd. first, i think there was some speculation that no attack had really taken place. initial reports said the port in the uae had been hit with explosions. that head is not true. the damage took place at sea off the uae coast. so the details are unclear, but what we know is around a third of oil consumed globally passes through this particular area
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and understandably, tensions are extremely high. the us has sent additional warship in recent days claiming threats to iran from its forces and maritime traffic. iran has dismissed the allegations. here's the british foreign secretary who was in brussels today for talks on iran between the us and eu. we are very worried about the risk of a conflict happening by accident with an escalation that is unintended on either side. i think what we need is a period of calm to make sure that everyone understands what the other side is thinking. jeremy hunt there saying he's worried about war breaking out by accident. the us secretary of state mike pompeo says that's not going to happen. our aim is not war, our aim is a change in the behaviour of the iranian leadership.
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we hope the iranian people, get what they finally want and what they so richly deserve. the forces we are putting in place, the forces we've had in the region before, we often have carriers in the persian gulf, but the president wanted to make sure in the event something took place, we were prepared to respond in an appropriate way. iam hearing i am hearing little stories about iran. if they do anything, they will suffer greatly. that is the president speaking a short time ago. we have been given another perspective on this. we know that there have been an act of sabotage, according to the united arab emirates and the saudis. but that is as much as we know. they have refrained from accusing any countries. iran, some people think it's behind it, has also said it wasn't us, we would like this to be investigated. but it is very early to say. we have to wait and see if
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they can find out. they might not be able to. in the last couple of years, similar incidents have happened, but it turned out it was the many houthi rebels that are supported by iran, but it wasn't directly iran involved in like this. that is interesting, this is an incredibly important piece of water, a lot of oil goes through here? yes, one third of global oil has to go through the strait of hormuz. why it is so sensitive, because in the last couple of weeks, the reigning president has said if iran is unable to sell its oil, we will make sure no one else can. some military commanders have threatened they will shut down the strait of hormuz. it is important to remember that it is one of the busiest shipping areas on earth. also, iran is in charge of policing that area through their revolutionary guards. a few weeks ago, the united states added the
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revolutionary guards to a list of terrorist groups. tension is high and anything that happens in that piece of water, that can have serious consequences for the rest of the world. i'll be potentially seeing a confrontation between iran and the us, a proxy disagreement war? exactly and that is what everybody is worried about. we have had european leaders asking for both sides to show restraint and don't act emotionally. the problem is, because it is a very narrow piece of water, accidents have happened before and it is possible it has happened again. it is important to remember there are road elements on every side of the story. once side we have the united states, israel, saudi arabia and the uae. on the other side we have iran, the houthi rebels and the revolutionary guards. there are rogue elements in every aspect of the story, he would enjoy seeing a possible war between iran and the united states. we will
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continue to monitor that. itv has suspended the broadcast of thejeremy itv has suspended the broadcast of the jeremy kyle itv has suspended the broadcast of thejeremy kyle so indefinitely after a guest are said to have died shortly after filming. after a guest are said to have died shortly afterfilming. a psychologist has her perspective on this. every service provider has to make a decision as to the kind of shows they are happy to work on. personally it is not a show i would wa nt to personally it is not a show i would want to support and work on because it has been a concern for quite some time of mine, that people who go on the show are quite vulnerable, in many different ways. they may have addictions, mental health difficulties, maybe socio— economic difficulties, maybe socio— economic difficulties going on. we have to ask ourselves what is the potential benefit for someone going on the show. whereas some other shows like love island or other reality shows,
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you might argue people might want to go on those because they want to develop a platform or they have a message. one of the things about the jeremy kyle show that i don't particularly wa nt jeremy kyle show that i don't particularly want to be involved in is, it is a very relatively short period of time they appear on the show and i cannot see any potential benefit for them. welcome back, this is outside source. markets in the united states have fallen sharply after china announced tariffs on $60 billion worth of american imports. some of the other stories we are monitoring in the bbc newsroom... the chief prosecutor in sedan has said the former president alma al bashir has been charged over the killing of protesters. dozens of people have been shot dead by the security forces during anti—government protests which began in december. bbc arabic is following that story. sri lanka has imposed a nationwide
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overnight curfew following anti—muslim violence across several districts near colombo. the muslim majority areas of north—western province, crowds of people attacked mosques and businesses. schillinger has been tense in suicide attacks by islamist militants last month. —— shall anchor. dozens of spotted seal pups have been released into the wild, months after they were rescued by police from coaches in china. 100 were found starving inside a remote farm shed in the chinese city in february. eight suspects have been arrested and they are doing very well. let's bring you up—to—date with the latest brexit developments because well, let's see what they are. talks between the british government and the labour party resumed this evening. the two biggest parties in british politics are trying to find a way out of the current impasse.
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keir starmer says the government will have to agree to put any deal toa will have to agree to put any deal to a public vote, if it wants to go through. he told the guardian that up through. he told the guardian that up to 120, if not 150 labour mps won't back it otherwise. the deadline has been pushed back to the sist deadline has been pushed back to the 31st of october after mps rejected theresa may's deal three times. labour's deputy leader has also said that any agreement would need another referendum. here he is talking to bbc radio four.|j relu cta ntly ca me to talking to bbc radio four.|j reluctantly came to the view there should be a confirmatory ballot. reluctantly came to the view there should be a confirmatory ballotm all circumstances? let me explain, i thought it was the only way we could break the impasse. if a deal could be found that inspired enough votes in westminster, then fine. but it seems to me, very difficult. the pressure is increasing on theresa may to set a departure date. this is
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one of various different opinion polls from the last few days. the voting intention in the european elections next week and it shows the conservatives in fourth place, below the lib dems. they are below labour and out in front we have the brexit party. one month ago, that party didn't even exist. so to rise to the top of the polls is extraordinary. alex forsyth has sent us this report from staffordshire. she was at a rally where the party spoke to its supporters. nigel farage hasjust supporters. nigel farage has just finished addressing a rally which happened in feather stone. it is one of several events he has carried out like this up events he has carried out like this up and down the country. notjust nigel farage, the leader of the newly formed brexit party, but the number of european candidates they have standing in the elections. the message focused on democracy. they have been saying they see what has been happening with brexit on a
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national level as a betrayal of the democratic vote that took place in june 2016. that message has been well received here in the room. he made the point this is a labour constituency where most people voted to leave the eu. he said his party is targeting labour voters who feel let down by labour, as well as conservative voters who are unhappy with what is going on about brexit on the national platform. these elections were never meant to take place because in theory, the uk should have been out of the european union by now. certainly nigel farage and the brexit party are hoping to capitalise on the anger from those who feel frustrated that it hasn't happened. i want to go to indonesia where, last month, held a poll and everything about it was big. 193 million eligible voters took part. there were more than 800,000 polling stations and one of the really alarming numbers about this particular election, so many of the
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election officials that took part died, during or soon after the count itself. 455 people, that's according to the ministry of health in indonesia. doctors are looking into why this has happened. so today, the indonesian doctors association has come out and said this incredible number of people who work during indonesia's election died from things like strokes, heart attacks, they may have had problems with asthma before. but they cannot know for sure because these people have been buried in line with muslim tradition, quickly aftertheir been buried in line with muslim tradition, quickly after their death soa tradition, quickly after their death so a full autopsy wasn't carried out. now there is this mounting pressure because it is such a huge number of people who have died since this election. it is a staggering number but this was a huge election because it was various different elections all brought together? because it was various different elections all brought together7m has been called the well‘s most complicated single day election ever. it is the first time indonesia
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has held the parliamentary as well as the presidential elections across 17,000 islands. thousands of people we re 17,000 islands. thousands of people were involved in this election. most we re were involved in this election. most were people in their 50s. they may have held health issues before, but not elderly people we are talking about. it was a very long day. we are hearing from the electoral commission, they believe exhaustion was a role in their deaths. there has been a lot of outcry, vertically from the opposition parties, calling foran from the opposition parties, calling for an enquiry, questions about foul play. the president has said these people are heroes of democracy and the families are being offered around $2000 in compensation for the loss of their loved ones. impossible to compensate something like this, but when it comes to revisiting and doing another election, surely indonesia is going to have to rethink this one? they will indeed and those recommendations we have had from the doctors association today. also they need to do more make sure the people they put on
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these polling stations are fit and proper and healthy to do this job.|j will be back for the next edition of outside source. it is that time of day we take a look at interesting weather around the world. in north america we had some stormy weather. you can see this cloud on the satellite image which is clearing off to the north—east. it has brought torrential rain and strong winds through the weekend. significant wind damage in mississippi and alabama. also flooding across louisiana and texas. part of mississippi, we have seen 350 millimetres of rain, by 14 inches over the past five days with river levels continuing to rise. some respite over the next few days as that system moves out to these. drier weather for that system moves out to these. drier weatherfor many that system moves out to these. drier weather for many central and southern states. low pressure moving
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on from the pacific bringing wet and breezy weather to british columbia, washington state should be dry down towards california. across south america and the heaviest of the rain on tuesday will be for northern ecuador, peru and colombia, flooding possible in the zone. heavy showers for the far south of brazil and across uruguay. let's move the other side of the atlantic onto europe and something of an east, west split. high pressure in charge for the uk and france. a warm day to come again for portugal and spain. further east, we have lots of showers and strong, gusty winds for the likes of poland, across the balkans and into italy. very unsettled through the central mediterranean. we have seen temperatures on the hot side, across the north west of africa and in morocco we will continue to see those temperatures are above average, possibly in the mid—40s, before it turns cooler in the week. dry weather for tanzania following their recent heavy showers but more
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rain works in here as we end the week. temperatures rising across the north—east of china and the korean peninsula. to the south of that, heavy showers for shanghai, hong kong and much across thailand and indonesia. plenty of downpours likely here. there is a tropical cyclone off the coast of queensland. you can see it on the satellite. it is weakening somewhat but it is making its way close to the coast of queensland. it will make landfall, probably not as a tropical cyclone but it will bring wet and windy weather and some large waves around the coasts. moving across, it has been unsettled for new zealand, vertically for the south island. blustery showers but things will be drying upfor blustery showers but things will be drying up for the south island and staying dry for the north island. what about the uk? the outlook is for largely dry and sunny weather over the next few days. with those temperatures on the rise. as far as our capital cities, they are looking well. up to 20 degrees over the next few days. you will find more details
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sounds hello, i'm kasia madera, this is outside source. beijing has hit back against washington with tariffs on thousands of us products. their move comes after the united states announced its new tariffs on friday. president trump says he's happy to be fighting a trade war with china. a very positive step, i love the position we are in. they can be send retaliation but it can't be substantial by comparison. the legendary holywoods actress doris day has died at the age 97. i had fun. and where all the
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gorgeous clothes and work with rock hudson and clark gable. now to a sad story. an iranian woman has been sentenced to 10 years jail in iran for allegedly spying for the uk. an iranian spokesman said the woman had been "in charge of the iran desk" at the british council, a cultural organisation — and had confessed to "co—operating" with british intelligence. the british council says "it does not have offices or representatives in iran, and does not do any work in iran."
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the family of aras amiri, a london—based british council employee and art student, who was detained in iran in march 2018, have confirmed the case involves her. they have also added this picture. they have also added this picture. the uk is trying to release another british woman. she is serving a five—year sentence in tehran for spying, a charge she has denied. here is our diplomatic correspondent. this is an a reunion international. aras amiri had been working for the british council, official cultural and training wing. the council hasn't made her officially but they
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say they never send anyone to iran, she was there privately when she was arrested. she was there to see her ailing grandmother. the iranians say she was infiltrating and encouraging cultural and theatre groups to influence and infiltrate, whatever that means, but it's in their to spying. richard radcliffe said this was bad news, this ten year sentence. he regards this as a similar case where aras amiri has been used as another chess piece on a political game board that iran is playing. james robbins with that. let's return to our top story, the worsening trade war between the us and china. today china said it would impose new tariffs on $60 billion worth of us goods, starting on 1june. that's a retaliation for the us more than doubling the tariffs on $200 billion of chinese goods last friday.
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china's new tariffs have hit the us markets badly, the dowjones index has fallen by more than 2.5% today. this is a breakdown of the goods affected, electronics are by far the biggest sector. not looking good, the markets not happy at all. indeed, we saw the markets closed about 30 minutes ago, they're starting to settle right now. they have closed down for the day more than 600 points. this is a reflection of investors are being really nervous about the prospect of a trade deal between the united states and china. these are two big economic powerhouses. for a long time, we've been hearing from both chinese officials and the white house the prospect of a deal were
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pretty close but now we have seen all of that unravel. you can see investors are getting nervous and companies that really depend on china, again you pointed out, computer companies, technology companies like apple and companies like boeing that sell planes to china, these are having a really big impact, having a big impact on their bottom line. within hearing from donald trump who is saying china are the ones who will be losing out on this but in fact it is us companies. and ultimately us consumers will lose out. that is right. you do see, they should be some impact on the chinese market and consumer because they buy a lot more from us. that said, it is the american consumer and the american companies that will also feel a big part of this because we still buy a lot from china and that will increase costs for
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companies and ultimately companies will pass on those cost to the consumer. you may not see that increase immediately right now, but down the road it will certainly have an impact. as always, many thanks for talking us through that. donald trump own economic adviser sings of the difference to the president. pakistan has agreed its 13th bailout from the international monetary fund since the late 1980s. it needs the $6 billion loan to shore up its fragile economy, as it battles accelerating inflation and tumbling foreign currency reserves. but why does the imf continue to support the economy, after so many failures? this is the mandate of the imf, this is why they exist. i think there is frustration, there is hope that things would have gone differently in the past. one of the reasons why this programme is half the size of what people expected to see, my own
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calculations needs $13 billion to close and external financing calculations needs $13 billion to close and externalfinancing gap. we are looking at how for what they need. half of that is because the imf pakistan team had to sell this to the executive board, the countries, the shareholders of the institution. how do you convince then this programme is going to be different? you by providing less money than they can might need and by the time to make the programme structurally different. let's turn to neighbouring india because mumbai is undertaking one of the worlds most ambitious construction project. it is first underground metro in the city whose transport system is used by8 city whose transport system is used by 8 million people every day. the woman in charge of the project gave monica miller a talk. this is what the mumbai future is and that is going to be light at the end of this
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tunnel by 2021. roughly a thousand workers are on the job 24 hours, seven days a week to get line three of the mumbai metal up and running. officials say as many as ten passengers fall into the tracks each day on trains. this underground matter will double its capacity with air—conditioned cars, racing down 33 and a half kilometres of track to a key destination in india's business help. land acquisitions, temporary displacement of 2800 families and heavy rains are some of the obstacles she has had to face. how do we get instructed? it is a challenge and we did that with the help of a japanese international cooperation. there is a lot riding on this. if it all goes to plan this project will give this maximum city of the infrastructure it needs. julian assange the co—founder of wikileaks is back
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in the headlines, despite currently being in prison. swedish prosecutors have reopened an investigation into a rape allegation made against him in 2010. assange has always denied the accusation. he avoided extradition to sweden for seven years after seeking refuge at the ecuadorean embassy in london. we'd regularly see him making statements from this balcony. two years ago swedish prosecutors dropped the rape investigation, saying they felt unable to take the case forward while assange remained inside the embassy. but last month julian assange was evicted — ruptly news agency captured this moment. here's the swedish prosecutor. after reviewing the preliminary investigation in its current state my assessment is that there is still probable cause to suspect
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thatjulian assange committed rape. so nowjulian assange is facing extradition from two countries. one is as already mentioned sweden. the other is the united states, where he's accused of being part of one of the largest ever leaks of government secrets back in 2010. so which extradition will take precedence, sweden or the us? this is the man who will decide, the uk home secretary sajid javid. here's the international human rights lawyer geoffrey robertson, who's previously advised julian assange. box 3 sot. it's going to create a dilemma for the home secretary, mrjavid. there's a tug of war between america and sweden. america has indicted him for an offence carrying five years imprisonment, but they could add to it because he is a co—conspirator, they allege, withjosie manning. she got 35 years until she was
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pardoned by president obama. i don't thinkjulian assange will be pardoned by president trump. but the swedes now want him for an offence that carries only four years. wikileaks has wikilea ks has given wikileaks has given a statement saying the investigation has been dropped before, it will give do on a sound chance to clear his name and here is the editor in chief speaking, saying the political was under pressure. here is what he said. look at the facts of the matter, the lawyer for julian said. look at the facts of the matter, the lawyer forjulian a sign she was given access to text messages from this woman who was texting about the fact she never
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wanted this case to go this far, she was railroaded by the police, she wanted assistance to take an std test. he is fully we haven't heard from her. mayl test. he is fully we haven't heard from her. may i point clearly —— he has been willing to cooperate with the swedish authority, to be interviewed in the swedish embassy, the ecuadorian embassy. right now, julian assange is in prison in london. he was arrested by british police as soon as he was evicted from the equadorian embassy, and is serving 50 weeks in prison for failing to appear in court back in 2012. angus crawford is outside belmarsh prison. in the very short term, nothing at all is going to change forjulian a sound. he is here for at least the next five and a half months until he is eligible for parole. what next in
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sweden? we believe the swedish authorities will apply for a second european arrest warrant. two choices follow. they could tried to interview him by video link are put ina interview him by video link are put in a formal extradition request. at that moment, we get to a fascinating time where two and a sound is wanted for extradition simultaneously by two countries, sweden and the us. the weak us wish to charge him of hacking and getting secrets material. they have to lodge but formally by the 14th ofjune and at that point we have a problem. which ta kes that point we have a problem. which takes precedence? sweden of the us? at this moment, the process really gets political because that decision lies in the hands of the home secretary. he has to carry out what isa secretary. he has to carry out what is a quasi judicial process to decide what comes next. the deepest ever dive to the mariana trench in
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the pacific finds a new species but it does find plastic pollution. the man in charge of safety at hillsborough on the day 96 liverpool fans died 30 years ago, has been fined six and a half thousand pounds at preston crown courtjudith moritz reports. though he was responsible for safety at hillsborough, he still works in professional football. will you resign? now he's the only person ever to be convicted in connection with the hillsborough disaster. on that day, wearing a buttonhole, he was dressed for the special occasion, playing host when liverpool met nottingham forest in the fa cup. but he only put on seven turnstiles for 10,000 fans, a huge crowd formed, police opened the gate
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that supporters went on to terraces which are already full. 96 died. the judge said whilst his actions set the scene for the disaster they weren't the direct cause of the deaths, he found him £6,500. 96 at deaths, he found him £6,500. 96 at death and all they are worth a £67 each. it is another day of hillsborough where the families have been shafted. i don't think they've got any regard for what the families have been through. this is an original match programme from the fa cup semifinal. you can see his name on the back. inside, makes interesting reading. there is a letter from sheffield wednesday chairman who talks about as the perfect venue. it is a stadium that the first such occasions and the
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large crowds they attract. the next day he was one showing margaret thatcher around hillsborough. david duckenfield was there as well. his recent trial ended without a verdict. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is — markets in the united states have fallen sharply after china announced tariffs on 60 billion dollars‘ worth of american imports. other stories being covered around the bbc newsroom. sri lanka has imposed a nationwide overnight curfew, following anti muslim violence across several districts near colombo. in muslim majority areas of north western province, crowds of people attacked mosques and businesses. sri lanka has been tense since suicide attacks by islamist militants last month. the bbc‘s tamil service have more on that story. dozens of spotted seal pups have
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been released into the wild, months after they were rescued by police from poachers in china. 100 of them were found starving inside a remote farm shed in the chinese city of dalian in february. eight suspects have been arrested. that story is popular on bbcdotcom. american actress felicity huffman, famous for her role in the tv show desperate housewives, has pled guilty to paying a bribe to get her daughter into university. the actress admits paying $15,000 to have someone secretly change the answers on her daughter's entrance exam. in a statement last week she said "i am ashamed of the pain "i have caused my daughter, my family, my friends, my colleagues "and the educational community."
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nada tawfik is across the story for us, she joins us live from new york. a guilty plea. felicity huffman arrived in court looking contrite, very ashamed of her actions as she said ina very ashamed of her actions as she said in a statement, with her head down, holding her brother's khan. she spoke briefly in court during their is a formal plea hearing. she says she understood the charges against and prosecutors recommended to get the lower end of the sentencing guidelines of her plea agreements which suggested four to ten months in prison, prosecutors say she should get four months, she should pay a $30,000 fine. we know her lawyers are going to try and argue for a lower sentence, they are hoping no prison time. but the sentencing won't happen for another few months until september. we will see then. her early work with
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prosecutors, making sure she pleaded guilty and cooperated with them had a significant effect on that sentence. when that happens i know you will bring us to us. many thanks. regularly we talk about the growing amount of plastic waste in our seas. well now a plastic bag has been found in the deepest part of the ocean during a record—breaking dive. the american explorer victor vescovo decended nearly 11 kilometres into the mariana trench. at its lowest point it's nearly 11 km deep, that's deeper than mount everest is high. it's located in the western pacific ocean near guam. here's the moment his submarine hit the bottom of the sea bed. depth, one, zero, nine, two, eight metres. at bottom, repeat, at bottom.
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cheering victor vescovo spent nearly four hours exploring the bottom of the mariana trench in his submersible, which is built to withstand the immense pressure of the deep. and pictures from the dive show some new species were discovered. but worryingly as well as the plastic bag victor also saw sweet wrappers. it's a clear indication of the impact humans are having even here, such a remote location. it's only the third time the mariana trench has been explored by a solo diver. this was the moment, after the mission re—sufaced. amazing experience, it was an amazing dive. almost exactly 12 hours,
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about three and a half down, four hours on the bottom. i think it's the longest anyone has been at the bottom and then about four hours up. it is amazing, it is record—breaking. the bbc‘s rebeccca morelle has more on this. well, i mean, this is an incredibly hostile environment. it's pitch black down there, the water is near freezing and the pressure is so immense, it's the equivalent of having 50 jumbo jets piled on top of you. this was an incredibly risky descent for the explorer. despite all of this, you would think this to be a totally lifeless landscape, but creatures do thrive down there and they found some incredible things. they saw snailfish, pink ghostly fish floating around the water column, transparent eels doing their thing down there, and prawn—like creatures. there was a real richness of life even at this kind of hostile part of the deep. the richness of life but notjust that because, what else did they find? they found plastic down there. i know, isn't that pressing.
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you would think the bottom of the marianna trench, one of the most remote places in the entire world would be pristine and it's not. they found a plastic bag, they found some sweet wrappers as well. one of the worrying things, a recent study found, creatures down there even at these depths, many of them have ingested micro—plastics which are the smaller particles of plastics. they have taken some samples from this expedition of the life down there so they are going to check to see how much micro plastic they contain. itjust goes to show, you think of plastic as being a problem in the upper reaches of the ocean but it really does go all the way down even to the bottom of the mariana trench. getting down there is no mean feat. is it harder to go down than it is to go up. they do say that. the main thing you have to deal with is this incredible pressure. one of the scariest things is, you are in a
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submarine and if there is any hairline crack, any problem, you would simply implode. if the electrics failed while he would at the bottom of the mariana change, there is no other vessel in the world that could go deep enough to rescue you. i wouldn't go to the bottom of the mariana trench, i am police and one has because it is fantastic to see the amazing images that have been brought back. the engineering feat, this is only the third time humans have been down there. what is cool about this mission, the submarine is reusable and that is unlike any other mission before. the deepest ocean is finally opening up. i won't be joining rebecca going down the! it is a very hostile place but how depressing is it we are seeing plastic bags down there, 11 kilometres under the deep. remarkable. i want to return to one
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of our main stories. the sad news that doris day, a hollywood icon has passed away. she was 97 years old. to have been pouring in for the actress and the singer. one of the many, actress and the singer. one of the any actress and the singer. one of the many, many tributes is from stella mccartney saying, the one, the only, the woman who inspired so much of what i do. goldie hawn, another popular actors saying. let me leave you now with one of doris day's songs from the 1953 film, calamity jane.
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after the rain of last year where sunspots are a months worth of rain, this week i started with sunny skies and it is the same time it'll be warming things up. temperatures peaking mid week 24 degrees. cooler in the south due to high pressure. high keeping things dry, but the north—east diverse we have easterly winds. the breeze all the strongest across the south and i. temperatures are rising. in the north, the sun is pretty strong overhead and loss of it around on tuesday. high cloud and turning hazy here and there. still
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around the low mid teens across some eastern areas but 22 in northern parts of scotland. the air mass is quite a dry, low in humidity and that means by night things cool off quickly. with amateurs building day by day they are not going to be fall as much by night. wednesday morning not starting as chilly as tuesday morning. here is the chart into wednesday, there is the presence of the high—pressure nudging into scandinavia. that allows a southerly breeze across scandinavia. that allows a southerly breeze a cross western scandinavia. that allows a southerly breeze across western areas, the easterly one through the english begging easterly one through the english pegging temperatures back. cloud in northern england, i wouldn't rule out an isolated shower but this is the warmest day by a night for many with temperatures peaking around 24 sels parts of central and northern scotland, 22 to the west of northern ireland. as high pressure starts to pull away further, more of us was there to see this easterly wind develop as we go into thursday.
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still lots of sunshine on thursday but we could see similar clouds drift in to was eastern coast of scotla nd drift in to was eastern coast of scotland and through the day, cloud built up. a small chance of a shower. chilly along the eastern coast, at 20 degrees may be out towards the west. through into the end of the week, friday, high—pressure gas replaced by low pressure to the south, in doing so we get more of a breeze coming in dragging a bit more cloud with it. they will still be some shine at times, bright across the country especially to begin with and more across western areas. even though eastern coasts, we will see temperatures drop back relative to early in the week. with more cloud to the south, it could produce a few more showers. uncertain at this stage but it will be cool. that continues into saturday. no pressure starting to wind its way up across the western mediterranean.
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positioning, where we're going to be is uncertain. what i can tell you is they will be an easterly breeze for they will be an easterly breeze for the northern parts of the country. we get some sunshine breaking out in the south and for some it will feel warmer than it does over the next few days. the uncertainty as we go through the weekend comes with the jet stream. developing areas of low pressure a cross jet stream. developing areas of low pressure across the mediterranean. low pressure is always close by to the south and east. how much influence it will exert is uncertain. we could have high pressure building up again. the further north and west you well will stay dry. showers in the south but uncertain.
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tonight at ten: a special report from yemen on the true scale of the humanitarian crisis there. the conflict started four years ago but new talks are getting under way to try to end the fighting. we talk to doctors in one city, where there are very few functioning hospitals. you can see the front line from here. it's dangerous but we have to carry on providing services, even if its basic, because the people here desperately need it. we'll be asking if there's any hope of a deal in the latest round of talks. also tonight... hillsborough hasn't harmed your career, mr mackrell. isn't it time to resign?
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