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this is the briefing. i'm ben bland. our top story: an iranian oil tanker held on suspicion of transporting oil to syria has left gibraltar. its destination is unknown. threats to lives and homes, as rescue crews work around the clock to contain wildfires in the canary islands. a moo—vable feast? the pioneering project set to provide rotterdam with dairy produce that's good for the planet. president trump says he dosn‘t want america to do business with huawei, as the tech giant is due to be hit with a full ban on working with us firms.
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a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. donald trump has confirmed he was interested in buying greenland. today i'm asking you about extravagant purchases. so if money were no object and you could buy anything in the world — what would it be? tell us what you think. just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. the iranian oil tanker that was seized by gibraltar last month has left port and is heading east into the mediterranean. its destination isn't known, but gibraltar says it has secured assurances from tehran that the cargo will not go to syria.
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john mcmanus reports. at anchor off the coast of gibraltar, prior to restarting herjourney which was interrupted last month, the grace i has now been renamed adrian darya i and is flying the iranian flag. the authorities in gibraltar said on thursday that the tanker could leave after receiving written assurances from tehran that its cargo of oil would not end up in syrian hands. but its seizure sparked a diplomatic crisis. onjuly 4, british royal marines detained the grace i tanker off the coast of gibraltar on suspicion it was transporting iranian oil to syria in defiance of eu sanctions. iran accused the uk of piracy. in response, the uk deployed an additional warship to the strait of hormuz to protect shipping, but on july 19, iranian revolutionary guards boarded the british—flagged steno impero, detaining it and the 23 crew. tehran said it had violated maritime rules. its owners said it was in international waters when it was boarded. iran released pictures of that operation and later of the detained crew.
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one month on, concerns remain for their welfare. there's been no substantial evidence brought forward by the iranians as to why that crew has been detained. our hope is that now grace i has been released that actually the crew of steno impero will be able to now sail themselves or be repatriated. meanwhile, a second attempt by the united states to detain the adrian darya i has failed. gibraltar said it could not comply with washington's request because us sanctions against iran do not apply in the eu. they haven't taken our ships, they've taken ships, but they haven't taken our ships and they better not, but i will say this, i really think that iran wants to get there.
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donald trump says iran would like to talk about the tankers but it seems there already may be a resolution to this crisis on the horizon. john mcmanus, bbc news. more than 4,000 people have been evacuated as wildfires rip through popular holiday island gran canaria in the canary islands. hundreds of firefighters are working throughout the night to try to control the flames as they threaten homes and lives. freya cole reports. higher temperatures, strong winds, and low humidity. a potentially deadly trio fuelling an out—of—control forest fire in the ca nary islands. the out—of—control forest fire in the canary islands. the disaster has forced mass evacuations from tourist resorts under local homes. thousands of people are now waiting on refuge centres until it is safe to return.
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translation: i am very worried because my houses up there, tucked into all that matters. now we are here, not knowing has happened. the wildfire is sweeping across the popular holiday destination, gran canaria. it started on a mountainous region close to the town of tejeda. we are facing a fire that has not stabilised or controlled. if i has two planks on the left and right side, meaning it has a head and a tail. it is a raging fire that is seriously affecting the island. firefighting resources have been sentin firefighting resources have been sent in by boat and water bombers fly above, as crews work around the clock to douse the flames. nobody is reported to have been heard, and authorities hope it will stay that way. they have urged everybody left on the island to remain vigilant and stay alert. spain says a rescue ship stranded off the italian island of lampedusa can take the migrants on board to a spanish port closer to italy,
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such as palma de mallorca or menorca. the offer came after the charity open arms, which operates the ship, rejected an offer to take them to southern spain, saying conditions on board were now so bad, the voyage would be too long. here's leigh milner. crying and screaming. chaos and frustration aboard the migrant rescue boat proactiva open arms. they've been stranded off the coast of the italian island lampedusa for two weeks now, and in the desperate attempt to reach the shore, some have decided to take matters into their own hands. italy's government has reluctantly allowed 27 children and two newborn babies to disembark from the open arms. the rest have been told to stay on board. translation: the two newly-born children i promised to get off,
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but the presumed minors, the presumed refugees fleeing a presumed war, presumed sick people, no. i am alone against everyone. the prime minister wrote to me to get people off. the court has opened a case. do i need to end up injail because i defended the borders of this country? there are now more than 100 migrants left on board, most of whom are african who were picked up off the coast of libya. following italy's refusal to dock, spain has since offered to take the boat in, but crews say they won't be able to last for another six days of sailing. translation: we've been warning for days, people jumping into the water, fights, violence, panic, anxiety, crisis. what else do we need, dead people? those who did not die at sea have to die here on board the open arms. is that what we need? i hope the public persecutor office act and act now, this is unsustainable. only a few civilian rescue boats like this one are still operating in the mediterranean. as they say, they face more and more
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hostility at european ports. leigh milner, bbc news. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. president trump says he's unlikely to again delay a ban on the chinese technology company huawei doing business with us firms. mr trump gave national security concerns as his reason. in may, his administration banned huawei from doing business with us companies, but the commerce department subsequently gave the company a ninety day reprieve. the latest trial of malaysia's former prime minister has been postponed for a week. this is the second of five trials that najib razak faces and is linked to a multi—billion dollar scam at the state fund imdb. the judge granted the delay so that mr najib‘s first trial can be completed. argentina's economy minister, nicolas dujovne, has resigned after a week of financial turbulence in the country. the capture of wild african elephants for zoos is to be banned by the convention on international trade in endangered species. a committee at the international conference in geneva appoved
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the ban, but it will still need to be passed by the full conference. the decision applies to southern african countries. elephants in western, central and eastern africa are already banned from all trade. canada has accused the uk of "offloading its responsibilities" after a british man with dual nationality, who'd travelled to syria to join the islamic state group, was stripped of his uk citizenship. jack letts was captured by kurdish forces two years ago. he's currently being held in prison in northern syria. our security correspondent frank gardner has been speaking about the canadian reaction. you can find frank's analysis online at bbc.com/news. audrey macklin is a law professor at the university of toronto, and specialises in citizenship and migration.
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she gave me her reaction to the uk's decision. think about this question. if jack letts is a threat to the national security of britain because of his involvement with isis as a foreign fighter, in what way is he less of a national security threat to canada? by the same token, by what standard could jack letts — born, raised and formed by england, be properly considered more of a responsibility of canada, the sole responsibility of canada, rather than the uk? so i think it's fair to say, if your viewers could put themselves in the position of canada, they might well wonder about both the ethics and the legality of the uk act. ultimately, a state has a legal obligation to admit its nationals, sooner or later it does. and this idea about citizenship being a privilege rather than a right, well, if it's a privilege for the uk, it suddenly becomes a right with respect to canada because no country can legally make a citizen stateless. so if the uk think that it's
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a privilege for uk nationals, it can't also be a privilege for the other state of citizenship. that's the way it works. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, will tell eu leaders that there needs to be a new brexit deal when he makes his first trip abroad as pm later this week. a newspaper printed leaked government documents warning of food, medicine and fuel shortages in a no—deal scenario. with me is henry bonsu, who's a broadcaster and commentator. good to see you. hello. lots of details emerging over the weekend about brexit, a potential no deal scenario, and to this, it paints quite a worrying picture, if this lea ked quite a worrying picture, if this leaked government dossiers accurate. if it is accurate, if it is a worst—case scenario, as the leaker appears to have told the times and the sunday times, or if it is just a
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realistic hardheaded the sunday times, or if it is just a realistic ha rdheaded assessment, the sunday times, or if it is just a realistic hardheaded assessment, but not the worst case scenario, it really does depend. you have to think about those people who are now in charge of brexit planning, we are talking about the minister, michael gove, who says it is an old report and this is a product of when ministers were not really doing the preparation necessary. but since borisjohnson has preparation necessary. but since boris johnson has taken preparation necessary. but since borisjohnson has taken over, we are now ready for this. it is a very, very big week for borisjohnson. he has to look angela merkel in the eye when he sees her in berlin, and say, we are leaving! and subsequently to president macron at the champs—elysee, again, we are leaving. it is real, no matter what happens. no matter what you have read from operation yellowhammer, we are determined to leave in october 31. and he has to make them believe it. well, i hope his french and german are as good as yours. it. well, i hope his french and german are as good as yourslj it. well, i hope his french and german are as good as yours. i know he can speak some french. indeed, i have seen the documentary i think you have seen as well. the interesting thing about this is, he
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has taken a much more hard—line approach with this, telling them, a p pa re ntly approach with this, telling them, apparently he is going to tell them, they will be making an historic mistake if they do not give the uk a better deal than the one currently on the table. he has to make them think they will be blamed if there isa think they will be blamed if there is a hard border in ireland, if the trade between the uk and the european union breaks down, if there is civil unrest in northern ireland, and also in britain. but he has got to do that and at the same time, keep favour with donald trump, because later in the is going to be at the g7 in biarritz, and he has got to say, i agree with you that the eu is a failed project, we want to do betrayal deal with you. it will be extremely difficult because lots of people in the uk will read that reporting the sunday times, and in the times newspaper today, and will look at possible delays at the border, delays at dover, problems with shortages of medicine, this apocalyptic vision that is being presented, and will get very, very
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nervous, and might demand a fresh think. henry, we will leave it there, but we will go through some of the other stories in the papers later. i want some spanish and there, as well as some french and german. i will try! a herd of cows have ‘mooooved' into europe's busiest port. it's nothing to do with brexit. they are the stars of a pioneering project to fuel the dutch city of rotterdam with dairy products that have a low carbon footprint and high sustainability factor. the bbc‘s anna holligan sent this report from on board the world's first offshore dairy farm. fresh milk. within touching distance of the city. these cattle have been recruited as part of an experiment to show rapidly growing urban populations how to produce our meals closer to home. peter believes this is the future of milk and cheese. we
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see a huge migration from the countryside toward cities, and the other thing is, we have climate change going on. so we are looking also for what we call a climate adaptive location, so no matter how much rain falls, no matter how high the sealevel goes, can always produce our life essential healthy food. the floating pontoon is built on three levels. in the basement they are growing fruits to flavour they are growing fruits to flavour the dairy products, which are processed in the middle and on top, 32 native dutch mews rhinos or cows. aside from the copious amounts of hay, these cows are also fed on grass trimmings from local football pitches, golf courses and parks. plus commercial food waste. we are told the brewers grain is a particular favourite. these leftovers would otherwise be thrown away. the cows are milked by robot machines. their manure is connected
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—— collected by pooper scooping robots. they are fed by robots to, although they are still perfect in this technology. the farmer lives nearby, but he can keep an eye on his side remotely via apps on his mobile phone. —— heard. the cows appear to be adjusting to this hands—free approach. modern methods, the owners hope will help to convince younger people to consider a career in what is sometimes seen as an old—fashioned industry. and on the question of animal welfare... as an old—fashioned industry. and on the question of animal welfare. .. we try to make them happier on the floating farm than in a regular stable. this living lab will help to determine whether floating farms making up environmental and commercial sense to expand and export them. stay with us on bbc news. still to come, all the reaction
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to the ashes thriller, asjofra archer makes a big impression in his first ever test match for england. washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed i did have a relationship with ms lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today, in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. over the past ten days, 500 have died. chanting: czechoslovakia must be free! czechoslovakia must be free! chanting: czechoslovakia must be free! russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 118 submariners who died on board the kursk. we all with them now. with — in our hearts. the pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2.5
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million people in his hometown of krakow. "stay with us, stay with us", chanted this ocean of humanity. "well, well", joked the pope, "so you want me to desert rome?" you're watching the briefing. our headlines: the iranian oil tanker which was impounded in gibraltar last month has left port and is heading east into the mediterranean. this week bbc world is looking at the ways different european cities have tried to help house their citizens. today, we're in vienna, a city with around 100 years of social housing. the majority of the population live in homes that are subsidised by the city's government, but it's not quite the way most countries imagine local council housing. caroline davies reports.
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the owner, population about 1.9 million. and over 60% live in housing that's been subsidised by the city. —— vienna, some of the homes don't look like other social housing. so this was built a0 years ago, and the builders who built it said the idea was to make luxury that was affordable to everyone. around 9000 people live in these six blocks. including bridget and her husband heinz who was impressed from the moment he moved in a0 years ago. it was absolutely fantastic, the terraces east and west and to have a view to the hills over the city, it was absolutely impressive. they pay around 1000 euros a month or their flat and amenities, there's quite a few to choose from. the complex has a moral aeroplane club, tennis
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clu bs, a moral aeroplane club, tennis clubs, a musical theatre, its own church, indoor bulls and... six rooftop outdoor pools with soreness —— pools. unsurprisingly, there is a waiting list for the floods, currently five years. across two you can be eligible for subsidised and city owned homes if you earn under just under a6,000 euros. it means there's a range of different income earners in these blocks. some of these buildings were built on the conditions of controlled rants. but vienna also has a 100 year history of building itself. under the social democrats, the city built more than 6a,000 apartments in the 15 years from 1919, like this one. for the government, spending on housing is still a political priority which sometimes includes having more
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rooftop swimming pools. good and that money have been bad about —— been better spent on building more homes? we want to make sure people like their homes, notjust affording somewhere and having a roof over their head. sometimes you need a full on a rooftop or a spring facility to make it high—quality living. the cost is high, 600 million euros a year for vienna's population of < in, even with this --2 population of < in, even with this —— 2 million, but even with this, there can be problems. vandalism, there can be problems. vandalism, the upkeep of the buildings, so it isn't always very high quality. and the city of vienna is trying very ha rd to the city of vienna is trying very hard to get basically the social fabric in place and integrate newcomers. social housing in vienna isn't a utopia, but its century—old model shows the demands, successes and limitations of what social housing can achieve. caroline
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davies, bbc news, vienna. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm tulsen tollett. we start with a cricketing news, england and australia played a thrilling game at lord's. the home side was 258—5 declared, jofra archer saw australian trouble, making an unlikely 267 from a8 overs to save the game. but with the light fading, travis head and patrick come and saw the tourists 15a—6. travis head and patrick come and saw the tourists 154-6. things change quickly in sport and, you know, is just nice for us to be in a good place going ahead. we've still got at least two games, but it was important we have got a really good response this week and it puts us in a really good place going into the game. now to tennis where daniil
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medvedev be daniel got them to win his first masters 1000 title. the russian had lost two finals recently became stop here. and in the women's final, with the us open fast approaching, the 2017 finalised keys won the title and soak herself back into the top ten players. justin thomas won the bmw championship by three shots, taking him top of the fedex carb points list with one tournament left to play —— fedex cup, the american finished at 25 under and now heads in to the tourist championship in at lanza, hoping to scope the $15 million bonus on the pga tour. sheffield united picked up theirfirst bonus on the pga tour. sheffield united picked up their first win since returning to the premier league where they beat crystal palace 1—0 at home on sunday. lan party still looking for his first win at chelsea after his side had to
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settle for a one — one draw at sta mford settle for a one — one draw at stamford bridge. wilfred and didi equalised as the both sides take a point —— ndidi. this is home for me. you know? and i'm here to do a job, so i was very keen to take the moment and enjoy it. and i really appreciate it. but we need to try and win the game, which is going to be my focus here, now. i love the fact that this is my club, i've played here so long. but more than anything i want to do a good job, so i'm slightly disappointed tonight that we didn't finish the job, didn't get the win to send the fans home happy, but thank you to them for before and we will keep working. later on monday, manchester can go top of the premier league if they win at wolverhampton. the manager knows it won't be easy as they lost twice andrew with wills la season —— with wolves last season. there are
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a lwa ys with wolves last season. there are always dangerous. we've been looking at the games to see if there are any twea ks o n at the games to see if there are any tweaks on different things we need to do this time. our form, tweaks on different things we need to do this time. ourform, our attitude and the mood of course after this is great, so we go into the game confident. and now it is time to give you the latest buzz on social media, as a swarm of bees caused havoc at a football match in brazil over the weekend. the bills covered a flag at the arena before the brazilian league match and they simply refused to leave. that in turn prompted a hive of activity from firefighters who intervene so the match could go ahead. although it was delayed by 19 minutes and sing with us look at that swarm there. all right. we'll have all the latest sports news on our website, bbc news/ sport. that is your mind sport briefing.
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stay with me on bbc news, i'll be back with the business briefing in just a few moments — see you soon. hello again. over the weekend we had more than our fair share of showers in scotland, northern ireland, northern england and north wales as well. the recent radar picture shows that we've seen further showers affecting these areas as well, but notice the showers working through the english channel. perhaps coming on man from time to time. —— on land. it's a busy start of the day, but not particularly cold, temperatures between 10— 30
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degrees. —— 13 degrees. sunny spells and showers sums it up, but the heaviest showers i think going again across northern ireland, parts of scotland, maybe north—west england too. although, that said, there's a much greater chance of seeing some showers and thunderstorms across eastern parts of england as we go through monday afternoon. that said, there is a much greater chance of seeing some storms across eastern england. coming down from polar regions, where as across england, the air is coming more from the mid—atla ntic and england, the air is coming more from the mid—atlantic and that means there will be a big north — south difference in temperatures, quite a big contrast. just 16 degrees in edinburgh, whereas we should see temperatures into the low 20s still across eastern counties of england. tuesday's weather, we've got a little ridge of high pressure moving in for a time ahead of this warm front that will spread ultimately thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain into western parts.
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so rain gets going into northern ireland. it will swing into parts of western parts of scotland, western parts of england and wales as the day goes by. we may well see some of the cloud become quite low for some of the hills. it's probably a better kind of day across those eastern parts of the country. on wednesday, the warm front having moved through, there will be this cold front. eventually reaching north—west england are north—west wales as well. the south—east is largely dry and the weather becomes largely dry and the weather becomes largely dry and the weather becomes largely dry for many areas as the day goes by —— weeks goes by.
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thid is the business briefing. i'm ben bland. president trump says he dosn't want america to do business with huawei, as the tech giant is due to be hit with a full ban on working with us firms. and we'll be finding out why singapore's aging population is working well into into their 70s. and on the markets, stocks rise in asia as shares are bolstered by hopes of further rate cuts from central banks around the world. president trump says he doesn't want america to be doing business with huawei.

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