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Hello and welcome to BBC World News with me Karin Giannone. | :00:08. | :00:10. | |
In two hours' time Rio's Paralympic Opening Ceremony gets underway. | :00:11. | :00:12. | |
It's been a difficult run-up, beset by problems, but athletes | :00:13. | :00:15. | |
and organisers are now confident they'll be a success. | :00:16. | :00:23. | |
It seems like years ago now but it is about four weeks ago, or five | :00:24. | :00:29. | |
weeks ago, that we started to realise the mess they were in. I | :00:30. | :00:36. | |
will be live in Rio with all the latest on the mood amongst the | :00:37. | :00:39. | |
Paralympians, with just hours to go until the start of these games. | :00:40. | :00:41. | |
In other news, residents of the besieged Syrian city | :00:42. | :00:43. | |
of Aleppo are bombed again, just hours after | :00:44. | :00:45. | |
It comes as opposition groups meet in London | :00:46. | :00:48. | |
Apple unveils its latest iPhone 7, so does it have that headphone port? | :00:49. | :00:56. | |
Fears for the future of London's nightclubs after one of its best | :00:57. | :01:02. | |
known venues, Fabric, is closed amid claims | :01:03. | :01:03. | |
The countdown is on to the Opening Ceremony | :01:04. | :01:28. | |
Over the next 12 days, 4,300 athletes will be taking part, | :01:29. | :01:32. | |
from 161 countries, competing in 23 sports with 528 gold | :01:33. | :01:35. | |
New heroes will emerge and memorable performances will take place. | :01:36. | :01:40. | |
The organisers will be hoping the ceremony in a few hours' time | :01:41. | :01:43. | |
will draw a line under a chaotic build-up. | :01:44. | :01:45. | |
There's been controversy over a lack of funding, poor ticket sales, | :01:46. | :01:48. | |
the Russian team being banned over the doping scandal, | :01:49. | :01:50. | |
and questions over the way athletes are classified. | :01:51. | :01:53. | |
From Rio, our correspondent Nikki Fox reports. | :01:54. | :02:04. | |
Just over two weeks since the flame was put out on South America 's | :02:05. | :02:11. | |
first ever Olympic games, the city 's most iconic landmark has been lit | :02:12. | :02:16. | |
up once more. This time it is in the colours of the Paralympics. | :02:17. | :02:22. | |
Expectations were high following London 2012, undoubtedly the most | :02:23. | :02:27. | |
successful Paralympic games to date. There were a record number of | :02:28. | :02:29. | |
tickets sold and more people tuned in than ever before and the | :02:30. | :02:33. | |
Paralympic movement was as strong as it has ever been. The build-up to | :02:34. | :02:39. | |
Rio has been beset with serious problems. One month ago, when the | :02:40. | :02:44. | |
International Paralympic Committee revealed there was no money, many | :02:45. | :02:47. | |
fear the Paralympic movement was about to take a backwards step. We | :02:48. | :02:53. | |
should not be taking out our begging bowls. We understand that people are | :02:54. | :02:57. | |
living in difficult times but what we don't understand is why we have | :02:58. | :03:01. | |
to be an afterthought every time, why should this games be staged on a | :03:02. | :03:07. | |
shoestring? Despite emergency measures like moving events and | :03:08. | :03:10. | |
removing transport facilities, ticket sales are on the up, and the | :03:11. | :03:18. | |
athletes are ready. The British team and their famous faces, their one | :03:19. | :03:22. | |
and only concern now is winning. People might be looking negatively | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
but I think everyone will be pleasantly surprised and when they | :03:27. | :03:29. | |
see the performances of British athletes especially, going out and | :03:30. | :03:32. | |
get a gold medals, I think it will be forgotten about. Over 4000 | :03:33. | :03:38. | |
athletes from 161 countries will join thousands of volunteers. The | :03:39. | :03:43. | |
games are about to begin, but perhaps here in Rio, the Paralympic | :03:44. | :03:48. | |
movement has already passed its hardest test. | :03:49. | :03:48. | |
Well, Nikki has also been speaking to the President | :03:49. | :03:51. | |
of the International Paralympic Committee, Sir Philip Craven, | :03:52. | :03:52. | |
about the troubled build-up to the games in Rio. | :03:53. | :03:55. | |
It seems like years ago now but it's about four weeks or five weeks ago | :03:56. | :03:59. | |
when we started to realise the mess that they were in, | :04:00. | :04:03. | |
particularly from a financial point of view, no money. | :04:04. | :04:07. | |
I think the organising committee in Rio were in a state of hyper | :04:08. | :04:18. | |
stress and we had to get hold of some of the facts. | :04:19. | :04:21. | |
And once we got some of the facts, we could get to work. | :04:22. | :04:27. | |
And we made close contact with the acting federal government, | :04:28. | :04:29. | |
of course, at that time and the city authorities through the mayor, | :04:30. | :04:32. | |
I've just been to the village now and the athletes are all pretty | :04:33. | :04:38. | |
happy with where they are at, and we're going to have great games. | :04:39. | :04:41. | |
There was a real sense, wasn't there, that it was dire, | :04:42. | :04:44. | |
Did the IPC have any warning signs that this was happening, | :04:45. | :04:52. | |
that this money was being diverted to the Olympics? | :04:53. | :04:54. | |
Well, those are your words, actually. | :04:55. | :04:58. | |
I think what happened was the organising committee ran out | :04:59. | :05:00. | |
of money and therefore the consequence was pretty serious | :05:01. | :05:02. | |
for the Olympics but absolutely dire for the Paralympics. | :05:03. | :05:09. | |
And so, I'm not talking about whether money | :05:10. | :05:11. | |
Sir Philip Craven, who is present on the International Paralympic | :05:12. | :05:20. | |
Committee. Let's go live to Rio now | :05:21. | :05:21. | |
and our correspondent Kate Grey. What is the atmosphere like? | :05:22. | :05:33. | |
Well, as I stand here, looking over the newly relaying to Paralympic | :05:34. | :05:37. | |
part, I can hear final reparations taking place with drums in the | :05:38. | :05:40. | |
background, and that feels real sense that the Paralympic spirit has | :05:41. | :05:45. | |
arrived, despite all of the problems there has been in the lead up with | :05:46. | :05:48. | |
overspends at the Olympic Games and wondering whether they would be able | :05:49. | :05:52. | |
to finish their news and bring the teams to these games, it feels now | :05:53. | :05:55. | |
that all of that has been put to bed and they are ready to put on a great | :05:56. | :06:00. | |
show. I went for a wander along Copacabana beach yesterday at the | :06:01. | :06:04. | |
Olympic rings have been replaced and the public were taking photos and | :06:05. | :06:11. | |
they are starting to embrace these games and the increase in ticket | :06:12. | :06:15. | |
sets sales has shown that the Brazilian people are ready to | :06:16. | :06:17. | |
support the Paralympics and fill up the stands. | :06:18. | :06:24. | |
So the opening ceremony, what are we looking out for? | :06:25. | :06:30. | |
There are over 4300 athletes competing here across 528 gold medal | :06:31. | :06:35. | |
events, so there is so much action to look out for. I had to mention | :06:36. | :06:41. | |
the poster boy of these Paralympic games for Rio, Daniel Diaz, he is | :06:42. | :06:44. | |
competing in the aquatic centre behind me in nine events and he is | :06:45. | :06:49. | |
Brazil's most successful Paralympian so he has nothing to prove that he | :06:50. | :06:53. | |
will go out there and give his home crowd something to cheer about. He | :06:54. | :06:57. | |
is one of the most hunted down in the swimming pool because no one can | :06:58. | :07:01. | |
touch, he is a bit like Michael Phelps. As we move into the | :07:02. | :07:07. | |
athletics Stadium we have the likes of the German long jumper who was a | :07:08. | :07:10. | |
Paralympic champion and in recent years he has been jumping distance | :07:11. | :07:14. | |
that would allow him to compete against able-bodied athletes | :07:15. | :07:17. | |
although he has not been allowed to compete | :07:18. | :07:28. | |
in an Games so he will be one to watch because he is hoping to | :07:29. | :07:32. | |
qualify at the World Championships able-bodied competition next year. | :07:33. | :07:34. | |
Finally I have to mention Tatiana McFadden, one of the great Olympic | :07:35. | :07:36. | |
-- great American hopes who wants to add another gold to the three she | :07:37. | :07:39. | |
won at London 2012. Kate Grey there is herself a former | :07:40. | :07:40. | |
Paralympic swimmer. Well, you'll remember Russia | :07:41. | :07:41. | |
received a blanket ban on attending the Paralympics | :07:42. | :07:43. | |
because of a state-sponsored So Russia has decided | :07:44. | :07:45. | |
to hold its own event. An opening ceremony has already | :07:46. | :07:48. | |
taken place in Moscow for a Russian competition described | :07:49. | :07:51. | |
as the Alternative Paralympics. The BBC's Oleg Boldyrev | :07:52. | :07:54. | |
was at the ceremony. As the Paralympic games are about to | :07:55. | :08:06. | |
open in Rio here in Moscow we have something we call the competent -- | :08:07. | :08:10. | |
compensation games, special event for the squad that was banned from | :08:11. | :08:14. | |
Rio. A ceremony here is greeting all the teams in track and field, | :08:15. | :08:18. | |
fencing, archery, rowing and other sports. It is a three-day event | :08:19. | :08:24. | |
which will involve 260 Paralympic athletes from Russia. Of course they | :08:25. | :08:29. | |
are disappointed. This thing is bigger than Rio. Of course the mood | :08:30. | :08:35. | |
is ruined, we were preparing for a sporting battle and now we have two | :08:36. | :08:39. | |
weight. We prepared for four years and for some this is a shock that is | :08:40. | :08:44. | |
enough to make them consider quitting sport. What will Russian | :08:45. | :08:49. | |
Paralympians do now there was no sporting schedule? Most of them say | :08:50. | :08:53. | |
they will stay on and fight on and they are hoping a decision and a | :08:54. | :08:56. | |
solution will be found soon but at the moment all they have is this | :08:57. | :08:58. | |
three-day event in Russia. Now a look at some of | :08:59. | :09:01. | |
the day's other news. Philippine officials say | :09:02. | :09:07. | |
President Rodrigo Duterte and President Barack Obama have met | :09:08. | :09:08. | |
informally at the gala dinner Relations between the two men had | :09:09. | :09:11. | |
soured after President Duterte used rude language | :09:12. | :09:15. | |
when referring to Obama. It led to the US president | :09:16. | :09:18. | |
cancelling a formal meeting Denmark will buy data leaked | :09:19. | :09:23. | |
from the law firm at the heart of the Panama Papers scandal, | :09:24. | :09:31. | |
the country's taxation Over 11 million documents | :09:32. | :09:33. | |
previously leaked from Mossack Fonseca to international media | :09:34. | :09:39. | |
revealed huge offshore tax evasion. In this latest development, | :09:40. | :09:42. | |
an anonymous offer to sell data involving up to 600 Danish citizens | :09:43. | :09:44. | |
was made over the summer There are reports of a bomb attack | :09:45. | :09:47. | |
on the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo a day after dozens | :09:48. | :09:58. | |
were hospitalised following It comes as Syria's main opposition | :09:59. | :10:00. | |
groups meet in London to try to find Our Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen | :10:01. | :10:04. | |
sends this report from You may find some of | :10:05. | :10:09. | |
the images distressing. Another air attack on East Aleppo, | :10:10. | :10:26. | |
which is held by an assortment of rebels. Civil defence workers pulled | :10:27. | :10:31. | |
out casualties, as they have done countless times before. The attack | :10:32. | :10:34. | |
was close to the place where local reports say the bombs containing | :10:35. | :10:40. | |
poisonous chlorine gas were dropped on Tuesday. The Syrian government | :10:41. | :10:45. | |
always denies using chemical weapons, despite many accusations. | :10:46. | :10:49. | |
This side of the city is at the moment the government 's biggest | :10:50. | :10:54. | |
target. The Syrian army is trying to surround eastern Aleppo and seal it | :10:55. | :10:58. | |
off, an attempt to impose a siege to starve out the anti-government | :10:59. | :11:04. | |
forces that oppose it. Casualties were taken to a makeshift hospital | :11:05. | :11:08. | |
and the fighting and the attempts to impose a total siege mean they are | :11:09. | :11:13. | |
short of medical supplies. The regime blames the bloodshed on | :11:14. | :11:18. | |
foreign companies -- countries intervening to destroy Syria. It | :11:19. | :11:22. | |
denies accusations that it writs of election skier and says that | :11:23. | :11:25. | |
President Assad has no plans to leave office. We elected our | :11:26. | :11:30. | |
President and our Parliament and our local administration units, but | :11:31. | :11:35. | |
these Western countries will recognise only what they want or the | :11:36. | :11:40. | |
results that they want. We have a very strong government, we have | :11:41. | :11:46. | |
sustained a six-year war against Syria and I assure you we shall | :11:47. | :11:51. | |
continue as long as the intervention takes place. In London, backed by | :11:52. | :11:58. | |
Britain, the Saudis and others, a Syrian -- coalition has produced the | :11:59. | :12:07. | |
most detailed blueprint for power, including President Assad and his | :12:08. | :12:10. | |
clique leaving. They don't expect to get any time soon from Damascus. If | :12:11. | :12:17. | |
Asharq Al Asad continues to drag his feet and refuse to engage seriously | :12:18. | :12:20. | |
then obviously there will have to be a plan B that will involve more | :12:21. | :12:25. | |
stepped-up military activity. This is the centre of Damascus and this | :12:26. | :12:29. | |
part of the capital could not look any more different to the east side | :12:30. | :12:33. | |
of Aleppo. There is huge war damage a few miles away and across the | :12:34. | :12:37. | |
country but this is the regime 's showcase. Now, if the demand to step | :12:38. | :12:42. | |
down had been delivered by a victorious army at the gates of his | :12:43. | :12:44. | |
palace then President Assad in Syria | :12:45. | :13:01. | |
appears to be far from over. Hair raising rescue journeys have been | :13:02. | :13:04. | |
happening every day in this country for more than five years. These were | :13:05. | :13:06. | |
civil defence workers in rebel held eastern Aleppo, racing to save | :13:07. | :13:09. | |
casualties in the attack on Tuesday that local experts say contained | :13:10. | :13:12. | |
chlorine gas. One Syrian general I have spoken to set the war could get | :13:13. | :13:16. | |
much longer, perhaps another ten years. | :13:17. | :13:20. | |
Our Chief International Correspondent, Lyse Doucet, | :13:21. | :13:22. | |
is at the Foreign Office in central London where the talks | :13:23. | :13:24. | |
We heard the Syrian government view on foreign intervention, what is the | :13:25. | :13:36. | |
opposition perspective on outside involvement? | :13:37. | :13:41. | |
You can see behind me that a briefing is going on as the French | :13:42. | :13:44. | |
Foreign Minister is talking two French journalists who attended and | :13:45. | :13:47. | |
were on the sidelines of these talks, hosted by the British Foreign | :13:48. | :13:52. | |
Secretary, Boris Johnson with the Syrian opposition. They believe this | :13:53. | :13:57. | |
is the best plan for looking forward to a future for Syria, the most | :13:58. | :14:02. | |
detail they have ever presented for Security and political transition | :14:03. | :14:05. | |
that would ensure a stable transfer of power that would avoid the kind | :14:06. | :14:09. | |
of collapse that has been seen in neighbouring states like Iraq and | :14:10. | :14:15. | |
Libya. Yet again, you can see the French Foreign Minister is here and | :14:16. | :14:18. | |
there were more foreign in -- foreign ministers from the West and | :14:19. | :14:22. | |
the Arab world inside the Foreign Office today, this is a conflict | :14:23. | :14:26. | |
that draws in more outside powers than any other conflict anywhere in | :14:27. | :14:28. | |
the world and we have been hearing reports today that the Turkish | :14:29. | :14:34. | |
president has been speaking to the US president and possibly Turkish | :14:35. | :14:37. | |
troops moving further into northern Syria and helping in the attack | :14:38. | :14:40. | |
against one of the last places held by so-called Islamic State in Raqqa, | :14:41. | :14:48. | |
that would be a controversial move despite it being a priority for the | :14:49. | :14:54. | |
West to get rid of the remains of Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. | :14:55. | :14:59. | |
We have had so many years searching for a police -- peace process, what | :15:00. | :15:04. | |
is different this time? No one expects Syria to go to a | :15:05. | :15:08. | |
negotiating table any time soon but what is new about this plan is the | :15:09. | :15:12. | |
kind of detail it improves and it is meant to be an answer to those, | :15:13. | :15:16. | |
including the Russians and the Iranians, who say that if President | :15:17. | :15:19. | |
Assad goes then Syria would collapse. Now they are saying we | :15:20. | :15:24. | |
have a plan to keep the institutions in place and we have a plan that | :15:25. | :15:29. | |
will include some members of the Syrian regime, but not all, and not | :15:30. | :15:34. | |
president Assad. I have been speaking to the Syrian opposition | :15:35. | :15:35. | |
spokesperson. No ,we don't expect Assad | :15:36. | :15:38. | |
to come to us and say, yes, I'm moving out, | :15:39. | :15:44. | |
but that's why we are here. We want to hear | :15:45. | :15:46. | |
from our friends, that really in this war are | :15:47. | :15:48. | |
decision-makers and they can really Russia is playing a big | :15:49. | :15:51. | |
role there, Iran is playing a big role, | :15:52. | :15:56. | |
but unfortunately negative, they are Russia is taking advantage | :15:57. | :15:59. | |
of this situation because they know that Mr Obama only | :16:00. | :16:05. | |
has another few months and he wants to do something, and we don't want | :16:06. | :16:10. | |
them to do anything against our You don't want to trust the talks | :16:11. | :16:13. | |
now taking place between the Secretary of State, John Kerry, | :16:14. | :16:19. | |
and the Russian Foreign It is not the American side | :16:20. | :16:21. | |
we don't trust, but we fear that they will listen to | :16:22. | :16:27. | |
the Russians and agree on what the The Russians, they work | :16:28. | :16:31. | |
for the regime and they want to do anything for this regime, | :16:32. | :16:34. | |
not the Syrian people. That is our fear, but we hope | :16:35. | :16:38. | |
that the Americans will be aware of that, because you know, | :16:39. | :16:41. | |
things will not end when this administration leaves | :16:42. | :16:45. | |
the White House and there is a new administration, but in | :16:46. | :16:50. | |
the end it's American policy, foreign policy, | :16:51. | :16:52. | |
and they really have to do things right | :16:53. | :16:54. | |
and not trust the Russians when it The opposition spokesman expressed | :16:55. | :17:18. | |
some concerns about those talks between Lovegrove and Kerry but now | :17:19. | :17:22. | |
we have heard there is some progress and there was talk about a deal by | :17:23. | :17:26. | |
Friday which would mean a temporary truce across all of Syria. If that | :17:27. | :17:31. | |
happens then it would provide a small speck of light in a very dark | :17:32. | :17:33. | |
war. Thank you very much. | :17:34. | :17:36. | |
There are concerns over the future of London's status as a global | :17:37. | :17:46. | |
centre for nightlife after one of its biggest clubs, | :17:47. | :17:48. | |
It had its licence revoked following the deaths | :17:49. | :17:51. | |
of two teenagers from suspected drug overdoses. | :17:52. | :17:52. | |
Half of London's nightclubs have closed in the last eight years. | :17:53. | :17:55. | |
For nearly 17 years it's been at the forefront | :17:56. | :17:58. | |
of London's clubbing scene, hosting the biggest DJs, attracting | :17:59. | :18:06. | |
international crowds, but the party is over at Fabric nightclub. | :18:07. | :18:08. | |
Today there were flowers outside of the news is that its | :18:09. | :18:11. | |
licence had been revoked over concerns about drug use at the club. | :18:12. | :18:14. | |
Its owners have called the decision a travesty. | :18:15. | :18:22. | |
Yes, it's a shock, and we are absolutely devastated | :18:23. | :18:24. | |
for the people involved, devastated for the consequences of it but more | :18:25. | :18:27. | |
than anything we are frustrated and angry. | :18:28. | :18:29. | |
Airports aren't held responsible for drug mules coming | :18:30. | :18:31. | |
The Calais ferry isn't responsible for people trafficking | :18:32. | :18:34. | |
and the hundreds of tonnes contraband they transport | :18:35. | :18:36. | |
No one is held responsible and they just pick | :18:37. | :18:39. | |
on nightclubs because we are just a soft target. | :18:40. | :18:42. | |
The club was already temporarily closed after the | :18:43. | :18:44. | |
deaths of two teenagers over the summer and decided to shut it | :18:45. | :18:50. | |
permanently Islington Council said there was a culture of drug use | :18:51. | :18:52. | |
which the management and security seemed to be | :18:53. | :18:54. | |
The Metropolitan Police argued that keeping Fabric open could cause more | :18:55. | :19:02. | |
There have been six here in the last four years and | :19:03. | :19:07. | |
Supporters of the club says Fabric does all it can to prevent drug use | :19:08. | :19:13. | |
and they will probably now just move elsewhere. | :19:14. | :19:15. | |
Shutting the doors of this club isn't going to stop those | :19:16. | :19:18. | |
young people going and doing drugs, they will just go and do it in the | :19:19. | :19:22. | |
In this club there are four medics and a resuscitation team. | :19:23. | :19:25. | |
Many people's lives have been saved by Fabric's professionalism. | :19:26. | :19:28. | |
They will now be in a park or a pub that doesn't have | :19:29. | :19:31. | |
50% of nightclubs have closed in London in the last eight years. | :19:32. | :19:39. | |
The city's mayor Sadiq Khan says he is disappointed by the Fabric | :19:40. | :19:42. | |
decision at a time when he is trying to promote the night-time economy. | :19:43. | :19:46. | |
A fund has already been started to help the nightclub launch | :19:47. | :19:50. | |
It's the best iPhone that we have ever created! This is iPhone seven. | :19:51. | :20:15. | |
Yes, Apple has unveiled its latest handheld device, which it hopes | :20:16. | :20:17. | |
will again dominate the smartphone market. | :20:18. | :20:19. | |
With me is our technology reporter, Chris Foxx. | :20:20. | :20:21. | |
They are just announcing everything now, they let some details slip on | :20:22. | :20:36. | |
Twitter earlier today and release details they may not have been ready | :20:37. | :20:39. | |
to do. The phone is going to be water resistant so you can take it | :20:40. | :20:43. | |
into the bath tub of that is your thing and it looks as though the | :20:44. | :20:46. | |
headphone socket will disappear so your old headphones that you are | :20:47. | :20:49. | |
used to using will not fit in the phone because it had to go to make | :20:50. | :20:54. | |
the phone water resistant. It also has a new dual camera on the phone | :20:55. | :21:00. | |
with two cameras on the back instead of one so they can do clever things | :21:01. | :21:05. | |
like have one that is wide angle so you can take pictures of all of your | :21:06. | :21:10. | |
friends with all of the main or the other camera will give you a | :21:11. | :21:13. | |
close-up. They are new features on the phone. | :21:14. | :21:16. | |
They are new features for Apple, but has anyone else done this before? | :21:17. | :21:22. | |
Well, yes, they are billing it as revolutionary but Samsung 's top | :21:23. | :21:24. | |
handsets have been water resistant for some time and the dual camera | :21:25. | :21:27. | |
function, there are already phones out there with dual camera | :21:28. | :21:34. | |
functions. LG have a phone with a dual selfie mode and there is | :21:35. | :21:40. | |
another phone that has a dual camera in the back which lets you refocus a | :21:41. | :21:46. | |
picture once you have taken it, so if you took a picture and you | :21:47. | :21:50. | |
weren't happy with the bit that was in focus, it can calculate a | :21:51. | :21:53. | |
work-out the depth and refocus things a little bit. Apple have just | :21:54. | :21:56. | |
said that Sony 's revolutionary because it can do that blur the | :21:57. | :22:00. | |
background and keep you in focus, but not so revolutionary, it is | :22:01. | :22:06. | |
already out there on other android handsets. | :22:07. | :22:07. | |
We will let you get back to listening what Tim Clark -- Tim Cook | :22:08. | :22:12. | |
Barely a day goes by without Russia's Vladimir Putin | :22:13. | :22:15. | |
being mentioned in the contest for the American presidency. | :22:16. | :22:17. | |
On Tuesday Donald Trump claimed the Russian leader looks | :22:18. | :22:19. | |
The day before, Hillary Clinton accused Mr Trump of having a bizarre | :22:20. | :22:26. | |
attraction to dictators, including Putin. | :22:27. | :22:29. | |
So, is Donald Trump the Kremlin's man? | :22:30. | :22:30. | |
Who would Russia like to see in the White House next year? | :22:31. | :22:33. | |
Our Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg reports. | :22:34. | :22:37. | |
Outside the US Embassy in Moscow, it's a modern version | :22:38. | :22:39. | |
She's a pro-Putin activist, and, as you can see, | :22:40. | :22:48. | |
And just to prove it she has brought along her Donald Doves. | :22:49. | :23:03. | |
TRANSLATION: As Secretary of State, | :23:04. | :23:05. | |
Hillary Clinton caused a new Cold War. | :23:06. | :23:10. | |
Maria says, Trump as president brings hope of a new world order. | :23:11. | :23:13. | |
And from the sound effects, Moscow stands to benefit. | :23:14. | :23:15. | |
Wouldn't it be nice if we actually did get along with Russia, | :23:16. | :23:18. | |
And a President Trump may recognise Crimea as part of Russia. | :23:19. | :23:22. | |
I'm going to take a look at it but the people of Crimea | :23:23. | :23:25. | |
from what I've heard would rather be with Russia than where they are. | :23:26. | :23:30. | |
We are not involved anyhow in this campaign, we are not supporting | :23:31. | :23:40. | |
Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton or others. | :23:41. | :23:48. | |
Politicians are people, in American policy, in any sort | :23:49. | :23:53. | |
And yet if you take a look back over the last 100 years or so of Russian | :23:54. | :23:58. | |
history you would be hard pressed to find a Russian leader and a US | :23:59. | :24:02. | |
presidential candidate who have more in common, | :24:03. | :24:04. | |
than Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. | :24:05. | :24:09. | |
And since Trump says nice things about Russia and its leader, | :24:10. | :24:15. | |
while Hillary Clinton is more hardline on Moscow, | :24:16. | :24:18. | |
it's not surprising that polls here show more Russians want him | :24:19. | :24:23. | |
No one sings Donald Trump's praises louder than Russia's | :24:24. | :24:34. | |
Philipp Kirkorov has known Donald Trump for more than 20 years. | :24:35. | :24:45. | |
He was one of the judges at Trump's | :24:46. | :24:47. | |
If Donald Trump would-be president then their relationship | :24:48. | :24:53. | |
between our country will be much, much better, | :24:54. | :24:56. | |
closer and I pray for that | :24:57. | :24:58. | |
because I miss something very special between Russia and America | :24:59. | :25:02. | |
I missed this because it's too big nations, two big countries, | :25:03. | :25:07. | |
Donald Trump called him Russia's Michael Jackson | :25:08. | :25:15. | |
and he's hoping to call Trump America's president. | :25:16. | :25:29. | |
The controversial trip by Donald Trump last week to Mexico has | :25:30. | :25:36. | |
brought about the resignation of the Finance minister in Mexico who is | :25:37. | :25:43. | |
widely seen as the politician who coordinated the meeting with the | :25:44. | :25:46. | |
president which has angered Mexicans and the Republican president has | :25:47. | :25:50. | |
vowed to build a wall along the Mexican-American border and make | :25:51. | :25:50. | |
Mexico paid for it. If you want to get in touch with us | :25:51. | :25:52. | |
here at BBC World News, | :25:53. | :25:57. |