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Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News 20240713

Welcome to the programme. We start with breaking news this hour. Police in hong kong have used live ammunition during clashes with pro democracy demonstrators, shooting one protestor at close range. Activists had called for a general strike on monday, and have been trying to disrupt transport in hong kong by setting up barricades. Shocking pictures of the incident in the sai wan ho district were live streamed on social media. An unarmed demonstrator can be seen approaching an officer, and then falling to the ground after being shot at close range. Local media have reported that he is in a Critical Condition in hospital. Iam going i am going to show them to you now. We will not show the incident its self stop we will pause it. Itself. You can see the Police Officer grappling with a demonstrator. An unarmed officer approaches, dressed in black, a shot appears to be fired on the demonstrator. The ground unarmed demonstrator. The ground unarmed demonstrator. Local media report he is in demonstrator. Local media report he isina demonstrator. Local media report he is in a Critical Condition in hospital. He was taken to hospital. Martin yip is our corresponded in hong kong. New information coming through all the time. What is the latest you have . On the official site they are backtracking. Earlier we confirmed that two people were sent to hospital and then from local media, like you have mentioned, one is in Critical Condition. They called the police again they are now refusing to confirm any information. They say they are still gathering. It is quite a murky picture on what has happened. As you can see from the pictures, that officer draws his gun and then he was scuffling, with one man dressed in a white hoodie and then another dressed in black approaches him and then he points his gun to this black man and fired one shot. That man fell down and then we hear two more gunshots being fired and then two people were detained by police on the ground and taken away later on. As we await further details on that person, give us further details on that person, give usa further details on that person, give us a bit of context. What was happening in the area this morning . Protesters have been calling for a citywide strike a work strike, a boycott of classes as well as a strike at markets. In response to the death of a young man last week it was a student from the university of science and technology. The circumstances surrounding his death are quite clear. Police are still investigating it. Although there we re investigating it. Although there were reports saying initially that he was trying to escape after police we re he was trying to escape after police were firing tear gas. This is yet to be confirmed by any further investigation from the police. So they called for this citywide strike and the protesters have been setting up and the protesters have been setting up different sorts of barricades on major thoroughfares as well as disrupting Train Services throughout the morning. There having clashes between protesters and the police throughout the morning already. Ok, martin, thank you for bringing us up to date with events in hong kong. That is martin yip. As soon as there is more information we will be back with you. Authorities in australia have declared a state of emergency, with weather conditions expected to worsen significantly in the next 2a hours. 64 bush fires are still burning and several of them are edging closer to the outskirts of sydney. At least three people have been killed in New South Wales and authorities fear more lives are at severe risk. Heres freya cole. Authorities in australia arent taking any chances. Theyve issued a state of emergency in both New South Wales and queensland as bushfires of wreak havoc for a fourth day. That there is no doubt that the fire danger that we will see in and around sydney is unprecedented. Because under these conditions fires will start incredibly quickly, they will spread very, very rapidly and we dont want people in the path of them because there is the potential for them to be killed. Firefighters are bracing for the worst ahead of tomorrows dangerous forecast. High temperatures, strong winds, and low humidity are a deadly mix during a bushfire emergency. The message to residents is to leave now while they can. For many its a difficult decision, but theyve been warned help may not be available when the fire arrives. What do you reckon, mate . Not cool, mate, not cool. Thousands of people have been displaced. Theyre camping out in makeshift Evacuation Centres and have been told they cant go home until its safe. Its just the worst thing ive ever seen. Honestly, the front that was coming at us there was nothing you could do about it. So lost a few friends in the fire, lost all the possessions. Possessions are nothing. Its the people that count, eh. The fire is also claiming the lives of countless wildlife. As many as 350 koalas have perished after flames tore through sanctuary in bushland. Firefighters are working around the clock and are starting to wear out. Extra volunteers from interstate, new zealand, and even the military are being called into help during australias moment of need. Freya cole, bbc news. Joining us from the fire ground near taree in New South Wales is Senior Channel seven reporter bryan seymour. The line is a little delicate but we will give it a go anyway. Just tell us will give it a go anyway. Just tell us whats happening where you are. Today we are in the eye of the firestorm. Conditions are cooler today but tomorrows catastrophic warning for the greater sydney region is the first in history. It is unprecedented. It extends up to the hunter region and we have just heard to the illawarra. To the north and south of sydney in New South Wales was up affecting countless thousands of homes. Today is an opportunity to jump on the spot fires, for homes to be prepared, for people to pack their cars ready to flee. Modern homes are not designed to withstand these fires. That is the message from authorities. There are 870 firefighters on the ground. To give you an idea of the scale of this feierabend in the last week. I million hectares bone. That is about one million football fields. And many more under threat with tomorrows strong winds, high temperatures, and high humidity. Gusts of up to 80 kilometres per hour. Humidity below 10 . Gusts of up to 80 kilometres per hour. Humidity below10 . Expected to cause conditions not seen before in sydney and New South Wales. So, really, today is about batten down the hatches, clearing the grounds around these houses, clearing gutters of dry tender, and trying to salvage whatever personal items people can before they flee to the Evacuation Centre s tomorrow. They are already potentially calling it black tuesday. It is not looking good. There were warnings a couple of days ago, the Emergency Services there simply may not be able to reach everyone if people dont take personal responsibility and flee. Do you think that message is getting through now . Look, it is. And as a couple of things playing into this. We are told to prepare an act, that is have your bush by emergency plans in place. The bushfire extends right into the suburbs here in australia most of the capital city. People do have a bushfire plan. But many people overconfident about what they can achieve and want to stay and defend homes, understandably. You cannot do that in this type of fire. That is the message. The other thing is during the year there are Hazard Reduction burns to reduce the dry fuel in the bushland so that these fires dont get so intense stop there hasnt been as much of that leading up to this fire season and the land already burnt here is more than the last three fire season s combined and we are onlyjust starting into summer. So it is more than the Emergency Services can handle if it does come to fruition and all the expectations are, the predictions are that it is going to bea predictions are that it is going to be a terrible day tomorrow for New South Wales. We are running out of time. One more quick question. I know you have plenty of experience reporting on these matters. Develop viewers the world a sense of perspective, how unusual, how different are they this year . Everyone they have spoken to has said it is unprecedented. Even an indigenous man whose relatives go back three centuries, before european colonisation, since we have seen a fire event like this in this pa rt seen a fire event like this in this part of australia. People are angry that more Hazard Reduction burns once done. People who have lived here their whole lives havent seen it this bad. These fires are so intense and fast moving, and as i say, the bushes full of dry fuel, it is the perfect storm of fuel, wind, temperature that is fuelling these catastrophic conditions, unprecedented for sydney. Never before. So everyone here bracing themselves for a very difficult day tomorrow. Thank you very much for that. Bryan seymour there. Bolivias president , evo morales, has announced his resignation after the countrys military urged him to stand down. There have been violent protests across the country since his disputed re election last month. His opponents accuse him of fraud, while an inquiry found serious irregularities. Mr morales says he is the victim of a coup. Tim allman reports. The end, when it came, came quickly. Evo morales appearing on state television announcing, somewhat reluctantly, he was stepping down. Translation we are resigning. Iam resigning. So that my sisters and brothers who are leaders of the socialist movement are not harassed, persecuted, and threatened. Viva bolivia 0n the streets of la paz, as the news broke, there was cheering and jubilation from supporters of the opposition. Translation it is totally glorious for us. Were very happy. And long live democracy. Translation absolutely happy. Grateful to god that this dictatorship is over, this tyranny is over. Time ran out for the president when the countrys military took to the airwaves. The head of the armed forces urging mr morales to renounce his mandate, allowing for peace to be restored and the maintenance of stability for the good of bolivia. Stability has been in short supply since last months president ial election. Three weeks of increasingly violent protests as opponents of mr morales accused him of fraud. Evo morales was the countrys first indigenous president , coming to power in 2006. He pursued an unashamedly left wing agenda, aiming to redistribute wealth and combat poverty. For his supporters, mostly the rural poor, he was a hero. But for many in bolivias more affluent cities his policies were a lot more divisive. You have to understand that most of the population in the country has been blockaded, basically, nojobs, no public offices were open. He has now departed the scene. The victim, he says, of a coup. A new election is expected in the coming weeks. For the first time in nearly 15 years evo morales wont be a candidate. Tim allman, bbc news. Stay with us on bbc news. Still to come living with hiv in pakistan. We find out how families are coping in a part of the country where infection rates are growing. 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This is bbc news, the latest headlines a protester is shot at point blank range by Hong Kong Police using live ammunition. New south wales and now queenaland in australia declare a state of emergency, with warnings bushfires spreading across the country could pose a catastrophic threat to sydney. At least 13 people have been killed after cyclone bulbul struck the coasts of india and bangladesh. Seven people died in indias west bengal province, and six in bangladesh, mainly because of falling trees. Parvin kumar ramchurn reports. The cyclone has caused widespread damage to coastal areas in bangladesh. Officials say at least 6,000 homes have been partially or fully destroyed. Prompt evacuations are thought to have saved many lives. As many as 2 Million People left their homes and sought protection and emergency shelters. But not everybody was able to get out before the cyclone made landfall. Translation we didnt go to the cyclone shelter because my mother is an elderly woman, and we couldnt move her. Allah saved us. When we returned from the cyclone shelter we found our cattle were squashed under the fallen house, and everything is ruined. The true extent of the disaster is still emerging. Authorities say they are concerned about fishing boats that went out during bad weather and failed to make contact. At its peak, the cyclone recorded wind speeds of 120 kilometres an hour. It is expected to weaken as it travels north over the sundarbans, the Worlds Largest mangrove forest. Services at seaports and airports in the region have also been affected. In neighbouring india, the military has been put on standby to help in emergencies. Parvin kumar ramchurn, bbc news. The leader of Spains Socialist Party says he will call all other Party Leaders on monday to get them to tackle the political stalemate after the countrys fourth election in four years again delivered a hung parliament. Pedro sanchezs party will remain the largest, just as in aprils poll. Theres been substantial gains for both the conservative popular party, which is the second biggest party, with the right wing populist vox party surging to third. 0ur correspondentjenny hill reports from madrid. Its four years since spain had a stable government. Can this man deliver one . Pedro sanchez knows the eyes of the world are on him. His socialist party failed to win a majority in april. Its unlikely they have done any better today. What spain needs now, he told reporters, is stability. He wont find it in catalonia. The independence crisis has exploded into violence in recent weeks, and dominated this election. Take the far right, campaigning to crack down on separatists. The anti immigrant party vox is winning over spanish voters. It will complicate coalition building. Viva espana but spain is struggling under the burden of high unemployment and slowing economic growth. This religious festival, comfort for some, but it is the fourth time the country has gone to the polls in four years. Many are losing faith in spanish democracy. I think that is not ok when you have a vote in april and now in november are you voting another time. Translation im worried about the stability of the country. Im worried about the economy and im worried about catalonia. Spains socialist Party Headquarters tonight. Weeks of negotiation likely lie ahead. What they, what this country fear most, ongoing political paralysis. Jenny hill, bbc news, madrid. In may this year, pakistan was shocked when it emerged that large numbers of people from just one region had been diagnosed with hiv. Within six months, about 12 hundred people in the sindh province in the southeast of the country were confirmed to have the virus. Nearly 900 of them were children. The number of infected people is constantly growing. The bbcs Shumaila Jaffery travelled to the region to find out how the affected families are coping. vt they are frightened and traumatised. A few months ago, in the small village of ratto dero, 32 children were found to be hiv positive. The community is still reeling with horror. Translation our childrens lives are at stake. How are they going to cope with this disease . People hate them. People even discriminate against us. They ask us not to shake hands and not to visit their houses because they fear that they will also get sick. A massive screening was carried out in the whole district of larkana, in southern pakistan. 1,100 people were found hiv positive. More than 800 of them were children under the age of 12, with no Family History of the disease. This used to be the busiest paediatric clinic in the area before the outbreak. It is sealed now, and the doctor who was running it is under trial. The initial enquiry report suggested that he was one of the main sources of spreading hiv among children a charge that he denies. Dr muzaffar ghangro, who is himself hiv positive, was accused of reusing syringes and cannulas on children. He was soon arrested, but was later cleared of the charge of spreading hiv on purpose. He was released on bail and says he is innocent. Translation Health Officials were under a lot of pressure to cover up their incompetency. They needed a scapegoat and they made me one. And it was also jealousy. My practice was popular, so some doctors and journalists made this up. But Health Officials now say that dr ghangro is unlikely to be the sole cause of the outbreak. According to a government report, local doctors reusing syringes and iv needles are to blame. And the government admits that what happened in the Larkana District was a wake up call. Doctors often dont think about the well being of their patients. They give them injections even when they are not required, as a quick fix. And thats not the only issue. One of the Biggest Barriers to containing hiv in pakistan is the strong stigma around the disease. Keeping quiet about things doesnt make them go away. So this t

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