rupert: i think it is manageable.rein the 1.3% of gdp.to it is a very large economy so it is a significant effect. it in the grand scheme of things, it is not that large. there is a prolonged uncertainty. it will have an impact on. -- on capex. there is the up and if they can do a deal. and then there is a longer track desireround the u.s.'s to separate technology and supply chains from china. that is something i think will be going on for a very long time. francine: the link to all this is what equities do. i brought it back five years. parte asking guests to be of the markets blog. 2700the s&p 500 trade at or 2950? up or down? rupert: on balance, up. we are in a more volatile market for some time, driven by trade. and the supplych chain linkages will be particularly vulnerable to the longer-term concerns. still areentally, we in that moderate risk-on position. after a very deep pit to global trade, that would be on the sale for one-year horizon. when there is a recession that hits whether it is 18 months or 24 month

from tokyo, rupert wingfield-hayes reports. ♪ rupert: as "the star-spangled banner" rang out over thece courtyard, the u.s. president and first lady were formally welcomed by japan's new emperor naruhito and empress masako. mr. trump is said to be mightily pleased that he is the ferst foreign le to get this honor. the schoolchildren brought in to wave the flag were a little less happy thanks to the searing 32-degree heat. bnut mr. trump is not just here for the pomp and circumstance. in a summit with prime minister shinzo abe, there was one topic on his mind, trade.e pres. trump:ve an unbelievably large trade imbalance, which has been for many, many years, japan having the big advantage. and put us in a very tough spot. but i think we will have a deal with japan. rupert: president trump is clearly delighted with the way he has been welcomed here in japan, but mr. trump is still fundamentally a transactional politician, and his message to his japanese friends here today was this -- if you want is alliance to work, if you want to ndntinue enjoying the protection of the u.s. navyhe u.s.

rupert wingfield-hayesc news, tokyo.more on the okpresident's trip, i with sheila smith of the council on foreign relations. the two leaders seemed very friendly. president trump did flat-out contradict prime minister abe on the question of north korea, saying they we not in violation for firing the short range ballistic missiles. what is that about? sheila: i don't know. ihethe interesting thing -- his national security advisor john bolton set up the trip to tokyo by saying that it was a violation of u.s. sanctions, which is what the japanese wanted to hear. but i think what the president was saying is he has his eyes on the long-term economic development dewi that he sees kim jong-un. he says north korea is all waterfront property. i think he is tryinge if he can get kim back to the bargaining table. laura: how concerning is it for prime minister abe, because japan is sclose to north korea , if they decide to take this at a green light est medium-range ballistic missiles? sheila: that's the th g. the short range t andh

rupert wingfield-hayes reports.quiets morning street was turned into a scene from a horror movie. schoolgirls waiting for the morning bus/and stabbed by a knife wielding man shouting "i'm going to kill you." th man saw it happen. "i heard this screams and i saw some kids lying on the ground," he says. "it was a mawith two sashimi knife, one in each hand. then he cut himself and collapsed." "i saw a boy lying on theround slashedn the face." this afternoon people began leaving flowers and little gifts at theit s sign of respect for the the two who were o kille a little girl, the other a parent. this is the street corner where the girls were lining up to get on the bus attacked by this man wielding two knives. onu can see the bloodstain the street. an attack like this would be profoundly shocking anywheren the world, but all the more in japan because this is such a safe society. japan is so safe, it is externally common to see children as young as six years old walking to school every day by themselves. calledinister s

you remember that now disney and rupert murdoch and a and a and the obama administration they all own a piece of vice because it's not threatening to them or to the neo con neo liberal world order in which corporations do is they please and the u.s. obliterates just about any country and feels like a journalist max blumenthal put it vice has basically weaponized the hipster a static to push the most mainstream narrative possible. which is the bipartisan foreign policy consensus vises championed u.s. regime change efforts around the world they have helped push propaganda for the invasion of syria and libya giving fawning coverage to rebels who were affiliated with al qaida and other terrorist groups but they didn't mention that in the report that say that for later those same rebel factions would ultimately bring slave market back to libya so they might get to like sell all right now they really. i heard they're going to open want to wales roebuck went right next to the american apparel. to understand the narrative of vice news pushes you have to look no further than their crowning ach

ellisonstory, larry asked rupert murdoch, tell me about television.said, i can tell you everything you need to know in 30 seconds. he said, sports. that is it. that is the ultimate leverage. these are some of rupert's best work. when it became available, we said, what can we do? we have a great relationship with sinclair. >> you sold your first show to them. i sold my first television show, entertainers with byron allen," he was one of my first buyers. two stations, i think pittsburgh and baltimore. i called every television station from my table and asked them to carry my show for free. 14 minutes of commercial time, i will keep seven minutes, you get seven minutes. >> you were alongside them in this deal. we know what sinclair -- the financing. in,n: what i did, i put personally, a small amount which i can't disclose. >> $10 million, $100 million? byron: small is relative. i put in a small amount personally because allen media does have debt and we have investors in our debt and i would never invest capital of allen media of something we don't contr

i guess larry ellison asked rupert murdoch, tell me about television.id, i can tell you everything you need to know in 30 seconds. do you have time? and larry ellison said yes, and he said sports. that is it. that is the ultimate leverage. sports. rsn's. these are some of rupert's best work. when it became available, we said let's see what we can do. we have a great relationship with sinclair. >> you sold your first show to them. byron: i started my first from the table. when i sold my first television "entertainers with byron allen," he was one of my first buyers. we only had two stations, i think pittsburgh and baltimore. i called every television station from my dining room table and asked them to carry my once a week show for free. 14 minutes of commercial time, i will keep seven minutes, you get seven minutes, local station could you sell your seven minutes to local advertisers, and i will sell my seven minutes to national advertisers. >> you were alongside them in this deal. we know what sinclair -- the financing. how much are you guys invested? b

ok in the issues at the core of that will be addressed during the speech later today rupert it comes at a time when the coalition government is looking for some kind of a way to move forward some kind of agreement among its all those members absolutely already heard about the proposal from the environmental minister who says we need to support the french proposal to cut down old emissions by 2050 to 0 which is something i'm going makeovers that this is not going to happen the environmental minister wants to introduce some sort of a carbon tax here in germany something i've always said this is not going to happen especially as there's the label tax on it but even knows that climate change is going to cost something for the people and you already said there is going to be a price tag but we don't know which already so something is going to come up we old very good to know what she's going to propose ok and everyone should be looking at that possible price tag as well richard thanks very much for that call doris day the hollywood actress and legend has died at the age of 97 a movie star

rupert wingfield—hayes reports from tokyo.—spangled banner rang out across the imperial palace courtyard, the us president and first lady were formally welcomed byjapan‘s new emperor, naruhito, and empress masako. mr trump is said to be mightily pleased that he is the first foreign leader to get this honour. the schoolchildren brought in to wave the flags looked a little less happy, thanks to the searing 32—degree heat. but mr trump is not herejust for the pomp and circumstance. in his summit with prime minister shinzo abe, there was one topic on his mind — trade. we have an unbelievably large imbalance, as you know, trade imbalance, which has been there for many, many years, japan having the big advantage, and put us in a very tough spot. but i think we will have a deal with japan. president trump is clearly delighted with the way he has been welcomed here injapan, but mr trump is still fundamentally a transactional politician. and his message to his japanese friends here today was this — if you want this alliance to work, if

from tokyo, rupert wingfield—hayes reports.o, the names on the funeral tablets are all in vietnamese. look at the ages, none is over 35. each tablet represents the life of a migrant worker. a vietnamese nun collected these names from across japan. each month, she collects new names. translation: to come to japan, they borrow a lot of money, then they can't pay it back, even if they work very hard. they get stressed and sick. they die from things like heart failure, and some kill themselves. there are hundreds of thousands of so—called foreign interns working in cities and little towns this one all overjapan. many of them are treated terribly, almost like indentured labour. because of that, more and more of them are running away. 7000 run away last year alone. when they do, they end up in places like this. the people in this safe house are mostly from china. they have fled abuse and exploitation injapanese factories and farms. this woman says she endured daily bullying and then lost a finger in an accident on a dairy farm. trans

from tokyo, rupert wingfield—hayes reports. names on the funeral tablets are all in vietnamese. look at the ages, none is over 35. each tablet represents the life of a migrant worker. a vietnamese nun collected these names from across japan. each month, she collects new names. translation: to come to japan, they borrow a lot of money, then they can't pay it back, even if they work very hard. they get stressed and sick. they die from things like heart failure, and some kill themselves. there are hundreds of thousands of so—called foreign interns working in cities and little towns this one all overjapan. many of them are treated terribly, almost like indentured labour. because of that, more and more of them are running away. 7000 run away last year alone. when they do, they end up in places like this. the people in this safe house are mostly from china. they have fled abuse and exploitation injapanese factories and farms. this woman says she endured daily bullying and then lost a finger in an accident on a dairy farm. translation

more i'm joined now by our political correspondent rupert vitor of all the good morning to you report with with tensions rising right now how concerned is europe can you give us some insights there europe is very concerned that this region which is considered to be a powder pack keg that this region could go into war by accident in the end what we have seen in the last 2 weeks is that the united states have brought in additional forces into the persian gulf have brought in the ships from the fleet and we have seen rising tensions not only between iran and the united states but also between the saudi arabia and iran these 2 regional powers that have been fighting full full power in this region who's and who's going to be the most powerful state in this region for 4 years now and when we have seen this subject to attacks you know one has no one really has said this has been iran but it is clear that in between the lines that the saudi arabians and their allies blaming iran for this iran is already saying. ill thinkers shouldn't try to blame us it was as a geisha you gunson investigation

stay with us, rupert.who is out and about mingling with hundreds of people gathering here and hoping to get a glimpse of the new imperial couple. you just missed a lovely little family who had drawn the imperial couple. we are surrounded by people so if we are jostled i apologise. hello. konnichiwa. you heard rupert talk about how old the japanese monarchy is, the oldest in the world and it is one of the reasons why there is such a fascination with them. that, and the fa ct fascination with them. that, and the fact that this new imperial couple, there is hope that they will continue on the legacy of their father and that is to reach out to the people and sit with them, to go through things together. that shared experience. when you speak to japanese people about their life they talk about it in terms of who was emperor at the time and what the emperor was doing at the time, even though the emperor is not a political figure. they are a national symbol for the country. they hope they will continue this legac

rupert wingfield—hayes reports from tokyo.—spangled banner rang out gci’oss as the star—spangled banner rang out across the imperial palace courtyard , across the imperial palace courtyard, the us president and first lady were formally welcomed by japan's new emperor naruhito and empress. mr trump is said to be mightily pleased that he is the first foreign leader to get this honour. the schoolchildren brought in to waive the flags looked a little less happy, thanks to the searing 32 degrees heat. but mr trump is not herejust for searing 32 degrees heat. but mr trump is not here just for the searing 32 degrees heat. but mr trump is not herejust for the pomp and circumstance. in his summit with prime minister shinzo abe, there was one topic on his mind — trade. prime minister shinzo abe, there was one topic on his mind - trade. we have an unbelievably large imbalance, as you know, trade imbalance, as you know, trade imbalance, which has been there for many, imbalance, which has been there for any imbalance, which has been there

morning rupert you know these reports of sabotage comes as the u.s. deploys a growing number of military assets to the region and as relations with tehran deteriorates how concerned is europe about the developments right now very concerned europe is concerned that this powder keg region on this is what this region is the 2. major powers that saudi arabia and iran who have been struggling for 2 to be which one is going to be the most dominant power in the region for years now and this already has resulted in one terrible war and yemen that this could at this time with fire this is what europe is saying this is what is happening right now in the gulf at this point was fire could spark another war in the region of war the europeans fear would have begun from the implications to europe to any other region in the world ok well there's a lot of speculation right now about the sabotage which comes as u.s. secretary of state mike peo makes a surprise visit to brussels and this foreign ministers meet there to try to salvage the iran nuclear deal let's take a l

the big question, rupert, is why? it is baffling to most people, itjust doesn't make sense.ontact to a parent with convictions and a known history of serious domestic abuse? these are tragic cases. i can't comment on the individual cases... no, but let's talk about some of the reasons. why do you think? the court will be looking at the risks, as well as the record. they will have advice from cafcass about that. and there is the presumption, but it is not a contact at all costs... that is what it feels like to some people. i can understand that in an individual case it may feel, to the mother of the child, that that right of the father has been given priority over what she thinks ought to happen. in these disputed cases, then it is also inevitable that someone is going to feel the court has got it wrong. it is tragic when you have a consequence of the kind that we have heard about in your film. i can't believe any court would have made orders that allowed that to happen, knowing that it was a significant risk that would happen. the court in question must have been convinced t

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.to hit the country in 12 years. the quake struck in the early hours of sunday morning, collapsing buildings and knocking out power in some areas. tremors were felt hundreds of miles away in the capital lima, where people ran out of their homes in fear. some injuries — but no deaths — have been reported. a british man has died following a collision between two yachts near cannes. the 29—year—old, who was a crew member on board the minx vessel, is reported to have suffered a heart attack. the incident happened as another yacht tried to manoeuvre past the minx. police are investigating the incident, which happened on the last night of the film festival. let's return to the european elections. results will start coming in from 10pm this evening. our europe correspondent damian grammaticas joins me now with the latest — live from brussels. windows results do start to appear, what should people look out for? the first think you will look out for is what will happen to this is the european pa

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.he bbc news channel. goodbye for now. hello. you‘re watching the bbc news channel with martine croxall. let‘s return to our main story — that more contenders have formerly declared their intention to run for the leadership of the conservative party with the issue of a no—deal brexit emerging as the main fault line between the candidates. the environment secretary, michael gove, the former brexit secretary, dominic raab and the former commons leader, andrea leadsom, have all confirmed they are running. i‘ve been speaking to the international trade secretary liam fox about whether he was preparing to stand in the conservative leadership contest. if we get any more candidates, it will be a shorter list to say those who are not. ken clarke said that, there has to be one conservative mp that is not going to throw his hat into the ring. why would you be tempted, or wouldn‘t you be? as i said, it‘s very unlikely. any case, i am away all of this week. we have a lot of trade and investment in n

rupert wingfield—hayes reports. into a scene from a horror movie. schoolgirls lining up to get on their morning bus slashed and stabbed by a knife—wielding man shouting, "i'm going to kill you!" this man saw it happen. "i heard the screams, then i saw some kids lying on the ground," he says. "there was a man with two long sashimi knives, one in each hand. then he cut himself in the neck, and collapsed." "i saw a boy who had been slashed on the face and leg," says this man. "he was very traumatised, terrified. i cannot forgive what was done to these kids." this afternoon, people began leaving flowers and little gifts at the site, a sign of respect for the two who were killed — one a little girl, the other a parent. so this is the street corner where the little girls were lining up to get on their bus this morning when they were suddenly attacked by this man wielding two knives. you can still see the bloodstains on the street here. an attack like this would be profoundly shocking anywhere in the world, but it is all t

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.. the quake struck in the early hours of sunday morning — collapsing buildings and knocking out power in some areas. tremors were felt hundreds of miles away in the capital lima — where people ran out of their homes in fear. some injuries but no deaths have been reported. a british man has died following a collision between two yachts near cannes. the 29—year—old, who was a crew member on board the minx vessel, is reported to have suffered a heart attack. the incident happened as another yacht, tried to manoeuvre past the minx. police are investigating the incident which happened on the last night of the film festival. a woman has been found alive more than two weeks after she went missing in a forest on the hawaiian island of maui. amanda eller was rescued by helicopterfrom a deep ravine — she'd been hiking in the area when she became lost and then injured. ramzan karmali reports. the biggest thing is the last 17 days of my life have been the toughest days of my life. hiker amanda ell

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.sities say any drop in fees would have to be replaced by direct funding, to avoid students experiencing suffering. and as our education editor bra nwen jeffreys reports, the review is also expected to suggest ways in which technical and vocational routes could be made more attractive, to students through better support. louis is in his second year at salford uni, studying for a degree after working in construction. he thinks it's worth it, but says others are put off by living costs, as well as tuition fees. i've got a few friends who've got the qualification to come onto a first year of the construction course, but it's the fee that is ultimately stopping them, and how are they going to be able to live? and it is so, so important... students only pay back when earning as graduates, but political concern it feels too expensive is behind this review. universities fear a cut in tuition fee for students won't be replaced by the government. if you want your graduates to go out there, be ab

rupert wingfield hayes sent this report from the scene.l street on the south side of tokyo was turned into a scene from a horror movie. schoolgirls lining up to get on their morning bus, slashed and stabbed by a knife—wielding man shouting, "i'm going to kill you!" this man saw it happen. "i heard the screams, then i saw some kids lying on the ground," he says. "there was a man with two long sashimi knives, one in each hand. then he cut himself in the neck and collapsed." "i saw a boy who had been slashed on the face and leg," says this man. "he was very traumatised, terrified. i cannot forgive what was done to these kids." this afternoon, people began leaving flowers and little gifts at the site, a sign of respect for the two who were killed — one, a little girl, the other, a parent. so this is the street corner where the little girls were lining up to get on their bus this morning when they were suddenly attacked by this man wielding two knives. you can still see the bloodstains on the street here. an attack like this would be profoundly

rupert wingfield—hayes reports.was turned into a scene from a horror movie. schoolgirls lining up to get on their morning bus, slashed and stabbed by a knife—wielding man shouting, "i'm going to kill you!" this man saw it happen. "i heard the screams, then i saw some kids lying on the ground," he says. "there was a man with two long sashimi knives, one in each hand. then he cut himself in the neck and collapsed." "i saw a boy who had been slashed on the face and leg," says this man. "he was very traumatised, terrified. i cannot forgive what was done to these kids." this afternoon, people began leaving flowers and little gifts at the site, a sign of respect for the two who were killed — one, a little girl, the other, a parent. so this is the street corner where the little girls were lining up to get on their bus this morning when they were suddenly attacked by this man wielding two knives. you can still see the bloodstains on the street here. an attack like this would be profoundly shocking anywhere in the world, but

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if murdoch's -- rupert murdoch's kingdom x. it, they've spent like 150 sources they interviewed. it took them a year to do it. that is right out of the golden year of journalism. so if you have the financing, what i would say, you know, is how do we get our reporters financed. how do we -- i mean, amazon, jeff bezos has financed "the washington post." "the new york times" has been gang busters. the new yorker does gang buster work. and i think this is a kind of a thrilling moment for journalists because there's so much to write about as the world goes absolutely -- i mean, now when i go to dinners or lunches, the first question someone asks at the table will often be is 50% of the world mentally ill? [laughter] you know, this is the golden era of moral amnesia, it seems to me, you know? this is like we have entered -- america gets these fogs, these fogs, like, we love our witch hunts. we have these fogs we get into, and it seems, you know, extraordinary, this moment, that we are in a kind of a fog of moral am news. >>. and -- a

thank you, rupert wingfield—hayes.e, plenty of contenders, what is the big picture? it isa contenders, what is the big picture? it is a crowded field and jeremy hunt is trying to set himself apart from some in the race by establishing himself as the antinode your candidate. in a piece for the daily telegraph he writes that trying to pursue a no deal exit risks a general election and would be political suicide for the conservative party. he is getting a parliament having shown itself prepared to do whatever it takes to stop a no—deal brexit means the only real way they can do that now would bea real way they can do that now would be a no—confidence vote in the government, which could trigger a general election, and jeremy hunt says that will putjeremy corbyn in downing street by christmas. another candidate very much on the other side of the argument, esther mcvey, shot back atjeremy hunt last night and said the real political suicide would not be delivering on the referendum result and keeping britain in the eu longer

an extraordinary team standing here, especially directorjames, producer georgina, rupert, everybody.tributors who made this film possible. the families whose loved ones were killed by gun no. six who spoke extraordinarily openly and trusted us extraordinarily openly and trusted us and the men who, as reformed ex— offenders, like david, who trusted us offenders, like david, who trusted us and spoke to honours does make spoke honestly to help us understand why some young men turn to violence. we hope this film is a tiny contribution to a national conversation that we feel like we need to be having more urgently and would like to dedicate this to eve ryo ne would like to dedicate this to everyone who has lost people to this kind of violence and especially to young people who, right now, need help not to choose violence. thank you. applause nominations for news coverage. my my daughter is now all over the world as a duchess. and i am very proud of her. and i will adjust to this. i will get over this. the self—proclaimed digital masterminds who may have swayed an american election offerin

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in kawasaki city, japan.have happened when rival gangs clashed. here'sjulia carneiro. authorities, the federal government has said it is sending a special task force with agents to reinforce the security in the main prison unit where the massacre started. where 15 we re where the massacre started. where 15 were killed on sunday. the government also says it will make vacancies available in federal prisons in order to transfer leaders that are perceived as leaders of this massacre, into the safer units and get them away from the prison units where this happened. we also know that on sunday when this started it was a visiting hours at the prison unit so it seems that families were within the unit and some of them witnessed the killings of these first 15 victims that were strangled or stabbed to death. brazil has the third largest prison population in the world with 700,000 inmates, and many of these prisons are overcrowded, building new prisons has long been a demand here. not only building new prisons but also

for rupert patel, there is hope left that ththgs will change. he sees no future in farming. all he wants is for his son to find a job, far removed from the precarious world of agriculture. brent: tonight, aviation investigators are stemming the voice and data recorders of a russian airplane that made an emergency landing in moscow yesterday. 41 people died. the aeroflot plane was flying to the northern city of murmansk when the pilot reported technical problems and turned back. >> little is left of the jet. it seems incredible that any of its 78 passengers made it out alive. 41 people died as the plane made a hard emergency landing at a moscow airport. some passengers documented the dramatic touchdown and the terror of those inside the plane as flames engulfed the cabin. this man made it out, surviving passengers regulations will be crucial. they could confirm whether the pilot account is accurate. he blamed lightning. the authorities investigation continues, and the transport minister has ruled out granting the brand of jet. >>>> there is no reason for tha, thank you. >> th

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.well over an inch. and it's scotland which holds onto the rain overnight. slowly sinking its way southwards, turning drier for orkney, the northern highlands. that rain could arrive into the far north of england and northern ireland by dawn. elsewhere, dry — some clear skies before cloud builds across western fringes. and a fresher feeling night, lows typically between nine and 11 celsius. our rain doesn't go too far tomorrow. so, lingering through the central belt, southern scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england. elsewhere, some spells of sunshine, but also some fairly frequent showers blowing through on a brisk west or northwesterly wind. not too many showers, though, getting across to east anglia and southwestern england, but nowhere immune from a shower tomorrow. despite some sunshine, in the breeze, it's going to feel a little bit cooler. temperatures generally between 1a and 17 celsius. just nine or ten, though, for the far north of scotland. plenty of showers ar

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.er on board the minx vessel, and is reported to have suffered a heart attack. the incident happened as another yacht tried to manoeuvre past the minx. police are investigating the incident which happened on the last night of the cannes film festival. at least two people have been killed after a powerful tornado swept through a small town near oklahoma city. authorities have spent the evening sifting through the damage, fearing the death toll will rise. freya cole reports. oklahoma is no stranger to tornadoes, but when one with such ferocity hits, it is near impossible, even for seasoned residents, to prepare for the worst. it was pretty intense. we had a lot of patrons on the patio. we started seeing tents overturned, chairs overturned, and heavy, heavy rain all of a sudden. the storm front swept through this caravan park, displacing dozens of people, and flattened this budget motel in el reno. rescue workers spent the night searching the rubble for survivors. they've been told more th

our tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield hayes has been there to find out.ad fresh from the fields of fu kushima. speaks japanese. (no (n0 audio translation available). i am eating their salad without asking. after eight years as a nuclear refugee, this 70—year—old man is back in his fields. this is very interesting, this man has come back here, planted his crops. this is basically for his own consumption and to experiment, to see what grows here, whether it's safe after it's grown. he says they have taken the top five centimetres of soil, it's been removed from his fields and from his garden here, and he said consequently it is not nearly as good as it used to be. on a nearby field, in giant letters, the japanese words "we came back". they were planted by this 80—year—old man. translation: i have been back many times, so i am not worried about radiation at all. only a tiny part of okuma has been reopened, the rest remaining completely off—limits. as we have driven down into okuma town proper, the old town, the atmosphere completely changed. you can see the

rupert wingfield—hayes in tokyo.anese emperor naruhito. he only recently acceded to the chrysanthemum chrysanthemum throne. and the emperor's wife meth melania trump. she once simultaneously conducted conversations in english and russian with the president of the united states and the president of russia. she is quite a formidable figure in her own right. a bit ofa her own right. a bit of a height difference, as you can see, between the two men. we sell president trump lines upwards with somebody a bit more his own sites at the sumo wrestling tournament yesterday. it has all been smelts for the camera, there is a certain amount of attention because they are a bit worried in japan that the president may be shifting away from the pacific little bit, his interest in the region, and perhaps some of his words about north korea will not reassure that much. he said the missiles launched recently were just small weapons. an american climber has died on mount everest, the eleventh person to lose their life there in little mor

rupert whitaker went on to become a leading immunologist.al lgbt edition of witness history. we will be back next month with more first—hand accounts of extraordinary moments from around the globe. for now, from me here in stonewalling new york, goodbye. —— here in stonewall, new york. hello. for some, it's been a sunny start to the bank holiday weekend. we saw a high of 25 celsius in london on saturday afternoon. this is herne bay, in kent, around about the same time. for others, a very different story. cloudy, outbreaks of rain across parts of northern ireland, northern england and scotland, and many of us will see some rain over the next few days. it'll be turning cool and breezier, as well, but also some spells of sunshine. but the rain and the strengthening breeze comes courtesy of an atlantic front working its way eastwards, likely to stall through much of the weekend across the far north of scotland. it's certainly scotland which will see the lion's share of the rain through the early hours of sunday morning, and northern scotland wil

of congress it escalates the democrats' legal battle with the trumpet ministration over access to rupert miller's russia reports bar has refused to submit an on redacted version of the special counsel's findings president trump has asserted executive privilege over the reports shielding its from public view well in another developments on the alleged collusion the us senate intelligence panel has subpoenas the president's son donald trump jr he's reportedly being summoned to provide answers about his contacts with russia with senators looking to question him about his twenty seventeen congressional testimony on plans for a trump tower projects in moscow classical hain is following developments in washington. after a long and contentious hearing the house judiciary committee has voted along party lines to issue a contempt of congress citation against the william bar the u.s. attorney general this is all over the robert mueller the special counsel's report about potential collusion between the trim campaign in russia and obstruction of justice barr released a redacted version of the report

rupert wingfield hayes sent this report, from there. oops, i pulled the whole lot out.eaks japanese. (n0 audio translation available). i am eating their salad without asking. after eight years as a nuclear refugee, this 70—year—old man is back in his fields. this is very interesting, this man has come back here, planted his crops. this is basically for his own consumption and to experiment, to see what grows here, whether it's safe after it's grown. he says they have taken the top five centimetres of soil, it's been removed from his fields and from his garden here, and he said consequently it is not nearly as good as it used to be. on a nearby field, in giant letters, the japanese words "we came back". they were planted by this 80—year—old man. translation: i have been back many times, so i am not worried about radiation at all. only a tiny part of 0kuma has been reopened, the rest remaining completely off—limits. as we have driven down into 0kuma town proper, the old town, the atmosphere completely changed. you can see the gates, abandoned buildings, nothing has been t

talk more of us about this now with our political correspondent report vitor volved good morning ruperthe petersburg climate dialogue taking place now for the 10th time but but this year it's in a very different political climate that those talks are under way absolutely when the talks 1st started in 2010 that it was the then the idea was to form some sort of a could issue of the willing the countries that accepted that climate change is a fact that was the countries that was saying we have to limit carbon dioxide emissions then in 2015 after the part of paris agreement which said we need to limit global warming to 2 degrees celsius then it was the idea to make paris work but now we have to see that we have countries like the united states of brazil as we have heard in the report that one to leave the paris accord and we have countries like germany that once was heading the whole climate change business is now a country that doesn't really meet its own goals so the idea now is a completely different one and what we have now today is a meeting that has to set the course for the actual cl

rupert wingfield—hayes reports.moment emperor akihito formally relinquished japan's imperial treasures. the sacred sword, the mirror of the gemstone and with them, the imperial throne. after 30 years, his final address lasted just a minute and a half. "i thank the people for supporting me," he said. "i hope the new era will be peaceful and fruitful "and i pray with all my heart for peace and happiness "forjapan and the whole world." standing close by, the crown prince and princess, their faces perhaps betraying some of the apprehension of what now lies ahead for them. forjapan, the ceremony taking place in the imperial palace behind me here isn't just about the end of the emperor akihito's rain, it is the end of an era. tomorrow, japan will have a new emperor, a new name and a new calendar. outside the palace walls, people were enjoying the extended 10—day holiday, not concerned too much about what was going on inside. translation: the emperor is the symbol of japan and he had devoted himself for the country. i didn

completely safe could take up to 50 years and cost as much as $1 trillion. 0ur tokyo correspondent rupert foreign journalists to be taken inside the damaged reactor, as the operators mark a milestone in the clean—up. the clean—up of the towns in the countryside around fukushima has created millions and millions of tons of waste that has to be sorted and disposed of. and this is just some of it. each one of these bags is filled with one ton of radioactive soil. there are 1,000 sites like this across fukushima. this is the moment reactor number three at fukushima exploded. it ejected a huge plume of radioactive material into the sky. the reactor building was left a mangled, radioactive wreck. eight years on, a new structure has been built over the damaged reactor. 4,000 people are working to contain and clean up the disaster, and today, i'm going inside to see their progress. this is very strange, to be standing inside here, because this huge structure i'm standing inside is right on top of reactor building number three. and down underneath me here is the melted reactor core, inside this bu

put personal ties between these parties though the deal was says we don't have anything to do with rupert thank you very much that riverview devolved on this morning and welcome. let's move on to some sports now and every year the german football world selects a coach whose social involvement abroad has made a contribution to the positive image of germany abroad their name then the german football basser the word comes with the cash prizes given to the charitable project of their choice this year's winner is the liverpool coach jurgen klopp. a crowd of football luminaries gathered at the foreign ministry in berlin well to congratulate germany's football and best if a 2019 yogen club the full mcdormand and current liverpool coach could not attend the ceremony but sent his thanks for a video message. heated for the prize. i'm proud to be german proud to be european and i'm enjoying living here in england. club is busy preparing his little pool side for the champions league final he's exploits on the field as well as off the field sealed the decision for the panel. in england i told people t