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welcome. i'm kasia madeira in london. the headlines. on the first day of his visit to the uk, president trump is welcomed by the queen at a state banquet, at buckingham palace. i offer a toast to the eternal friendship of our people, the vitality of our nations. but will the pomp and praise be overshadowed by protests — a quarter of a million anti—trump demonstrators are expected on the streets for day two. i'm rico hizon in singapore, also in the programme: it's 30 years since this protestor tried to resist a brutal crackdown on china's pro—democracy movement. we talk to some of those
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who were there that day. pakistan investigates a sudden spike in hiv. 600 children have been diagnosed the virus in one month. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. hello and a very warm welcome to the programme. it's 7:00am in singapore, and midnight here in london where president trump has attended a formal banquet, hosted by queen elizabeth, at the end of the first day of his state visit to britain. earlier, the president and the first lady laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown warrior in westminster abbey. 0ur north america editor jon sopel has the latest. and a warning — his report contains
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some flashing images. this state banquet in the ballroom of buckingham palace. white tie for men, long white gloves for women, medals, insignia is welcome. the centrepiece of any state visit. mr president, i am delighted to welcome you and mrs trump to buckingham palace this evening. the queen spoke of the shared sacrifice of d—day and pointedly defended the institutions that have kept the peace since. bodies which the president seems much cooler towards. while the world has changed, we are forever mindful of the original purpose of these structures, nations working together to safeguard a hard won peace. notably absent, the leader of the opposition, jeremy corbyn, and the speaker, john bercow, who declined to attend. the president didn't seem to notice. he was delighted to be there.
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on behalf of all americans, i offer a toast to the eternal friendship of our people, the vitality of our nations, and to the long cherished and truly remarkable reign of her majesty, the queen. thank you. if th state dinner is the height of royal protocol, the day didn't exactly start like that. moments before donald trump arrived on air force one he launched a most un—presidential attack on twitter on the mayor of london, sadiq khan. after that presidential twitter blast, the real cannon fire as donald trump was given a gun salute welcome. as he flew above the city that sadiq khan presides over,
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it's safe to assume the president won't be rolling out the red carpet at the white house for him anytime soon. time for the pomp to take over from the politics. the president and first lady, melania trump, were greeted at buckingham palace by prince charles and the duchess of cornwall. learned his views daily on anything and everything. from the queen, who's been on the throne for more than six decades, we know nothing. and whatever she thinks of her unconventional visitor, that's how it will doubtless remain. though a year ago the palace let it be known the queen was totally unconcerned when the us president walked ahead of her to inspect the troops. today, no such protocol infractions, although it came close. these pictures will play very well in the united states, where the royal family is still a source of huge fascination. and, remember, this trip isn'tjust
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about the royal family, it's about the trump family, too, who've all come along. this is a state visit with nearly all the bells and whistles. there's no gold coach ride up the mall because of security concerns, there is nojoint address to parliament — because the speaker chose not to invite him. there was a display of gifts and artefacts. the president expressing some interest in what the queen was showing him. and then it was time to leave. this trip is a celebration of the closeness between the us and uk, even though there are many issues where it's more fraught relationship than special relationship — on trade, on climate change, on iran, on the chinese company huawei, there are big differences. but that will be the meat of tomorrow's political discussions. at westminster abbey, a moment of solemnity as the president laid a wreath
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at the tomb of the unknown warrior. over the years, so many american and british soldiers have been comrades in arms. there was tea with prince charles at clarence house, where, i understand, the heir to the throne did raise the issue of climate change, an issue where the two men don't see eye to eye. and as for the duchess, well maybe she had something in her eye. this has been a day that has delighted the white house, delighted the president. the state visit has lost none of its lustre. john sopel, bbc news, buckingham palace. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. divers have recovered a body from the wreck of a tourist boat, which sank last week in budapest after being hit by a cruise ship. a second body was pulled from the river more than 100 kilometres downstream from hungary's capital. the mermaid was carrying south korean tourists when it sank. the bodies of seven of them were recovered on the night of the disaster.
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28 people are presumed to have died. south korean embassy officials are helping with the recovery operation. translation: it was not inside of the ship. the body was found on the left stateside of the ship. it was outside of the ship. the thing we agreed with the hungarian authorities was that everybody was found it would be handed over to the police and then sent to a university which is not for advanced medical technology. also making news today: the genetic mutation given to chinese twin girls last year may have shortened their life expectancy. professor hejiankui shocked the world when he genetically altered the twins in an attempt to protect them against hiv. but a study in nature medicine shows people who naturally have the mutation that he was trying to recreate were significantly more likely to die young. apple has announced it's closing its music download service, itunes.
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it said it would split itunes up into three separate apps, focused on music streaming, podcasts, and tv. the music streaming app has come under increased pressure in recent years from the likes of spotify, tidal, and soundcloud. india is reeling from an intense heat wave with temperatures crossing 45 celsius in many parts of the country. churu, in the northern state of rajasthan, is india's hottest city. temperatures there soared to 50.8 celsius on sunday. it has put rajasthan and the central state of madhya pradesh on alert for "severe heat wave conditions". both states often record some of the highest temperatures at the peak of summer. rescue teams have spotted five bodies while searching for a group of missing climbers in india. the group of eight climbers from india, australia, britain and the us were trying to summit nanda devi,
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the country's second highest mountain, when they disappeared after an avalanche. a group ofjapanese women has launched a campaign urging the government to ban companies from forcing women to wear high—heel shoes to work. they've handed in a petition signed by nearly 20,000 people. the movement has been named ‘ku too‘ to mimic the me too movement. it's also a play on two japanese words meaning ‘shoe' and ‘pain‘. some cricket news now, and england have been defeated by pakistan in their second cricket world cup match at trent bridge. the hosts put in a lacklustre performance to lose by 14 runs. the former england captain michael vaughan says it was an unexpected result, but pakistan were on great form. and, of course, we'll have more on this in sportsday in a few minutes.
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let's return to president trump's state visit to the uk. every moment is being watched in the us. our north america correspondent peter bowes is in los angeles. peter, there is no denying the president has been shown every extravagance, lots of pomp and circumstance, how is this being seen backin circumstance, how is this being seen back in the us? remember, this is a very divided country. and for all the pomp and ceremony there are many, the pomp and ceremony there are any the pomp and ceremony there are many, many critics of donald trump in this country who won't be changing their view of him, despite what they see on their television sets. that said, i think they pomp, the circumstance, the ceremony will go down well, these images will stick with us, they will be used repeatedly as the months go by... we
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are having a few problems hearing you, peter. they want if we can try and re—establish communications with you. apologies, we are having problems hearing you. when it comes to the pomp, we are seeing a lot of that, we will now see some of the politics and conversations with the british prime minister, theresa may, that could potentially be a little bit awkward. well, yes, it could. they hope you can hear me now. it could be awkward. the point has been made in the us media today in the reporting of what has happened in the uk, that theresa may is a lame—duck prime minister. she resigns as leader of the conservative party at the end of this week, she will stay on a little longer as prime minister. as far as donald trump is concerned, i think isa donald trump is concerned, i think is a patience from that meeting will be quite low because in the future theresa may simply won't be the prime minister. he will be dealing with someone else. perhaps he will be meeting with other members of
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the... once again, we have lost... perhaps talking beyond brexit... apologies. they were saying that we had lost you but you are back again. please finish your thought. the president might be looking to the future. perhaps a time when britain eventually leaves the eu, assuming that eventually does happen, and the implications for trade with the united states. those will be the most significant issues with his talks with theresa may or other members of the british government. peter, as always, many thanks. apologies to our viewers for the audio dropout. peter bowes, in los angeles, many thanks to you. onjune 4th, 30 years ago, the chinese government sent tanks and soldiers into beijing's tiananmen square to crush a peaceful pro—democracy protest. the images shocked the world, but remain censored in china. and despite the best efforts of the authorities to dismiss the protests as a mere "disturbance", the violence of the suppression still shapes the chinese political landscape today. our china correspondent,
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john sudworth reports. wong ju—xin was one of the leaders of the protests. he's never been back to tiananmen square until now. translation: 30 years ago there was a student movement here which shocked the world. but all these tourists must have forgotten. they have no way to find out what happened here because the information is censored. what happened here is still so politically sensitive it's safer to do the interview in the car. it was the moment the communist party almost lost its grip on power, rocked by five weeks of massive, peaceful demonstrations. first, senior officials tried meeting the student leaders, including mr wong.
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then, late at night on the 3rd ofjune, they sent in the army, killing hundreds, possibly thousands, in the effort to retake the square. the following day there was one final act of defiance. it has become one of the most iconic images of our time, except in china. the vast majority of those we ask say they have never seen it. just over there is the spot tank man stood, although you would never know it. the silence and censorship are now central to the official line. the protests were dealt with, china is today more prosperous and the country should move on. not everyone sees it that way. bao tong, a former senior official jailed for supporting the protests still believes china would be better off if they had succeeded. translation: i see china without
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censorship and without a privileged class, a place where the poor can live freely without being driven out of the big cities, and a china that does not need to steal foreign technology. two miles from the square wong ju—xin shows me the place he first saw the tanks arrive. the decision to speak out, he admits, is a risky one. but it is also proof that despite the efforts to force people to forget, some insist on remembering. john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. phil robertson from the human rights watchjoins me now. it's been 30 years since the protests in the mexico, what is the
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current state of china's human rights? we are seeing that human rights? we are seeing that human rights in china is at its worse since that event we're seen a lot of arbitrary detentions of activists and lawyers and writers, increase censorship, increasing creation of leadership around it didn't. and the incarceration of over i leadership around it didn't. and the incarceration of overi million muslims in detention centres. it is a attention that we haven't in this century. the president is to lead the country for years to come, what is this mean china's rights activists? well, i think that means that china's rights as —— activists need to raise the game. that's what they've been doing was not the need to figure out how they can work on other issues within the parameters of what china permits, talking about disability issues, talking about lg bt disability issues, talking about lgbt rights, disability issues, talking about lg bt rights, these disability issues, talking about lgbt rights, these are things they taking up and also i think they are
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working very hard to improve their ability to communicate with the international community and international community and international human rights movement. we see watch more savvy human rights activist nowadays them so in the past. what about other democracies in the world, the uk, germany, france, after putting enough washer on the chinese leadership to reform the human rights practices? quite clearly they are not doing that. they need to form a united front to rear the pressure china on human rights issues. we are working very ha rd rights issues. we are working very hard on that but the lack of leadership in particularfrom the united states causes a glaring problem. but on one hand we have a president who says that he cares about human rights but it only goes so about human rights but it only goes so far as about human rights but it only goes so farasa about human rights but it only goes so far as a trade deal or other issues that come up and then push human rights aside. so in your view,
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what more pressure can the democratic world put on china to institute these reforms? we are working with united nations trying to buttress the un human rights mechanisms to pressure china more. we're looking at how to get the european union and others to step up to china. and we are trying to demand that they really be an investigation of some of these, for instance, surveillance technologies that china is looking to export. effo rts that china is looking to export. efforts by china to try to undermine the international system of human rights by cutting special deals for itself. we have to keep exposing what china is doing and working on the ground with activists to try to find chinks in the armour. chinks in the armour, could we see that some reforms taking place over the next 5-10 reforms taking place over the next 5—10 years? reforms taking place over the next 5-10 years? we hope so. the problem of course is the president has led to an overall crackdown. if you
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looked at where we are now compared to where we were ten years ago, the situation is much, much worse. his concerts —— consolidation of control has come at the expense of human rights. thank you forjoining us and for your inside. —— rights. thank you forjoining us and foryour inside. —— insight. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: pakistan investigates a sudden rise in hiv diagnoses among children. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crowning in accordance with the order of service, by a signal given, the great guns of the tower shall be shot off. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali, who has died at the age of 7a. outspoken but rarely outfought, ali transcended the sport of boxing,
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of which he was three times a world champion. he was a good fighter. he fought all the way to the end, even through his illness. yes, he did. uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs playing in europe. today is the 20th anniversary of the release of the beatles lp sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band, a record described as "the album of the century." this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: president trump has praised "decades of friendship" between the us and uk, at a banquet which capped the first day of his state visit.
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the pomp is expected to give way to protests on day two, as anti—trump demonstrators converge on the capital for planned demonstrations. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. let's begin with the japan times, which is looking at the anniversary of the tiananmen square protests. this is liberty square in taiwan's capital taipei. giant balloons have been erected in the shape of a military tank and the famous man who stood in front of it. the new york times has been speaking to employees at boeing, who say the fatal flaws with the boeing 737 max can be traced to a breakdown late in the plane's development — when test pilots, engineers and regulators were left in the dark about changes to the automated system. and finally, the straits times, distributed here in singapore is one of many
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newspapers leading with president trump's uk visit. this photo shows him shaking the hand of the queen — with some saying it looks a bit like a fist bump! i don't think the queen would be fist pumping but i see what you mean. more than 700 cases of hiv have been discovered in pakistan injust over a month. 600 of those are children. more than half the children diagnosed are under the age of five — in most cases their parents have tested negative. the unusual outbreak is in the town of ratodero, 400km north of karachi — and with more than 300,000 people yet to be screened, the government is trying to pinpoint the source. the bbc‘s umer nangiana has this report. she has just lost a younger son.
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she hasjust lost a younger son. he was only five. he tested positive for hivjust over a month ago. he had been sick for three years. this woman had never heard of the infection. she blames the local health system for his untimely death. a local doctor gave my child and injection. and he never recovered from it. we took in to a government treatment centre but they refused to help. my child was in a lot of pain and i was helpless. her son was one of more than 600 children, most of them under five who have been diagnosed with hiv in the last few weeks alone. most of the last few weeks alone. most of the cases are from this recent outbreak are in this village and similar ones outbreak are in this village and similarones in outbreak are in this village and similar ones in the area. people here say for medical facilities force them to go to private practitioners in nearby towns. health officials tell us not all the
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doctors are qualified and of those who are, their practices have never been checked. a private doctor first discovered the virus in children and alerted the authorities. discovered the virus in children and alerted the authoritieslj discovered the virus in children and alerted the authorities. i first identified in hiv cassia and then within two weeks i discovered 20 more. that's violated the officials concerned. health authorities have started mass screenings, the government say that local practitioners reusing syringes could be responsible for this spread. the cause of the highly unusual at rag is yet to be conclusively identified. —— outbreak. is yet to be conclusively identified. -- outbreak. more than 50%. there are other reasons and results. this is the first time that this amount of the population has
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been infected by the reusing of syringes. the number of infected patients might rise in people here so patients might rise in people here so they are not receiving the care they need. the government denies allegations of it centred returning patients. as uncertainty and fear grips this for community, the races on to identify the cause of the outbreak and to protect its children. a very worrying development. the moment we hear about what the sources, we will bring it to our viewers. you have been watching newsday. i'm kasia madera in london. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. we'll find out why us technology stocks have slumped. it's all to do with concerns that us anti—trust enforcers are set to launch probes into the sector's biggest players.
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that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. lots more on president trump ‘s visit here. if you want to adjourn weather to come with sunshine and warm, this is not the full cost for you but if you wa nt not the full cost for you but if you want some rain on the garden, we are in business because during tuesday, most of us will see some rain at some stage of the day as it was the system some stage of the day as it was the syste m co m es some stage of the day as it was the system comes in from the south—west extends the rain further north and east as the day goes on. some of that brain in parts of wales and southwest anger. ahead of that, bit of sunshine, some spots to start the day. fairly chilly for some of us being clear overnight, mid— single figures in places. let's look at the story of tuesdays weather. the rain coming in, to start the day, some heavier bursts are possible as it slowly extends its way north and
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east. they may be a few injury bursts across parts of south—east england and east anglia, a rumble of thunder possible in highland scotla nd thunder possible in highland scotland with the arrival of the rental stop the final forestay manager. it's still freezing out there, it's not as windy as it has been over the past couple of days, messy temperatures as high as 21 celsius and sunny spells developing again in south—eastern good. belfast just 12 degrees. on a cool wet day. this area of rain extends further northwards as we go through tuesday night and into wednesday. it rotates around scotland and northern ireland and parts of northern england, the rest of england and wales are turning drier and clearer. and these other starting temperatures on wednesday. so we still have a bit of rain out there on wednesday morning, asa rain out there on wednesday morning, as a day goes on, it will become confined mostly to northern scotland, elsewhere sunny spells to be had but if you show is developing. it could be heavy, possibly thundery, slow—moving and
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fairly light winds are therefore stop temperatures are just out if not a bit below average for the time of year. maybe a bit of rain reaching parts of eastern england is the work the system and the north sea spill some brain northwards into thursday. more significantly into parts of northern england and scotland. heavy showers again and parts of england of —— and wales. a bit of sunshine here and there, not doing a huge amount for the temperature. as we look at the big picture at the end of the week, another area of low pressure, late friday to saturday rings potential for more significant rain over a larger area so for more significant rain over a larger area so we were for more significant rain over a larger area so we were given and that it over the weekend, though pressure is still close by. but it's still unsettled. this is the picture for the rest of the week and into the weekend. yes, jude warmth, there isn't a great deal of it. wet, that is. sometimes.
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you are watching bbc news. our top story: president trump has attended a state banquet hosted by the queen at buckingham palace, as he begins his uk state visit. he praised decades of treasured friendship between the us and uk. but some politicians boycotted the occasion, and the leader of the opposition will attend protests against him on tuesday. pakistan is investigating whether medical malpractice could be behind a sudden spike in hiv. around 600 children have been diagnosed in a month. and efforts to change attitudes to high heels injapan has caught people's attention online. a petition calling for a ban on workplaces forcing women to wear high heels has gained nearly 20,000 signatures. the #kutoo campaign mimics the #metoo movement, playing on the japanese words for shoe and pain. that's all, stay with bbc world news.

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