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this is bbc news. i'm carole walker. the headlines: the foreign office investigates the leak of classified e—mails from the uk ambassador in washington describing president trump's administration as "inept", "insecure" and "incompetent". it's obviously very disappointing that this correspondence has come out into the open, but it's also important to say that it's the job of ambassadors to give frank, personal opinions about what is happening in the countries they serve. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, sasteremy corbyn must "get on", and back another public vote, over brexit. one of the city's biggest employers, deutsche bank, announces it will cut up to 18,000 staff worldwide.
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greece's centre—right opposition looks set for a convincing win in the country's snap general election. at the women's world cup the united states proved too strong for the netherlands, retaining their title, in france. and at 11:30pm we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, tony grew the parliamentary journalist, and entertainment journalist and broadcaster caroline frost. stay with us for that. the foreign office has begun an investigation, into who may have leaked emails from britain's ambassador to washington, which described the trump administration as being "inept" and "uniquely dysfunctional. "
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the secret memos were obtained and published by the mail on sunday, and were written by sir kim darroch, whom the president trump tonight said "has not served the uk well." the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, says he's "disappointed" by the leak, but that the comments were "personal opinions, that didn't reflect the views of the british government." here's our washington correspondent, nick bryant. "inept, insecure, incompetent. " in secret e—mails obtained by the mail on sunday, britain's top diplomat in washington, sir kim darroch, used the most undiplomatic of language to describe the chaos of the trump white house and the personality flaws of the president himself. he spoke of donald trump radiating insecurity and delivered a withering assessment of an administration that was uniquely dysfunctional. in one of the messages, sir kim wrote:
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on his recent state visit to britain, donald trump had been dazzled by the queen, but sir kim predicted self—interest would continue to determine uk—us relations. "this is still the land of america first," he wrote. 0n the escalation of tensions with iran, he said it was unlikely that us policy was going to become more coherent anytime soon, and that mr trump did not want to reverse his campaign promise to avoid american involvement in foreign conflicts. the foreign office has now launched an inquiry into the leak. it's obviously very disappointing that this correspondence has come out into the open, but it's also important to say that it's the job of ambassadors to give frank, personal opinions about what's happening in the countries they serve, and those are just that, personal opinions. it's not the opinions of the british government.
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the president is notoriously thin—skinned, britain has gone to great lengths since he became president to massage his ego. and speaking in the last few minutes, he has clearly ta ken offence. the ambassador has not served the uk well, i can tell you that. we are not big fans of that man and he has not served the uk well. so i can understand it and i can say things about him, but i won't bother. so, how damaging will this be? with the brexit deadline looming, downing street has been especially sensitive about preserving and protecting a special relationship which, in the trump era, hasn't always been that special. the leak of these secret embassy e—mails won't help. nick bryant, bbc news, washington. the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell has called onjeremy corbyn to get on with changing labour's brexit policy. he says the party should come out and support a second referendum, and that he'd campaign to remain in the european union. it's believed labour lost support to both the liberal democrats and the brexit party in the recent european elections,
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because of confusion over its position on brexit. here's our political correspondent, ben wright. they'd been comrades for years, but nowjohn mcdonnell says they'd been comrades for years, but now john mcdonnell says it's they'd been comrades for years, but nowjohn mcdonnell says it's time forjeremy corbyn to quickly and decisively commit labour to another referendum and then campaign for remain. we need to express a view now which is clearly, as i said, i will vote remain, i want remain. now which is clearly, as i said, i will vote remain, i want remainlj say let's just get on with it, jeremy's much wiser, actually. he says let's talk to people, bring people together, bring consensus and go for it. john mcdonald said labour had to clarify its position on brexit in time for a possible september election. so is all this aggro causing civil war at the top of the party? 0h, aggro causing civil war at the top of the party? oh, no. it's mere, it's rubbish. you aren't being
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frozen out a bit? we go back 40 years. but, while much of the labour members wants another referendum, there is strong resistance to. mps and leave backing seeds wrote a letter to jeremy corbyn saying another vote would be toxic and urged him to back a brexit deal instead. with pressure growing on jeremy corbyn to clearly back another referendum, tomorrow trade union leaders are meeting to discuss their stance on the issue. it is not only brexit causing turmoil within the labour party and this week, the pa rty‘s the labour party and this week, the party's handling the labour party and this week, the pa rty‘s handling of the labour party and this week, the party‘s handling of anti— the labour party and this week, the party's handling of anti— semite allegations will be under scrutiny. a panorama investigation on wednesday of the bbc has not released details of the programme, but on twitter, newspaper reports claiming lawyers had warned parties not to break confidentiality
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agreements was futile and stupid. another front bench attack the forthcoming panorama. it's a view of the few members of staff. the bbc said labour was criticising a programme it hasn't seen. the terrible tragedy of the holocaust... speaking at a synagogue this evening, the former prime minister, gordon brown, said labour owed the jewish community and unqualified apology. they must take action immediately at its conference in 0ctober. immediately at its conference in october. you must automatically expel anyone who is found guilty of anti—semitism. expel anyone who is found guilty of anti-semitism. but the divisions caused by labour‘s response to claims of anti—semitism seem unlikely to heal soon —— labour's. hundreds of workers in the city are fearing for theirjobs, after germany's largest bank confirmed it plans to cut 18,000 staff worldwide. deutsche bank is one of the city's largest employers in london,
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and the cuts are the latest attempt, to revitalise its reputation and business. 0ur reporter nina nanji is here with us. nina, tell us what's behind these cuts at deutsche bank? deutsche bank has been struggling for some years now, it has faced problems from a money laundering scandal and declining surprise. it's been going to revitalise the business, as you say, and today's announcement was widely expected and fits into that trend that it has been going down in the last couple of years. now, essentially what they're talking about is a radical reorganisation of the business and they are talking about getting back they are talking about getting back the investment bank in particular. this is important because it is a large part of the bank and that involves about 18,000 jobs worldwide, about a fifth of its workforce. it's quite significant. deutsche bank hasn't said where the axe is going to follow exactly, so
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we don't know whetherjobs are going to be lost, but what we do know is they talked about stopping much of their share trading activity. much of that is based in london so there is uncertainty for those workers in the uk who are employed in these activities. there are about 8000 uk deutsche bank staff. it's really quite a lot of people there who are facing uncertainty there now. we have heard it's sort of a restart that the business, an opportunity to refocus on what deutsche bank does best. you can take that positive approach, absolutely, but at the same time, what is clear is that deutsche bank clearly had to do something. it was falling further and further behind in the investment banking business compared to some of the wall street banks like goldman sachs and jpmorgan. what is also clear as this retreat from the investment banking business is only going to help cement the dominance of those wall street banks. 0k, nina nanji, thank you very much indeed for joining nanji, thank you very much indeed forjoining us. greece's leftist prime minister,
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alexis tsipras, has conceded defeat in the country's snap general election. with the results still coming in, the centre—right opposition party, new democracy, is closing in on an absolute majority in parliament. mr tsipras's syriza party, seems to have paid the price, for failing to oppose austerity measures imposed by the eu in return for financial bailouts. 0ur correspondent, mark lowen reports from athens. a victory cry for a change of guard — greece's centre right new democracy clearing its new era, winning an outright majority and ousting alexis tsipras. its leader has refreshed a party once seen as the corrupt establishment. and, as the populist, left—wing tsipras broke promises to end austerity, greece has returned to the political mainstream. well, first of all, i ask for a strong mandate to change the country and the greek
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people delivered. i'm very grateful for the result. we won an outright majority, which was our main target. alexis tsipras was putting on a brave face as he voted earlier, but it was almost a eulogy — he lost many supporters after his humiliating u—turn from 2015, when he pledged to rip up the bailout and budget cuts, but instead accepted a third rescue programme in return for more austerity, becoming the brussels establishment he had fought against. the rhetoric has been relentlessly anti—european and misleading in many ways. so, i'm very happy, this is a victory for pro—european political forces. this country doesn't need celebrations for a party that wins an election. this country needs jobs. this country needs investment. the worst peacetime recession of any developed country shrank greece's economy by a quarter, protests consumed athens, half a million left the country and unemployment hit 28%.
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as tsipras defied the eu, it threatened to eject greece from the euro and sink the banks. he was forced back. before brexit, there was talk of grexit — greece's departure from the eurozone. it didn't happen, as alexis tsipras, who vowed to stand up to the eu, was defeated, perhaps an omen more —— for another country now trying to defy brussels and a sign that, after a populist wave, the political cycle can swing back to the establishment. greece now looks to its post—bailout, post—tsipras future as growth returns and the glimmer of a recovery grows. greece has, it seems, turned a corner and left its populist era behind. michael owen, abc news, athens. let's take a look at some of the day's other top stories: iran says it will once again breach the terms of an international agreement, designed to curb the country's development of nuclear weapons.
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the government in tehran has confirmed it's planning to enrich it's stockpile of uranium, beyond levels allowed in a deal signed in 2015. last week iran said it was stockpiling more low enriched uranium, than permitted under the accord. america pulled out of the international agreement last year. reports from the united states say the billionaire financier, jeffrey epstein, has been arrested, over new allegations of sex trafficking. the claims are said to date from 2002 to 2005. the hedge fund manager, who once counted bill clinton, donald trump and prince andrew amongst his friends, is expected to appear in court tomorrow, and will plead not guilty. 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
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of hong kong to a train station which links the former british colony to the chinese mainland. 0ur correspondent robin brant is in hong kong, and gave us this update. this was all about the proposed extradition bill, highly contentious because basically people here in hong kong thought the government in beijing, the ultimate bosses, could use it as a tool of political persecution. but now this movement, it's become about a lot more, it's become about universal suffrage, it's become about the type of democracy they have here in hong kong. that is something far more familiar. and, like i said, for now, this demonstration was a peaceful one and the protestors we spoke to were very keen that it should remain peaceful. the police urged them to be "rational" because we saw something far more aggressive and far more violent when legco — the legislative council — was stormed and occupied on monday. so we had about a quarter of a million people on the streets here, according to the protesters, and it went well, i think they will be pleased with that.
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in the last hour or so, things have changed a bit and the police are now in the process of trying to clear the streets. but i do want to stress we haven't seen any actual violence, actual fighting, between protesters and the police and i haven't seen everything, but from what i've seen, we certainly haven't seen criminal damage and there are plenty of shops around here. the headlines on bbc news: the foreign office investigates the leak of classified e—mails from the uk ambassador in washington describing president trump's administration as inept, insecure and incompetent. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, sasteremy corbyn must get on and back another public vote over brexit. one of the city's biggest employers, deutsche bank, announces it will cut up to 18,000 staff worldwide.
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0ur sports correspondent katie gornall reports. lyon, a city at the confluence of the rhone and the saone — a place where two rivers become one, and where from two finalists will emerge one champion. the odds pointed towards a us celebration. no country has won more than them. while the netherlands fans were enjoying a world cup final for the first time. the usa expected to be here. their confidence is almost concrete. but the underdogs weren't overwhelmed, and achieved something no team has managed yet at this world cup. they stopped the us from scoring in the first 12 minutes. the american tide kept coming, but the netherlands kept finding new ways to turn it back. sari van veenendaal again at her best.
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the european champions had absorbed so much pressure, eventually they would crack. var was called upon to spot this high foot. penalty was the decision, and up stepped megan rapinoe. commentator: shoots, scores. the us captain, as she has done all tournament, seizing the spotlight. for every established star, the us has another emerging. and scores! rose lavelle has been a walking highlights reel in france. here was another for the collection. 2—0, and it could have been more. the netherlands have risen rapidly on the world stage, but it seems no—one can stop the record—breaking march of the usa. they have retained their title and lifted the women's world cup for a fourth time. winners come and go in sport, but true champions always want more. i could barely speak, but ijust said to them, they were unbelievable. congratulations, they made history. enjoy it. this is
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unbelievable. i have no words, i'm sorry. it's unbelievable. just to know all of the people in our group that put in so much work. obviously the players, we have all of our friends and family here. it is surreal. i don't know how to feel right now. it's ridiculous. and the usa have had to do this the hard way. they have beaten hosts france, england, and the european champions on their way to lifting this trophy. this is meant to be the most open world cup yet, the year when us dominance would really be threatened, and although the gap is closing, still no—one has been able to knock the americans off their perch. england's women can't afford any more slip—ups in the women's ashes, after a crushing defeat in the third one—dayer. australia set england a record run chase of 270 after the some impressive hitting from ashleigh gardner. in reply, england collapsed to 21—6 before eventually being bowled out for 75. they now have to win the sole test to have a chance of winning the series. dutchman mike teunissen has extended his lead on the second day of the tour de france after the team time trial in brussels.
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defending champion geraint thomas and his team ineos were the first to go, and their time for the 17—mile stage was the best until the final team crossed the line. that was teunissen's team jumbo, and he now leads the race by ten seconds. thomas lies joint sixth overall, 30 seconds down. finally, great britain's women have missed out on a medal at eurobasket after losing to serbia in belgrade. britain stayed in touch until the second half, but their shooting touch deserted them, eventually losing by 81—55. fourth is the best placing by a british team at a european championship, and they can still qualify for the tokyo olympics via a tournament in february. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website, including details on how carl crutchlow manged to finish third at the german motogp just four days after breaking his leg while out cycling.
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that's bbc.co.uk/sport. it is three months since a far—right gunman killed more than 50 people at mosques in christchurch in new zealand. bbc news has now uncovered evidence of his international links and the growing online network which members of the far—right use to organise themselves, largely unobserved by the security services. from vienna, our security correspondent gordon corera reports. he tweeted images of the weapons he was going to use. he posted his plans in an online forum, and switched on a facebook live stream for people to watch as he began. the christchurch attack was foreshadowed online, but it was missed by the security forces. brenton tarrant was allegedly acting alone, but he was connected to an international ideology, one which inhabits the darker
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reaches of the internet, a place the authorities, we've discovered, have not been watching. tarrant has appeared in court and has denied the charges. he lived much of his life online, but he also travelled to dozens of countries, particularly in europe. one of the places brenton tarrant came to was austria, and his extensive travel and his online activity shows just how international and interconnected the far—right has become. he also made a significant financial donation to one of the leading figures in the new far—right here in vienna. martin sellner is a far—right activist who claims white europeans are at risk of what he calls "replacement". that, too, was brenton tarrant‘s belief. sellner insists he does not support violence, but he is unapologetic about receiving support from someone who killed. i don't think that this donation means that i in any way share his ideology, and i don't
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even think that it means that he shared our ideology or supported... but he clearly did, if he supported you. that's the question. sellner uses social media to spread his message. that is where brenton tarra nt encountered him. the alternative media is basically our liberation, and i think it's completely turned the table around, because finally there is a freedom of the market of information. the far—right exploits the freedoms of the internet to recruit and plan. people may first encounter extreme material on mainstream sites like youtube or instagram. extremists communicate over computer gaming platforms like discord, which says it removes content reported to it. the far—right co—ordinates on encrypted messaging platforms like telegram, also used by jihadists. and it uses free—speech sites like gab and 8chan, where brenton tarrant posted his plans. in london, i need to another young
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austrian who spent the last three years infiltrating the far—right, meeting sellner, but also going undercover online, where she has had to pass tests to be allowed in. the really extreme ones would even ask for things like background checks, but also genetic ancestry materials that you would have to share, or even things like i've been asked to, for example, share a picture of my wrist to prove that i'm white. she has seen growing calls for violence, but says the authorities have not been watching. some of these platforms have just remained, i mean, unregulated, but also in some of the cases unobserved. on a daily basis, we're seeing several calls for violence across — across the world. three months on from christchurch, security services and tech companies have been scrambling to react, and one intelligence source told me the threat was far wider and deeper than previously understood. gordon corera, bbc news. jodrell bank observatory in cheshire has been awarded unesco world heritage status. it is home to the lovell telescope,
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which has 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. scientific research began atjodrell bank observatory in 1945, when the physicist sir bernard lovell came to the university of manchester. the lovell telescope, which was the world's largest telescope when it was completed in 1957, is now the third—largest. jodrell bank was on standby as the uk's early warning system against any potential nuclear attack during the 1962 cuban missile crisis. it tracked the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the moon in 1966, printing this first picture from the lunar surface. from 1967, it also tracked us and russian crafts during the space race, and then in 1969 tracked the eagle lander onto the surface of the moon.
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today, the site's new accolade marks the end of a decade—long bid to gain world heritage status, following a 2010 application to be included on the uk's nominations shortlist. our correspondent andy gill has spent the day atjodrell bank. it's been a long process, nearly ten years in the making. you have to do a very detailed technical application to the british government to make sure that that is correct. the british government then send it off to unesco, and finally, in baku in azerbaijan today, the announcement thatjodrell bank does now have world heritage status, putting it alongside the giants causeway, the city of bath, the liverpool waterfront, the lake district.
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the difference, i think, withjodrell bank is it has been recognised notjust for the historic and heritage science it does here, but also for the ongoing science, and that is something that the people here are really pleased about, that it is fairly unique recognition, the only place in the uk that has a similar kind of cache to it, which has the world heritage badge, is kew gardens down in london. as you said, sir bernard lovell started things off here in 1945. the telescope here bears his name. he was the pioneer of exploring space using radio waves, and not just visible light. the news has spread throughout the astronomical community. the famous astronomer and tv presenter professor brian cox said it's superb news. unesco say that this honour is to honourjodrell bank, and their role in transforming our understanding of the universe. and we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, the parliamentaryjournalist tony grew and the entertainment journalist and broadcaster caroline frost.
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that is coming up after the headlines at 11:30pm. now it's time for a look at the weather, with tomasz schafernaker. it is looking pretty good for most of us, i think, tomorrow. it is looking pretty good for most of us, ithink, tomorrow. some sunshine on the way. not everywhere, though. in fact, sunshine on the way. not everywhere, though. infact, in sunshine on the way. not everywhere, though. in fact, in northern ireland there will be a little bit of rain in belfast, i think, come the afternoon. the weaker ahead overall across the uk is actually looking quite changeable. so i think a number of us will have at least a little bit of rain. now, the latest satellite picture shows the weather in the north of the atlantic, quite turbulent right now. you can see weather fronts moving turbulent right now. you can see weatherfronts moving in, pushing the high—pressure out of the way, or rather the high pressure is moving away and giving way the weather fronts here in the atlantic. so let's have a look at the forecast, then, for the night. and it's pretty quiet right now. a lot of clear whether out there. in fact, turning
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very chilly by early on monday morning in eastern and northern scotland. also the north—east of england, in some spots temperatures could be, outside of town at least, two or three degrees above freezing. to the south it will be a much milder night, temperatures 11 to 13. so here is the morning forecast, and actually turning quite hazy and cloudy across many western parts of the uk, particularly northern ireland, and noticed there is that rain trickling through. the weather front moving into northern ireland during the course of the afternoon. beautiful weather in the south with temperatures in the low 20s. fine weather along the north sea coast all the way to orkney there. lots of sunshine on the way for you. the weather for wimbledon is looking absolutely fine. some sunshine in the morning, it might cloud over from time to time, rather the skies might turna from time to time, rather the skies might turn a little bit hazy, but on the whole it is looking absolutely fine. tuesday's weather forecast, high pressure in the south, that means that is where the best of the weather is going to be. but in the north, we have a weather front moving through. the thinking is that the northern two—thirds of the country will be pretty cloudy.
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certainly from the midlands northwards, but south of that, cardiff, plymouth, london, should have an absolutely fine day on tuesday. but notice all of that rain pushing into western parts of scotland, glasgow getting some rainfall, edinburgh as well. but despite the cloud in the rain, temperatures still getting up to around 18 in the north. 21 expect it in belfast. i mentioned that the week ahead is going to be quite changeable. it is not going to be cold, temperatures, you can see, widely into the 20s, 25 in london. but on the weather icons here you can see a lot of cloud and from time to time there will be some outbreaks of rain, but most likely across northern parts of the uk. so that's it, you are to date with the latest weather. goodbye.
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