:00:15. > :00:20.A warning to President Trump from the EU and China.
:00:21. > :00:23.They say he's making a major error by withdrawing
:00:24. > :00:25.from the Paris Climate pact, and promise to step up
:00:26. > :00:29.Today, China and Europe have demonstrated solidarity with future
:00:30. > :00:35.generations and responsibility with the whole planet.
:00:36. > :00:37.Mr Trump's accused by developing countries of showing disregard
:00:38. > :00:40.for millions of lives - but one major oil company boss says
:00:41. > :00:49.it won't change the move towards clean energy.
:00:50. > :00:52.At least five people have been killed in the Afghan capital,
:00:53. > :00:58.after police opened fire on protesters angry
:00:59. > :01:07.And he's openly gay and the son of Indian immigrants and he's set
:01:08. > :01:16.Celebrations in a Dutch court after a group of people conceived in a
:01:17. > :01:17.fertility clinic gained the right to learn if the doctor was their
:01:18. > :01:18.father. And he's openly gay and the son
:01:19. > :01:21.of Indian immigrants and he's set to become Ireland's new Prime
:01:22. > :01:30.Minister. Hello and welcome
:01:31. > :01:36.to World News Today. Donald Trump's decision to withdraw
:01:37. > :01:39.the US from the Paris climate change agreement has
:01:40. > :01:40.been internationally condemned. The group of the world's 48 least
:01:41. > :01:43.developed countries accused Mr Trump of showing disregard
:01:44. > :01:49.for millions of lives. India, China and the European Union
:01:50. > :01:51.have restated their But President Trump's senior
:01:52. > :01:57.economic adviser Gary Cohn said the decision allows the US
:01:58. > :02:00.to keep its options open to get Today we are stepping
:02:01. > :02:04.up our cooperation on climate Which means that today China
:02:05. > :02:10.and Europe has demonstrated solidarity with future generations
:02:11. > :02:15.and responsibility We are convinced that yesterday's
:02:16. > :02:24.decision by the United States to leave the Paris agreement
:02:25. > :02:28.is a big mistake. Bigger than not ratifying
:02:29. > :02:33.the Kyoto protocol. The fight against climate change
:02:34. > :02:36.and all the research, innovation and technology
:02:37. > :02:38.and progress it will bring will continue,
:02:39. > :03:02.with or without the United States. International condemnation but Mr
:03:03. > :03:08.Trump seems set on his ways. Yes, he believes he has kept a promise, if
:03:09. > :03:12.routine made in how oil -- in Pennsylvania to those he calls the
:03:13. > :03:20.forgotten people, the workers in coal and oil and gas. These, he
:03:21. > :03:26.says, I see easily elected -- elected him to pull out of this
:03:27. > :03:32.deal. The Environmental Protection Agency has briefed reporters at the
:03:33. > :03:38.White House. She has said that the Trump administration believes this
:03:39. > :03:43.is a bad deal, that the Paris climate agreement is a bad deal for
:03:44. > :03:49.workers and jobs. He said that other countries may help negotiate and
:03:50. > :03:53.they can negotiate if they wish but he reiterated the point that if they
:03:54. > :03:59.don't this is fine, too. He was challenged on several occasions by
:04:00. > :04:02.reporters who are keen to find out whether or not President Trump
:04:03. > :04:07.believes climate change is real and whether or not it is caused by
:04:08. > :04:14.humans. He said that measuring the human impact of climate change is
:04:15. > :04:19.challenging. He said he has indicated that human activity
:04:20. > :04:24.contributes to it in summer manner. But when comes to those
:04:25. > :04:29.conversations he's had with Donald Trump, he said they both agreed that
:04:30. > :04:35.when it came to that agreement it wasn't in America's interests. We'll
:04:36. > :04:40.talk to you in a moment. Let's hear some of the words from the man
:04:41. > :04:47.himself. The president made a courageous decision yesterday in
:04:48. > :04:51.behalf of America. He put America's interests first with respected
:04:52. > :04:53.environmental agreements in international discussions. I
:04:54. > :04:58.appreciate his fortitude and leadership in this matter. The
:04:59. > :05:01.discussion has been one of a thoughtful collaboration of the last
:05:02. > :05:08.few weeks. He heard many voices across a wide spectrum and the
:05:09. > :05:14.President made an informed and thoughtful decision for the
:05:15. > :05:19.country's benefit. Is there not some concern that the United States, the
:05:20. > :05:24.world leader, isn't leading the way when it comes to climate change?
:05:25. > :05:29.Within the top of the recession, they are not concerned about that.
:05:30. > :05:36.International condemnation of job there are shoulders. They've had a
:05:37. > :05:43.lot of praise from leading Republicans, the house speaker.
:05:44. > :05:46.These people have come forward and said that Donald Trump has made the
:05:47. > :05:52.right decision for American businesses. You're right, there has
:05:53. > :05:57.been condemnation from within. If you look at the likes of California,
:05:58. > :06:01.New York, Washington State governors, they've said they will
:06:02. > :06:10.try to keep on fulfilling their climate change agreement. That
:06:11. > :06:17.commitment that America made to cut at least 26% of carbon emissions by
:06:18. > :06:23.2025. As full 60 other males of major US cities, including
:06:24. > :06:27.Pittsburgh, the city Donald Trump named saying he represents the
:06:28. > :06:31.people of Pittsburgh not Paris. The measure of Pittsburgh has put out a
:06:32. > :06:36.climate change order today saying that his city will work towards the
:06:37. > :06:38.Paris climate change agreement. There is some dissent within the US.
:06:39. > :06:41.Thank you. India, a country attacked
:06:42. > :06:43.by Donald Trump as benefiting from the climate agreement,
:06:44. > :06:45.has said it remains Prime Minister Narendra Modi
:06:46. > :06:53.said the exploitation This was expected to be
:06:54. > :07:04.India's energy future when Prime Minister Narendra Modi
:07:05. > :07:08.came to power three years ago. He said economic growth
:07:09. > :07:16.was the priority. The forecast was that India,
:07:17. > :07:19.already the third biggest producer of greenhouse gases in the world,
:07:20. > :07:21.would treble emissions But things have changed more quickly
:07:22. > :07:30.than anyone expected. Suddenly, instead of coal
:07:31. > :07:32.being the first recourse for powering India, renewable energy
:07:33. > :07:34.becomes the first recourse The price of renewable energy has
:07:35. > :07:42.really, really fallen fast. While renewable energy
:07:43. > :07:46.was about 14 rupees, or about 20 US cents,
:07:47. > :07:48.per unit of electricity about five years ago,
:07:49. > :07:51.it has now fallen to about 2.5 That makes renewable energy cost
:07:52. > :08:01.competitive with coal. Last year, one of the world's
:08:02. > :08:05.biggest solar plants opened here. India needs to massively increase
:08:06. > :08:08.the amount of power it produces. 300 million Indians still have no
:08:09. > :08:12.access to electricity and the average Indian uses a tenth
:08:13. > :08:21.of the power of an American. India's emissions will have
:08:22. > :08:25.to increase, but because of the technological changes
:08:26. > :08:27.and because of the energy efficiency, India's emissions
:08:28. > :08:30.will increase at a slower rate and will probably start increasing
:08:31. > :08:33.faster and at a lower level than everybody expected
:08:34. > :08:41.they would just a few years ago. Isn't that the Indian Government has
:08:42. > :08:44.certainly been converted This is about economics,
:08:45. > :08:49.not ideology. But arguably, that makes it
:08:50. > :08:53.even more significant. Because if doing the right thing
:08:54. > :08:56.is also the most profitable thing, people are far more likely
:08:57. > :09:05.to want to do it. Some the world's biggest oil
:09:06. > :09:07.companies have said they still ExxonMobil said the 2105 accord
:09:08. > :09:18.remained a "critical" step, given rising emissions
:09:19. > :09:20.from developing countries. Another US firm, Chevron,
:09:21. > :09:22.said its policies on reducing emissions would remain aligned
:09:23. > :09:25.with the targets set out in Paris. Meanwhile the boss of BP,
:09:26. > :09:27.Bob Dudley, took a slightly different tack, saying some
:09:28. > :09:30.of the reaction to Trump's announcement had been "extreme"
:09:31. > :09:32.and that it wouldn't change his company's plans
:09:33. > :09:34.to move to cleaner fuels. Well, I know there is a lot
:09:35. > :09:36.of extreme reaction, big reaction to it, but the reality
:09:37. > :09:39.is it has only been 12-16 hours since the announcement came
:09:40. > :09:42.and I know the United States is a centre of innovation
:09:43. > :09:47.in lots of clean technology and things, so I think it is more
:09:48. > :09:50.of a symbolic stepping out of the agreement,
:09:51. > :09:52.which I think takes, from what I understand,
:09:53. > :09:55.more than three years to do anyway, so I wouldn't overreact
:09:56. > :09:56.to it whatsoever. Quite a surprising move
:09:57. > :09:58.from the president. Did you ever think
:09:59. > :10:00.this day would come? Well, I think, as Dan Yergin said
:10:01. > :10:03.earlier, all through the campaign, those statements were made so,
:10:04. > :10:06.in many ways, it's not that much of a surprise but let's wait and see
:10:07. > :10:11.what the substance of it is. I know the United States will be
:10:12. > :10:14.the centre of lots of clean technology innovation so I wouldn't
:10:15. > :10:17.overreact to it. I think it doesn't matter, it's not
:10:18. > :10:22.going to change our strategy. We have in place a strategy
:10:23. > :10:26.to recognise the long wave line transition to a low carbon energy
:10:27. > :10:28.is absolutely inevitable, it is under way, so we have
:10:29. > :10:32.a strategy that works with what we have today in research,
:10:33. > :10:34.development and renewables Erik Solheim is the head of UN
:10:35. > :10:58.Environment Programme - Hagen panicking a little bit too
:10:59. > :11:06.much given that Trump has made this announcement gesture Mike? It's a
:11:07. > :11:18.setback but it's in no way the end of the Paris agreement. India is
:11:19. > :11:32.positive. We've just heard both on BBC. China are moving faster. The
:11:33. > :11:38.private sector is in the lead. It is the private sector that is leading
:11:39. > :11:43.the renewable revolution in the US. The big companies, Facebook, Google,
:11:44. > :11:47.Apple, Microsoft, they've said that they disagree with the president but
:11:48. > :11:54.will move ahead and bring the renewable revolution anyway. Given
:11:55. > :11:58.that Americans use up some of the most energy converted to other
:11:59. > :12:05.nations, it is a setback. Surely they should be leading the way.
:12:06. > :12:09.Absolutely. We need the leadership but in the absence of the American
:12:10. > :12:14.leadership, it's refreshing to see that the private sector is waiting
:12:15. > :12:18.in the United States, states like California, Washington, New York are
:12:19. > :12:23.leading, these are some of the most modern states with some of the
:12:24. > :12:31.biggest companies. China and India are taking up leadership with
:12:32. > :12:35.Europe. Europe and China are aligning for climate action. Just a
:12:36. > :12:39.a few years back, it was not possible for Europe and China line
:12:40. > :12:44.with each other in the absence of United States. As in the
:12:45. > :12:50.international community failed, not being able to convince the leader of
:12:51. > :12:56.the United states that climate change is a thing? -- hasn't the
:12:57. > :13:02.international community failed. We have tried it and was in focus too
:13:03. > :13:09.on the -- and I wouldn't focus too much on the United States. But
:13:10. > :13:12.wasn't Ronald Reagan that launched the digital revolution, nor Jimmy
:13:13. > :13:16.Carter. It is companies and people that drive the renewable revolution.
:13:17. > :13:22.Its companies that are driving it but if you don't have, if you still
:13:23. > :13:27.have doubters within the international community, what's that
:13:28. > :13:37.stop other people that might change their minds? We have some -- refuse
:13:38. > :13:44.signals of the break-up of his deal. That is because of the leadership in
:13:45. > :13:48.China, Africa, Europe. The main reason, the fact that you cannot be
:13:49. > :13:53.both environmentally friendly and develop fast at the same time. Until
:13:54. > :13:57.recently, there may have been a contradiction here. You needed to
:13:58. > :14:09.make a choice but now sold and wind energy can compete with coal. It is
:14:10. > :14:16.a win, win. As you see in India, providing jobs and green energy at
:14:17. > :14:17.the same time. We have to leave it there. Thank you so much.
:14:18. > :14:20.Here in the UK, with less than a week to go
:14:21. > :14:22.until the general election, opinion polls suggest the race
:14:23. > :14:26.In just over an hour's time, the Prime Minister,
:14:27. > :14:29.Theresa May, and the Leader of the Opposition Labour Party,
:14:30. > :14:33.Jeremy Corbyn, will face members of the public in a live TV question
:14:34. > :14:38.The BBC's Ros Atkins is in York, where the BBC's holding the special
:14:39. > :14:44.It is one of the last chances for Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May to
:14:45. > :14:49.make a pitch live on national TV to the electorate.
:14:50. > :14:57.In terms of how the audience has been selected, this is
:14:58. > :15:00.a BBC question Time special but, as you know, BBC Question Time
:15:01. > :15:03.broadcasts many times throughout the year on the BBC,
:15:04. > :15:05.it has a devoted production team which is very used
:15:06. > :15:06.to pulling together audiences which are
:15:07. > :15:10.city or area of the country they are visiting.
:15:11. > :15:12.That same process has been followed today so this audience will
:15:13. > :15:16.not be a representation of the UK, it will be a representation of York
:15:17. > :15:19.There is a renewed interest in both what
:15:20. > :15:24.Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn are saying because, as you say,
:15:25. > :15:26.there is a perception, widely accepted by
:15:27. > :15:28.people following the campaign closely, that's Theresa May has had
:15:29. > :15:31.a couple of tough days in the last two weeks around the U-turn on how
:15:32. > :15:34.social care will be paid for, and also her
:15:35. > :15:37.the big BBC leaders debate a couple of nights ago
:15:38. > :15:41.Jeremy Corbyn, largely given a tough time by the print
:15:42. > :15:47.media in the UK, has had a good campaign,
:15:48. > :15:50.he has not had any huge gaffes beyond one in a BBC Radio
:15:51. > :15:55.interview when he forgot a statistic which created bad headlines, but
:15:56. > :15:58.generally his campaign has gone well and that meant the music has
:15:59. > :16:01.slightly changed, the polls have tightened, and while we need to be
:16:02. > :16:04.cautious we can certainly say he is applying pressure on Theresa May
:16:05. > :16:06.that perhaps wasn't there when she called this election
:16:07. > :16:11.when some polls gave her a lead of up to 20 points.
:16:12. > :16:17.That Question Time leaders' special starts in just
:16:18. > :16:23.At least five people have died in Afghanistan after police opened
:16:24. > :16:26.Hospital sources told the BBC another five were admitted
:16:27. > :16:30.Live bullets and tear gas was used by police to disperse a large crowd.
:16:31. > :16:32.They were protesting against deteriorating
:16:33. > :16:37.This is the second day of protests close to where a car bomb
:16:38. > :16:38.on Wednesday killed more than 90 people.
:16:39. > :16:49.Police fired water cannon and live bullets as protesters approached
:16:50. > :16:51.the presidential palace in Kabul, itself just metres from the site
:16:52. > :16:57.Earlier in the day, crowds had gathered,
:16:58. > :16:59.chanting slogans calling on the president to resign
:17:00. > :17:10.and demanding more be done to prevent such attacks.
:17:11. > :17:13.There has been a lot of anger from the crowd all day,
:17:14. > :17:15.directed at anyone and everyone that they hold responsible
:17:16. > :17:19.At Pakistan and the militant network the Haqqanis,
:17:20. > :17:21.who they allege were responsible, at international forces for not
:17:22. > :17:26.providing enough security here, and at the Afghan government.
:17:27. > :17:28.Some of those protesting were demanding the execution
:17:29. > :17:30.of a number of prisoners from the Haqqani network
:17:31. > :17:39.TRANSLATION: The officials say it is hard to tell
:17:40. > :17:43.Well, they should come out into the streets with us
:17:44. > :17:46.They should start by executing the Haqqani
:17:47. > :17:52.The protest began peacefully but five people were shot
:17:53. > :17:54.by police as clashes erupted between protesters
:17:55. > :18:01.TRANSLATION: Look what they have done to us.
:18:02. > :18:05.We are being killed every day in terrorist attacks so why should
:18:06. > :18:11.Protests like this are unusual in Afghanistan
:18:12. > :18:13.but there is real anger here at the deteriorating
:18:14. > :18:22.Officials, though, say the country is doing all it can.
:18:23. > :18:24.We know we are fighting more than 20 international terrorist
:18:25. > :18:32.Afghanistan is the only country in the world now that is fighting
:18:33. > :18:38.With the capability, with the numbers of security forces
:18:39. > :18:43.we have, we are still doing very good.
:18:44. > :18:45.Afghanistan often sees an upsurge of violence in the Muslim holy month
:18:46. > :18:49.of Ramadan and it is hard to rule out the prospect of more attacks
:18:50. > :19:03.A group of children conceived through IVF have won the right
:19:04. > :19:06.to have the DNA of the doctor at the sperm bank tested.
:19:07. > :19:11.They believe he may be their biological father.
:19:12. > :19:14.Jan Karbaat, who died last April, is suspected of replacing the sperm
:19:15. > :19:15.chosen by their mothers, with his own.
:19:16. > :19:19.He could have fathered around 60 children.
:19:20. > :19:21.Anna Holligan was in Rotterdam District Court
:19:22. > :19:27.This was just the first round but you can see
:19:28. > :19:33.The room is full of people wondering if the person sitting next to them
:19:34. > :19:49.Their mothers all had IVF and now they believe
:19:50. > :19:52.the doctor who ran the clinic, secretly inseminated them
:19:53. > :19:55.TRANSLATION: I did not see the similarities at first sight
:19:56. > :19:58.but, after having spoken with the lawyer who told me a couple
:19:59. > :20:02.of indicators that biological children of Karbaat have,
:20:03. > :20:04.an overbite, a feet condition and hypermobility,
:20:05. > :20:13.both characteristics, my son has two.
:20:14. > :20:16.TRANSLATION: I want to know for sure that this is my dad.
:20:17. > :20:22.But if anyone asks me who my dad is, you can probably answer
:20:23. > :20:27.the question, at this moment I cannot answer the question.
:20:28. > :20:32.Dr Karbaat called himself a pioneer in the field of fertilisation.
:20:33. > :20:35.This incredible case has raised questions about how IVF
:20:36. > :20:37.clinics and the procedures they offer are monitored.
:20:38. > :20:46.TRANSLATION: For the donor children, we hope we can work together
:20:47. > :20:51.with the biological children of Mr Karbaat to sample
:20:52. > :20:57.and match their DNA so we can see if there is a match
:20:58. > :20:59.And even if his family refused to cooperate,
:21:00. > :21:04.the judge agreed DNA samples can be taken from items seized
:21:05. > :21:07.from Dr Karbaat's home shortly after his death.
:21:08. > :21:09.That DNA profile will then be sealed until another judge rules
:21:10. > :21:12.on whether the results can be compared to the DNA
:21:13. > :21:22.Ireland is set to have it's first gay Prime Minister.
:21:23. > :21:24.Within the last hour, Leo Varadkar has been named
:21:25. > :21:27.as the new leader of Fine Gael, the biggest party in Ireland's
:21:28. > :21:35.This was the scene at Mansion House in central Dublin,
:21:36. > :21:36.where Mr Varadkar's supporters celebrated the news.
:21:37. > :21:39.He is the son of an Indian immigrant and also Ireland's first
:21:40. > :21:43.He was the favourite to take over from Prime Minister Enda Kenny,
:21:44. > :21:45.who resigned last month after leading the party
:21:46. > :21:50.Around the world, people look to Ireland to be reminded that this
:21:51. > :21:53.is a country where it doesn't matter where you come from but rather
:21:54. > :21:58.I know when my father travelled 5000 miles to build
:21:59. > :22:02.a new home in Ireland, I doubt he ever dreamt that his son
:22:03. > :22:06.would one day grow up to become its leader and that,
:22:07. > :22:10.despite his differences, his son would be treated the same
:22:11. > :22:12.and judged by his actions in character, not his
:22:13. > :22:25.Joining me from Dublin is the BBC's Chris Page.
:22:26. > :22:35.It's a day of firsts for Ireland. Yes, a number of firsts. Leo
:22:36. > :22:38.Varadkar is set to become the Prime Minister. He's been elected the
:22:39. > :22:45.leader of the largest party. You'll also be the first gay leader, the
:22:46. > :22:51.youngest leader in history and the first of Asian descent. He's half
:22:52. > :22:56.Indian, his father is an Indian doctor that came to live here in the
:22:57. > :23:01.1970s. He married an Irish nurse and they settled in Dublin, where Leo
:23:02. > :23:08.Varadkar corrupt. It was a different country then. Divorce and
:23:09. > :23:12.homosexuality were in the 1990s. Until then, they were relatively few
:23:13. > :23:17.England and Ireland was one of the poorest countries Europe. Then a
:23:18. > :23:24.huge economic boom and Ireland became one of the gritters
:23:25. > :23:28.countries, then a crash and now Ireland has recovered and we are now
:23:29. > :23:37.one of the fastest-growing economies. He embodies the Liberals
:23:38. > :23:39.-- liberalisation of Ireland. It was once one of the most socially
:23:40. > :23:48.conservative countries in the European Union. When it comes to the
:23:49. > :23:52.contenders, Simon Coveney one the most thoughts from the ordinarily
:23:53. > :23:58.members of the party. How did Leo Varadkar win? Yes, Ireland has never
:23:59. > :24:04.had a leadership contest like this before. It opened its entitlement to
:24:05. > :24:10.ship up to voting. To make a major leadership event of the contest.
:24:11. > :24:18.There may be a general election if you're this your next year, voting
:24:19. > :24:22.was extended to all party members, but electoral college system meant
:24:23. > :24:26.that party members in parliament had the biggest say, therefore it's
:24:27. > :24:32.counted for much more than anyone else and the Parliamentary party
:24:33. > :24:36.footed by an overwhelming majority -- party voted by an overbearing
:24:37. > :24:45.majority in favour of Leo Varadkar. He's a major darling, in some eyes
:24:46. > :24:48.and this is why they think he will be the man to lead them into a
:24:49. > :24:54.general election, he would be the man to shore up the position in
:24:55. > :24:59.parliament. At the moment, Fine Gael is a majority Government. And I was
:25:00. > :25:07.sick in that sense. Note that one has his biggest -- and digs are
:25:08. > :25:12.shaky in that sense. His predecessor has said that the exit of the UK
:25:13. > :25:18.from the European Union is Ireland boss Matt biggest challenge yet.
:25:19. > :25:22.There is no doubt that the exit of Britain's economy from Europe will
:25:23. > :25:29.be a big challenge. He's got some big shoes to fill. And Connor is
:25:30. > :25:35.resigning 15 years. -- Enda Kenny is resigning after 15 years. Yes, he
:25:36. > :25:40.was Prime Minister of road for six years. She has given a resounding
:25:41. > :25:46.endorsement to Leo Varadkar. It is appointing general election results
:25:47. > :25:56.last year. Now Leo Varadkar takes on the mantle. A new route within the
:25:57. > :25:57.over. Thank you very much. Much more on Leo Varadkar on the website. You
:25:58. > :26:13.can also get in touch on twitter. The weekend is upon us and the
:26:14. > :26:16.weather is looking mixed. Overall, not bad for most. A lots of sunshine
:26:17. > :26:17.around if you