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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm mike embley. hong kong publishes details of its new security law, among them, the right of police to search homes without a warrant. brazil's coronavirus crisis continues but the worst affected city, sao paulo, is getting back to business. jeffrey epstein‘s ex—girlfriend ghislaine maxwell is moved to a jail in new york to face charges she recruited girls for him to abuse. and tributes to the great ennio morricone, one of hollywood's most iconic school composers
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who has died at the age of 91. —— score. in the next few hours, hong kong's chief executive carrie lam will give herfirst weekly briefing since details were released of the sweeping security law imposed on the territory by beijing. and for many it's more draconian than feared. the law allows security forces to search private properties or detain suspects without a warrant, and they can order internet providers to remove any information which they claim harms national security. the law was passed behind closed doors in beijing, without approval in hong kong's partially elected legislature. danny vincent reports, from hong kong. protesters gathered in malls across the city, armed
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with blank pieces of paper. for demonstrators, it's no longer clear what's legal to write in hong kong. it's no longer clear what's legal to say. according to newly—released details of the national security law, police can now search homes without warrants. libraries and schools have been told to remove political books from their shelves. joshua wong was once the face of the hong kong protest movement. he's on bail for legal assembly. it's still not time to surrender. at least we're still here, and we'll stand and fight. your book could potentially be banned here in hong kong. self—censorship is a thing that happened in the previous state. but direct censorship, like what happened in china, is the thing we never imagined in the past. self—censorship is a thing that happened in the previous state. but direct censorship, like what happened in china, is the thing we never imagined in the past. my book, published five years ago — 01’ even seven years ago when i was still in high school
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library of hong kong. but we still need to continue. pro—democracy campaigners say that hong kong has changed almost overnight. high—profile activists likejoshua wong and agnes chow say that they could soon be targets of this new national security law. the effect has been chilling. protesters fear that even this silent demonstration could be classed as subversion and lead to life imprisonment. pro—democracy books likejoshua wong's have now been removed from public libraries. so for me, the most important thing is not to give up, is not to surrender, and not to give up our belief in protecting our hometown. outside the uk consulate, a small group of pro—beijing demonstrators gathered, angered at the british government's pledge to offer a path to citizenship to millions of hong kong residents. and in london, the ambassador to the uk was firm.
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hong kong affairs are china's internal affairs and brook no external interference. one important task of the national security law for hong kong as they are is to prevent, suppress, and punish collusion with a foreign country, or with external elements to endanger national security. hong kong is now caught in the middle of a war of words. critics fear the former british colony is becoming just another chinese city — void of the political freedoms it was promised. danny vincent, bbc news, hong kong. brazilian president jair bolsonaro says he's undergone another test for the coronavirus, after local media reported he had symptoms associated with covid—19. he told supporters outside the presidential palace that he had just visited the hospital and been tested for the virus, adding that
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an exam had shown his lungs were, as he put it, "clean." last month, a federal judge ordered him to wear a protective mask when he is in any public space. it follows widespread criticism including from the world health organization, of not taking the pandemic seriously enough, especially at the start of the crisis. brazil is the epicentre of the pandemic in latin america, with more than 1.6 million infections. sao paulo is the worst affected area but even as the crisis worsens — the city is getting back to business. hair salons and restaurants have reopened. here's our south america correspondent katy watson in sao paulo. i went for a walk in my neighbourhood which for the past three months has been absolutely dead, a lot of restau ra nts absolutely dead, a lot of restaurants that cater to businesses have had to shut, beauty salons as well, and the first time in months, you could see them reopening, you could see them reopening, you could see alcohol gel before they walked in, arrows on the ground where people need to walk when they got pick up their food. a
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real feeling of life. there they got pick up their food. a realfeeling of life. there are huge concerns of course with this reopening because we had the numbers into this evening, 620 more deaths and more than 20,000 new cases and mondays are usually a very quiet day because of the weekend, numbers are usually much more suppressed than we see later on in the week but there are still big numbers, the country is still in the middle of the crisis and we see cities reopen. in the united states — texas, florida and arizona are just a few of the latest covid hotspots, with infection numbers and hospitalisation soaring. and now that the country has just gone through thejuly fourth holiday weekend, there are concerns that many more cases could be on the horizon. from new york, laura trevelyan reports. americans celebrated independence day this weekend, as coronavirus infections went up in more than 30 states. on this lake in minnesota, there wasn't much social
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distancing going on, nor at this holiday gathering and colorado. in arizona, where people have been protesting against the restrictions aimed at stopping the spread of the virus, there are now more than 100,000 coronavirus cases. in the most populated states in the us, flordia, california and texas, cases are surging — with fears that hospitals could be overwhelmed. but president trump, who celebrated july the 11th in washington, insists the increase in cases is not about the virus spiralling out of control — it's because ramped—up testing is uncovering more infections. now we have tested almost a0 million people. by so doing, we show cases, 99% of which are totally harmless.
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as infectious disease experts poured scorn on that claim, the president's allies found themselves, not for the first time, explaining what their boss really meant. i don't think it was the president's intent to downplay that as much as saying, "let's look at the risk, and let's look at this in an appropriate way, based on facts and figures." new york was once the epicentre of the outbreak in the us. yet today, manhattan entered stage three of reopening. as the number of cases has dropped dramatically. but crowds gathering on beaches at the weekend prompted the governor to warn people not to get complacent. andrew cuomo had this message for president trump. just wear the mask. i've been asking him to do it for weeks. just wear the mask. the president hasn't done so in public yet. on the defensive, his advisers point out that fewer people are dying from the virus in the us now, but as hospitalisations increase, that could change.
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the president, meanwhile, is planning a campaign rally in new hampshire for saturday — even as cases spike across america's sunbelt. laura trevelyan, bbc news, new york. let's get some of the day's other news. the world health organization says the coronavirus pandemic has caused a critical shortage of hiv medicines in more than 70 countries. the un agency said about a third of all people reliant on the anti—retroviral drugs lived in countries now experiencing supply shortages. the white woman filmed while calling the police about an african—american birdwatcher in new york's central park has been charged with filing a false report. in may, amy cooper was attacked online for her reaction to the man, who asked her to put her dog on a leash and keep her distance. prosecutors have accused cooper of falsely reporting the confrontation, which is a misdemeanor. she's due in court in october. the british athlete bianca
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williams is considering legal action against the metropolitan police. she alleges they racially profiled her when she was stopped with her partner driving in london on saturday. the couple had their 3—month—old baby in the car when they were stopped, searched and handcuffed by police. a statement from scotland yard says there was no concern about the officers' conduct. our home editor mark easton has the story. police in north london stop a mercedes and demand police in the occupants, both black, get out of the car. wait, wait, he didn't do anything! that's the voice of bianca williams, a gold medal winning british sprinter. for what?! why are you touching me? her distress is obvious as officers demand she leave her 3—month—old baby in the back of the vehicle. along with her partner, portuguese sprinter ricardo dos santos, the young mum is handcuffed. get out of the car and we don't need to do this. i'm at home, bro! what are you doing? but after a search, both
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are released without arrest. i tried to pull myself back into the car because i've got a baby, i'm a mother. my mother instinct kicked in and i'm not leaving my son in the car. he's a baby. they were just so aggressive and i don't think they needed to be. ms williams currently trains with former olympic champion linford christie, who tweeted angrily: the matter was raised at a virtual meeting of pa rliament‘s human rights committee today. they have one perception in their mind all the time, that if you are black, you must be up to something. every day it saddens my heart to see these video nasties of police officers but a whisker away of smashing screens in front of a black person's face. would that happen to a white family? the independent office for police conduct says it's making enquiries ahead of any formal
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investigation, however scotland yard says it has reviewed the video as well as pictures from officers' body—worn cameras and is satisfied there were no misconduct issues. the labour leader, keir starmer, a former director of public prosecutions, believes there are still troubling questions to answer. i don't know what led to the stop in the first place but what i do know that if i was a senior officer looking at that video footage i would feel uncomfortable about the way it was dealt with. police in london have dramatically increased the use of stop and search during the lockdown period, hoping to disrupt the activities of violent drug gangs. in the last three months, there have been more than 100,000 stop—and—search operations carried out in the capital. in the year tojune, more black people were stopped than whites, which means proportionately black people are four times more likely to be stopped. the black lives matter protests highlighted the disproportionate use of stop and search against black people, but the commissioner of the met, cressida dick,
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has said she is not going to pander to some new public opinion, and insists stop and search is a vital tool in the fight against crime. i would say it's my normal, it's horrible to say, it's normal, because it's happened so many times. something needs to happen and we have to make a change. mr dos santos says he's been stopped on at least 15 occasions driving the same car but this time a video has gone viral and the questions are refusing to go away. mark easton, bbc news, scotland yard. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: afamily a family feud feels singapore's election campaign as the prime minister's rather lends support to the opposition. —— prime minister's other. central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. police say there have been many casualties, and there is growing speculation that al-qaeda was responsible.
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germany will be the hosts of the 2006 football world cup. they pipped the favourites, south africa, by a single vote. in south africa, the possibility of losing hadn't even been contemplated, and celebration parties were cancelled. the man entered the palace through a downstairs window and made his way to the queen's private bedroom. then he asked herfor a cigarette, and on the pretext of arranging for some to be brought, she summoned a footman on duty, who took the man away. one child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world. education is the only solution. applause this is bbc news, the latest headlines: police in hong kong will be able to search homes without a warrant under
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china's new security law. the british socialite ghislaine maxwell — associate and former girlfriend of the disgraced financier jeffrey epstein — has been moved to a prison in new york from new hampshire, where she was arrested. she faces six charges — including recruiting and grooming girls for epstein. she has previously denied any wrongdoing. our new york correspondent, nada tawfik, has more. authorities wasted no time after the holiday weekend, transferring ghislaine maxwell from new hampshire to new york on monday morning. what is interesting is that even though her trial is happening in manhattan she is being held in the brooklyn metropolitan detention centre so she is not going to be held at the same prison where jeffrey going to be held at the same prison wherejeffrey epstein took his own life in his prison cell. the prosecutors and her defence lawyer have requested a bail hearing for this friday and that is still not
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confirmed. thejudge must set that in the calendar but we already know that prosecutors will argue that ghislaine maxwell is a flight risk. they say she has three international passports and is extremely wealthy with accounts, one with $20 million in it and she has a lot of international ties and every reason to try to flee because of the criminal charges against her. she is facing up to 35 years in prison. that will certainly be the main point to be discussed at the hearing on friday fourth many people will also keep an eye on what the defence strategy is going forward. or ghislaine maxwell want to co—operate with federal prosecutors? they are looking into anyone who conspired with jeffrey looking into anyone who conspired withjeffrey epstein and certainly while ghislaine maxwell, victims described her as the chief enabler, she would know who else may have been involved. the big question is
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whether she plans to co—operate with investigators or give them any new information or what strategy she will take moving forward. people in south—western japan are bracing themselves for more heavy rain, as rescue workers race against the clock to find the missing in severe flooding over the weekend. at least 37 people have died after record ra i nfalls on the island of kyushu. the prefectures of kumamoto and kagoshima have been worst hit, but there's more to come as high—level warnings are issued for multiple areas. flooding isn't just affecting japan though. parts of china are also experiencing damage from heavy rainfall too. reged ahmad reports. mud and damage with cars casually flip over. this is the aftermath of devastating flooding infected on parts of japan's southern island of kyushu. unprecedented heavy rains over the weekend led to rivers bursting their banks causing landslides and leaving a path of muddy destruction. dozens have died and
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there are others still missing as further mudslides and rain hamper rescue efforts. translation: over 40,000 members from units of the police, fire department, self—defense forces, and coast guard are putting all of their efforts into searching for and rescuing people. residents are keen to clean up the mess but their efforts may be premature with strong warnings of more to come. translation: the municipalities where the heavy rain emergency warning has been issued have suffered torrential rain which is so severe that it's never been experienced before. damage from landslides, flooding and other disasters is highly likely to have been inflicted on already. japan is not alone. in the east of china,
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in the province of hubei in china has hit crops and damaged roads. and for the southern yunnan province affirms forms of been inundated with no way out. residents had to be rescued from the flood waters. injapan the rain keep coming. people on the southern island have been told to leave their homes. the country's meteorological agency says it might issue further emergency warnings for more areas. telling people to find safety wherever they can. this week singapore becomes only the second country in asia to hold an election during the covid—19 pandemic. unsurprisingly, the pandemic and its impact on the city is a key issue — as is how to ensure safe elections. the government, led by the ruling people's action party, has spent big to help singaporeans through the crisis. but as sharanjit leyl reports, it's not clear if it'll bring them victory. empower your future! this is what singapore's election rallies normally look like for the country's opposition parties. and this is what they look like now. five years ago,
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tens of thousands of people filled this field. i was here then, in this exact same spot. and as you can see, there's nothing of the sort this time. this election will mostly be fought online. we are stakeholders in this country... like this — political parties live streaming their campaign rallies, since large outdoor gatherings are banned. cedric tan has invited friends over. i do miss a good rally when you're there, and you can taste the air and you have a think about what will happen on polling day. of course, in singapore, nothing much is very surprising. but still, you indulge in that moment where you hear the speaker and you go, "great charisma." but some campaigning is still being done the old—fashioned way — only with masks on. heng swee keat has overseen much of the government's spending to help people overcome the economic hardships caused by the pandemic.
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we will have immediate health care in place, we must take care of our people. and at the same time, there will also be significant social impact in the coming years. he belongs to the ruling party, the only party that's been in charge since singapore's independence. but despite singapore's usually predictable politics, this year there's one big surprise. hi! the prime minister's brother — only he's campaigning against his brother's party after a public spat over their late father's estate. he's not standing as a candidate, but he is lending singapore's most potent political family name to an opposition party. today, many see the pap as a party of the elite. that it's lost touch with what the common man wants. you know, they use the term natural aristocracy,
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and that term has really become a hot button in singapore. but for the analysts, the question is whether this will translate into votes for the government's opponents. we are faced with the situation of a party that's tried and tested, a party that's governed singapore since 1959. but there are also concerns about them being rather arrogant, you know, if not at times tone deaf. and voters also recognise the need for a healthy, credible opposition, you know, for a system of checks and balances to properly operate. citizens head to the polls on 10 july. and while the pap will likely keep their grip on power, what will be scrutinised is whether they'll win big. sharanjit leyl, bbc news, singapore. the italian composer
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ennio morricone has died at the age of 91 after a long career in which he composed the music for hundreds of films and television shows. they included ‘the good, the bad and the ugly‘, ‘cinema paradiso' and ‘the untouchables'. his work also included a surprise uk chart hit when in 1981 he was behind the theme tune for the bbc series ‘the life and times of david lloyd george'. our correspondent lizo mzimba looks back at his life and career. music: the good, the bad and the ugly by ennio morricone ennio morricone's music defined so many classics. perhaps most famously a fistful of dollars, for a few dollars more and the good the bad and the ugly. he had wanted to be a composer since the age of six. at the same time morricone, on the right, met sergio leone, on the left. as an adult, leone would direct the spaghetti westerns. his music was always
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emotional, neversentimental. ridley scott once said to me that sentimentality was unearned emotion and ennio earned emotion like no—one else did. he was prolific, composing over 500 scores for film and tv. his theme for bbc drama the life and times of david lloyd george became an unlikely chart hit. in the 1980s, he cut down on work but was tempted back. music: the mission his score for the mission combined jesuit music, native music and oboe.
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music was morricone's life. and reflecting that, perhaps his most personal score was for cinema paradiso — the story of a man whose passion forfilm began as a young boy. morricone's own love affair with cinema was one that lasted a lifetime. the italian composer ennio morricone — who's died at the age of 91. just a reminder of our main news again. in the next hour or so, carrie lam from the chief executive of hong kong will give her weekly address, the first time she has spoken since a new national security law was imposed upon hong kong. among the new powers given to police are the right to search homes without a warrant, restrict movements and force isps to remove information. many books
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have been removed already from libraries and bookshops. we have much more for you at any time on the bbc website. thank you for watching. hello. well, not much happening with the weather out there at the moment. a lot of dry weather, some clear spells. and, actually, tuesday morning isn't looking too bad at all across most of the uk. however, rain is expected, and once it arrives, it might stick around all through the day. and it will end up being grey, damp and cool at least for some of us — not everywhere. now, at the moment, you can see the gap in the weather across the uk — some clear spells here. but out in the atlantic is this daisy chain of weather fronts. you can see the clouds here, rain—bearing clouds. that is heading in our direction. once it reaches us, it will stick around, this whole sort of conveyor belt of cloud and rain, probably for a good 2—3 days.
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so, this is what it looks like through the early hours. you can see quite across much of england, wales, scotland, apart from a few showers there, dry just about to northern ireland, but here is that weather front, that daisy chain of cloud and rain that i've just been talking about. that's going to be reaching ireland very early in the morning and then spread into northern ireland. belfast is in for some rain certainly by mid—morning. then, basically, it's this central swathe of the uk that will turn grey and wet at times. so northern wales, merseyside, certainly lancashire into the lakes, not particularly pleasant, and that rain will spread into yorkshire too. either side of that, actually, the weather isn't too bad at all. some sunshine there in scotland and in the south of the country as well. but then, that weather front, that sort of conveyor belt is going to sink further southwards. so it's more southern parts of the country that gets the cloud and outbreaks of rain on wednesday — whereas areas to the north, will turn a little bit brighter. so, liverpool, perhaps some sunshine there come wednesday and 18 degrees.
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now, it's still with us on thursday, the remnants of it. still cloud and some outbreaks of rain across the south, probably from liverpool northwards, the weather is looking better. some sunshine in belfast there on thursday, not a bad day, but cool, 16 degrees, this is airfrom the north atlantic. all of that warmth is still way to the south where it's heating up across spain, portugal and france. we're in the cool air right now. now, this is the outlook for the next few days. that warmer air from the southern climes willjust be about reaching us, but we'll have to wait, i think, until the weekend.
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this is bbc news, the headlines: more details have been published of the powers given to hong kong police under beijing's new security law. these include the right to search people's homes without a warrant, restrict suspects' movements, and force internet service providers to remove information. jeffrey epstein's ex—girlfriend, ghislaine maxwell, has been moved to a jail in new york city. it's ahead of her first court appearance expected later this week. the british socialite, who was arrested in a police sting last week, has been charged with helping paedophile epstein to groom underage girls for sex. she's previously denied any wrongdoing. and tributes have been pouring in for one of the world's most acclaimed composers, ennio morricone, who's died at the age of 91. the oscar—winning italian was best known for his work on film scores including the good, the bad and the ugly, and the mission.
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