tv Newsday BBC News October 20, 2021 1:00am-1:31am BST
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welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. north korea says it's successfully tested a new submarine—launched ballistic missile — as the white house warns against what it calls �*further provocations�*. investigators into january's attack on the united states�* capitol approve a contempt report against donald trump's former aide — steve bannon. ahead of a key summit on tackling climate change — the uk government unveils its plan to be carbon neutral by 2050. but does it go far enough? we'll hear from a prominent
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british expert on governance and climate change. we're in the canary islands — where the eruption on la palma is a month old, and geologists can't predict how much longer it will last. and — how a puppet is highlighting the plight of child migrants. we have the story of �*little amal�*, and her marathon journey across europe. it's eight in the morning here in singapore nine am in pyongyang where north korea has confirmed it test—fired a new submarine—launched ballistic missile for the first time in two years. we've received this image which we are unable to independently verify.
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north korean state media spoke of the pride and honour of having succeeded. earlier the south korean military reported that one missile had landed in waters off the coast of japan. the un security council are thought to be meeting later on wednesday — a move prompted by britain and the united states with the us in particular reacting angrily to the launch— labelling the move as a threat to the region. here's what the white house press secretary jen psaki had to say. we condemned the dprk's ballistic missile launch. these launches violate multiple un security council resolutions and our threat to the region. a call on the dprk to refrain from further provocations and engage in substantive dialogue and our commitment to the defence of the republic of korea and japan remains ironclad. these launches also underscore the urgent need for dialogue and diplomacy. our offer remains to meet anywhere, any time, without precondition. sam roggeveen is the director of the international security program at the lowy institute . he has more details
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on this missile launch. you have to be at a reasonably advanced age to be firing these missiles from a submarine which it appears that north korea has done. it is all a little mysterious, frankly, because north korea has several submarine launched ballistic missile programmes running at the moment. which, for a very small country with a tiny economy, is, you know, a strange way to go about developing this kind of capability. especially when you consider that at the moment they really only have one submarine capable of firing these kinds of ballistic missiles so it is an odd sort
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of effort, a very short range missile that will have tactical use only but, as i say, slightly mysterious the way they're about it.— they're about it. when you listen to — they're about it. when you listen to what _ they're about it. when you listen to what the - they're about it. when you listen to what the us - they're about it. when you listen to what the us has i they're about it. when you i listen to what the us hasjust listen to what the us has just said and talking in no uncertain terms indeed and we've seen that us led diplomacy hasn't really been successful before in trying to get the north koreans to give all of this know, donald trump was not really able to get kim jong un in to do that, what is your expectation of how the biden administration might treat this?— biden administration might treat this? ~ ., ., ., , treat this? what i thought was interesting _ treat this? what i thought was interesting about _ treat this? what i thought was interesting about that - interesting about that statement from the united states was that it did hold open the prospect of talks. i think that is encouraging. the united states still says that it is ultimately is denuclearisation of north korea and that is, to me, is impractical and will not happen. north korea is not going to abandon its entire
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nuclear arsenal. nothing that they are united states or south korea can offer north korea will substitute for the kind of security benefits that it gained from having a nuclear arsenal what the united states ought to be talking about with north korea is stabilisation of billy and arms control effort rather than a disarmament effort and i think if talks move in that direction then i think there is a prospect that we can achieve a certain kind of stability and some control in the korean peninsula. haifa in the korean peninsula. how important — in the korean peninsula. how important is _ in the korean peninsula. how important is china _ in the korean peninsula. how important is china in - in the korean peninsula. how important is china in this - important is china in this equation and the pressure that beijing is possibly able to apply on the north korean regime? apply on the north korean reuime? ., , apply on the north korean reuime? . , ., , regime? ultimately china is the auarantor regime? ultimately china is the guarantor of — regime? ultimately china is the guarantor of north _ regime? ultimately china is the guarantor of north korea's - guarantor of north korea's meagre economic prospects because almost all trade with north korea passes through china. but i think we have to
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be really quite realistic about what china wants to achieve here. but is ultimately the north korean nuclear weapons programme, and though it is a bit of an encumbrance for china, ultimately their programme serves china's interest because the north korean nuclear programme makes life extremely difficult for the united states on the korean peninsula and particularly now that north korea probably has intercontinental ballistic capabilities, that could put a missile into an american city and that makes life extremely difficult for the united states and it is not in china's interest to make life any easier for the interest to make life any easierfor the us. the select committee investigating january's attack on the united states' capitol has approved a report which recommends that a former aide to president trump be held in contempt of congress. steve bannon has refused to appear before the panel. the report says that mr bannon had specific knowledge of the events planned forjanuary the sixth
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before they happened. donald trump has urged former aides to reject the panel's requests, claiming the right to withhold information because of executive privilege. what would happen to you if you did what mr bannon is doing? if you were a material witness in a criminal prosecution of a lawsuit what would happen if he refused to show up? do you think you would be able to just go about your business? know the answer to that. there is not a different set of rules for mr bannon. he knows this. you know is there are consequences for outright defiance and he has chosen a path towards criminal contempt
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taking this position. in the uk — the government has set out its plans to reduce the uk's carbon emissions to net zero by 2050. the transition will be driven by electric vehicles with a price tag running into hundreds of millions of dollars. there will also be extra money for tree planting and to help replace old gas boilers. but the big question is do the plans go far enough? more from our science editor david shukman. every aspect of life is going to have to change as we go zero carbon. and now, after a long delay, the government is laying out its plans. and the key to it all is a belief that new green technologies will quickly become cheaper. the market is going green. and people know that we have the technological solutions to these problems and they want to go green. and they know that we'll be
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able, one day, to bring down the prices of green technology, evs and heat pumps and solar panels, in a way that we so rapidly made microwaves and mobile phones affordable. there's money to support electric cars and charging points, and car—makers will be told to sell a set number of clean vehicles. hydrogen gets a push, especially for heavy industry. it is a clean fuel, depending on how the gas is produced. and there's backing for new nuclear power stations, including at this site in suffolk, but the details aren't settled and critics say that none of this goes far enough. there is still a chasm with this government between the rhetoric and the reality. my fear is this plan will not deliver the fair, prosperous transition we need, equal to the scale of the emergency we face. it's very disappointing. we have a climate emergency and a lot of these actions
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are not going to see the light of day for years. we need to be acting now, be far more ambitious. amid all the arguments about tackling climate change, the goal is to reach net zero, but what is that? well, like every country, the uk emits carbon dioxide — the gas that's driving up temperatures. it comes from heating our homes, getting around, generating power. it's meant to fall dramatically by 2050, but if we don't get down to literally zero, we'll have to compensate by pulling carbon dioxide out of the air. the easiest way to do that is planting trees, but on a far bigger scale than we do right now. with solar panels on the roofs and everything well insulated, this green business park in bristol is an example of lower—carbon living. cycling is made as easy as possible. so, what do people make of the government plan to go green? i think that some people are quite privileged - and that they can spend that money — and, honestly, - it's well worth it — but it'sjust... - it's not available - for everyone, which is another huge issue. if i knew the outcome, the ins and out, the beginning,
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middle and end, and the outcome of what exactly i'm paying for — would actually stand for — i would, rebecca willis is a professor in energy and climate governance at the university of lancaster and is the expert lead of the uk's citizens assembly on climate change. i asked her if she thought the governments plans went far enough? to give credit to this government, it's probably one of the most comprehensive plans to tackle climate change that we have seen from a major economy. — there is some real high points like the requirements on car companies to produce an increasing proportion of electric vehicles like the support to move from electric heat and move to electric heating so that we are not using fossilfuels, gas, to heat our homes any more. so there are some solid commitments in here, but at the end of the day, the only thing that we can
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judge it against is is it enough to make that crucial target of net zero by 2050, and will it, you know, cut carbon year on year until then? and i don't think it is going fast enough at the moment. it is, you know, until now, the government was probably walking, this strategy is maybe starting to jog it, but if we're going to make those net zero 2050 targets, we need to start sprinting now. rebecca, you know, this seems counterintuitive to me at the same time as these targets, the uk government is also poised to approve 18 new oil and gas projects in the north sea. one of the most significant oil fields would have a total of 150— 170 million barrels of oil. so how does this fit in with the overall ambitious plan?
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well, that's one of the areas where today's strategy is strangely silent. it is a huge contradiction, where i live in northern england, there are proposals for a new coal mine, that is the most polluting fossilfuel, and there is nothing in the strategy to say how fossil fuel extraction or mining would be phased out over time. it's absolutely crucial that we do that. because digging up and burning more fossilfuels is no longer compatible with those net zero ambitions. and for much more on net zero and the upcoming climate change talks don't forget to check out our website. there you'll find a detailed look at how the uk sets out plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions and how that compares
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to other nations. as russia experiences a surge in coronavirus infections tougher restrictions have been announced. this past weekend, the country hit 1,000 deaths in a single day for the first time since the pandemic began. the bbc�*s steve rosenberg has more from moscow. here in russia, the situation of covid—i9 continues to deteriorate. on tuesday, health officials recorded a record number of covid—19 related deaths in the last 2a hours, 1015. then, the moscow mayor introduced an urgent measure. over 60's here who are not vaccinated then spend the rest four months at home. employers in the service sector, they have to make sure that — at least 80% of the staff are vaccinated. access to public places.
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lots of russian regions now are introducing vaccine passports for access to public places. you can tell the situation is getting more serious because the headlines and the russian papers are getting more dramatic. this is the headline, we are losing the war on covid—19. inside, the paper says that in world war ii, the soviet union defeated fascism but it seems as if modern russia is losing the current battle against covid—19, the paper says. but why? it is like russia doesn't have ways to protect its population. the country has developed several covid—19 vaccines and portrays itself as a world leader in fighting the virus. but so far, the authorities have failed to persuade the public to actually get the jabs and take the vaccines. and that's probably a reflection of the fatalistic attitude that many russians have, but also the result of a general lack of
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trust the government. russian officials blamed the public as it is irresponsible not to get vaccinated. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. a giant puppet of a syrian girl arrives in the uk to highlight the plight of migrants. a historic moment that many of his victims have waited forfor decades. the former dictator in the dock older, slimmer. and as he sat down, obedient enough. dawn, and as the sun breaks through the piercing chill of night on a plane outside, it lights up a biblicalfamine now in the 20th century. the depressing conclusion, in argentina today it is actually cheaper to paper your walls with money.
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we've had controversies - in the past with great britain, but as good friends we have always found a good - and lasting solution. concorde bows out in style after almost three decades in service. an aircraft that has enthralled its many admirers for so long taxis home one last time. north korea releases images of the ballistic missile launched from a submarine — as the white house warns against further �*provocations'. ahead of a key summit on tackling climate change — the uk government unveils its plan to be carbon neutral by 2050.
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thousands of members of bangladesh's governing party have held a rally in the capital dhaka in support of the minority hindu community following the worst religious violence in a decade. the bbc�*s akbar hossain gave us this update from dhaka. this is a huge scale of violence we have been seeing. because when hindus are celebrating their largest festival, there was alleged report that the holy book of muslim, the koran, was found in a hindu temple. suddenly, it came to social media and violence erupted initially near dhaka. and then it spread to some other cities. hindu temples, houses, their shops and business
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organisations that were vandalised across the country in many parts of the country, and many hindus endure mistreatment, basically, they are from different muslim groups and some local people, they attacked the hindu shrine in different parts of the country, so that attack is still going on in some parts of the country we have seen reports from some other parts of the country where violence occurs, especially in the northern part of the country. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. it's been a lucky escape for 21 people aboard a plane that crashed shortly after taking off from houston. they managed to get out only moments before the aircraft burst into flames. one person was sent to hospital with back injuries. more than thirty people have been killed in northern india by flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain. five of the victims in the himalayan state of
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uttarakhand were from a single family — whose house was buried. 0verflowing rivers and lakes have flooded several townships, submerging homes, businesses and cars. the fbi is searching properties in washington and new york linked to 0leg deripaska, a russian billionaire and associate of president putin. a representative of mr deripaska said the operation was being carried out on the basis of warrants related to sanctions. washington imposed sanctions on mr deripaska in 2018, because of his ties to president putin after alleged russian interference in the 2016 election. now if you're a regular viewer of newsday you would know that we do check in on the volcano in la palma in the spanish canary islands. it has been one month since it first erupted. 7,000 people have been displaced and nearly 2000 buildings have been destroyed.
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the volcano is continuing to spew lava with no end in sight. 0ur correspondent dan johnson is there. it still has the capacity to attract and enthrall, but after a month it's become an overbearing backdrop to much of life here. an incredible spectacle with its own mundane chores. ryan does this once a week. "maybe it doesn't affect you directly," he says, "but a family member or someone you know." translation: i want it to end. it's not too worrying for me but it is for my family and in the meanwhile, we just have to live with it. this kind of strong mentality that they say, "it doesn't matter what comes, we go through it, and go forward." lucas isn't going forward.
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this is what happened to the house he lived in for 60 years. his wife cannot bear to watch. translation: | cannot put| into words, losing the house that should have been for my children and grandchildren. it's a miracle we have this flat because i know people are sleeping in cars and tents and caravans. there is no sign of this eruption easing at all, and in fact, if anything, the volcano only gets more active and it's actually grown over the weeks as the layers of lava have built up and hardened, but there is still fresh lava pouring down the hillside as well, destroying more farmland, homes and villages, and there are new fires breaking out all the time. there are amazing survival stories. these dogs have been fed by drone for four weeks and now there's an attempt to use one to rescue them. but there is little hope for the home is still in the way of the lava.
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and the longer it flows, the further it reaches, smothering more of this island. danjohnson, bbc news, la palma. a giant puppet of a syrian refugee girl has arrived in southeast england after a trip of some eight—thousand kilometres. little amal as she's known set off from the the border of syria injuly, and travelled across europe, in a journey that symbolised the experiences of millions of displaced children. 0ur arts correspondent david silitto has been to see her, and has this report. little amal, a 3.5—metre—tall puppet refugee, and... ..this is the beginning of the final leg of what has an 8,000—kilometre journey. there have been many stops across europe. it takes you back when you see the physical reaction that we're getting, but also she's amazingly evocative. so, she's doing herjob.
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she has provoked strong feelings. in rome, the pope came out to meet her, but not everywhere has been quite so welcoming. especially at one stop in greece. people were stoning a puppet arriving? people were stoning a puppet arriving, which is nothing we expected, and feeling very strongly about it as well, shouting at her with everything they had. and here on the kent coast, which sees regular migrant arrivals along the shore, there is considerable local debate. this man is a ukip councillor, and he wasn't going to be meeting little amal. the event that's taking place in folkestone today is all about raising awareness, about being welcoming to refugees. you would rather folkestone
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was less welcoming? personally, yes. but i would welcome . them if they came over here with a passport - or equivalent documentation. but by folkestone harbour, the crowds were out. this refugee was getting a hero's welcome. these interactions are about empathy and trying to be curious about somebody you don't know. and welcoming somebody that you don't know. she may only be a puppet, but she's already proved she's provocative and powerful piece of theatre. david sillito, bbc news, folkestone. you have been watching newsday. a reminder of our breaking news this hour: the select committee investigating january's attack on the united states' capitol has unanimously approved a report which recommends that a former aide to president trump be held in contempt of congress. steve bannon has refused to appear before the panel. the report says that mr bannon had specific knowledge of the events planned forjanuary the sixth before they happened.
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still very balmy out there for some of us for a late october night. 15—16 celsius, and wednesday promises to be another mild day. quite breezy and lots of showers in the forecast, too. 0ur tropical air arrived a couple of days ago, it's still with us, it was very warm yesterday in the south—southeast, 21 celsius — we won't quite get that today, but i want to show you the origins of this current of air, so this is the north atlantic and it's all very warm air across the atlantic, and here we have the caribbean. so this is where the air has come from — it's obviously cooled, but it's still pretty balmy over this part of europe. now this is what it looks like early in the morning —
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there is some rain around, a wet start to the day in east anglia and the southeast, lots of heavy showers approaching cornwall, devon, parts of wales, too. in fact, these are heavy, thundery showers — and through the morning and into the afternoon, they could bring gusts of wind, as well, but some sunny spells, so quite a changeable day for england and wales. but for northern ireland and most of scotland, it should be dry and bright — but notice in the northwest highlands here, some wet weather come the afternoon. so i say mild again, 18 celsius expected in the southeast and east anglia. now into the week, or thursday onwards, it'll turn quite a bit colder — in fact, a reversal in the wind direction is expected wednesday into thursday. in fact, around this area of low pressure, the winds will start to come in from the north. now right now at this moment, the winds are coming in from the south or southwest. on thursday, they're coming in almost from the north — this is arctic air, in fact, some of the showers across scotland could be wintry, the winds will be strong anyway particularly along the north sea coast, touching gale force.
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i mean, gusts inland will be around a0 mph or so, so it'll feel relatively cold compared to what we've got right now. and these are the temperatures, the high temperatures on thursday —11—13 in the south, single figures in the north, and once again, wintry showers are possible across the mountains of scotland. now thursday night into friday, the wind dies down as the low pressure pulls away, and in fact a high pressure develops across the uk briefly in what we call a ridge of high pressure. there'll be some sunshine around, as well, but it won't feel quite so cold on friday because the winds will be lighter, still only around 13 celsius. bye— bye.
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