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this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at three: mps callforan inquiry into leaked emails from the british ambassador to washington describing president trump's administration as "inept", "insecure" and "incompetent". iran says it has breached another condition of its 2015 international nuclear agreement. protesters march in hong kong in another large demonstration against china's increasing control over the territory, greece is going to the polls to elect a new parliament, with opinion polls suggesting defeat for the left—wing government. the jodrell bank observatory in cheshire — which has been at the forefront of astronomical research — is declared a unesco world heritage site. the usa play the netherlands in the women's world cup final
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in france in an hour's time — the americans are aiming to win the trophy for a fourth time. and in half an hour here on bbc news, the best of the week's interviews and reports from the victoria derbyshire programme. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. leaked emails from britain's ambassador to washington have described president trump as being "inept" and his presidency as "uniquely dysfunctional". in the memos — obtained by a sunday newspaper — sir kim darroch says, despite his shortcomings, president trump's administration shouldn't be written off. the foreign office says the leak of diplomatic cables is "mischievous".
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angus crawford reports. the blu ntest of language, about the most powerful man in the world, and his administration, from britain's top diplomat in the us, sir kim darroch. two years of his secret e—mails leaked. in one, he wrote... on donald trump's recent state visit to the uk, he said the president had been dazzled by the queen, but cautioned this is still the land of america first. and on foreign policy, trump's sabre rattling over iran, approving air strikes and then calling them off, was described as chaotic.
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here, serious questions are being raised about the leak. the thing with diplomatic cables, and i used to work at the foreign office, i'd be quite careful about what you say which is on a personal basis in those cables, because it's all very well talking about the substance of the relationship, the policies, but i think some of that may, in retrospect, be regarded as unwise. put in a statement, the foreign office denied it would have any long—term impact. as for the future, the ambassador compared it to a roller—coaster which could lead to disgrace and downfall, but cautioned about writing donald trump off, describing him as indestructible. angus crawford, bbc news. the foreign office has told iran it must "immediately stop" all activities that breach the nuclear deal agreed
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with world leaders in 2015. earlier, tehran confirmed it would break a limit set on uranium enrichment and keep reducing its commitments every 60 days, unless european countries did more to relieve the impact of american sanctions. the german government has also said it is ‘extremely concerned' by the developments. alice porter reports. last week, iran began showing its defiance against the 2015 nuclear deal — an agreement designed to contain iran's development of nuclear technology. the regime breached the terms by going over the stockpile limits set for low enriched uranium. now events have gone one step further. at a news conference in tehran, senior officials said they would soon exceed the level of uranium enrichment set out in the deal. translation: in a few hours' time, technical work will conclude and the process of proliferation above 3.67% will start.
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we expect that tomorrow morning, when the iaea take samples, we will have gone beyond 3.67%. iran says there is still opportunity for talks, but european leaders may not be so hopeful. during an hour—long call with the iranian leader, the french president expressed strong concern about the consequences of abandoning the deal. so how did we get to this position? just over a year ago, donald trump upended the agreement and the us imposed tough economic sanctions on iran, severely damaging its economy. i am announcing today that the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. in a few moments, i will sign a presidential memorandum to begin reinstating us nuclear sanctions on the iranian regime. european leaders are struggling to postpone the moment when they have to declare
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the nuclear deal dead. but if iran continues to breach its terms, angering the us, they may have no alternative. alice porter, bbc news. i've been discussing iran's latest breach of the 2015 nuclear deal with the conservative mp and chair of the commons foreign affairs committe, tom tugendhat. they have got a very clear choice, which is to decide whether or not they think there is a valid way out of this problem that includes around becoming a normal responsible nation with trading partnerships around the world. if they do think that has an option, and i think it is, then they need to start behaving as though they are that kind of regime. that means not attempting to develop nuclear weapons, not sponsoring terrorism, not trying to murder hundreds of thousands of people in
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syria, not try to kill lots of israeli civilians, not trying to attack saudi arabia, add not try to undermine countries like bahrain and the persian gulf. there is a lot of things that the iranian government these do think seriously about. if this agreement is going to stand. those would be good places to start. so you are agreeing with the us administration's policy towards iran? no, i'm not, i am really highlighting the trouble in this relationship is not because the us has withdrawn from the joint compound is a plan of action, as the agreement is called, but because the iranian government has consistently violated all international norms over the last, i was going to say for years, but it is the last 40, in sponsoring terrorism, seeking to undermine neighbours, seeking to murder individuals around the world, let's not forget seeking murder 30
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of its own citizens as well, it is one of the largest execute is of citizens in the world, second only believe to china. iran is highly unlikely to bow under this sort of pressure, especially us pressure, so how is this all likely to play out? when you look at the form, they dig their heels in deeper. you have got an absolute point. the idea that one talks about a run as a single state is not true. there are several different factions in iran, not least there is the supreme leader, the molars, religious aristocracy, then there is the government and perhaps most importantly there is the revolution regard. they control and runa the revolution regard. they control and run a large swathes of the economy, add an entirely separate military system to the iranian government, and all the groups run
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different aspects of a radio live and runs very differently. while we are watching these factions fighting it out inside of the islamic republic, what we are also seeing, tragically, is food getting more expensive, children's milk running out, medicine running out, and this is because of the decisions that the iranian government in its various forms, sometimes the revolutionary guard, sometimes the government, sometimes the supreme leader, have taken that are reallyjust punishing one of the greatest and most impressive people in the world. the day that orion can come back and ta ke day that orion can come back and take its rightful place as one of the great nations of the world will bea the great nations of the world will be a great moment for the whole world. —— the day that eran can come back. david willis is in washington. just checked up the latest on president trump's twitter feed, he
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is having a pop at the democrats but nothing in relation to this story about the memos. you can imagine that the staff at the british ambassador‘s residence not far from here will be checking that pretty feed with great zeal over the next few hours, waiting to see what donald trump has to say, if anything, about theirs. you can't imagine he will be shy in his response. so far, as you say, nothing. we have is that statement from the which seems to confirm that this leak is for real add the contents this leak is for real add the co nte nts a re this leak is for real add the contents a re for this leak is for real add the contents are for real. they are making the point that these thoughts do not necessarily represent the thoughts of the british government. but it remains to be seen what this means for the special relationship, for the delicate diplomacy that has been going on behind the scenes here in washington since donald trump took office. and what it might mean for britain's tips to get a special
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trade deal with the united states post brexit. all up in the air at the moment, as a result of this leak. interestingly there are calls foran leak. interestingly there are calls for an enquiry here in the uk. how is this story even being covered by us media? it will be, i think, is this story even being covered by us media? it will be, ithink, quite vigorously covered. they love this sort of staff, or the intrigue, both broadsheets and tabloids, as pertains to the donald trump at the white house. i think there is bound to be speculation that this leak could be political. sir kim darroch, the british ambassador, is not seen asa the british ambassador, is not seen as a hardened pro brexiteer, and somehow are suggesting this could be pa rt somehow are suggesting this could be part ofan somehow are suggesting this could be part of an effort mikey is due to leave office at end of the year to displace him before that, but that is speculation. it is highly unusual
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for the contents of these sorts of diplomatic —— diplomatic dispatches to leak into the public, so it does make you wonder. indeed it does. thank you very much. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, says he would campaign and vote for britain to remain in the eu, urging the labour party to come out and support a second referendum. mr mcdonnell pressed jeremy corbyn to ‘get on with‘ making the decision to support a public vote. labour lost support to both the liberal democrats and the brexit party in the recent european elections because of confusion over its position on brexit. here's our political correspondentjessica parker. two men at the top of the labour party, at the heart of decision—making. the shadow chancellor is increasingly trying to clear the path for a clearer message on brexit. he says there is little time to lose on more fully getting behind another referendum. we need to express a view now which is
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clearly saying... i will vote to remain and i want to campaign remain. whatjeremy is rightfully doing, and this is one of the differences between us, i say get on with it, jeremy is much wiser, he wants to talk to people and then go for it. have divisions sparked a civil war at the top of the party? john mcdonnell says no. it is net. it is rubbish. we are not being frozen out of meetings? no. we go back 40 years. we are the closest of friends. pressure on another issue, anti—semitism allegations in the labour party, but signs that this could move further in the coming weeks. meanwhile, decisions being made here, too. voting is under way in the tory leadership contest. borisjohnson is striding towards a halloween departure date from the eu, but some
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tory mps do not have a taste for a no deal brexit and say they'll find a way to stop it. a sizeable number of us are meeting and having conversations at all times, as you would expect. borisjohnson has tried to dampen down the possibility of a new deal departure putting the odds are 10 million to one but whoever takes over will face the same divided views that eventually sank the prime minister's plans. —— putting at the oz at1 million to one. and jessica joins me now. going back tojohn mcdonnell‘s point, very diplomatic language. can we describe it as that? yes, it is not a secret that there are divisions at the top of the labour party about where to go next on brexit. particularly this issue of not just how clear they brexit. particularly this issue of notjust how clear they are embarking a further referendum but also how clear they are that they would back remain, were such a
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referendum take place. john make donald by his own admission is very much moving towards that position, and he is trying to bring other people with him. —— john mcdonald's. jeremy corbyn is trying to find a compromise, and it is a challenge for corbyn because he has a membership you largely are in support of remain, but when you look at the labour heartlands, particularly in the meadows are north, a lot of those seats voted leave, and he is naturally worried that he could alienate some of those voters. time is running out, though. he is still talking. that goes for the tory size well. they are still talking no deal. well it happen? both parties are looking at the polls all the usual health warning supply, polls all the usual health warning supply, but they are looking at what happened in the recent european elections, and something thatjohn mcdonnell said, the middle ground is gone. the liberal democrats had a
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good european election, they have been clear where they stand on brexit, there was another referendum and to back remain. the conservative party and labour have a more complicated coalition to bring together as they are still really struggling with that. they are looking at those balls and thinking, we have to go one way or the other. for labour, may be edging towards further referendum, for the conservatives we see that laying out in the tory leadership contest, and both jeremy hunt and in the tory leadership contest, and bothjeremy hunt and borisjohnson say we should not have a general election until we have sorted out brexit, that happens to be the number one priority. to see off, in their case, the brexit party. the headlines on bbc news: mps are calling for an inquiry into leaked emails from the british ambassador to washington describing president trump's administration as "inept", "insecure" and "incompetent". the foreign office has told iran it must "immediately stop" all activities that breach the nuclear deal agreed with world leaders in 2015.
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protesters in hong kong have held another big demonstration demonstration against china's increasing control against china's increasing control over the territory. a man in his 20s has become the second to be shot dead in london this weekend. emergency workers were called to lea bridge road in leyton, just before 3am this morning, following reports of gunshots. he died at the scene. it follows the death of a man in his 30s after a shooting in wembley on friday. up to 20,000 jobs could go at deutsche bank in a radical reorganisation of germany's biggest bank. (00v)the investment bank is expected to be particularly hard hit, with many of the cuts set to affect london and new york. the bank currently employs
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about 8,000 people in the uk. thousands of anti—government protesters have again taken to the streets of hong kong. they're protesting against a proposed controversial law change which would allow the extradition of citizens to the chinese mainland. demonstrators walked through a popular tourist area of hong kong to a train station which links the former british colony to the chinese mainland. our correspondent robin brant is in hong kong, and gave us this update. i think we had the organisers say quarter of a million people on the streets around me on this side of hong kong any last few hours. the police say it was smaller, 56,000, but nonetheless it was a sizeable show of sentiment, a sizeable demonstration at that went off peacefully. five days ago on monday, over the water, we had a far more aggressive show of defiance from some of the protest is who ended up storming and occupying hong kong's
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parliament. the organisers wanted this event on this side, which as you say is on the same side as the chinese mainland, to be focused on speaking to people from the mainland, tourists who come here to the shops to spend their money every day from the mainland, the organisers want to engage with them, talk to them, try to persuade them about their cause, about the reason that they are so upset about these proposals for annex addition bill and why they civilly do not trust the authorities here, but also the authorities in beijing. it is done and dusted, lasted about six hours, people have been around on the organisers' side, clearing up. they do not want to be more disruptive than they can. it has passed off peacefully. china has rejected evidence presented by the bbc that it's deliberately separating muslim children from their parents as part of a campaign against religious extremism. the bbc recently gained access
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into one of these ‘re—education‘ camps in xinjiang, it's thought about a million adults —— most of them ethnic uighurs —— have been detained in them. speaking a short time ago, the chinese ambassador to the uk, liu xiaoming, told the andrew marr show that people had misunderstood the purpose of these centres. it is relatively poor area in china stop in terms of gdp, it ranks about 26 and the whole country, 37 provinces. in the past since 1990s, it has been severely hit by the terrorism, separatism, extremism. just ten years ago, two days ago on the 5th ofjuly, there was a very serious terrorist incident, i had
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read 97 people killed. can i put it to you that internment cancer not the answer. we tried at a northern ireland that it did not go well. these are camps with razor wire around them, people cannot leave them. this is not a camp, it is a vocational education and training centre. the extremist ideas will have easier penetration to poorer areas. we left them out of poverty. f these camps are innocent, why did the chinese government denied for so long that they existed? miller make me didn't deny, we invited journalists to make to visit. that is why your bbc has access. to interview people over there. i think you need to look at this from the positive perspective, for the purpose to provide, early prevention of terrorism. since the measure was introduced there is no terrorist
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incident for three years. nonetheless these are quite difficult areas, they are internment camps, people cannot leave them. they can leave really, they can visit their relatives. it is not a prison. the bbc talked to some of the parents of the children who are now in turkey, they are really upset about the fact that they have been separated from their children and do not know where they are. i can show you a clip. do you know where your children are? where are those children? miller might let's first talk about these people. these people are
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anti—government people. you cannot expect a good word about a government. the children, the government. the children, the government take good care of children. are they separating forcibly children from their pa rents ? forcibly children from their parents? no. they can come back to their... there is no separation of children from their parents. not at all. the bbc has been to one town in the province where, injust all. the bbc has been to one town in the province where, in just one town, 400 families lost a children. you just give me the names of the families who lost their children. there is many misinformation about people who got missing. we handled the case, many cases like this, some country said a musician got killed, the other day he emerged alive and happy. if you have people with their
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children lost, you give me the names and we will try to locate them and let you know who they are, what they are doing. jodrell bank observatory in cheshire has been awarded unesco world heritage status. it's home to the lovell telescope, which has been probing into the depths of space since 1957. the organisation says it embodies the value unesco places on the universality of science, and its ability to build international collaboration and foster peace. the 43rd session of the unesco world heritage committee is being held in baku. earlier my colleague martine croxall got reaction to the announcement from professor tim o'brien, who's associate director atjodrell bank — and first teresa anderson, director of the jodrell bank discovery centre. merrimack enters a really important
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thing when you think about culture and heritage. everyone thinks it is to do with cathedrals and cities. but science is part of human endeavour and culture. and human history, and unesco and are starting to recognise that. a lot of the sites that are currently on the list do scientific elements. this is the first 20th—century observatory to be included. it is a big step forwards. it is absolute fantastic. just tell us it is absolute fantastic. just tell us how important jodrell it is absolute fantastic. just tell us how importantjodrell bank is today. we have listed its many achievements over the years, but bring us up—to—date with what goes on there now. it was an important point that the committee made, that it wasn'tjust point that the committee made, that it wasn't just about the history of jodrell bank, we are still making our own history. we continue to develop their heritage and into the future, so we are now the operating of the uk national network of
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telescopes, too big once ijodrell bank and another five spread across the country. it produces very sharp images of space when we combine the power of all those telescopes. we link up with other radio telescopes all across the planet to make a planet —sized radio telescope. live tojodrell bank — and our correspondent andy gill. what does this announcement mean for the site? they are absolutely delighted, it is a very prestigious badge to have, and theresa andersson making an important point that they have been talking about. if you think are places that have unesco world heritage status, giants causeway, the city of bath, they are all very much to do with history. jodrell bank, yes it is to do with history, but also to do with ongoing science. perhaps the only other parallel we have with world heritage status in this country is kew gardens in
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london. where the sizes ongoing. here you can see the love ale telescope, named after a man who pioneered the use of radio waves as opposed to visible light in astronomy. he came here in 1945. this telescope was completed sometime after that. he came just after 1945 with some of the post—war buildings which were basically shareds they are still here, that is the kind of thing they want to preserve and tell people the story of the pioneering science that has gone on here. the usa will aim to lift the women's world cup for a fourth time when they face the netherlands in today's showdown in lyon. the defending champions face the reigning european champions in the final, and will attempt to become only the second nation to win back—to—back women's world cup titles. the usa go into the game as favourites. seth bennett is outside
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the stadium in lyon. the fans are already here and is a wonderful atmosphere. it is about 12 kilometres from the city centre to the stadium, add all of the fans have been getting on the various different trams that come out here, and there are streams of orange with the dutch, as lots of red, white and blue of the americans who come into this game absolutely confident that they can retain their world cup title for the first time. they have looked dominate throughout the course of this competition. i think they feel this is their time, not just on the field but with everything i have said. the likes of megan rapinoe getting involved in that twitter social media spat with donald trump, the us president. there has been so much around them when they feel so strongly about what they can achieve, and the statement they have made in the tournament which has given women's football its biggest stage yet. the dutch are the european champions, some injury worries coming into this
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game with one of their star players of the euros a couple of years ago, she has not been in full training of the last few days also, as so she will be a late decision. she is one of the key players. they know they have to be at their very best if they are going to somehow provide a massive upset in this tournament. as you mentioned, the us are heavy favourites, but this is a one—off game and you never really know. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. after a largely fine end to the week, the weekend is looking mixed. you might appreciate a splash of rain on the garden, because there hasn't been much of that today, some patchy rain in south—east england clearing away. a fine evening for most. turning quite chilly, rural spots quite widely in single figures, close to freezing in north—east scotland. there might be
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a brief touch of frost to be had as monday begins. a lot of sunshine from the word go. soon clouding over in northern ireland. outbreaks of rain moving in here. cloud increasing to the west may turn drizzly elsewhere in a few spots. may be an isolated shower to be found towards the east and south of the uk. for most it is going to be a fine monday, temperatures in a high teens or low 20s, pretty much where it is going to stay. yes, there will be some occasional sunny spells, but likely some rain or showers to be had at times. that is your latest forecast.
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