:00:00. > :00:00.This is BBC World News Today, broadcasting in the UK
:00:07. > :00:13.Donald Trump describes North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un
:00:14. > :00:15.as a "pretty smart cookie" but warns that a conflict
:00:16. > :00:22.in the region could kill millions of people.
:00:23. > :00:29.I'm sure a lot of people try to take the power from them. Whether that
:00:30. > :00:35.was his uncle or anybody else. He was able to do it so obviously he's
:00:36. > :00:36.a produce part to give. -- he's a pretty smart cookie.
:00:37. > :00:38.Tributes to one of the world's best known mountaineers, Ueli Steck,
:00:39. > :00:42.who's been killed in an accident on Mount Everest.
:00:43. > :00:47.A new study suggests that some people with some blood groups are
:00:48. > :00:51.more likely to suffer from a heart attack. A Grand Prix victory in
:00:52. > :01:01.Russia. Hello and welcome
:01:02. > :01:03.to World News Today. Donald Trump has praised his Chinese
:01:04. > :01:05.counterpart, President Xi Jinping, for his partnership in dealing
:01:06. > :01:07.with North Korea. The US president also spoke highly
:01:08. > :01:12.of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, calling him
:01:13. > :01:14.a pretty smart cookie. President Trump has been marking one
:01:15. > :01:17.hundred days of his presidency with a speech at a rally
:01:18. > :01:29.in Pennsylvania. Supporters last night
:01:30. > :01:30.were pleased with how he is performing around the globe,
:01:31. > :01:33.they say they have a tough During the rally he explained
:01:34. > :01:38.to his supporters why he appears to have stopped publicly decrying
:01:39. > :01:59.China as a currency manipulator. He said to be tough on China. He
:02:00. > :02:04.explained, look, I sat down with the president of China and asked for
:02:05. > :02:05.help with the blood can. When we spoke to supporters, they believe
:02:06. > :02:07.years on the right track. A man I have got to like
:02:08. > :02:11.and respect, the president of China, President Xi, I believe has been
:02:12. > :02:13.putting pressure on them also, but perhaps so far nothing has
:02:14. > :02:20.happened and perhaps it has. This was a small missile,
:02:21. > :02:24.this was not a big missile, this was not a nuclear test
:02:25. > :02:26.that he was expected to do three days ago,
:02:27. > :02:31.we will see what happens. Earlier in the week President Trump
:02:32. > :02:38.described Kim Jong-un as a tough young leader,
:02:39. > :02:41.who had had a tough time taking over He seemed to repeat those
:02:42. > :02:44.comments in the interview. He is dealing with obviously very
:02:45. > :02:48.tough people, in particular the generals and others,
:02:49. > :02:50.and at a very young age A lot of people would have
:02:51. > :02:54.try to take that power away, whether it was his uncle or anyone
:02:55. > :02:59.else, and he was able to do it. So obviously he is a
:03:00. > :03:03.pretty smart cookie. The Trump administration will be
:03:04. > :03:08.discussing over this weekend how to deal with North Korea situation
:03:09. > :03:30.after that failed missile test. They could bridge from sanctions,
:03:31. > :03:37.85% of trade deals between North Korea and China are... China could
:03:38. > :03:41.really squeeze North Korea when it comes to these deals. When it comes
:03:42. > :03:47.to what the US could do, it's sort that as early as this week the House
:03:48. > :03:51.of Representatives could vote on whether to declare North Korea as a
:03:52. > :03:57.state sponsor of terrorism. That would allow further sanctions. They
:03:58. > :04:02.could target bags, both North Korean and Chinese. Military options have
:04:03. > :04:07.never been ruled out. They could send more warships or aircraft to
:04:08. > :04:10.the ever. All options will be weighed up by the Trump
:04:11. > :04:12.administration in response to the missile tests.
:04:13. > :04:15.Ueli Steck, one of the most famous, and fastest,
:04:16. > :04:17.climbers in the world, has died on Mount Everest.
:04:18. > :04:20.The 41-year-old is believed to have slipped and fallen from a rock face
:04:21. > :04:22.whilst spending time acclimatising at altitude, before attempting
:04:23. > :04:28.Among those paying their tributes today is the explorer Sir Ranulph
:04:29. > :04:36.Fiennes, who's been speaking to the BBC.
:04:37. > :04:43.He is one of the best-known mountaineers in the world. He
:04:44. > :04:49.specialises in this highly risky climbing, very fast. Ridiculously
:04:50. > :04:53.dangerous mountains without the normal precautions. If he falls off
:04:54. > :05:00.everywhere up the 6000 foot face, he will die. Rather than most people,
:05:01. > :05:07.they believe if they slip they will be held by April. For four years, I
:05:08. > :05:13.was trained by Britain's top climber really. She's on Everest and his
:05:14. > :05:19.dirty and time at the moment. He told me how to go up to the north
:05:20. > :05:23.face of the Eiger. When we were ready, we spent three days and three
:05:24. > :05:29.nights on this nasty cliffs, 6000 feet, before going to the top. I
:05:30. > :05:35.thought, that's not bad. Ueli Stick has done it in two hours, 22
:05:36. > :05:42.minutes. He just runs up, like a monkey. He doesn't use any
:05:43. > :05:49.protection. We used rope and were tied onto the rock. When you follow,
:05:50. > :05:54.you are caught. He doesn't that it. Many people trying to do solo before
:05:55. > :05:57.him had died on various parts of this huge margin. Ueli Stick was
:05:58. > :05:59.just amazing. Let's take a look at some of
:06:00. > :06:02.the other stories making the news. One of the key power-brokers
:06:03. > :06:05.in the world of sport has resigned from all his football roles,
:06:06. > :06:07.after being linked to Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah
:06:08. > :06:10.of Kuwait also said he would not stand for re-election next month
:06:11. > :06:13.to the ruling council of Fifa, the governing
:06:14. > :06:15.body of world football. The former billionaire
:06:16. > :06:20.Eike Batist, who was once one of the world's richest men,
:06:21. > :06:23.has left prison in Brazil for house Batista was worth more
:06:24. > :06:31.than $30 billion five years ago, but lost much of it
:06:32. > :06:34.as his empire collapsed. He has been accused by federal
:06:35. > :06:36.prosecutors of bribery and hiding Four months after resigning
:06:37. > :06:44.as Italy's Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi is hoping to be
:06:45. > :06:46.re-elected as leader Polls suggest Mr Renzi will win
:06:47. > :06:50.the vote despite a crushing defeat in a referendum on constitutional
:06:51. > :06:52.reform that caused him Whoever wins will lead
:06:53. > :06:58.the centre-left into A scientific study suggests that
:06:59. > :07:04.people with certain blood groups have a slightly-increased risk
:07:05. > :07:07.of heart attack and stroke. The research says it could be
:07:08. > :07:11.because people with A, B and AB blood groups have higher
:07:12. > :07:15.levels of a blood-clotting protein. Scientists say the findings
:07:16. > :07:16.could help doctors better understand who is at risk
:07:17. > :07:22.of developing heart disease. We are now joined from Paris
:07:23. > :07:35.by the lead author of How much greater is the risk of
:07:36. > :07:43.heart attack or stroke if you are in these blood groups? The daytime we
:07:44. > :07:48.have suggests that it is about 5%. -- the daytime we have. How
:07:49. > :07:54.concerned should people be? What can they do to protect themselves?
:07:55. > :07:59.People don't need be concerned. This is what we see in a population
:08:00. > :08:06.level. We can see that in large groups of people we are talking
:08:07. > :08:16.above 1.3 million people, there is a slight increase. If we look at
:08:17. > :08:24.smoking, for example, this is you increase your chance by default.
:08:25. > :08:28.This is only 5%. -- by the tense. There is an incredible difference.
:08:29. > :08:34.People need to look at their lifestyles. Have a healthy weight,
:08:35. > :08:45.exercise and stop smoking. That reduces the risk. What we see in the
:08:46. > :08:50.blood groups is not comparing to the effect of that. Why is so
:08:51. > :08:58.interesting? In the future, we might be able to assess the risk of
:08:59. > :09:04.cardiovascular disease or heart attack. Now we use the blood
:09:05. > :09:15.pressure... Maybe in the future we can also add blood group. Then if
:09:16. > :09:21.somebody has led to a, B or AB, they would get treated a little bit
:09:22. > :09:23.sooner than other people. That is speculating and that is in the
:09:24. > :09:32.future. We don't not official effective risk. What is behind the
:09:33. > :09:38.increase in risk? Previous research has shown that there is one element
:09:39. > :09:45.in the blood that causes clotting. Clotting of the blood is a cause of
:09:46. > :09:54.heart attack. People with these blood types have a higher
:09:55. > :09:59.concentration of those in the blood. The most evidence suggests that this
:10:00. > :10:02.is the cause. That is also very much in debate. Interesting to talk to
:10:03. > :10:12.you. Thank you. Thank you so much. Tornados that hit Texas on Saturday
:10:13. > :10:15.evening have left at least five people dead and nearly 50
:10:16. > :10:17.in hospital according Emergency services are searching
:10:18. > :10:20.for missing people and say they fear As David Campanale now reports,
:10:21. > :10:24.the American Midwest has been struck by an intensive weather system that
:10:25. > :10:26.has caused damage It's Texas, and this region
:10:27. > :10:30.of the United States is known as Tornado Alley
:10:31. > :10:34.for its frequent, powerful storms. Twisters like this are not uncommon
:10:35. > :10:36.but their dramatic capacity for death and destruction
:10:37. > :10:39.is unstoppable and always unwelcome. Homes in the state have been
:10:40. > :10:46.flattened, trees uprooted At least one powerful storm hit
:10:47. > :10:50.the city of Canton about More were reported
:10:51. > :10:58.in surrounding areas. This is the tornado crossing
:10:59. > :11:01.the road right in front of us. Blocked roads have hindered
:11:02. > :11:05.emergency responders, who are still trying to get out
:11:06. > :11:08.to numerous calls for help. Fatalities, I believe,
:11:09. > :11:10.what I'm getting is that they We are talking about
:11:11. > :11:16.maybe five casualties. That number may go up once we can
:11:17. > :11:20.get into those areas. We are trying to deploy search
:11:21. > :11:24.and rescue and recovery right now. That number may go up,
:11:25. > :11:26.hopefully it doesn't, but we do know we have a number
:11:27. > :11:30.of fatalities as of right now. Heavy rains and damaging winds have
:11:31. > :11:32.struck a broad swathe Downpours that began on Friday have
:11:33. > :11:38.been so intense the ground has been unable to absorb rainfall,
:11:39. > :11:41.causing widespread flooding The governors of Missouri
:11:42. > :11:47.and Oklahoma have declared states of emergency due to flooding
:11:48. > :11:50.and the damage caused to power The massive storm system has also
:11:51. > :11:58.delayed thousands of flights. Colorado and Wyoming further north
:11:59. > :12:16.have been struck by snowstorms. Heavy rain in the Midwest
:12:17. > :12:18.is expected to continue to the end of the weekend,
:12:19. > :12:21.along with wind gusts of 95 Stay with us on BBC
:12:22. > :12:25.World News, still to come: The little British girl
:12:26. > :12:27.Madeleine McCann went missing ten years ago -
:12:28. > :12:29.but in an interview to mark the anniversary her parents say
:12:30. > :13:46.they still hope she'll be found. Donald Trump describes
:13:47. > :13:54.North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un as a "pretty smart cookie"
:13:55. > :13:57.but warns that a conflict in the region could kill
:13:58. > :14:02.millions of people. Tributes to one of the world's best
:14:03. > :14:04.known mountaineers, Ueli Steck, who's been killed in an accident
:14:05. > :14:08.on Mount Everest. Chelsea moved a step closer
:14:09. > :14:12.to securing the English Premier League title, beating Everton 3-0,
:14:13. > :14:14.a match which was considered to be the toughest of their
:14:15. > :14:18.remaining games. It took Antonio Conte's side
:14:19. > :14:20.seven points clear, before second-placed Tottenham reduced
:14:21. > :14:23.the gap to four points by More on the North London derby
:14:24. > :14:30.in a moment, but first, let's hear from the Chelsea manager
:14:31. > :14:33.after goals from Pedro, Gary Cahill and Willian moved
:14:34. > :14:35.Chelsea closer to being We must be pleased, we played
:14:36. > :14:46.a game with our heads and this is very important,
:14:47. > :14:49.you must use your head, Goals from Delle Ali and a penalty
:14:50. > :15:08.from Harry Kane securing the points, in what was the last North London
:15:09. > :15:10.derby to be staged The result means Tottenham
:15:11. > :15:13.are guaranteed to finish above Arsenal in the Premier League
:15:14. > :15:20.for the first time in 22 years. We put more pressure
:15:21. > :15:22.in the second half and I'm very happy for the fans
:15:23. > :15:36.and for the players. In the race for the title,
:15:37. > :15:38.for points, we will We try to be ready
:15:39. > :15:42.for the next study. We try to be ready
:15:43. > :15:57.for the next Derby. It's very disappointing. We have to
:15:58. > :16:03.try to win the championship. This is disappointing. The fact that Spurs
:16:04. > :16:08.finish above us this year, they deserve it.
:16:09. > :16:10.Champions League chasing Manchester City were saved
:16:11. > :16:12.by a late equaliser from Brazilian Gabriel Jesus
:16:13. > :16:15.Relegation threatened Boro took the lead twice -
:16:16. > :16:17.former City striker Alvaro Negredo with the first.
:16:18. > :16:20.City were awarded a contentious penalty, scored by Sergio Aguero,
:16:21. > :16:22.as the officials faced criticism both sets of fans.
:16:23. > :16:24.The result leaves Boro second from bottom, six
:16:25. > :16:32.Manchester United remain fifth, a point behind City after a 1-1
:16:33. > :16:35.Gylfi Siggurdson's free kick a moment of real
:16:36. > :16:37.quality at Old Trafford, after Marcus Rashford was awarded
:16:38. > :16:41.a controversial penalty, converted by Wayne Rooney.
:16:42. > :16:44.The draw means United are still outside the Champions League
:16:45. > :16:50.Valterri Bottas says it's "amazing" to become only the fifth
:16:51. > :16:55.Finnish driver to win a Formula One Grand Prix,
:16:56. > :17:01.after taking the chequered flag in the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi.
:17:02. > :17:03.There was an aborted start after Fernando Alonso's McLaren
:17:04. > :17:06.Then, seconds into the restart, Romain Grosjean and Jolyn
:17:07. > :17:09.Mercedes Bottas started from second on the grid,
:17:10. > :17:11.but overtook pole sitter Sebastian Vettel and kept
:17:12. > :17:23.Ferrari team mate Kimmi Raikonnen was third, Lewis Hamilton fourth.
:17:24. > :17:25.Rafa Nadal produced another ten-out-of-ten performance
:17:26. > :17:28.on the red dirt of Barcelona to win his tenth title in the city.
:17:29. > :17:30.The King of Clay beat the Austrain Dominic Thiem
:17:31. > :17:34.in straight sets with a masterclass on Sunday afternoon.
:17:35. > :17:37.It finished 6-4, 6-1, giving him a 51st clay court crown.
:17:38. > :17:50.Last week, Nadal also won his tenth title at the Monte Carlo Masters.
:17:51. > :17:53.John Higgins leads Mark Selby 8-4 in the World Snooker
:17:54. > :18:01.Higgins ran away with the final four frames after the interval to lead
:18:02. > :18:06.Since then, he's moved on to a 8-4 lead in this
:18:07. > :18:32.It'll be a stern test for them. It's on the BBC sport website. If he is
:18:33. > :18:36.making shots like that, he stands a very good chance of building on the
:18:37. > :18:39.lead that he has already established over Mark Selby. He looks pleased
:18:40. > :18:45.with that. That's all the sport. Ten years after the disappearance
:18:46. > :18:50.of the young British girl Madeleine McCann,
:18:51. > :18:52.her parents have told the BBC they will do "whatever it takes,
:18:53. > :18:55.for as long as it takes" Madeleine was 3-years-old
:18:56. > :18:57.when she went missing on holiday in Portugal,
:18:58. > :19:00.while her parents were eating Speaking to the BBC's Fiona Bruce,
:19:01. > :19:03.Kate and Gerry McCann have been talking about the pain
:19:04. > :19:05.they continue to face. Every day is another
:19:06. > :19:07.day without Madeleine. That ten-year mark makes
:19:08. > :19:16.it more significant. It's a reminder of how much time has
:19:17. > :19:19.gone by, and obviously I think that the day
:19:20. > :19:25.and the poignancy of it... We don't tend to go back to the time
:19:26. > :19:33.because it's so draining. But inevitably on anniversaries
:19:34. > :19:34.and birthdays, they're How different is your life now
:19:35. > :19:41.to what you must have imagined I think before Madeleine was taken,
:19:42. > :19:55.we felt we'd managed to achieve a little perfect,
:19:56. > :19:57.nuclear family of five. Unfortunately for us,
:19:58. > :20:08.the new normality at the minute Last time we talked, you told me how
:20:09. > :20:15.you were still buying birthday presents and Christmas
:20:16. > :20:17.presents for Madeleine... The police have talked about one
:20:18. > :20:27.significant lead that The investigation is in
:20:28. > :20:34.the hands of the Met Police. We've come a long way
:20:35. > :20:40.and there is progress, there are some very
:20:41. > :20:50.credible lines of enquiry and whilst there's no evidence
:20:51. > :20:57.to give us any negative news, One day you'll be reunited
:20:58. > :21:03.with your daughter? No parent is going to give up
:21:04. > :21:06.on their child unless they know My hope of Madeleine
:21:07. > :21:13.being out there is no less A luxury music festival
:21:14. > :21:21.in the Bahamas that imploded on the day it began has drawn
:21:22. > :21:28.comparisons to the Hunger Games and Lord Of The Flies
:21:29. > :21:31.after festival-goers arrived to find barely any infrastructure,
:21:32. > :21:32.little to no food, We spoke to one attendee,
:21:33. > :21:36.William Finley, about Well, we thought it would
:21:37. > :21:40.be a luxury getaway, They really emphasised the luxury
:21:41. > :21:46.aspect and it turned out to not be the case at all,
:21:47. > :21:49.so we were expecting a private beach, being flown
:21:50. > :21:55.in on a private plane. Top celebrities, top
:21:56. > :21:59.chefs, things like that. That is what we thought
:22:00. > :22:02.we were going to get. Just looking at some
:22:03. > :22:04.of your pictures now of the scene on the ground,
:22:05. > :22:07.describe what greeted We got there and there
:22:08. > :22:14.were just lines of people. We didn't know what
:22:15. > :22:16.we were in line for. No one was really
:22:17. > :22:17.telling us anything. I kind of thought it was funny,
:22:18. > :22:28.but some of my friends I was with thought, 'this
:22:29. > :22:30.is serious, we're kind After about an hour, I kind
:22:31. > :22:34.of caught on because we realised There was no real
:22:35. > :22:38.infrastructure in place. The amount of people there,
:22:39. > :22:40.it kind of became more of a situation were we needed
:22:41. > :22:44.to figure out how to get out of there, instead of figuring
:22:45. > :22:46.out how to rough it. One of my friends somehow talked us
:22:47. > :22:52.onto one of the last planes leaving He was talking with the festival
:22:53. > :23:00.co-founder, Billy McFarlane, and he managed to get us
:23:01. > :23:05.on the manifest, the four of us, to get out so we left
:23:06. > :23:08.at about 11 at night, we got there at about 5.30
:23:09. > :23:12.in the afternoon, and got on a bus and got to the airport and spent
:23:13. > :23:16.the next 12 hours either on a plane or waiting
:23:17. > :23:20.on the runway, but we managed Some people have compared it
:23:21. > :23:26.to the likes of the Hunger Hames and Lord of the Flies -
:23:27. > :23:37.was it really that bad? It was very, very different
:23:38. > :23:40.to what we had expected. Yeah, I think that had we stayed it
:23:41. > :23:43.could have got like that. I saw some videos and things
:23:44. > :23:46.of people getting into fights and things like that,
:23:47. > :23:54.so I'm glad we got out when we did. A man chosen from dozens
:23:55. > :23:57.of competitors to take up a job as a hermit in Austria has now
:23:58. > :24:07.received the keys to his new home. There was also a mass
:24:08. > :24:09.to welcome the new occupant. It's part of a 350-year-old
:24:10. > :24:30.tradition in the town of Saalfelden, matter has a new hermit. The
:24:31. > :24:36.divorced Catholic from Elton is now the new Hammond. There's been a
:24:37. > :24:41.hermit for 350 years. This is the first time a non-Austrian has taken
:24:42. > :24:48.up residence. The key was handed over at a Mass in the neighbouring
:24:49. > :24:53.chapel of St George. He'll live alone here from April to November
:24:54. > :25:00.each year. It's not an tireless oratory. -- entirely solitary. He is
:25:01. > :25:07.expected to greet hackers and visitors.
:25:08. > :25:11.TRANSLATION: I wanted to enter the monitor because I need silence and
:25:12. > :25:15.contemplation to pray. I was planning to enter one but I thought
:25:16. > :25:20.that in the Hermitage I would get both. Even mornings and evenings,
:25:21. > :25:27.silence and time to pray. During the day, I see many people to talk to.
:25:28. > :25:31.It will be a simple life. The Hermitage has no electricity or
:25:32. > :25:40.running water. It does have a spectacular view of the Alps.
:25:41. > :25:44.Don't forget you can get in touch with me and some
:25:45. > :25:48.of the team on Twitter - I'm #thesamsimmonds.
:25:49. > :25:52.I'll be back with more shortly. Keep up-to-date with the rest of it on
:25:53. > :25:54.the website.