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hello. this is the briefing. our top stories today. a summit for eu leaders continues in brussels with the shadows of brexit and the next british prime minister looming large. president trump says iran made a big mistake shooting down a us drone. democrats want he is in danger of bundling into a war. violent clashes between ) tastes that make police and protesters in the georgian capital after a controversial visit by russian mps. and the day germany sank its own first of war fleet. commemorations in orkney a hundred years on. and in the business, climate clash. eu leaders fail to agree to go carbon
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neutral by 2050 after opposition from coal dependent eastern europe. hello and a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you want all you need to know in global news, business and sport. you can be part of the conversation as well. a new study has found that a lost wallet is more likely to be returned if it contains a large sum of money. a global study across a0 countries and 17,000 wallet found that a0% were returned if they were empty but three quarters were returned if they contained large sums of money. today we wa nt contained large sums of money. today we want to know what you would do if you came across a wallet stuffed full of cash. let me know on twitter using our hashtag. a summit of 28
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european leaders has ended now without agreement on who should take the block's top jobs. without agreement on who should take the block's topjobs. the without agreement on who should take the block's top jobs. the talks held in brussels continued until the early hours of friday morning without candidates being finalised they will meet again onjune 30. theresa may was attending for the very last time as the uk's prime minister. brexit was not on the agenda this time although there will be talks later on today about the eu's preparations for a nodal brexit. and the contest to be the next british prime minister has been the subject of much interest as our europe editor explains. the eu leaders here at the summit are concentrating on who will be the next president of their commission. you may be tempted to think a new commission president, fresh blood on the topjob in brussels, this could be the opening for renegotiation of
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the brexit deal. this is what boris johnson and jeremy hunt want to do. but as our two prime ministers to be digging their heels in saying that it all needs to be re— negotiated, these eu leaders are digging in their heels as well. we heard from their heels as well. we heard from the irish prime minister today who spoke of an atmosphere of rising animosity towards the ongoing brexit debate. the dutch prime minister said that the brexit deal can only be changed if the uk changes its redlines. so what do these two entrenched positions mean as we approach autumn, nodal brexit looks increasingly like lee. even though jeremy hunt, boris johnson increasingly like lee. even though jeremy hunt, borisjohnson and all eu leaders say they want to avoid it. the question is, in the end will they want to avoid it enough to show some ankle and some flexibility at this stage and with these sides so farapart it this stage and with these sides so far apart it will only work if the leaders on both sides go for it. that was catcher reporting from
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brussels. joining me now is a lecturer in eu politics and eu foreign policy at the university of oxford. thank you forjoining me. moron brexit and the tory leadership ina moron brexit and the tory leadership in a moment but first let's turn our attention to the top jobs in the fa ct attention to the top jobs in the fact that this summit has failed to make any progress on that. what happens next? it was a long night for our leaders and it was very clear from the early minutes on that it is most likely not going to have an outcome so there is no surety on one date and within the next ten days we will see further consultations between the parliament and the different political groups and the different political groups and between the different member states, facilitated by donald tusk and then we will have another european council meeting onjune 30. in the meantime, of course, they are
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focusing on the possibility of a no deal brexit. how prepared are the 26th for that eventuality? the preparations for a nodal brexit have been going on for many months already. and the commission has been quite transparent in showing how these preparations are going along and urging member states to take preparation seriously. that is on both sides. you see that preparations are going on gone next to the political call for further negotiations and to see if they no deal brexit can be avoided. here in the uk, of course, there is a lot of attention and focus on who will be the next prime minister. the showdown that we had between boris johnson and jeremy hunt for that role. what is the likely reaction to
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that whole showdown going to be? the official reaction is as in the past two weeks that the eu leaders welcome a new prime minister look forward to working with them. and they will then hopefully look forward to negotiation. to see what is possible and reformulate any political declaration. otherwise they are not going to make any statement in favour of one candidate 01’ statement in favour of one candidate or the other. thank you very much for joining or the other. thank you very much forjoining us at this early hours. it has just forjoining us at this early hours. it hasjust gone forjoining us at this early hours. it has just gone 5am here in the forjoining us at this early hours. it hasjust gone 5am here in the uk. let's move on and talk about what is happening in iran and the united states because democratic leaders in the us have now warned president trump of the dangers of slipping into a trump of the dangers of slipping intoa war trump of the dangers of slipping into a war with iran. mr trump said that her aunt had made a big mistake
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when it shut down a us drone which iran says it was in its airspace. the americans say it was in international waters in the straits of hormuz. the white house is not commenting on american media are also president trump had approved as strikes against around before later deciding not to launch them. our correspondence has the latest. deciding not to launch them. our correspondence has the latestlj think there is a pressure on washington to really try and de—escalate this as much as possible. that is coming from congress as well as some of what president trump has said. he has said, for example, that this was a big mistake but it may not have been a ten —— intentional, it may have been a general instead of the state who did this. that is not what arana saying our suspect that some the administration listening to the words and are suggesting that this was a very deliberate action because this drone was in their spying and they will say that perhaps america needs to take a harder turn. for
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example we know thatjohn bolton in the white house has, at times been pressuring president trump to do more against the run and take a harder line but at the moment, president trump does not seem to wa nt to president trump does not seem to want to do that. we are going to continue to get these two different m essa 9 es continue to get these two different messages from the two different countries. even in the last few hours we have had to separate maps released of this drone incident. first comes from the uranian foreign minister who has published this map thatis minister who has published this map that is handmade —looking, some of it is written, and it seems to suggest from the uranian point of view that they believe this was in uranian waters although, as i say, it is not particularly detailed. in response, the pentagon has revealed their own map and it is much more detailed and they say very clearly in their view it shows that this was an international waters and not in a rainy and waters. so you do get the sense that the two countries are
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trying to put up their different versions of what happened and there isa versions of what happened and there is a danger of this escalating. certainly if you listen to the democrats, the leading democratic senator has said there is a danger that unless things are changed and u nless that unless things are changed and unless there is a new strategy, that frankly president trump could bumble into war. let's brief you on some of the other stories making news today. greenpeace has accused the british mp mark field of assaulting one of its activists who disrupted a speech by the chancellor of the exchequer. he was speaking a mansion house in the city of london when a number of climate change activists brought proceedings to a halt. the world food programme has partially suspended aid to parts of yemen controlled by the rebels, accusing them of this appropriating supplies. the un agency described the move as a last resort. it had also warned that it would restrict deliveries if
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the rebels failed to agree to measures to prevent food being diverted by corrupt officials. and officials in northern india say that more than a0 people have been killed after a bus plunged into a gorge. dozens more were injured in the accident that happened in the mountainous state. at least 60 passengers were on board the bus, some of whom were on the roof when it veered off the road. and finally hundreds of people have gathered in hong kong after a deadline set by protest groups for the government to com pletely protest groups for the government to completely abandon an unpopular extradition bill expired. the legislation was shelved last saturday after some of the biggest demonstrations in hong kong for many yea rs. demonstrations in hong kong for many years. but it has yet to be formally withdrawn. and we will have a little more on that story with our correspondence who is in hong kong for us and has
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been with some of those protesters. some more in about five minutes time on that story. police in georgia have fired tear gas and rubber bullets to try and disperse thousands of demonstrators gathered outside parliament to protest against the visiting russian mp. crowds had tried to storm the building after surrogate gavrilov occupied the speakers chair and address the parliament in russia. dozens of protesters have been injured in the violence. chaos in tblisi as police and protesters clash outside parliament. clouds of tear gas, the boom of rounds being fired by police. tensions flared after this man, the russian politician, sergei gavrilov, occupied the speaker's seat, as he gave an address to mps from orthodox christian countries. i am here to protest russian involvement and the politics of my country. i am here because i have been alive for 25 years and have not lived in a fully independent country yet.
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i think this is the peaceful expression of the protesters to show to the government that we will not tolerate russian expansion into georgia and we will not tolerate russianisation of georgia. georgia, a former soviet nation, fought and lost a brief war with russia in 2008. memories of russian tanks rolling in and ousting georgian troops from the regions of abkhazia and south ossetia still fresh in the mind 11 years on. as protesters clashed outside, politicians clashed inside. the prime minister mamuka bakhtadze acknowledging the right to protest but condemning the violence, blaming aggressive groups for the clashes. in tblisi tonight, as tear gas taints the air and protesters fight with police, the presence of a russian politician in parliament is another symbol of what demonstrators see as the unacceptable presence of russians on georgian soil. gareth barlow, bbc news.
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now to climate change because european union leaders have failed to agree a target of zero net in—house emissions by 2050. france and germany were among some of the nation is pushing for the to go carbon neutral into decades but they failed to get unanimous agreement at the summit in brussels. this, after some opposition from eastern european countries over the cost to their economies. well we will speak to the founder and ceo of the education platform century tech. and you have a position on this because you have a position on this because you advise heathrow over climate change. absolutely. days as a business they are committed to try and reduce carbon emissions. so i have been enjoying working on that
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and learning all about climate change and the urgency of this. it isa change and the urgency of this. it is a real shame that this has not been passed through. i think there isa been passed through. i think there is a real sense of urgency. the un intergovernmental panel on climate change said that the worst impacts of climate change could be avoided if global net emissions were slashed by 2050 and there is a summit at the tender with the un so the block is under pressure to turn up to the summit with something. but this is the last time they are meeting in person, well, yesterday was, and they failed to achieve this. so forth from 2a countries were leading this come littman, it is led by the uk, but these eastern european nations of the czech republic, hungary, estonia and poland. they are concerned about the potential cost. this is there. i think we should make it clear that it is not for lack of caring, perhaps, about
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the environment but it is a huge economic cost. parts of europe are hugely dependent on coal for their economy and in some instances, 80% of their economy comes from coal. this is a huge issue and they are not getting the support, they feel, to make this happen. what they are saying is they are getting support because there is a rise from people through the green parties and you saw philip hammond ‘s speech be interrupted. there is public support. what is the economic cost of the change required in the technology required and what is the other cost, the future economic cost. poland, particularly they have been accused, with the prime minister's statement, what additional money will you give us? but are you putting business first in terms of the short—term and germany is a0% reliant on coal but they are taking a stand on this. what they need to do is work together to come up with some sort
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of united position and say that these countries are looking at what these countries are looking at what the cost and pace of change required to adapt, what do we need to do. it is not helpful having said that, that the estimate has to invest a range between hundred $98 billion reaching $320 billion. no clear picture there so more data will be helpful to help them move towards a better position. stay with us here on bbc news. still to come: usa beat sweden to top their group to come: usa beat sweden to top theirgroup in the to come: usa beat sweden to top their group in the women's world cup and set up a last 16 clash with spain. we will have a full round—up. there was a bomb in the city centre. a code word known to be one used by the ira was given. army bomb experts were examining a suspect van when there was a huge explosion. the south african parliament has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing
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the population registration act, which for a0 years forcibly classified each citizen according to race. germany's parliament, the bundestag, has voted by a narrow majority to move the seat of government from bonn to berlin. berliners celebrated into the night, but the decision was greeted with shock in bonn. just a day old, and the royal baby is tonight sleeping in his cot at home. early this evening, the new prince was taken by his mother and father to their apartments in kensington palace. the real focus of attention today was valentina tereshkova, the world's first woman cosmonaut. what do you think of the russian woman in space? i think it's a wonderful achievement and i think we might be able to persuade the wife it would be a good idea if i could to get her to go up there for a little while. you are watching the briefing. the headlines: a summit for eu leaders
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continues today in brussels but the shadows of brexit and britain's next prime minister loom large. president trump has said iran made a big mistake in shooting down a us drone. he says they are in danger of bumbling into a wall. more news from hong kong and we cross to our correspondent with some of those protesters outside the police headquarters. we understand that there are fresh protests planned for today? they are and we're seeing them behind us. this is the main police headquarters in hong kong and once again anger has erupted. not in the same numbers as we have seen but hundreds of people here. demanding the resignation of the police commissioner because of allegations of police brutality during a
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previous demonstration. people whether those are symbolic umbrellas. this became a real symbol five years ago. what started this was this extradition bell and the fear that people may be taken to china to trial. the bill has been suspended but everyone here is furious that it has not been fully withdrawn. the fear is that it might be brought back in some shape or form stop people this morning started extremely quietly, sitting down all in black, they have made it their way to the heart of hong kong and, as you can hear the chanting goes on and they are not going anywhere soon and you can really feel the anger. thank you very much. it is time to get to all of the latest from the bbc sports centre.
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hello there. we start with the news that australia's and a green leads the field at the pga. for underpar 68. the defending champion is a shot further back. the south korean now looking to make it another win. the women's world cup has seen the us beat swim and 2—0. the opening goal injust the third beat swim and 2—0. the opening goal in just the third minute. they will face spain on monday. the cricket world cup, australia have mood back to the top of the table after beating bangladesh vote a8 runs in nottingham. david warner scored his second century in eight days. 382
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the target. bangladesh fell well short leaving them fair. my job is to score some runs. capitalise with some momentum and try and bat as deep as we can. today was a head out for us batters. a very good weekend, challenging for bowlers. marin cilic has been knocked out in his second round of the queens club championship in london. the croatian suffered a straight sets defeat. a third career when for his opponent. naomi osaka also knocked out in birmingham but no such problems for ash party. the australian was 6—3 6-3 ash party. the australian was 6—3 6—3 winner. —— ashley barty. the cup
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of nations starts with each of kicking off in cairo against zimbabwe. a record seven time winners, they will be relying on their star player to drive it home again. on friday, england are in action again in that six name of the tournament and will play sri lanka. against afghanistan they broke the record for most sixes in an inning in odi. we talk about it. we talk about who is the biggest heater and stuff but... i think mine was probably the biggest hit of the day. laughter. we do have a bit of banter about it but i beat myself up about it. roger federer will play on friday. she won in three sets to see
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offjob friday. she won in three sets to see off job wilfred friday. she won in three sets to see offjob wilfred sonia —— tsonga. causing on social media the announcement that an 18—year—old has been drafted number one by nbn franchise the pelica ns. been drafted number one by nbn franchise the pelicans. a two—year deal is expected at the louisiana outfit. you can get all the latest sports news on our website. for me and asa sports news on our website. for me and as a team, that is your friday sports briefing. commemorations are taking place to mark the centenary anniversary of the scuttling of the german fleet at scapa flow. new research suggests 50 ships were sunk when the germans were about to be
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seized by the allies. it is believed to be the biggest loss of ships in a day. nine people died. the vast natural harbour in clean, the once mighty german fleet had been turned here while his fate was decided during the peace negotiations at the end of the first world war. through winter and on into the later months, 7a german ships, flags lowered, lay idle. the crew is reduced to a minimum, demoralised, forbidden to go ashore. on a midsummer ‘s day is a century ago, the officer in charge, gave orders that the fleet be scuttled. new research shows that in the space ofjust over five hours, 50 german ships sank. it was the greatest loss of ships ever to occur ina
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the greatest loss of ships ever to occur in a single day. seven remain beneath the waves. through salvage and now diving, they became a source of income for these islands in the decades that followed. people here though this week remembering the last german fatalities of the first world war. how honest are you? a global study of wallets and what we do with them has found that 72% are returned if they contain large sums of money. so i am asking you on twitter what you would do if you came across a large amount of cash stuffed in a wallet. chris has been honest, i would return at minus the cash. another says i would return it because i know exactly how i feel if i had lost my wallet. one says he returned one to the owner and they became friends. do onto others as
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you would do unto yourself. another says, no matter how much money they contain, they will be returned. more stories coming up. see you soon. it could turn hot across southern areas next week. back to the here and now, showers and sunny spells on friday. most of the showers will be across the north with the low pressure. quite breezy for scotland but high—pressure building in across the south which means a largely dry start for much of england and wales. most of the showers across northern scotland, northern ireland stop into the afternoon, they will tend to
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ease down. many places dry with sunny spells, especially across the south. as we head through friday night into saturday morning, high—pressure continues to build and kills off most of the showers. many places turning dry. lighter winds, mist and fog across western areas. a few nippy spots across the north. in the south 8— 12 degrees. it is the weekend and it is looking dry for many of us. lots of sunshine around and it will be warming up. south south—easterly winds will be quite fresh at times. a little bit cooler on the coast. inland, it will turn much warmer. fairweather cloud building in the afternoon, could see isolated showers but most places dry. high teens across the north. we could make 22 in the south.
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high—pressure dominates for most. warm airfrom the high—pressure dominates for most. warm air from the south—east but this low pressure will slowly be and crouching into the south—west. that will destabilise the atmosphere bringing more cloud and maybe the chance of thundery rain. but much of the country will stay dry with sunny spells. warm and humid airfrom the near continent. all the ingredients are in place for an increasing warm and humid air mass moving up from the near continent. a chance of heavy and thundery showers in places.
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hello. this is the business briefing. climate clash. eu leaders failed to agree to go carbon neutral by 2050 amid opposition from coal dependent eastern europe. plus plain speaking. we hear from dependent eastern europe. plus plain speaking. we hearfrom the new boss of airbus on the dangers of a no deal brexit. and on markets, us stocks hit a new record hybrid asian stocks hit a new record hybrid asian stocks may take a breather at the end of their best week since january. and oil surges again on those rising tensions with

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