Transcripts For BBCNEWS Newsday 20171009

Those attacks. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in washington, where President Trumps testy relationship with Top Republicans has reached new levels in a war of tweets with senator bob corker. It began on sunday when mr trump said senator corker, didnt have the guts to run for re election in the state of tennessee. Mr corker, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, shot back calling the white house an Adult Day Care Center and that someone obviously missed their shift. Later in the day, during an interview with the new york times, senator corker went on to accuse donald trump of treating the presidency like a reality show with actions that could put the us on the path to world war three. Our north american correspondent Anthony Zurcher told us more. Exactly. We see what donald trump and macro to picking a fight and donald trump has it fights with lots of republicans but this is the first time one of his fellow republicans has really pushed back. Bob corker essentially calling donald trump alaia in his interview with the new york times. Donald trump called bob alaia a coward, saying he did not have the guts to run for re election. Donald trump annoying any senator, re election. Donald trump annoying any senator, even one re election. Donald trump annoying any senator, even one that will be gonein any senator, even one that will be gone in little over a year is dangerous if you want to get his agenda passed. Why did bob corker said these things right now . His chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee say he has a front row seat at us Foreign Policy in places like north korea and the persian gulf and afghanistan and he is expressing frustration at the donald trump is a pricking a fight in criticising secretary of state Rex Tillerson, his tweeting about north korea and eu herd earlier bob corker said he was counting on people like Rex Tillerson and matters to be the grown ups. Donald trump then on sunday started directing fire back at bob corker because donald trump does not like being criticised and ans is any criticism with his own attack. Now you have these back and forth between a Senior Member and chairman of the committee and the president of the committee and the president of the committee and the president of the United States it is pretty remarkable. More analysis from anthony on our website. Lets take a look at some of the days other news in the United States, at least one person has died and at least two have been seriously injured in wildfires which are spreading through californias wine region. The governor has declared a state of emergency in three counties. Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes. The authorities are warning that the windy conditions are making it hard for them to contain the fires. Dave lee reports from san francisco. Fierce winds and low humidity dasha the perfect conditions for a raging blaze to spread across californias favours wine region, north of san francisco. Late sunday night, dramatic videos posted to social media showed locals desperately fleeing towns that were being engulfed by the flames. Stop stop wince as strong as 70 mph and the fire spread quickly and unpredictably. What started the initial blaze is not yet known. Oclock somebody came around honking their honks and late looked out of my bedroom window. I drew my blind andi my bedroom window. I drew my blind and i saw flames all up behind the hills behind my house. More than 13 so hills behind my house. More than 13 so profound is covering a lot of acres had been dealt with. A conservative estimates suggest 1500 structures have been destroyed, many of them people s homes. Evacuation centres were set up for those affect it, including several 100 patients at two hospitals. The city centre rose was particularly badly hit. Sa nta rose was particularly badly hit. Santa rosa. When can impact and start fires, down power lines, under this kind of conditions, the risk is unjust extreme. Californias Governorjerry Brown has declared a state of emergency in a region that is no stranger to fire. Stretched fire crews are also attending the fires in southern california. In one country, authorities prioritise getting people out of harm s way for attempting to tackle the blaze. 20,000 people have left their homes and so now attention is turned to fighting the blaze. People have been told to close their windows to minimise the danger of breathing in age. Weather forecasts minimise the danger of breathing in age. Weatherforecasts predict the wind levels may drop which may make containing the fire easier. We will continue to monitor that situation. Also making news today the International Committee of the red cross says it will drastically reduce its presence in afghanistan. It comes after seven of its staff were killed in militant attacks this year and several others were abducted. The charity, which has worked in the country for 30 years, will mainly scale back its operations in the north. Us media reports say an investigation by google has found that russian agents spent tens of thousands of dollars on adverts to spread disinformation during the president ial election. Sources connected to googles probe say the ads were carried by youtube and gmail, which are google products. The nobel prize for economics has been awarded to the us economist, richard thaler, one of the Founding Fathers of behavioural economics. He co wrote the global best seller, nudge, which looked at how people make bad or irrational choices. You are looking at here at a tweet from new zealand policy police. New Zealand Police have apologised after posting an insensitive tweet about road death victims. The tweet from the official new Zealand Police twitter account read when we have to tell someone their Family Member has died in a crash, with a gif featuring american 0ffice star steve carell and a subtitle saying this is the worst. New Zealand Police have since apologised for this. Theres growing pressure on the leaders of catalonia to abandon their plans to declare the region independent from spain. The catalan president is due to address the Regional Parliament later today in whats likely to be a major milestone in the political crisis, and hes previously signalled that a formal declaration is imminent. 0ur europe editor katya adler reports from barcelona. Barcelona is world famous as a haven for tourists, not a hotbed for political instability. So the storm around Catalan Independence has taken visitors a bit by surprise. Well, there are a lot of people yelling, crying, viva espana. We have seen people being very friendly, happy. Happy to try to be independent, yes. The streets of barcelona have echoed with political slogans this week, demonstrations for and against Catalan Independence, following a referendum on breaking away from spain which was marred by police aggression, not recognised by spanish courts, but resulted in a majority for independence. The tension of the last few days, including arguments over who did or didnt vote in the referendum, comes to a head here tomorrow in a special session of the Catalan Parliament called by the catalan president. And what will he say exactly . Its impossible to overstate how keenly watched, how closely watched his words will be, notjust here in catalunya, but across spain and the european union. Because, ultimately, this comes down to european unity. Will there be that declaration of unilateral Catalan Independence here or not . No one knows. And if they do, they are not telling. Translation the law is very clear about declaring independence if a majority is in favour. But it is not for me to speak for the catalan president. As the clock counts down to the catalan president s parliamentary declaration, political pressure is being ramped up to stop the push for independence, at home, by the spanish government. And abroad, with france, seen as culturally close to the catalans, declaring it will not recognise an independent catalonia. Catalans in favour of independence plan to surround the parliament here, an attempt to bend the catalan president to their will. Katya adler, bbc news, barcelona. The case of seven australian politicians caught up in the countrys dual nationality saga will begin in the high court in canberra shortly. All seven admit they may have breached the constitution by taking office while holding Citizenship Rights in other countries. If some, such as deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce seen here on the top left, lose the case, then the Australian Government could lose its majority. Scott ludlam is among seven politicians facing the high court. Mr ludlam joins me now live from perth, western australia. You set this saga in motion, so to speak, when you announce you were a citizen of new zealand and you a bru ptly citizen of new zealand and you abruptly quit parliament. You have had different experiences on how you breached these code. Is there an issue with the actual code itself . Well, if it is continue to be read by the court as strictly as it has been a red in the past, potentially it would invalidate the candidacy of all seven of the people, including myself, who are caught up in these, but it would also arguably disenfranchised a large number of australians. Apart from aboriginal people, this is an immigrant country. A very large number of people are potentially unable to stand or run for parliament if the Court Continues to read this provision of the constitution as strictly as it has in the past. Subject or citizen of a foreign power in your case and in the case of all seven, it is the dual nationality. That is the real issue. What we have discovered during the course of the way this issue has proceeded is that a lot of people had dual nationality. I did not realise, my parents did not realise. This has got a number of people by surprise, the degree to which you maintain dual citizen entitlements if your parents may have been born or spent time in a particular country. That is what the court has to untangle where to draw the line exactly. The stakes politically u nfa i rly exactly. The stakes politically unfairly high. Before we get onto the political impact because ramifications are pretty huge, you could be facing depending on which way it goes, and elections. In terms of what the high Court Decides. How do you hope it goes . of what the high Court Decides. How do you hope it goes . I do not have hopes in particular directions and it would be a bit risky because it is so complex. I guess my view is that i blame i believe in me and my colleague did the right thing by resigning. We took responsibility for the situation, for our actions and since then we have seen some quite different interpretations, i guess. And political comings and goings and ramblings about whether the constitution should be read in that way. A lot of people will be watching closely what the Court Decides because it is so complex and the different politicians are quite different circumstances. I do not think anybody can confidently predict where we are going to land and it may not have a result this week. A lot of people will be looking at what happens to the deputy Prime Minister. In his case, he did not realise he had dual citizenship. Should he not be excused for these . I did not realise either. There is nothing in the constitution about being excused it you did not know. Effectively that is what representatives will be arguing. The constitution is clear and interpretation in the past is clear, being ignorant is not enough. That is the conclusion i came to. When i was made aware of this in july this year the advice we got from the clerk of the senate and our Legal Counsel was a bit common sense. Being ignorant has never been a defence to this issue in the past soido a defence to this issue in the past so i do not think barnaby should get a pass that should be subject to the same interpretation of the law as anybody else. Whether this should be changed is another question. This kind of revisions to not exist in the uk, the us and in plenty of other democracies. A lot of australias would be disenfranchised by this and be surprised by it. That isa by this and be surprised by it. That is a question for future parliaments. If the court agrees with the rule reading of this, you face a situation where the government would lose its majority and could potentially be facing a new election. Politically that would play in many different parties favour . The government is a bit of a walking shambles. Normally i would not be jumping walking shambles. Normally i would not bejumping up and down for an early election there is such a disaster area that i think maybe it would be best for everybody if they got put out all the mystery but that is as you just down the timeline. Depending on what happens with mr joyce, how long a by election takes. That could risk losing a no confidence vote. That depends on a small crowd of crossbenchers and then the possibility of a general election. It is an interesting proposition but we are still a few jumps away from that, starting with what the High Court Says and if their interpretation is small lenient than it has been in the past, it all goes away. We will wait and watch what the high Court Decides. For the time being, thank you for your time. You are watching newsday on the bbc. Still to come on the programme the highs and the lows. We hear one american familys experience of sending their young son to a Public School in china. Also on the programme dogs are meant to be a mans best friend, but would you share a pool with one . This was a celebration by people who were relishing their freedom. They believe everythings going to be different from now on. They think their country will be respected in the world once more, as it used to be before Slobodan Milosevic took power. The dalai lama, the exiled spiritual leader of tibet, has won this years nobel peace prize. As the parade was reaching its climax, two grenades exploded and a group of soldiersjumped from a military truck taking part in the parade and ran towards the president , firing from kalashnikov automatic rifles. After 437 years, the skeletal ribs of henry viiis tragic warship emerged. But even as divers work to buoy her up, the mary rose went through another heart stopping drama. I want to be the peoples governor. I want to represent everybody. I believe in the people of california. This is newsday on the bbc. Im rico hizon in singapore. Im kasia madera in london. Our top stories a Top Republican says President Trump could set america on a path to world war iii, and claims white house staff try to contain the man at the top. One of the worst firestorms in californias history is tearing its way through parts of the states wine region. Police in austria have called for clarity over a controversial the Pakistani Army has begun work on building a fence along the countrys vast and troubled border with afghanistan. Afghanistan and the United States accuse pakistan of harbouring the taliban, but pakistani Officials Say they are more concerned that militant groups they have pushed out of the country have set up camps in afghanistan. Secunder kermani reports from chaman, on the border between the two countries. Stretching for over 2500 kilometres, pakistan ands porous and largely invisible border with afghanistan has been a hub for violent insurgent groups. Now, though, the Pakistani Army plan to build a fence all the way along it, flying a spare with to emphasise the scale of the task. The United States has long accused pakistan of providing safe havens for militants wanting to turn into pakistans advice. Here in pakistan, the narrative is very different. They believe militants are using basesin they believe militants are using bases in afghanistan to launch attacks in pakistan and the hope this fence will help stop those attacks. In this western province, bordering afghanistan, the local commander is emphatic there are no safe havens for afg ha n commander is emphatic there are no safe havens for afghan jihad commander is emphatic there are no safe havens for afghanjihad is. 0fficials, though, do say they have seized thousands of kilograms of explosives intended for attacks in pakistan. 3596 of equipment is being donated. And the fence will be installed , donated. And the fence will be installed, the border will be no more porous, and £171 installed, the border will be no moving on. This is one of the countrys two hard . Moving on. This is one of the countrys two bard . Posts. Countrys two official border posts. Between 16000 and 20,000 people crossed here each day. Translation iam coming crossed here each day. Translation i am coming to pakistan to buy medicine. I go home to afghanistan by the evening. Militants dont use this official crossing, but neither do many of the hundreds of families living in villages straddling both sides of the border. I asked the local commander about comparisons to the proposed us mexico wall. Every country is a sovereign country. So it has borders, and it has a right to safeguard its security. Just like trump in america. If trump is doing it, trump is doing expertly the requirements of americans. We are doing expertly the requirements of pakistan. This proposed fence could ring the two countries closer together. If it is only intended to stop militants travelling into pakistan and not from pakistan, it could further divide them. When american journalist lenora chu moved to shanghai, she needed to find a school for her toddler. She looked at international schools, but decided instead to enrol her three year old, rainer, in chinas state run Public School system. It led to a journey for them both, and a book for her called little soldiers an american boy, a chinese school, and the global race to achieve. I asked lenora why she made that decision. We wa nted we wanted him to learn mandarin, and just down the street was one of the best state run schools in the city of shanghai. 26 million people. It seemed like a no brainer, but very quickly we found it more than we bargained for. You put him in at the age of three into this chinese run state Public School. He is now nine yea rs state Public School. He is now nine years old. Thats right. What has it in like for him . You know, so he has picked up all the signalling around how important education is. You know, it is or is about working harder, getting better, getting better. And all the respect round education. So let me back up for a second. You know, the very first week of school this american parent got into a confrontation with a teacher because she made her classroom eat eggs, including my own son, and he hates eggs. So schoch to confront the teacher and i say we dont use methods of force in the west, we sent our children to choose. And she says does it work . And leadership challenge me on questioning her authority in front of children. So i began to look into these questions of authority, achievement, and thats what really was the genesis of this book. Thats right, and these are some of the stories that you have shared in your new book. So there are stereotypes when it comes to chinese education and the west. What are some of these, lenora the stereotypes, and it is very much true, education in china is a race to advance. You get into the next level schooling based ona into the next level schooling based on a test score. I met families in shanghai whose toddlers were taking eight extracurricular is. Early classes, flute, soccer, just to distinguish themselves in the Primary School entrance exam. You can imagine if this trait anxiety can imagine if this trait anxiety can have detrimental effects on children. But the attitudes around education, you know, every child can learn, all the signalling that education is important and that it isafamily education is important and that it is a family affair. You know, the first week of school, the principal at orientation said we dont pick children, we pick parents. You know, i once met a mother who got two flutes, one for herself and one so she could practice alongside. I said, ok, everyone is on board. That isa said, ok, everyone is on board. That is a positive message send. Message to send. You have been watching newsday. Stay with us for cooking with a bite. And, before we go, lets take a look at these pictures. A lido in the uk seaside town of brighton has opened its doors to hundreds of dogs, and their humans, to celebrate the last weekend of the swimming season. And, if you were thinking of swimming there next summer, then dont worry about the fur balls. Staff at the Saltdean Lido have promised to give it a thorough clean overwinter. Hello that. Quite a lot of cloud bursting across the southern half of the british isles. Some drizzly outbreaks of rain as well in parts of england and wales. The best of the sunshine first thing today is likely to be across scotland. For Northern England, perhaps some brea ks Northern England, perhaps some breaks in the cloud, and for the midlands as well. Here is the picture first thing, as you can see. Fairly solid cloud across england and wales but take a closer look at where the brakes are to be found in just a second. But really you can already see the contrast, scotland and Northern England looking much clearer. Northern ireland likely to see some sunshine in shelter from the westerly or south westerly wind. Some showers arriving for the morning as well. One some showers arriving for the morning as well. Rush i 2. 3 some showers arriving for the mc theg as well. 3sz ems some showers arriving for the mc the northern i557 2. 3 some showers arriving for the mc the northern if . 2. 3 some showers arriving for the mc the northern if . Showers as loirsthe northern. Lites. Thwghcmggrz. We , onto loirsthe northern. Lites. Thwghcmggrz. We. Onto the a littfefi a leeei morej scotland a little bit more scattered, some heavy ones possible through the central lowlands. Here at least, in between the showers, some decent sunshine. Sunshine across Northern England first thing as well. Although the out for some rate in the northern bay area, stretching towards ligature. Some sunshine for the midlands and perhaps the south east of england. Thicker cloud, however, across the south west, and so more persistent if not particularly heavy outbreaks of rain here. Stretch those across the Bristol Channel in the southern wales as well. To the lee of the welsh hills and mountains however there will be some sunshine to get there will be some sunshine to get the day under way through herefordshire, up into the likes of warwickshire and into the midlands. Things improved through the morning. I think we will see more on the web sunshine whereas further south some of that cloud is going to filter its way further eastwards into the south east of england. So enjoy any early brightness because it looks like the afternoon for the south east and east anglia will be cloudy with some outtakes a rain. Further west, a little brighter but then cast your eye towards the north west, where after that glorious start for scotland it has all really gone downhill. Thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain arriving. That is this frontal system heat coming in from the north. Tightly squeezing isobars as well mean strong winds and that wet weather pushes across Northern Ireland, Northern England in the wales and the midlands through the small hours of wednesday. So pretty wet and windy story as wednesday gets under way, and this rain is really going to tot up as well for some parts of scotland, Northern England and wales. Addictively i think the Cumbrian Fels and the mountains of snowdonia. A dollop of rain, perhaps up to 100 millimetres before we are through with this weather system. The rain getting further south into wales and the south west of england come the afternoon. The south east with some sunshine could see up to 18 degrees. In Northern Ireland and scotland will clear at the day goes on. Thursday probably the best day of the week across the board in terms of some dry and fine weather. Just like winter as well. And temperatures around average for the time of year, in the mid teens. Im kasia madera with bbc world news. Our top story at least three people have been killed in one of the worst firestorms in californias history which is tearing its way through the states wine regions. The fires cover an area larger than 60,000 acres. More than 20,000 people have been evacuated. Winds of more than 60 kilometres per hour are fanning the flames across the region. Barnabyjoyce, Australias Deputy pm is one of seven mps facing scrutiny over dual citizenship. The saga thats gripped the country is due to be debated in the nations highest court. And this story is trending on bbc. Com. Oscar winning producer Harvey Weinstein has been sacked from his own Company Following allegations that he sexually harassed women for decades. Some in hollywood including meryl streep condemned his behaviour. Thats all from me now. Stay with bbc world news. Now on bbc news its time for hardtalk