:00:11. > :00:17.Hello, this is Outside Source, an hour of the biggest global stories
:00:18. > :00:21.from the BBC newsroom and we begin in Turkey where nearly 500 people
:00:22. > :00:25.gone on trial accused of taking part in last yearfailed to. In the US
:00:26. > :00:30.there are new allegations over Donald Trump's some's meeting with a
:00:31. > :00:40.Russian lawyer and how the White House explained it. This is a video
:00:41. > :00:45.showing a prominent Venezuelan opposition figure being taken from
:00:46. > :00:49.his home. He is now in a military prison outside Caracas. We will hear
:00:50. > :00:53.from our correspondence as protests over Sunday's controversial election
:00:54. > :00:58.continue. We will report from Kenya where the country is in shock as the
:00:59. > :01:01.man in charge of its computerised voting systems found dead as we
:01:02. > :01:06.reported yesterday and authorities say he was murdered, just days
:01:07. > :01:09.before the presidential election. And if you have questions about
:01:10. > :01:37.these stories, send them my way. A number of stories to look at today
:01:38. > :01:40.on Outside Source. If you watch regulate you will know that we can
:01:41. > :01:45.access the latest pictures coming into the BBC newsroom and these are
:01:46. > :01:52.a number of these suspect in this mass trial in Turkey relating to the
:01:53. > :01:56.failed to. And more violence in an Israeli, focusing on the arrest of
:01:57. > :02:00.two the opposition figures and we will be talking about Donald Trump
:02:01. > :02:03.Junior because we have learned more about the explanation he initially
:02:04. > :02:09.gave for the meeting with Russian lawyer last year. It seems the
:02:10. > :02:12.explanation at least in part was penned by the president. We will
:02:13. > :02:16.talk about all of those stories in the next few minutes but we begin in
:02:17. > :02:20.Turkey because there has been the start of a mass trial of a group of
:02:21. > :02:28.soldiers who were accused of plotting the failed to last year.
:02:29. > :02:32.These were some of the men being led into court. You can see in the
:02:33. > :02:36.background those government supporters and relatives of people
:02:37. > :02:41.who died during the coup attempt. This is not the only large trial,
:02:42. > :02:46.there are two going on, both related to the two. Each one focuses on
:02:47. > :02:50.different event in Ankara on the night of the 15th of July last year.
:02:51. > :02:56.The first began in May and its focus was what happened in the military
:02:57. > :03:02.headquarters. We note there are over 200 defendants in that case. The one
:03:03. > :03:05.I have shown you pictures of starting today, that is about a
:03:06. > :03:11.military base that was allegedly where the coup was coordinated from
:03:12. > :03:15.and in the case of this trial, the number of defendants is close to
:03:16. > :03:20.500. These trials are reflections of the scale of what happened last year
:03:21. > :03:24.with over 300 people losing their lives and close to 1500 people
:03:25. > :03:31.wounded. In the immediate aftermath of the coup, over 8000 soldiers were
:03:32. > :03:38.arrested and many more have been arrested since. Let's bring us
:03:39. > :03:44.up-to-date. When 40 of the defendants were brought to the court
:03:45. > :03:48.room from the front gate, the pro-government crowd was waiting for
:03:49. > :03:54.them, chanting pro-government slogans and at some points throwing
:03:55. > :03:59.things at the defendants. This is a clear signal that they wanted the
:04:00. > :04:04.death penalty to be reinstated in the country and they wanted these
:04:05. > :04:10.people, accused of plotting the coup attempt and being tried with that
:04:11. > :04:15.sentence in mind. We are talking about nearly 500 people being tried
:04:16. > :04:20.today. The case will carry on until the end of the month and the
:04:21. > :04:24.hearings until the end of the month. We are talking about air force
:04:25. > :04:30.commanders, fighter jets, the focus is especially on this particular
:04:31. > :04:34.airbase, Akinci, which the government believes was used as a
:04:35. > :04:38.headquarters of the coup. The fighter jets that took off from here
:04:39. > :04:42.went on to bomb the parliament and government buildings and police
:04:43. > :04:46.headquarters and even the general chief of staff was held captive in
:04:47. > :04:53.this airbase. This is a significant case regarding the coup plot. We
:04:54. > :04:58.have had several other cases throughout the last year and we are
:04:59. > :05:04.talking about over 50,000 people who have been arrested since the coup
:05:05. > :05:09.attempt. Massive numbers, 500 of them almost at the dock today. We
:05:10. > :05:17.are still waiting to hear what they will be saying in of their defence
:05:18. > :05:21.and how they will be affiliated to the coup plot. From Turkey to
:05:22. > :05:26.Washington for your daily update on the US presidency. You might
:05:27. > :05:32.remember there was for or about a meeting that took place between
:05:33. > :05:36.Donald Trump junior and a Russian lawyer last year at Trump Tower. It
:05:37. > :05:40.turns out the first explanation we got from Donald Trump junior about
:05:41. > :05:47.this meeting was dictated by the president. That is the story the
:05:48. > :05:51.Washington Post has reported. The White House has responded saying it
:05:52. > :05:59.not accurate. This is the response. The statement that Don Junior issued
:06:00. > :06:03.is true, there is no inaccuracy in it. The president weighed in at any
:06:04. > :06:08.father would based on the limited information he had and this is all
:06:09. > :06:11.discussion frankly of no consequence. Just to remind you, the
:06:12. > :06:17.explanation we were given at the time by Donald Trump junior was that
:06:18. > :06:23.he had met this woman in Trump Tower to discuss a ban on US adoptions in
:06:24. > :06:27.Russia. That version did not last long and the press were already on
:06:28. > :06:33.to the real story so Donald Trump junior released this string of
:06:34. > :06:36.e-mails. It showed as he was offered damaging information about Hillary
:06:37. > :06:41.Clinton and said it was part of the Russian effort to support the Trump
:06:42. > :06:46.campaign. President Trump has always maintained that would be a normal
:06:47. > :06:51.thing to do to try to get dirt on your opponents so how damaging is
:06:52. > :06:56.this Washington Post report? We can bring in our correspondent. It seems
:06:57. > :07:02.to me that the White House is saying both things, yet it was about
:07:03. > :07:08.adoption but also legitimate to be interested in information on Hillary
:07:09. > :07:12.Clinton? What the White House is saying is that first of all Donald
:07:13. > :07:16.Trump did have a role in drafting that statement which confirms what
:07:17. > :07:21.the Washington Post reported, although they said that Donald Trump
:07:22. > :07:25.did not dictate it. He weighed in with suggestions that a father might
:07:26. > :07:31.have. She also said the statement was true and as you pointed out, it
:07:32. > :07:35.says the meeting was not about campaign issues, it was unimportant,
:07:36. > :07:38.it was about Russian adoption. We know from e-mails that were released
:07:39. > :07:42.that the meeting was about a campaign issue which is trying to
:07:43. > :07:47.collect damaging information on Hillary Clinton. It seems to be a
:07:48. > :07:52.bit more alternative facts from the White House about what is going on.
:07:53. > :07:55.You have had Mr Trump weigh in, as it is want, he is obsessed with this
:07:56. > :08:00.Russian investigation and he wanted to have a say in how it was handled
:08:01. > :08:05.and of course it is his son. The problem is that he may have created
:08:06. > :08:10.more problems for himself than not by putting out this version of
:08:11. > :08:17.events. That is what I want to ask you about, this is a second, while
:08:18. > :08:21.ago come unexpectedly, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson gave a press
:08:22. > :08:25.briefing and in it he said this. We have been very clear with the
:08:26. > :08:28.Chinese, we certainly don't blame the Chinese for the situation in
:08:29. > :08:33.North Korea, only the North Koreans are to blame for this situation but
:08:34. > :08:37.we do believe China has a special and unique relationship because of
:08:38. > :08:40.the significant economic activity to influence the North Korean regime in
:08:41. > :08:46.ways that nobody else can and that is white we continue to call upon
:08:47. > :08:49.them to use that influence with North Korea to create the conditions
:08:50. > :08:54.where we can have a productive dialogue. -- that is why. If you
:08:55. > :09:00.were watching yesterday you might be thinking, rewind, what were those
:09:01. > :09:16.tweets that Donald Trump sent about China and North Korea?
:09:17. > :09:23.Bear in mind Rex Tillerson just said the Americans don't blame China. We
:09:24. > :09:26.are scratching our heads but fortunately you are the corresponded
:09:27. > :09:32.for the state department so you can clear up the position on China and
:09:33. > :09:35.North Korea! The position that Secretary Tillerson talked about is
:09:36. > :09:39.what he has talked about for the past six months and that put into
:09:40. > :09:44.place which is this effort to work together with China to squeeze North
:09:45. > :09:47.Korea and you have had varying levels of intensity about how that
:09:48. > :09:57.is expressed full is you have these tweets from President Trump in which
:09:58. > :10:01.he holds China to task but Tillerson is talking about a relationship that
:10:02. > :10:07.he is working at regulator to try to get a mutual goal achieved and there
:10:08. > :10:13.is of course frustration but at the same time it is not something he
:10:14. > :10:18.blames for. He said also interestingly that these tweets,
:10:19. > :10:24.they are part of the environment we have to work with. He said
:10:25. > :10:28.previously they were a dynamic situation I might have experienced
:10:29. > :10:32.when I was CEO of Exxon, something happens and you change and regroup
:10:33. > :10:36.and move on forward and he is very focused and methodical and moving
:10:37. > :10:41.forward with the strategy on China that he feels he should be in
:10:42. > :10:45.promoting. Dynamic is certainly one word. This was the president talking
:10:46. > :10:51.about yesterday in the White House saying it was a great day. We
:10:52. > :10:55.discussed yesterday Anthony Scaramucci getting kicked out as
:10:56. > :10:58.head of communications and by all accounts that was because of the new
:10:59. > :11:04.chief of staff, General John Kelly, who wanted him to go will stop after
:11:05. > :11:09.we spoke I lost count of how analysts saying that this was
:11:10. > :11:12.evidence of John Kelly taking control and I feel I have heard this
:11:13. > :11:19.is only times with reference to the Trump administration. That is true
:11:20. > :11:24.and it is a big caveat. The facts are that General John Kelly is
:11:25. > :11:29.qualified to bring order to the White House. He has all of the
:11:30. > :11:37.characteristics, he is disciplined and respected in the White House. He
:11:38. > :11:43.has experience and Donald Trump likes him and admires him and he is
:11:44. > :11:46.not afraid to speak truth to power and have decisive leadership and all
:11:47. > :11:51.of those things exist and you have had in the initial 24 hours
:11:52. > :11:54.invitations in the West Wing that people will fall into line and
:11:55. > :12:00.follow the rules and accept his structure. We will see how it works
:12:01. > :12:04.out. After all the bad press Donald Trump got in the last week, he might
:12:05. > :12:08.want to leave an impression that the White House is not in complete chaos
:12:09. > :12:12.but the million-dollar question is that he is a source of a lot of the
:12:13. > :12:19.unpredictability and how much will he listen to his new chief of staff
:12:20. > :12:22.if he asked him to temper his wildest impulses and restrain
:12:23. > :12:26.himself and he already tweeted that people who tell them not to treat
:12:27. > :12:32.our Trump enemies and this is the only way he can do it the truth out.
:12:33. > :12:38.That'll be the real challenge. It will be interesting, thank you. We
:12:39. > :12:42.will talk tomorrow. We have been to Turkey and the US and in a few
:12:43. > :12:47.minutes we will turn to Kenya, a country still in shock after the
:12:48. > :12:52.authorities say the man who was in charge of its computerised voting
:12:53. > :13:03.system was murdered. This is just days away from the presidential
:13:04. > :13:08.election. British Gas is going to increase electricity prices by 12.5%
:13:09. > :13:12.in September, a move which will affect more than 3 million
:13:13. > :13:16.customers. Its parent company, Centrica, said the price rise was
:13:17. > :13:22.because of the increasing cost of transmitting energy to homes and
:13:23. > :13:26.government by mental policies. It is not the price of the electricity
:13:27. > :13:30.itself in the wholesale market, if anything that has gone down but it
:13:31. > :13:35.is the transmission costs. When the government says we want to use more
:13:36. > :13:38.renewables that comes with a cost and you have to connect those
:13:39. > :13:44.renewable sources to the network. There are other things that the
:13:45. > :13:46.companies had to do like rolling out smart meters, subsidising
:13:47. > :13:50.installation for some low income families, these are government
:13:51. > :13:54.policies which they say it have a knock-on effect. The actual price of
:13:55. > :13:57.the stuff is not going down by the government is saying, we're not
:13:58. > :14:01.having that, we do not take the blame for these prices going up but
:14:02. > :14:11.it is still a big hit for a lot of households.
:14:12. > :14:18.This is outside source live from the BBC newsroom where the main story
:14:19. > :14:24.comes from Turkey where they are holding trial up over 500 people
:14:25. > :14:28.about last year's attempted coup. Some were heckled by comments
:14:29. > :14:33.borders as they arrived. Some of the main stories from the World Service,
:14:34. > :14:37.firstly we know that archaeologists at Angkor Wat in Cambodia have
:14:38. > :14:42.unearthed something astonishing, a large statue believed to date back
:14:43. > :14:45.to the 12th century. It is a sandstone figure, two metres high,
:14:46. > :14:51.it is thought it stood as a guardian to an entrance to a local hospital.
:14:52. > :14:56.Three defendants have been killed in a court in Moscow after they tried
:14:57. > :14:59.to take the arms from security officers in an attempt to escape.
:15:00. > :15:04.The suspects were accused of being part of a group known as the GGA
:15:05. > :15:11.gang, named after the computer game Grand Theft Auto. And this is a man
:15:12. > :15:16.in Canada using his speedboat to try to douse the flames of a bushfire,
:15:17. > :15:19.not sure how effective it was but he said he accelerated the speedboat
:15:20. > :15:22.while his girlfriend gave him directions and later fire crews
:15:23. > :15:31.arrived and began the work he yet started. Yesterday we told you about
:15:32. > :15:35.the death of the man in charge of the computerised voting system for
:15:36. > :15:39.the Kenyan elections next week. The Electoral Commission's chairperson
:15:40. > :15:45.is now saying there is no doubt he was tortured and murdered. This is
:15:46. > :15:50.the latest. The country is still in shock after the death of such an
:15:51. > :15:53.important person in the Electoral Commission. Chris Msando was in
:15:54. > :15:57.charge of the electronic voting system which would identify voters
:15:58. > :16:02.and transfer the results from the polling stations. He had to show the
:16:03. > :16:07.country that this system could not be compromised. He was last seen on
:16:08. > :16:10.Friday night leaving work and later CCTV footage showed him driving
:16:11. > :16:14.around Nairobi in the early hours in the company of a woman and two men.
:16:15. > :16:19.Late on Saturday morning police discovered his body and that they
:16:20. > :16:24.21-year-old female student and took them to the city mortuary but they
:16:25. > :16:29.were not identified at that point. It was only on Monday when the
:16:30. > :16:35.government office responsible open that they work identified. The
:16:36. > :16:40.president issued a statement calling for people to avoid speculative and
:16:41. > :16:44.let investigations proceed. The International committee has also
:16:45. > :16:49.reacted with the US and UK governments offering the services of
:16:50. > :16:54.the investigating agencies and the main opposition here in tenet has
:16:55. > :16:59.urged the government to take up the offer. There have been protests in
:17:00. > :17:05.Nairobi because of this death and our correspondence was there. These
:17:06. > :17:10.are demonstrators drawn from various parts of society and human rights
:17:11. > :17:13.organisations hit Will Genia who are out on the street venting their
:17:14. > :17:18.anger over the killing of Chris Msando.
:17:19. > :17:31.. This is as free and credible elections. What they are calling
:17:32. > :17:37.upon the government to do is ensure all officials are secure. The
:17:38. > :17:43.perception within the public is that the death is political. He was
:17:44. > :17:49.killed in connection with his work as an official. If that perception
:17:50. > :17:55.is correct and until it is displaced by an independent investigation,
:17:56. > :17:57.then they need the greatest understanding and support in
:17:58. > :18:01.relation to the work they are doing. They are in a difficult place, under
:18:02. > :18:05.pressure, so they need to be supported by the larger public and I
:18:06. > :18:12.think the public wants free and fair elections. We're not getting outside
:18:13. > :18:16.people, we work with the team we have because they are able and
:18:17. > :18:21.capable of delivering this election. The main cause of action here is for
:18:22. > :18:30.justice to prevail over the death of Chris Msando. The election day is on
:18:31. > :18:34.August the 8th and as it is, in most elections, one of the key issues is
:18:35. > :18:37.health care. This is our correspondence again looking at the
:18:38. > :18:43.impact that issue could have on the outcome. -- correspondence. All is
:18:44. > :18:47.not well in the Kenyan government hospitals. Nurses went on strike for
:18:48. > :18:52.week demanding a deal that would see their salaries increase. This
:18:53. > :18:57.followed a doctors strike early in the year that lasted 100 days. The
:18:58. > :19:01.double industrial action has meant public health facilities have been
:19:02. > :19:05.in a constant state of paralysis, even as a election fever grips the
:19:06. > :19:10.country. The majority of people who go to public hospitals are local gun
:19:11. > :19:14.-- low income families in areas like this. Most do not have health
:19:15. > :19:19.insurance and getting private health care is out of reach and therefore
:19:20. > :19:24.adding two major strike affecting the public health system in one year
:19:25. > :19:30.is a big blow. Pregnant from rape, unwell and unable to raise money for
:19:31. > :19:33.care, this 16-year-old and her mother have been forced to beg for
:19:34. > :19:49.treatment at a nearby private hospital. They said have ulcers in
:19:50. > :19:57.my stomach, my blood sugar is high. The treatment is very expensive. Her
:19:58. > :20:02.father is a casual labourer. A good day I make $2 and that is what I
:20:03. > :20:06.used to feed our four children. She fears her daughter might not
:20:07. > :20:12.complete her treatment. A hospital has asked them not to return until
:20:13. > :20:19.they can pay. This story is repeated in many homes, sometimes with tragic
:20:20. > :20:25.consequences. Health care is a function shared between the national
:20:26. > :20:28.government and a new second tier of leadership spread across 47
:20:29. > :20:34.counties. Although it was a good idea, because of the challenges,
:20:35. > :20:40.during the intimidation it has led many health care workers who still
:20:41. > :20:43.continue the trend of resigning out a public service leaving very few to
:20:44. > :20:49.serve and therefore the quality of service provision remains very poor
:20:50. > :20:52.will stop on a positive note, some achievements have been realised. The
:20:53. > :20:56.hospitals across the country now have state-of-the-art medical
:20:57. > :21:00.equipment am a health insurance coverage has been expanded and
:21:01. > :21:04.delivery charges for mothers abolished. But it is the ability to
:21:05. > :21:08.quickly end strike that could have a big impact on voting decisions. This
:21:09. > :21:12.is not only a failure of the national government but also the
:21:13. > :21:15.current governors, most of whom are in the opposition. It is no wonder
:21:16. > :21:25.there is a conspiracy of silence on this issue in the ongoing political
:21:26. > :21:28.campaigns. Next we will shift from Kenyan politics to Pakistani
:21:29. > :21:33.politics and I should warn you you might need your notebooks for this
:21:34. > :21:35.because it is conjugated. The Pakistan parliament has elected a
:21:36. > :21:40.new Prime Minister and they have to get on with that because now Sharif
:21:41. > :21:47.resigned after an investigation into his family's wealth. That is
:21:48. > :21:51.connected to the Panama Papers leak in 2015 when his children were
:21:52. > :21:55.linked to a set that had not been shown in the family's Wealth
:21:56. > :21:59.statement which was enough to see him stepping down. B. Is on our
:22:00. > :22:04.website. The new man is Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. He is only likely to
:22:05. > :22:14.be a temporary Prime Minister because the ruling party would like
:22:15. > :22:22.this man to take over, Shahbaz Sharif and he is the brother of
:22:23. > :22:26.Nawaz Sharif who has just stepped down. They are rubber-stamping a
:22:27. > :22:34.decision made by the ruling party that they want this guy, Shahid
:22:35. > :22:38.Khaqan Abbasi, the former natural resources Minister, to be an interim
:22:39. > :22:42.Prime Minister. What the MPs are doing, they have to formally elect
:22:43. > :22:44.him in order for him to take the office of Prime Minister and that is
:22:45. > :22:51.what is happening in Parliament at the moment but he is an interim
:22:52. > :22:55.leader. Nawaz Sharif, who was disqualified from office for
:22:56. > :23:00.corruption, he wants his younger brother, Shahbaz Sharif, to replace
:23:01. > :23:02.him as Prime Minister but the problem is that Shahbaz Sharif is
:23:03. > :23:10.not a member of Parliament so he will take on Nawaz Sharif's seat and
:23:11. > :23:14.when he gets into Parliament in about two months we will see a
:23:15. > :23:17.similar process where the National Assembly members vote on him
:23:18. > :23:20.becoming Prime Minister and just as today, because the party has a
:23:21. > :23:26.significant majority, we expect him to be a shoo-in. Could not be
:23:27. > :23:28.simpler! The tobacco giant British American Tobacco is being
:23:29. > :23:34.investigated by the Serious Fraud Office after eight 2015 BBC panorama
:23:35. > :23:42.investigation into allegations that the company paid bribes to officials
:23:43. > :23:47.in East Africa. Panorama in 2015 spent five months investigating
:23:48. > :23:51.allegations that came from a worker from VAT in Steph de Wit unless
:23:52. > :23:57.there were hundreds of e-mails that detailed payments of bribes from the
:23:58. > :24:01.company to officials, politicians and civil servants who could
:24:02. > :24:10.influence policy and make the environment more favourable to BAT
:24:11. > :24:14.and its activities. Rwanda, Burundi and specifically Kenya are
:24:15. > :24:18.mentioned. This employee works closely with panorama over these
:24:19. > :24:23.allegations and panorama had access to a number of e-mails from various
:24:24. > :24:28.accounts, not official BAT accounts but by people who were working for
:24:29. > :24:33.the company using alternative e-mail accounts. Some of these individuals,
:24:34. > :24:38.interestingly, said there were payments made between their accounts
:24:39. > :24:42.and politicians but they were not anything to do with BAT, they were
:24:43. > :24:47.basically operating off their own bat. BAT itself, to do it credit,
:24:48. > :24:51.said they do not and will not tolerate corruption no matter where
:24:52. > :24:57.it takes place. It has set up and employed no less than to external
:24:58. > :25:01.well-known law firms to look into the allegations and it has
:25:02. > :25:08.cooperated with the serious fraud office, giving them information, so
:25:09. > :25:15.we can only assume that the SFO think it has enough to spend time
:25:16. > :25:18.and money on a full-blown probe. I want surely these pictures which
:25:19. > :25:28.come into the newsroom from Afghanistan. They show the aftermath
:25:29. > :25:35.of an explosion in a mosque in western Afghanistan city called
:25:36. > :25:38.Herat. 30 people were killed. They show the Jawadia mosque where the
:25:39. > :25:44.attack took place, coinciding with evening prayers at around 8pm local
:25:45. > :25:47.time. Officials say there were two attackers, a suicide bomber and
:25:48. > :25:50.another man but no group has claimed responsibility yesterday. Yesterday
:25:51. > :25:58.we talked about Islamic State attacking the Iraqi embassy in
:25:59. > :25:59.Kabul. I will have more in a couple of minutes with the main stories
:26:00. > :26:12.from around the world. We have more talk about typhoons and
:26:13. > :26:16.floods coming up in the next couple of minutes and some of the biggest
:26:17. > :26:19.weather stories but we start with those floods that have been
:26:20. > :26:26.effecting the Indian western state of Gujarat. A colossal amount of
:26:27. > :26:34.rain fell in a week towards the end of July. The floodwaters continued
:26:35. > :26:38.to move away, the monsoon is a break at the moment meaning many western
:26:39. > :26:41.areas are dry but in the north-west of India and Pakistan, very humid
:26:42. > :26:46.conditions with big thunderstorms on Wednesday. Looking at the satellite
:26:47. > :26:52.picture and yesterday we talked about the torrential rain in Taiwan.
:26:53. > :26:56.Sometimes when two tropical systems combine they come closer together
:26:57. > :27:05.and spiral into each other and this is known as the food you are effect.
:27:06. > :27:11.-- the Fujiwara effect. This resulted in huge rainfall in
:27:12. > :27:16.south-east China. What does it look like on the ground? Something like
:27:17. > :27:21.this. We had flooding problems making roads almost impossible and
:27:22. > :27:27.the floodwaters damaged homes and buildings. The rains will ease off a
:27:28. > :27:31.bit over the next few days but we can expect further heavy rain in the
:27:32. > :27:37.next 24 hours. Out in the East and in the Pacific we have a massive
:27:38. > :27:45.typhoon, very powerful, and there will be wins gusting up to 150 mph.
:27:46. > :27:50.Some uncertainty about where it is going but generally it is tracking
:27:51. > :27:54.towards southern Japan and it might make landfall on Saturday and it
:27:55. > :28:00.will be a damaging typhoon. In North America a different picture. Higher
:28:01. > :28:04.up into the jet stream in the atmosphere and you can see these
:28:05. > :28:07.winds moving around eight ridge of high pressure and air descends
:28:08. > :28:11.through the atmosphere and beget high-pressure at the service and it
:28:12. > :28:15.creates a heatwave. Temperatures in the next few days in the low 40s,
:28:16. > :28:20.perhaps smashing the all-time temperature records across parts of
:28:21. > :28:23.Washington, Oregon, Northern California and British Columbia. In
:28:24. > :28:27.Europe we are watching this low pressure which will bring some heavy
:28:28. > :28:32.rain to Finland and western Russia with some thunderstorms in back into
:28:33. > :28:36.parts of Poland. In the Mediterranean it is hot and sunny,
:28:37. > :28:40.very hot in Italy with temperatures in Rome up to 40 degrees but you
:28:41. > :28:44.can't help but notice this blue around us. You will notice so far
:28:45. > :28:47.this week that it has been sunshine and showers but that changes
:28:48. > :28:52.tomorrow, not showers but General rain in many areas and at the
:28:53. > :28:56.heaviest in southern England. More unsettled weather along the way and
:28:57. > :30:11.a full UK forecast coming up in half an hour.
:30:12. > :30:19.Welcome back. The main stories and around the world. In Turkey nearly
:30:20. > :30:29.500 people have gone on trial, accused of taking part in last
:30:30. > :30:31.year's failed coup. This shows a prominent Venezuelan opposition
:30:32. > :30:36.figure being taken from his home by intelligence officers. He is now in
:30:37. > :30:45.a Venezuelan military prison. That is after days of protests connected
:30:46. > :30:50.to anti-government sentiment. As we have been hearing, this is the
:30:51. > :30:53.man who has been picked as the new Pakistani Prime Minister but he only
:30:54. > :31:00.may hold the job for a couple of weeks. The grander plan is for
:31:01. > :31:04.Sharif's brother to take over. This woman travelled 6000 miles and
:31:05. > :31:09.spent $20,000 to freeze her eggs in the US. It is because she is not
:31:10. > :31:14.able to do so in China. We will have the full report.
:31:15. > :31:16.We'll hear from Usain Bolt, who is looking ahead to his final races as
:31:17. > :31:38.a professional athlete. Lots of ways you could have
:31:39. > :31:43.described Monday in the White House. Trump took to Twitter to tell us it
:31:44. > :31:48.was a great day. One way of putting it. Another is it was the day where
:31:49. > :31:51.the new director of communications left ten days after being hired,
:31:52. > :32:00.several days before he actually had taken up the job formally. The New
:32:01. > :32:07.York Post put it this way, drawing comparisons with the Survivor
:32:08. > :32:15.television programme. Making the general point that this perhaps is a
:32:16. > :32:18.chaotic situation. We can speak to a conservative political commentator
:32:19. > :32:28.from Dallas, host on the digital TV network The Blaze. Great to have you
:32:29. > :32:31.on the programme. Thank you for having me. When you look at what
:32:32. > :32:36.happened yesterday in the White House and over the last week, is
:32:37. > :32:42.that what you voted for? Difficult to say. Part of me wants to trust
:32:43. > :32:45.what Trump says over Twitter. When he said it was a great day in the
:32:46. > :32:48.White House. Part of me also once to commend him for getting Anthony
:32:49. > :33:00.Scurry -- part of me also would like to
:33:01. > :33:04.commend him for getting rid of the press secretary. Maybe they are
:33:05. > :33:09.putting things into shape. If they truly are draining the swamp then
:33:10. > :33:14.maybe this is a good thing. However, as somebody who voted for Trump it
:33:15. > :33:17.is difficult to see the rules shifting so much. It seems like
:33:18. > :33:20.there is so much insecurity in the White House. You wonder how much he
:33:21. > :33:26.will be able to fill his promises and that is what I am concerned
:33:27. > :33:34.with. What did you vote for? What did you want from this president.
:33:35. > :33:38.What I think a lot of millennials voted for Trump for, well, we are
:33:39. > :33:42.entrepreneurial. He has promised to cut taxes for small businesses. The
:33:43. > :33:49.corporate tax. He plans to do that. The concern for me and millennials
:33:50. > :33:55.is to advance our freedom and keep us safe. Those things he has proven
:33:56. > :33:59.to. Promising to cut taxes for small business. And taking the threat of
:34:00. > :34:03.Isis and Islamic terrorism seriously. He's done those things
:34:04. > :34:07.very well. Despite the drama, despite the Russian inclusion
:34:08. > :34:12.series, despite the fact the media has been out to get him, he has done
:34:13. > :34:17.those things well. Looking at the job statistics for the US, almost
:34:18. > :34:21.600,000 new jobs since he came into office. But in the last four months
:34:22. > :34:27.of the Obama administration there were nearly 700,000. Are you
:34:28. > :34:32.convinced the president is really making a huge difference? I am
:34:33. > :34:37.hopeful. The stock market is at an all-time high. Unemployment is also
:34:38. > :34:42.at a low. We must look at that. Consumer confidence is high. Oil
:34:43. > :34:48.prices are looking to stay low. Overall the Morales something which
:34:49. > :34:52.should be accounted for. -- overall the morale of Americans is
:34:53. > :34:57.something. In the first few months of Trump's presidency he's
:34:58. > :35:02.accomplished a lot. Not just numbers wise by adding hundreds of thousands
:35:03. > :35:06.of jobs, but also boosting our confidence and morale. Making it
:35:07. > :35:11.easier for us to start businesses and be entrepreneurs. That needs to
:35:12. > :35:18.be accounted for. Help me with one thing. I have watched plenty of The
:35:19. > :35:22.Blaze clips. It seems to be separate from the Republican party. Clearly
:35:23. > :35:28.Trump has a strained relationship with some part of the Republican
:35:29. > :35:36.party, as well. Are you and your viewers on The Blaze supporters of
:35:37. > :35:42.Trump, the Republicans, is there a distinction? There is a distinction.
:35:43. > :35:46.There are several different facets of Republicans. Thereafter several
:35:47. > :35:52.different facets of our viewers. Just like there are different facets
:35:53. > :35:55.of Democrats. Not all Trump supporters would call themselves
:35:56. > :35:58.conservatives. Not all conservatives would say they support Trump. We
:35:59. > :36:03.have a wide range of viewers and commentators. We feel free to either
:36:04. > :36:08.support Trump and pledge our allegiance that way. We also feel
:36:09. > :36:12.free to criticise Trump. For the most part we really just believe in
:36:13. > :36:15.defending the constitution and defending liberty. If Trump goes in
:36:16. > :36:21.that direction we commend him for it. If he doesn't we criticise him.
:36:22. > :36:32.Perhaps we could check in in a couple of months' time. Thank you.
:36:33. > :36:33.You can see her on The Blaze and other conservative online
:36:34. > :36:38.broadcasters. Now, sport, and the Olympics. We
:36:39. > :36:48.know which cities will host the next three summer Olympics. 2020 is
:36:49. > :37:00.Tokyo. 2024, Paris. 2028 it will be Los Angeles Clippers Paris and Los
:37:01. > :37:05.Angeles both wanted to post 2024. -- it will be Los Angeles.
:37:06. > :37:16.To host the Olympic Games is considered a privilege but it is an
:37:17. > :37:20.expensive one. Paris, the city of lights... Paris campaigned hard for
:37:21. > :37:25.the 2024 games. But this success has been helped by the number of cities
:37:26. > :37:29.that dropped out. One by one, Rome, Budapest, and Hamburg withdrew.
:37:30. > :37:39.Fearful of gusts and a lack of public support. -- fearful of costs
:37:40. > :37:43.and a lack of public support. Pitching to host the Olympics for a
:37:44. > :37:48.third time, LA wanted to bring the summer games back to the US the
:37:49. > :37:52.first time since 1996. With most of its infrastructure already built it
:37:53. > :37:57.boasted it could host the games tomorrow. But now they have
:37:58. > :38:02.confirmed they are to wait. In 2028 we are bringing the games back to
:38:03. > :38:06.LA. One of the great capitals of this Olympic movement. A city that
:38:07. > :38:14.has always been a games changer. And will be again in 2028. In exchange
:38:15. > :38:17.for its patients, LA will get a financial sweetener from the
:38:18. > :38:22.International Olympic Committee. Extra funding for an extended
:38:23. > :38:27.planning period. The only championship in terms of
:38:28. > :38:30.athletics which competes with it, the world athletics Championships,
:38:31. > :38:35.which are about to take place in London. Usain Bolt will be the start
:38:36. > :38:39.of the show as always. It is his last professional outing. He has
:38:40. > :38:43.been described as the greatest sprinter of all time by the
:38:44. > :38:49.International Olympic Committee. He has eight Olympic golds. He gave a
:38:50. > :38:55.press conference earlier. Because I never thought I could beat a world
:38:56. > :38:59.record. That was my dream. That was my main dream growing up. Throughout
:39:00. > :39:06.everything that was going on I always wanted to become a 200 metres
:39:07. > :39:09.Olympic champion. I remember after the first Olympics, they were saying
:39:10. > :39:14.I'm a legend, nobody has done that, and I said it is my first Olympics.
:39:15. > :39:21.This does not mean much. The second one was, like, you are a legend. I
:39:22. > :39:27.was, like, OK, cool. But now I have got my goal, I can say I am because
:39:28. > :39:30.I have proven myself. If I am here at the championships you know I am
:39:31. > :39:36.fully confident and ready to go. As long as I show up for the
:39:37. > :39:40.championships my coach is happy, I am happy, I am happy with my
:39:41. > :39:44.abilities. I know when I go out there I am ready to go. Fully
:39:45. > :39:51.confident. 100%. I won't be betting against him. More information on the
:39:52. > :39:55.BBC sport app. Serena Williams isn't playing tennis
:39:56. > :39:56.at the moment. She is pregnant. She tweeted that it is black women's
:39:57. > :40:08.equal payday on the 31st of July. She wrote a much longer article on
:40:09. > :40:12.the same issue. She detailed how black women have to work on average
:40:13. > :40:19.eight months longer to earn the same as male counterparts for one year.
:40:20. > :40:23.We can speak to our correspondent who has been covering this story.
:40:24. > :40:30.She is right, isn't she, black women earn less? Absolutely. The 31st of
:40:31. > :40:34.July was black women's equal payday. That was on Monday in the US. It
:40:35. > :40:38.took black women nearly an extra eight months to earn as much as
:40:39. > :40:43.white males in 2016. Unbelievable. Given her position in the world in
:40:44. > :40:54.not just sport, but across society, what she has achieved, she feels she
:40:55. > :40:57.has influence. She admits it could be anyone of the 24 million black
:40:58. > :41:04.women in America who fall into this category. She has renewed vigour in
:41:05. > :41:12.terms of setting goals to achieve. Thanks very much. You can find that
:41:13. > :41:16.article by Serena Williams very easily online.
:41:17. > :41:20.In a few minutes we must turn back to Venezuela. Two Venezuelan
:41:21. > :41:24.opposition figures have been rearrested. They were already under
:41:25. > :41:28.house arrest. They have been taken to a military jail. This is in the
:41:29. > :41:30.aftermath of Sunday's controversial election. All the latest on a
:41:31. > :41:45.situation changing by the hour. 60 people have died in the UK in the
:41:46. > :41:49.past eight months after taking the painkiller fentanyl. It is 50 times
:41:50. > :41:54.more potent than heroin. It is linked to the death of the singer
:41:55. > :41:55.Prince. Two thirds of the known deaths have been in Yorkshire,
:41:56. > :42:03.Humberside, and Cleveland. The rock legend Prince died suddenly
:42:04. > :42:06.last year at the age of 57. Fans gathered near his home in
:42:07. > :42:08.Minnesota where his body was found. A year on, medical examiners
:42:09. > :42:18.concluded his death was due to an accidental overdose
:42:19. > :42:22.of the drug Fentanyl. It was unclear where he had
:42:23. > :42:25.got it from and no one Fentanyl is a drug used
:42:26. > :42:36.to treat cancer patients. But now police in the UK are
:42:37. > :42:38.becoming concerned at its growing It is said to be 50 times more
:42:39. > :42:42.powerful than heroin. Sean, who does not want his face
:42:43. > :42:48.shown, lost a sister to a suspected She had gone and bought some
:42:49. > :42:54.and she knew what it was. She went back to the hostel,
:42:55. > :43:04.and was found two days later. And most of those who have lost
:43:05. > :43:11.their lives have been heroin users. They are that far gone
:43:12. > :43:14.on heroin and other drugs, the lifestyle that they lead,
:43:15. > :43:16.nothing matters to them. Just getting away from the world
:43:17. > :43:21.for an hour or two. Fentanyl is so lethal that this
:43:22. > :43:25.is how police were kitted up There is an even more powerful
:43:26. > :43:36.substance, a tiny grain So why are more people
:43:37. > :43:42.using these drugs? We believe this is partly down
:43:43. > :43:45.to the ongoing need for dealers to be trying to compete with each
:43:46. > :43:47.other and sometimes introducing drugs in the marketplace
:43:48. > :43:50.they believe might give them Fentanyl is known
:43:51. > :43:56.as a synthetic opioid Police say people are playing
:43:57. > :44:23.Russian roulette with their lives We are live on the BBC newsroom. Our
:44:24. > :44:28.lead story coming from Turkey. It has begun its largest trial related
:44:29. > :44:33.to last year's attempted coup. Almost 500 people are accused. Some
:44:34. > :44:34.of them have been marched into court while being heckled by government
:44:35. > :44:42.supporters. I have a feeling we will be talking
:44:43. > :44:47.about Venezuelan everyday for the foreseeable. The political crisis
:44:48. > :44:58.goes on. Today's focus is two videos showing two arrests. This is the
:44:59. > :45:02.first. It shows a prominent Venezuelan opposition leader in his
:45:03. > :45:15.pyjamas being taken from his home by intelligence officers. Leonardo
:45:16. > :45:20.Lopez was also picked up. He is also a significant opposition figure.
:45:21. > :45:26.Apologies, I cannot bring you the images. This clip shows him being
:45:27. > :45:32.arrested, too. This has been posted on social media by his wife. You can
:45:33. > :45:36.see him being taken away by security agents. Both men were originally
:45:37. > :45:40.under house arrest for inciting violence during anti-government
:45:41. > :45:46.protests few years ago. Something they deny. They have been taken to a
:45:47. > :45:51.military not far... I think this screen is playing me up. I wanted to
:45:52. > :45:54.show you Caracas, the capital of Venezuelan. We are told by the
:45:55. > :45:58.Supreme Court they have been arrested because they were planning
:45:59. > :46:02.to escape. No evidence has been offered to back up that claim. But
:46:03. > :46:10.what may well be relevant is this video. Posted online by Antonio
:46:11. > :46:16.Ledezma. He called Sunday's election a fraud. He accused the government
:46:17. > :46:23.of abusing public powers. That has not gone down well. He also urged
:46:24. > :46:27.people to take to the streets. I'm showing you these pictures time and
:46:28. > :46:30.time again over the last few months. Violent protests, violent clashes
:46:31. > :46:35.with the police. Just on election day on the day after at least ten
:46:36. > :46:40.people died in Venezuela. The vote on Sunday was for a constituent
:46:41. > :46:45.assembly. Not a regular election. This assembly can add to or older
:46:46. > :46:52.the country's Constitution. That's why it is controversial. -- alter
:46:53. > :46:57.the country's Constitution. They disagree on just about everything to
:46:58. > :47:02.do with it. In the last few hours the US has called for the release of
:47:03. > :47:05.these two opposition leaders. Will Grant is in Caracas. This is the
:47:06. > :47:12.latest. It looks like it came from the top.
:47:13. > :47:15.You mentioned the various elements that were explained by the
:47:16. > :47:22.government as their reasoning as to why Antonio Ledezma and Leonardo
:47:23. > :47:27.Lopez were arrested. They were already under house arrest.
:47:28. > :47:32.Specifically for an alleged plan to flee. They both released videos
:47:33. > :47:36.around that disputed poll and boycotted election by the
:47:37. > :47:41.opposition. The government says just by issuing those videos that breaks
:47:42. > :47:44.the rules of their house arrest. Their lawyer has told the BBC and
:47:45. > :47:48.their families have told the BBC that isn't the case.
:47:49. > :47:57.Is the opposition a coherent entity in Venezuela?
:47:58. > :48:02.In recent years it has been more coherent and unified than it was
:48:03. > :48:07.during Chavez's time in power. There was a loose amalgam of different
:48:08. > :48:12.parties. Now they've come under a single umbrella. The Round Table of
:48:13. > :48:19.Democratic unity. There are so many conflicting interests and ways of
:48:20. > :48:25.dealing with the current political and economic situation. Some think
:48:26. > :48:27.it should be more radical. Some think it should be done
:48:28. > :48:31.democratically. Some think they should be on the street. Some think
:48:32. > :48:34.they should be in the National Assembly. It's a difficult situation
:48:35. > :48:43.with different interests and clashes going on.
:48:44. > :48:46.This is clearly a hugely political act and provocative act. What has
:48:47. > :48:53.the reaction been? What have the consequences been?
:48:54. > :48:59.The consequences in terms of what people on the streets are is that,
:49:00. > :49:11.depending on who you speak to, in this particular neighbourhood this
:49:12. > :49:16.is where Lopez was Mayor. Antonio Ledezma Was Mayor of the entire
:49:17. > :49:21.city. If you speak to people here, they feel the consequences are very
:49:22. > :49:25.serious. That they are not far from somehow knocking the government out
:49:26. > :49:29.of power. Of course, if you speak to people on the government supported
:49:30. > :49:35.areas, the shantytowns in particular, they are very sure that
:49:36. > :49:38.this is somehow an attempt by the opposition to, sort of, strangle
:49:39. > :49:44.their Democratic movement. This is still such a conflicted nation. It
:49:45. > :49:48.just depends on who you speak to. Lots of people concerned about the
:49:49. > :49:53.idea of opposition figures being picked up in the middle of the night
:49:54. > :49:57.and being taken off to prison. I want to play with report about a
:49:58. > :50:02.woman who has travelled from China to the US to have her eggs frozen.
:50:03. > :50:07.This process is illegal in China for unmarried women. So many people seek
:50:08. > :50:12.the treatment overseas. BBC Chinese has followed the journey of a
:50:13. > :50:17.31-year-old photography studio owner. She travelled from Beijing to
:50:18. > :53:21.Los Angeles as you will see in this report from BBC Chinese.
:53:22. > :53:33.A lovely report. That was made by BBC Chinese.
:53:34. > :53:36.I would like to turn back to a story from 30 minutes ago. We are getting
:53:37. > :53:42.more information about an attack in Afghanistan. In a city in the west
:53:43. > :53:45.of the country. Around 30 people have been killed by a suicide
:53:46. > :53:52.attacker. We understand there have been many injuries, as well. This is
:53:53. > :53:57.where the attack took place, inside a mosque. This explosion coincided
:53:58. > :54:00.with evening prayers at around 8pm. Officials are saying there are at
:54:01. > :54:06.least two attackers, the suicide bomber, and another attacker who
:54:07. > :54:11.shot at worshippers with a firearm. No groups have taken responsibility.
:54:12. > :54:26.It is in a Shia Muslim area. Nobody has claimed responsibility. I would
:54:27. > :54:30.like to bring in the -- -- bring in Sameera. I understand the iPad is
:54:31. > :54:36.back. It is back. It has done really well. Sales have been blockbuster.
:54:37. > :54:39.Apple has said you can expect something similar for the next three
:54:40. > :54:45.months when it revealed its new iPhone from the tenth anniversary.
:54:46. > :54:51.Short and sweet. We are out of time. Thanks very much. If you would like
:54:52. > :54:55.more on Apple's results, including the uptake in sales of the iPad
:54:56. > :54:58.after three years going down, you can get more details on the BBC
:54:59. > :55:01.website. See you tomorrow. Goodbye.