:00:00. > :00:07.Welcome to BBC World News Today, I'm Karin Giannone.
:00:08. > :00:09.The British Prime Minister says no to an Australian-style
:00:10. > :00:17.As British politicians return to parliament 10 weeks
:00:18. > :00:19.after the vote that caused a summer of disarray,
:00:20. > :00:22.there's still no clear detail about what the Brexit deal
:00:23. > :00:32.No attempt to frustrate, delay or thwart the will of the British
:00:33. > :00:35.people. No attempt to engineer a second referendum because some
:00:36. > :00:38.people didn't like the first answer. It's a wrap at the G20,
:00:39. > :00:41.fighting protectionism and pumping fresh life into the world economy
:00:42. > :00:44.the main agreements to come out Also coming up: Returning
:00:45. > :00:47.from the G20 to election defeat. Angela Merkel takes responsibility
:00:48. > :00:50.as her CDU party is beaten And preserving the history frozen
:00:51. > :00:58.inside Alpine glaciers - the scientists who are taking
:00:59. > :01:16.samples to store for future study. The desire to reduce immigration
:01:17. > :01:19.was a key driving force behind Britain voting to leave
:01:20. > :01:21.the European Union. But two and half months
:01:22. > :01:23.on from the vote, it's still unclear how that objective
:01:24. > :01:26.is going to be achieved. We do know what the Government
:01:27. > :01:29.won't be doing, however. At the G20 summit,
:01:30. > :01:30.the Prime Minister, Theresa May, ruled out adopting
:01:31. > :01:34.an Australian-style points-based She said it would be difficult
:01:35. > :01:39.to manage and wouldn't be That's caused some disquiet among
:01:40. > :01:43.Leave campaigners who championed this method under the slogan
:01:44. > :01:47."Take back control". There's also been disagreement
:01:48. > :01:50.within the Cabinet over the fine details of Britain's
:01:51. > :01:52.Brexit strategy. But David Davis, the minister
:01:53. > :01:54.in charge of the process, insisted in parliament
:01:55. > :01:57.that there was no attempt They arrived back from their summer
:01:58. > :02:04.break by car, with bags, on foot. The recently sacked
:02:05. > :02:11.and the freshly promoted. Are we going to get more details
:02:12. > :02:15.today about what Brexit will really I'm sure you'll hear
:02:16. > :02:18.a great deal of interest. That's Liam Fox, the new Secretary
:02:19. > :02:20.of State for International Trade, heading to the Commons
:02:21. > :02:22.to hear a statement MPs were not expecting it
:02:23. > :02:28.to be a very long one. Secretary of State for Exiting
:02:29. > :02:32.the European Union. David Davis set out
:02:33. > :02:37.what would not happen. There will be no attempt to stay
:02:38. > :02:41.in the EU by the back door, frustrate or thwart the will
:02:42. > :02:44.of the British people, no attempt to engineer a second
:02:45. > :02:48.referendum because some people
:02:49. > :02:54.didn't like the first answer. Mr Davis said the Government
:02:55. > :02:56.would build a consensus We will decide on our borders,
:02:57. > :03:06.our laws and the taxpayers' money. It means getting the best deal
:03:07. > :03:08.for Britain, and not
:03:09. > :03:13.an off-the-shelf solution. But MPs on the opposite side
:03:14. > :03:15.of the Commons asked... You've had all summer,
:03:16. > :03:19.Secretary of State. It has to be said, it is a mark
:03:20. > :03:23.of an irresponsible government, just as it was a mark
:03:24. > :03:27.of an irresponsible Leave campaign, that we know nothing
:03:28. > :03:29.more about the phrase from a government that just
:03:30. > :03:37.continues to make it up And a leading Tory campaigner
:03:38. > :03:43.for Brexit wanted some guarantees. ..That this United Kingdom
:03:44. > :03:48.will take control of its borders and the laws that
:03:49. > :03:50.are relevant to that and that is not
:03:51. > :03:53.negotiable for any other deal. But at the moment, all the
:03:54. > :03:57.Government has is vague rhetoric. The details about exactly
:03:58. > :03:59.when divorce talks and what a new relationship
:04:00. > :04:03.will look like - that could take months, even years,
:04:04. > :04:07.to become clear. As MPs argued, a demand outside
:04:08. > :04:13.Parliament for the start For the millions who voted
:04:14. > :04:18.for Brexit, impatience with the pace
:04:19. > :04:21.of leaving might grow. Ben Wright, BBC News,
:04:22. > :04:34.Westminster. With me is Richard Cockett, who is
:04:35. > :04:40.British business editor for the Economist magazine. Isn't this
:04:41. > :04:44.Australian immigration system what the British voted for when they
:04:45. > :04:47.wanted to leave the European Union? Well, some of the Brexiteer
:04:48. > :04:55.politicians argued for an Australian style points system, and you could
:04:56. > :05:01.argue that since the vote went their way, we should get it. But it is
:05:02. > :05:07.plain to many who have looked at this that this is only one option.
:05:08. > :05:13.Strangely enough, they have met more people into Australia per head of
:05:14. > :05:17.population than with any other system. So as a device to stop
:05:18. > :05:23.immigration, a points-based system doesn't serve their purpose. Is
:05:24. > :05:28.there another system that could keep everybody happy? It is interesting
:05:29. > :05:31.that you ask that. That is what we are all asking. Having rejected the
:05:32. > :05:36.points based system today, the government is not offering another
:05:37. > :05:39.option at the moment. Of course, there are other options. One of them
:05:40. > :05:46.might be to go back to a much more visa based system, where we have
:05:47. > :05:52.categories of entrance of immigrants to apply for four people from the
:05:53. > :05:56.EU. That was the system we had before Romania and Bulgaria etc
:05:57. > :06:00.joined the EU. We might go back to that, but so far, we don't know what
:06:01. > :06:04.the government alternative is. You don't think the government is
:06:05. > :06:11.softening and may end up trying to push forward some remainder of free
:06:12. > :06:14.movement? They may because even some of the Brexiteers are trying to have
:06:15. > :06:18.their cake and eat it. They are saying, we want to stay in the EU
:06:19. > :06:22.single market, but we don't want to be bound by the free movement of
:06:23. > :06:28.labour. This has been an issue all the way along. So if they can get
:06:29. > :06:33.some fudge whereby they get most of the continued access to the single
:06:34. > :06:38.market, and also maybe have to let in some uses dozens a bit more than
:06:39. > :06:43.they would like, they may take that. That will be unpalatable for many.
:06:44. > :06:54.It will be unpalatable for some who voted to leave the EU. 17 million
:06:55. > :06:58.people voted to leave. But not all of those people wanted complete
:06:59. > :07:03.restrictions on immigration. Some people accept that in the real
:07:04. > :07:08.world, these fudges are important. Let's touch on where we are, ten
:07:09. > :07:12.weeks on. I surprised that the lack of detail, or did you expect
:07:13. > :07:17.something like this after the frenetic June and July that we saw,
:07:18. > :07:21.and now we have pause for thought, with detail at some point in the
:07:22. > :07:25.future? I think everyone is surprised that we have had no detail
:07:26. > :07:31.at all. The Government still seems to have no idea about how move
:07:32. > :07:34.forward even in the broadest sense. All that is happening now is that
:07:35. > :07:38.Theresa May is gradually ruling out lots of things, but we still have
:07:39. > :07:41.little idea about how to move forward. The minister for leaving
:07:42. > :07:45.today called for a national consensus on this, which is all very
:07:46. > :07:51.well, but the implication of that is that we just want more debate and
:07:52. > :07:56.more ideas until they come up with some concrete proposals. We will
:07:57. > :07:57.have to leave that for another time. Thank you.
:07:58. > :07:59.And you can get much more analysis on Britain's vote
:08:00. > :08:02.to leave the European Union by visiting our website.
:08:03. > :08:05.You can find out how the vote is affecting other countries
:08:06. > :08:07.and what impacts it's having on everything from jobs
:08:08. > :08:10.and the economy to fishing and the property market.
:08:11. > :08:13.You can also download the BBC News app.
:08:14. > :08:17.As we've heard, one of the main concerns of British voters which led
:08:18. > :08:21.And many people try to reach the UK via the French port of Calais,
:08:22. > :08:24.often staying in the makeshift refugee camp known as The Jungle
:08:25. > :08:27.as they try to cross the English Channel.
:08:28. > :08:30.Today, there have been protests and blockades by people who live
:08:31. > :08:33.in Calais and want the French government to close the camp.
:08:34. > :08:39.Our correspondent Lucy Williamson spent the day there.
:08:40. > :08:43.Drive too slowly after midnight here, and you're an open target.
:08:44. > :08:45.Today, it was tractor pace
:08:46. > :08:48.on Calais's most notorious stretch of road,
:08:49. > :08:49.a go-slow protest by lorry drivers
:08:50. > :08:54.waging a nightly battle with migrant gangs.
:08:55. > :08:56.Joining them, several hundred residents living and working
:08:57. > :09:06.This is a coalition of grievances against the migrants.
:09:07. > :09:08.There are lorry drivers here, local farmers,
:09:09. > :09:13.And despite the recent security measures and government assurances,
:09:14. > :09:17.they say the migrants are waging a guerrilla war,
:09:18. > :09:24.They protest because it's getting worse and worse.
:09:25. > :09:28.Every night, or nearly every night on the motorway,
:09:29. > :09:41.there are some traffic jams etc because of some smugglers who have
:09:42. > :09:44.got their business in Calais, and they want to make business
:09:45. > :09:49.One attack filmed by the BBC last month shows the road blocked by logs
:09:50. > :09:51.and people smugglers threatening drivers as they direct
:09:52. > :09:57.Local wine merchant Jerome says British customers have shrunk
:09:58. > :10:01.to a trickle, because many are now too scared to stop in Calais.
:10:02. > :10:22.and the first step is to solve the problem in Calais,
:10:23. > :10:25.to distribute all the migrants maybe all over France or all over
:10:26. > :10:31.and being more strict in the fact that they can't stay in Calais.
:10:32. > :10:35.France's interior minister has said the Jungle camp will be clear,
:10:36. > :10:38.but Calais's migrants have been dispersed before,
:10:39. > :10:49.And however the obstacles change, the lure of crossing
:10:50. > :10:53.Now a look at some of the day's other news.
:10:54. > :10:55.A state prosecutor in France is recommending that former
:10:56. > :10:57.president Nicolas Sarkozy stand trial over allegations
:10:58. > :10:58.that he illegally funded his unsuccessful 2012 campaign.
:10:59. > :11:01.An investigating magistrate will now decide whether to order a trial.
:11:02. > :11:03.The development comes just two weeks after Sarkozy launched
:11:04. > :11:08.At least a thousand people have been evacuated as a forest fire fuelled
:11:09. > :11:10.by strong winds and high temperatures threatened
:11:11. > :11:11.popular resort areas on the Spanish coast.
:11:12. > :11:12.Firefighters, supported by water-dropping aircraft,
:11:13. > :11:14.are struggling to control the blaze near Benidorm.
:11:15. > :11:16.The authorities believe the fire was deliberately started.
:11:17. > :11:18.Remember Europe's missing robot lander that disappeared
:11:19. > :11:22.Now the robot called Philae has been spotted wedged into a crack
:11:23. > :11:26.on the surface of a comet known as 67P.
:11:27. > :11:28.The photographs were taken by the Rosetta probe,
:11:29. > :11:38.The G20 forum of the world's major economies has agreed to fight
:11:39. > :11:42.protectionism and try to pump fresh life into the world economy.
:11:43. > :11:44.Speaking at the close of the summit in Hangzhou,
:11:45. > :11:47.its host, China's president, Xi Jinping, said member
:11:48. > :11:51.countries had agreed to encourage global trade.
:11:52. > :11:53.The one notable success was the agreement between China
:11:54. > :11:59.and US to curb carbon emissions, as John Sudworth reports.
:12:00. > :12:04.Not a talking shop, but a triumph of international diplomacy.
:12:05. > :12:13.At least, that's how it's always spun.
:12:14. > :12:16.even more so at the end of this particular G20 summit,
:12:17. > :12:18.perhaps, with the host, China, keen to use it
:12:19. > :12:23.to show it's both a rising and a responsible power.
:12:24. > :12:28.In his closing press statement, President Xi Jinping spoke
:12:29. > :12:46.on financial governance and international trade.
:12:47. > :12:48.TRANSLATION: Amid great global challenges and uncertainty,
:12:49. > :12:49.this summit attracted much international attention.
:12:50. > :12:51.With joint efforts, we have achieved fruitful outcomes.
:12:52. > :12:53.As always, though, behind the carefully choreographed picture
:12:54. > :13:00.of cooperation, there are plenty of challenges lurking offset.
:13:01. > :13:05.President Xi met the British Prime Minister, Theresa May,
:13:06. > :13:08.with the deep uncertainty over the effects of the UK's decision
:13:09. > :13:13.to leave the European Union casting a shadow over proceedings.
:13:14. > :13:19.Mr Xi also held a rare meeting with the Japanese Prime Minister,
:13:20. > :13:26.expected to touch on the thorny issue
:13:27. > :13:29.And the US and Russia had sideline meetings
:13:30. > :13:31.about the war in Syria, without, apparently,
:13:32. > :13:42.much progress on a way forward to stem the violence.
:13:43. > :13:45.If you want a symbol of the tension and mistrust lurking below
:13:46. > :13:49.the surface of this summit, you need look no further
:13:50. > :13:53.than the bizarre protocol spat that's become a major talking point,
:13:54. > :13:55.at least among the international journalists gathered here
:13:56. > :13:59.It's not gone unnoticed that China rolled out the red carpet
:14:00. > :14:07.for leader after leader, except for one notable exception.
:14:08. > :14:10.It's being interpreted by some as a deliberate snub
:14:11. > :14:14.to the Americans, although Chinese sources are briefing, plausibly,
:14:15. > :14:21.perhaps, that it was down to miscommunication, not mischief.
:14:22. > :14:26.for which this summit will be best remembered is the announcement
:14:27. > :14:33.that they are ratifying the Paris climate agreement, bringing
:14:34. > :14:36.the moment it comes into force that much closer, proof,
:14:37. > :14:38.most would agree, that China's extravagant and tightly managed
:14:39. > :14:46.summit has been about more than just hot air.
:14:47. > :14:49.A new generation of pro-democracy activists has won seats
:14:50. > :14:52.on Hong Kong's Legislative Council in an election with
:14:53. > :14:58.The loose coalition of pro-democracy candidates have taken enough seats
:14:59. > :15:02.to block any legislation which might affect Hong Kong's autonomy
:15:03. > :15:08.Several of the young candidates were leaders during in the 2014
:15:09. > :15:11."umbrella" protests for self-determination.
:15:12. > :15:18.It shows how Hong Kong people wanted a change.
:15:19. > :15:22.Actually, we were stuck in a democratic movement and people
:15:23. > :15:24.are voting for a new future of our democratic movement.
:15:25. > :15:30.Well, I believe that every single person who voted
:15:31. > :15:46.for me made that history, and I am willing to share
:15:47. > :15:48.in the following four years and in the future.
:15:49. > :15:51.Ohio is a state that has picked the winner in every US presidential
:15:52. > :15:54.So it can be little surprise that both Hillary Clinton
:15:55. > :16:02.and Donald Trump are there on the Labour Day public holiday -
:16:03. > :16:09.We can show you live pictures from the Hillary Clinton campaign.
:16:10. > :16:12.It is a day which is regarded as crucial to picking up
:16:13. > :16:15.stretch of their campaigns for the White House.
:16:16. > :16:19.Our correspondent Gary O'Donoghue is following it all from Washington.
:16:20. > :16:30.How are things looking for each of the candidates? As you said, they
:16:31. > :16:34.are spending the first blows of the autumn final push for the general
:16:35. > :16:38.election in Ohio, a key state. It has the best record of predicting
:16:39. > :16:45.the presidential outcome of any state. Something like 93% of the
:16:46. > :16:50.time, it has got it right since 1900, so it has a good record. It is
:16:51. > :16:54.a swing state, one of the key states that each side will want to grasp.
:16:55. > :16:58.As we go into this final push before the election, Hillary Clinton will
:16:59. > :17:03.feel that she is now the frontrunner. She is up in the
:17:04. > :17:07.national polls, to the extent to which they are useful. She is up in
:17:08. > :17:13.the polls in the swing states as well. She raised a lot of money. She
:17:14. > :17:17.has also got a new plane, so she will be feeling good. Donald Trump,
:17:18. > :17:25.however, will feel he has lament on some the issues. Clearly, things
:17:26. > :17:31.like immigration have played well -- he will feel he has the momentum.
:17:32. > :17:34.And he is the change candidate. He is the thing that is different, and
:17:35. > :17:42.that goes a long way when it comes to elections like this. So there is
:17:43. > :17:46.still a lot to play for 64 days out from polling day. After the
:17:47. > :17:50.conventions, when the candidates were confirmed, we were told that
:17:51. > :17:54.the Trump campaign would be changing course and he would be raining
:17:55. > :18:02.himself in and sticking to script. Has anything happened to the way he
:18:03. > :18:08.put himself forward? Well, we have seen a few more Teleprompter
:18:09. > :18:13.speeches, scripted, policy driven speeches, but not really. We have
:18:14. > :18:16.been promised a few resets. They have happen for a few days and then
:18:17. > :18:22.Don has gone back to the Donald Trump that he believes is what got
:18:23. > :18:36.him to where he is in this race. So there is clearly a tension, and that
:18:37. > :18:39.continues within the Trump campaign. Thank you very much.
:18:40. > :18:41.And there's plenty of background on the US presidential election
:18:42. > :18:45.at bbc.com/us2016 or you can add it as a topic on the BBC News app,
:18:46. > :18:51.which you can download from your app store now.
:18:52. > :18:53.The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has accepted
:18:54. > :18:55.responsibility for her party's defeat in the regional
:18:56. > :19:01.Mrs Merkel's party finished third in the poll, with the anti-immigrant
:19:02. > :19:07.AfD party overtaking it to second place.
:19:08. > :19:11.Chancellor Merkel acknowledged that the outcome was linked
:19:12. > :19:14.to her liberal immigration policies, as Germany accepted a record number
:19:15. > :19:24.TRANSLATION: The result of the elections is connected
:19:25. > :19:29.I am the head of the party and the Chancellor.
:19:30. > :19:33.You cannot divide, so I am responsible.
:19:34. > :19:35.But I think that our decisions were correct,
:19:36. > :19:37.and we have to keep on working.
:19:38. > :19:40.Thomas Kielinger is the long-time London correspondent
:19:41. > :19:48.for the German newspaper Die Welt, and he joins me in the studio now.
:19:49. > :19:58.How would you read this defeat in her home state into third place? How
:19:59. > :20:01.significant is it? It is only a small state, but it is her home
:20:02. > :20:10.state and to have been outperformed by the protest party, alternative
:20:11. > :20:16.for Germany, is quite a shock. To be pushed into third place takes some
:20:17. > :20:20.living down. It is a warning, a shot across the bow. We have national
:20:21. > :20:24.elections in a year from now, and it adds to the uncertainty about the
:20:25. > :20:33.fate of the current government and about Angela Merkel personally. We
:20:34. > :20:38.heard Angela Merkel saying this was to do with her attitude June
:20:39. > :20:45.refugees. Well, it is not rocket science to link this event to the
:20:46. > :20:47.refugee policy. What is amazing is that this was the first time she
:20:48. > :20:53.recognised that it may have something to do with her decision
:20:54. > :20:55.last year to open the door to 1 million immigrants overnight. But
:20:56. > :21:01.whether she will change course, I don't know. It is difficult to say
:21:02. > :21:07.she should change course, because the people have already arrived. And
:21:08. > :21:12.they are still arriving. Some are still arriving, and you are pushing
:21:13. > :21:16.the problem to local level for the local councils to take care of it.
:21:17. > :21:25.That is where the problem is brewing. I hope this will not turn
:21:26. > :21:29.Germany into a xenophobic populace. But it takes some absorbing, such a
:21:30. > :21:32.number of refugees suddenly arriving, when we are not
:21:33. > :21:40.traditionally an immigrant country like written. So the challenges are
:21:41. > :21:46.there, and she should be careful not to repeat her mantra, we can cope
:21:47. > :21:51.with it. Has she said that recently? She said it in the run-up to the
:21:52. > :21:55.election, amazingly, as a sign of defiance that she will not be moved
:21:56. > :22:00.from her belief. But she may think twice before she uses it again. Do
:22:01. > :22:03.we know about who is voting for the Alternative for Germany? Is it
:22:04. > :22:09.former CDU supporters or new voters who have not voted before, or even
:22:10. > :22:18.from other parties from the left? There are two strands in the protest
:22:19. > :22:22.that you find. One is the immigration protest, coming from all
:22:23. > :22:28.quarters, not just the right. It is a general concern and a genuine one.
:22:29. > :22:33.But there is also an aversion towards the euro and policies from
:22:34. > :22:39.the European Central Bank and Frankfurt, which is still in a phase
:22:40. > :22:46.of easy money, making it easier for the southern countries. So there is
:22:47. > :22:51.Euroscepticism. A huge amount of Euroscepticism. The AfD runs on two
:22:52. > :22:58.platforms, Euroscepticism and anti-immigration. Angela Merkel has
:22:59. > :23:05.got through her troubles before. For 11 years, but no one has got beyond
:23:06. > :23:11.the ominous 12th year yet. So there is a question mark over her fate.
:23:12. > :23:18.And there is a general perception of unease in Europe, which may help the
:23:19. > :23:19.British position in negotiating with its European partners. We must leave
:23:20. > :23:21.it there. Scientists working in
:23:22. > :23:24.the French Alps have just completed the first phase of a mission
:23:25. > :23:26.to extract ice from some of the world's most rapidly
:23:27. > :23:28.shrinking glaciers. Temperatures in some parts
:23:29. > :23:30.of the Alps have risen by 1.5 So scientists are drilling deep
:23:31. > :23:35.into the ice near Europe's highest mountain, Mont Blanc,
:23:36. > :23:38.to preserve samples so they can be studied for clues about the history
:23:39. > :23:40.of the earth's climate, Approaching a very high
:23:41. > :23:46.altitude laboratory. This team of scientists
:23:47. > :23:48.is living and working on the glacier here in the Alps,
:23:49. > :23:56.because climate change is heating and changing the ice
:23:57. > :23:58.that they are camped on. So the team wants to rescue
:23:59. > :24:01.the information locked deep Snowfalls will collect
:24:02. > :24:07.all the impurities in the atmosphere and this will be deposited
:24:08. > :24:09.on the glacier. So all this information
:24:10. > :24:11.is stored in the glacier, So when you look through this book,
:24:12. > :24:22.you can read all this information. Tiny air bubbles locked
:24:23. > :24:30.inside the layers of this glacial ice are a record of our past
:24:31. > :24:32.atmosphere and climate. That is an icicle now coming up
:24:33. > :24:35.from about 30 metres depth. The team will cut it
:24:36. > :24:38.and they will move it into this tent and then they will store it
:24:39. > :24:40.in their ice cave, So precious are these samples
:24:41. > :24:50.that the team have dug into the solid ice to build a store
:24:51. > :24:53.room that will keep them cold. Six per box and then
:24:54. > :24:59.they are ready to go? This is the beginning of a very long
:25:00. > :25:05.journey for these ice cores. They will be stored here
:25:06. > :25:08.in France for two years, but their ultimate destination
:25:09. > :25:10.is the world's most reliable The idea of getting ice
:25:11. > :25:14.from the Alps transported to Antarctica could sound very silly
:25:15. > :25:16.to people, but it makes Our main will is to be able to store
:25:17. > :25:24.these icicles for We put the icicles there,
:25:25. > :25:28.they are in the safest position Many glaciers here in the Alps
:25:29. > :25:32.and all over the world are changing, This ambitious archive aims
:25:33. > :25:40.to preserve particles, bubbles, even bacteria
:25:41. > :25:42.trapped in the deepest, oldest ice, allowing future
:25:43. > :25:45.scientists to track our planet's past atmosphere and climate,
:25:46. > :25:47.and help predict its future. Victoria Gill, BBC
:25:48. > :25:59.News, the French Alps. But for now, from me and the rest
:26:00. > :26:05.of the team, goodbye.