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hello, i'm karin giannone, this is outside source. president trump launches a fierce personal attack on special counsel robert mueller. the president also unleashes a torrent of fury at accusations russia hepled him win the white house. russia did not help me get elected. you know who got elected? i got me elected. russia did not help me at all. "enough is enough" saudi arabia has a blunt warning to iran. we're in saudi arabia where gulf and arab leaders are discussing growing tensions. and thousands of vips watch narendra modi being sworn in for a second term as india's prime minister.
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donald trump has launched a scathing attack on robert mueller, the former fbi director tasked with investigating russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. you'll remember mr mueller went on camera on wedneday to repeat that his inquiry did not exonerate the president from accusations he obstructed justice. well earlier, president trump went on camera — venting his fury in a series of tirades at the special counsel. i think he is a totally conflicted person. i think mueller is a true never—trumper. he is somebody that dislikes donald trump. he is someone that did not get a job they requested that he wanted very badly. robert mueller should have never been chosen. because he wanted the fbi job and he didn't get
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it and the next day, he was picked as special counsel. so you tell somebody, i'm sorry, you can't have a job and then after you say that, he is going to make a ruling on you, doesn't work that way. plus, we had a business dispute, plus his relationship with comey was extraordinary. donald trump's criticism of mr mueller began on twitter ‘robert mueller would have brought charges, if he had anything, but there were no charges to bring!‘ however, yesterday rober mueller made it clear quotes "the constitution requires a process other than the criminaljustice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing" which has been interpreted by some as saying it is now for congress to start impeachment proceedings against president trump. robert mueller‘s ivestigation was looking into allegations of collusion between the trump campaign and russia, which president trump calls a and now russia has disappeared because i had when he was asked about that tweet and whether russia did help him get
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elected, he had this to say. russia did not help me get elected. you know who got me elected? you know got me elected? i got me elected. russia didn't help me at all. russia, if anything, i think, helped the other side. do you think the media helped hillary clinton get elected? she didn't make it, but you take a look at collusion between hillary clinton and the media. barabara plett usher by washington, why now this? and why so aggressive? i think he isjust why now this? and why so aggressive? i think he is just very frustrated that this continues to overshadow his presidency and cannot get rid of this so when there was no delusion with russia and the findings, they did not charge him with obstruction
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of justice, he did not charge him with obstruction ofjustice, he said ok, fine. but then robert mueller came back and had his public statement and that reignited the whole thing. not to mention most americans and many americans will have seen the public statement by robert mueller in which he essentially says that donald trump had not been exonerated from charges of obstruction and the reason he was not charged was because it was not an option because he was a sitting president, so donald trump came back with fire and fury in the way that he knows best and a big part of that was a message to his base, trying to discredit robert mueller in saying that he is not credible, do not trust him, trust me. and frankly, he is the one who cannot seem to let it go. his white house said, robert mueller is done, we are done, we are moving on. donald trump is not moved on. putting the ball in congress's course on whether to pursue this further but democrats are not sure whether due process or impeachment
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proceedings. there is a group that would like to but there are house members that felt that he had been pointing in this direction and so they started to say, yes, we should, but nancy pelosi has been resisting those calls because she in essence says it is not a good idea, because it's what he would want and it could hurt the party's chances in 2020 presidential elections because the republicans would not be on board with it, so even if you had an impeachment investigation, if you would not get an impeachment because you would need their vote and then he could painted as a democratic witchhunt and he could get democratic voters exasperated instead of looking at them other issues, so she says now is not the time to go there. she wants to pursue investigations but at a lower level and in a different congressional committee. in other people calling for impeachment are
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getting more vocal, they are still in the minority, a large majority is still agrees with nancy pelosi's approach. the president also commented on a controversy over this ship, the ussjohn mccain, a destroyer docked injapan. it was reported the white house asked the us navy to hide the warship during president trump's trip to japan, beacuse it is named after his late critic, john mccain. the navy have responded to the reports saying today, president trump confirmed the request had been made. to me, john mccain, i was not a fan. but i would never do a thing like that. somebody did it, because they thought i did not like him. and,
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they were well—meaning, i will say, idid not they were well—meaning, i will say, i did not know a thing about that. i would never have done that. what does this say about the white house? i think it us at the white house is very sensitive to what might of said donald trump and notjust political staffers, the request came from the military office speaking to navy officers, lower level navy officers saying that it should be put out of sight when the bosses got wind of it, they said definitely not going to happen. and donald trump said i did not request this, is not something that i would do, but he did also defended in saying that it was well—meaning, because people knew that he was not a fan ofjohn mccain. and that's putting it mildly, there was a lot of bad blood between the two because the senator was a harsh critic of the president and he is also very widely respected senator, connie is a war hero, he survived torture in the vietnamese prison, so it is very distasteful
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for this after he passed away last year. arab and muslim leaders are in saudi arabia for a trio of summits. they're meeting in the muslim holy—city of mecca. the top item on the agenda is rising tensions with iran. the saudis say iran is responsible for attacking oil tankers in the strait of hormuz earlier this month. you can see damage on one of the ships here. the saudis say it fits a pattern of behaviour. here's their foreign minister speaking to the bbc. we have made it very clear that we do not want war and escalation vaasa made very clear that we cannot tolerate continued iranian aggression in the region. the road is made that position known, a large number of countries have condemned these actions, iran is subject to sanctions. iran denies it had anything
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to do with the attacks. but the americans have been stepping up the pressure on iran, sending more troops to the region and selling arms to the saudis. this was the us state department on wednesday. our maximum pressure campaign is designed to deny the regime, they world's designed to deny the regime, they worlds for most state—sponsored terror, they need to disrupt foreign policy. now saudi arabia wants arab and muslim leaders to follow suit and put more pressure on iran. only muslims are able to enter the holy city of mecca but our chief international correspondent lyse doucet has been following events from jeddah. she explains what the saudis want out of these summits. they would like a strong show of solidarity and support across the arab and muslim world, they would like a strong unified statement, one voice speaking out against what they see as you just heard, from the saudi minister safety in foreign affairs of the maligned activities of iran. but the region is not like that, yes, they have gathered in mecca,
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joined by their shared religion. they also share this worry about the escalating tensions in the region because of this huge and growing rift between players like saudi arabia and iran and there are some of the countries attending the summit who have very close relations with iran, whose histories are intertwined with iran, like lebanon, there's a lebanese foreign ministers and also the turkish president did not come because he did not want to be part of it would be seen as an effort to condemn and to isolate iran. but i think there has to be an effort to minimise tensions because i think they all agree that no one wants to war, the last thing this region needs is another war. saudi arabia considers this summit so important that even qatar is being represented. the qatari prime minister is the most senior official to visit saudi arabia since the start of a blockade two years. saudia arabia, the united arab emirates, bahrain, and egypt cut off diplomatic and economic ties with
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qatar in june 2017. they accuse the qataris of being too close to iran, and supporting islamist terrorist groups. here's lyse doucet again. it is an important symbol, the fact that the prime minister was also the interior minister, the most senior qatari official that has accepted the invitation from king salamon of saudi arabia. this is the first official contact between the monarchy since those blockades were imposed in 2017 on qatar. the fact is that the qatari emir did not show up. the invitation was to be the emir. this was supposed to be the ruler. but still, the lease and signalled that at least they're in the same place or in the holy site of islam but no one has any illusions about how difficult it is going to be to remove the animosities in the suspicions between these two sides. qatar, for example,
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has a relationship with iran turning to iran when he needed transportation and economic and political links in light of the isolation by its neighbour, so it certainly doesn't want to condemn iran here but it is also saying that is attending because it does want to find a unified way out of this crisis which is affecting everyone in this region. have the latest from hungary after a deadly collision on the river danube claims at least seven lives. ultra—processed foods — such as chicken nuggets, ice cream and breakfast cereals — have been linked to early death and poor health, scientists say. researchers in france and spain say the amount of such food being eaten has soared. their studies are not definite proof of harm but do come hot on the heels of trials suggesting ultra—processed foods lead to overeating. our health correspondent james gallagher talked us through the findings. so what did the two studies show?
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the first looked at ultra processed food and death processed food and death showed for every ten deaths in people eating the least order processed food, there were 16 and those eating the most. that is a 60% increase. the second study looked at heart health and it found that those eating the least ultra processed food, their 2112 cases of there were 2112 cases of cardiovascular disease and every 100,000 people every year. now, and people eating the most ultra processed food, there are 277. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story is? donald trump has launched a scathing personal attack on the special counsel robert mueller police in hungary have detained a ship captain following a deadly crash between a sightseeing boat and a cruise ship
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on the danube river. 7 people died, and another 21 are missing — including a six year old girl. 7 people were rescued and were treated for hypothermia and shock. it happened on wednesday night in central budapest right near the parliament building. this part of the danube is usually very busy with all kinds of vessels — today it was closed off as search and rescue divers tried to find any survivors. the boat that capsized was this one — the mermaid. it was carrying south korean tourists and sank within seconds. it collided with this much bigger ship — the viking sig—in, which was barely dented. police have launched a criminal investigation, and are now questioning its captain. cctv shows the moment of the crash — here's the police chief talking it through, and then a passenger that was on the viking. translation: what we can see on the cctv footage is the small boat, the mermaid, is sailing north. as is the bigger vessel, the viking, when they reached the pillars
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of the margaret bridge, the mermaid turns in front of the viking for some reason. and there was a collision. the mermaid got turned on its side and within about seven seconds, it sank. it looked like we're about to hit a boat so we all kind of leaned over that side of the boat and looked to look at it and at that at first we were going to miss it but the front of the viking hit the back of the little boat and then it, itjust turned broadside in front of the boat edges rolled over and then the hole popped up on the opposite side of the ship, just a few seconds later and then it was down in it sunk. budapest has been hit with unrelenting heavy rain for about a month now, and it wasn't letting up last night. this was the scene — police immediately launched the search straight away with police and army boats. the danube river is swollen because of all that rain, and that means it's flowing faster than usual, so anything in the water is being swept away. the search continued today — but rescuers say there's very little
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hope of finding any more survivors. the wreckage of the mermaid is on the riverbed and emergency crews are preparing to lift it, but that could take days. on board the mermaid were 30 south korean tourists, three south korean tour guides and 2 hungarian crew. the south korean government released this photo of president moonjae—in speaking to the hungarian prime minister viktor orban. a team of officials is heading to hungary and they had representatives at the search area today. nick thorpe is in budapest. according to the hungarian navigation association at the time of evening when the accident happened, on average about 70 boats around is very crowded river at that time. video footage has emerged of what appears to be the accident. the smaller passenger ship, the mermaid, passing underneath the margaret bridge when a large river cruiser,
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135 metres long, the viking and 1000 tonnes, tries to overtake the smaller ship and then for unclear reasons, the smaller boat, the mermaid, swerves right underneath the bow of the ship and according to rescue services, sank within seven seconds. very difficult conditions at the time with fast and swirling current of the river after the rains of recent weeks. according to korean reports, the victims include members of nine families who were on the tourist boat at the time and also the two hungarian crewmembers. just behind me here now is the hungarian naval ship which is positioned just over the wreckage. at some point, divers urges going to go down to the
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wreckage and try to raise the wreckage, which could take up to a week. the criminal investigation organised by the hungarian police is already under way, they will be looking into the circumstances, obviously of the accident, while no one was wearing life jackets, while the smaller boat swerved in front of the smaller boat swerved in front of the larger river cruiser and also, the larger river cruiser and also, the wider situation of the increasingly crowded river and how safe or dangerous navigation here has become. hungarian media reporting that there has not been an accident on the scale of this loss of life for more than 130 years. in the meantime, the south korean foreign minister and relatives of the victims are on their way to hungary. three of america's biggest tv and film makers are now threatening to stop working in the state of georgia because of its strict
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new abortion laws. disney and warnermedia have joined netflix in criticising the so—called "heartbeat bill" which will ban abortions from six weeks even in cases of rape and incest. the state has been popular with film—makers because it has the huge spaces they need for the biggest productions. according to the governor's office, that popularity brought $2.7bn into the state last year. it also supports around 92,000 jobs but disney's boss says many people who work for us will not want to work in georgia if the new law comes into effect. here's disney's chief executive. well, i think if it becomes law, it will be very difficult to produce andi will be very difficult to produce and i rather doubt we will. i think, many people who work for us will not wa nt to many people who work for us will not want to work there and we will have to heed their wishes in that regard. we are watching it very carefully
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andi we are watching it very carefully and i guess there is some speculation that it could be enacted sometime after the first of the year, i think it is likely to be challenged in the courts neck and delay it. our correspondent michelle fleury is in new york how significant is it that disney and warnermedia have joined netflix has said it would be difficult for it to work in that state ? i think you have spoken about the number ofjobs, i think you have spoken about the number of jobs, the estimates i think you have spoken about the number ofjobs, the estimates of about 92,000 jobs in the state are related to the entertainment industry and if you have the production and the ripple effect that has local economy, it brings about $2.7 billion in revenue and another thing we are seeing it's it is not just disney, another thing we are seeing it's it is notjust disney, but netflix is saying it may have to rethink its business in georgia if the love goes through, warner media is a big conglomerate, echoing the same things. so you're stuck dc the
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snowball effect —— starting to see the snowball effect and if this law goes into effect. and the fact we have these giants in the production world all sing the same thing, very significant, isn't it? yeah, ithink it is reflecting a couple of things. on one hand, you have the employees expressing to their bosses, we do not want to work in this environment, so whether it is actors 01’ environment, so whether it is actors or producers, and you're starting to see the industries that they work for reflecting that, it is also not too much of a financial risk in some ways for them because, i am sure there are plenty of other states lining up to try and attract the entertainment industry and bring their business to their state. it could work out to be good pr for hollywood taking a stand, given that on this issue that is a pretty clear where it the position lies. we also
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discussed the results. this is the company that has just released their profits, pretty much will be anticipated that is a loss of $1 billion on revenue of about $3.1 billion. i say not too much of a surprise because when the company went public earlier this month, they had to do a filing with financial regulators that they already previewed these numbers and that being said, investors still remain concerned about this company's ability to make a profit. they know they are investing in the idea of growth in the sector, the question is when will that that payoff and at this point, obviously, it seemed like a long way off and that is why you're seeing the price underperforming and down slightly after trading. thank you. this tweet from reuters economics correspondent in braziljamie mcgeever points out
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that brazil has suffered five recessions in the last 20 years. so this tweet from bloomberg contained the worse thing the fragile economy needed news today that it shrank 0.2% in the first three months of this year. it all means that a growing number of brazillians are losing theirjobs as daniel gallas reports from sao paulo. ford workers cheering and clapping, voting to accept a generous severance package. ford is closing down this package after 52 years in operation. the payoff is good but everyone here has now lost theirjob. the following day is not such a happy one. 25—year—old steelworker lucas sanchez is now looking for work in a country with 13
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million people are unemployed. translation: when i entered the job market six years ago i had a great salary and earned loads of money working overtime. the factory was working nonstop. now i am facing a sad labour market. when i can find a position, firms are offering less and if it's lower salary. benefits and it's lower salary. this was supposed to be the year of zeal‘s economic recovery, with hopes the new president jair bolsonaro would reform the economy and bring back confidence but there is stalling growth. his finance minister is failing to win over his fellow politicians with recent discussions in congress about key reforms turning into a shouting match. optimism surrounding the president is fading fast. jair bolsonaro promised to change
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politics but addicts say the first politics but crtics say the first four months of his government only exposed his inexperience. opinion polls say he's losing support of ordinary brazilians and on top of that, his task of changing the economy is about to get harder. protests and strikes have been planned across the country. as the government prepares to advance its reforms, opposition is hardening against them. it's the unemployed who are once again paying the price. coming back the next half hour, the scathing attack on the special counsel, robert mueller about the accusations about russian interference and the 2016 presidential election. we will be getting that from our bbc russian service.
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hello there. the rather has been pretty exceptional over the past few days, with rainfall, and tornadoes. we have seen record—breaking amount of tornadoes in fact 500 in the past 30 days and nearly 935 and the season so 30 days and nearly 935 and the season so far. the footage behind me shows another tornado which battered parts of north texas, just outside of the town which caused quite a bit of the town which caused quite a bit of damage. more thunderstorms are likely to flare up on friday, from texas up towards the great lakes and some of them containing tornadoes and large hail. being triggered off the temperature contrast which is beenin
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the temperature contrast which is been in place for quite a while now across the state, cooled across the rockies, much more in the southeast we see a blistering heat wave but the cooler air associated with this weather from us or to the cooler air associated with this weatherfrom us or to push its the cooler air associated with this weather from us or to push its way southwards into the appellations as we reach the weekend. gathering in the indian ocean and the bay of bengal but they should of been further north at this point of the year, so they are a bit behind schedule. however will start to see it build with increasing the thunder rain here and to bangladeshi air and where we will have some intense thunderstorm but across more temperatures will be tension close to 50 celsius in a few places in sept remain blisteringly hot within the coming days as well, some people trying to cool down and the stifling heat. this is the picture on friday with heat across northern
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areas with highs in delhi around 45 degrees but it could be hotter than this and a few other locations. into europe, we will see a building area of high pressure across the southwest they'll bring this warmth in particularly southern areas but still have low pressure across the eastern side of the continent bringing more thunderstorms which will be quite intense in and around the balkans, these will break out on friday, could contain gusty winds and perhaps a much held the further west, this is where we stood to see the temperatures rise, particularly across into france and the low countries and also the southern half of the united kingdom, it is here we will notice this weather front will continue to bring cloud and outbreaks of rain in parts of scotla nd outbreaks of rain in parts of scotland and northern ireland which was set up in the divide over the next few weeks, more notable across southern areas with more rain and it will still feel quite warm. you can
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see full uk weather forecast right here in about half an hour.
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hello, i'm karin giannone, this is outside source. president trump launches a fierce personal attack on special counsel robert mueller. the president also unleashes a torrent of fury at accusations russia hepled him win the white house. russia did not help me get elected. you know who got me elected? i got me elected. russia didn't help me at all. israelis will go to the polls again this year after benjamin netanyahu fails to form a government. and we'll find out why thousands of puffins are dying around canada and alaska.
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let's get back to our top story, president trump's attack on robert mueller and his russia investigation. while there is still a debate over whether the mueller report should lead to an impeachment of the president, the report is clear that russia did interfere in the 2016 presidential election. and donald trump is keen to prove he's been tough on russia since taking office. i believe that russia would rather have hillary clinton as president of the united states than donald trump. the reason is nobody has been tougher on russia than me, whether it's our energy policy, which was not hers, whether it's the pipeline, as you know in europe, it's going over the place, that i have been bitterly complaining about. whether it's ukraine, whether it's a whole host of things, there is nobody ever that has been
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more tough or difficult for russia than donald trump. i have to tell you this. i put sanctions on russia at a level that nobody has seen before. nobody even wants to write about it. with all of that, i want to get along with russia. sergei goryashko, bbc russia's correspondent in washington, joins us live. does russia regard president trump as an adversary? i would say yes because actually russia is now complaining about new sanctions from the us right after the meeting between president le pruden and mike pompeo in sochi. so they said the actually the decision to impose new sanctions is like just undermining anything and everything which was talked about when the president and the state secretary. and also there are no expectations of the meeting between pruden and trent which can happen injapan. so
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actually, that is a pretty good question about who impression of good or bad relations is worse. —— trump —— putin. trump has got along with putin would not be a bad idea. in russia, they do not actually believe that in washington, dc they can get along with kremlin. the mueller report is absolute in saying russia interfered with the 2016 election. does russia admit anything? that is a good question because president putin keeps denying that moscow has anything to do with interference with the election so he denies the military intelligence hacked the service of the democratic party and they are also denying that the president's friend, a businessman, had anything to do with the social media campaign which
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mueller wrote about in his report about russian interference. so they say that they had nothing to do with elections in the us, but in the senate, russian upper chamber apollo micco they talk today that they are expecting attempts from the us to interfere with the elections in russia which is funny because actually we are choosing governors and some local parliaments in the elections in 2019, important and russia but not really significant. but still, incident, they expect the us will interfere with elections in russia. this has been dominating airways in the western media for sure but does the russian public pay much attention to what has been going on in this mueller investigation? at first when the president trump ran his 2016 campaigns that he will get along with putin and become a russia's friend, trump was fully popular in
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russia for so there were talks that he will be a good president and the relationship would be better than the country. but after he became president and after the sanctions we re president and after the sanctions were imposed, then sanchez because of coming around ticking away, russians did not believe that trump could be really good president who should bill any relationships with russia and do this reset thing. and after trump was accused of doing sieving during his campaign with people from russia, actually i would say that russians are not interested in this subject at all. they think that it in this subject at all. they think thatitis in this subject at all. they think that it isjust some political things happening in washington which has nothing to do with russia and the kremlin at all. because most of them believe putin and believe that he does not interfere with elections and even if he did come in they do not believe that he could actually
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influence the americans decisions who develop and whom to make president in those elections. thank you so much, from washington and the russian service. to israel now, where prime minister benjamin netanyahu has failed to form a new right—wing coalition government. the parliament, or knesset, has been dissolved, and a second general election will now take place on september 17th. it's the first time in israel's 71—year history that a prime minister—designate has failed to form a coalition. mr netanyahu entered negotiations to form a coalition government after his likud party won 35 of the knesset‘s 120 seats in april's election. here's the bbc‘s tom bateman from jerusalem on why those negotiations failed. what we have had since that very late night as the clock ticked to midnight and the deadline ran out on him being able to form a coalition last night is people getting even more entrenched in their positions over who is to blame for this
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and a trading of recriminations between mr netanyahu and the key person who saw himself as the kingmaker in a potential coalition and in the end allowed things to fall apart, that's avigdor lieberman, the former defence minister in israel. these two men are old adversaries. they were once allies, both on the right wing of israeli politics. and we saw mr netanyahu shortly after the vote that dissolved the parliament, saying mr lieberman was entirely to blame for all of this, that he wouldn't shift his position on that key issue to deal with the fate of young ultra—orthodoxjewish men in israel and whether they should be drafted into the army like other jewish israelis have to be after they leave school. mr netanyahu said that mr lieberman, because he wouldn't budge on this and created the fact that the coalition couldn't be built, he accused him of being of the left wing, which is about biggest insult he can find politically for people. after mr lieberman, he said mr netanyahu's party needed to get a psychologist because he said that they were prepared to surrender
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to religious law and one minister was guilty of hallucinations, he said, and schizophrenia over all of this. dr michael oren is a former knesset member and former israeli ambassador to the us. here he is on why this issue around the military drafting of ultra—orthodox jews is so divisive. israelis are looking at the statistics. they know that in 20 or 30 years, between one—third and one—half of all children in schools will be ultra—orthodox, and ultra—orthodox are children not getting a basic education in mathematics or in english and the israeli state, the israeli economy, will not be sustainable. so, you can pose it as an existential threat for the israelis, and what lieberman is doing is using the draft law as a means to an end. the end being the integration of ultra—orthodoxjews into israeli society and the israeli workforce, and the end of religious coercion on the less religious, secular segment of israeli society. short of forming a coalition,
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a second election is actually the preferred outcome for mr netanyahu. it means no other political parties will get the chance to form a government. mr netanyahu seemed relatively unfazed today as he met us white house representatives, including jared kushner. he told donald trump's son—in—law... back in the us, he was also receiving words of support from president trump. it's too bad what happened in israel. it looked like a total win for netanyahu, who's a great guy, he's a great guy, and now they're back in the debate stage and they're back in the election stage. and that's too bad. because they don't need this. they've got enough turmoil over there, it's a tough place. but despite the support of world leaders like mr trump, experts say prime minister netanyahu will need to find a way to bridge the gaps within his country before
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the september election. here's dr michael oren again. it could be that mr netanyahu is a victim of his own success. since the creation of the state in 1948, the major issue has been security, and for the last 20 years, the major issue has been whether netanyahu is the best guarantor of israel's security and the answer has been repeatedly yes. well, in recent years, netanyahu succeeded in guarding a significant measure of security for israel. yes, we still have rockets, tanks and still have terrorism, but we are no longer surrounded by arab armies and there has been increasingly warm relationships between israel and most of the sunni arab states. and now the major threat's now perceived as internal. and mr security doesn't have the same sort of cachet it once had. and now the big issue is whether netanyahu and the likud are able to swing at the issue of coercion, which is what i said earlier, which threatens the way of life, not life itself.
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england is the home of cricket, and for the next 45 days, it will play host to the cricket world cup. prince harry officially opened the tournament at the oval in london. theresa may took a break from the pressures of politics to come watch. and the home side gave the local crowd something to cheer about. england justified their status as favourites with an impressive win over south africa. jane dougall was there. a sell—out cloud —— crowd watched as england beat survivor could buy one of four runs on the opening day of the world cup. there were some english arts in malls during the first over asjonny bairstow english arts in malls during the first over as jonny bairstow went for a golden duct with only the second ball of the world cup. england did recover with scores of 50 or more forjason roy, joe grew in the captain. but it was ben stokes who was the star player of the day. top scoring with 89 and
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helping england to 311—8. stokes also had a phenomenal catch, getting also had a phenomenal catch, getting a player out with a phenomenal one—handed catch. then when the opponent came to beckon they lost their first two wickets pretty cheaply, including the captain faf du plessis, going forjust five and both of those early wickets taken by archer, who has impressed today. a fascinating day at the oval with prince harry officially opening the proceedings with a rousing speech, saying that due to the diversity of england and wales, that every one of the ten nations competing would feel that they were in front of a home crowd. now that catch by ben stokes has really got people talking. the indian cricket commentator harsha bhogle tweeted... so it's been an exciting start to the tournament. it will continue with pakistan versus the west indies in nottingham tomorrow. stay with us on outside source.
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still to come, we'll be in india where thousands of vips watch narendra modi being sworn in for a second term as india's prime minister. a child is being treated in hospital after an incident at a theme park in north yorkshire. witnesses say they saw the boy fall from a roller—coaster at the lightwater valley park near ripon. park attendees reported hearing screams and seeing the boy "hanging backwards" from the carriage. the six—year—old has to be taken to hospital by helicopter and his injuries are not thought to be life—threatening. a spokesperson says the theme park takes health and safety very seriously and that a full investigation will take place. judith moritz has this report. lying below the tracks of the twister roller—coaster, this photo was taken moments after a small boy fell from the ride. park visitors watched it all happen. we just looked up to the carriages,
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it was about 15 foot off the floor, and the lad was hanging backwards outside of the actual carriage. somehow he'd got out of the actual restraint and was hanging out backwards from the carriage, his head kind of backwards over this way. a few seconds after that, he actually flew out of the carriage and landed on the floor. everybody started shouting, trying to get the attention of the actual guy running the machine, but he didn't actually see what happened. the yorkshire air ambulance landed as families looked on, police and paramedics racing to help the little boy. the six—year—old was treated at the scene and then flown to hospital in leeds. his condition is not said to be life—threatening. this footage was filmed of the twister roller—coaster last weekend. it's advertised as a spinning waltzer which takes you through the treetops. there are height restrictions for passengers. in 2001, 20—year—old gemma savage died after two cars collided on the same ride. the theme park's owner, the manufacturers of the ride and an electrician were all later fined for health and safety breaches.
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today, although the twister was closed, the rest of the park remained open. the health and safety executive is investigating. judith moritz, bbc news, ripon. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... donald trump has launched a scathing personal attack on the special counsel robert mueller. other stories from around the bbc news room right now. ukraine's new president, volodymyr zelensky, has asked parliament to sack the country's foreign and defence ministers, as well as the head of the state security service. zelensky doesn't have a majority in parliament and has has called a snap general election forjuly. that's on the ukrainian service. austria has its first woman chancellor. brigitte bierlein will lead the government on an interim basis
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until elections in september. she replaces sebastian kurz, whose government lost a confidence vote in parliament over a video sting scandal. that's on the world service. and one of the most—read stories on the bbc news website — a baby born weighing just 245 grams, that's 8.6 ounces, believed to be the tiniest on record to survive premature birth, has been discharged from hospital in the us. baby saybie weighed the same as a large apple when she was born at 23 weeks and three days in december last year. at the time, saybie's parents wre told she had just hours to live. south africa has a new cabinet and for the first time in its history, half of its ministers are women. president cyril ramaphosa has also slimmed down the cabinet from 36 ministers to 28, saying it was to "promote greater coherence, better coordination and improved efficiency"
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and because, "many people believed our government was bloated." the opposition economic freedom fighters party isn't convinced, though. it says the reduced cabinet is "the first sign of absolute dishonesty" because, at the same time, mr ramaphosa has increased the number of deputy ministers. and he's also kept this man in position. deputy president david mabuza has had to deny allegations of involvement in political killings and corruption. however, it's the fairer gender split in cabinet that's really got people in south africa talking. let's hear from some of them. let's just give them a chance to prove themselves and then we can start saying, "ok, there is change," because they can put women as how we do in south africa
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because of our regulations, they are saying we should be 50%, this and that, but it might be but it might be that case, but let's see if they are really putting them into make a difference and really make women start working because we really need some women in power. let's give them a chance. i would say i am happy because you've got women representation but as i said, i don't believe in culture system. i believe that all women and the men who are competent to the job should be the right people who are obviously chosen. but again, there are a lot of women in society, it is very important. overall, the 50—50 split between men and women has been welcomed. canadian prime minister justin trudeau says... south africa joins two other countries on the continent with gender balance in government. rwanda and ethiopia also have over 50% of women in parliamentary postions. but representation is only part of the battle, as one analyst has been telling the bbc. one of the biggest challenges that
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has been in the region is the policies and laws exist, they are beautiful on paper but implementation has been a little bit wanting. and when parliamentarians come together and they discuss those kinds of issues, one of the things they are really talking about is the political will. when it comes to the issue of women's priority in politics and in institutions, it then becomes very important to involve everybody, so the sensitisation is not only to women but also to the male because we have to work together. so in rwanda, it's been the model country and for them, it is coming from the history of the country. from the genocide, women were really participating were really participating in reconciliation and nation—building so they have appreciative the role of women bringing them to the table
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to discuss important issues. this is the tufted puffin. it's mainly found around canada and alaska. but thousands of these birds are dying, and according to a new study, climate change played a big part in their deaths. the bodies of dead puffins started washing up on the coast of saint paul island in 2016, with us scientists saying around 9000 sea birds died over a few months. they were emaciated, and the scientists believe the birds starved to death after the fish they eat migrated north because of rising tea temperatures. professorjulia parrish was one of the authors of the report and is from the university of washington. she joins me live from seattle. an estimated 9000 bird deaths overjust a few months. how significant is that? i think this mass mortality event of sea i think this mass mortality event of sea birds is indicative of what we are seeing in the arctic, in the bering sea just off alaska, where
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warming water has provoked a whole range of changes. we have seen dead sea range of changes. we have seen dead sea birds, whales, walrus, seals have been unable to pop because they cannot get on the ice because it is not there. change in ourfisheries, so not there. change in ourfisheries, so there are massive changes going on in the arctic ocean. and talking about this species, the tufted puffin, how significant is this loss of 9000 birds in this way? let me just say that our study shows that as many as 9000 birds may have lost their life in this event. there are some model estimates that we have that are lower than that. but not quibbling with the science, there are thousands of birds that lost their life in this event and that is very significant because the entire breeding population of puffins, tufted puffin, on this island is
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several thousand, as many as 6000 birds. so quite a few birds lost their life. talking about something as global as a rising sea tip or two from a one on earth can do about what is happening to these particular species? that is such a good question. i wish that i can say that we could just flip a switch and turn a that we could just flip a switch and turna dialand that we could just flip a switch and turn a dial and the tipper sure would go back down but we both know that that is not true. i thing as a scientist running eight citizens science organisation as i do the best thing that i can do is work with people in community to be able to document these changes so just let me say here that if the community residents on st. paul island had not documented this die off, we would not even know that it happened. julia, thank you very much. joining us from seattle on that very sad story from wildlife in that very sad story from wildlife in that part of the world. narendra modi has been sworn in as prime ministerfor a second term after a landslide win
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in the indian election. let me show you the images from the grand ceremony. this is the moment mr modi arrived. he was cheered by thousands of people who gave him a standing ovation. the ceremony took place in the forecourt of the presidential palace in the capital delhi. guests included country leaders, bollywood stars, industrialists and former cricketeres. here is mr modi taking the prime ministerial oath. he was the first of more than 50 cabinet ministers and deputy ministers to take the oath of office. and this is the moment prime minister modi signed his name into the books for his historic second term. mr modi led his hindu nationalist bjp to a resounding victory in the recent general election. here they are in the yellow, with an even bigger majority than in 2014. he made promises in his victory speech about development and inclusivity, but analysts say he faces significant economic and foreign policy challenges ahead.
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here's yogita limaye. with the kind of majority he has won, his party should be able to pass their plans for this country through parliament pretty easily. but they have a sort of set of challenges they need to address quite quickly, because during their first term in power, you saw deepening rural distress. that is still there. you saw unprecedented marches by farmers to cities like mumbai and delhi. that situation still exists. the other thing that would be worrying on the economic front is that you have things like sales of homes, of cars, of two—wheelers which are really considered a barometer of india's economy. those have been falling and for a country that sort of runs on consumer demand, is statistically driven, that is a big challenge as well.
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and that there is the rising unemployment numbers. that again is something they need to address pretty quickly and i think this time people are waiting to see but now this massive mandate, what is he going to do to actually give them the better days he going to do to actually give them the better days he has been promising? hello there. we have seen some warm air pushes way across most parts of the uk over the last 24 hours. coming from the subtropics, but the difference is in the weather we have seen from place to place has been huge. some good sunshine across parts of england but closer to these weather fronts, it has been different with cloud and rain. because the air is humid, there is a lot of moisture in the atmosphere and that has been pouring out of the skies in the northwest. more of that rain to come as well through friday. across northern ireland and the far north of england and especially scotland, we will have a front that will be wriggling and writhing around of the course of friday bringing quite a lot of wet weather.
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40 or 50 mm over the hills of western scotland, enough to bring some localised surface water flooding issues and big puddles piling up on the roads as the day goes by. away from the weather fronts, the air will feel pretty humid and we start off with clouds, mist and fog patches around especially the coast and should brighten up with some spells of sunshine breaking through the cloud and in that sunshine, again it will feel quite close and quite humid. temps peaking around 23 or 24 degrees. there is sunshine and of course it is pouring down with rain. through friday evening and overnight, we will see that rain easing off for a time but notice we do still have the weather front with us, just the pressure has built and so that whether front has weakened it significantly just into anglia cloud and few spots of rain in a bit of murkiness over the hills of wales to
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watch out for as well. another mild night and a mild start to the day then on saturday. to the south, our weather front that we will have the best of the sunshine so through wales and across a good chunk of england will see some sunshine but feel warm and humid at the same time over the front will still have some patchy outbreaks of rain on us as it as it pushes northwards. so i think the weather a little bit cheerier across scotland and over in ireland but is across eastern england they will have the weather and the heating up with highs up to 27 degrees. for the second half of the weekend, we have got an area of low pressure that is going to pushing its way in. a cold front will be bringing pressure and cooler air and rain then for many of us on sunday but the front itself, this line of rain he could see here pushing eastwards, into anglia until quite late in the day so it is here we could see temperatures in the range between 24 and 26 degrees depending how quickly that front moves in.
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for the west, a fresher feel to the weather. on monday's forecast, low pressure will be in charge across scotland and a brisk westerly winds bringing a number of showers across western parts and could be a few pushing inland as the day goes by but it is probably across eastern areas we have the best of the day's sunshine, especially in the morning before a bit more cloud bubbles up threatening a few showers in the afternoon. it will feel fresher nationwide and looking at temperatures for most of us between 16 and 20 celsius. looking at the rest of the week, we have got quite a high amplitude pattern, that is the jet stream wriggling around all over the place but we find ourselves underneath this trough, this is going to be slow—moving and that will encourage an area of low pressure to form. that will be slow moving that area of low pressure, so into next week, often quite unsettled and there will be some spells of rain around at times. a complete right off also a bit of sunshine but he threw at times quite cloudy and also quite windy at times but it will not be a complete right off also a bit of sunshine but he threw at times but overall the flavour of the weather next week is it will be quite unsettled. that is your forecast.
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tonight at ten: an official review recommends a sharp fall in university tuition fees in england. the review — backed by the prime minister — also says student loan repayments should start at a lower salary level but the repayment period should be longer. the number of young people from working—class families who apply to and take up places at universities is still a long way from reflecting the country in which we live. we'll have detail and reaction and we'll be asking how likely it is that the proposals will be implemented. also tonight: the latest plans to tax those foods high in sugar and calories — with the proceeds being used to subsidise healthier products. a six—year—old boy is injured after falling from a roller—coaster at a theme park in north yorkshire. somehow he got out of
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