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this is bbc news. our top stories: the g7 and australia join europe's plan to cap the price of russian oil, reducing the revenues that help moscow fund its war in ukraine. prince william awards the earthshot prize, recognising those working to address climate change. we have a special report on the victims of drugs gangs in the uk, hearing from one woman who was abused and exploited from the age of 11. i had to do ihad to doa i had to do a lot of things that i didn't want to do to get out of the situation alive. more drama at the world cup as the group stage comes to an end: south korea grab a late winner to reach the knockout rounds
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at the expense of uruguay. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start with the war in ukraine after western allies have endorsed a price cap on russian maritime oil exports. in a joint statement with australia, the group of seven rich democracies said it agreed with the $60—a—barrel cap set by the european union. they confirmed the measure would enter into force on monday or very soon afterwards. the sanctions scheme aims to reduce russian oil revenues without upsetting global energy markets. russia has threatened to cut supplies to countries that comply. louisa pilbeam reports. the latest russian missile
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strike in our kids, more destruction and suffering in a war that is showing no sign of ending —— kharkiv. a move by the g7, the seven largest advanced economies, australia and the european union, to the price of russian oil is hoped to bring an end this war close—up. they have agreed to restrict the price of russian oil at $60 a barrel, hoping to wound russian with another financial sanction.— wound russian with another financial sanction. this price has three — financial sanction. this price has three objectives. - financial sanction. this price has three objectives. first, | financial sanction. this price | has three objectives. first, it strengthens the effect of our sanction. second, it will further diminish russia's revenues. and thirdly, at the same time, it will stabilise global energy markets. the limit will come _ global energy markets. the limit will come in _ global energy markets. the limit will come in on - global energy markets. the limit will come in on monday after the eu persuaded poland to back the plan after warsaw initially considered it too high. and some market experts
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of oil. the kremlin denounced the scheme. _ of oil. the kremlin denounced the scheme, saying _ of oil. the kremlin denounced the scheme, saying it - of oil. the kremlin denounced the scheme, saying it will - of oil. the kremlin denounced the scheme, saying it will not| the scheme, saying it will not supply those countries which enforce the price. before the war, more than half of russia's oil experts exports went to europe, but russia has found new markets in india and china, new markets in india and china, new money to fund its war. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. childhood friends in oman who figured out how to turn carbon dioxide into rock and a uk firm making fast—food packaging from seaweed are among five winners chosen for the prince of wales's earthshot prize. these following pictures from the event contain flash photography. the annual awards were created by prince william to fund projects that aim to save the planet. each winner will receive $1.2 million to develop their innovation. prince william announced the winners at a star—studded awards ceremony in boston on friday. the royals' visit to the us has been overshadowed by a racism row back home.
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0ur north america correspondent nada tawfik has more from boston. despite the controversies that kept being thrown their way, the prince and princess of wales were determined not to be distracted from their key mission here in boston — to raise awareness about climate change and some of the other issues they care deeply about. so today, on the third day of this visit, they had some highlights. prince william meeting with president biden, having a 30—minute discussion together, where he was able to share with the us president more about his earthshot prize and the finalists, and hopes and goals for it over the next decade. of course, it ended today with the award ceremony where 15 finalists were pared down to five winners, and those five winners ranged from all around the globe. you had childhood friends from 0man, who just started their company two years ago, to turn carbon dioxide into rock. winning now for them means that they can scale up this business and do even more
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with their solutions. you also have a mother from kenya, whose daughter was suffering from burns, and who understood the pollution and the respiratory illnesses that were being caused to her neighbours from coal—burning stove cooking. and so she basically came up with a cleaner solution for her neighbours, and hopes to expand that around kenya. also in india, you have the innovative solution of doing a greenhouse in a box, hoping to reach farmers who are suffering from the effects of climate change, whose crops are affected by pesticides. with these greenhouses in a box, they hope to use 90% less water at a very cheap cost of farmers to make it easily accessible. we then have, from the united kingdom — we have a company that turned plastic packaging into an alternative
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using seaweed. in australia, you have a woman—led group there who are combining indigenous practices with digital technologies to protect the land and sea. so, across the board, the earthshot prize did what it set out to do, to champion diversity and inclusion and innovative solutions to help solve climate change, and prince william said, looking at the solutions, he was more confident than ever that the globe could solve these key problems. as mentioned, it was a star—studded event and among those attending was the hollywood actor rami malek who explained why he was supporting the earthshot prize. the £1 million that are given to these five people, these five organisations, is something that keeps us from looking at the gloom and doom in the pessimism of it all. looking toward the future of what we can come to do. because when we put our ideas together, we can do extraordinary things,
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and i love the relationship that prince william brought up in his connection tojohn f kennedy, saying we choose to go to the moon, it is easy, it is hard. i think that is exactly what is happening here. we can push ourselves collectively to come up with extraordinary ideas to do extraordinary things so we get to make sure that we enjoy this extraordinary world, future generations get to do the same, and i am proud to be a part of that and proud that he has called on me to help. let's get some of the day's other news. a special meeting to discuss south africa's president was adjourned shortly after it began. cyril ramaphosa's future has been in doubt since a report released this week suggested he kept millions of dollars at his private farm and failed to report when it was stolen. the president has denied he broke the law. the far—right us talk—show host alex jones has filed for bankruptcy after being fined almost $1.5 billion
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for defamatory comments about the sandy hook school shooting. jones, who founded the controversial infowars group, had argued for years that the massacre was a staged government plot in which no—one died, aimed at pushing through gun reforms. 20 children and six adults were killed in the 2012 school shooting. sir eltonjohn is to headline the glastonbury festival next summer in what is being billed as his last uk date on his farewell tour. the organisers say they're hoping to give him the "mother of all send—offs." sir elton said there was "no more fitting way" to say goodbye to his british fans. somalia is in the grip of its worst drought for a0 years. the uk's development minister, andrew mitchell, has been on a visit to somalia and promised £14 million in humanitarian aid and new security. he says large numbers of people are in danger of dying from the drought in somalia
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if the international community does not respond soon. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale, was travelling with andrew mitchell and sent this report from the town of dollow in western of somalia. this is what drought is bringing to somalia. growing camps of people forced to leave their homes in search of food after four rainy seasons failed. we've come to dollow in the west, amid tight security, to protect us from islamist militants who control much of the country. here, on a rare visit, is a british minister, seeing for himself how uk money has helped girls from the camps get some education, and what more needs to be done. the challenges here are immense, quite apart from the disorder of conflict, it's the challenges caused by the drought, the fact that these people have moved away from where they used to live into these temporary camps. hamdi mohammed is one of those girls,
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18 years old and very determined. translation: sometimes i go to sleep hungry, - and sometimes i cannot buy the books i need for school but i motivate myself. i tell myself that some day, things will not be like this, and in the future, i will be an important person and help my people. there are already more than 130,000 internal refugees here, with hundreds more arriving every day, a scene replicated in towns across the country. this is not a normal drought that we know. this is a real climate change crisis. so what needs to be done? we have to make sure that we are saving life. we have to make sure that we are averting the worst to come, in terms of famine. we have to make sure that the children who are malnourished, who are 1.8 million, are rescued,
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and they are not dying. andrew mitchell is promising more money for security and humanitarian needs, but it is less than britain has given in the past. we've got to do two things here. we have got to beat back the terrorists, and we are, and the government of somalia has shown considerable gains in recent weeks on that, and we've got to address the effects of this drought, both in the long term, through climate change work, and in the short term, now, going to the aid of desperate people and saving lives. can the british government really make an impact in places like this, when its budget forforeign aid remains cut? it's probably not money that is the key issue here, it's coordination and making sure that everyone else steps up to the plate alongside britain to deliver for people here, who, as i say, are in danger of dying in very large numbers if the international community doesn't react properly. a british minister coming here can make a difference. he can promise
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a bit more money. he can focus the attention of a world distracted by other crises. but can he stop the fighting? can he slow the climate change that many believe is at the root of this problem? james landale, bbc news, in western somalia. i've been speaking to journalist zecharias zelalem who focuses on the horn of africa. he says politcal and geographical issues have contributed to the country's drought. the drought is nothing new. there have only been two declarations of famine, one in 2017 in south sudan, and the 2011 in somalia, that led to an outpouring of humanitarian assistance and funding from around the world. the kind that is coming at a slower pace or a trickled pace currently. so that could play a major role. the declaration could play a major role in an escalation of the humanitarian assistance.
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nevertheless, it does come... we also have to factor in the fact that the current famine — the current drought, sorry — is coinciding with multiple hunger crises. there is starvation across ethiopian, afghanistan at the same time, so the world food programme, another un agency, is on the ground in somalia, are somewhat cash—strapped and have their hands full. so it might be speculation to say what kind of direct impacted can have, but it goes without saying that the declaration — the official famine declaration would play a major role in an upswing. as we have from james landale, our reporter, he talked about money being pledged to somalia from the uk. that is important, clearly, but it is just a factor that could perhaps resolve what is going on there. what you think is going to happen if perhaps
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the movement isn't as quick as it is required? then i guess the worst—case scenario i guess what will happen is what we have seen in ethiopia over the course of the past year, the same drought has impacted something like 2 million people across western and southern ethiopia and areas bordering somalia and that, too, hasn't officially been declared a famine. similar bouts of hunger in war—torn northern ethiopia, for instance, left up to something like 2 million people on the brink of starvation, so that would be the worst—case scenario. of course, the situations in the two countries, despite it being the same drought, contrast greatly, so i don't think it will escalate to that but there will definitely be questions raised as to what sort of compromises the government of somalia will make. it does enjoy relatively widespread approval, especially for its recent military successes in combating al—shabab militants,
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but it will obviously have to integrate much of the international community and be a bit more transparent about what it has on its hands in regards to hunger in the country. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come: we'll have the latest on the world cup as south korea and switzerland head to the knockout stages, which start on saturday. it's quite clear that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor people living in the slums which have sprung up around the factory. i'm feeling so helpless that the children are dying in front of me and i can't do anything. charles manson is the mystical leader of the hippie cult suspected of killing sharon tate and at least six other people in los angeles.
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at 11 o'clock this morning, just half a metre of rock separated britain from continental europe. it took the drills just a few moments to cut through the final obstacle. then philippe cozette, a minerfrom calais, was shaking hands and exchanging flags with robert fagg, his opposite numberfrom dover. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: australia and the g7 have confirmed they will endorse a price cap set by the european union on russian maritime oil exports. the scheme aims to reduce russian oil revenues, which help moscow fund its war in ukraine. prince william has named the winners of the earthshot prize. the annual awards were created by the prince to fund projects addressing the threat of climate change. now to a special
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report from newcastle, in the north—east of england, and the story of a child groomed and exploited by drug gangs at the age of 11. an organisation that supports children involved with county lines — that's where youngsters travel up and down the country to deliver drugs — says a greater understanding of how gangs work is needed. in the first part of his report we heard about the huge rise in the number of children being trafficked and exploited by criminal gangs. well, now we'll hear about the personal trauma of one victim, nicole. she's been speaking to our special correspondent jeremy cooke. i was actually only 11 at the time. i think it was just a case of getting in with the wrong people, the wrong group of friends, not having very many people to support you or talk to. it finds you — you don't find it. nicole is telling her own story. difficult to hear but important
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to understand the abuse, the exploitation of children, our children, up and down the country. nicole was 11 years old. they offer you, like, £400 or £500. to anyone else, a grown—up that's on a working wage, that's nothing. to a little bairn who was sleeping on a mattress with no food unless they get fed off their friends, that's everything. so i took a lot of drugs from the area we are in, newcastle, to a lot of different places. 0n trains and buses, any sort of transport that they didn't want to go on themselves, i would do. and i'd get paid at the end of it. however, more often than not, i would not get paid. every kind of exploitation. so naive, it was yes, yes, yes, 0k. i literally had an address, a date, time and a train ticket, and that was me, gone,
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with a bag, you know what i mean? someone met me with a bag, i took it and i'm gone and came back. i had to go very, very far. it was just past london. it was so hectic and every train station i was getting off and i was going to the toilet to cry. it was so overwhelming. but no words could describe how horrible that was. and then when i got to the location i was supposed to be going, what was planned to happen didn't happen. and i had to do a lot of things that i didn't want to do to get out of that situation alive. if i hadn't have done what i was asked to do, which was sexual, physical, mental, then i don't think i would be here today, i don't think. i still to this day don't understand how an 11—year—old girl got on the trains unnoticed, not seen, not found, not asked why i wasn't at school, not asked why i wasn't with a mum or dad or anything like that. which is a shame.
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and i think that is now what mostly affects me day to day, is why someone didn't step in and do what was necessary. i've seen people get kettled, like, with boiling water, i've seen people get stabbed because of the littlest disagreement over things, like £20. £20, people are getting hurt for. it's a dark world, violent and abusive. no one gets out without help. so with any new cases that i get, the first thing i do is obviously i go out and meet them and i start to build that relationship up. these days, nicole has carly from edge north east. she is out there every day, helping vulnerable girls. it's about trying to keep eyes on them, to make sure they are safe. for nicole, home life was chaotic, dysfunctional. the crucial intervention came five years ago, at school. here you are, you are sitting in front of us now and something happened,
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something good happened, didn't it? so, thankfully, through a really, really good teacher that i had at school, literally gave me a lifeline. she offered me to start having showers at school, she offered to start paying for my meals outside of school. one day i had went in, and unfortunately i had just that day suffered a miscarriage, i'd just turned 13, my 13th birthday. and she had noticed. she took me straight to hospital and ijust, i'd had enough and i think i'd reached that breaking point of, ok, i can trust this person and she needs to know that i'm not ok. you are a success story, which is great. in five years' time, if we were having a conversation, what would you like your life to look like then? i'd love to be working. have myself a house, family. you know, just typical stuff, just... another lovely human being to walk past that says hello on the street, that doesn't turn away if you need help.
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there will be young people who might catch this on their phones, might see it on the telly, who are living scared right now. what would you say to those kids? i couldn't stress to people enough that they need to take that, it doesn't matter how scared you are. you are valid, your feelings are valid, you are never that stuck. if you are still living and breathing, you are never that stuck past the point of return. you can always end up at the better end of it. and i stand by that. glad i did get here because it breaks my heart, i think about the people who don't and who won't. you are a remarkable young woman, you really are. thank you. it's nice to know that, even if people don't take much from that other than they will be ok in the end, that's enough for me. to the world cup now, and south korea have made it through to the knockout stages with a dramatic late win against portugal, a result that means uruguay are on their way home.
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their winner came deep into second—half stoppage time after they initially went a goal down after just five minutes. they then faced a nervous wait before the result came through from the uruguay—ghana game. uruguay failed to score the goal that would have sent them through instead, meaning south korea qualified on goals scored. given the late hour of the result, not many people came out to celebrate in seoul, but those who did were clearly thrilled. and here's what the south korean fans in doha made of the result. awesome! i can't breathe! i almost fainted during the play, really literally. captain son was amazing. excitedly speaks korean. i think with this type - of performance, we can beat brazil and go - all the way to one? semifinal, finals, i win the world cup. brazil remain favourites to win the tournament and had already qualified for the knockout stages, but they were surprisingly beaten by cameroon, the indomitable lions becoming the first african side
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to beat brazil at a world cup with this goal by vincent aboubakar. but that victory wasn't enough for cameroon — switzerland's 3—2 win over serbia means they went through, only finishing behind brazil on goal difference. as for cameroon, their fans were greatly outnumbered by brazilians at this fan zone in doha. but despite being eliminated from the competition, they leave the tournament happy. yes! i know my team! i spread that cameroon—algeria match, at least 2—1. 2-1! but today, they give me only 1—0! viva, cameroon! much more on our website, including the teams through to the group stages, the full schedule for the knockout stages, and what it's like to spend the day with brazilian fans. just log on to bbc.com/news and click through to the world cup section or go via the bbc app.
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you can reach me on twitter — i'm @bbcvishalasp. thank you for watching. hello. well, i think most of us will need our thick coats, hats and gloves as well this weekend. it's the wind more than anything that's going to make it feel particularly chilly, and also the lack of sunshine — it will be quite cloudy at times. this is the satellite picture, and weather fronts are stalling in the atlantic. they're not making much progress towards the east — the weather fronts that normally bring the mild weather and the rain — and the reason for that is this area of high pressure, very intense area of high pressure that's established itself over russia and basically, it's pushing all the air from east towards the west and it keeps the weather fronts at bay. so, there will be one very close to the north—west of the uk, to the hebrides there, ithink, through the course of the night and into tomorrow
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but for many of us, it is that easterly breeze. 0ccasional showers, variable amounts of cloud and not particularly cold — at least not on the thermometer. it's the breeze that stops the temperatures from falling too low. and i don't think there'll be much mist orfog around, either — maybe local mist or fog. so, variable amounts of cloud for many of us tomorrow, occasional showers and, i think, some cloudier, more damp weather here in the north—west. and also, it will be a little bit milder in the western isles — ten degrees. for most of us, around, say, six or seven degrees celsius. now, let's have a look at saturday night into sunday. you can see that easterly wind pushes out these weather fronts out into the atlantic. they actually fizzle away as we go through the course of sunday. so, apart from some showers which form over the north sea and get pushed in, no weather fronts about, but very cloudy, i think, in the south of england and wales on sunday — really low, grey skies. it'll feel quite raw in those easterly winds.
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so sure, the temperatures may reach briefly around five or six degrees celsius but, as you can imagine, the wind chill will make it feel quite a bit colder — say, a couple of degrees above freezing. how about next week? it is going to turn colder still, maybe cold enough for some wintry showers in northern parts of the uk. nothing spectacularly cold. you know, four orfive degrees celsius happens this time of the year, of course, but we are going to lose the easterly and the cold air this time is actually — will be plummeting from the from the north, so from the more arctic regions. bye— bye.
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this is bbc news — the headlines... australia and the g7 have confirmed they will endorse a price cap set by the european union on russian maritime oil exports. the sanctions scheme aims to reduce russian oil revenues without upsetting global energy markets. russia has threatened to cut supplies to countries that comply. prince william has named the winners of the earthshot prize. the annual awards were created by the prince to fund projects addressing the threat of climate change. the winners — based in kenya, india, australia, the uk and 0man — each receivejust over a million dollars to develop their innovations. south korea have reached the knockout stages of the world cup with a dramatic late win over portugal. the victory means uruguay
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