20/07/2016 BBC News at Six

Theresa May holds talks with her German counterpart

Angela Merkel in their first meeting post the Brexit vote.

The two most powerful female leaders found common ground.

in emphasising the closeness between the two nations.

and across Europe in the weeks ahead that we are not walking away

Britain will remain an outward looking country and Germany

will remain a vital partner and a special friend for us.

Mrs May gave a spiky performance at prime minister's questions,

Another soldier dies training in the Brecon beacons.

Josh Hoole was aged 26, he was on a fitness test yesterday.

Soldiers in court after the attempted coup

in Turkey, in the government crackdown now all academics

The labour leadership contender Owen Smith says under Jeremy Corbyn

the party is teetering on the edge of extinction.

And as last month marked the 14th month in a row

scientists claim we're close to dangerous levels of climate change.

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

Theresa May is in Berlin for talks with the German Chancellor,

Angela Merkel on her first foreign trip since becoming Prime Minister.

While official negotiations about Britain's withdrawal have

been ruled out for now, it is a significant meeting

for the two most important female leaders to set the tone

for the difficult discussions that lie ahead.

Mrs May faced her first ever Prime Minister's Questions

during which she taunted the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn,

Our Deputy Political Editor, John Pienaar reports.

VOICEOVER: She will have to get used to this, meeting the German leader

this afternoon, looks friendly, but you would not argue with either of

them, you will probably lose, somehow they will work together on a

new relationship with Britain outside the EU. Personal chemistry

is important and there was plenty of goodwill. I have been clear that

Brexit means Brexit and the United Kingdom will make a success of it

but I also want to be fair, yeah, across Europe, in the weeks ahead,

that we are not walking away from European friends, Britain will

remain an outward looking country and Germany will remain a vital

partner and a special friend for us. TRANSLATION: Irrespective of the

decision that the people of the United Kingdom have taken to leave

the European Union, we are linked by very close bonds of friendship,

partnership, Barrett two countries have always acted on a basis of very

clear and firm and similar convictions. -- our two countries.

No Prime Minister heads into PMQs without jangling nerves, she did not

show it, making it look like a normal day in the office, although

around Westminster, normal seems like a long time ago, started by

teasing the other side about who delivers quality. I have long heard

the Labour Party asking what the Conservative Party does for women,

in my years in this house... CHEERING

LAUGHTER Just keeps making us Prime Minister!

Went well enough, and got better, when a veteran Leave campaign told

her this. We are leaving the US and we are going to make a success of

it. He wanted free trade without too many conditions. What we need to do

in negotiating the deal is listen to what people have said in regards to

the controls on free movement but also negotiate the right deal and

the best deal of trade in goods and services for the British people.

What she backtracking on the Tory pledge to cut migration? And the

people of Yorkshire be reassured that when we finally leave the

European Union, she will insist upon keeping her original promise to get

the immigration figures down in this country to the tens of thousands.

The vote taken in this country on June 23 sent a very clear message

about immigration, The Bull want control of free movement from the

European Union. Controlled migration. -- people want control.

Reminded of a new Foreign Secretary's under promoted language

in the past. His description of black people in drug is returned,

and why he questioned Barack Obama on his part Kenyan heritage. Boris

Johnson's past indiscretions the least of her problems, she ignored

it, the big post-referendum pledge. The government I lead will be driven

not by the interests of the privileged few but by everyone in

this country. It was over, it had gone well, watch carefully, you

could see that she knew it. But fairness for all will take decades,

and the job of building a new place for Britain in Europe and the world

has barely begun. A senior number ten staffer told me that everyone is

beginning to realise that Theresa is the one in charge, setting policy on

Brexit but the final outcome will not be decided by Theresa May, it

will emerge from hard political graft and countless negotiations

over coming months and years. Getting these relationships off on

the right foot is important, but it is the easy bit, and just the start,

this will be a long march, it will not all be this harmonious.

STUDIO: On the face of it, very warm words between the two leaders, what

are they both hoping to get from this elation ship? I think the first

thing, really, to try to build a personal relationship, believe it or

not, they have both been in very senior positions, but today is the

first time they have actually properly met, for more than just a

few moments. The priority from both sides, German and British, is that

they know they have to be able to trust each other, they know they

must be able to work together on what is a very complicated,

politically agonising, no doubt at times to come, elation ship which

may well last four years. -- relationship. In terms of balance of

power, no question, Angela Merkel, one country is trying to get the

goodies from 27 others, we are no longer in a situation where other

European countries were willing to do whatever they could to try to

keep Britain inside the European Union, because we have made our

decision, we are leaving, we are out, therefore, our leveraged has

really faded. No question, from seeing the two of them together, the

body language, even sharing a joke or two, that Angela Merkel wants to

make this work, it is not a question that Germany will go about crushing

British hopes of getting a decent deal from the rest of the youth.

Clearly, though, they have a lot of work to do. There will be moments

where they stare each other down. In terms of their own relationship,

watching them just in the last few minutes, it was the first time they

have appeared together at an event like this but it did not feel like

the first time at all. exercise at an army base

in the Brecon Beacons in the early morning on the hottest

day of the year so far. Corporal Josh Hoole,

who was 26 and from near Lockerbie It follows the deaths of three

soldiers who were taking part in an SAS training exercise on one

of the hottest days of the year The Government has promised

a full investigation. Our Wales Correspondent Hywel

Griffith joins us from Brecon. Few details coming out as yet,

what more can you tell us? We know that when the corporal said

off from the barracks, it was for a routine standard test run on the

local roads, temperatures were still below 20 degrees, but clearly

something went wrong in the two hours before he returned here, and

collapsed. His death has left his family shattered and left the army

facing new questions over whether it has done everything possible to

ensure the safety of its soldiers. VOICEOVER: A dedicated soldier, the

family of Corporal Josh Hoole say that the army was his life, tonight,

they want to know if the Armed Forces could have done more to

protect it? The 26-year-old was in the Brecon Beacons to prepare for a

gruelling selection course, 7am yesterday, he went on an eight mile

test run, carrying a 25 kilograms pack. He collapsed back at the base.

Paramedics could not save him. They knew that he was training.

We did not know until 6:30pm about what had happened. Absolutely

devastating. My father was in the Army when he was younger, he knows

what that area is like. Why do you have people out when you know the

weather is that hot? The Army uses this to rein to test its elite,

three years ago, and SAS selection exercise on the hottest day of the

year led to three deaths. James Dunne 's bee was found collapsed

near the finish line, and another suffered heat exhaustion, and Craig

Roberts was found on a different part of the 16 mile route. -- James

Dunsby. An inquest found that all three died as a result of neglect.

This latest death was different. We do not know the circumstances, or

indeed the reasons why he died. It was not on special forces selection,

that can be confirmed, this was about training for a Korea calls

that he was going to do in Brecon to become a Sergeant. -- career. I hope

we can understand it soon so we care about the circumstances. That will

include making sure every safety rule was followed as once again the

Army faces questions over the pressures soldiers face away from

the field of battle. The deadline has just passed

for Labour supporters to register to vote

in the party's leadership contest. They face a choice between

the current Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn and the former shadow

work and pensions He says the party is teetering

on the edge of extinction But critics have accused Mr Smith

of championing the private Our Political Correspondent,

Vicki Young, has more. VOICEOVER: Some Labour MPs believe

the survival of their party could depend upon this man. Don't fall

over. Owen Smith is not a well-known politician but he's hoping to change

that. Today he set out on his mission to topple Jeremy Corbyn.

This party is teetering on the brink of extension, if we split, we will

be destroyed. The friends of Jeremy Corbyn have already branded Owen

Smith Tony Blair alight, he says he is a radical candidate of the left

with 20 of policy ideas to broaden appeal. -- Tony Blair-lite. A new

deal for Britain, social care, housing, we should be building

300,000 houses every year. The odds may seem stacked against Owen Smith

but his supporters believe he can take on Jeremy Corbyn on his own

territory, he did not back the Iraq war air strikes on or Syria, and

they hope that he can convince hundreds of thousands of Labour

Party members that he will pursue left-wing policies but more

effectively than Jeremy Corbyn. One senior Labour MP says that we are

facing the fight of our lives. Most Labour MPs have abandoned Jeremy

Corbyn's team, so few have state that they had to take on to jobs, a

gift to the new prime ministers. A boss who does not listen to his

workers, a... LAUGHTER A boss who requires some of his

workers to double their workload... LAUGHTER

Maybe even a boss who exploits the rules in order to further his own

career...! LAUGHTER SHOUTING

Reminded him of anybody? I know that this is very funny for all

conservative members but I do not suppose, I do not suppose there is

too many Conservative MPs who have to go to a food bank in order to

supplement their family table! Jeremy Corbyn is getting a rough

time in Parliament, his allies are confident that Labour Party members

will stick by him when they vote for a leader this summer. I'm going to

be supporting Jeremy Corbyn because he provides the radical turn it

gives to the Conservative Party that the Labour Party has needed for a

long time. It is disappointing that we are in a leadership election, we

have overturned the Tories in the House of Commons on a number of

occasions and I don't think that would have happened in any other

leader than Jeremy Corbyn. I cannot account for why people would vote

for Owen Smith, what I see is Jeremy Corbyn with a massive mandate from

across the membership, and the backing of the trade unions. It

looks like more than 150,000 new supporters have signed up to take

part in the leadership contest in the last 48 hours, on the 24th of

September, we will find out who they have chosen.

STUDIO: Turkey has charged 99 generals and admirals in connection

just under a third of the country's top military officers.

The government has now banned all academics

from travelling abroad, as the purge of state employees

suspected of being connected to the failed coup continues.

So far more than 50,000 people have been rounded up,

You may find some images at the start of his

VOICEOVER: Watch the man rushing into the street, ready to die for

democracy. New pictures from the coup attempt show a citizen throwing

stones and then himself in front of a tank to stop it. Unbelievably, he

picks himself up, another rebel tank approaches, again, he is prepared to

sacrifice himself, again, he survives. Injured, but defiant, he

says that it was a duty to defend his country and the president.

TRANSLATION: We heard the tanks were approaching while firing, although I

could do was respond with the three stones that I had, yet the tank did

not stop. God protected our president, without the 15 minute he

had to escape, it would have been a disaster.

Turkey almost slipped from President Erdogan's grasp. And he is heading

back hard. Discussing urgent solutions with the Security Council.

Expected to widen the post to crack down. Dragged to court, the men who

tried and failed to get Mr Erdogan last Friday. 13 soldiers who raided

his hotel minutes after he had fled. The crowd shouts for the death

penalty. Victor is justice becoming dangerously close to mob violence.

-- the justice of the victor. Another 35,000 employees have been

suspended. It seems a Conservative government is classing with secular,

liberal academics. Every dealer or university Professor we have spoken

to by phone has been too afraid to go on camera, fearing that any

critical comments by an academic might be used to round them up. Free

speech and thought are cherished by these universities, but the worry is

that after the coup, Turkey will crush them. Government supporters on

the river today. But they mask the fear that an emboldened president is

using what could be a moment of reconciliation to flush out his

enemies. Angela Merkel tells her British

counterpart that the... As a heatwave hit Europe this week,

scientists warn of a significant Coming up in sport, Chris Froome

tightens his grip on the yellow jersey in the Alps. He has increased

his lead is during stage 17 of the Tour de France to almost 2.5

minutes. With just two weeks to go before

the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Brazil,

the man in charge of security has told the BBC

the threat of a terror attack An extra 80,000 security personnel

have been brought in to patrol the streets of Rio de Janeiro

and the stadiums - amid concern that the country

is a soft target for criminals. Our Brazil Correspondent, Wyre

Davies, sent this report from Rio. Rio has a reputation

as one of the world's Within sight of the beaches

where Olympic volleyball and triathlon events will take

place, armed police patrol narrow alleyways, which by night

revert to the control They let off fireworks to let us

know they are watching. After a quiet couple of years,

violence has returned Rio is a much safer place today

than it was 20 years ago. But even in the last year or so,

in these pacified favelas, There have been more

murders and more attacks and with the Olympic Games taking

place down in the tourist areas on Copacabana beach,

there is a real concern that some of this violence could spill over

during the games themselves. In this Olympic city,

shocking numbers of innocent victims are killed in crossfire,

often by police. Children are taught to dive

for cover at the sound of gunfire. And petty crime invades

the tourist beaches below. Police officers warn they might not

be able to guarantee public safety "Welcome to hell", their stark

message to visitors We police officers are hiding our

badges, our wallets, our guns, But city and state officials say

that with an extra 80,000 security personnel on the streets,

Rio will be safe during the Games, but says Rio's security chief, there

is one overriding security concern. TRANSLATION: For me,

the biggest threat is terrorism. Brazil is not an obvious target

but we have a weakness The BBC recently saw evidence

showing just how easy it would be More than 70 Syrian nationals able

to acquire genuine Brazilian passports from crime gangs

and corrupt officials. Training exercises are designed

to ease concerns, but with 10,000 miles of often porous land borders,

Brazil would be a soft target for anyone seeking

to disrupt the games. Rio de Janeiro is still one

of the world's most beguiling cities and will provide a stunning

backdrop for the Olympics. But it has an ominously

dark side, too. It was the plagiarism row that had

people comparing notes. Today, member of Donald Trump's campaign

staffers admitted using quotes from Mrs Obama's speech. Jon Sobel is at

the convention. It takes a lot to barons Mrs Trump -- Mr Trump.

Finally, we have some extra nation for what unfolded. It seems that the

speech writer spoke to Mrs Trump on the phone as she read out some

passages from Michelle Obama's speech that she likes. The speech

writer and then did not make any checks. The statement, I feel

terrible for the chaos I hazard caused the Trumps. I apologise for

the confusion and hysteria that my mistake has caused. But for 36

hours, Donald Trump's campaign manager has been touring the studios

indefatigably denying that there was no plagiarism and denying that there

was any need to apologise. So now that rarest thing, a U-turn and an

apology. I think the Trump campaign could have saved themselves a lot of

trouble if they had done this 24 hours earlier.

This week marks a month since Britain voted to leave

the European Union - and throughout this week we're

The West Midlands is one of many areas that voted for Brexit.

Our political editor there Patrick Burns has been

speaking to local businesses to see how they're getting

Half a million Birmingham voters gave Leave the narrowest

Barely a stone's throw away from the centre,

Digbeth is home to what has been a thriving community

Iris is a one-woman business, an EU migrant from Germany.

Each year she places around 80 young apprentices from other European

countries into local firms under an EU education

If a complete end to freedom of movement happens,

that will be an end of my projects and many other organisations.

You are looking at colleges, exchange organisations,

there is going to be a lot of businesses like that.

The city may be evenly divided but the surrounding West Midlands

delivered the UK's highest proportion of Leave vote.

Almost 60% supporting what is increasingly viewed

as a regional insurrection in defiance of the nation's capital.

Have Midlanders stumbled into something they now regret?

I'm heading just a few miles out of the city to the Black Country,

to the Izons industrial estate near Oldbury.

During the campaign, I struggled to find anyone

It's a typical collection of small, predominantly

For 50 years, this engineering firm has been run by three

I want to know if the boss is still as confident about Brexit

If anything it's more positive than it was.

The pound being devalued helps us export and there is local investment

going on in Wolverhampton that has been announced,

so that all points to a more positive position.

Certainly no doom and gloom that was predicted.

They have a long history of making things work here.

Just as the new Prime Minister wants Brexit to work.

Sustaining the optimism behind the new business start-ups may yet

turn out to be the biggest work in progress of all.

Last month was the hottest June around the world in modern history,

marking the fourteenth month in a row that global temperature

Climate experts say it reveals we are now close to dangerous

levels of climate change - as our Science Editor,

This marked the end of our very brief heatwave.

And this comes as scientists report that the world as a whole is seeing

a record rise in temperatures, producing a wide range of impact.

In California, firefighters struggle with blazes pushing

A heatwave has hit much of continental Europe this week.

This boy in Spain tries to stay cool.

And many tropical coral reefs have turned white, what's called

bleaching, as the waters get too warm for them.

So what do the latest figures about rising temperatures

tell us about a planet that is getting hotter?

This graph from the American weather agency shows the period January

Below average in the first-half of the century, and then

In the past six months it was more than a degree

If we take a closer look, we can see why scientists

are surprised at the scale of the increase.

They say this is partly driven by the weather pattern El Nino,

with warm water in the eastern Pacific, but also by the greenhouse

gases from our pollution, which the Paris Agreement on climate

Scientists researching the climate say that they have been warning

for years that unless those greenhouse gases are cut,

And the impacts are likely to become more severe.

I think we are scarily close to dangerous levels

We have a Paris Agreement now that says we should not be exceeding 1.5

degrees centigrade of climate change but unless we start removing

emissions over the next decade or so, that is a threshold that

The fear is of more scenes like this, extreme weather

It made this town look like a war zone.

Scientists say a warmer world is set to see more violent rainfall

and this year is on course to be the hottest on record.

Record global average temperatures but for now, our heatwave has ended.

Jay Wynne is here to tell us more. It has been breaking down in

dramatic fashion over the last day or so. This is what we saw earlier

today, huge area of rain, large amounts of thunderstorms. And we

have seen thunderstorms recently in the Midlands as well. But we have

also seen sunshine today across the south-east of Wenger. 31 degrees in

Heathrow. Thunderstorms drifting out to the North Sea over the next few

hours, pushed by westerly wind. Bringing in less hot air overnight.

Overall, a more comfortable night. Temperatures down by a few degrees

in comparison to last night. Eastern areas on the warm side. A quieter

start to the day in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Largely dry

although it might be clouded in Northern Ireland and western

Scotland. On the East of Scotland, brighter, with a decent start for

Northern England. Light spells of sunshine. Quite pleasant towards

Wales and the south-west. Heading eastwards, it will be fine and dry.

A decent morning's commute. Through the day tomorrow, most places having

a reasonable day with a fair bit of cloud. Northern Ireland could be a

focal point for some wetter, windier weather into the afternoon but many

places will be dry with variable cloud. With light winds,

temperatures in the low to middle 20s, it could be a comfortable

afternoon. Into Friday, weak weather front bringing cloud and rain, but

nothing too heavy. We should see some showers breaking out ahead of

that in the Midlands, East Anglia and the south-east. Those could be

on the heavy side. Some sunshine in between, and then it will be 22-25d.

Some rain at times. And for the weekend, someone's and humidity. --

22-25. And that is all from us.