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This is BBC World News Today. The headlines. President Trump says he

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is committed to bringing American and Japanese ties even closer. Mr

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Trump describes the relationship as the cornerstone of peace and

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stability in the region, as Shinzo Abe visits. It's important Japan and

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the United States continued to invest very heavily in the alliance

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to build up our defence, and our defensive capabilities. Earlier in a

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phone call to the Chinese president, President Trump had a change of

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heart on a key policy difference with Beijing. So, is his campaign

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rhetoric colliding with reality? An imminent terror attack on French saw

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has been filed with the arrest of four including a 16-year-old girl in

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Montpellier. Shifting sands in Saudi Arabia. We travel to the kingdom to

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see what's changing. President Trump has said he is

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committed to bringing US-Japan ties even closer and that there are lines

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is the cornerstone of peace and stability in the region. The two

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leaders have been in talks on the White House today, and the talks

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come at a slightly awkward time as Mr Trump has recently accused Japan

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of currency manipulation. The conference finished a few minutes

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ago and he had strong words about his commitment to the two countries

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links. We are committed to the security of Japan and all areas

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under its administrative control and to further strengthening our very

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crucial alliance. The US-Japan alliance is the cornerstone of peace

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and stability. In the Pacific region. It is important both Japan

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and the United States continued to invest very heavily in the Alliance

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to build up our defence, and our defensive capabilities which, under

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our mutual leadership, will become stronger and stronger, and, as time

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goes by, ultimately they will be impenetrable. Unsurprisingly, the

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first question from the full from journalists was on a different

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subject, and that was the tromp travel ban. The question put to him

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from the New York Post. We are going to keep our country safe, we are

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going to do whatever is necessary to keep our country safe. We had a

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decision which we think will be very successful comic should have taken

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this much time because safety is a primary reason, one of the reasons

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I'm standing here today, the security of our country, the voters

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felt I would give it the best security. So we will do something

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rapidly. You'll be seeing that sometime next week. In addition, we

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will continue to go through the court process and ultimately I have

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no doubt we will win that particular case. Donald Trump speaking last few

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minutes. Let's speak to Laura Trevelyan who's

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in our Washington studio. Picking up on the travel ban, what

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are the additional measures Mr Trump mentioned? No, that's the first

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we've heard of them and he said we'd be finding out soon, perhaps next

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week, so we don't know. He did say, as expected, that the administration

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is going to battle this ruling by the federal appeals court. The

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president tweeted last night, see you in court. We don't know the

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timetable on that and exactly when the next court appearance will be.

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On the actual Japanese visit, the two are about to go to Florida to

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play golf and have a weekend of talks. That was a very important

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commitment to Japanese security, talking about the South China Sea,

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and also the Indian Ocean. Yeah. It was key and it came in Donald

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Trump's opening paragraph and remember the Japanese have been very

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worried about what candidate Trump had said. He appeared to question

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the long-standing security alliance which the US has guaranteed Japan,

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since the end of the Second World War. It is under the US nuclear

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umbrella, the Japanese. They were worried that they should pay more

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for their own defence and pay for some nuclear weapons but now you

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have President Trump striking a very different note. He is saying we are

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committed to the security of Japan, and all areas and its administrative

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control. Remember, Japan administers those disputed islands in the East

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China Sea. The Chinese have been making moves towards those islands

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recently, which has really alarmed the Japanese, so they were very

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pleased to hear from President Trump that the security guarantee extends

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to those. For them, that is a big victory, for the Japanese prime

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minister, Shinzo Abe. They are having a working lunch now, where

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they will talk about economics and also that transpacific partnership

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trade deal which the Americans don't want anything to do with now but the

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Japanese worked so hard on. It looks like the mood on the golf links will

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be quite good after that unswerving commitment to the security alliance.

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Donald Trump saying they both had very good chemistry, and he'd let us

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know whether that bond changed. Thanks very much for now.

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Donald Trump has also been speaking to China's

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Mr Trump said he was committed to Beijing's one China policy,

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which asserts that Taiwan is a part of China.

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American recognition of the policy is a cornerstone

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of US-Chinese relations, but Mr Trump has

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Here's our China editor Carrie Gracie in the Taiwanese

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Three weeks into the Trump presidency, the phone call between

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an American president and a Chinese president has finally happened. It

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was becoming conspicuous by its absence over those three weeks, a

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score of otherworldly did had already picked up the phone to

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Donald Trump, but not President Xi. The sticking point was the future of

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this place, Taiwan. This vibrant, noisy, contradictory democracy.

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There's lots of people on the streets because of this lantern

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festival. The problem here is the identity and the future of Taiwan

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because China wants this place back. It sees it as the last piece in the

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jigsaw puzzle of the Chinese nation. President Trump wants to sell more

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exports to China to level up the trade balance, and he started

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talking before his inauguration as if the status of Taiwan might be a

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bargaining chip in that and he might veer towards acknowledging the

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independence of this place. That was a no-no to President Xi and that

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call wasn't going to happen until they got back clear between them. As

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far as China's concerned, nothing happens until you've acknowledged

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the One China policy that acknowledges that this island is a

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part of China. So, President Xi got what he wanted from President Trump

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and the question is did President Trump get anything in return? It

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looks as if Donald Trump blinked and it is he, right now, as far as China

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and Taiwan are concerned, is a paper tiger.

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French police have arrested four people in the southern city

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of Montpellier on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack.

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They had apparently bought chemicals that can be used to make bombs,

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and a makeshift laboratory was found during a search.

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Naomi Grimley has been speaking about what has been found.

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This latest plot saw four people arrested, three men and a

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16-year-old woman. And in their possession was found acetone. That's

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significant because it is a highly flammable liquid which can be used

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to make the explosive TA TP, and that was exactly the kind of

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explosive that was used in the November 2015 Paris attacks. And the

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brothel attacks last year. So that might explain why the authorities

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are particularly worried about this plot, and they do say that an

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attack, a series of bombs were in preparation and an attack was

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imminent. It comes at a time when France and, indeed, Paris in

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particular is under high alert, a state of high alert. Emergency laws

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have been in place, ever since the November attacks in 2015, and

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they've been extended on a rolling basis. There is also particular

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worry because security is high up the agenda as we move towards the

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presidential elections. The first round of which is at the end of

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April. So you can see guards on the street and, indeed, yesterday the

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Eiffel Tower announced it was going to put a reinforced glass screen

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around the base of it, and that's just an example of how some of these

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security measures are becoming more permanent.

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Now a look at some of the days other news.

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Indonesian officials say 12 people including young children have been

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killed in multiple landslides on the island of Bali. Several others were

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injured when Holmes on a slope on the east of the island were washed

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away. More heavy rain is expected to fall throughout the weekend.

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A judge in Carew has ordered the arrest of the former president as

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part of a growing corruption scandal. He was in office from

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2001-2006 and is accused of taking $20 million in bribes in return for

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allowing developers to build a highway. Some time in Australia is

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hot but right now the temperature in large parts of the country is

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extreme. It's prompted warnings of electricity blackouts and bushfires.

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Parts of New South Wales soared to a record-breaking 47 Celsius on

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Friday. The heatwave is set to continue on Sunday. Let's get more

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in our top story. President Trump has described the

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US-Japan alliance is the cornerstone of peace and stability in the

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region. Shinzo Abe said strengthening their relationship

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could bring many jobs. Last year, from Japan to the United

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States, there have been more than $150 billion of new investment made

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into the United States. And those Japanese businesses have created a

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large number of jobs, and the mutually beneficial economic

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relations have been built with the United States with Donald Trump

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taking on the leadership, I am sure there will be investments made,

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including a faster speed train. I know you are the chair of Japan

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studies in Washington and what did you make of the press conference,

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the body language between the two leaders, it looked quite warm, and

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specifically what they said. It was quite a lengthy press conference.

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Indeed. I think the chemistry was good. And one of Shinzo Abe's goals

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is to improve that further and they will probably do that on the golf

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course this weekend. The other thing Abe wanted to do was strengthen the

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US-Japan alliance and get President Trump to reaffirm security

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statements, which it did. Abe also wanted to accommodate Trump's

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America first narrative. You heard him talk about Japanese investment

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in the United States, and perhaps a new economic initiative. The one

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area where there could be differences of course is on trade. I

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thought it was interesting that President Trump spoke in bilateral

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terms, referencing free, fair and reciprocal trade, whereas Shinzo Abe

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was talking about rules and norms for economic integration in the

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Asia-Pacific region, which was very much an organising principle behind

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TPP. Very good chemistry, a great start but I think it is trade with

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the two government Pramac where the governments -- will have to have

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talks. Japan has been concerned with the ongoing tension about what is

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going on in the region with China and so on. What did you read into

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what we heard there? I thought it was very interesting President Trump

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talk not only about US security commitments to Japan but

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strengthening mutual defence capabilities. I believe he used the

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phrase impenetrable. That sends a very strong signal to China and

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North Korea. They cannot drive a wedge between the US and Japan. And

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that the alliance will remain strong and that is a very reassuring signal

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for the entire region after a very bizarre comment from Trump over the

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course of the presidential campaign. Strengthening defence capabilities

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and that security has great potential to evolve with the new US

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administration. What do you foresee coming out of the weekend, as we

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heard they are going to Florida to play some golf and to continue the

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talks. What will both sides want to get out of it by Sunday? Well,

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President Trump referred to negotiations in Florida which

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reveals his mindset, in respect of bilateral economic ties and his

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instincts to talk about trade. I think Shinzo Abe wants to get to

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know the present better. It's important to remember that Abe is on

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solid political ground in Japan. He could be the leader for several more

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years, and he's going to present himself as someone who Trump can do

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business with. Over time on the golf course, exchanging views is really

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going to do a lot. And then the government Pramac can pick up the

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details in dialogue going forward. Thanks very much for your time.

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The panel in Saudi Arabia includes efforts to try to open up the

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conservative kingdom west and banned and women aren't allowed to drive.

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Our chief international correspondent correspondent reports

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from Saudi Arabia. The image of Saudi Arabia is of the

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harsh reality of a country which has been repeatedly condemned for its

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human rights record, and repeatedly criticised for its role in the

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bombing campaign in Yemen with allegations of possible war crimes.

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These are discussed by Saudi officials outside the country but

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inside the country that's not the discussion that is preoccupying

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people. So much attention is now being focused on what is a very

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ambitious master plan to do nothing less than transform this country,

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the world's biggest exporter of oil, which took a real beating a few

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years ago when oil prices crashed and the government saw its revenues

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halved. It was a wake-up call. More than that, it recognises that if

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you're going to impose more hardships on your people who are not

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used to paying taxes,, having most of their services paid for with the

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subsidies being eased, you have to give them something in return. So,

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there is talk about how do you open up the country? So we took a look at

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how far and fast Saudi Arabia's changing.

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A moment many have waited for. A live concert. They call him the

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artist of Arabs. A rock star here. He's even been called the Paul

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McCartney of Saudi Arabia. Now allowed to sing in his own country

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for the first time in years. His fans never thought they'd see him on

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here. It's the first of many concerts planned by a new ministry,

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charged with bringing some fun conservative kingdom.

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One step at a time. Look at the crowd. All men. And some Saudis

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don't want women at concerts like this. It's too much and isn't good

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for the country. But the pace of change is picking up. Dune bashing

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is one of the few thrills on offer at the weekend. There are not any

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Saudi women here today. It is quite a ride, I'm sure they'd enjoy it. In

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this young country, two thirds of people are under 30. The bright

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lights of Dubai or London are all too tempting. Now their rulers,

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including a 31-year-old Deputy Crown prince, are trying to encourage them

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to spend their time and money at home. We're changing the past but

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first of all we have to have women driving and we have to have the

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cinema. Because it isn't forbidden in our religion. And you want

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dancing? What about drinking? Not drinking, not dancing. It isn't

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allowed in our religion. And we don't want it. The winds of change

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started blowing from here, the empty Quarter. The world's largest desert

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and its richest oil fields. No one else produces more of this black

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gold. No other industry provides so much cash to the kingdom. 90% of its

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revenue. But low world prices cut the earnings in half. The discovery

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of oil in this forbidding desert fuelled the rise of Saudi Arabia, a

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powerful kingdom of vast wealth but the crash in world oil prices

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exposed another harsh reality, the need to end what its rulers call a

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dangerous addiction to oil. And that means an end to the state's largess.

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When I went to see the powerful oil minister in the capital, Riyadh, he

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admitted it wouldn't be easy. For sure, there will be pain. The old

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adage, no pain no gain is very much at play here. And they are already

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hurting, especially in the middle class with cuts to subsidies to fuel

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and water. For sure. And what those pains will do as they will mobilise

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people to do new things that they are not used to doing. Saudis have

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been used to subsidised fuel to run their cars, cushy government jobs,

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no taxes. Now they are being told look for jobs in private companies

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or create them. Everyone is being asked to shoulder more

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responsibility. It is a huge thing, it is a huge step for Saudi Arabia.

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We need to cope with it. How? I don't know, but we will see. Are you

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worried? Yes. Of course. Everyone is. Because it is new thing for

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Saudi Arabia. It is an ambitious plan. Some say too ambitious. In the

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heart of Riyadh, the world's biggest metro project. The first public

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transport system for the capital. And it's more than just a Metro.

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It's meant to change the way Saudis live, create jobs, including some

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for women. These young architects and engineers are part of a new,

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highly educated generation. And there was equal opportunities the

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men and women? Definitely. We have the same working hours, same loads,

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everything is equal. Progress takes different speeds in different

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countries. Maybe were not as fast as people would like us to be but were

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going as good as it is for our own nation and citizens. There have been

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plans to change this country before, so there is scepticism, too. For the

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outside world, Saudi Arabia has long been viewed as a closed and

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conservative kingdom. It still is. But some things are clearly starting

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to change. That doesn't include public discussion of its human

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rights record or any political reform but for the majority of

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Saudis, other issues seem to matter far more.

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And that Saudi Arabia in 2017. You do find sceptics and doubters here.

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They say Saudi Arabia doesn't have the bureaucracy, doesn't have the

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government ministries, doesn't have the ability to carry out this

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ambitious plan. 14 years is simply too short. Even critics will say

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that at least there is a plan with practicalities. The first time in

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Saudi history, there are government ministers who are being sacked, and

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held accountable. I've spoken women activists who say they've taken

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elements of this plan, they go to the labour ministry and say you have

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to carry out this plan. The reality is Saudi Arabia has no other choice.

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World oil prices are low and will not get higher. They have a huge

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youth bulge. To keep the Saudis here, to give Saudi Arabia a future,

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they've got to give them not just jobs but a life that is worth

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living. It has to have a lot more fun.

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More than 400 Wales have beached on the coast of New Zealand, one of the

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worst whale stranding is in the country. Volunteers are racing to

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try and save and refloat them but already 300 have died and time is

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running out for the rest. Stranded, distressed and barely

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alive. Volunteers have come from far and wide to save the Wales beached

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in New Zealand overnight. But most of them were already dead. This is

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the third largest mass stranding we've recorded so it is a very large

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one. Logistically, it is a massive undertaking. The Wales started

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stranding around 10pm last night, we were notified of that, and this

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morning when they went out and checked on them, most of the whales

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were already dead. I've never experienced death before. For such a

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majestic animal, it's very strange to see them doing this. There is a

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lot of death here, which is a sad thing. If we can get some of them

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out, it's got to be a good thing. Scientists don't know why Wales

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beached themselves. It can be due to sickness or injury. Anybody that

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doesn't have a sheet, make sure the sheet is wet not covering the

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blowhole. Rescuers trying to refloat the whales but some just turned

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straight back to shore. Whale strandings are common in New

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Zealand. 200 Wales beached here two years earlier but this is one of the

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country's worst mass strandings. We have some extraordinary pictures

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to show you now. A dramatic flow of Laver has

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reappeared and is shooting into the ocean off Hawaii.

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You can see huge explosions in the sea water as the molten rock

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spews out in what is known as a "fire hose."

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It's impressive to look at, but it's also extremely dangerous,

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and geologists are warning sightseers to stay away.

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The lava flow here actually began on New Year's Eve,

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but was cut off last week after a cliff collapsed

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Amazing pictures for you. That's it, I'll be back in about 1.5 hours on

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BBC world News. Next, the weather. It is looking wintry this weekend.

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One thing is the sure, it's going to be cold with

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