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this is bbc news. our top stories: criticism from seoul and washington, as north korea fires another two ballistic missiles — landing in the sea ofjapan. we return to somalia, for a second report on the people displaced by war and the worst drought in four decades. the decision by 0pec+ to cut oil production is described as short—sighted after oil prices are pushed to a three—week high. president biden travels to florida's gulf coast to assess the damage caused by hurricane ian. and we meet the british woman, who after 30 years in hollywood, is one of the most powerful figures in the world of entertainment.
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the globe. within the past few hours, japan's coast guard and the south korean news agency yonhap have both said that north korea has fired two ballistic missiles off its east coast, which appear to have landed in the sea outside japan's exclusive economic zone. this comes just after the united nations security council held an emergency meeting to discuss north korea's test firing of another ballistic missile overjapan on tuesday. that missile travelled 4,600 kilometres before falling into the pacific ocean. it was north korea's first missile launch overjapan since 2017. the us ambassador to the united nations has accused china and russia of enabling north korea. the dprk has enjoyed
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blanket protection from two members of this council. these two members have gone out of their way to justify the dprk's repeated provocations and block every attempt to update the sanctions regime. in short, two permanent members of the security council have enabled kim jong—un. japan's ambassador to the un condemned what he described as a clear escalation from north korea. they pose a grave and imminent threat to the peace and security of not only japan, but also the region and beyond. in short, they challenge the very authority of this council. mr president, among these launches, the latest one was especially significant. it flew over the japan and impacted in the pacific ocean for the first time since 2017. i assume we can all imagine how terrifying it must be to see
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a missile flying overhead. this is absolutely unacceptable, and japan condemns it in the strongest possible terms. 0ur correspondent, suranjana tewari has been following the story and shejoins me now. what more do we know about this missile test?— missile test? there is a real tit-for-tat _ missile test? there is a real tit-for-tat going _ missile test? there is a real tit-for-tat going on - missile test? there is a real tit-for-tat going on in - missile test? there is a real tit-for-tat going on in this l tit—for—tat going on in this region, what we do know about this latest missile, these two missiles fired is that they are short range ballistic styles and that they went into the sea, in the direction ofjapan, but fell short ofjapan, sea, in the direction ofjapan, but fell short of japan, we sea, in the direction ofjapan, but fell short ofjapan, we are talking about altitudes of 100 kilometres and a range of 350 kilometres, that was the first missile, the second one went 50 kilometres covering the
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distance of 800 kilometres, according to south korea's defence minister, the significance is it is the six missile to be fired in the last 12 days, and the first since north korea fired an intermediate range missile, overjapan on tuesday. there is an element. — overjapan on tuesday. there is an element, so _ overjapan on tuesday. there is an element, so many— overjapan on tuesday. there is i an element, so many short-range an element, so many short—range missiles fired by the north, is almost not newsworthy, in the same respect so many have been fired by the northern recent days it is newsworthy, why are we seeing so many at the moment?— we seeing so many at the moment? ~ . , , ., moment? well, as i said is a tit-for-tat, _ moment? well, as i said is a tit-for-tat, so _ moment? well, as i said is a tit-for-tat, so in _ moment? well, as i said is a tit-for-tat, so in response i moment? well, as i said is aj tit-for-tat, so in response to tit—for—tat, so in response to earlier missiles, the us and allies stacked up displays of military force in the region, the south koreans and us held joint missile drills, and that is something north korea is not happy about and they see these latest missiles today are in
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response to those joint drills, they also called an emergency un security council meeting after the tuesday lunch, another thing the north koreans say they are unhappy about. now the us has said there is no equivalency between band missile test fired security drills,, between these missiles and their security drills, but north korea sees these exercises as proof that their enemies are preparing for an attack. �* , , , attack. briefly despite anything _ attack. briefly despite anything the - attack. briefly despite - anything the international security tries to do the north won't stop doing what it wants to do? ., �* , won't stop doing what it wants to do? . �* , ., to do? that's right and analysts _ to do? that's right and analysts are _ to do? that's right and analysts are saying - to do? that's right and| analysts are saying this to do? that's right and i analysts are saying this is building up to something else, it is widely expected that north korea will perform another nuclear test, the first since 2017, in the last time they did perform a nuclear test, it was a flurry of
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missiles, much like what we see at the moment. analysts expected that nuclear test does happen it will happen between the chinese communist party congress, which is happening later this month, and the us mid—term elections, in november. let's turn to somalia now, where aid agencies and local officials are warning of a looming catastrophe, with hundreds of thousands of people in the country threatened by starvation after the worst drought in a0 years. somalia is in the horn of africa, and has a long history of droughts. but a succession of them, turbo—charged by climate change, has driven many people from their homes. those that remain are cut off from potential help by a long—running islamist insurgency. al—shabab militants, who control parts of the country seen here in black, restrict the delivery ofaid. and it's in these areas where more than half of the people affected by the current drought live. you can see on this map —
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a hunger crisis at its worst is looming. 0ur africa correspondent andrew harding travelled by air to baidoa — it's the only way to enter the city because of the threat from militants. he sent this special report. the parched plains of southern somalia, and the heart of what could soon be declared a famine. we've come to the dusty city of baidoa, in a region plagued for years by conflict, and now, by the worst drought in four decades. child cries in the main hospital, severely malnourished children in every bed. some fighting for breath. this crisis has been years in the making, and yet it feels like a distracted world has been caught off guard. we need more supplies. we need more actors on the ground and people moving around to provide support to the population.
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0r localised famine will turn into something much bigger? definitely. 0n the outskirts of baidoa, hundreds of thousands of people have already gathered in search of food. 50—year—old habiba is building a shelterfor herfamily. "there's nothing left on our farm," she says. "there's no reason to go back there." climate change is to blame for much of this, but there are other factors. as you can't fail to notice, most of the adults here and around these camps are women. and that's because of somalia's conflict, which has ground on for three decades or so in one form or another. and, indeed, the front lines, such as they are, are about four kilometres away from where we are now. gunfire this footage shows somali government forces
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advancing further north, seizing territory from a formidable islamist militant group, al—shabaab. but in much of the countryside, communities remain trapped by the conflict, unable to receive aid. two—year—old naima has made it to safety in baidoa and is finally getting help. but her mother, too afraid to reveal her identity, told us that her relatives at home had just called to say they were now in hiding after more fighting broke out in their village. and so, a fragile nation grapples with climate change and drought, against a backdrop of unending conflict. andrew harding, bbc news, baidoa, somalia. earlier, i spoke to joe english — unicef emergency communication specialist. iasked him how dangerous the current situation is to the well—being of people in somalia.
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it's a perfect storm. as andrew's report said families are facing notjust an absolutely critical nutrition crisis but a devastating drought, the worst in a0 years that has hit most of the country. and over a million people now have been forced to flee and families have nothing, parents struggle to put food on the table for their children. and then you have an unrelenting violence that creates an eternal sense of people not knowing where to turn, not knowing where to go. i have been in some of these nutrition centres and what strikes you is the silence. you expect to go in and hear babies cry and have stuff going on but the children are so weak that they cannot summon the strength to cry out in pain and so, you know, we do what we can
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to reach children and families across the country but clearly what needs to be done is that we need more support and more humanitarian funding otherwise we will see thousands if not tens of thousands of children die. in the face of the worst drought in a0 years, three decades of violence, 90% of the country grouped by terrible weather conditions that have seen four failed rainy seasons, what is the prospect of fighting back against that and of making tangible changes and improvement to these people's lives. how much can you do? the good news is that unicef knows what to do when we talk about severely acutely malnourished children, children who are wasting away and are on the verge of starvation. but there is a simple tool to keep them alive and help them which is therapeutic food. if we can get in with this, effectively it is a high—energy peanut paste and if we can get in and give these children this course of help than they recover.
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day by day, children get stronger and are able to focus. a child who may have been in that silent catatonic state and lock eyes with you and hold onto yourfinger. so we need to be able to do more of this and scale up not only the early identification of children at risk but the treatment. it is notjust somalia, it is across the horn of africa, it is west africa as well facing a similar set of circumstances. as i say, we know what to do and we just need the support and the funding from government and from the public. briefly, are you getting enough support? i think we could always do with more support. we have such a huge level of need but there also needs to be long—term action. so that this does not keep on happening. we need to empower families and children, increase the resilience so that the next time a drought comes because they will come, they are able to survive. thank you for your time. the us has criticised
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the decision of 0pec+, which includes major oil producers such as russia and saudi arabia, to cut production. president biden called it short—sighted. the move immediately pushed up oil prices to three—week highs. earlier, i spoke ian nieboer who is managing director of global energy analytics company enverus. i said the 200,000 barrel cut is a big figure, butjust how significant is it? it is definitely a nice, big headline but the reality is, it's probably much less. we're talking about half that. we are seeing a drop in targets and quotas but probably close to a million barrels a day. not quite as big as that headline would suggest. from a consumer perspective, what does this mean? what will the trickle—down impact be? i think directly, by doing it on the market, it provides a bit of a thrill for oil
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prices and the second thing is it's a willingness and demonstration, a willingness to defend a price level close to here or even higher. if you are looking into the future, that may be a bit further up than some people might be hoping. why are we seeing this action from 0pec? i think a couple of things, firstly, clearly some uncertainty on the horizon about the global economy, you hear that all over the place, and that is a nice cover story from their perspective, to try and get ahead that. it's also a political game at play here, a real solidarity we are seeing out of 0pec and 0pec+ includes russia so in the us in particular, people are being pretty vocal about their desire to stay in the market, they chose to send a strong signal back. and in this case, cut down.
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by by one or 2 million barrels. i guess for example, the americans surely would have hoped saudi arabia would for example have sided with the west to maintain production. what does it tell us about the strength of that relationship? i mean, i think it points to a challenge that we've seen over the last couple of years, and one that is probably becoming more challenging and at this point in time, it's much more convenient and fortuitous for some of those major actors, so there is a geopolitical game we are seeing all over the world, and showing up there. i will get you to get your crystal ball out. where do you see this going in the future? i think we see some pretty major headlines from an economic perspective today and that continues, especially if there is a willingness to defend price levels at this level. the more energy prices fall, the more economic weakness and that provides a bit of a cushion. if you want to see oil prices sustained in the $80, $90, $100 range, that might not come, so more uncertainty and more pressure on energy.
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stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the hollywood actor alec baldwin reaches a settlement with the family of a woman who was shot dead with a prop gun on a film set. 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 soldiers - jumped from a military truck taking part in the parade, and ran towards the president, firing from — kalashnikov automatic rifles. after a37 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
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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 this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: there's criticism from seoul and washington, as north korea fires another two ballistic missiles which land in the sea ofjapan. aid agencies in somalia warn of a looming catastrophe, with hundreds of thousands of people in the country threatened by starvation after the worst drought in a0 years. last week the state of florida was hit by one of the most destructive storms it's ever faced. more than 100 people died and thousands of homes and businesses are
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still without power. tom brada reports. fierce political rivals putting on a rare show of unity. presidentjoe biden and florida's republican governor ron desantis stood shoulder to shoulder, front as florida looked to rebuild from the hurricane that pummelled the state. ~ . ., , hurricane that pummelled the state. . ., , ., ., state. we are the only nation that comes — state. we are the only nation that comes out _ state. we are the only nation that comes out of _ state. we are the only nation that comes out of it - state. we are the only nation that comes out of it better i that comes out of it better than we went into it. and that's what we're going to do this time round of it —— around, the amount of a better, because this is the united states of america. president biden and — states of america. president biden and governor- states of america. president i biden and governor dissenters sit at opposite ends of the political spectrum. mr dissenters is an outspoken supporter of former president donald trump is also being touted as a likely presidential contender himself in 202a. but during this latest visit they largely set the differences aside. ~ . . ., aside. we are cutting through the red tape _ aside. we are cutting through the red tape and _ aside. we are cutting through the red tape and that - aside. we are cutting through the red tape and that is - aside. we are cutting through the red tape and that is from | the red tape and that is from local government, state
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government, all the way up to the president, so we appreciate the president, so we appreciate the team effort. jae the president, so we appreciate the team effort.— the team effort. joe biden police federal _ the team effort. joe biden police federal support - the team effort. joe biden police federal support for| the team effort. joe biden| police federal support for a recovery effort that could cost billions of dollars. == recovery effort that could cost billions of dollars.— billions of dollars. -- pledged everything — billions of dollars. -- pledged everything is _ billions of dollars. -- pledged everything is an _ billions of dollars. -- pledged everything is an historic, - everything is an historic, titanic, and unimaginable storm ripped to pieces. we have got to start from scratch and move again, it is going to take a lot, a lot of time, not weeks or months, it is going to take years for everything to get squared away. it years for everything to get squared away.— years for everything to get squared away. years for everything to get su uared awa . ., , ., , squared away. it remains to be seen how _ squared away. it remains to be seen how long _ squared away. it remains to be seen how long the _ squared away. it remains to be seen how long the relationshipj seen how long the relationship remains civil, but their willingness to work together was appreciated by local residents who are still reeling from the impact of the storm. well, i think we are happy that the governor reached across the aisle and they are working together in unity for us. that is the most important thing. it's not about politics right now, it is about human life. and human life remains at the heart of ongoing relief
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efforts. rescuers are still going door to door, diligently checking for survivors. and the death toll is expected to keep on rising. bipartisan efforts are welcome as florida bids to rebuild from the wreckage, but the scale of the challenge is immense. tom brada, bbc news. the hollywood actor alec baldwin has settled a civil case brought by the family of halyna hutchins, the director of photography who was killed on a film set after he fired a gun being used as a prop. earlier, i asked our north american correspondent about the settlement. gareth, it all relates to a wrongful death lawsuit that was filed by halyna hutchins's widower, matthew hutchins, and other members of herfamily, basically alleging that corners were cut in an attempt to save money on the set of this film and that safety standards were not adhered to. this lawsuit was filed in february of this year, and today, to the surprise of many, it was announced that it had been settled.
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the precise financial details have not been revealed but we know that some of the terms of the settlement, and they include the fact that filming of the movie, rust, is to resume injanuary of next year, involving the same cast and, indeed, the same director, joel souza, the man who was injured by the same bullet that actually killed halyna hutchins. another part of the settlement involves the involvement and coming on board of halyna hutchins's widower, matthew, as executive producer of the project, and he is also to receive a cut of the profits. the producer said in a statement that the settlement would be celebrating the life of halyna hutchins and honouring her work. but despite that, there is still the prospect of criminal charges? there is, indeed. and today, the prosecutor's
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office in santa fe, new mexico, where this incident occurred, actually issued a statement, saying the settlement, the civil lawsuit, would have, as they put it, no bearing on the decision whether or not to level criminal charges in this case. their investigations have centred on how, basically, live ammunition made its way onto the set of this film and who handled the gun before it was passed to alec baldwin. they are said to be very close to revealing the outcome of their inquiries — it could be weeks, it could even be days, and reports suggest that up to four people could face potentially serious charges, including involuntary manslaughter. among them is alec baldwin, but i hasten to add that is mere speculation at the moment. so far, there has been no word on whether criminal charges
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are to be filed in this case. that was david willis. donna langley is one of the most powerful women in hollywood, the first british woman to run a major american film studio. and she's been behind some of hollywood's biggest films. it's a remarkable story for a woman who grew up on the isle of wight and arrived in la 30 years ago. our culture editor katie razzall has been to meet her. the back lot at the oldest surviving movie studio in america, and i'm taking a ride, la style, with one of the most powerful people in hollywood. donna langley is the boss here at universal and the first british woman ever to head a us film studio. iam a brit, i'm english. you know, i love my marmite sandwiches and a good packet of crisps. this is the biggest day of my life! langley�*s turned universal�*s fortunes around with lucrative franchises like despicable me, jurassic world and fast and
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furious. no matter how fast you are... you are listening to compton's very own... she championed movies like straight 0utta compton for audiences hollywood used to ignore. # mamma mia...#. are you taking tom cruise to space? i think tom cruise is taking us to space. we have a great project in development with tom that does contemplate him doing just that, yeah, taking a rocket up to the space station and shooting and hopefully being the first civilian to do a spacewalk outside of the space station. the hollywood sign's just had a lick of paint, as the movie industry this city was built on is going through huge transformation. the pandemic, the cost of living crisis and the rise of the streaming platforms means for the average movie lover, there's no place like home. i think we can enjoy things at home on streaming, of course. but in order to make movies matter, to create movie stars and to create, you know, directors
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and careers, it really does need that theatrical experience. ..the power to destroy themselves... langley has wooed big—name directors like christopher nolan. his new film 0ppenheimer will be released by universal. steven spielberg, too, is back at the studio where he made et. back to the future was filmed here, is that right? back to the future, to kill a mockingbird. it is all a long way from the isle of wight where langley, whose biological father was egyptian, was adopted and grew up. back then, you probably weren't seeing, you know, yourself reflected back in many of the people on that island. no, i was, um... i think what they would describe me as is "exotic", and it gave me a great sense of independence and, you know, i was bullied a little bit in school as well, and so i had to really tough it out. my tour guide is now dame donna for services to film and entertainment, a brit who is redefining showbusiness on earth and perhaps even in space. katie razzall, bbc news, los angeles.
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iam quite i am quite happy sticking to terra firma, personally. that is all of us for the moment. you can reach me online at twitter. thank you so much for watching. hello. it stays windy for the rest of the week. there will be a brief lull at the start of the weekend — we'll take a look at that in a moment. first of all, let's deal with thursday's weather — and, well, there'll be some sunshine to be had, there'll be some showers, though, and it will remain blustery — you can see the isobars close together on the pressure chart here. this one weak weather front will be the focus for some thicker cloud in places, weatherfronts pushing back in towards the northwest, as it will be turning wetter again later in the day, especially western scotland. much cooler start to the day than it was on wednesday morning, 5—10 degrees cooler in wales and england. a lot of sunshine here to begin the day. showers across parts of scotland, northern ireland, north—west england — in fact, a cloudy zone from north wales running across parts of the midlands and northern england will have some showery outbreaks of rain around. south wales, south—west england, you may catch a shower —
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most won't. east anglia and the southeast, dry, plenty of sunshine. parts of eastern scotland will stay dry and mostly sunny, as well. these are average wind speeds across northern areas — you may well see some gusts up to 50 mph or so. and as for temperatures, well, there's some warmth if you get that sunshine and/or out of the breeze, particularly across the eastern side of england. as i mentioned, it will be turning wetter across western scotland to end the day, as the weather fronts i showed you earlier start to move in. so, parts of scotland and northern ireland overnight and into friday morning will see some outbreaks of rain moving in. to the south of that may catch a shower — most places won't — a touch milder by friday morning. this area of rain accompanied by some gusty winds. the rain, quite heavy briefly, will continue moving southwards through england and wales on friday, and not reaching the southeast until close to dark, if not after in places. ahead of it, though, there will be a few showers, behind it, sunshine and showers feeling cooler, and fresher once again behind it. and this is why there's a lull at the start of the weekend — a ridge of high pressure moving in, something quieter before further weather fronts head in from the atlantic, for part two of the
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weekend on sunday. this is how saturday is shaping up — still a few showers around, mostly towards north—west scotland. for many places, a sunny start, some clouds going to build. there'll be further sunny spells. most places will stay dry, and the winds are lighter than they've been. daytime highs will be a touch lower than they've been, especially in england and wales. northern and western areas see further rain moving in on sunday, though southern and eastern england could well stay dry for another day. and another quieter period briefly on monday.
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this is bbc news. the headlines: authorities in seoul say north korea has fired another two ballistic missiles that have landed in the japanese sea. this comes after the un held an emergency meeting to discuss regional tensions. pyongyang says the launches are "counter action measures" against recent us—south korean military drills. aid agencies have warned that hundreds of thousands of people in somalia face starvation unless aid deliveries are urgently stepped up. the worst drought in decades has forced many people from their homes. many of those who remain are cut off from potential help by a long—running islamist insurgency.

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