Them out completely. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is Bbc World News its newsday. Good morning. It is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington were President Trump has made a Surprise Announcement that he is banning transgender people from serving in the us military in any capacity. He tweeted their risk burdening the military with large medical bills and disruption. Campaigners have called his decision shocking and ignorant. The fate of current transgender military ignorant. The fate of current tra nsgender Military Personnel ignorant. The fate of current transgender Military Personnel has not been made clear. There are thought to be thousands of members of the us military who identify as transgender. Many have spent time in iraq or afghanistan. Today they woke up to a shock from the very president they serve. After consultation with my generals and military experts, he tweeted, please be advised that the United States government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the us military. Riley dosh spent the last four years as an officer in training at the military academy at west point. She came out last year, after president obama lifted the ban on transgender people serving openly. She now has to find a newjob, even though it was a lifelong dream to serve the us. Ijust fell in love with this country. Even those that completely fundamentally disagree with me, ifelt this desire, i want to serve and defend you, and defend your right to disagree with me. How do you feel now when you are told you cant serve . Im going to have to find some other way to serve. Not necessarily in the military but serve the country, either in the private sector or public sector. Its heartbreaking that they wont let me be an officer but for now thats how the cards fell. The white house says its doing this because of the cost of medical Transition Procedures for transgender servicemembers. The president expressed concerns, since the obama policy came into effect, but he has also voiced that this is a very expensive and disruptive policy, and, based on consultation he has had with his National Security team, came to the conclusion that it erodes Military Readiness and Unit Cohesion, and made the decision based on that. But the cost of procedures for transgender people is estimated to be just one tenth of i of the military medical spending budget. At an appearance today, the president didnt clarify his transgender ban or how it would be implemented, but he did mock a Reporter Shouting out questions about it. This is another attempt to reverse an obama policy and it may go down well with some Trump Supporters but in the us, transgender people in role in the military at a much higher rate than the population as a whole and in one move, thousands have been left devastated. Aleem maqbool, bbc news, in fort hood in texas. Ina in a couple of minutes i will be speaking on a transgender former pentagon employee. Lets take a look at our other top stories. Resident drama has attacked his attorney Generaljeff Sessions On Twitter for the third day in a row. A short while ago, the white house Director Of Communications defended his boss s tone of communications defended his boss stone in an interview with the bbc. I will not cut you off, i will talk about front stabbing. He has been front stabbed by some of the senators who voted down the repeal of obamacare. That is congressional setting, conversations go on, the team of rivals, it took president lincoln many times for the abolition of slavery, that was much tougher. Even under president obama be voted to get rid of obamacare, only the president kept that going and under President Trump. It took 22 months. We have six months so far with the president here and think of what were trying to achieve withinjust one year, the president will make it so, we will replace obamacare, you will get a level of tax reform we have not seen since 1986 and we do that within 12 months and that will be remarkable. You think you will get a health care plan. . What kind of time frame . I am living in washington, do you live here . You are lucky. You dont live here, what happens in washington, people Say Something to your face and they dont mean it. Something else behind your back. With the president it is good leadership to say what he means to the faces of people and resolve it or not. We will either reconcile or go in Different Directions but Everybody Knows how we feel. Also making news today, the parents of the terminally ill british baby charlie gard have been given until midday on thursday by a high courtjudge, to find a specialist Intensive Care doctor to look after him until he dies. Charlies parents had launched one last legal battle at the high court in london to bring their child home to die. His parents want to hire a private medical team so they can perhaps spend a week with him. Some nurses have volunteered but they cannot find a Specialist Doctor prepared to supervise that care for such a long period away from an Intensive Care unit. A lawyer said this should not drag on. They propose charlie should be transferred on friday and his life support with john within hours. In caracas, a protest has begun. This since the us imposed sanctions on 13 senior officials including the head of the army ahead of a controversial election due to take place on the weekend possibly seeing the constitution rewritten. President majura has called it illegal, insolent and unprecedented. Now say hello to two year old jett limon, from texas who has a remarkable talent. This footage shows the toddler scoring one basketball shot after anotherfrom his living room. Jetts dad took this footage and its all the more remarkable because young jett has had an incredible recovery from critical injuries after he was the sole survivor of a car crash back in 2015. Clearly a very determined little boy. More than 10,000 people in the south of france have been forced to leave homes or holiday resorts. Many are having to spend a second night in sports halls and other public buildings, while some have taken refuge on beaches. Over 6,000 firefighters and troops are now battling the fires which have been raging for three days. 0ur correspondent Duncan Kennedy is in Bormes Les Mimosas in provence. The raging power of the fires was at its most terrifying during the night. This was Bormes Les Mimosas, west of st tropez, where hillsides were engulfed by the burning shrubs and trees. For hours, it swept across the countryside in an unstoppable curtain of flames. Thousands of people, including british tourists, were forced out of campsites and other homes. Mary and Alan Anderson from ramsgate said the sight of the fires was extremely distressing. We looked over onto the hill, and all we could see was black Smoke Billowing from umpteen various places. Then the planes came over, picked up loads of water and have been dousing all day to try and dampen the flames. The sheer force of the fires were caught by Holiday Makers on their phones. Strong Mistral Winds gave them an Unstoppable Energy and many burned throughout the night. Even the 4,000 firefighters and soldiers sent in couldnt get control when faced with this. The fires led to a huge evacuation of 10,000 people, many from campsites like this one. They were told to spend the night on nearby beaches, out in the open. Tonight, we found dozens of people in a gymnasium. There are beds and plenty of food, but their holiday has been ruined. For some, it is their third night in this makeshift accommodation. The morning brought no letup in the fires. Some tourists were far enough away to continue their holiday, but the lushness of their scenery now replaced by a menacing inferno. In other places, all that was left was a vast, scorched landscape. An area decimated across 15 square miles. 19 aircraft, including ten water bombers, have been brought in. But the french authorities are asking other european governments for technical help. These fires have been burning for two days now, and we are seeing fires on hills all around this area. Were also seeing aircraft, helicopters laden with water, trying to put them out, but at the moment they dont seem to be able to bring them under control. Temperatures here are in the 30s. The winds show no sign of letting up. A combustible, deadly mixture that will continue to threaten this area. Duncan kennedy, bbc news, in southern france. Lets get more on our top story. President trumps Surprise Announcement that hes banning transgender people from serving in the us military in any capacity. Emily crose is a former us Army Civilian employee who served with Us Intelligence agencies. Welcome to the programme and thank you forjoining us. You are transgender and you work for the us army. What is in your direction after Donald Trumps Ban Announcement . There are going to be announcement . There are going to be a lot of families devastated by this. It is very troubling to see people discriminated in this way and it is hard to see policy like this. Why it do you think he is doing this . I honestly could not speculate on what would cause of this to happen at this time. What did you think when he said transgender people were a burden on the military and talked about the medical cost. Top read through your experience. would say that anyone who contributes to the military should absolutely not be qualified as a burden by anybody, inside or outside the military structure. Personally, i think that is offensive. What were your experiences like . What is it like to be transgender in the us military and how it differs from anybody else bass i had a fantastic experience. I joined anybody else bass i had a fantastic experience. Ijoined the army with the intent in mind to transition and a had the intent in mind to transition and ahada the intent in mind to transition and a had a suspicion i would bejoining a had a suspicion i would bejoining a workforce that would be open and accepting of what i needed to do with my life. I accepted that the work of did would speak for itself andi work of did would speak for itself and i was not disappointed. Donald trump talks about the medical costs and the burden, we spoke to somebody from the Ram Corporation and they have fantastic statistics, probably the most exhaustive about the military. I wanted to ask you about how much do you think transgender people rely on Mental Health Services Within the us military . M isa Services Within the us military . M is a crucial part of any transfers and transition trans person. You have to get a doctor to signoff on your psychological state before you can go through transition so it is crucial and not just can go through transition so it is crucial and notjust critical for people going through transition actively but the people who have post transition needs including vetera ns. Post transition needs including veterans. Less than a 10th of the of the cost in the military is from transgender. Can of the cost in the military is from tra nsgender. Can you of the cost in the military is from transgender. Can you talk us through what treatment may be you would need 01 what treatment may be you would need or require within the us army . Hormonal therapy or anything like that that President Trump might be referring to . Standard treatment is psychological assistance, medical assistance. Sometimes it can go into hormone replacement therapy, certain people do make the decision to transition surgically and that is the people who were born with male genitalia as well is with female genitalia. They can range in price. Generally it may all to female 30,000 generally it may all to female 30,000 35,000 generally it may all to female 30,000 35,000 but that generally it may all to female 30,000 35,000 but that depends on how you do it and what your post operative care is like. Generally the cost is not very high, especially for the military who spent thousands of millions of dollars on military equipment. Some say it is to do with Unit Cohesion, what is the reaction to that . think it is more of a concern to Unit Cohesion when the president can tweet essentially a policy that goes against what the actual policy is of the military. It takes a long time to create a policy like this and so to create a policy like this and so to simply frivolously tweet out that a specific idea of some kind that goes against that can have very adverse effects to the people that are currently serving. My reaction is that the tweet to more damage than the original policy. During his election campaign, President Trump said about the Lgbt Community that he had your backs. Do you think he has your back . It certainly does not seem like that right now. Thank you for joining seem like that right now. Thank you forjoining us. Youre watching newsday on the bbc. Still to come on the programme its 64 years since the armistice ended the korean war and divided the peninsula. We examine why since then Nuclear Weapons have such significance for the north. Cheering the us space agency, nasa, has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. The last foot patrol in south armagh. Once an everyday part of the soldiers lot, drudgery and danger, now no more after almost four decades. If one is on ones own, in a private house, not doing any harm to anyone, i dont really see why people should wander in and say, youre doing something wrong. Six rare white lion cubs are on the prowl at Worcestershire Park and, already, they have been met with a roar of approval from visitors. Theyre lovely, yeah. Really sweet. Yeah, they were cute. This is newsday on the bbc. Im Sharanjit Leyl in singapore. Im Babita Sharma in london. Our top stories. President trump has made a Surprise Announcement that hes banning transgender people from serving in the us military in any capacity wildfires tear through the countryside in southern france. Thousands are forced to leave their homes to escape the flames. Lets take a look at some front pages from around the world. The South China Morning Post reports that beijing has been testing underwater drones in the South China Sea. The paper says theyll be able to send Back Information on the location of foreign submarines. The phillippines star says the government of president duterte is not willing to lose a single inch of territory in the South China Sea to beijing. It reports comments from the phillipines Foreign Minister about their joint Exploration Deal with china in an area where beijing has extensive territorial claims. And china daily has an aerial picture of a panda power station. Engineers used different kinds of solar cells to make an image of two baby pandas. Something pretty to look at and a source of clean energy. It is 64 years ago today that north korea and the United Nations command protecting south korea signed an Armistice Agreement to end hostilities of the korean war. But a full peace deal was never reached. In north korea, the day is known as victory day and celebrations are taking place. This comes as pyongyang is reportedly planning another missile test, which, in the future, could carry Nuclear Warheads. North korea claims that it needs Nuclear Weapons for self defence but as the bbcs karen allen explains, it is not just about security. The era of strategic patience with the north korean regime has failed. It was a bitter civil war in the 19505 that it was a bitter civil war in the 1950s that led to a divided korean peninsula. Since then, the north has been trying to develop a Nuclear Weapon. Initially with help from the russians. Since then we have seen five nuclear tests, most recent carried out last year. And under kim jong or not we have also seen the testing of the first icbm. It may not have a Nuclear Warhead yet. That could still be to come. Even so, apart from military might and big headlines, what is having a Nuclear Weapon gives to north korea . Most people in the west look at Nuclear Weapons as a Security Guarantee and a deterrent against any foreign attack or invasion. In north korea it is much more. They are symbolic of advanced technology. They are symbolic of an instrument that makes the state more powerful and capable. Leadership, at least this is a narrative, is that Nuclear Weapons and their Delivery Systems are necessary condition to achieve economic austerity. In the north korean mindset and abandoning Nuclear Weapons would be abandoning the hoped for economic prosperity. The us has been trying to put pressure on north korea to freeze its nuclear programme. It has been trying to get countries like china to apply what influence it can. But nuclear potency is now such an important part of the north korean psyche that any kind of International Ban is likely to be considered an assault on the countrys National Identity. You look at north korean media, television, music. If you go around schools and villages and everywhere you see pictures, murals, songs, concerts. It is so ingrained into the National Identity that abandonment of Nuclear Weapons would be part of revolutionary change north korea. It would stand everything on its head. It is not something simple that can be resolved with Security Guarantees and economic aid. It is much more than that. Air pollution is a problem all over the world, and in britain the government has been outlining its strategy to tackle the problem. It includes a ban on new petrol and diesel vehicles from 20110, with the aim of encouraging drivers to switch to electric vehicles. But environmental and Health Campaigners have criticised the strategy, saying it doesnt go far or fast enough. David shukman reports. 0n the worst days, the pollution hangs like a mist over our cities. The gases and particles cause asthma and heart trouble, maybe dementia. And theres evidence that dirty air shortens lives, linked to an estimated 40,000 premature deaths in britain every year. And the biggest source of pollution is diesel engines, and we have millions of them. So the government has a vision for a future where all our cars will be electric. Norway will do this by 2025, france by 20110, and thats the year the government here has set to move away from conventional engines. We have to get rid of petrol and diesel cars off our roads if were going to make sure not only that we deal with the Health Problems that Air Pollution causes, but also that we meet our Climate Change targets. And the good news is that the car industry is already moving in this direction. So is electric power the answer . Volvo has declared it will go electric from 2019. 0ther car makers also have plans. But the boss of aston martin says the government hasnt thought through the implications. If you dont have the infrastructure, if you dont have the skills, if you dont have the wherewithal to pay for it, then as a statement or as a policy, its absurd. Year after year, britain has seen levels of Nitrogen Dioxide well above european standards. The government is under court order to clean up, and an Environmental Group that launched legal action says the environment secretary still isnt doing enough. Were very disappointed with this plan, its unambitious, and its not going to fix the problem quickly and urgently. People are suffering Health Problems because of the poor air that theyre breathing in our towns and cities. That needs to be urgently tackled. All the government is doing is kicking the can down the road and not dealing with it as quickly as it could. You cant always see Air Pollution, but politicians cant avoid it. The government says it is responding, but it doesnt want to offend motorists. The result a signal of real change, but not for a while. David shukman, bbc news. And that is it for newsday. Coming up and that is it for newsday. Coming up we will have some face time with facebook. The Company Reports a stellar reports and we ask why. Stellar reports and we ask why. Stellar results. Some Downpour Dodging to be done during the day ahead and in fact through the rest of this week. A mixed weather picture, some spells of sunshine, showers as well with showers heavy blown along on a blustery wind at times. Low pressure in charge of the scene. The isobars tightly packed. That shows that we will have strong wind and a few showers around as well. Showers initially most widespread across Northern Ireland and Western Scotla nd Northern Ireland and Western Scotland and then develop more widely across the country. Some heavy with rumbles of thunder mixed in and some blustery wind as well. After a cloudy start in southern areas things will brighten up a little bit. By the afternoon, although there will be heavy showers around with gusty wind there will also be some decent spells of sunshine between those downpours. 19 degrees in london, 17 in a whole. Some showers stretching up across north west england into scotland is well. Across 0rkney and shetland thatis well. Across 0rkney and shetland that is the place to be if you want reliably dry weather. Not many showers here at all and plenty of sunshine through the afternoon. Similar story across wales, 18 degrees in cardiff and down across the of england. Yes, sunshine and showers once again. As we head on through thursday night into the early hours of friday we still have oui early hours of friday we still have our way of low pressure up to the north west. Some showers continuing. Fewer showers further south, clear spells as well and overnight temperatures of11 spells as well and overnight temperatures of 11 15 degrees. As we head on into friday, an area of low pressure still with us. And then there is this feature down here to there is this feature down here to the south. This will bring persistent rain later in the day. Initially spells of sunshine, showers as well, they will favour a while until they are replaced by a lump of rain pushing its way in from the west. Most of the wet weather will move its way through fairly quickly during friday night and into the early part of saturday. 0nce that clears away then, you guessed it, we are left with a mixture of sunshine and showers. Still alp area of low pressure close by, the temperature around 16 23 degrees. The sunday we review our across the country you can expect downpours. The fun of scotland and shetland likely to stay dry. With a showers p0p up likely to stay dry. With a showers pop up there could be heavy with hailand pop up there could be heavy with hail and thunder, feeling cool in a blustery wet. This is Bbc World News. Our top story President Trump has announced that hes banning transgender people from serving in the us military. He tweeted that transgender individuals risked burdening the military with large medical bills and disruption. Campaigners for transgender rights say his decision is shocking and ignorant. More than 10,000 people in the south of france have been forced from their homes and campsites to escape rapidly spreading wildfires. Over 6,000 firefighters are battling the fires over 6,000 firefighters are battling the fires which have been raging for three days. And this story is trending on bbc. Com. The uk government has outlined plans to tackle Air Pollution, which include a ban on new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2040. But environmental and Health Campaigners have criticised the move, saying it doesnt go far enough. Thats all from me now. Stay with Bbc World News. Now on bbc news its time for hardtalk
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