:00:10. > :00:19.Broadcasting in the UK and around the world. The headlines...
:00:20. > :00:22.Three police officers have been shot dead in the US city
:00:23. > :00:32.All we do know it at this particular time is that there was a shooting.
:00:33. > :00:36.We believe We have some officers that have
:00:37. > :00:40.been believe killed. Turkey's President vows to remove
:00:41. > :00:59.what he calls the "virus" behind Grief and politics are mixing here.
:01:00. > :01:01.A special church service in Nice Cathedral to remove the victims of
:01:02. > :01:16.the attack on Bastille Day. A major police operation
:01:17. > :01:22.is underway in the US state of Louisiana, after three
:01:23. > :01:26.officers were killed The police say one suspect has been
:01:27. > :01:34.shot dead, but they believe two The attack happened less than a mile
:01:35. > :01:38.from police headquarters in the state capital,
:01:39. > :01:40.Baton Rouge. The shooting happened
:01:41. > :01:45.on Airline Highway, in Louisiana's state capital,
:01:46. > :01:48.Baton Rouge, about a mile from Three police officers are dead,
:01:49. > :02:01.three others wounded. One is thought to be
:02:02. > :02:04.in a critical condition. Witnesses report a man dressed
:02:05. > :02:06.in black with his face covered, shooting in what is believed
:02:07. > :02:12.to be a targeted attack. All we do know at this particular
:02:13. > :02:22.time is that there was a shooting, Multiple officers were shot,
:02:23. > :02:33.and we have some that That is what I know
:02:34. > :02:36.for sure right now. We are securing the area
:02:37. > :02:38.with the deceased suspect, the suspect that has been killed,
:02:39. > :02:41.making sure there are not any Local residents have spoken well
:02:42. > :02:43.what Then my mum came in and said, did
:02:44. > :02:52.you hear something? All of a sudden, my phone started
:02:53. > :02:55.lighting up from the neighbourhood message board, where
:02:56. > :02:57.community activities "About 30 shots just happened
:02:58. > :03:02.at a convenience store called Be Baton Rouge was already under
:03:03. > :03:14.scrutiny and tensions high, after the fatal shooting by police
:03:15. > :03:17.almost two weeks ago of the black Family and friends gathered
:03:18. > :03:20.on Friday to honour him - so far today's shooting has not been
:03:21. > :03:26.connected to his death. But earlier this month in Dallas,
:03:27. > :03:29.a gunman fatally shot five police officers as a protest
:03:30. > :03:31.over his killing. The mayor has called
:03:32. > :03:37.for common sense to prevail. The police department, who have lost
:03:38. > :03:41.three of their colleagues, have warned people to stay
:03:42. > :03:56.inside until they are able to trace Let's take you now to a press
:03:57. > :04:01.conference that is happening in Baton Rouge to to do with those
:04:02. > :04:04.police shootings. Let's have a listen.
:04:05. > :04:10.It is an active ongoing investigation with a lot of moving
:04:11. > :04:14.parts right now. Louisiana State police is the lead agency with
:04:15. > :04:20.regard to the investigation itself. We will be working very closely with
:04:21. > :04:23.the Baton Rouge Sheriff 's office and police department from a local
:04:24. > :04:28.perspective and we will be joined with all our federal partners as we
:04:29. > :04:34.look at the many leads that have taken place right now. We will give
:04:35. > :04:39.a 1-800 number for the public to have as we move forward. Let me make
:04:40. > :04:44.something clear. You're interviewing a lot of people. If it does not come
:04:45. > :04:49.from myself, the chief of police, the Baton Rouge head Sheriff, if it
:04:50. > :04:53.does not come from these individuals we cannot confirm it as being
:04:54. > :04:58.factual. Just know that upfront. We will have another press conference
:04:59. > :05:07.tomorrow at 1pm Central standard Time. We will have updates. We're
:05:08. > :05:11.going to allow our investigators... It is a very large crime scene. We
:05:12. > :05:16.will tell people in the Baton Rouge area, if you do not need to be in
:05:17. > :05:20.that area of Airline Highway and that area, please stay away from
:05:21. > :05:22.that area because we will be working through that area throughout the
:05:23. > :05:31.night as we work out specifics. Police also note -- please also note
:05:32. > :05:34.that there is not and activists -- not an active shooters in aria in
:05:35. > :05:38.Baton Rouge. We believe, based on the information we have, this is
:05:39. > :05:43.ongoing... We believe that the person that shot and killed our
:05:44. > :05:47.officers, that he is a person that was shot and killed at the scene.
:05:48. > :05:52.That's what we know right now. We do not believe that we do not have any
:05:53. > :05:56.other shooter held up in the Baton Rouge area but understand that this
:05:57. > :06:01.investigation has a lot of moving parts and pieces and we will be
:06:02. > :06:04.going over each one of those, but right now there is no active
:06:05. > :06:10.shooters scenario going on in Baton Rouge. "Today At approximately
:06:11. > :06:17.8:40am, several Louisiana law enforcement officers were shot near
:06:18. > :06:22.Airline Highway. A call came into Central dispatch at the Baton Rouge
:06:23. > :06:30.police department saying there was a guy carrying a rifle walking in that
:06:31. > :06:34.particular area, at Airline and Goodwood. That was the call that
:06:35. > :06:38.came into us. I will tell you that three officers have died from
:06:39. > :06:43.injuries, two from the Baton Rouge police department and one from East
:06:44. > :06:50.Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff 's Department. One Baton Rouge Sheriff
:06:51. > :06:55.'s deputy is in critical condition. Two radish and officers suffered
:06:56. > :06:59.life-threatening wounds but they are in stable condition at the hospital
:07:00. > :07:03.right now. At approximately 8:40am, Baton Rouge police officers at the
:07:04. > :07:07.convenience store observed an individual wearing All Black stand
:07:08. > :07:15.behind a beauty supply store holding a rifle. At Rob Smedley 8:42am,
:07:16. > :07:18.reports received of shots fired. At approximately 8:44am, reports
:07:19. > :07:24.received of officers down on the scene. At 8:45am, reports received
:07:25. > :07:28.more shots being fired. 8:46am, reports received of the suspect
:07:29. > :07:36.wearing All Black standing next to a car wash is near the convenience
:07:37. > :07:42.store. At 8:48am, units started arriving at the scene. They started
:07:43. > :07:47.getting the bodies to render first aid at the scene. Officers engaged
:07:48. > :07:51.the suspect at that particular time and heals medley died at the scene.
:07:52. > :07:56.State police and multiple agencies responded to the scene in an attempt
:07:57. > :08:01.to secure the area and identify possible potential suspects and
:08:02. > :08:05.further threads in the area. We are asking the public to stay vigilant.
:08:06. > :08:08.If you see something suspicious and you know it is suspicious and out of
:08:09. > :08:13.the ordinary in your particular area, call your local police
:08:14. > :08:22.department. If you know that number, call that number. We ask that if you
:08:23. > :08:40.see suspicious activity and you do not know the number, it is 1-800
:08:41. > :08:46.CALLFBI. 1-800 2255324. We do not have an active shooters scenario in
:08:47. > :08:52.the city Baton Rouge. It will take as in multiple directions. You can
:08:53. > :08:56.help us if you see something out of the ordinary, please call us. We
:08:57. > :08:58.will have a 1pm press conference tomorrow afternoon and we will
:08:59. > :09:03.completely update you on anything that is going on.
:09:04. > :09:16.Thank you, Carl. As Carl was just stating, we have had six officers
:09:17. > :09:23.shot today in Baton Rouge, three of which are Baton Rouge police
:09:24. > :09:33.officers, two of which are deceased. We have had two Sheriff's deputies
:09:34. > :09:36.shot. One is deceased, 45-year-old. One is in critical condition,
:09:37. > :09:41.fighting for his life as we speak, 41-year-old, and one with nonlife
:09:42. > :09:48.threatening injuries. He is in surgery. He is 51 years old. Each
:09:49. > :09:55.one of these individuals is married, each one of these individuals have
:09:56. > :09:58.family. We are grieving as a law enforcement community. We are
:09:59. > :10:05.grieving for each other, grieving for our loss and grieving for our
:10:06. > :10:12.families. We ask for your prayers. Not only for us, like I say, the
:10:13. > :10:16.deputies, but for the families and the co-workers. We are a family, as
:10:17. > :10:20.law enforcement, and we stand here together as you can see. Our number
:10:21. > :10:23.one priority is the safety of our community, the safety of the people
:10:24. > :10:32.who live here, the save the law enforcement. -- the safety of law
:10:33. > :10:38.enforcement. Avril fellow sheriffs are here. We want to assure you that
:10:39. > :10:42.we are having a coordinated effort that is going to ensure that we
:10:43. > :10:46.continue to provide the services necessary to protect the citizens of
:10:47. > :10:57.this parish. With God's help, we will get through this. To me, this
:10:58. > :11:05.is not so much about gun control as it is about what is in men's hearts.
:11:06. > :11:14.And until we come together as a nation, as a people, to heal as a
:11:15. > :11:20.people. If we don't do that and this madness continues, we will surely
:11:21. > :11:24.perish as a people. So I would just ask for your prayers and your
:11:25. > :11:32.support for all of the families of all those involved here today and
:11:33. > :11:33.continue to pray for this parish of this city, this state and this
:11:34. > :11:53.nation. As the others have said, we have had
:11:54. > :12:17.six officers shot today. Three of those officers were BRPD officers.
:12:18. > :12:23.Two of those have died. One has nonlife threatening injuries. We
:12:24. > :12:30.would ask for prayers from this community for our officers, for our
:12:31. > :12:33.families, for the families that have been affected by today's
:12:34. > :12:43.senseless... Senseless shooting that went on this morning. Our prayers
:12:44. > :12:47.for all law-enforcement. We stand united, and this is a united front,
:12:48. > :12:53.make no mistake about that. This is very united. Public safety remains
:12:54. > :12:59.our priority and we will continue to do our job in the light of what has
:13:00. > :13:04.happened. We have several agencies from outside that are coming in to
:13:05. > :13:10.lend support and help. Our officers have been depleted for the last 12,
:13:11. > :13:15.14 days. There are other agencies that have come in to help us out and
:13:16. > :13:24.back us up. That is for this community's safety. As this Sheriff
:13:25. > :13:27.said, we have activated the Sheriff's task force, and it is a
:13:28. > :13:30.coordinated effort going forward. We will get through this as a family.
:13:31. > :13:35.We will get through this as a community. All in all, I want the
:13:36. > :13:39.BRPD officers to know that I support you. Every single one of you. I
:13:40. > :13:43.stand beside you and we're going to get through this. We're going to get
:13:44. > :13:47.through this together. This is not going to tarnish this city or this
:13:48. > :13:53.department. We're going to move forward. Thank U.
:13:54. > :14:00.This is indeed a tragic day for the city of Baton Rouge. When we have
:14:01. > :14:08.the Attorney General of the United States and myself, I want to offer
:14:09. > :14:12.my condolences to the families of those involved in this shooting. All
:14:13. > :14:16.federal law-enforcement assets that are needed will be given to this
:14:17. > :14:20.investigation. We will go wherever it takes us to conclude this
:14:21. > :14:26.investigation. I will tell you that our continuing support and the
:14:27. > :14:29.continuing support of federal law enforcement in this matter has been
:14:30. > :14:35.great. We have the agents from the FBI as well as the Marshall office
:14:36. > :14:38.and people in my office continuing to assist with the investigation and
:14:39. > :14:46.we will continue to do so until justice is served. Tank you.
:14:47. > :14:54.-- thank you. This is truly a sad day in Baton Rouge as we now meet
:14:55. > :14:59.again behind senseless killings. We continue to ask the question and we
:15:00. > :15:04.continue to make the statement, "Let peace prevail in Baton Rouge and
:15:05. > :15:09.this parish". We must look ahead. The president has acknowledged this
:15:10. > :15:16.violence and we will reiterate those things at around 3:30pm our time.
:15:17. > :15:20.But again, the people that you see here today, let me say
:15:21. > :15:27.unequivocally, the president has responded to the needs of Baton
:15:28. > :15:37.Rouge. Not only that, the agencies you see here have always been
:15:38. > :15:41.partners, but the state police, the Sheriff's office and the city's
:15:42. > :15:49.police, we are one family all seeking justice for all of our
:15:50. > :15:53.people. And so, let me thank the president and others for their calls
:15:54. > :15:58.and the governor will elaborate on the call he got from the president.
:15:59. > :16:05.But we must say that we ask you now for your prayers. We also pray for
:16:06. > :16:11.those who were killed or injured today. We want you to pray for their
:16:12. > :16:18.families and be with them not only today but in the future. They are
:16:19. > :16:28.our first responders. Now we pledge to them that we will be their first
:16:29. > :16:34.responders. We must strive to be one nation under God, indivisible for
:16:35. > :16:38.liberty and justice for all. We thank our officers who have fallen
:16:39. > :16:39.in the line of duty. We pray for their families, we pray for peace
:16:40. > :16:49.everywhere. God bless you. Today has been a very tough day here
:16:50. > :16:54.in Baton Rouge and in Louisiana and in our country. And absolutely
:16:55. > :17:00.unspeakable heinous attack on law enforcement here in Baton Rouge
:17:01. > :17:04.claimed the lives of two Baton Rouge police officers, one Sheriff's
:17:05. > :17:10.deputy and injured three others, one of whom right now, as we speak, is
:17:11. > :17:15.absolutely fighting for his life. It's unjustified, it's
:17:16. > :17:20.unjustifiable. The violence, the hatred just has to stop. It's at
:17:21. > :17:25.times like this I wish the command of the English language that I have
:17:26. > :17:32.would be more adequate to the task to convey the full range of emotions
:17:33. > :17:37.that I'm feeling for the state of Louisiana. Earlier today, I along
:17:38. > :17:42.with the mayor and the law-enforcement community here
:17:43. > :17:45.gathered with family members of the victims at the hospital. When I tell
:17:46. > :17:57.you unspeakable tragedy, it's unspeakable. That these men, risking
:17:58. > :18:03.their lives to protect and serve this community, were taken out the
:18:04. > :18:10.way that they were. They are real life, everyday heroes. As you've
:18:11. > :18:15.been told by Carl Edmondson, this is an ongoing investigation, a lot of
:18:16. > :18:17.moving parts in multiple agencies. I want to reassure everyone here in
:18:18. > :18:22.Baton Rouge and around the state that we're doing everything humanly
:18:23. > :18:29.possible to make sure that everyone is protected. Every resource is
:18:30. > :18:38.going to be available to be used to bring these perpetrators, if that
:18:39. > :18:42.art more than one, to justice. Obviously that means federal, state
:18:43. > :18:51.and local. You just heard from the US attorney but we are being aided
:18:52. > :18:53.by the FBI and other agencies as well. I also spoke with the
:18:54. > :18:56.president of the United States a couple of hours ago, who called to
:18:57. > :19:00.express on the half of himself and the first Lady but also the United
:19:01. > :19:09.States, their condolences, their best wishes for those wishing for a
:19:10. > :19:14.full and speedy recovery but also prayers for the people here in Baton
:19:15. > :19:23.Rouge and around the country. We have to do better. An attack on one
:19:24. > :19:27.of us is an attack on all of us. And the people who carried out this act,
:19:28. > :19:34.the individuals, they do not represent the people of Baton Rouge
:19:35. > :19:40.or the state of Louisiana. Or what is best about our country. They
:19:41. > :19:45.don't represent the values we stand for. Obviously our community is
:19:46. > :19:50.hurting but only through peace and unity can we heal. That is going to
:19:51. > :19:55.take constructive dialogue. There simply is no place for more
:19:56. > :19:59.violence. It doesn't help anyone, it doesn't further the conversation, it
:20:00. > :20:05.doesn't address any injustice perceived or real. It is just an
:20:06. > :20:12.injustice in and of itself. We're not going to tolerate more hate and
:20:13. > :20:19.violence tearing apart the communities and families of
:20:20. > :20:23.Louisiana. Just a few days ago, and as I do now, I'm inviting the people
:20:24. > :20:27.around the country is to join their prayers to mind that our nation,
:20:28. > :20:34.that our community here can heal and we can get past this, and certainly
:20:35. > :20:39.pray for the recovery of those officers who were injured today but
:20:40. > :20:41.pray for all of our officers, here in Baton Rouge and around the state
:20:42. > :20:46.and around the country and our family members who everyday expose
:20:47. > :20:51.themselves to great risk of harm simply so they can protect and
:20:52. > :20:56.serve, as they have sworn to do. As you were told by Carl Edmondson,
:20:57. > :21:04.we're not going to take questions at this point. There will be another
:21:05. > :21:11.press briefing tomorrow at 1pm. We will then update you with any
:21:12. > :21:14.additional information that we gather between now and then. So I
:21:15. > :21:20.want to thank you for covering this press conference. Again, ask
:21:21. > :21:25.everyone to join with the folks of Louisiana in solidarity so that as a
:21:26. > :21:29.nation, we can heal, we can get past this and we can be what we're
:21:30. > :21:32.supposed to be in the United States of America. Because we're not there
:21:33. > :21:41.today. God bless you. 1pm tomorrow we will have a
:21:42. > :21:46.briefing. If anything significant happens before then, we will make
:21:47. > :21:50.sure you an to fight of it. You were watching a live press conference
:21:51. > :21:54.there in Baton Rouge with police officials as well as the Louisiana
:21:55. > :22:01.governor and the police officials said very clearly that there is not
:22:02. > :22:05.an active shooter scenario. We did believe that police were looking for
:22:06. > :22:07.other suspects but they had said repeatedly that they believe the
:22:08. > :22:12.suspect that died at the scene was the suspect that shot the officers.
:22:13. > :22:16.They also went through a lot of the timings of events and it appears
:22:17. > :22:21.that everything happened extremely quickly. They did say there is no
:22:22. > :22:25.active shooter scenario. We heard from Governor John Bell Edwards who
:22:26. > :22:32.was extremely sombre and described it as a tough day, and unspeakable
:22:33. > :22:37.act. He said he had spent time with family members of the and said that
:22:38. > :22:44."An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. We will hear a lot
:22:45. > :22:46.more I'm sure in the coming hours and days of the event. President
:22:47. > :22:52.Obama has also issued a statement about the shootings after condemning
:22:53. > :23:09.the killings as "Attacks on civilised society".
:23:10. > :23:15.We believe the president is due to speak in the next half-hour. We will
:23:16. > :23:20.bring that live to you as soon as we get it. The Republican national
:23:21. > :23:24.convention also begins on Monday amid intense security in Cleveland,
:23:25. > :23:28.Ohio. Thousands of people are expected to come to the city to
:23:29. > :23:32.witness Donald Trump formally being announced as the Republican
:23:33. > :23:40.candidate. A large number of protests and rallies are expected
:23:41. > :23:43.throughout the four-day long event. We have already seen some reaction
:23:44. > :23:49.from Donald Trump about these shootings. Can you tell as a bit
:23:50. > :23:53.more about that? Yes. Donald Trump posted a series of messages on
:23:54. > :23:57.social media in response to what has happened in Baton Rouge. I will just
:23:58. > :24:03.share them with you. He said, "We grieve for officers killed in Baton
:24:04. > :24:07.Rouge". He asked how many enforcement people have to die
:24:08. > :24:12.because of a lack of leadership in this country. A dig at President
:24:13. > :24:15.Obama in the way he sees he has handled the relationship between
:24:16. > :24:19.minority communities and the police. Mr Trump issued another tweet, a
:24:20. > :24:25.much more politically charged one. "Trying To fight Isis, now our own
:24:26. > :24:29.people are killing the police. The country is divided and out of
:24:30. > :24:35.control. The world is watching". Tapping into something that will be
:24:36. > :24:37.a theme of this convention and a theme of the election, the divided
:24:38. > :24:42.America. Donald Trump is trying to tap into a river people, a section
:24:43. > :24:46.of the American population who he feels have been left behind by the
:24:47. > :24:51.political classes. Also tapping into some of those divisions now, we are
:24:52. > :24:57.seeing across America in protests across the country. There are also
:24:58. > :25:03.protests that are planned for here in Cleveland. There is one which is
:25:04. > :25:09.already under way. It is called the Shut Down Trump Rally. There are
:25:10. > :25:13.only expected to be about 100-200 people at that rally but there are a
:25:14. > :25:20.number of different protests planned this week. Some will be pro-Trump
:25:21. > :25:25.but the vast majority of them are in the order of the Shut Down Trump
:25:26. > :25:32.Rally today. Although the Black Lives Matter movement will not be
:25:33. > :25:37.protesting here, they say they do not see the point as Donald Trump
:25:38. > :25:42.does not CI to eye with them on the issues they are campaigning on, but
:25:43. > :25:44.they will be at the meeting next week.
:25:45. > :25:50.We are hearing that the head of the police union is asking for a
:25:51. > :25:54.suspension of the open carry firearms at the convention. That is
:25:55. > :25:58.quite extraordinary, isn't it? Given everything in terms of the
:25:59. > :26:00.challenges the police are facing here and huge security, it is
:26:01. > :26:05.perhaps unsurprising he might have been asking for that. Especially in
:26:06. > :26:10.the wake of the Dallas police shootings, where we even had the
:26:11. > :26:13.Dallas police chief saying that actually open carry laws which are
:26:14. > :26:18.the case in Texas sometimes make it difficult for police to work out who
:26:19. > :26:23.is potentially an attacker and police chief Brown said that it made
:26:24. > :26:28.it challenging to have open carry. Indeed, the police union here has
:26:29. > :26:34.called for the open carry laws here in Ohio to be suspended. A statement
:26:35. > :26:38.from the Governor of Ohio, Jon Kay sick, basically said that is not in
:26:39. > :26:44.his power and would not be in his power, it would be up to state
:26:45. > :26:49.politicians to deal with that. Many people here feel strongly about the
:26:50. > :26:54.right to openly carry a firearm. Governor Kasick said that what is
:26:55. > :27:01.important is restoring the bonds between the community and police.
:27:02. > :27:03.Thank you very much for that. I'm sure we will be keeping an eye on
:27:04. > :27:07.the convention as closely as possible.
:27:08. > :27:09.Thousands of mourners in Turkey have attended funerals for those killed
:27:10. > :27:13.The foreign ministry put the number of dead at almost 300,
:27:14. > :27:28.John is a security adviser in the Washington -based think tank. He
:27:29. > :27:35.formerly worked as security adviser to Dick Cheney. First of all, what
:27:36. > :27:40.is your reaction to this attempted coup? It seems quite extraordinary.
:27:41. > :27:47.Yes, but not completely unexpected. I think the coup was less a cause of
:27:48. > :27:51.instability in Turkey's problems than it was really a symptom of it.
:27:52. > :27:56.This is something that has been building for quite some time.
:27:57. > :28:01.President Erdogan has been engaged on a multi-year effort to
:28:02. > :28:08.consolidate power and to attack his opponents, to move Turkey in a more
:28:09. > :28:13.Islamist direction. I think it's increasingly polarised Turkish
:28:14. > :28:19.society and particularly an institution like the Turkish
:28:20. > :28:25.military that at least previously had been constitutionally charged
:28:26. > :28:31.with protecting the secular nature of the Turkish state. John,
:28:32. > :28:38.President Erdogan has now gone about arresting judges, which seems to me
:28:39. > :28:43.that he is using this failed coup as a reason to go after his enemies. Is
:28:44. > :28:45.that the conclusion you would reach? I'm afraid it is the predictable
:28:46. > :28:53.conclusion that we would have to reach. That's President Erdogan,
:28:54. > :28:58.everything we know about him is that we will -- he will not let this kind
:28:59. > :29:03.of license go to waste. He will in fact seize upon it not only to
:29:04. > :29:10.attack those who may in fact be responsible for this attack but to
:29:11. > :29:13.go against all of his opponents and try to complete the job that he has
:29:14. > :29:18.been engaged in for several years now, to essentially eliminate all
:29:19. > :29:26.opposition to his rule and to his efforts to build a real imperial
:29:27. > :29:29.presidency, including calling for very controversial constitutional
:29:30. > :29:37.changes that would in fact make him the equivalent of Russia's President
:29:38. > :29:43.Putin. Just briefly, John, could President Erdogan be right? Could
:29:44. > :29:47.others be seeking to unseat him and there could be this massive
:29:48. > :29:53.conspiracy? We have seen a major coup, there are forces moving
:29:54. > :29:58.against him. Well, it is hard for me to believe that this ageing cleric,
:29:59. > :30:04.however popular he may be, has been able from several thousand miles to
:30:05. > :30:09.engineer this kind of coup. I have no love lost for him. The irony is
:30:10. > :30:13.that him and his followers were entirely in the hoots with President
:30:14. > :30:18.Erdogan only a few years ago, when President Erdogan was staging show
:30:19. > :30:21.trials to bring down the Turkish military and bring it to heal using
:30:22. > :30:27.what has been admitted now has trumped up evidence. With that job
:30:28. > :30:35.done, President Erdogan quickly moved against Gulen as an
:30:36. > :30:39.independent source of power that could one day down the line
:30:40. > :30:42.challenge him. This is a fight between two sorts of people who I
:30:43. > :30:46.think the United States should have no love lost for either of them.
:30:47. > :30:51.John, thank you very much for your time and analysis.
:30:52. > :30:58.Three police officers have been shot dead in baton rude Chindit do I see
:30:59. > :31:10.an hour. More coming up on BBC world News.
:31:11. > :31:15.Jane Hill will be back with a full round-up of the day's news. First
:31:16. > :31:21.our world. No agreement was better
:31:22. > :31:33.than a bad agreement. These negotiations were essentially
:31:34. > :31:36.about curbing Iran's nuclear programme in return for suspension
:31:37. > :31:41.and then later on lifting of international
:31:42. > :31:47.sanctions against Iran. I think it's certainly made doing
:31:48. > :31:50.business much more difficult to have Those times of eating together,
:31:51. > :31:57.breaking bread together, always are useful in building
:31:58. > :32:01.the relationships you need when you're in the midst of such
:32:02. > :32:12.a tough, tough negotiation. I asked everyone to put their iPhone
:32:13. > :33:15.in the fridge. I think from the outset,
:33:16. > :33:20.most people were rather sceptical and thought that the chances to get
:33:21. > :33:23.a deal were below 50% Enormous technical difficulties,
:33:24. > :33:34.complicated technical questions. On the other hand, the political
:33:35. > :33:40.framework, which was also So we had to deal with two
:33:41. > :33:44.challenges, a technical one It is about centrifuges,
:33:45. > :33:53.stockpiles, stabiliser tubs. Rather quickly, you need people
:33:54. > :33:57.who are experts. I became a little more
:33:58. > :34:13.knowledgeable. In all of the negotiations, it
:34:14. > :34:19.is not only a negotiation with Iran, It is negotiating with each
:34:20. > :34:23.of the partners sitting at the table, and then
:34:24. > :34:26.with the P5+1, the permanent members of the Security Council,
:34:27. > :34:29.plus Germany and the EU, who have to come to an agreement,
:34:30. > :34:34.and then an agreement with Iran. When talks were going on like that,
:34:35. > :34:37.it was a logistical Every time there was an extension
:34:38. > :34:48.or they missed a deadline. As soon as our live broadcast
:34:49. > :34:56.was over, we would all rush to the hotel reception,
:34:57. > :34:59.extending our rooms or booking I don't think any of us knew how
:35:00. > :35:55.this process would evolve, but over the two years,
:35:56. > :35:58.the number of people of course grew that were directly involved
:35:59. > :36:03.in the process, because we had to expand the team according
:36:04. > :36:06.to the needs. But it is also part of our daily
:36:07. > :36:11.bread in terms of host country, policy and good offices that
:36:12. > :36:15.Switzerland has provided for the past 150 years, so in a way,
:36:16. > :36:18.it is also in our genes. Each time a minister arrived
:36:19. > :36:23.in Geneva, the chief of protocol of Geneva and myself
:36:24. > :36:28.were at the airport greeting the Minister, and our foreign
:36:29. > :36:32.minister always welcomed him with a personal letter
:36:33. > :36:37.and some Swiss chocolate. Obviously when you start to welcome
:36:38. > :36:42.these dignitaries, the amount of security and the amount of cars
:36:43. > :36:46.that arrived when I was standing in front of the hotel,
:36:47. > :36:50.for some minutes you feel like you are looking at a Hollywood
:36:51. > :36:57.movie but being part of it. It all started with,
:36:58. > :37:01.at the beginning around 70 rooms, bearing in mind that
:37:02. > :37:06.the hotel counts 168 rooms. At the end of the talks,
:37:07. > :37:10.the hotel was fully booked. This room was the working room,
:37:11. > :37:15.the heart of operations, but also my personal room,
:37:16. > :37:18.because from the Swiss foreign ministry, one person had to stay
:37:19. > :37:21.all of the time, 24 So I had to transform this room
:37:22. > :37:29.and the working room There were about ten persons in this
:37:30. > :37:35.room for the meetings, but also my team during for the day,
:37:36. > :37:39.and they worked day It was not a luxury life we led,
:37:40. > :37:46.and it was a relatively small room for a relatively
:37:47. > :37:49.big group of people, with many computer
:37:50. > :37:52.screens on the table, At the end of the day,
:37:53. > :37:59.it felt more like a student's home We weren't surprised
:38:00. > :38:44.at all that we were the target We used to joke that the number
:38:45. > :38:49.of bugs in a room probably Everybody wants to learn
:38:50. > :38:54.about the other side's playbook before they enter a game,
:38:55. > :38:56.as well as countries interested We knew about the sensitivity
:38:57. > :39:01.of these negotiations, so for example, when I had my
:39:02. > :39:05.pre-meetings with my own team, which we had every morning,
:39:06. > :39:09.I asked everyone to put Allegations were made, and these
:39:10. > :39:16.allegations are investigated And these investigations
:39:17. > :39:24.are still ongoing, so I cannot I think it certainly made doing
:39:25. > :39:53.business much more difficult to have social media everywhere,
:39:54. > :39:56.and to have our every movement My wife was always e-mailing me
:39:57. > :40:02.to ask why I was eating pizza on a random Friday night and not
:40:03. > :40:10.getting on a plane home. In Lausanne, the talks
:40:11. > :40:13.were dragging on and on, so once when a European diplomat
:40:14. > :40:18.was coming back to the hotel, I grabbed him and said,
:40:19. > :40:21."For heaven's sake and for that of my planning, please
:40:22. > :40:25.tell me how many more days He was coming back
:40:26. > :40:31.with a bag of shopping. He didn't say much, just opened that
:40:32. > :40:37.bag and showed me what was inside. There was a sack of
:40:38. > :41:20.new, fresh underwear. People have asked whether I got
:41:21. > :41:27.And whether we started to really understand each other,
:41:28. > :41:29.I have no doubt we understand each other better.
:41:30. > :41:34.You can't spend that many hours with each other and not.
:41:35. > :41:37.We certainly got to know each other's lives.
:41:38. > :41:42.Abbas Araghchi and I both became grandparents during this time.
:41:43. > :41:46.And so we shared videos of our grandchildren.
:41:47. > :41:49.That did not change how tough we were with each other
:41:50. > :41:52.in the negotiations, because he had a responsibility
:41:53. > :41:55.to the national interest of his country, and I had
:41:56. > :42:01.a responsibility to the national interest of my country.
:42:02. > :42:05.I got a tipoff from a source that told me the Iranian Foreign Minister
:42:06. > :42:11.had arranged for the US counterpart to go and dine in this
:42:12. > :42:15.Persian restaurant and experience Iranian food.
:42:16. > :42:20.So I rushed to that restaurant and sneaked into the place,
:42:21. > :42:30.The top brass of the US negotiating team in that restaurant dining
:42:31. > :42:36.We had the phone calls, they said John Kerry
:42:37. > :42:40.and his delegation were coming to our place.
:42:41. > :42:47.So we received them and they had dinner here.
:42:48. > :42:52.I asked him the population of Iran, they are waiting for this
:42:53. > :42:57.negotiation, I hope you will get success from this negotiation.
:42:58. > :43:01.He told me, "Did you say this to Mr Zarif?
:43:02. > :43:04.I said I didn't, I'm telling it to you.
:43:05. > :43:10.So he said, "I will call him and tell him what you told me."
:43:11. > :43:15.There were two dining rooms, one for the P5+1 and the European Union,
:43:16. > :43:22.That was in part because our dining room had alcohol and the Persian
:43:23. > :43:28.But as the talks went on, Minister Zarif invited several of us
:43:29. > :43:33.to dine with the Iranian team, which was a very good thing to do,
:43:34. > :43:40.And those times of eating together, breaking bread together,
:43:41. > :43:44.always are useful in building the relationships you need
:43:45. > :43:55.when you're in the midst of such a tough, tough negotiation.
:43:56. > :43:59.In Lausanne, the talks broke for a few days
:44:00. > :44:03.because the Iranian President's mother passed away.
:44:04. > :44:06.The President's brother was a key member of the Iranian
:44:07. > :44:10.negotiating team all throughout the negotiations.
:44:11. > :44:14.On the morning of that day, the US team went to the Iranian
:44:15. > :44:53.counterparts, headed by John Kerry, to console the President's brother.
:44:54. > :45:00.March 2015 was a turning point because it was now or never.
:45:01. > :45:05.We had, you know, the framework agreement.
:45:06. > :45:09.But I think Lausanne, where the agreement was in a way
:45:10. > :45:14.crystallised, framed, and then negotiations
:45:15. > :45:24.I think what was the hardest part of Lausanne were those last two days
:45:25. > :45:27.when we were trying to drive to a conclusion,
:45:28. > :45:37.We thought we were close, so we all agreed to stay one more day.
:45:38. > :45:40.And indeed we then got to the parameters that
:45:41. > :45:53.became the basis for the final 27 days in Vienna.
:45:54. > :46:00.I will never forget the moment where the EU told me that we can
:46:01. > :46:05.organise and go ahead with the press conference.
:46:06. > :46:09.We were waiting for 72 hours for this moment.
:46:10. > :46:14.It was a very emotional moment behind the curtain.
:46:15. > :46:18.And then it came the moment when they asked me to
:46:19. > :46:34.Today, we have taken a decisive step.
:46:35. > :46:39.We have reached solutions on key parameters of a joint
:46:40. > :47:43.We have made progress and we will make progress.
:47:44. > :47:46.Progress was made on the way forward.
:47:47. > :48:16.We hope to make substantial further progress then.
:48:17. > :48:21.When Federica Mogherini was chairing a round with the ministers
:48:22. > :48:25.in Vienna during the endgame, when she had a heated argument
:48:26. > :48:28.with the Iranian Foreign Minister and he said, "Never
:48:29. > :48:33.And the Russian Foreign Minister came in, "Nor a Russian!"
:48:34. > :48:38.Then things calmed down very easily, but we had similar
:48:39. > :48:44.We also had walkouts when I stood up and said, "I'm not going to continue
:48:45. > :48:50.for the day," but then we resumed early the next day.
:48:51. > :48:52.REPORTER: Minister Zarif, are we going to have a deal?
:48:53. > :49:04.We're making progress, we need to make more progress
:49:05. > :49:31.In Vienna, the talks were dragging on and on.
:49:32. > :49:36.They had to write the text of the final deal.
:49:37. > :49:41.And it was proving to be far more difficult than they had anticipated.
:49:42. > :49:45.So they missed the deadline of July 1, then they extended it
:49:46. > :49:53.They ended up on a rolling deadline basically.
:49:54. > :49:58.Just before midnight when the top Iranian negotiator, Abbas Araqchi,
:49:59. > :50:04.posted something on his Instagram, the picture of the Iranian supreme
:50:05. > :50:09.leader's hand as if he's signing off something.
:50:10. > :50:14.There is no commentary, but that picture was speaking for itself.
:50:15. > :50:19.That's when we thought there might be a deal.
:50:20. > :50:24.Later on, our cameraman caught the Iranian negotiating team late
:50:25. > :50:31.They were very relaxed, happy and smiley, going through that
:50:32. > :50:42.I knew for sure that the deal was done 3am in the morning
:50:43. > :50:47.This is actually when we finalised the texts.
:50:48. > :50:50.I felt tremendously relieved at that moment.
:50:51. > :50:53.It was just so overwhelming that I can't even say I was happy,
:50:54. > :52:05.I think that the Iranian nuclear deal made a huge contribution
:52:06. > :52:10.to solve the nuclear problem in a peaceful way.
:52:11. > :52:16.I'm strongly convinced if we had not reached this
:52:17. > :52:23.solution in summer of 2015, we would have been confronted
:52:24. > :52:28.with a very difficult situation, including a discussion
:52:29. > :52:42.When we reached success and it was a private moment
:52:43. > :52:46.for everyone to reflect on what we had done,
:52:47. > :52:51.and each of the ministers made a statement, and every statement
:52:52. > :52:56.And Secretary Kerry was the last person to speak.
:52:57. > :53:02.And he recounted that when he was 21, he went
:53:03. > :53:07.He made a commitment that he would do whatever
:53:08. > :53:12.he could in his life to make sure that there was never war ever again.
:53:13. > :53:17.And that's what he was about in this negotiation.
:53:18. > :53:32.And then everyone, including the Iranians, applauded.
:53:33. > :53:37.Because I think for all of us, we understood that what we had done
:53:38. > :54:23.was to try to ensure peace, not war.
:54:24. > :54:32.You may have heard news there is a heatwave on the way. Certainly over
:54:33. > :54:38.the next few days, the weather will bear no resemblance to what we saw
:54:39. > :54:42.during the first half of July. That was cloudy, dollar than average and
:54:43. > :54:49.in the first 14 days, nowhere reached 25 Celsius. That changed at
:54:50. > :54:54.the weekend. Hotspots got up to the upper 20s. Some places will get up
:54:55. > :54:58.to the 30s. The heat building as high-pressure nudges northwards
:54:59. > :55:06.across the UK and that means for many on Monday, some very warm to
:55:07. > :55:11.hot sunshine. Coastal parts, along with the English channel run the
:55:12. > :55:15.risk of poor visibility and northern Scotland, close to a weather front
:55:16. > :55:25.so outbreaks of rain for one more day. Maybe just 15 or 16 Celsius.
:55:26. > :55:31.Elsewhere, low to mid 20s. By Tuesday, we are importing extra heat
:55:32. > :55:36.from the continent. In France they may get around 40 Celsius. We will
:55:37. > :55:42.not be that hot but the hotspots breaking 30 Celsius, particularly in
:55:43. > :55:47.an area from Birmingham to London. The hottest places, upper 20s and
:55:48. > :55:57.low 30s. Across the beaches it will be a bit more refreshing. Some
:55:58. > :56:03.places will get higher. Not everyone's cup of tea. It comes with
:56:04. > :56:06.high to very high UV levels, high pollen, briefly deteriorating air
:56:07. > :56:12.quality and some stifling nights. These are temperatures on Tuesday
:56:13. > :56:18.night, Wednesday morning. If it is not your cup of see, when will a
:56:19. > :56:23.thunderstorm,? You will not wait too long. A major disturbance coming
:56:24. > :56:28.Tuesday night and into Wednesday. Disruptive downpours from the end of
:56:29. > :56:32.Tuesday and on through Wednesday, particularly across western and
:56:33. > :56:36.northern parts of the UK, but nowhere in new from catching a
:56:37. > :56:39.thundery downpours. Watch this space. But the heat is still very
:56:40. > :56:46.much about across south-eastern parts. As we go into Thursday, the
:56:47. > :56:51.cut-off that flow of hot air from the continent. We are starting to
:56:52. > :56:58.look to the Atlantic once again. A tramps issuing Day on Thursday. --
:56:59. > :57:03.transition. Temperatures come down a few degrees and then very much by
:57:04. > :57:09.Friday, Gaitlin take weather taking over once again. No potent weapon
:57:10. > :57:14.systems coming our way. Bits of energy coming in producing more
:57:15. > :57:19.showers. Some heavy ones but not as heavy on Tuesday night. Going into
:57:20. > :57:24.the weekend, the airflow earlier from the hot continent, by the
:57:25. > :57:29.weekend, very much coming in from the Atlantique. It is changeable
:57:30. > :57:39.weather taking over once again. Occasionally dry, occasionally
:57:40. > :57:41.sunny, showery. Temperatures in the high teens, low 20s. Summer heat at
:57:42. > :57:44.last but because this forecast looks further head, you can already see
:57:45. > :57:48.the return to summer mediocrity.