tv Outside Source BBC News July 24, 2019 9:00pm-10:01pm BST
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seeing highs hitting an incredible 39 celsius in southeast england. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. borisjohnson has boris johnson has made borisjohnson has made his first speech as british prime minister. after three years of unfounded self—doubt, it is time to change the record. to self—doubt, it is time to change the record . t0 recovers self—doubt, it is time to change the record. t0 recovers are self—doubt, it is time to change the record. to recovers are national and historic role as an enterprise outward looking and truly global britain. he also said he will succeed where theresa may fell. we're going to fulfil the repeated promises of parliament to the people can come out of the eu on october the 31st. . he has been making
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sweeping changes, more than half the candidates have quit or have been sacked. we will be like in westminster with reactions and analysis on our correspondence. also coming up in the programme. the show down in washington as a special counsel has clarified his report on russian election meddling and the president's conduct. do you exonerate the president was blue no. by exonerate the president was blue no. by president trump treats no obstruction, calling the hearings a disaster for democrats. we'll be on capitol hill with the latest on robert muller's testimony. boris johnson has been prime minister forjust a few hours and he's already made some
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of the big decisions that will shape his government — appointing his cabinet. two of the top jobs went to sajid javid — he's taking on the role of chancellor of the exchequer, which is known as the finance minster in other countries and dominic raab — he's the new foreign secretary. this is their reaction. i am hugely humbled to take on this role at this time and excited about the opportunities that lie ahead. obviously the challenges of brexit, that is something we want as a country to rise to. obviously, the foreign office, the message we send about the opportunities around the world and our confidence in our country and taking these opportunities, enthused by optimism, something i can't wait to get involved with. the prime minister as a reset out some of his key priorities that the prime minister has already set out some
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of his key priorities that includes making sure that we leave the european union on october the 31st and that we take advantage of the huge economic opportunities that lie ahead. so that is what i will be focusing on, we have lots of work to do, so if you will allow me, i will get on with it. thank you very much. priti patel is the new home secretary and stephen barclay will keep the brexit secretaryjob. there have been plenty of departures too, as our political editor laura kuenssberg explains: one of those to go, former foreign secretaryjeremy hunt — who ran against borisjohnson for the leadersip. he tweeted:
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borisjohnson gave a wide—ranging speech on his way into number ten. on brexit, he said his government will have cracked it within 99 days. the doubters, the doomsters, the gloomsters, they are going to get it wrong again. the people who bet against britain are going to lose their shirts because we are going to restore trust in our democracy. and we are going to fulfil the repeated promises of parliament to the people. and come out of the eu on october the 31st, no ifs or buts. and we will do a new deal, a better deal that will maximise the
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opportunities of brexit while allowing us to develop a new and exciting partnership with the rest of europe based on free trade and mutual support. i have every confidence that in 99 days' time, we will have cracked it. the 31st of october. the deadline. someone who doesn't have confidence in that promise is opposition leaderjeremy corbyn. i don't see how we can. all he did was offer a lot of bluff about delivering it by the end of october and a whole lot of stuff about social issues in britain, of which there are serious problems. most he has been a part of the creation of those problems and then tax cuts to the very richest wasn't going solve any of the problems that the outline. we certainly do need something much more serious in our approach to europe as well as the problems of inequality in this
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country. borisjohnson says he is serious — and will take personal responsibility for delivering brexit. and though i am today building a great team of men and women, i will take personal responsibility for the change i want to see. never mind the backstop, the buck stops here. christian fraser is in westminster. a tumultuous day, the past few hours of been with for the positions and a whole new government. it is remarkable, and six short hours today we have seen a complete transformation and the makeup in the style of british government starting with the speech in front of the doors of number ten today. boris johnson saying that there is going to be new ambition and optimism, but you have to take it very much of the 5296 you have to take it very much of the 52% that voted for brexit and not
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really the 48% and also what you heard is that now there's going to bea heard is that now there's going to be a different style of negotiation. he talks about withholding the money, 39 billion from the european union, as if somehow the divorce and the new agreement go together. it'll be interesting to see what the new brexit strategy will be it in all of those new faces in the cabinet tonight is that they are all on the same page. this is really a bringing together of the vote leaf campaign. in the great office estate, we have borisjohnson in as prime minister, we have priti patel who was a big backer of vote leave dominic raab and sajid javid and in the background. the orchestrator and the ringmaster of vote leave, there is a special adviser and michael gove, he has had a very difficult relationship with borisjohnson but
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he is there is the cabinet secretary pulling the strings, making sure everything works across. so you have a team that is all thinking and pulling in the same direction and i think from a brexit point of view, it has been really welcome because where the problems has been with theresa may's cabinet was a breakdown of cabinet and discipline sort of filters through the party and it really split the conservatives, so from the top down, you're going to have a much greater connection to brexit. the question of course is whether you can unite the party because there have been a number of sackings today and some egos that have been bruised and people like philip hammond, the formerjustice secretary going to the back benches, could cause problems or boris johnson the back benches, could cause problems or borisjohnson into the future. so an interesting few weeks and it will be within a few weeks that we know which way this is going because once they come back from recess and once those discussions in
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europe have been had, we will know whether or not he can pull it off. to think that they are going to go on to think that they are going to go 0 n recess to think that they are going to go on recess from friday until the 3rd of september. we will come back in a moment because ijust want of september. we will come back in a moment because i just want to of september. we will come back in a moment because ijust want to remind you of the background to how boris johnson got to the top job. borisjohnson's ascension to the top job gained momentum with the 2016 referendum — well the man responsible for calling that public vote tweeted this: @david—cameron well this is what was awaiting the new prime minister on the other side of the door. it's customary for the new prime minister to be clapped in to number 10. before he made his way to downing street, mrjohnson went to buckinham palace to see
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the queen let's have a look at that meeting — where she invited him to form government. let's have a look at that meeting — where she invited him to form government. on his way to buckingham palace, borisjohnson's motorcade was disrupted by climate change protesters — but they were moved on pretty quickly. and this all came after theresa may tendered her resignation to the queen and held her last prime minister's questions in parliament — she was applauded by the mps inside — and remember, clapping in the house of commons is very rare.
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congratulating the appointment and saying he is looking forward to meeting borisjohnson saying he is looking forward to meeting boris johnson in saying he is looking forward to meeting borisjohnson in detail and cooperating with him. let's go back he has been following today's events and we want to see how sincere donald tusk is and so little time, especially given that the parliament is going into recess on friday. you wonder how they're going to be looking at this from a european perspective. interview this morning who set the ball is very much an boris johnson's court, who set the ball is very much an borisjohnson's court, but who set the ball is very much an boris johnson's court, but they're looking at the formation of the cabinet and web borisjohnson has said on the steps of downing street and it could be under no illusions that he is serious about no deal and from thejohnson side is that it is faced with a very real threat and they might have something new in the
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negotiation. no sign of that from the european side so far, in fact michel barnier saying that he is looking forward to ratifying the withdrawal agreement and a political declaration. one mp, you're a sceptic you said that withdrawal agreement left with all the furniture in the white van that theresa may took away from downing street today. so there is no sign from this government that they are looking to resurrect the withdrawal agreement. thank you so much for spending that day there. such a busy day when mentioning the exclusive interview, will bring that to you a little bit later. stay with us for that. more still to come. we will be live and capitol hill were congress is still grilling robert on his report on russian election meddling and the president's conduct.
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whatever else borisjohnson wants to achieve as prime minister he has to sort out brexit first. and that means resolving the thorny issue of the backstop — the guarantee to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the irish republic. our correspondent emma vardy reports from newry on the irish border. if there are thousands of businesses that rely on getting their goods across the invisible border, seamlessly. many of them supported the old plan theresa may made with the old plan theresa may made with the eu, keeping northern ireland more tightly bound to eu rules, but businesses here felt it was a reassurance that they could continue trading as they did before. we are here and northern ireland but as soon here and northern ireland but as soon as you cross here and northern ireland but as soon as you cross the invisible line, after brexit, you have crossed
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the new external border of the eu and that is the border that the eu has fought so hard to protect. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is. borisjohnson has taken office as britain's new prime minister. he's been making sweeping changes to his top team that will be radically different from his predecessor's. some of the other stories in the bbc news room. temperatures have been broken in belgium. the records and in the netherlands as and the netherlands as a heatwave grips much of western europe. france too was sweltering, with temperature in some parts breaking through forty degrees. spain has issued an orange alert because of the intense heat. a boycott against japanese goods in south korea is gathering pace. south korean workers are refusing to deliver parcels
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from the japanese clothing company, uniqlo, and some petrol stations are declining to fill up japanese—made cars. the boycott began after tokyo restricted the sale of materials used in high—tech industries in south korea. the dispute is currently being discussed at the world trade organisation. this pair of rare nike trainers designed by the sportswear giant's co—founder has sold for a record—breaking $157,500. the 1972 nike waffle racing flat moon shoe was expected to fetch $160,000, but canadian collector, miles nadal paid almost three—times that.
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the man who led the investigation into president trump and his campaign team has been testifying before the us congress. robert mueller looked into allegations the trump campaign conspired with russia to interfere in the 2016 election. his team also investigated claims president trump obstructed justice by trying to interfere in that probe. here's part of robert mueller‘s opening statement. over the course of my career, i have seen a over the course of my career, i have seen a number of challenges to our democracy. the russian government's effort to interfere in our election is among the most serious. as i said on may 29. this deserves the attention of every american. before we get further into today's proceedings, let's take a look at what robert mueller actually wrote in his 4118 page report. he identified numerous links between the trump campaign and people with ties to the kremlin. but he found "...the evidence was not sufficient to
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support criminal charges". thatjust deals with the claims of a criminal conspiracy. he also detailed possible instances of president trump obstructing justice. now he didn't make a recommendation on whether to indict donald trump, not because there was a lack of evidence but because he believed indicting a sitting president would be unconsitutional. president trump took his lack of indictment as a win, and tweeted this back in march. today, the democratic chairman jerry nadler asked robert mueller if that was actually true. did you actually exonerate the president was blue no. no. so that was robert mueller directly
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contradicting the president. democrats spent a lot of time reading from the report. they believe it shows president trump obstructed justice and tried to draw that out during the testimony. lets listen to some of those exchanges. your investigation found that president trump directed white house counsel to fire you. is that correct was blue true. in the account in order to deflect or prevent further scrutiny of the president's conduct was the investigation. that is correct. so the president tried to protect himself by trying to get them to falsify records to an ongoing investigation. that is a general summary, ongoing investigation. that is a general summary, yes. so we had lots of very short answers from robert mueller there. and that was the case throughout the day. when the republicans questioned him
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they tried to discredit the report and mr mueller himself. have a look at this. the president must falsely accused of conspiracy. but we deposed him a year ago she said at that point, they had nothing. you do a 22 month investigation at the end of that, you find no conspiracy what are the democrats want to do? they want to keep investigating. they want to keep investigating. they want to keep going. he knows he is innocent. he is not corruptly acting in order to see thatjustice is done. what he is doing is not obstructing justice. he is pursuing justice and the fact that you waited two years were... some of the most explosive bits happened with the hearing and that
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is all been about links between the trump campaign in russia and house intelligence set to robert mueller, that his report was a story of lies. it has been a very hard—hitting afternoon where at this morning, is about obstruction ofjustice explaining this afternoon of the fa ct explaining this afternoon of the fact that even though robert mueller did not charge anybody in the trump campaign with criminal conspiracy of working with the russians to affect the election, there were these multiple links which as robert mueller said, the fact that he talked often about wikileaks was at the very least problematic stoplights of the suggestion that the president could be charged after he leaves office what reactionary getting from that? does something called a statute of limitations for federal crimes, which is usually five years. so, if your alleged
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crimes that donald trump could've committed on obstruction ofjustice, not that he was charged with obstruction. once he was no longer president, he were to be charged with obstruction, that would have to happen and be voted out of office because if you got a second term, the statute of limitations would have expired. because two terms is eight years. laying down the groundwork that he is running against jail groundwork that he is running againstjail in 2020. groundwork that he is running against jail in 2020. if all round up against jail in 2020. if all round up what is happening to those movements, six hours of testimony on a website that is with checking out. it's been a busy day for facebook boss mark zuckerburg. in the last few minutes we've heard the social media giant made a xxx in the last few minutes we've heard the social media giant made a profit/loss in the three months to the end ofjune. $2.6 billion in three months to the end ofjune, a staggering amount.
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it comes hours after this from "facebook to pay record $5 billion fine over privacy violations, the us. federal trade commission says. this all stems from the cambridge analytica scandal which saw the data of 87m facebook users misused. the ftc, whosejob is to protect american consumers, has been giving more details about the punishment. michelle fleury is in new york for us. tell us more about what we've learned from these results. i think the take away from this is despite a terrible year, facebook was facing scandals over privacy, there are questions about antitrust investigation, it has faced scrutiny over its plans to launch a digital
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currency and yet, if you look at its results, the message is clear that consumers are not leaving facebook or at least not leaving instagram, and advertisers are also sticking by the company. the company has just said that when it comes to results, they have billions of active users, daily active users $1.59 billion and so daily active users $1.59 billion and so the company can at least continue to move forward. that being said, we do have this investigation that has wrapped up with a substantial fine for the company being levied by the federal trade commission, this began last year after facebook disclosed that it was essentially unable to protect the data, information being shared with political consulting firms and influence that the 2016 political election. facebook said is going to establish a independent
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committee and the chief executive has said that it will change the way the company goes about its business. but, there still critics outside that question whether or not this agreement goes far enough in terms of resolving questions about privacy with facebook. another company that's had a bad day is boeing. this is from associated press transport reporter this is because problems that go back to the fatal crash of a 737 max plane in indonesia last year. and a similar crash in march in ethiopia which led to the plane being grounded worldwide. (pres)our business reporter is jonathan josephs — our business reporter
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is jonathan josephs and there could be even more consequences from all of this? what we have heard is from the first time, a suggestion that the production could actually be com pletely production could actually be completely come to a halt. does the scenario that would only happen if there was a substantial change to there was a substantial change to the current october timetable by which they are hoping it will be backin which they are hoping it will be back in the air and there are 400 of these aircraft that have been grounded since these two crutches and all the while boeing is continuing to work —— crashes, and the cost of that fix is one of the reasons why we have this record—breaking $3 billion loss report by the company by the april tojune report by the company by the april to june period and report by the company by the april tojune period and the other costs that they've had to face our compensating airlines, a bill that continues to rise by the day, they said that would be about $5 billion at the moment, but as they say it is growing and there other costs in the
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long run potentially lawsuits from the victims. will have to get to those later, many thanks, we'll be back very shortly. we don't need to tell you that it's been hot over the couple a days in the uk, but it could be hotter still, but we are not alone. and experiencing these exceptional temperatures. in the southwest of france, seems like these lifted temperatures to a new record, 41.2 degrees breaking the previous record and by half a degree. frontal systems moving across europe, this area of cloud we can see on the satellite picture brought a long thunderstorm across the uk and last night with those thunderstorms across the west, we have been able to tackle some very thick air from the south, that continues until tomorrow which will see that he could have this heat wave —— peak of
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this heat wave. in western parts of europe. the frontal system will push to portugal and madrid will be looking at the 30 celsius. we come further north and we look at some really exceptional temperatures, 42 degrees in paris tomorrow afternoon and that will break the record for paris and in london, 39 degrees, the uk record, the all—time record currently stands at 30.5 degrees and there is a chance that we will break that tomorrow, but as you move out of the standard friday, it will be a cold front that will bring some thunderstorms but behind it, the wind switches around to the westerlies and bring some cooler atla ntic westerlies and bring some cooler atlantic air and down to 32 on thursday to 22 on saturday with some outbreaks of rain. it is not only europe that has the heat to contend with, across eastern and southeastern portions of the usa, there was a pretty intensities wave
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—— intense heat wave. this stripe of cloud in areas of bright white clouds that have been running along this front from time to time, some severe downpours and thunderstorms but also some tornadoes and some tornadoes in places where we do not get them often. damage caused by a tornado at cape cod in massachusetts. that virtually clearing away from the eastern side of the us during tomorrow but hangs back across florida and here will be some outbreaks of rain at times. not great news for those heading into florida for some summer sunshine but for many, eastern parts of the us 20 celsius there in new york and that isa celsius there in new york and that is a bit more comfortable than it was over the weekend. this temperature set to climb into the 30s as we head into the start of next week with a high humidity is in heavy rain on the way in orlando. a very high data come and we could see 38 or 39 degrees with more details
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hello, i'm kasia madera, this is outside source. borisjohnson has made his first speech as britain's prime minister. after three areas of unfounded self—doubt, it is time to change the record. to read cover our natural and historic role. as an enterprise outward looking and truly global britain. he also said he'll succeed on brexit where theresa may failed. we are going to fulfil repeated promises a prominent to people and come out of the eu on october 31, i know it's or bats. mrjohnson has been appointing his top team. he's making sweeping changes. more than half the cabinet have
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quit or been sacked. showdown in washington as special counsel robert mueller is urged to clarify his report on russian election meddling and the president's conduct. did you actually totally exonerate the president? no. but still president trump tweets "no obstruction", calling the hearings a disaster for democrats. well, brexit was boris johnson's biggest campaign ticket — he won the support of conservative party members with his promise to deliver brexit by october 31st. this means he has just 99 days to sort out all those thorny issues that have made an orderly departure
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from the eu so hard to achieve — including of course the question of ireland. here's what he had to say today. iam i am convinced we can do a bl, with our checks at the irish —— irish bar air because he refused to have such checks and without that anti—democratic backstop. and it's a quest vital at the same time, that we prepare for the remote possibility that brussels refuses any further to negotiate. and we are forced to cut out with no deal not because we want that outcome, of course not. but because it's only common sense to prepare. any new deal with brussels would of course require co—operation from both sides. the bbc spoke exclusively with the eu's chief brexit negotiator michel barnier.
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it's a very important moment for brexit, and we look forward to hearing what the new prime minister, borisjohnson, once. hearing what the new prime minister, boris johnson, once. what hearing what the new prime minister, borisjohnson, once. what other choice is the uk, is it an orderly brexit? is it a choice in private —— preference of the eu? we work for that in the last two years. is it no—deal brexit, the note be a little never be the choice it eu, but we are prepared. the bbc‘s europe editor katya adler is in bavaria in germany with the latest. if we had a look at this message is from eu leaders to borisjohnson congratulating him, over the last couple of days, they had been taking a hard line as well, reiterating their redlines as always, saying that which i'll agreement we signed up that which i'll agreement we signed up with 370 in a cabinet back in
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november, we will not reopen that and get rid of the backstop guaranteed for the irish border u nless guaranteed for the irish border unless there's something concrete and immediate and place that could make it unnecessary. so where does that leave us, does that mean no—deal brexit is now inevitable that both sides taking a ride like? i would say that's not unusual for two people to have that kind of hard line because the eu and boris johnson think that by doing so, the other side would get up and get then, certainly boris johnson other side would get up and get then, certainly borisjohnson thinks bag making an incredible thread no—deal brexit, eu leaders who like to avoid that, will give them concessions he wants. and if they do not, you can already see, our new prime minister and eu leaders getting ready to point the finger of blame at one another, eu will say we have been negotiating for two and a half years now, we had been listening to you and borisjohnson sets i gave you a chance and i had no idea that if you're not ready to play ball, but will say it's your
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fault. let's just pick up one one thing mrjohnson said earlier — he said the uk could pay for some of its preparations for a no—deal brexit by witholding the money theresa may had promised to pay the eu to settle britain's bill, when it leaves. today he said "don't forget that in the event of a no deal outcome we will have the extra lubrication" of that £39 billion. christian fraser — what chance of that? well, i think that statement that you pulled out was going to that number that, that which i'll agreement for me, i think this is what we can definitively say at the end of this to much of say except that which i'll agreement that. the european union said right from the get—go that there is no money, there is no agreement, but borisjohnson seems to set out a strategy here, that we are going to do everything at once, we are going to the divorce and peach agreement all at once, we do not know how it's going to work or what, but we were discussing, i
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think there is no sign for me, that borisjohnson think there is no sign for me, that boris johnson wants to think there is no sign for me, that borisjohnson wants to have that and then let your optimism that we sell it. absolutely right, i have to say this morning my view lets two routes he would go down. basically, same old deal as teresa may but put my lipstick on it and use of charm and to sell it. the other, and that's not what we are doing we are going to 20 -- not what we are doing we are going to 20 —— go to at the no—deal brexit, and i think it's worth pausing to say exactly how radically different his approach to brexit is, because teresa may's the government was agreeing on this and having a dirty voice agreement that's a legally enshrined, it's called the withdrawal treaty and the transition period then —— divorce. mrjohnson has that radical difference, which as we are leaving no matter what, and as part of that, we can talk about money but we also need to talk
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about money but we also need to talk about the future trade relationship in other words big bang brexit. we deal with the divorce first and then the future and brexiteers hated back, and it seems to me as we discussed, seems to be entirely clear that boris johnson discussed, seems to be entirely clear that borisjohnson is going to go completely different way and maybe it is a much more simple formula that we want to free trade agreement that's where we are galang, they may be a few years transition to get there but you're not getting that money and went until they get what we want. that's right but of course it's also betting a house on the eu changing its attitude, because ba'athist absolutely —:.., and they were saying the people he borisjohnson, you can be without a deal if you wa nt you can be without a deal if you want to, but we are not like to talk about trade even if you crash out on the 31st, we won't talk about trade, until you signed up on these divorce issues. here is that thing that seems to go to the crux of brexit, and this is what we find out hopefully when we do more soon,
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brexiteers bet the farm on this idea that in the end, the europeans would put the business side of politics, in other words they would sign up for a trade deal because that's more important than the political project of the eu and until now at least, mr johnson had to pull that wrong, and it turns out... we know we are faced with the real prospect of no deal, waited in my blame that close —— close document that he frets with a change of view, but i want to talk about cabinet though because if you are our remainder, looking at the cabinet, this is an entirely brexit it's bringing the boat lead team together, even the offices today at priti patel at some secretary and all the way to andrea leadsom, all the way through the cabinet, this is a brexit cabinet, so this cannot pull off brexit, it's dead forever. that's an interesting way of looking at it because the sort of officials from the boat lead are now his inner
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circle, and it can make an argument and that's probably what it would happen all along because his message to the country in the world today is hey guys, that people who believe in brexit, we are now in charge. so, we can see if they make it work. decibels middleweight there brexit, is there? that's what the last three yea rs is there? that's what the last three years and told us. and that's what we find out, he goes again to an interesting case of borisjohnson saying the reason why britain is in a crisis is because people did not believe in brexit. but we are going to find out shortly whether britain perhaps is in a crisis because brexit is unbelievable. good date for brexiteers i think, it's a good day for that because they can say we are now in charge, this is what we want, this is all or nothing and it's a good day for remainders as well ina it's a good day for remainders as well in a weird sense because some of in to me love, marion charge now, at this goes wrong they will own it,
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this will be all about them. boris johnson and power, thank you rob. yes, so new times. interesting times. we shall see what happens tomorrow, and borisjohnson makes a statement to the house. christian, thank you. looking beyond the shores of britain, boris johnson will have his hands full with brexit — but anotherforeign relationship could bejust as important to the new prime minister — and that's with the white house. president trump offered his version of high praise yesterday when he welcomed mrjohnson's victory. they'd call him britton trump and people are saying that the good thing, they like me over there. that's what they wanted. that's what they need. it's what they need and
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he will get it done, boris is good he will get it done, boris is good he would do a good job. boris johnson has been portrayed as britain's version of donald trump. so how similar are they, other than sporting similar hairstyles. as individuals and personalities, they both have a certain something that captivates a different ways, but for some similar reasons, but i think when you have chris stares is the basic fact that they are both trying to do something which is very different, right chris not boris johnson is now as prime minister trying to take britain out of the european union, donald trump is trying to take america out as many of its multilateral partnerships, self and not to mention, there's some similarity. but when we look at global issues, i say when we look at particularly iran, both countries the us and uk are going separate
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different ways. we need to keep reminding ourselves of that. that's exactly right, saving the blood by trying to do something big and different, they are not trying to do the same thing. borisjohnson as he had seen, and as anticipated as prime minister pressed about foreign policy will not be as number one issue, because the number one issue of crisis taking britain out of europe, but on foreign policy he is very different from donald trump. he is supportive of the iran deal, he's opening to china, even in the last few days, he's been on record more saying the belgian road is good and welcomes chinese students taking a different line from donald trump and frankly, from the united states when it comes to china. can donald trump help borisjohnson, it comes to china. can donald trump help boris johnson, can it comes to china. can donald trump help borisjohnson, can they work together because of christ brexit will be depressed as you say, depressed by our the new prime minister, but when it comes to trade deals, well done chump the help ——
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helping that relationship? it'll be interesting because we have seen in any number of relationships or donald trump has had this sort of instinct for a leader, whether it's putin, things have started well because the personality and the instinct for each of the comes together, but when the hard questions come up, that's where we have to watch. now, i brexit they are aligned. trump wants a very hard at brexit and borisjohnson has made it very clear, he's taking britain out by october 31 regardless of the terms. sell on die, they are aligned but it gets tricky because of course borisjohnson but it gets tricky because of course boris johnson and the but it gets tricky because of course borisjohnson and the uk want that free trade with donald trump and he will be more willing with a hard brexit, but when things and broader issues come to the fore, whether it's iran or china, that's going to start to cause some tension and
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diversions. and whether that spills over, into this conversation about a free trade deal something we will have to watch. i day friends, do you think they are? we heard donald trump talking about britton trump and this kind of idea yes i much influence in this country, i day friends? i don't think friends is quite the right word, neither of these people really have time for friendship and i sense, but there is a personality day or two people that sort of kind of recognise each other ina certain sort of kind of recognise each other in a certain sort of way but they are very different. borisjohnson of course comes out of a different set of social networks and professional background. he fits right squarely in the elite and donald trump of course is despite his wealthy upbringing and despite his education, has always seen himself as an outsider and he has been very much in outsider to washington until he became president, so they are
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very different from each other but they do have this fondness i don't know friendship is a bridge too far. reminding us that there similar but too simplistic to say that. stay with us on outside source — still to come... we'll get more from capitol hill where robert mueller has been grilled on his report on russian election meddling and the president's conduct. tomorrow could be the hottest day ever on record in the uk. forecasters say temperatures could reach 39 degrees in london, beating the previous record, set in kent back in 2003. research published today in the journal nature suggests that the current warming rate is higher than observed previously and scientists say the human influence on global warming is no longer in doubt. rebecca morelle reports.
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another day of blazing temperatures across some parts of the uk. in birmingham, a chance to cool off from the scorching sun. in leicester, it's not exactly weather for ducks. but these children are having fun in the fountain. and in oxford's parks the shade provided some respite from the heat. the sun has been welcomed by some. but these conditions can be harmful. the latest summer statistics show that, in england, so, how do you stay cool and keep safe in the hot weather? dr raj patel is a gp and deputy medical director at nhs england. normally when it is hot you think about opening up the windows and doors, but they shouldn't do that, should they? that's right. we should learn from our european neighbours. understand that, in the midday sun, they actually close the curtains and close the windows when it is hotter outside, and you retain the coolness in the house. avoiding being dehydrated is also really important, isn't it? that's crucial, yes. you don't want to get dehydrated.
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so drinking plenty of water is a really important tip. in europe, belgium has had its hottest day in recorded history. in one town, the national record was broken twice with temperatures reaching 39.9 celsius. back in the uk, tomorrow is going to get even hotter, possibly breaking all—time records. research just published shows the current rate of global heating is higher than has ever been recorded before, and climate change is set to make heatwaves more frequent. dealing with them is something we are going to have to get used to. rebecca morelle, bbc news. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... borisjohnson has taken office as britain's new prime minister. he's been making sweeping changes to his top team that will be radically different from his predecessor's. facebook has been ordered to establish an independent privacy
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committee as part of its settlement with a us regulator looking into the mishandling of personal data. the federal trade commission has fined facebook a record $5 billion, saying the compa ny‘s data policy misled millions about how their phone numbers were used and the company's facial recognition tool. a boycott against japanese goods in south korea is gathering pace. south korean workers are refusing to deliver parcels from the japanese clothing company, uniqlo, and some petrol stations are declining to fill up japanese—made cars. the boycott began after tokyo restricted the sale of materials used in high—tech industries in south korea. the dispute is being discussed at the world trade organisation. this pair of rare nike trainers designed by the sportswear giant's co—founder has sold for a record—breaking $437,500. the 1972 nike waffle racing flat moon shoe was expected to fetch $160,000,
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but canadian collector, miles nadal paid almost three—times that. let's return now to robert mueller being called before congress to discuss the findings of his report on russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. mr mueller didn't expand much beyond his report but lawmakers were keen to get him on the record particularly on the actions of president trump and his campaign team. here's the house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff. when the president said the russian interference was a hoax, was not false? no. in short, the investigation found evidence russian
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wa nted investigation found evidence russian wanted to help trump win the election, right? generally that would be accurate. brescia informed campaign officials of that? i'm not certain to what conversation you are referring to. they inform they could help with the anonymous release that stole e—mail. help with the anonymous release that stole e-mail. accurate. russia committed federal crimes to help donald trump. when you are talking about computer crimes, absolutely. the chime campaign officials got their messaging strategy around the stolen documents. generally true. and they like to cover it up? generally, that's true. we heard earlier this hour some of the questioning from the president's own party at these hearings. here's another exchange — this one didn't quite go to plan, for republican congressman ken buck. what we did was provide to the
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attorney general our understanding of the case and those cases that we re of the case and those cases that were brought or declined, and that one case where the president cannot be charged with a crime. 0k, one case where the president cannot be charged with a crime. ok, but could you charge the president with a crime after he left office? yes. you believe you can trace a president of united states with obstruction after leaving the office? yes. that answer surprised many people. the conservative historian kevin kruse tweeted "did ken buckjust get mueller to confirm that trump can be charged with crimes for what he's done after he leaves office? a republican did that?" yes, he did. so not perhaps the best day for republicans — but democrats also might be disappointed by another aspect of the hearings — the performance of the special counsel himself. here's one commentator explaining why box 2 here's one commentator explaining why.
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i've been surprised at how shaky robert mueller is, it was a 22 month investigation, there are lots of details, he wanted to hide his deputy set behind him and to make sure that he got all the details correctly, and he is insisting on hiding all the citations read and the democrats are trying to get him to read aloud from the report and he a lwa ys to read aloud from the report and he always comes back and says no, you read aloud. and i think both republicans and democrats are frustrated, it's like speed dating, as soon as a frustrated, it's like speed dating, as soon as a question gets any traction, their time is up. and for more on what we learned from robert mueller‘s testimony i spoke to cristina marcos — a reporterfor the hill in washington. the special counsel reiterated today as he outlined a report that he did not exonerate president trump on these accusations of obstruction of justice. and so, democrats have been trying to hammer that point time to explain to people, special counsel did find ten instances of where the
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president try to undermine the investigation of russian election in a variance, so they're hoping it's an opportunity for the public to understand perhaps, they did not really understand the details about the president went about this.“ really understand the details about the president went about this. is a clear and i fell because the president went about this. is a clear and ifell because his a nswe rs , clear and ifell because his answers, he was very much sticking toa answers, he was very much sticking to a very short answer is, he was making it hard work for the democrats. he was, and republicans we re democrats. he was, and republicans were pouncing on this all day because the special counsel was mostly, as we saw, gap democrats who we re mostly, as we saw, gap democrats who were really —— reading the passages from the report. but the special counsel is mostly answering yes or no questions, and in fact that's the time declining to answer questions at all. that he was making democrats work a lot harder say if your copy is to go, when the former fbi directorjames comey testified before congress. because he was fired and may be investigation, he gave very fired and may be investigation, he gave very compelling testimony for
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the committee, and it was more of a narrated story telling farm that we saw there. but the special counsel is not engaging in that sort of testimony today. instead of sticking to the parameters of her support. and what about, when an was asking about russian interference in the election, that was quite a bombshell moment. it was. and that's something the special counsel is trying to hammer home and this testimony today that this isn'tjust hammer home and this testimony today that this isn't just all about what president trump may have died over the christ of the investigation, he was whining that there russian and government try to interfere with the 2016 election and he warned days a chance they may do so again next year and chance they may do so again next yearand a chance they may do so again next year and a 2020 election. he warned that perhaps, the tensions being paid to that issue and the eight americans are doing more march as a predilection for the future and avoid a repeat of what we saw in
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2016. thanks to jamie on a busy day here on outside source. temperature records had been tumbling across parts of europe again. on wednesday it was the netherlands terms, to set a new national temperature record. for us, our chance comes on thursday, current record standing at 38.5 celsius. now the second 2003. in fact, a place in canton. pressure to the west of the uk pulling air app from spain across parts of southeast england, that's where we could see temperatures search all the way up to 39 celsius. there is a potentially record—breaking day here in the uk. but for some time to come across england and wales. northern ireland with some cloud and risk at charity and will be thunderstorms breaking out through the afternoon and
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evening time elsewhere in the uk, but triggered by this very high temperatures, 29 degrees top temperature, warmer a day here, but 39 celsius, likely high across south east england setting my new temperature record, areas most likely to set the record, can't and integrate lending area. these the places to watch. beyond that as he had into thursday evening and night—time, the weather front is then and there are triggers for a big damp is to develop, so thursday night to see some intense storms. by thunder and lightning and large hail. potential for localised flash flooding as well. that doesn't get friday, and a friday still reasonably day in terms of heat across eastern parts of scotland and areas of england, but still a temperatures pushing to the high 20s are not exactly a cold day, but warmer than it should bejust not hot as it would be on thursday, with the risk of these drums developing
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later in the bay overnight. into the weekend, i temperatures continue to ease but we could see further pulses of rain across northern and eastern parts of the uk, dry weather this weekend towards the southwest. saturday, band of rain could be intense with the risk of some look surface water flooding from heavy down place, perhaps across parts of eastern england into central and eastern england into central and eastern parts of scotland, but noticed temperatures coming down closer to normal for that time of year. i into sunday, have a rather find it still there but getting pushed into westwards again, heavy rain affecting scotland and parts of northern england in the certain dry weather will be across the parts of wales in southwest england, where the sunshine comes out if he is one of the temperature is suppressed where it stays cloudy wet heavy rain. the front is still there on monday with a chance, but this time living back northeast, south at the northeast areas of scotland that the same time starting to see low pressure dripping from the southwest
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bringing the cloud here and outbreaks of rain threatening the saplings at the uk in between, dry weather and warm weather as well but beyond that, we see the jet stream and xp, it looks like we will see this at their area of high pressure to the northeast uk, uncertain to where it happens closer but looks like there would be degrees of tromping in thatjet stream because by maybe in the uk. looks like there'll be a split developing there, unsettled and the less the showers but dry in the east, but i have to emphasise that weather picture next week holds lots of uncertainty so short—term that you could see record temperatures on thursday with big storms and the next
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tonight at ten o'clock, we are live in downing street on the day boris johnson stepped in to number ten as the new prime minister of the united kingdom. mrjohnson had accepted an invitation from her majesty the queen to form a government and he wasted no time in getting to work. on arriving in downing street, the new prime minister underlined his firm commitment to deliver brexit by the last day of october. after three years of unfounded self—doubt, it is time to change the record. to recover our natural and historic role as an enterprising, outward—looking and truly global britain. in one of the most radical reshuffles ever seen, jeremy
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