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this is bbc news. i'm sally bundock with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. explosion turkey says it has arrested a woman over sunday's bombing in the centre of istanbul — six people were killed and more than 80 wounded. now, police are carrying out their investigations, and there is a real sense among people here of anxiety. for istanbul, this has come as a shock. ukraine's president zelenksky says investigators have uncovered evidence of war crimes in kherson, which was occupied by russian forces for more than 8 months. presidentjoe biden meets
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the chinese leader xi jinping in bali laterfor the first time since taking office, ahead of the 620 summit of leaders. and wakanda forever — the sequel to the superhero film, black panther, smashes box office records in its opening weekend in north america. hello and welcome. a bomb that exploded on a busy istanbul street on sunday has been arrested. at least six people were killed and more than 80 others injured. the blast happened in the centre of the city. the turkish government says the incident was thought to be an act of terrorism.
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turkey's president erdogan has condemned it as a vile attack. our senior international correspondent, orla guerin, reports from istanbul. explosion. sunday afternoon shoppers running for their lives. this was istiklal street, right after the blast. it's the very heart of istanbul. sirens. as the casualties were rushed away, turkey's president was offering his condolences, and saying it appeared to be a terrorist attack. initial developments and initial intelligence from the governor are that it smells like terrorism, said recep tayyip erdogan, adding the culprits would be punished. turkey'sjustice ministry now says the bomber was a woman who had sat on a bench
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in the area for a0 minutes before the blast. it was the first major bomb attack in istanbul in years. hayat told us she was in an intranet cafe on istiklal and rushed out to see dead and injured. "what i saw was a pram," she said. "i saw wounded people running around. "there was a woman running, carrying her dog. "it was a frenzy." as night fell, the shadow of an old fear. this city has been bombed in the past, by both kurdish separatists and islamist militants. people here are wondering, are we back to that? orla guerin, bbc news, istanbul. we can speak now to shona bhattacharyya, she's a turkey correspondent for france 24. thank you for being on the
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programme. can you tell us any more about the latest on this arrest? ~ ., ., ., arrest? we do not have information _ arrest? we do not have information about - arrest? we do not have - information about the identity of the person arrested and we do not even know if it is a woman, as of the interior minister or president recep tayyip erdogan claimed the suspect was. they are saying however this is the person responsible for the bombing, that can be seen on the cctv images, and therefore we cannot suspect it is the woman that we see, and we will obviously have more information on that as the day goes on. we also do not have any claims of responsibility for the attack, even though it was sunday afternoon for 20 pm local time that the attack took place. —— ii:20pm. in
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that the attack took place. -- 4:20pm— that the attack took place. -- 4:20m. , ., 4:20pm. in terms of the impact it will have _ 4:20pm. in terms of the impact it will have on _ 4:20pm. in terms of the impact it will have on the _ 4:20pm. in terms of the impact it will have on the city _ 4:20pm. in terms of the impact it will have on the city of - it will have on the city of istanbul, as we were hearing from our correspondent, this was not commonplace but it did happen some years ago and now the fearfactor that is happen some years ago and now the fear factor that is back? the situation is istanbul, istanbul is a mega— city, a huge city of officially 60 millions but most people safe is about 20 million people and istiklal is one of the busiest part, along streets about two kilometres long wet literally thousands of people walk every day, actually, i know how great it is because i lived right next to it and i know how credit is single day of the week and especially on weekends, especially on sunday afternoon when people are strolling down. the mood into the city is one of resignation, not much of a surprise, actually. a lot of people in
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turkey fearing violence with the election coming up next year stop this is something we have seen before in turkey and also the fact these crowded places would be bombed even as 0rla has said, that it is something we have seen before. president recep tayyip erdogan is going to be seen in control of the situation and wants to crack down on any dissension? well, control — let's talk about control. since the bombing took place yesterday afternoon, the government has had a three pronged approach to crack down on the dissemination of information so first of all, it has been the sharing of information of videos, for
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example, has been and by the government, unless coming from official sources. the second thing the government said the broadcasting radio and television regulating agencies as severely cut down the internet bandwidth of social media sites like twitter or youtube. tax list that would tell me they could not go on to these websites —— turks which are the main places of information after an attack like this one. the counterexamples are started cou nterexa m ples a re started counting counterexamples are started counting down on social media accounts, 25 have been suspended and investigated by sharing information, videos about the attack. this comes in the wake of a disinformation law passed in turkish parliament a few weeks ago that gives up to 1.5 years injail forthe
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gives up to 1.5 years injail for the dissemination of quote" fake news". that depends on who you ask but ifjournalists have been targeted for years now in turkey, now it is every day social media users that are also targeted with this new law and we're it applied and real—time here in istanbul. thank you for that background and perspective, we appreciate it. the correspondent for france 2a based in istanbul. let's get some of the day's other news: the british home secretary suella braverman will sign an agreement in paris on monday morning to step up patrols on french beaches in a bid to deter migrant boat crossings. more than 40,000 migrants have crossed the channel this year. hackers who've been systematically targeting australia's largest health insurer say they've released a further batch of sensitive data ahead of a medibank investors�* meeting later this week. the data, released early
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on monday morning on the dark web, is said to relate to the mental health of some policyholders. the hackers wrote on a blog that they would be watching the shareholders' meeting on wednesday "with interest". climate activists in spain have used coca—cola bottles to splash fake blood and oil over the glass cases housing exhibits in barcelona's egyptian museum, in a protest against the soft—drink giant's sponsorship of the cop27 environmental summit. it's the latest in a string of stunts by climate justice protesters targeting artworks. the us space agency nasa has confirmed that it is on track to finally launch its artemis moon mission on wednesday, after a number of false starts. the uncrewed space mission is the first of three test flights planned by nasa, with the eventual aim of taking two astronauts back to the moon some time around 2025 for the first time in more than 50 years.
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the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has said that investigators have uncovered more than 400 war crimes in areas of kherson abandoned by russian forces as they retreated. mr zelensky said the bodies of civilians and soldiers had been found. he promised that every murderer would be brought tojustice. in the city of kherson an overnight curfew is in place as the security situation there remains tense. ugo polleti, who's editor in chief of the 0dessa journal is currently in milan and hejoins me now. a very warm welcome to you. it is awful to hear the discoveries being made now that russian troops have left kherson. it
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russian troops have left kherson-— russian troops have left kherson. , . , ,. kherson. it is what is expected it ha en kherson. it is what is expected it happen every _ kherson. it is what is expected it happen every time _ kherson. it is what is expected it happen every time russian l it happen every time russian troops left some of the areas of ukraine especially in kherson because kherson it was the largest city conquered by the largest city conquered by the russians and a city where the russians and a city where the russians and a city where the russians tried to establish a real russian system, tried to use roubles instead of the local currency. they also recruited skills because they wanted to implement their system of education so the intention of the russian was to permanently occupy the city and this is the biggest problem in political terms now because they have to explain to the russian public opinion that they are not there anymore and that retreat. it is expected they will use all the tools in they will use all the tools in the system to convince the population to fear russians and
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thatis population to fear russians and that is why they place also officials throughout the government of the city and i think we will discover more. russia now has got to phase the disappointment of its public opinion within russia about retreating from kherson. do you think this week we will see more activity from russia to try and bolster its confidence about this conflict? it try and bolster its confidence about this conflict?— about this conflict? it will be very difficult. _ about this conflict? it will be very difficult. we _ about this conflict? it will be very difficult. we saw - about this conflict? it will be | very difficult. we saw already the embarrassment in the russian tv because you can imagine, also this city was the city that — none of us know that it was a friend but the russian tv said to the russians that in kherson the majority
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wanted to remain in russia so how come they abandoned it? so that will be very embarrassing and how to explain that they left, especially if we take into consideration these nuclear threat. this is a right moment one should use this low level nuclear bomb but as we can see, it was just a freight and not a serious operation. ugo poletti editor in chief of the edessa journal, thank you. —— 0desa. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we'll tell you how cristiano ronaldo is accusing his club, manchester united, of trying to force him out. benazir bhutto has claimed victory and she's asked
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pakistan's president jackson's been released on bail of $3 million after turning himself in to police in santa barbara. of the fast—growing _ european anti—nuclear movement. the south african government has announced that it's opening the country's remaining whites—only beaches in this country and the destruction of the white civilisation. has been consumed by fire for much of the day. - 150 firemen have been battling the blaze, - which has caused millions. of pounds' worth of damage. this is bbc news,
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the latest headlines: turkey says it has arrested a woman over sunday's bombing in the centre of istanbul — six people were killed and more than 80 wounded. ukraine's president zelenkskyy says investigators have uncovered evidence of war crimes in kherson, which was occupied by russian forces for more than 8 months. presidentjoe biden is due to meet the chinese leader xijinping in person laterfor the first time since taking office. they'll have talks on the indonesian island of bali ahead of the annual g20 summit of leaders from the world's major economies. relations between the us and china are currently poor, with a range of issues adding to the tension. they including taiwan, chinese military activity in the western pacific, disputes about trade practices and us restrictions on chinese technology. lets go to beijing now where we can speak to the wall streetjournal�*s china bureau chiefjonathan
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cheng. jonathan, is it fair to say expectations are low? i think they are and that's because bilateral relations are at their worst point in many years. some might say decades. both the white house and beijing have both been lowering those expectations, saying don't expect a big breakthrough here, they are not going to solve all of their issues. they are looking to put some guardrails in place to make sure nothing spills over accident be when it's just a matter of the misunderstanding. do you think taiwan will be top of the agenda if you can argue there is an agenda with these talks? i
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there is an agenda with these talks? ., ., ., , talks? i mean, taiwan will be near the _ talks? i mean, taiwan will be near the tap _ talks? i mean, taiwan will be near the top of _ talks? i mean, taiwan will be near the top of that _ near the top of that list, certainly will be on china's side. china has said again and again taiwan is the most important issue in the bilateral relationship. i don't think washington necessarily seesit think washington necessarily sees it that way, they would frame at a different way, it's china being more aggressive, notjust with taiwan china being more aggressive, not just with taiwan with meston democracies, with its trade practices, with a whole range of practices that china has sort of adopted under xi jinping but definitely taiwan will be top of the list there and there is the possibility that if the republicans take the house in washington which is still a possibility, we may get other visits to taiwan by house speaker and the last time that happened with nancy pelosi, the scariest detentions we've seenin the scariest detentions we've seen in a while.— seen in a while. this talk about the _ seen in a while. this talk about the optics - seen in a while. this talk| about the optics between seen in a while. this talk - about the optics between the two men, they have met before on a few occasions, prior to
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joe biden becoming president of the united states. we know that xi jinping the united states. we know that xijinping and the chinese authorities were not at all keen on the trump administration, so what do you think about how these two men will get on in their roles as president, and what that means for the us ofjoe biden were to run again? for the us of joe biden were to run again?— run again? it's a good question. _ run again? it's a good question. your - run again? it's a good question. your right l run again? it's a good| question. your right to run again? it's a good - question. your right to point out the two of them do have a personal relationship, they've known each other years, they played basketball together, they've had dinner together stop obviously these are not entirely free of protocol, there are people watching, and it's a little bit stilted. i don't want to go and say the two are best friends or anything like that but they do know each other and both sides are very keen on in person diplomacy. they were meetings have had to state all the time. 0ften have had to state all the time. often these four countries the us didn't even bother with and
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joe biden is a tactile politician, elects them fa ce—to —fa ce politician, elects them face—to—face and meeting them in person, since biden became president which is quite remarkable when you think that now because of the midterms we are halfway through his term and for the first time he is going to meet the head of the world's number two economy. thank you, it's been good to talk to about that meeting. we will be talking about meeting that in more detail. traders been a huge issue between the us and china impacting the global economy, all that to come later. a group of endangered baby turtles, rescued after almost being killed by hurricane ian which battered florida state around six weeks ago, have been released back to sea. one of the rescued creatures has been given the name ian, after the devastating weather event which almost swept him away. tom brada has this report.
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little mercury is going in. survivors of one of the worst storms to ever hit united states. these young totals were just when florida was just babies when florida was struck by a category 4 storm. —— turtles. hurricane ian made landfall with devastating force. carving a t�*zeé of force. carving a wide path of destruction. among those swept éestrgcflm amang�*hase swept in the chaos up in the chaos were hundreds of endangered turtles. up in the chaos were hundreds of e ian |gered turtles. see,,,,, ,, up in the chaos were hundreds of e ian is bred turtles. see,,,,, ,, up in the chaos were hundreds of e ian is fretjuvenile see,,,,, ,, up in the chaos were hundreds of e ian is fretjuvenile green ee,,,,, ,, ian, ian is thejuvenile green sea largest in sea turtle, the largest one in this bin that was washed hurricane ian. he got from hurricane ian. he got national press, so they are excited to see him go out. ian was found trapped in a clump of seaweed, fighting for his life. he was a shell of his former self. but he was rushed to a specialist total hospital and nursed back to health. he is healthy. _ nursed back to health. he is healthy, he's _
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minute, but that was cancelled out by former united winger danjames on the hour mark. it looked like the game was heading for a draw but erik ten hag brought on teenager alejandro garnacho, who got the winning goal in stoppage time. i'm really happy with the resilience we have. also the composure, you can bring the game in and the women i think has to do with the belief that we can always go and i'm really happy a circle will come in once again, with not only 11 players, you need a squad, if you want to win trophies and thatis you want to win trophies and that is what we want. the united boss — erik ten hag there — who's come under fire from cristiano ronaldo. the portugalforward has criticised the dutchman in a tv interview to be shown in the uk this week — and says the club are trying to force him out. ronaldo — who rejoined manchester united last year — said he felt betrayed by the club. he also claimed some of the team's hierarchy don't want him there and that he doesn't respect ten hag because he feels ten hag doesn't respect him.
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it's taken 21 races but mercedes have finally had a formula one weekend they'll fondly remember after george russell claimed their first win of the year in brazil.the 2a year old briton started the sao paulo grand prix from pole, lead most of the race and recorded the fastest lap on his way to claiming the first sunday victory of his career. his mercedes team mate lewis hamilton produced the drive of the day, recovering from ninth place after a collision with max verstappen to finish second. switzerland won the biggest prize in women's team tennis for the first time after belinda bencic completed a near—perfect tournament, at the billiejean king cup final. bencic gave switzerland an unassailable 2—0 lead — afterjil teichmann outlasted australia's storm sanders 6—3, 4—6, 6—3 in the opening singles match. bencic hadn't dropped a set all week — and extended that streak by beating ajla tomljanovic 6—2, 6—1 to clinch
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the title. the swiss had never won the competition formerly known as the fed cup, losing the final in 1998 and again last year. rafael nadal�*s chances of finishing the year as world number one suffered a major blow — at his opener in the atp finals in turin.he lost to taylor fritz in straight sets — fritz, making his finals debut took the first on a tie—break, and convincingly took the second 6—1. it's the second time he's beaten nadal this year, having knocked the spaniard out of wimbledon this summer. casper ruud also won his opening match, beating felix auger aliassime. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me — and the rest of the sport team, we'll see you soon. marvel�*s latest superhero film, black panther: wakanda forever, has smashed box office records in its opening weekend in north america, earning $180 million.
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globally it has taken $330 million dollars so far. the franchise has been praised for its strong portrayal of black characters. actress danai gurira said she hoped black panther paves the way for other franchisees to cast strong black female leads. los angeles based entertainmentjournalist k.j. matthews told us what this box office boost means to the industry. as they say, black panther still has it! it did really well. it really helped a very sluggish box office that was kind of ending the year kind of with a thump. it did really well — it was the largest debut opening for the month of november and the second largest for this year of any film, so yes, it's done incredibly well. it hasn't — i will be honest with you, though — it has not done as well as the first black panther. 0bviously, that one opened, i think, worldwide within its first week and made $680 million. this one made $330 million
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worldwide but it's very, very hard to have lightning strike twice, if you know what i mean! we do know what she means. i will be back at the top dismiss stories next. to will be back at the top dismiss stories next.— it was an unseasonably mild remembrance sunday for many, not least in the north—west of wales. this temperature — 21.2 celsius — still needs to be confirmed, but if it is confirmed, that would've been a record high temperature for the uk this late in the year. but have a look at the outlook. temperatures in porthmadog dropping away, closer to where they should be for this time of year. with that, though, we will see some outbreaks of rain and some brisk winds. this weather front bringing rain for some of us on monday morning but quite a weak affair, actually, as it staggers slowly east. we start the day across some eastern parts of scotland,
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central and eastern england, perhaps east wales as well with some areas of low cloud, mist and fog, poor visibility which could give some quite tricky travelling conditions. and while some of that will lift and clear, some may well linger for much of the day. 0ur band of rain getting into western scotland, wales, the south—west of england, but petering out as it goes. sunny skies into northern ireland. temperatures of 12—15 degrees, down on where they have been lately. and then, through monday night, this first band of rain fizzles away but another band of wet weather swings in from the west and this one will bring some really intense downpours into the south—west of england, parts of wales by the end of the night. so, as we look ahead to tuesday, we've got a big area of low pressure up to the north—west of us, this frontal system sliding its way through with so, on tuesday, heavy rain drifting across southern england, wales, the midlands, northern england, up into scotland. behind that, we will see
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some sunnier skies. turning rather windy across western and southern coasts and also very windy in the far north—east of scotland — gusts of around 60 miles per hour in shetland — and temperatures generally between 10 and 13 degrees. and then, as we look ahead to wednesday, this big low still spinning to the north—west. this weather feature running in from the west is going to bring a zone of heavy rain and potentially a squeeze of really strong winds. been —10—14 degrees.
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