Transcripts For BBCNEWS Newsday 20240713

And feeling stressed . Meet lilou the worlds first airport therapy pig. Shes hogging the limelight at San Francisco airport. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its one oclock in the morning in london and 9 oclock here in singapore and in hong kong where police have fired tear gas on a university campus. Protesters plan a second day of disruption after monday saw some of the worst unrest in five months of protests. It left two people in a Critical Condition in hospital. The first person, a protester, was shot by a Police Officer at point blank range. Later, a pro beijing supporter was soaked in flammable liquid and set alight after arguing with protesters. Our correspondent in hong kong, stephen mcdonnell, sent this report. This is how the day of extraordinary violence starts. A Police Officer, arresting the person in white, is approached by another protester, wearing black. Hes shot at point blank range. And its all captured in a Facebook Live video. The 21 year old is seriously injured yet somehow, despite his injuries, and amidst the chaos, he attempts to flee, but is captured and is taken away in an ambulance. Elsewhere in the city, a Police Officer drives into a group of black clad protesters, veering the motorbike towards them three times before taking off. Hes since been suspended. Hours later, a middle aged man argues with hard line protesters. In an act too graphic to show, hes doused in flammable liquid before being set on fire. Theres no question that escalating violence could get what the rioters want. Not from the government, not from society at large. And yet this evening, the clashes continued. Gunshots theres been an outpouring of anger here today and a very tough police response. It seems that this city is now locked in an ever deteriorating cycle of violence and retribution. And now its no longer like just a protest or strike, its war now, and its a war that i think all hong kongers must win. I think i even cant imagine what is going to happen tomorrow, so. Yeah, i dont know. More than 250 people were arrested today. With both sides digging in, there are fears this conflict could only escalate further. Stephen mcdonnell, bbc news, hong kong. Lets take a look at some of the days other news. Thousands are fleeing their homes in two eastern australian states as they brace for unprecedented and potentially catastrophic bushfires. Three people have died and a state of emergency has been imposed in two states as fires ravage New South Wales and queensland. Now fire chiefs are warning the worst danger is to come on tuesday with serious risk to lives in areas around sydney. Our correspondent phil mercer is in Hunter Valley, one of the worst affected areas, north of sydney. We are in maitland in the lower Hunter Valley region, about 165 miles to the north of sydney. Those catastrophic fire warnings are in place here. Driving through the region in the last few hours you can smell the smoke. Most certainly you can see the smoky haze that is blanketing this area. Fire authorities are warning that this could well be the most dangerous bushfire week ever seen in New South Wales. There are significant fires burning across the state. 3000 firefighters are on the ground. They are supported by a squadron of water bombing aircraft. In many ways this is a military style operation to try to protect life and property. Residents in bushfire prone regions have been urged to leave and we know that more than 600 schools and colleges have also been closed. There is also the threat further north in queensland, but very much today, the focus is here in New South Wales which is facing this unprecedented bush fire emergency. Temperatures are expected to soar to about 38 celsius, strong winds are predicted, low humidity on top of all of that the ground here is absolutely bone dry because of a long standing drought. So firefighters right across eastern australia are preparing for this expected onslaught. And later in the programme well be hearing more about the fires in New South Wales. Also making news today the uns nuclear watchdog, the iaea, has confirmed that iran has re started enriching uranium at its underground site at fordow, south of tehran. This is a fresh breach of commitments iran gave in the International Nuclear deal which the us has abandoned. The british, french and german governments have said theyre extremely concerned by the development. In britain, the brexit party says it wont now contest around 300 seats held by mps from the governing conservatives in next months general election. The partys leader nigel farage, said he would instead focus on seats held by the opposition, to avoid splitting the pro brexit vote. The Prime Minister has now moved to a position that looks a little more like brexit. Lets forget about left and right. Lets think about putting country before party and that is why i am prepared to give them a pass. At least 200 elephants in zimbabwe have died from a lack of food and water because of severe drought. Zimbabwes parks and Wildlife Management authority said it was planning to move 600 elephants from a Conservation Area in the south east of the country to three other national parks. Spacexs falcon 9 rocket has launched successfully on monday from Cape Canaveral in the us, carrying 60 mini satellites into space. The satellites are intended to help set up a network for global high Speed Internet connectivity. Spacex wants a big share of the future internet market from space its rivals include 0neweb and amazon. The peruvian government says a plane supplied by the Mexican Government which is offering asylum to evo morales who resigned as bolivias president at the weekend is currently re fuelling in lima. Bolivia is still in chaos and confusion, a day after he stepped down. His decision came after weeks of sometimes violent protests. Demonstrators accused him of rigging the election in october to secure a fourth term. The deputy head of the senate has said that shell take over as interim president , until new elections are held. The bbcs katy watson has more from la paz. For many in bolivia, the demise of the regions longest standing president could not have come sooner. 0vernight, celebrations turned to violence yet more unrest with buildings tortured and vandalised. This is one of many barricades that you see across la paz blocking the streets in the city. This one is Anti Government and people here say that despite the fact evo morales has resigned they are still here for democracy because bolivia still does not have an interim president and neither do they know when new elections will be called. A few people, however, braved the journey to work. Translation we are all afraid. It does not matter which side you are on. We are afraid of what is going to happen. Everyone is calling for conflict but what matters are the people. Elsewhere, people on the streets are still calling for change. These protesters were blocking access to the president ial palace, making sure no government member could return to their office. Translation evo morales could have left through the front door if he had respected what people were saying. Unfortunately he tried to perpetuate himself in power and that made people not want him anymore. A few minutes later, a Police Convoy carrying the politician expected to step in as interim president later this week. There is still so much uncertainty. No one knows when the new elections will be in until then, instability in this poor country is a constant threat. A former British Army Officer who helped set up the Syrian Rescue Group the White Helmets has been found dead in turkey. The body of James Le Mesurier was found on monday morning in istanbul. The turkish authorities have launched an investigation into his death as our Diplomatic Correspondent Caroline Hawley reports. It was on the street outside the building where he was staying thatJames Le Mesuriers body was found early this morning. Theres been no official statement from police, but Security Officials have been quoted as saying they believe he fell from a balcony. James le mesurier, who was in his 40s, set up the mayday rescue charity, which helped train syrias volunteer rescuers, known as the White Helmets. These are the White Helmets in action. They operate in rebel held areas of the country, saving survivors of the indiscriminate air strikes by the Syrian Military and its backer, russia. Speaking to the bbc five years ago, he paid tribute to their courage. It has been a source of immense pride for everybody who has been involved in the training and support to these heroes. They provide an incredible amount of inspiration in an environment that is otherwise so devoid of positives. Seen here just yesterday, the White Helmets rush into danger in idlib province, the last area of the country still held by the rebels. For the work they do, the White Helmets and James Le Mesurier have earned the hatred of both the kremlin and the syrian regime. 0nly last week, the Russian Foreign ministry accused him of being an mi6 agent and of having links with terrorists. The russian charges against him, that came out of the foreign ministry, that he was a spy categorically untrue. He was a british soldier, hed been to sandhurst, but above all he wasnt a serving soldier when he founded mayday and the White Helmets, he was a real humanitarian, and the world and syriaa in particular is poorer for his loss. Whatever the exact circumstances of his death in istanbul, friends and colleagues say hell be remembered for helping save countless syrian lives. Caroline hawley, bbc news. Youre watching newsday on the bbc. Still to come on the programme the climate defenders personal stories from people looking for solutions to global warming. Also on the programme, meet the pig easing passengers travel anxieties at San Francisco International Airport the bombastic establishment outsider, donald trump, has defied the pollsters to take the keys to the oval office. I feel great about the election result. I voted for him because i genuinely believe that he cares about the country. Its keeping the candidates name always in the public eye that counts. Success or failure depends not only on public display, but on the local Campaign Headquarters and the heavy routine work of their women volunteers. Berliners from both east and west linked hands and danced around their liberated territory. And with nobody to stop them, it wasnt long before the first attempts were made to destroy the structure itself. Yasser arafat, who dominated the palestinian cause for so long, has died. Palestinian authority has declared a state of mourning. After 17 years of discussion, the result was greeted with an outburst ofjoy. Women ministers whod long felt only grudgingly accepted in the ranks of clergy suddenly felt welcomed. This is newsday on the bbc. Thanks for staying with us. Im Sharanjit Leyl in singapore. Im ben bland in london. Our top stories hong kongs leader, carrie lam, warns the territory is heading towards the brink of no return after one of the worst days of violence in five months of protests. Two australian states declare a state of emergency as bushfires bring a catastrophic threat to heavily populated areas. We will take you to hong kong where these live pictures showing that protesters are preparing ammunition. This takes the protests into a second consecutive day, they been going on forfive months, usually on weekends but we are now to monday and tuesday with these protests. Roads closed across what is a key Financial Hub in asia. Hong kong. Tension is really layered after police appeared to use live ammunition about 2k hours ago. Against one of the pro democracy activists. The protesters gathering for a further day of demonstrations, more as we get it on bbc news. Lets take a look at some front pages from around the world. The hong kong protests also dominate the newspapers, with the front page ofjapan times showing a picture of the aftermath of the protests with the graffiti slogan liberty or death an indication ofjust how intense and violent the demonstrations have become. Arab news is reporting that a un watchdog has confirmed that iran has breached a 2015 nuclear deal by enriching uranium in an underground facility. It says the watchdog discovered uranium particles, which prove that iran is still developing a Nuclear Weapons programme. And the South China Morning Post focuses on International Singles day which has been profitable for the chinese website alibaba, it made a record 38 billion during its special Online Shopping festival. Lets return to our main story, and eastern australia is bracing itself for one the nations worst ever bushfire threats. More than 60 blazes were burning across the state of New South Wales ahead of predicted catastrophic conditions on tuesday. Carol sparks is the local mayor of glen innes, which has lost two people and dozens of homes. I spoke to her a short time ago. At the moment the fire situation is going to be worse. The New South Wales Rural Fire Service says it will be worse. Conditions are expected to become more volatile and unpredictable as the day goes on and the wind is coming up now, so it is getting warmer, yes. We are expecting more tragedies, i think, around the area. Weve had, you know, loss of life in our Little Community and we are old devastated by this. And what are people doing to prepare as the conditions are predicted to potentially become even worse . Well, this year we have had what they call back burning for at least three times, and the fire still came out us even though we were very well prepared and had lots of firefighters here. There were over 200 firefighters here from various areas in australia that were helping us to fight fires with their trucks. The lack of water of course is a big problem, so weve had to ship in water tanks, et cetera to deal with it. People were trying to remove sticks and grass and clear the area but it didnt make any difference with this fire. Its volatile, its like fireballs in the air that explode. Cars blowing up before the fire even gets near. Its unprecedented, yes. And we are all, at the moment we are all on watch and act alerts and hoping the weather wont deteriorate today, but it is not looking good. Sorry to interrupt, carol. I wonder how this compares with other fires you have seen in previous years . Oh, its far worse. Yes, people dont really understand it until you actually see it coming at you in a wall of flame. Its really everything is so dry here. Its been drying out for, you know, two years. So its very volatile and we had eucalyptus in the area, its volatile, too. So it just explodes. Its very, very terrifying. 0k, carol sparks, thank you very much for your time. Next month, the world will gather in madrid for an annual assessment, of how Climate Change is affecting the globe. 25 thousand people will be at the conference to look at the latest data and what action can be taken. Here on bbc world news were looking at so called climate defenders personal stories, of people taking practical steps to reduce global warming. Hannah long higgins reports. For this man, solving the problem of Climate Change isnt a matter ofjust tackling one issue. If we dont solve this problem, we wont be able to solve the other problems of poverty, of peace. This is going to overwhelm everything. What will it take to move the planet away from the brink . We have to prioritise the fastest avoided warning. This has to become a new metric, the metric of speed. And his idea for speeding things up . Your air conditioning unit. The amendment and decisions are adopted. Three years ago, she was sentimental in getting 197 parties to adopt a climate treaty in kigali, rwanda. The so called Kigali Amendment intends to face down powerful Greenhouse Gases called hydrofluorocarbons or hfcs. The hcf refrigerants can alone give us avoided warming of about 0. 5 celsius. Now that may not sound like a lot, but remember weve warned of the planet one celsius so far with pretty bad consequences. As the world warms, we need more air conditioners and refrigeration and other cooling equipment to keep the world safe. When you do that you have to have more electricity to power the air conditioners. In the next ten years, i billion more air conditioning units will be installed globally. So if we focus on air conditioning and other cooling equipment, we can squeeze out each amend this amount of climate mitigation. That is where the kigali agreement is key. It means that on factory floors like this one here in wisconsin, a new knee developed and environmentally only refrigerant in the next ten years, i billion more air conditioning units will be installed globally. So if we focus on air conditioning and other cooling equipment, we can squeeze out each amend this amount of climate mitigation. That is where the kigali agreement is key. It means that on factory floors like this one here in wisconsin, a new knee developed and environmentally only refrigerant will be placed into air conditioning units. Honeywell is one of the companies designing these new refrigerants. Global adoption of our products today has reduced the amount of c02 emissions in the air by mi million metric tons. That is the equivalent of removing 30 million cars from the road today. And this is happening without support from the white house. The Kigali Amendment has not been ratified by the trump administration. The most important thing is that us industry is implementing the Kigali Amendment without even having it passed into law here. For durwood, this race against time is deeply personal. You guys have been working on this for 30 years. Its time for us to take over. Its time for new people, new perspectives and change. Keep your anger, keep your frustration. The 0scar winning, british film director Steve Mcqueen opens a new exhibition at the tate gallery in london on tuesday. The project saw his team, photograph more than 75 thousand 7 and 8 year old children from london schools. Brenda emmanus went to meet him to find out more. Three, two, one, big smiles. The last year, this has been happening at schools across london. Class photos of seven and eight year olds that are part of one of the most ambitious art exhibitions ever stayed. Do you feel special . You should do. Is the brainchild of this man, Steve Mcqueen, an Award Winning artist and hollywood direct now going back to his own childhood for his latest work. This is class photo backin his latest work. This is class photo back in the late 70s. His plan, to turn that image into a picture of london in 2019. My first ever visit to tate britain was on a school bus and they brought us out here, and made us walk in so in some ways, its just about reflecting, what i said before, reflecting london. With so said before, reflecting london. With so many schools signing up, the challenges and grown. Three weeks later, they are ready for the grand reveal. What do you think is going to happen when these kids come in here and they see it . What do you hope will be their response . That they are important. They are on the walls of tate britain and that they are important. The first visitors, children from Steve Mcqueens old school, little ealing, keen to find their picture on the many thousands. Really amazing and really cool. Amazing and cool and super. Really amazing and really cool. Amazing and cool and superlj really amazing and really cool. Amazing and cool and super. I feel really amazing to be here. Like, i feel really, like, inspired. Its hoped close to 80,000 young people will see the exhibition over the next six months. Brenda emanus, bbc news. You have been watching newsday. Im ben bland in london. And im Sharanjit Leyl in singapore. Stay with us. Coming up beyond the movie theatre. We will see why disney is focussing on getting people to stay at home with a new streaming service, as the entertainment giant prepares to take on chinese competition. And before we go, wed like to leave you with these pictures. Weve all heard the phrase pigs might fly but now San Francisco International Airport has come up with a unique solution to help ease passengers travel anxieties and put a smile on yourface. Its a pig and her name is leelu. Shes dressed in a pilots cap, trots around the airport with her owner, posing for selfies and raising a trotter to greet you. The idea called the wag brigade is designed to cheer up passengers. And it works thats all for now stay with bbc world news. Hello there. It has been a very unsettled start to november, even before november it has been a very unsettled start to november, even indeed before november we have seen a lot of rainfall around. Low pressure has been firmly in control and it has been cold as well. The rest of the week stays unsettled thanks to low pressure, it will be quite windy too and we will see some snow around as it will remain cold over the higher ground. Low pressure in control of our weather for tuesday bringing strong wind from the north west with a lot of showers circulating around it. Early on tuesday, it looks like most of the showers will be across parts of scotland and Northern Ireland, Northern England, wintriness over the high ground of scotland but in the south it should be dry with lengthy clear skies. That does not mean it will turn chilly. 1 3 degrees here with the showers, generally 11 5 degrees to start tuesday. We start with sunshine across the south, spreading into south eastern areas into the afternoon. And there will contine to be some wintriness over the high ground. It will feel cold with temperatures 7 8 degrees. Low pressure pushes off into the north sea and allows a bump of High Pressure to build in before wednesday before this next weather system moves in wednesday night into thursday. Could bring some areas quite a lot of rainfall, unfortunately. Through wednesday a chilly start in central, eastern and Northern Areas but dry and bright thanks to that bump of High Pressure. The next weather system will be arriving across Northern Ireland heavy rain here late in the day and it will be another chilly one, temperatures struggling to get up as much as four degrees. Through wednesday night a few showers here and the weather front across the south west will push northwards and eastwards, itll pivot as well, we think. Bit of uncertainty too, its northwards or southwards extent but some areas could see rainfall and be the flood affected areas in the midlands and Northern England could see quite a bit of rainfall. Again, some uncertainty on the position of the weather front. There are a number of flood warnings still in force and this rain could exacerbate that as well so stay tuned to the forecast on the bbc website. Into friday the weather front starts to fade and move southwards and eastwards. So it could be quite cloudy on friday across southern and eastern areas, one or two showers here, quite blustery. But further north and west, we will see a ridge of High Pressure move in. Its an improving picture here with some good spells of sunshine. And temperatures again on the low side, sticking in single figures for most. Im ben bland with bbc world news. Our top story. Police in hong kong have fired tear gas on a university campus. Protesters are planning a second day of disruption after monday saw some of the worst unrest in five months of protests. The leader of the territory has warned its taking it to the brink of no return. Hundreds of schools and colleges in australia are closed as people brace themselves for potentially catastrophic bush fires. Fire chiefs say the worst danger is to come on tuesday, with serious risk to areas around sydney. And this video is trending on bbc. Com an exhibition by the oscar winning filmmaker Steve Mcqueen in which he photographed over 75, 000 School Children across london. It was inspired by his one of his own class photos dating back to 1977. Thats all. Stay with bbc world news. More on our website bbc. Co. Uk news and the news app