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welcome to bbc news — i'm david eades. our top stories: tokyo condemns north korea for firing another ballistic missile overjapan — authorities warn people to evacuate buildings and take shelter. the uk chancellor tries to shore up his government's economic credibility after an embarrasing u—turn on a key budget policy. i know the plan put forward only 10 days ago has caused a little turbulence. i get it, i get it. we are listening and have listened. indonesia sacks a police chief after one of the world's worst football stadium disasters.
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125 people died in the crush. donald trump sues cnn for defamation and damages, claiming the network carried out a campaign of libel and slander against him. and reality tv star kim kardashian is being fined more than $1 million for illegally promoting cryptocurrency on instagram without revealing that she was being paid for it. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. for the first time in five years, north korea has launched a missile overjapan, sparking anger in tokyo. the launch is the fifth in recent days by north korea — defying a un security council resolution ban on missile launches. the rocket came down in the pacific ocean and there are no reports of damage.
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joseph cirincione is an expert in north korean affairs and hejoins me now from washington. thank you for your time. let's start on the trajectory of this missile, straight overjapan, missile, straight over japan, however missile, straight overjapan, however high, still overjapan, assig forget is that? however high, still overjapan, assig forget is that?— assig forget is that? well, this is the _ assig forget is that? well, this is the first _ assig forget is that? well, this is the first time - assig forget is that? well, | this is the first time they've tested overflight a missile thatis tested overflight a missile that is gone overjapan since 2017, so it is significant, it is a diplomatic affront to japan, it is a sign that north korea is taking off some of its clubs. they've been doing tests that either go around japan or go that either go around japan or 9° up that either go around japan or go up and down so they are clearly saying, we don't care anymore, we are making a statement here with this test. i mean obviously, disquiet in japan. south korea's resident has also warned of what was
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described as a resolute response from the region. —— president. what is likely to be the response? where does this go and what is the benefit in north korea pushing, sort of poking the bear, as it were? right, there are three things you can do, and one of them is the diplomatic statements you here. we condemn it, maybe there is another resolution at united nations security council. it goes so far. north korea has heard them before, it won't have much effect. secondly, sanctions but north korea is already one of the most heavily sanctioned countries on earth so that is unlikely. and the third is talking. 0ne unlikely. and the third is talking. one of the things north korea may be signalling with this is that it's time to get back into serious discussions, meaning with the united states and north korea, the last time we had any such talks was about three years ago when president trump was still in office. there has basically been radio silence since the two countries since.- two countries since. how realistic _ two countries since. how realistic is _ two countries since. how realistic is that _
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two countries since. how. realistic is that proposition? we have recently had kamala harris in the region, without military draws from south korea, the us. they can also be seen as a provocation from north korea's respective? yes, there are _ north korea's respective? yes, there are balanced _ north korea's respective? yes there are balanced publications going on here. they objected to the restoration of south korea/ us drills, we had navy exercises involving a nuclear powered carrier off the coast of north korea now. you have a new conservative government in south korea that is ending the sort of sunshine policy of the previous government. you have stronger rhetoric coming from japan. basically north korea is pushing back against all this. this is not its first missile test of the year, there have been a couple of dozen already. this is in the first test of this particular missal, we think it is a missile that goes
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about 4000 kilometres, it's travel that far in this test. it's the first time they've done it in recent years over japan again. so they are making a statement, they don't need to test this missile again, they are using it to send a signal to its neighbours and the united states.— to its neighbours and the united states. but does this, in fact, united states. but does this, in fact. has — united states. but does this, in fact, has this _ united states. but does this, in fact, has this year - united states. but does this, in fact, has this year of - in fact, has this year of missile launches taken north korea any closer to that irreversible nuclear statement —— nuclear stated clearly wants to be. -- nuclear stated clearly wants to be. , . . ., to be. oh, it is a nuclear state- — to be. oh, it is a nuclear state. they _ to be. oh, it is a nuclear state. they have - to be. oh, it is a nuclear state. they have the - to be. oh, it is a nuclear- state. they have the capability right now to hit the united states with hydrogen bonds, quite large weapons that could detonate and destroy american cities. they haven't tested the long—range icbm as much as a normal state would want to, they haven't done a complete end to end test. i think this irb, intermediate range ballistic missile test that we saw today, is a prelude to further tests. that is part of what they are signalling, but
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they will go further, this is not a 1—shot deal, we are building up to perhaps a nuclear weapons test and you see signs they might be preparing one, and underground nuclear blast or a long—range intercontinental ballistic missile overflying japan again and smack down somewhere in the middle of the pacific.— middle of the pacific. clearly a lot more — middle of the pacific. clearly a lot more to _ middle of the pacific. clearly a lot more to keep _ middle of the pacific. clearly a lot more to keep a - middle of the pacific. clearly a lot more to keep a very - middle of the pacific. clearly i a lot more to keep a very close focus on. thank you very much indeed. let's get some of the day's other news. ukrainian troops have broken through russian positions near kherson, a strategic city in a part of southern ukraine annexed by moscow last week. the advance was reported by the russian military who say there is heavy russian defensive fire. ukraine's president zelenskyy says there are newly liberated settlements in several regions. president biden has promised the people of puerto rico that they'll get every dollar promised to them as the caribbean island recovers from the battering it suffered when hurricane fiona struck two weeks ago. it's thought at least 25 people died in the storm, this which caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage.
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the brazilian leader, jair bolsonaro, has said the outcome of the presidential run—off vote at the end of october will shape the country's identity and values. after a stronger than predicted performance in the first round of the presidential election on sunday, he accused the media and pollsters of spreading lies against him. the australian tennis star nick kyrgios has asked to have an assault charge dismissed because of what his lawyer called his mental health struggles. the wimbledon finalist is accused of assaulting a former partner last year. kyrgios's lawyer told a court hearing in canberra that he'd made the application having reviewed his client's medical history. the queen of denmark has apologised after stripping four of her grandchildren of their royal titles, but has not reversed the decision. queen margrethe ii said she wanted to ensure the monarchy was "keeping with the times" but that she had underestimated her
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family's reaction. the bbc understands that kwasi kwarteng, the uk's chancellor of the exchequer will bring forward the details of his plan to cut the country's debt, after he was criticised for saying he'd wait until the end of november. he's now expected to release the details, along with official forecasts for the economy, later this month. the move comes shortly after mr kwarteng reversed the widely criticised decision to give a tax cut to the top earners in england, wales and northern ireland. a decision which had the full support of the prime minister, liz truss. ikei ike i can be frank. i know the lan ike i can be frank. i know the plan put _ ike i can be frank. i know the plan put forward _ ike i can be frank. i know the plan put forward only - ike i can be frank. i know the plan put forward only ten - ike i can be frank. i know the l plan put forward only ten days ago is caused a little turbulence. i get it. i get it. we are listening and have listened and now i want to focus on delivering the major parts of our growth package because with energy bills
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skyrocketing, a painful covid aftermath, war on our continent, a 70— year high tax burden, slowing global growth rates and gleefully slow infrastructure delivery, we couldn't simply do nothing. we can't sit idly by. what it needs more than ever is economic growth. in the government wholly committed to economic growth. 18 police officers in indonesia, one of them the local police chief, have been placed under investigation after 125 people were killed at a football match at the weekend. panicked spectators tried to flee the overcrowded stadium in east java when police fired tear gas to disperse fans who had poured onto the pitch. that led to a stampede. officials are trying to determine what caused one of the world's deadliest stadium disasters, and who was to blame. laura bicker reports from java.
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fans once flocked here to show their love of football. now this stadium has become a focal point of grief. there's also mounting anger towards a police force many feel played a role in this disaster. this woman made it out of the stadium. she was shocked to see bodies scattered in the streets. "why did they fire tear gas into the stands, because there was a lot of women and children, and the gates were locked," she said. "they couldn't get out." small groups of fans ran onto the pitch after the final whistle on saturday. police fired tear gas. they said it was used to avoid anarchy. those in the stands rushed to leave but in the chaos the result was a deadly crush. the key focus of the investigation will be on the police use of tear gas, which fifa has banned. analysts say it's banned for a reason — because tear gas
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is used to disperse crowds, but fans tell us that some of the gates were locked, so where were they going to disperse the crowds to? 19—year—old mohammed hafis wasn't supposed to be at the match on saturday. he got an extra ticket with his girlfriend. this neighbourhood now mourn both young lives. and mohammed's father has lost his only child. translation: i was shown my son's dead body. - i stood back. i didn't want to see him. it's too much. my hope forfootball in indonesia, enough. this is the last. no more football in indonesia. football violence has long been a problem in this country. matches are suspended while the investigation continues. it could be that this huge loss of life may finally bring some changes. laura bicker, bbc news, malang.
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donald trump is suing the broadcaster cnn for defamation in a federal court in florida. the former us president is seeking 475 million dollars in punitive damages. live now to our north america correspondent, david willis, who's been following that story. there is no love lost between these two entities, david. what is the scale of the allegations, then? is the scale of the alleuations, then? ., , allegations, then? donald trump is used the _ allegations, then? donald trump is used the phrase _ allegations, then? donald trump is used the phrase fake - allegations, then? donald trump is used the phrase fake news - allegations, then? donald trump is used the phrase fake news in l is used the phrase fake news in regard to all sorts of different media organisations here in the us but perhaps none more so than cnn which, together with the new york times, had become his fumio kishida —— bete noire, if you like, of media organisations. the 29- like, of media organisations. the 29— page lawsuit in the home state of orator which
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accuses cnn of attempting to undermine his political ambitions. —— florida. and increasing its attacks in recent months as speculation has grown that donald trump might run for office once again but in particular, this lawsuit draws attention to parallels which it says cnn presenters and reporters have drawn between the former president and adolf hitler, in particular, its use of the phrase "the big lie", which is the phrase cnn presenters have taken to using to address donald trump's claims that there was fraud on the 2020 election. the phrase was also used by adolf hitler to invoke violence against the jews. used by adolf hitler to invoke violence against thejews. he is seeking $75,000 in compensation and $470 million in punitive damage —— 400 and
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will file similar lawsuits against other organisations in the weeks and months ahead. he's had mixed results in the past, he sued the new york times and the washington post a couple of years ago after those newspapers suggested he had some involvement in rushing attempt to undermine the result of the 2020 election. 0ne attempt to undermine the result of the 2020 election. one of those lawsuits was thrown out, another is still pending and of course, he lost a lawsuit against twitter after it threw him off its social media platform. he threatened to sue cnn three years ago but never followed through and at the time, cnn described it as a pr stunt while it is yet to comment on this latest lawsuit. and he's done at this time, hasn't he? stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we're on the red carpet in london for the premiere of the film "the woman king".
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this was a celebration by people who were relishing their freedom. they believe everything's going to be different from now on, they think their country will be respected in the world once more, as it used to be, before slobodan milosevic took power. the dalai lama, the exiled spiritual leader of tibet, has won this year's nobel peace prize. as the parade was reaching its climax, two grenades exploded and a group of soldiersjumped from a military truck taking part in the parade and run towards the president, firing from kalashnikov automatic rifles. after 437 years, the skeletal ribs of henry viii's tragic warship emerged. but even as divers worked to buoy her up, the mary rose went through another heart—stopping drama. i want to be the people's governor. i want to represent everybody. i believe in the people of california. cheering and applause
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this is bbc news, the latest headlines: tokyo has condemned north korea for firing another ballistic missile overjapan, authorities warned people to evacuate buildings and take shelter. the uk chancellor has tried to shore up his government's economic credibility after an embarrasing u—turn on a key budget policy. president biden on monday said the united states would place "further costs" on iran for its violent crackdown against nationwide protests sparked by the death of mahsa amini. the 22—year—old was pronounced dead on september 16, days after the �*morality police' detained her for allegedly
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breaching hijab rules. iran's supreme leader ayatollah khamenei had accused the us and israel of being responsible for the protests. let's hear what he said: translation: i say clearly that these riots _ translation: i say clearly that these riots and _ translation: i say clearly that these riots and insecurities - these riots and insecurities were designed by america and a usurping regime. they have sat down and planned this and those who take their salaries, some big traitorous iranians abroad, have helped them. for more on this, let's speak to saeid golkar, iranian policy expert at the chicago council on global affairs. he joins us from tennessee. thanks very much for your time stopping just wonder what you make first of all of the ayatollah's remarks. after each round of the — ayatollah's remarks. after each round of the protests _ ayatollah's remarks. after each round of the protests ayatollah | round of the protests ayatollah khamenei's is blaming the enemies, one of the most
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important concepts of his political ideology and his calling a lot of countries and groups that they are plotting and implementing the protests in iran and asking for the security forces to suppress brutally the protests, exactly the same pattern we saw today when a hotel company talked, he just mentioned that one girl has been killed, has passed away, didn't even mention mahsa amini or that she was killed by the police but then continue to talk about how it was a plot and how other countries are in on it to undermine the islamic republic. 50 on it to undermine the islamic reublic. . _, j, republic. so all the country's enemies being _ republic. so all the country's enemies being lined - republic. so all the country's enemies being lined up - republic. so all the country's enemies being lined up as i enemies being lined up as responsible for this copy is it in any way likely to change, nonetheless, the approach towards these protests? i think the suppression _
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towards these protests? i think the suppression of _ towards these protests? i think the suppression of the - towards these protests? i think the suppression of the protestsj the suppression of the protests will get votes, every time that he is coming and talking with his social bases, the day after that we will see more brutal suppression and this is after the third week that ayatollah khameni finally decided to come and talk so my prediction is that right now we have about 135 people have been killed, identified, the number would be much higher but predicted from tomorrow we will see a new wave of the more brutal suppression of the more brutal suppression of the more brutal suppression of the intellectual, activists, women, etc. of the intellectual, activists, women. ete— of the intellectual, activists, women, etc. and what we have seen so far— women, etc. and what we have seen so far as _ women, etc. and what we have seen so far as a _ women, etc. and what we have seen so far as a continuation i seen so far as a continuation of the protests, growing of the protests or some parts of the country as well. how long can that be sustained though, realistically, in the light of the sort of suppressive approach that you are talking about? to approach that you are talking about? ., , ., , , ., about? to be honest there is no clear answer _
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about? to be honest there is no clear answer for _ about? to be honest there is no clear answer for that, _ about? to be honest there is no clear answer for that, but - about? to be honest there is no clear answer for that, but this . clear answer for that, but this round of the protests had spread throughout the country, it continued for three weeks. today high school students actually joined today high school students actuallyjoined the protests, we never saw this before. this protest because the social composition of protesters are usually female younger generation and it is very has been able to attract more attention around the iranians diaspora, for the first time in 42 years we are seeing an interesting solidarity between the iranians diaspora so really don't think even if ayatollah khamenei ordered the brutal suppression keep going on, the protesters are not going anywhere stopping all of these social grievances, all of this resentment, all of this disappointment is in iranians societies. ayatollah khamenei talks about the enemies but we
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know that after 43 years living under the islamic republic or demanding the change of the regime so as long as these grievant is are there, the protests will continue, no matter even if ayatollah khamenei orderfor the more khamenei order for the more brutal suppression. khamenei orderfor the more brutal suppression. irate khamenei order for the more brutal suppression.— khamenei order for the more brutal suppression. we will see how it does _ brutal suppression. we will see how it does continue. _ brutal suppression. we will see how it does continue. thank- how it does continue. thank you. now — to london's leicester square and a film premiere with an impressive, mainly female cast. we must fight back for our people. viola davis and john boyega star in the woman king, about a group of female african warriors. she spoke to luxmy ghopal about what the fim means to her. it's one of those perfect moments where a role meets a movie meets a narrative, a personal narrative, meets great actors, meets a great location, it's all of it.
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this film features an all—women army, a predominantly black women cast, how much does that mean to you? it means everything. six—year—old viola would have been saved with watching these images back in 1971. six—year—old viola wasn't seen, she was invisible invisibility made her feel like she was meaning less and this film i think will influence a whole generation of young girls. and if we look at the black lives matter movement and if we look at the fact that here we are in black history month, do you you feel optimistic about representation of people of colour, women of colour? i have to feel optimistic because i am a person of colour. either i fight or i die, so i have to feel optimistic because i am not going anywhere. i am always going to be in the fight — the one thing i know
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that i know that i know is that i am a survivor so even without hashtags and black lives matter, and #oscarssowhite or whatever, i know at the end of the day i'm viola andi am going to be standing like an oak tree. kim kardashian, has been fined more than a million dollars by financial regulators in the united states. they said she'd promoted a cryptocurrency on her instagram account without disclosing that she was getting paid for it. let's get more from our reporter, stephanie prentice. it isa it is a big fine, just took us through what she has done here. it's worth remembering kim kardashian sits at the very top of the tree when it comes to social media clout. she's got 330 million followers and of course she comes from a family that arejust course she comes from a family that are just as influential, they all have that many people on their social media stopping his room as they get paid as a family around a quarter of $1 million per instagram post on their grid. million per instagram post on theirgrid. in million per instagram post on their grid. in this instance, eight us financial government agency has cracked down on her
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because of a paid post which she didn't declare as to be an advert. it was for a crypto currency called ethereum max, and the wording she used was this is not financial advice butjust this is not financial advice but just sharing what this is not financial advice butjust sharing what my friends tell me about the ethereum max token. whale social media is still slightly seen as the wild west in terms of people declaring what's paid for, what is real, what's free, what's been given to an influencer, the rules to state that advert should be clearly signposted, in this case it absolutely wasn't so kim kardashian has to pay back that $250,000 with interest and of course pay at $1.2 million fine. �* ., , ., course pay at $1.2 million fine. �* ., a, ., fine. and as for the crypto deal as it _ fine. and as for the crypto deal as it were, _ fine. and as for the crypto deal as it were, there - fine. and as for the crypto deal as it were, there are | deal as it were, there are risks involved clearly as well. it's worth stating, you or i if we were so inclined, set up the currency. it's an industry that is regulated particular well. what has actually been accused
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towards him and the creators is what is called a pump and dump scheme. people create a piece of currency and inflated value artificially with this kind of influence marketing, so smoke and mirrors you could call it. it is worth saying back in january kim kardashian and the creators were sued and that is by people who had invested and they said they had lost quite a significant amount of money, they said they had been misled. kim kardashian to deny that, the creators also denied it too terms ofjust on this, ethereum max as a piece of currency has lost 95% of its value since june 2021 when kim first promoted it.— promoted it. tells you something, _ promoted it. tells you something, doesn't it| promoted it. tells you - something, doesn't it make thank you very much indeed for that. one of the story able you, one of the largest collections of prehistoric animal tracks on earth has been discovered in uk. the prince found in mud beds in north—west england show how the area was once home to animals like red deer, wild
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bore and wolves before sea levels rose and covered the terrain, that is quite a find, isn't it? more of that on their website. you are watching bbc news. hello there. according to data released by the met office on monday, across england and wales in september, we saw a first month of above average rainfall since february. this is the average line — notice how significantly low it was at times during the summer. problem is, to sort the drought issues out, we need more of what we had in september. and whilst we'll see some rain certainly across northern and western areas over the next few days, the south and east, not what we need — largely dry for one or two. heaviest of the rain is across those western areas, and by the end of wednesday we could see 30—80 millimetres of rain. by the end of the week, some parts of western scotland maybe as much as 200 millimetres. and that's because a supercharged
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jet stream will push in weather fronts like they do on tuesday, and that'll drop a lot of rainfall across those western areas. and starting tuesday, wet across parts of western scotland, northern ireland, but very mild here, 14—15 celsius. fresher to the south and east, but not as cool as it was on monday morning. some southern and eastern areas will stay dry throughout the day, particularly east anglia, the southeast, and the channel islands. brightening up through scotland and parts of northern ireland as we go through tuesday. but southern scotland, maybe northern ireland, and certainly to northern england, we'll see outbreaks of rain develop — same too across north and west of wales, some of which will be on the heavy side. top until the country drier, but for all with winds — quite blustery in the morning, easing a bit into the afternoon coming in from the south, south west, it will be a mild one. and a mild night will follow the wind strengthening, touching gale force later across the west with more in the way of heavy and persistent rain developing. scotland, northwest, england, wales again, probably likely to see that, but notice what a warm start it will be to wednesday morning, a warm and windy one gales in places. and this is a developing area of low pressure. now, if the development takes place after it leaves the uk, that's where we'll see the strongest the winds out into the north sea.
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but if it happens earlier, bear in mind winds, could be stronger. the cloud and more persistent rain for many will be during the morning, lingering longest into the afternoon, east anglia and the southeast. but most places on wednesday will brighten up to sunshine and blustery showers, some of those heavy and thundery. these are the average wind speeds — we could see gale force winds quite widely, particularly for parts of england and wales, even 50—60 mph gusts possible in the west. we'll keep you updated — all depends on how that low pressure develops. turning fresh into the north and west later on in the day after a very mild start, and that leaves us with a fresher end to the week, thursday and friday. very blustery, though, with frequent showers in the north and the west. bye for now. cheering and applause
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this is bbc news, the headlines: tokyo condemns north korea for firing another ballistic missile, this time overjapan. authorities warn people to evacuate buildings and take shelter. japanese early warning systems were set off. the rocket eventually came down in the pacific ocean. the uk chancellor has tried to shore up his government's credibility following a u—turn on a major economic policy. kwasi kwarteng is now expected to bring forward publication of his medium term fiscal plan from 23rd november to this month.
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