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Transcripts For BBCNEWS The Briefing 20240714

A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be a part of the conversation. Get in touch and tell us what you think about the stories were covering or what youre spotting where you are. Just use bbcthebriefing. An uneasy calm has descended on hong kong airport, after pro democracy protestors severely disrupted flights for a second day. There were angry confrontations just before midnight between Security Forces and demonstrators staging a sit in. Protestors used barricades to stop police forcing their way into the building. As of wednesday, Hong Kongs Airport Authority says its obtained an interim injunction to restrain people from unlawfully and wilfully obstructing operations. Our correspondentjonathan head was at the airport and sent this report. This was the day a self styled Democracy Movement came close to mob violence. Fearful of infiltrators, the protesters seized individuals they believed were undercover chinese officers. With emotions so raw it was hard to restrain them. For a second day they had occupied the airport and shut it down. Luggage trolleys rammed together to make effective barricades. Thousands filled the departure hall, mingling with bewildered passengers whose flights were no longer leaving, and at times trying to win their understanding. What started as opposition to a controversial extradition bill has evolved into demands for fully democratic government in hong kong and for police accountability. A roar from the crowd and another suspected infiltrator had gone down. It was a struggle for medics to evacuate him. A delegation of police was allowed into the airport. This officer pleading for cooperation. But the bellowing fury of these young protesters drove them back out of the terminal. That was followed by lines of riot Police Moving towards the doors. It sent them scurrying for more trolleys. Outside, this officers attempt to arrest someone backfired badly and he had to raise his gun to fend off his attackers. As you can see, they are building barricades at the moment at the entrance to the terminal. We have seen riot police outside, they are trying to stop them coming in. Have a look down there, there are still passengers arriving at this airport. How are the police going to storm this building . While all this was going on, stranded travellers sat among the empty check in desks in one of asias most important transport hubs. Losing control of it is a humiliation for the Hong Kong Government. More significantly, it is a humiliation for china, which has warned that its patience is running out. Jonathan head, bbc news, hong kong airport. Ill have more on this in the next few minutes, when ill be speaking to one of the protest leaders, joshua wong. Thats coming soon here on the briefing. Memorial services in italy on wednesday will mark the First Anniversary of the collapse of the morandi road bridge in genoa. 43 people were killed when a section of the crossing fell around 50 metres to the ground. There will be a minutes silence at the exact moment the disaster happened. The bbcs tim allman has the story. Amidst the rubble, amidst the devastation, a glimpse into the future. The citys new bridge beginning to take shape, replacing the old one that brought such despair. One year on and the memories are still raw. Translation every time i am on a bridge or a road i get panic attacks. I get anxious so im really scared. Translation there are bad days, others are better, but i try to live normally and i try to enjoy the single moments of every day. At exactly 11 36 local time, a 200 metre section of the morandi bridge collapsed. The structure fell when decaying cables, encased in concrete, snapped. An official investigation as to who is to blame has yet to reach a conclusion. Translation when the bridge collapsed, it was like a piece of the state, of italy, of its history collapsed with it. The remaining sections of the morandi bridge were only destroyed injune this year. A replacement bridge is expected to be opened towards the end of 2020. In the certosa district, near to where the disaster happened, they are remembering in their own way. Giant murals, a sign of a city that still has hope and belief. Genoa it is down but not out. Tim allman, bbc news. Lets brief you on some of the other stories making the news. 22 us states and seven cities are suing the Trump Administration to block it from easing restrictions on coal fired power stations. They say the new measures, approved by the federal Environmental Protection agency, will extend the life of dirtier coal plants and wont lower carbon emissions. The danish prime minister, mette frederiksen, has formally apologised to hundreds of victims of historical abuse in state run childrens homes. No one has ever been prosecuted. Thats despite evidence that children at one orphanage were sexually abused, beaten, and drugged from the 1940s to the 1970s. The renowned opera singer, placido domingo, has been accused of pressuring women into having sexual encounters with him over the past 30 years. The claims come from eight singers and a dancer. The 78 year old said the allegations were inaccurate and that he believed all the relationships were welcome and consensual. The former british chancellor of the exchequer Philip Hammond has accused Boris Johnsons government of trying to wreck the chance of a brexit deal with the eu. Writing in the Times Newspaper he said a no deal would be a betrayal of the referendum. In response, downing street said mr hammond did everything he could to undermine negotiations and block preparations for leaving. With me is james hughes, chief market analyst at the Brokerage Firm axitrader. Good morning. Once again be going to discuss brexit and some of the rows about it. This is a real row between the former chancellor of the exchequer and the new palm minister. Prime minister. Its only a matter of time before this finger pointing between the government, borisjohnson finger pointing between the government, Boris Johnson is finger pointing between the government, borisjohnson is doing is moving into these brexit negotiations, the same negotiations that theresa may was in. Theres bound to be finger pointing going on but its getting quite personal about what they are saying. Goss, Philip Hammett is writing in the times today, saying this is a no deal, it would be a betrayal of the referendum and how a lot of ministers were coming out and saying that really, they will want about what no deal would do for the uk and it would be, they thought they could move through. Philip hammett is saying that nobody was warned about those things. Theres a lot of finger pointing going on, what has come back Philip Hammett has come back and replied, borisjohnson has come back in blood, its getting quite ugly. It is getting toxic once again, which is one of the problem is we saw in westminster before the summer recess, is we saw in westminster before the summer recess, but what hammond is claiming is that actually, the tactics of the new government in terms of trying to negotiate a new deal, taking it almost impossible for brussels to enter negotiations and therefore hammett is claiming that what this means is we are heading for a bust out on the 31st of october. Something that he is adamantly warned against, when he was chancellor, being a very strong remainder. Of course. And this is the point, he was a strong remainder and that has meant that he didnt wa nt to and that has meant that he didnt want to live the eu in the first place and the deal is very much very much on what he wants. But what he said in the times today is that a stark warning to borisjohnson that if you pursue this same tactic of pushing these items to the e to that they wont agree with, you will not get support in the house of commons and will be back to the same situation where any sort of no deal attempt to Boris Johnson situation where any sort of no deal attempt to borisjohnson and his government will be pushed back. Thank you for now, james is back later, for the news briefing, all that you, on the programme. Thank you for now. A post mortem is being carried out in malaysia, after police found the body of 15 year old nora quoirin, who went missing last week. The teenager who had learning difficulties was on holiday with her family when she disappeared from the resort where they were staying. Her body was found just over two kilometres away in the seremban jungle. Its not clear when the results will be released. As the autopsy got under way, the lawyer for the family spoke to reporters outside the hospital. He expressed the familys gratitude to everyone who took part in the search efforts, and explained how the family is coping. Of course is highly traumatic situation, its the loss of adult and child and naturally, the traumatic levels are very high. They are distraught, they re traumatic levels are very high. They are distraught, theyre distraught, they are, i mean, its difficult to describe but there really distraught and in grief. Ifeel the same. To lose a child, its terrible. Stay with us on bbc news. Still to come we go live to hong kong to speak to one of the protest leaders. The big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approached. As the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a hugejob of crowd control. Idi amin, ugandas brutalformer dictator, has died at the age of 80. Hes been buried in saudi arabia, where he lived in exile since being overthrown in 1979. Two billion people around the world have seen the last total eclipse of the sun to take place in this millennium. It began itsjourney off the coast of canada, ending three hours later when the sun set over the bay of bengal. Youre watching the briefing. Our headlines after days of violent protests and thousands of cancelled flights, calm descends upon hong kong airport, but can it last . A year after genoas deadly bridge collapse, theyre rebuilding the crossing. But can they ever rebuild trust . More on our top story on the protests over the last few days at hong kongs International Airport. Joshua wong is a political activist and a protest leaderfor the pro Democracy Movement in hong kong. Good to talk to you again, first of all, would like to hearfrom you about how the protest had been progressing. Weve seen they have become much more aggressive in our report earlierfrom become much more aggressive in our report earlier from jonathan head, his of the fact that paramedics really struggled to keep those who are injured out because the protesters were making it very difficult. Your thoughts on how this is progressing and changing . Life threatening weapons were used by hong kong brightbill is, especially one young lady trying to protest peacefully was suffering permanent blindness. Many activists and citizens were affected by teargas, it triggered the more more of the discontent from citizens, more than two dozen people gathered at International Airport to show our condemning on police are tardy and a cause for a free election. In terms of what might happen next, what do you think will happen next, what do you think will happen and are you concerned about what china, Mainland China might do next . Our cause for democracy will never stop, under the david versus goliath battle, we must rally on sunday and we are also planning to have a general strike in Early September and we will continue our fight until the date we get democracy, the rights that we deserve. But if this progresses further and the authorities within hong kong do not able to handle this, china may lose its patience and we are seeing pictures of the military in china not far from and we are seeing pictures of the military in china not farfrom hong kong. Under the leadership, china loses their patients because losses patience since five years ago. Activists including me were jailed and been locked up in prison. The foreign correspondence are being expeued the foreign correspondence are being expelled from hong kong. There is a crack down on human rights but now we are similarto crack down on human rights but now we are similar to east berlin in the last century and the need to work to support ourselves, and people around the world might be afraid of whether beijing will decide to send the Liberation Army declare the protests, we need a world leader to speak up and Pay Attention to hong kong. The need to put the focus on hong kong and urge beijing do not send pla to clear our peaceful protest. Just briefly, remind us what your demands are . You want to see the extradition bill completely removed, not just see the extradition bill completely removed, notjust suspended, you wa nt to removed, notjust suspended, you want to see the resignation of carrie lam. A major demand is clear. We wa nt carrie lam. A major demand is clear. We want the government terminated and withdrawing the extradition bill in the legislative programme. At the same time, we demand the Hong Kong Government to stop police totally allergy. Finally, the other me up is to have free elections, we need to elect our own government, the leader of hong kong should represent the instead of being the puppet of commonest resume. And do you see someone commonest resume. And do you see someone who may replace carrie lam . The fundamental problem is not who replaces carrie lam. The fundamental problem is who is elected by the people and whether it selected paid by the presidency. We are asking for a political system reform instead of only asking for carrie lam to resign. Of course, carrie lam is not capable to lead hong kong anymore especially when hundreds of activists were and sent to hospital especially one young lady who was turned family blind by fire by bullets. Its time for the Hong Kong Government to realise the crackdown on human rights and Police Brutality should be condemned by the international leaders. And just quickly, you mentioned that youve got another big protest planned for sunday, will you focus your attention again on hong kong airport as well in the near future . On sunday, we will have to rally from Victoria Park to Hong Kong Government headquarters and is the time for us to put our focus on Hong Kong Government, where is carrie lam, and government officials stay behind the right police and do nothing. They should be responsible and accountable for the chaos that they generated in hong kong. Hong kong already turned from the international vicinity to a police state. We appreciate your time. One of the protest leaders, in hong kong, thank you. The second match of the ashes series between england and australia gets under way at the lords Cricket Ground in london in a few hours time. On thursday, the ground will be turned red to mark Ruth Strauss Foundation day. Its part of an initiative set up by former england captain andrew strauss, who lost his wife to lung cancer in december. A similar organisation was also set up in sydney by former australian fast bowler Glenn Mcgrath, who lost his wife to breast cancer. The bbcs cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew has been speaking to both men. A tough seven months since she died and probably an even tougher 12 months leading up to her death. But i think one thing you realise when you have young kids in that life doesnt stand still. It always moves forward. They are busy, they are at school and there is plenty ofjobs to do around the house. I have been very much on duty and just navigating our way through it one day at a time, really. It has definitely got a bit easier, but at the same time, that sort of grief doesnt leave you and you just have days where you remember and that is pa rt days where you remember and that is part of the process. Hence why you have focused on bereavement counselling, preparation for the trust. Yeah, i think what ruth and i we re trust. Yeah, i think what ruth and i were boast most petrified about both most petrified was the effect on the kids. For us in particular, going to our counsellor, journey thomas, who was a child grief and loss counsellor, and just explain the situation and for us to say make her to say to us this will not be the end of them. It will change their life but it doesnt mean they cant lead a great life. For ruth to hear that was just, like, cant lead a great life. For ruth to hear that wasjust, like, the cant lead a great life. For ruth to hear that was just, like, the weight of the world came off her shoulders, and for me, to get my idea my head around the idea of looking after them Going Forward with a huge source of comfort for me. Them Going Forward with a huge source of comfort for melj them Going Forward with a huge source of comfort for me. I dont have you down as a big prior, but it was emotional. Did you have the same experience as andrew . Very much. It broke that just experience as andrew . Very much. It broke thatjust brought back so many memories. Once we realise that was it, three days out to telljames and holly that money was going. It was easily the hardest thing i have ever had to do. Hearing andrew, taxi ride back. Jane was at home, we had a nurse at home looking after her and she passed away their and those memories always are going to be there. But unfortunately there are a lot of people that go through something very similar, and if we can make life a little bit easier in some way, the mcgrath foundation, it is about support and awareness. The support and making life a little bit easier ina support and making life a little bit easier in a pretty terrible time. Listen, an amazing success of the mcgrath foundation. Does that give you more resolve as to what . You have paved the way

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