:00:09. > :00:10.This is BBC World News Today - reporting from Washington,
:00:11. > :00:19.The headlines: EU leaders pick a symbolic venue for meetings
:00:20. > :00:21.on the future of Europe - and reassure the Union
:00:22. > :00:25.Nicholas Sarkozy launches a fresh bid to become France's leader again.
:00:26. > :00:28.But will the voters want him back as president?
:00:29. > :00:31.Is the American Dream coming to an end?
:00:32. > :00:34.We take a look at how generational issues have become a hot topic
:00:35. > :00:39.And with the Rio Olympic flame now extinguished,
:00:40. > :00:42.we head to Tokyo to see how excitement there continues to burn
:00:43. > :01:02.Europe has been facing unprecedented challenges over the last year
:01:03. > :01:04.and a summit is underway in Italy to try to sort out
:01:05. > :01:10.Among the issues being discussed by the leaders of Italy,
:01:11. > :01:13.Germany and France is how to coordinate negotiations
:01:14. > :01:20.The talks between Matteo Renzi, Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande
:01:21. > :01:23.are also expected to focus on the economy, the migrant crisis
:01:24. > :01:47.At a news conference, the Italian Prime Minister emphasised that
:01:48. > :01:50.Europe was still united. Cancellation macro many people felt
:01:51. > :01:53.that after Brexit, Europe come to an end. That's not the case. We respect
:01:54. > :01:57.the choice made by British citizens but we want to write a new page for
:01:58. > :02:00.the future. And we are talking about internal security and external
:02:01. > :02:03.security and collaboration between the intelligence services, better
:02:04. > :02:07.integration of the national industry and in particular, defence. And
:02:08. > :02:20.those are absolute priorities. Our reporter joins us now. A lot of
:02:21. > :02:25.emphasis that Europe is not at an end, but just how worried are the
:02:26. > :02:33.leaders? They were certainly trying to accentuate the positive today, as
:02:34. > :02:39.you heard, Renzi said many people are at an end but life goes on. They
:02:40. > :02:44.were stressing things like operation went comes to fighting the security
:02:45. > :02:48.threat, particularly in France. Also the action they need to put in
:02:49. > :02:52.progress to make sure that genuine refugees are welcomed and looked
:02:53. > :02:56.after in the reception centres and these pinch points of the migrant
:02:57. > :03:02.crisis. They did talk about Brexit, it was almost cursory, but rest
:03:03. > :03:06.assured behind-the-scenes people have been pulling a lot more on
:03:07. > :03:12.that, because they really fear that if it looks too easy for Britain to
:03:13. > :03:19.quit the EU, it might stoke the flames of Euroscepticism elsewhere
:03:20. > :03:22.in the EU, and President Hollande is particularly worried that the
:03:23. > :03:26.National front will get a boost from Brexit because they too have been
:03:27. > :03:31.talking about a referendum on France's membership. A lot of the
:03:32. > :03:36.issues you are talking about are external, there is not much control
:03:37. > :03:42.these leaders have over them. How are they going to meet these
:03:43. > :03:49.challenges? They talk a lot about cooperation, they are also talking a
:03:50. > :03:52.lot today about engaging the use of Europe a lot more, and that is
:03:53. > :03:57.because youth unemployment, particularly here in Italy, is a big
:03:58. > :04:04.problem as it is in Spain and Greece. So one of their solutions
:04:05. > :04:09.today was to find a way to almost rebirth European values and make
:04:10. > :04:14.sure that the use of Europe are onside, that they buy into the
:04:15. > :04:19.European project, because they really fear that Euroscepticism
:04:20. > :04:25.could take hold elsewhere in Europe and then the entire project starts
:04:26. > :04:29.fraying at the seams. So how much of an impact is Brexit playing into all
:04:30. > :04:38.this, this disillusionment you're talking about? They are certainly
:04:39. > :04:46.aware that populism is on the rise, he in Italy, Matteo Renzi faces a
:04:47. > :04:49.refund and not in Europe but on constitutional reforms later this
:04:50. > :04:55.year -- faces a referendum. There are worries that it may be a forum
:04:56. > :05:01.for the movement which also shows Eurosceptic strands of thought in
:05:02. > :05:07.his public pronouncements. So there is a worry that maybe other
:05:08. > :05:11.countries could find themselves with these populist forces bubbling to
:05:12. > :05:16.the surface and Angela Merkel does not want to see an ally like Matteo
:05:17. > :05:19.Renzi falling from grace because of another referendum. Thank you.
:05:20. > :05:21.France's former conservative president Nicolas Sarkozy has
:05:22. > :05:24.formally announced he is running for the presidency again
:05:25. > :05:37.He was defeated by Francois Hollande four years ago -
:05:38. > :05:43.But less than two years later he was back in politics.
:05:44. > :05:48.Our correspondent joins us from Paris. Anyone who has followed his
:05:49. > :05:53.career will not be surprised by this. But what will his decision
:05:54. > :06:00.have is an impact on the race as a whole? It's going to be great
:06:01. > :06:05.interesting. We are in a two month period in the run-up to the November
:06:06. > :06:11.primaries for his party, which are going to be hotly contested and as a
:06:12. > :06:16.result probably will determine who will be the next leader, so in a N
:06:17. > :06:20.primary is arguably the election. Whoever wins the November primary is
:06:21. > :06:28.odds on to win the election because the left and President Hollande are
:06:29. > :06:33.hopelessly divided, Marine Le Pen is on an upward trajectory but in any
:06:34. > :06:36.two horse race, which the second round of French elections always is,
:06:37. > :06:41.she will always be eaten by a majority against her. So the
:06:42. > :06:47.November primary in which Nicholas Kersey is pitted against other
:06:48. > :06:52.figures from the French past like the Prime Minister from the 1990s,
:06:53. > :06:58.it's very exciting. There are a number of candidates but the return
:06:59. > :07:04.of Sarkozy does give it some month because he is such a divisive
:07:05. > :07:06.character. Exciting times ahead. Thank you.
:07:07. > :07:09.Well, as we heard from the European leaders meeting today,
:07:10. > :07:11.one of the biggest issues is the ongoing migrant crisis.
:07:12. > :07:14.Save The Children says the number of unaccompanied children who've
:07:15. > :07:16.arrived in Italy has doubled over the past year.
:07:17. > :07:18.Many reception centres which provide accommodation for young people
:07:19. > :07:23.Our correspondent Chris Buckler was with a rescue ship when it
:07:24. > :07:29.arrived in the port of Catania in Sicily and sent this report.
:07:30. > :07:35.Arriving from Africa, both young and old see Europe's wealth.
:07:36. > :07:38.A different world from the poverty and, in some cases, turmoil that
:07:39. > :07:46.But each new face that appears in places like Catania adds to
:07:47. > :07:49.the pressure on resources, and that is particularly
:07:50. > :07:57.true for the children, who arrive all too often alone.
:07:58. > :08:03.It's obvious in the city around this port that many live on the fringes
:08:04. > :08:09.of the system that is supposed to protect them, if not
:08:10. > :08:14.Among the teenagers we found here was Fatah.
:08:15. > :08:16.He travelled by himself from the troubled country of Somalia
:08:17. > :08:22.We're not showing his face because he is only 14.
:08:23. > :08:24.Are there not dangers for you because your mum's not
:08:25. > :09:05.Workers from the charity Save the Children were with us
:09:06. > :09:08.when we spoke to Fatah, and they helped to find
:09:09. > :09:11.him somewhere safe to stay that evening.
:09:12. > :09:13.But in towns and cities across Italy, that's becoming
:09:14. > :09:16.increasingly difficult, with the reception centres filling
:09:17. > :09:21.up, as boats continue to arrive with vulnerable children.
:09:22. > :09:23.Today there was one girl who was 15 years old, from Eritrea,
:09:24. > :09:28.Many children choose to continue their journeys alone,
:09:29. > :09:30.and this is extremely dangerous, because they are constantly
:09:31. > :09:32.falling at the hands of smugglers and traffickers.
:09:33. > :09:35.Many girls are forced into prostitution
:09:36. > :09:40.Keeping a separation between the worlds of children
:09:41. > :09:44.and adults is proving to be a challenge here.
:09:45. > :09:47.There are children who simply leave the reception centres,
:09:48. > :09:52.and there's little the staff there can do to stop them.
:09:53. > :09:57.Europe is starting to struggle to provide the education,
:09:58. > :10:01.shelter and stability needed by the unaccompanied children
:10:02. > :10:08.For refugees and migrants of all ages, home is both something
:10:09. > :10:10.that's been left behind as well as somewhere
:10:11. > :10:21.During a landmark trial at the International Criminal Court
:10:22. > :10:23.an Islamist militant has admitted to destroying cultural
:10:24. > :10:27.He was accused of leading rebel forces who destroyed historic
:10:28. > :10:30.shrines at the world heritage site in Mali during 2012.
:10:31. > :10:35.Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi said he was deeply remorseful and urged
:10:36. > :10:48.An effort to destroy culture and community, described as an assault
:10:49. > :10:51.on human dignity. These blows were condemned by the global community
:10:52. > :10:54.and yet this is the first time someone has been tried at an
:10:55. > :10:58.international court for destroying cultural heritage. The butler was
:10:59. > :11:08.once the International heart of Africa. -- Timbuktu. It was overrun
:11:09. > :11:19.by Islamist militants in 24. Al-Mahdi and his so-called Morality
:11:20. > :11:26.Police. But now international rule has caught up with him and in
:11:27. > :11:33.another first for the courts, he pleaded for forgiveness.
:11:34. > :11:39.TRANSLATION: With deep regret and pain, I have two enter a guilty
:11:40. > :11:42.plea. All charges against me are accurate and correct. I am really
:11:43. > :11:47.sorry and a really remorseful and I regret or damage that I have caused
:11:48. > :11:54.the community in Timbuktu, my family and my country, Mali. His appearance
:11:55. > :11:58.as a victory for court still struggling to convince its critics
:11:59. > :12:01.it has the power to execute international justice. It has been a
:12:02. > :12:07.remarkable day here at the ICC. The prosecutor told the court that
:12:08. > :12:11.attacks on cultural heritage to become a weapon of war. She told the
:12:12. > :12:16.sentence should act as a deterrent and a warning to others that the
:12:17. > :12:22.destruction of cultural treasures would not be tolerated. By
:12:23. > :12:26.eradicating the mausoleums, Mr al-Mahdi intentionally destroyed
:12:27. > :12:34.something that is intangible and immeasurable. Mr al-Mahdi himself
:12:35. > :12:37.comes from the region and as a result was fully aware of the
:12:38. > :12:46.importance of the mausoleums and their significance to the city's
:12:47. > :12:49.inhabitants. Such is the importance of these monuments, the prosecutor
:12:50. > :12:55.says stonemasons in the region are considered human treasures. A number
:12:56. > :12:58.of victims are to share their stories during the course of the
:12:59. > :13:00.ICC's burst open and shut trial, which is expected to be over by the
:13:01. > :13:04.end of this week. Now a look at some of
:13:05. > :13:06.the day's other news. Turkey's Foreign Minister says
:13:07. > :13:09.the Islamic State group must be - as he put it - completely cleansed
:13:10. > :13:12.from Syria's northern Mevlut Cavusoglu was speaking amid
:13:13. > :13:16.reports that Turkish-backed Syrian rebels are preparing
:13:17. > :13:19.to try to capture the IS-held A wedding reception in Gazientep
:13:20. > :13:24.was targeted and at least 50 people were killed -
:13:25. > :13:34.the majority of them children. The sportswear company Speedo has
:13:35. > :13:36.announced its ending its sponsorship The decision follows his claim
:13:37. > :13:41.that he had been robbed at gunpoint in Rio, a story he later
:13:42. > :13:51.admitted was 'overexaggerated'. An environmental debate
:13:52. > :13:53.is raging in Alberta, Canada, over plans to get more "dirty oil"
:13:54. > :13:55.out of the ground. Green campaign groups believe it's
:13:56. > :13:58.not possible to increase production while hitting CO2 emissions targets,
:13:59. > :14:00.but local politicians point to the industry's huge contribution
:14:01. > :14:03.to Canada's economy as a reason The BBC's Stephen Sackur sent this
:14:04. > :14:20.report from Alberta. In the remote north of Alberta is a
:14:21. > :14:27.land of beers, Kerry blue, moose and oilmen. We're in the southern area,
:14:28. > :14:34.we are heading to our facility. This is what a state-of-the-art oilfield
:14:35. > :14:40.looks like. 400 metres down is a rich seam of oil which has to be
:14:41. > :14:45.liquefied by steam. It is high energy, high emissions will
:14:46. > :14:54.production. Critics call it extreme will not Canada is the and to tap
:14:55. > :15:00.it. -- extreme oil. Oil is too good to be needed, we're still continued
:15:01. > :15:05.renewables, all forms of energy. Put McMurray is the tar sands boom town.
:15:06. > :15:10.But in May, whole neighbourhoods were incinerated in a ferocious
:15:11. > :15:18.world far they called the beast. This is what the beast (. -- left
:15:19. > :15:27.behind. Hannay is the beginning in any two bedroomed house. The fire
:15:28. > :15:32.fuelled a fierce argument. Is man made climate change making national
:15:33. > :15:37.Hollande natural disasters like wildfire is more frequent and
:15:38. > :15:47.severe' will Canada to get back on its vast reserves? The current walk
:15:48. > :15:52.away from this massive resource? It's not just Greenpeace saying
:15:53. > :15:54.that, the International energy agency saying three quarters of all
:15:55. > :16:00.remaining fossil fuel reserves need to remain in the ground. Climate
:16:01. > :16:05.change will test our intelligence, our compassion and our floor. Canada
:16:06. > :16:11.has new Prime Minister, he went to the UN to sign the Paris climate
:16:12. > :16:19.accord. Canada is now committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions 30%
:16:20. > :16:23.by 2030. But the oil brings Canada big money. You see it in Calgary
:16:24. > :16:29.where the oil companies have their offices. The politicians in Canada
:16:30. > :16:35.won't hold the tar sands oil Russia even if it means allow the industry
:16:36. > :16:42.to increase its emissions by almost half. In the short to medium term,
:16:43. > :16:48.at 20% of Canadian GDP, it relies on Alberta's oil and gas industry. Do
:16:49. > :16:55.you worry that here in Alberta, you are part of a problem which is going
:16:56. > :16:57.to cost Canada the Earth in terms of international reputation? I think
:16:58. > :17:01.what we're doing here is taking the first steps on the continent and in
:17:02. > :17:06.the industrialised world to recognise that we have a problem and
:17:07. > :17:10.take actions on it. We are leaders in that way and I will make no
:17:11. > :17:15.apologies for it. Canada doesn't want to be seen as one of the
:17:16. > :17:19.world's polluting powers but if it insists on pumping out every
:17:20. > :17:24.tropical tar sands oil it's a label which might just stick. -- every
:17:25. > :17:26.drop of tar sands oil. The idea that the next generation
:17:27. > :17:29.will be better off than the one before has always been a powerful
:17:30. > :17:32.part of the American Dream. According to a new survey
:17:33. > :17:35.by the Pew Research Center, a majority of Americans actually
:17:36. > :17:38.think the future will be worse. It's a pessimistic view that
:17:39. > :17:40.Donald Trump has been tapping This week we'll be hearing
:17:41. > :17:42.from a number of families but we start with Scott Wilson
:17:43. > :17:53.and his son who live People here always have pride in
:17:54. > :17:58.what they do, we have a name for making good furniture. The supported
:17:59. > :18:08.communities through my lifetime, my grandparents, my father for a time,
:18:09. > :18:15.it has changed a lot over the years. I have two children, Luke has asked
:18:16. > :18:21.me from time to time about what I would recommend him to do, my advice
:18:22. > :18:27.to him was get on education and look elsewhere. When the factories
:18:28. > :18:32.started to close and I saw that people were starting to lose hope in
:18:33. > :18:36.the manufacturing business, that was definitely a breaking point for me,
:18:37. > :18:42.I knew there was a possibility that I had no future. Nearly 80% of the
:18:43. > :18:48.people here have worked at some point in the factory industry.
:18:49. > :18:59.Starting in 2001, actor is closed at a rate of two a year -- factories
:19:00. > :19:04.closed. A lot of the younger helpers left town and is doing different
:19:05. > :19:08.jobs now. It's nothing like I remember, the last time I was stood
:19:09. > :19:13.here, it was full of people, machinery and would, and it's empty.
:19:14. > :19:25.It's real saddening to see. I'm currently in college studying
:19:26. > :19:30.police administration, I want to help people, that's how I always
:19:31. > :19:34.been. That went back to when I was little, seeing the cop car down the
:19:35. > :19:38.road with the blue light flashing, wanting to know where they were
:19:39. > :19:43.going. I would have really enjoyed having my son work with me and learn
:19:44. > :19:50.what I know about the industry, about Woodward, what it does for the
:19:51. > :19:57.community, there is a lot more to it than making a kitchen table or a
:19:58. > :20:00.chair. Don't get me wrong, just cos I'm going to college doesn't mean
:20:01. > :20:05.I'm not proud of where my family has come from and how hard they worked.
:20:06. > :20:09.I want manufacturing business to succeed but it's obvious that the
:20:10. > :20:15.way things are going right now, it's coming to a slow halt. If I were to
:20:16. > :20:20.have children, I'm good to push them to do something different.
:20:21. > :20:23.Well, for more on how generational issues are playing into the 2016 US
:20:24. > :20:25.presidential election, I'm joined now by
:20:26. > :20:37.Why aren't people feeling the benefits of the economy growing?
:20:38. > :20:42.Between 2000 and 2010, six million manufacturing jobs were lost, that
:20:43. > :20:47.overwhelmingly affect the working class people, people without college
:20:48. > :20:52.degrees, like you saw in the report. It also overwhelmingly affect white
:20:53. > :20:54.people because actually, African-Americans and Hispanics
:20:55. > :21:00.tended not to have jobs in the new factory sector in the first place so
:21:01. > :21:05.the people really being hit by this tectonic shift of white working
:21:06. > :21:08.class men. We are hearing a lot about the importance of white
:21:09. > :21:14.working class men to both campaigns. How are they reacting? It's going to
:21:15. > :21:18.be adjusting to see how the campaigns manage to try to reassure
:21:19. > :21:22.these people that they have a future -- be interesting. The truth is a
:21:23. > :21:26.bit under college in America at the moment, your future doesn't look
:21:27. > :21:32.great, it's harder to find jobs and wages in that sector have been
:21:33. > :21:36.stagnant since the 1970s. Mr Trump has really appeal to that group of
:21:37. > :21:41.people by attacking immigration, you said, the reason you're not doing so
:21:42. > :21:45.well is because we have 70 immigrants, and both candidates have
:21:46. > :21:50.appealed to those people by saying, it is because of free agreements --
:21:51. > :21:55.because we have so many immigrants. Democrats hysterically admit to do
:21:56. > :21:57.pretty well with working-class people. -- historically have managed
:21:58. > :21:59.to do pretty well. After 17 days of highs and lows
:22:00. > :22:01.at the Rio Olympics, the summer games have finally
:22:02. > :22:03.crossed the finish line. A colourful closing ceremony
:22:04. > :22:05.took place yesterday, with the Olympic flag being handed
:22:06. > :22:08.over the next Summer And while it's still 4 years away,
:22:09. > :22:12.Tokyo is already prepping for the 2020 games, as the BBC's
:22:13. > :22:27.Rupert Wingfield-Hayes explains. For Japan's Olympic athletes, that
:22:28. > :22:31.has been a very long flight back from Rio, nearly 24 hours. But in
:22:32. > :22:38.four years, they will be staying at home and the rest of us will be
:22:39. > :22:43.coming here. The first challenge for any Olympic traveller, getting to
:22:44. > :22:48.the city. That means taking on Tokyo's slightly terrifying metro
:22:49. > :22:52.system. Somehow I got to use this to get to the Olympic Park. I need a
:22:53. > :23:14.transfer ticket. First, quit the tour to check out
:23:15. > :23:18.the newest Olympic sport. Skateboarding is now officially
:23:19. > :23:23.input Tokyo Twenty20, so will eternally young people like this
:23:24. > :23:28.into Olympic fans? How do you feel about skateboarding in the Olympics?
:23:29. > :23:38.Are you excited, are you going to go and watch? I am excited, but I
:23:39. > :23:44.joined the Olympics in Japan. You want to join the Olympics on your
:23:45. > :23:52.board? Excellent! Tokyo is expensive. So get ready for small, I
:23:53. > :24:05.mean really small. For $40 a night, this can be yours. It's pretty cosy!
:24:06. > :24:15.English is another big headache. This woman speaks on really well.
:24:16. > :24:20.But in Japan, that still rare. I hear they need 75,000 English
:24:21. > :24:24.speakers so I wonder, do you feel like you can get up your time for
:24:25. > :24:31.free for the Olympics? It's possible, I can help. She's not an
:24:32. > :24:34.Olympic fan. Last year she led a campaign to have the designed for
:24:35. > :24:42.the Olympic Stadium radically changed and she won. What do you
:24:43. > :24:52.think of the Olympic Stadium? I am not... Why not? Because we're
:24:53. > :24:57.talking about it, the scale is too big, doesn't fit that area.
:24:58. > :25:03.According to my map, it should be right here. There is nothing here.
:25:04. > :25:07.They have got less than four years until July 24, Twenty20, so they had
:25:08. > :25:13.better hurry up. The clock is ticking!
:25:14. > :25:21.I can't believe we are already talking about Tokyo! King penguin at
:25:22. > :25:24.a Scottish zoo has made all been made a Brigadier in the King of
:25:25. > :25:31.Norway first-macro guard. How has that happened? The penguin was given
:25:32. > :25:36.the honour by members of the guard performing at the Royal Edinburgh
:25:37. > :25:41.Military Tattoo. Normally presented the zoo with its first king penguin
:25:42. > :25:47.in 1913, three of the animals have been mascots of the Norwegian kings
:25:48. > :25:52.guard since that intended to. Why they couldn't think of anything more
:25:53. > :25:54.imaginative I do not know. Next, the weather.
:25:55. > :26:06.But for now from me and the rest of the team goodbye.
:26:07. > :26:12.There is a taste of summer once again for some of us over the next
:26:13. > :26:16.few days. It's going to be hotting up, temperatures not far away from
:26:17. > :26:19.30 degrees but as always, not everywhere will see the heat, some
:26:20. > :26:20.areas seeing cloud and