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welcome to bbc news. our top stories: a senate committee in brazil has recommend that president bolsonaro face criminal charges over his handling of the covid pandemic. queen elizabeth will not attend the global climate summit in glasgow, after being advised by her doctors to rest. the united states revokes china telecom's authority to operate in america, citing national security concerns. new details emerge over the fatal shooting on the alec baldwin film set — the gun used was a real one, and criminal charges aren't ruled out.
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welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. senators in brazil have recommended criminal charges to be laid against president bolsonaro over his handling of the covid pandemic. he's been facing accusations varying from misuse of public funds to crimes against humanity. a senate committee voted by a majority to hold him responsible for many of brazil's covid deaths, which have now passed 600,000. katy watson reports from brasilia. he speaks portuguese. today marks the end of a long process. six months of hearings, scandals uncovered, a light shone on a government accused of recklessness. and now, a vote to recommend charging the man at the top with a very long list of crimes. but this is a vote that splits senators. those in favour of bolsonaro claim the inquiry is
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a political witchhunt. translation: | vote for | the rejection of the report. no concrete evidence was found of illegal acts in practice by authorities and employees of the federal public administration in the handling of the pandemic. the commotion in the senate today is far removed from the city's poorer neighbourhoods. but here, they're wanting to make a noise, too. max is a community leader and aspiring politician. he runs music and dance workshops for young people. culture, he says, gives them the chance to talk politics and change their futures. translation: this congress is debating with itself - in a language that does not reflect brazil, the real brazilia of the working people who wake up early, get on a crowded bus, eat in the bakery, struggle
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to pay the bills and live in a difficult neighbourhood. 22—year—old janca says the workshops have given her opportunities and a voice. the government, on the other hand, she says, tries to silence people like her. translation: he has made life more difficult _ than you could ever imagine. i feel he is inhumane. - what he is doing is inhumane. lots of things he does amount to crimes. - there are people in the suburbs going hungry, having to rob - food, and this manjust spreads fake news and campaigns- against the vaccine. it's absurd. hip-hop music plays. fake news denial, corruption and more. these are the accusations that jair bolsonaro faces, but will he have to stand up in court to defend his actions? few people here think justice will be done. katy watson, bbc
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news, in bras lia. here in the uk, the queen's pulled out of attending the cop26 climate summit which begins in scotland on sunday. her majesty, who's 95, spent a night in hospital and her doctors have recommended some rest. the queen was expected to play a prominent role in welcoming world leaders to the event but will instead address delegates in a video message. 0ur royal correspondent jonny dymond reports. this time last week, a reception for business leaders at windsor castle, and then a trip to northern ireland was cancelled and a visit to hospital substituted. today, it was back to official engagements where a beaming queen gave a virtual audience to the new korean ambassador, but this evening, a palace statement.
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i'm quite sure at the back of her mind is that she wants to be absolutely fine and fighting fit on the 14th of november for remembrance sunday, the most sacred day in her calendar. to go to glasgow and to stand in a room full of coughing, wheezing delegates from all over the world is probably an engagement too far. the message from the palace — remain calm. the queen is still carrying out official engagements, and she spoke to the chancellor about his budgetjust a few hours ago and she will address the delegates to the conference, albeit by video, and the journey to glasgow, however, was just too long for her doctors' liking. the climate change conference is close to the heart of the queen, and when opening the welsh parliament a few weeks ago, she was overheard
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complaining about those who hadn't said whether they would turn up. and at the queen's absence is a blow for the conference and its organiser, the government. meeting the queen is an experience few turn down, even fewer forget. jonny dymond, bbc news. a us prosecutor investigating last week's accidental fatal shooting of a crew member by the actor alec baldwin says a real gun, not a prop, was used. the santa fe county district attorney said an "enormous amount of bullets" had been found on the california set, to tell us more is the bbc�*s north america correspondent peter bowes.
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she says she is not ruling out charges. what is the state of the investigation? she charges. what is the state of the investigation?— charges. what is the state of the investigation? she has been sa in: it the investigation? she has been saying it could _ the investigation? she has been saying it could be _ the investigation? she has been saying it could be weeks, - saying it could be weeks, indeed months. for what she has been saying, this is a complex investigation. it is an unusual investigation, clearly, on a film set and clearly the authorities are determined to take their time and interview everyone appropriately and look at all of the evidence. we are expecting later on, wednesday morning local time, a news conference by the police. we have only had one news
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conference so far in the hours after the incident. the district attorney will also be speaking so it is quite possible by this time tomorrow we will have some new information.— we will have some new information. . , information. peter, thanks very much indeed. _ information. peter, thanks very much indeed. the _ information. peter, thanks very much indeed. the archbishop i information. peter, thanks very | much indeed. the archbishop of canterbury has said he is a proposed new law in ghana which would propose harsh penalties under the lgb q community. despite an agreement by all churches that they would not support this commentary legislation. the anti— lgbt real has already generated a lot of controversy since it was introduced in august. —— bill. the parliamentary committee has
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received over 100 petitions challenging it. some academics have questioned the bill, arguing that it challenges the constitution and democracy. the speaker has said that will go through a transparent process before passing it into law. the debate could take several months. the bill was initiated following the opening and subsequent shutdown of an lgbt key shutdown. a prison term of three years at a human rights said the new bill could promote a system of state—sponsored discrimination and violence against sexual minorities in the country but the bill is likely to pass with some amendments since many mps favour it. stay with us on bbc news.
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still to come: protests across ecuador, as the indigenous movement fights petrol price rises and fuel subsidy cuts. indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy, died today. 0nly yesterday, she'd spoken of dying in the service of her country and said, "i would be proud of it. every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of this nation". after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a chapter of history. no more suspicion, no more fear, no more uncertainty of what each day might bring. mission control: booster ignition and lift-off - of discovery, with a crew - of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. well, enjoying the show is right. this is beautiful.
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a milestone in human history. born today, this girl in india is the 7 billionth person on the planet. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: a vote in the brazilian senate reccomends, president bolsonaro faces criminal charges over his handling of the pandemic. queen elizabeth will not attend the global climate summit in glasgow — she's been advised by her doctors to stay away. the united states has revoked china telecom's licence to operate in the country, citing national security concerns. the chinese state owned entity has 60 days to dismantle its us operations, a decision that could reignite tensions between the two powers. so who are they? china telecom america
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is a subsidiary of a state—owned entity, which has over 335 million subscribers world wide. according to us federal government reports it provides a range of services, including data services, vpn's cloud and mobile networks in the us. the ffc says its main target however are chinese—americans, and chinese students, business people and tourists. in today's ruling, the fcc concluded that the company was serious secuiryt risk, as it could be forced to comply with beijing without any judicvial oversight from washington martin rassler is a former cia analyst and is currently director of the technology and national security program at the center for a new american security think tank. thank you very much indeed for joining us. let's start with this ascent that it is or is
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not a significant cybersecurity risk, what is your view? it absolutely is. this company is an arm of the chinese state and there is no legal recourse to prevent any us law enforcement body from preventing any data to go back to china.— to go back to china. china telecom _ to go back to china. china telecom america - to go back to china. china telecom america would i to go back to china. china i telecom america would that to go back to china. china - telecom america would that it is a company in its own right as opposed to an arm of the chinese state.— as opposed to an arm of the chinese state. for the national laws in china — chinese state. for the national laws in china are _ chinese state. for the national laws in china are very - chinese state. for the national laws in china are very explicit i laws in china are very explicit in the fact that any chinese entity operating either domestically or overseas has to comply with any request from the chinese government to include participating in any lot enforcement or espionage activity. in lot enforcement or espionage activi . , ., activity. in terms of risks, can you — activity. in terms of risks, can you explain _ activity. in terms of risks, can you explain where - activity. in terms of risks, j can you explain where the activity. in terms of risks, - can you explain where the risks would lie?— would lie? there are two main areas. would lie? there are two main areas- one — would lie? there are two main areas. one of _ would lie? there are two main
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areas. one of course - would lie? there are two main areas. one of course is - would lie? there are two main areas. one of course is the - areas. one of course is the fact this company could become the vector for cyber attacks on us networks. the other issue is that it us networks. the other issue is thatitis us networks. the other issue is that it is a conduit for espionage and anyone for the devices connected to the company's network can be used to exfiltrated data, track people, so the risks are quite significant. people, so the risks are quite significant-— significant. and 'ust how big is china significant. and just how big is china telecom _ significant. and just how big is china telecom within - significant. and just how big is china telecom within the | significant. and just how big - is china telecom within the us? there are other concerns i do not know if they are all likely to follow suit here? to not know if they are all likely to follow suit here?— to follow suit here? to your question — to follow suit here? to your question on _ to follow suit here? to your question on the _ to follow suit here? to your question on the presence, i to follow suit here? to your| question on the presence, it to follow suit here? to your. question on the presence, it is a fairly small. the total subscriber base is in the mid— 100,000, around 400,000. visitors to the us use it as well. a few other chinese telecom operators are already being looked much more closely
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ljy being looked much more closely by the ffc and they will follow suit and revoke those company's licenses as well. i suit and revoke those company's licenses as well.— licenses as well. i am assuming ou licenses as well. i am assuming you would _ licenses as well. i am assuming you would expect _ licenses as well. i am assuming you would expect some - licenses as well. i am assuming you would expect some sort - licenses as well. i am assuming you would expect some sort ofl you would expect some sort of retaliation to come from beijing? retaliation to come from bei'inu? . , , retaliation to come from beijing?— retaliation to come from bei'inu? . , , ., retaliation to come from bei'ina ? . , , ., ., beijing? perhaps. there are a few things — beijing? perhaps. there are a few things that _ beijing? perhaps. there are a few things that beijing - beijing? perhaps. there are a few things that beijing may i beijing? perhaps. there are a | few things that beijing may do to send a message. it could for example slow down the process of certain export licenses for us companies with manufacturing capabilities, maybe a snap inspection at a production facility to slow down production but ultimately most us firms operating in china, they already face challenges just in their day—to—day operations but don't forget most firms operating that have some value to the chinese state in the sense that it is something chinese want and buy larger their work will be unimpeded for now. we
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larger their work will be unimpeded for now. we will see how that pans — unimpeded for now. we will see how that pans out. _ unimpeded for now. we will see how that pans out. thank - unimpeded for now. we will see how that pans out. thank you i how that pans out. thank you very much forjoining us. let's get some of the day's other news rotests have continued in sudan against the military�*s seizure of power, with reports of teargas being fired at demonstrators in the capital khartoum. the general behind the takeover said it had been carried out to avoid a civil war. the country's prime minister, abdalla hamdok, is reported to have been allowed home, after being briefly detained. 150 people suspected of buying and selling illegal goods via the dark web have been arrested, in a major international police operation. people were detained in the us, the uk and germany. police confiscated cash and virtual currencies worth tens of millions of dollars, as well as large amounts of drugs and guns. the sting operation was one of the largest ever targeting criminals in this way. canada's prime minister, justin trudeau, has unveiled a new cabinet as he embarks on his third term in office.
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the reshuffled cabinet consists of 38 ministers, with nine new appointees, and is equally split between men and women. mr trudeau was returned to power in september following a snap election which resulted in another minority liberal government. an advisory committee to the us food and drug administration has recommended the use of pfizer's covid vaccine in children aged 5 to 11, saying the benefits outweigh the risks. the decision brings the vaccine a step closer to about 28 million children in america. shots could be offered as early as next week, should the fda and then the centers for disease control accept this recommendation. ecuador�*s troubles continue as an influential indigenous movement is protesting against fuel price increases. the cost has nearly doubled since last year. several roads in five of ecuador�*s provinces have been blocked as the latin
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american country endures a severe economic crisis, as mark lobel reports. and the ecuadorean countryside, a change of scenery, roads blocked, indigenous protesters defined. translation: haste defined. translation: have collectively — defined. translation: have collectively decided _ defined. translation: have collectively decided to - collectively decided to demonstrate because of new economic measures that are increasingly crashing out appellation, out transport workers and communities. . translation: a _ workers and communities. . translation: a units - workers and communities. . translation: a units havej workers and communities. . - translation: a units have been aral sed translation: a units have been paralysed because _ translation: a units have been paralysed because of _ translation: a units have been paralysed because of the - paralysed because of the increase in fuel prices which are outrageous. bill increase in fuel prices which are outrageous.— increase in fuel prices which are outrageous. all adding fuel to the fire _ are outrageous. all adding fuel to the fire in _ are outrageous. all adding fuel to the fire in a _ are outrageous. all adding fuel to the fire in a country - are outrageous. all adding fuel to the fire in a country living i to the fire in a country living under a 60 day state of emergency which began last week, to fight soaring crime fuelled by drug traffickers. there are approaches in five of the 24 provinces so far. the reason doubling of the fuel
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prices amongst some of the reasons. the — the reason. —— recent. translation: acquittal�*s current resident is facing his largest protests since taking office in may. == since taking office in may. -- ecuador- _ since taking office in may. -- ecuador. he _ since taking office in may. —— ecuador. he insists roads will remain open. troops could join police in this highest state of emergency after the high—profile shooting of an ecuadorean athlete. it has left about 240 dead, the drug could tell war. a sore reminder of the financial strain felt by many here ecuador in the grip of an economic crisis was an by the coronavirus pandemic and almost half the population living in poverty.
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hollywood is about to get a new film artefact museum, dedicated to horror and science fiction. the icons of darkness attraction will be home to science fiction villains, and nightmare—inducing movie monsters, including dinosaurs from jurassic park, and michael keaton's original bat—suit. the artefacts are all part of a $15 million private collection from producer rich correll, who started collecting props from a rubbish heap at universal studios, when he was a child star, in the 60's sitcom leave it to beaver, aged 12. and i'm pleased to say, we're joined live now by the lifelong collector of all things creepy, rich correll. you are still a boy at heart and gathering all this stuff and gathering all this stuff and putting it on a show for everyone? i
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and putting it on a show for everyone?— and putting it on a show for eve one? . , ., everyone? i am, still gathering and i everyone? i am, still gathering and i have _ everyone? i am, still gathering and i have fun _ everyone? i am, still gathering and i have fun showing - everyone? i am, still gathering and i have fun showing it - everyone? i am, still gathering and i have fun showing it was l and i have fun showing it was starting as a hobby and turned into passion. you can see behind me, one of the heroes from jurassic park. and that one is a full size direct from jurassic park to. this is one of dick smith's original dummies from the exorcist. we have a nice x of sci—fi fantasy. come this way and we will show you more stuff. this is a whole of superheroes. we have batman, superman, spider—man, global cop. that is christian bale's costume from the dark night. and he is sitting next to heath ledger. laughter very effective! where
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did you get this stuff from? i have been collecting for 60 years. i started collecting as a kid. i was shocked at the fracture the guys were throwing in the trash. i did take something out of the trash and started this collection and it has been longer than half a century. i have had so much fun doing it. a lot of original gremlins, these are gremlins that one an academy award. and this is my favourite piece, from the wizard of oz, the wicked witch. more dinosaurs over here. that sneezes on the girl on the tree injurassic park. girl on the tree in jurassic park. . . girl on the tree in jurassic park. .. ., �* park. reg, can i... idon't want to —
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park. reg, can i... idon't want to interrupt - park. reg, can i... idon't want to interrupt the - park. reg, can i... idon't| want to interrupt the show park. reg, can i... i don't- want to interrupt the show but are you going to act as a guide as well in this? it are you going to act as a guide as well in this?— as well in this? it is up and running — as well in this? it is up and running in _ as well in this? it is up and running in hollywood. - as well in this? it is up and - running in hollywood. basically this is a pop—up that we did so we can be open for halloween season and holiday season. we're going to have a science—fiction fantasy and horror hall of fame for all the fans of these movies and this will be headquarters for people that like that kind of stuff. these movies have never gone out of supper no—one has ever paid tribute to them. it is going to be very much like the rock �*n' roll hall of fame. we rock 'n' roll hall of fame. we 'oined rock 'n' roll hall of fame. we joined at _ rock 'n' roll hall of fame. we joined at the _ rock 'n' roll hall of fame. we joined at the right time because we are on the verge of halloween which is just a gift for you? halloween which is 'ust a gift for ou? ., ., , . for you? halloween is huge. we have plans _ for you? halloween is huge. we have plans of— for you? halloween is huge. we have plans of people _ for you? halloween is huge. we have plans of people scaring - have plans of people scaring people here. we usually get around 8000 people coming by my house. i spent my whole career
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in comedy but my hobby has been the polarity of that, the scary stuff. �* , ., stuff. best of luck with your gathering- _ stuff. best of luck with your gathering. i'm _ stuff. best of luck with your gathering. i'm sure - stuff. best of luck with your gathering. i'm sure that - stuff. best of luck with your| gathering. i'm sure that will be much more coming in. thank you very much. be much more coming in. thank you very much-— you very much. thank you, i have loved _ you very much. thank you, i have loved being _ you very much. thank you, i have loved being with - you very much. thank you, i have loved being with you. | have loved being with you. recapping on a main story, the senate committee in brazil voted to recommend that presidentjair bolsonaro face president jair bolsonaro face charges presidentjair bolsonaro face charges over his handling of the covid pandemic. seven of the covid pandemic. seven of the 11 members back the report calling for nine charges to be filed againstjair calling for nine charges to be filed against jair bolsonaro, including crimes against humanity. the report accuses the president of misusing public funds and peddling fake news with the findings to be sent to the prosecutor general on wednesday. jair bolsonaro maintains he is guilty of nothing. more than 600,000 people in brazil are now confirmed to have died from covid—19, second only to the
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covid—19, second only to the covid death toll in the united states and this vote is the end of a six—month enquiry. no guarantee that criminal charges will be filed. hello there. it is going to stay very mild over the next few days. but there is more rain in the forecast, and the rain is moving southwards at the moment. so, the wetter weather in the next few days more likely to be in the southern uplands of scotland, cumbria in northwest england, and by thursday, for western parts of wales, and some flooding is likely as well. the main focus of the rain is on the weather front there, and ahead it, we are drawing up the winds all the way from the tropics over the azores and into the uk, which is why it is so unusually mild. in northern ireland on tuesday, temperatures reach 17 celsius ahead of the rain. it is normally around 11 or 12 celsius at best at this time of the year. these are the temperatures we're starting with on wednesday morning — a very mild 15 or 16 celsius. but this is where the rain is, and it's not going to shift position through much
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of the day. we've got the rain threatening to come back into eastern parts of northern ireland up towards the central belt of scotland. most of the rain in southern scotland, northwest england, especially cumbria and into northwest wales. north of that rain band, some sunshine, a few sharp showers. south of the rain band, like tuesday, a lot of cloud around, a bit of sunshine from time to time, those temperatures could be even higher around 18 celsius. but that rain is going to be continuing throughout the day across southern scotland, northwest england. by the end of the day, 90mm possible in the southern uplands, maybe double that over the high ground in cumbria, which is why we are going to see some impact, and that wet weather continues overnight as well. that stream of warm wet weather coming in on that weather front, the position of that rain will fluctuate a little bit. we may start to see a few changes on thursday. scotland and northern ireland brightening up a bit more with some showers. these could be quite heavy, mind you. still got that ran across parts of southern scotland, northern england, wales, and the southwest of england this time. but ahead through the midlands, east anglia, the southeast,
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it's still dry and bright, and those temperatures hitting 17 celsius. but the wetter weather continues overnight, those weather fronts are still in the scene, perhaps forming an area of low pressure. now, i think the details may change as we head into friday, getting rather more messy. looks on the whole like it's going to be a day of sunshine or longer spells of rain. it may start to brighten up across more of the country, western areas turning a bit drier. but some of that rain pushing into the eastern side of england this time, and temperatures won't be quite as high. they will begin to fall away from the northwest.
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this is bbc news,
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the headlines: a brazilian senate inquiry has given final approval to a report recommending presidentjair bolsonaro faces a series of criminal indictments over his handling of the world's second highest covid death toll, and the misuse of public funds. the vote, by the 11—member committee, passed 7 to 4. the queen will not attend the cop26 climate change summit in glasgow next week following medical advice to rest. buckingham palace said she "regretfully" agreed not to host a major reception for world leaders but would deliver her address to delegates in a pre—recorded video message instead. the united states has revoked china telecom s licence to operate in the country, citing "national security" concerns over beijing's ownership and control of the company. here in the uk, the chancellor rishi sunak will

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