:00:00. > :00:07.This is BBC World News Today, broadcasting in the UK
:00:08. > :00:12.The headlines: Tony Blair puts himself on a collision course
:00:13. > :00:15.with the British government as he asks Britons to rise
:00:16. > :00:21.The former Prime Minister kicks-off a campaign to find a way out
:00:22. > :00:23.of what he called the government's plans to "rush over
:00:24. > :00:39.The people voted without knowledge of the terms of the exit. As these
:00:40. > :00:42.terms become clear, it is the right to change their mind.
:00:43. > :00:44.President Trump's search for a National Security Adviser goes
:00:45. > :00:47.on after his second choice for the top post says,
:00:48. > :00:56.Also, the latest twist in the killing on the half-brother of North
:00:57. > :00:58.Korea's leader. After more than 20 years at Arsenal,
:00:59. > :01:01.what next for Arsene Wenger as he hints he could be managing
:01:02. > :01:14.another team next year. The former British Prime Minister
:01:15. > :01:17.Tony Blair has launched a campaign to persuade people in the UK
:01:18. > :01:20.to change their minds He said the current government
:01:21. > :01:25.was set on leaving the EU "at any cost", which would damage
:01:26. > :01:28.the economy and weaken But the speech has been ridiculed
:01:29. > :01:33.by Leave supporters, with the Foreign Secretary,
:01:34. > :01:34.Boris Johnson, accusing Mr Blair of insulting
:01:35. > :01:36.the public's intelligence. Here's our political
:01:37. > :01:42.correspondent, Carole Walker. A rallying cry from
:01:43. > :01:44.the former Prime Minister. Time, he said, to rise up and force
:01:45. > :01:47.a rethink on the decision The people voted without knowledge
:01:48. > :01:52.of the terms of Brexit. As these terms become
:01:53. > :01:59.clear, it is their right Our mission is to
:02:00. > :02:08.persuade them to do so. He said he would expose the risks
:02:09. > :02:11.of the current plans for Brexit, damage to the economy and jobs,
:02:12. > :02:15.put the break-up of the UK He said controlling immigration had
:02:16. > :02:21.become the government's main consideration as it took the country
:02:22. > :02:24.towards not just hard Brexit, I would actually question
:02:25. > :02:28.whether the referendum really provides a mandate for Brexit
:02:29. > :02:32.at any cost. We will withdraw from the single
:02:33. > :02:35.market, which is around half We will also now leave the customs
:02:36. > :02:42.union, covering trade This impacts everything from airline
:02:43. > :02:50.travel to financial services The Prime Minister has been
:02:51. > :02:55.meeting her French counterpart this afternoon as she prepares to begin
:02:56. > :02:59.the formal Brexit She said she will seek
:03:00. > :03:05.the greatest possible access to the European single market
:03:06. > :03:09.through a new free trade agreement. Will you take the advice
:03:10. > :03:11.of Tony Blair? Ministers are scathing
:03:12. > :03:14.about Mr Blair's intervention. We heard all these
:03:15. > :03:15.arguments last year. It is insulting the intelligence
:03:16. > :03:19.of the electorate to Tony Blair believes the government's
:03:20. > :03:28.approach to Brexit is being driven by ideologues passionate
:03:29. > :03:30.about the move to take Britain out of the European Union
:03:31. > :03:33.and that the Labour Party is failing But some will doubt
:03:34. > :03:40.whether he is the man to lead a popular movement to overturn
:03:41. > :03:44.the Brexit vote. Tony Blair did not say he wants
:03:45. > :03:47.a second referendum. Do you really think you are the one
:03:48. > :03:52.with the popular appeal to get a different answer if you did get
:03:53. > :03:56.a second go? This is a free country,
:03:57. > :03:59.so I have a right to speak and you have the freedom
:04:00. > :04:02.to listen or not. You don't want to listen to me,
:04:03. > :04:09.you don't want to listen to me. I know there will be
:04:10. > :04:14.a volley of abuse that will come my way for speaking,
:04:15. > :04:17.but I am speaking because I believe And he still has some supporters
:04:18. > :04:23.in the party he used to lead. Whether you love him or loathe him,
:04:24. > :04:26.I think he is somebody He has huge experience
:04:27. > :04:31.of politics at the top level. But Theresa May is unlikely to be
:04:32. > :04:33.swayed by warnings from one of her predecessors as she embarks
:04:34. > :04:36.on the complex and difficult negotiations to take
:04:37. > :04:45.Britain out of the EU. A day after the US President Donald
:04:46. > :04:48.Trump told a news conference that his administration was running
:04:49. > :04:50.like a "fine-tuned machine", senior Republican Senator John McCain has
:04:51. > :04:57.said it is in disarray. His comments came after the former
:04:58. > :04:59.naval admiral chosen by President Trump to be his
:05:00. > :05:01.National Security Advisor While the search for a new security
:05:02. > :05:08.adviser goes on, the president returned today to one
:05:09. > :05:10.of his favourite themes - talking about jobs and
:05:11. > :05:33.the American economy. I would do everything I can to put
:05:34. > :05:42.our great people back to work. This is our mantra, by American and
:05:43. > :05:43.higher American. We want products made in America, made by American
:05:44. > :05:52.hands. Let's focus on the lingering
:05:53. > :06:00.questions about his team, including Wyatt is so to find and national
:06:01. > :06:03.security adviser. But that question to the deputy assistant secretary of
:06:04. > :06:09.defence, former, of Middle Eastern policy. There has been turmoil at
:06:10. > :06:13.the highest ranks of the White House. There are several different
:06:14. > :06:19.individuals or fractions who are vying for power with this president.
:06:20. > :06:25.The dismissal of Mike Flynn, who might have been the best choice to
:06:26. > :06:29.begin with, has thrown the National Security decision-making process
:06:30. > :06:34.into turmoil. The fact that Bob Harward, losing to be the first
:06:35. > :06:38.choice of the president to replace Mike Flynn has now turned the
:06:39. > :06:44.position down, citing family and financial reasons, but it seems that
:06:45. > :06:49.the chaos of the White House seems to have played a role than that. It
:06:50. > :06:53.has left the United States and many of our allies and confused as to
:06:54. > :06:58.hide the president makes decisions, how this White House makes
:06:59. > :07:01.decisions. We might have Cabinet secretaries and place, in terms of
:07:02. > :07:06.the Secretary of State, secretary of defence, but they don't have a lot
:07:07. > :07:09.of people underneath them. This is a dangerous time for the US National
:07:10. > :07:13.Security Council at eight and it is incumbent the White House to set the
:07:14. > :07:22.ship of State straight sooner rather than later. I suppose, if people are
:07:23. > :07:26.not following the minutiae of politics, they don't live in
:07:27. > :07:30.Washington, DC, the Mitre students that this is all just political
:07:31. > :07:35.matter nations and ultimately somebody will be advising him on
:07:36. > :07:41.security matters -- matters, so what does it really matter? From the very
:07:42. > :07:45.beginning, this administration was not necessarily prepared to govern.
:07:46. > :07:51.The president himself like the idea of running for president, enjoyed
:07:52. > :07:56.it, but was not prepared to govern. At this point in 2009 when the Obama
:07:57. > :08:03.administration came in, you already had undersecretaries of state, not
:08:04. > :08:08.just nominated but confirm, and putting in teens in the departments
:08:09. > :08:12.of defence and state ready to implement the President's policy.
:08:13. > :08:17.This administration was not prepared for the challenges of filling the
:08:18. > :08:19.key roles in the national security architecture, not just in the
:08:20. > :08:25.National Security Council, but in the Department of State and the
:08:26. > :08:30.Department of defence. As a result, there has been more chaos than
:08:31. > :08:35.usual. This is something that is really quite unique. Mike Flynn
:08:36. > :08:38.lasted just over 20 days as the National Security adviser. The
:08:39. > :08:43.previous document to last the least amount of time lasted a year. This
:08:44. > :08:48.is unprecedented in terms of the turmoil we are seeing in the highest
:08:49. > :08:53.levels of the national security community right now.
:08:54. > :08:55.And Mr Trump has got through another key appointment.
:08:56. > :08:57.The US Senate has confirmed his choice to head
:08:58. > :09:02.He's Scott Pruitt, the Oklahoma Attorney General.
:09:03. > :09:05.He was chosen in spite of concerns by Democrats and green groups
:09:06. > :09:08.about his views on climate change and his ties to the coal
:09:09. > :09:15.Mr Pruitt has sued the Environmental Protection Agency more than a dozen
:09:16. > :09:22.One woman arrested in Malaysia over the killing of the half brother
:09:23. > :09:25.of North Korea's leader has said she was duped into thinking she was
:09:26. > :09:28.part of a comedy show prank - that's according to Indonesia's
:09:29. > :09:32.national police chief, who's been briefed by Malaysian authorities.
:09:33. > :09:34.Kim Jong Nam died after being attacked at Kaula Lumpur
:09:35. > :09:40.Meanwhile, North Korea has made a plea to Malaysia to release
:09:41. > :09:59.We strongly urge and the manse the Malaysians side not to be entangled
:10:00. > :10:08.with a political plot by the hostile forces towards the DPRK, who want to
:10:09. > :10:13.damage the image of her country. And to release the body immediately
:10:14. > :10:15.without any condition. The American food giant Kraft Heinz
:10:16. > :10:19.says it will continue to press for a takeover deal
:10:20. > :10:22.with the Anglo-Dutch firm Unilever, despite its initial
:10:23. > :10:23.bid being rejected. The offer, which would be one
:10:24. > :10:26.of the biggest ever corporate mergers, amounted to ?115 billion,
:10:27. > :10:28.which Unilever said "fundamentally Pakistan's security forces
:10:29. > :10:40.have carried out raids across the country, killing
:10:41. > :10:41.and arresting dozens It follows the suicide attack
:10:42. > :10:45.at a famous Sufi shrine in the south The attack has been claimed
:10:46. > :10:49.by the so-called Islamic State. The prime minister, Nawaz Sharif,
:10:50. > :10:52.says his nation is fighting a war Spain's Princess Cristina has been
:10:53. > :11:02.cleared of tax fraud related charges following an investigation
:11:03. > :11:03.into her husband's However her husband
:11:04. > :11:06.Inaki Urdangarin, was sentenced to over six years for fraud
:11:07. > :11:13.and tax evasion. More than 300 people have broken
:11:14. > :11:16.through a fence separating the Spanish territory
:11:17. > :11:18.of Ceuta from Morocco. Most of the group are believed to be
:11:19. > :11:21.migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, Video footage shows them using clubs
:11:22. > :11:25.and shears to create gaps The German Defence Minister,
:11:26. > :11:38.Ursula von der Leyen, has warned the United States
:11:39. > :11:40.against damaging European cohesion. Speaking at a security
:11:41. > :11:42.conference in Munich, he said the US tone on Europe
:11:43. > :11:45.and NATO had a direct impact The new US Defence Secretary,
:11:46. > :11:52.James Mattis, has given a new assurance that American
:11:53. > :11:54.security is permanently tied But he stressed the need for members
:11:55. > :12:12.to contribute their fair share. President Trump came into office and
:12:13. > :12:18.has thrown his full support to Nato. He, too, spices need to's the
:12:19. > :12:24.adapted today's strategic situation for it to stay credible, capable and
:12:25. > :12:27.relevant. As the Minister noted last week, it is at the demand that all
:12:28. > :12:33.who benefit fund the best alliance in the world carry the proportionate
:12:34. > :12:37.share of the necessary costs to defend our freedoms and we are
:12:38. > :12:42.committed to passing those freedoms in tact the next generation.
:12:43. > :12:49.Least to set has been in Munich speaking to those involved.
:12:50. > :12:55.Many of the world's top diplomat and secretaries have been here in
:12:56. > :12:59.Munich. There is real time diplomacy here, real negotiations going on
:13:00. > :13:04.behind the scenes, and even on the public platforms to tackle the great
:13:05. > :13:08.crisis of the world. There is a buzz this year, largely because of the
:13:09. > :13:12.uncertainty and anxiety about the new policies emerging from President
:13:13. > :13:20.Trump's new team in Washington. Most of all there is concern about the
:13:21. > :13:24.transatlantic relationship. Let's hear from Britain's Defence
:13:25. > :13:29.Secretary, Michael Fallon. General Mathis said he was committed to
:13:30. > :13:35.Nato, but there have been comments from many attending that the weren't
:13:36. > :13:41.convinced by his speech. He repeated the commitment that Donald Trump
:13:42. > :13:49.gave to Theresa May when she went to Washington, that America remains
:13:50. > :13:58.100% committed to Nato. We are no doubt that America has a continuing
:13:59. > :14:01.commitment to Nato. Even the chairman of the Munich community
:14:02. > :14:06.Forum said he wanted to hear from the United States that they would
:14:07. > :14:09.not try to break up the European Union and destroyed the pillars that
:14:10. > :14:13.have been in place since the Second World War. That is quite
:14:14. > :14:19.extraordinary. Nobody is suggesting that America wants to break up
:14:20. > :14:25.Europe. This is the Munich Security form! You get uncertainty over a new
:14:26. > :14:33.administration, particularly when it changes from Democrat Republican or
:14:34. > :14:38.vice versa. On the commitment to Nato, we are in no doubt that
:14:39. > :14:43.America is behind the Alliance. They want Europe to do more to contribute
:14:44. > :14:48.more. We agree that two and a half years ago. We all agreed we would
:14:49. > :14:53.spend 2% and in Britain we do. America wants the other European
:14:54. > :14:56.countries to step up as well. If you saw British prime ministers given
:14:57. > :15:00.more than an hour press conference the President Trump came gave
:15:01. > :15:03.yesterday, would you be worried about the leadership in your
:15:04. > :15:11.country? We all handle these things in different ways. This is the
:15:12. > :15:15.beginning of the new administration for a very new president. What is
:15:16. > :15:19.important is to judge this administration and what it actually
:15:20. > :15:25.does, not what was said during the campaign. Over here, temp three has
:15:26. > :15:31.reassured all the allies that the two remains behind the Alliance. If
:15:32. > :15:36.President Trump decides he wants a more aggressive, kinetic action for
:15:37. > :15:39.Islamic State, will Britain back him in that special relationship? We are
:15:40. > :15:45.making probably the second biggest contribution... Would you change
:15:46. > :15:48.Britain's engagement of President Trump changes his? We will keep
:15:49. > :15:54.making the contribution we are making. The RAF flying six nights a
:15:55. > :15:59.week in this campaign and we've been doing it for two and a half years.
:16:00. > :16:06.Many of the times that Daesh occupied have been liberated. In the
:16:07. > :16:12.end, the fighting has to be done by local troops that have the support
:16:13. > :16:17.of the local population. Thank you. We will watch in the months to come
:16:18. > :16:21.what happens on the ground. Much more to come, both at the public
:16:22. > :16:24.Ponton also behind-the-scenes. Stay with us on BBC
:16:25. > :16:29.World News, still to come: We hear how a British soap actor is
:16:30. > :17:50.trying to make it in Bollywood. Tony Blair urges Britons to
:17:51. > :17:53.reconsider Brexit, saying people voted without knowing the true terms
:17:54. > :17:57.of the deal. President Trump's search for a
:17:58. > :17:59.national-security adviser goes on after his second choice for the top
:18:00. > :18:12.post turns it down. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has
:18:13. > :18:15.been at the club for more than 20 years but has suggested he'll decide
:18:16. > :18:17.whether to stay any longer He's under increased pressure
:18:18. > :18:20.after the 5-1 defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions
:18:21. > :18:22.League. And our football reporter
:18:23. > :18:24.John Bennett was listening as Wenger spoke to reporters ahead of their FA
:18:25. > :18:37.Cup game against Sutton on Monday. Composed and determined, it is no
:18:38. > :18:41.supplies, really. He has shown his determination in 20 years at
:18:42. > :18:46.Arsenal. Asim Wenger looks like a disc -- has recovered from that
:18:47. > :18:51.awful night in Munich. He made it clear that far from focusing on his
:18:52. > :18:56.future, he is focusing on is next game. What really stood out is the
:18:57. > :18:59.comment about still being a manager next season, whether with Arsenal or
:19:00. > :19:05.elsewhere. Let's see what happened at one of the most anticipated press
:19:06. > :19:12.conferences of the season. Do you feel offended by some of the things
:19:13. > :19:21.that you read? No. Why? Because I am used to hate. I've been here for 20
:19:22. > :19:26.years. I think in life it is important to do what you think is
:19:27. > :19:32.right and all the rest his judgment, and I am in a public job and I had
:19:33. > :19:39.to accept that. I think I have to behave with my values and do things
:19:40. > :19:45.the way I see my job and accept that everybody can have an opinion on it.
:19:46. > :19:51.Did you say to anyone this week that you would decide your future in
:19:52. > :19:57.March or April? Yes. March or April? I don't know. If I said March or
:19:58. > :20:02.April, it is because I do not know. No matter what happens I will manage
:20:03. > :20:07.next season, whether it is here or somewhere else, that is for sure.
:20:08. > :20:12.Asim Wenger moving forward, not looking back. People are starting to
:20:13. > :20:18.think what Arsenal will be like after he leaves. But to Arsenal fans
:20:19. > :20:24.have to be careful what they wish for? What is important is that the
:20:25. > :20:33.club makes the right decisions for the future and I did not work year
:20:34. > :20:36.for 20 years not to care about this club, because I had many
:20:37. > :20:42.opportunities to go somewhere else in that period and I care about this
:20:43. > :20:46.club and they care about its future and I think it is very important
:20:47. > :20:54.that the club is always in safe hands, be it me or someone else, I'm
:20:55. > :20:59.sure it will be. Next up is Sutton United, from the fifth tier of
:21:00. > :21:07.English football. They have an Astroturf pitch, a crowd of 5,000.
:21:08. > :21:09.Anything less than a big win and the pressure will increase even further.
:21:10. > :21:11.Former New Zealand fly-half Dan Carter has apologised
:21:12. > :21:14.after he failed a drink-driving test in Paris on Wednesday.
:21:15. > :21:18.The three-times World Player of the Year who plays
:21:19. > :21:21.in France's top league was stopped in his car in the centre
:21:22. > :21:41.of the capital. Writing on Facebook he's said,
:21:42. > :21:44.Budapest could decide as soon as next week
:21:45. > :21:47.whether to withdraw its bid to hold the 2024 Olympics.
:21:48. > :21:49.The Hungarian captial's mayor has said he's considering dropping
:21:50. > :21:52.their attempts to host the games while protesters say they have
:21:53. > :21:54.collected enough signatures to force a referendum which would ask
:21:55. > :21:56.Budapest residents if they agreed that City Hall
:21:57. > :22:04.At the moment they're in the running along with Paris and Los Angeles.
:22:05. > :22:07.Rome and Hamburg have already withdrawn.
:22:08. > :22:12.A decision will be made by the IOC on September 13.
:22:13. > :22:22.A British soap star is the latest in a number of Brits
:22:23. > :22:25.Alex Avery, who's been in Eastenders, is starring
:22:26. > :22:27.in Rangoon, a period drama about the Burmese conflict.
:22:28. > :22:29.The movie also stars top names from the Indian film
:22:30. > :22:31.industry like Kangana, Shahid Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan
:22:32. > :22:54.Bollywood movie Rankine has A* cast, and plenty of music. It is a period
:22:55. > :22:58.drama set in the aftermath of World War II. For British actor Alex
:22:59. > :23:03.Avery, it is a break-in to the Indian film industry. He is playing
:23:04. > :23:08.an English army officer. The usual rules for English actors is one of
:23:09. > :23:13.being a major in the British Army. Do you feel that you your typecast?
:23:14. > :23:18.I think western actors probably do get typecast, especially British,
:23:19. > :23:26.because the imperialistic nature between India and Britain, a lot of
:23:27. > :23:30.it is Army centred. Going to India to look for jobs in the movies is
:23:31. > :23:35.not the most obvious career choice for an actor is more used to British
:23:36. > :23:39.soaps. Most of the rules are in Hindi and go to established Indian
:23:40. > :23:46.stars, but Alex is hoping that things will change. If you go back
:23:47. > :23:50.to older films, not Bollywood comes necessarily, but Gandhi, passage to
:23:51. > :23:54.India, you realise there are rules that British people could play in
:23:55. > :23:58.terms of education, legal, journalists, but they are all
:23:59. > :24:03.slightly periods. In the last decade there have been a number of
:24:04. > :24:11.Hollywood stars who have appeared in Indian films, likes best solution
:24:12. > :24:16.and Ben Kingsley. Only ten years ago it used to be if you wanted to make
:24:17. > :24:20.a film in India he needed to make her masala movie or an arthouse
:24:21. > :24:26.movie. Five people are making movies that are neither. And they have the
:24:27. > :24:32.opportunities to make those movies. India is a rich place to make movies
:24:33. > :24:39.that could work for a global audience, so I think we will see
:24:40. > :24:43.more actors from different backgrounds working in India on
:24:44. > :24:52.Indian movies. Mastering the language is the next step.
:24:53. > :24:54.Mastering the language is the next step.
:24:55. > :24:56.Its not unusual to be asked for directions by someone from out
:24:57. > :25:02.Well, unless they happen to be driving a military helicopter.
:25:03. > :25:07.A lorry driver in Kazakhstan has captured the moment a pilot landed
:25:08. > :25:12.on a highway to ask for help after apparently losing his way.
:25:13. > :25:15.The pilot asked how to get to a city in the the north-west
:25:16. > :25:17.of the country, much to the amusement of
:25:18. > :25:22.The country's Ministry of Defence said the pilot had been taking part
:25:23. > :25:30.in a visual orientation exercise when he lost his bearings.
:25:31. > :25:33.Dick Bruna, the Dutch illustrator and author who created
:25:34. > :25:37.the much-loved cartoon rabbit Miffy, has died at age of 89.
:25:38. > :25:39.He wrote more than 30 books about Miffy's adventures,
:25:40. > :25:50.which sold over 80 million copies worldwide.
:25:51. > :25:58.It was created in 1955 to entertain his young son.
:25:59. > :25:59.That's it for the moment. The weather is next. Thanks for
:26:00. > :26:12.watching. Good evening. There will be a
:26:13. > :26:17.detailed look at the weather in the UK at the top of the hour, but right
:26:18. > :26:21.now let's look at the weather elsewhere in the world. In
:26:22. > :26:22.California, this massive cloud has