:00:00. > :00:17.Hello and welcome to World News Today.
:00:18. > :00:19.Interior ministers from three European countries are meeting
:00:20. > :00:22.in Paris to decide how to tackle the growing migrant crisis
:00:23. > :00:26.Italy has become increasingly alarmed by a sharp rise in arrivals
:00:27. > :00:31.and wants other EU countries to open their ports.
:00:32. > :00:33.And there's concern the number of rescue boats are encouraging
:00:34. > :00:35.ever more people to make the perilous journey.
:00:36. > :00:49.Over the long hours of the Mediterranean summer,
:00:50. > :00:51.migrants cram into boats as they venture from Libya
:00:52. > :00:57.towards Europe's most accessible border, Italy.
:00:58. > :01:10.The numbers are unimaginable and the risks are high.
:01:11. > :01:14.The work of Justice, one volunteer agency dedicated
:01:15. > :01:15.to rescuing migrants, reveals the fear, desperation
:01:16. > :01:23.They flee failed states, persecution, hunger and war.
:01:24. > :01:26.All seek a fresh start, a better life.
:01:27. > :01:32.Italy has taken over 12,000 migrants in the past week alone.
:01:33. > :01:34.It says without greater help, it will close its ports
:01:35. > :01:45.TRANSLATION: It's not possible to not understand that
:01:46. > :01:50.If we have vessels coming from all European countries flying
:01:51. > :01:56.various European flags, sailing in the Mediterranean Sea,
:01:57. > :01:58.which rightly rescue human lives and nevertheless,
:01:59. > :02:00.the only ports where these rescued lives are brought
:02:01. > :02:08.It's to France that migrant boats could be sent to land.
:02:09. > :02:11.As Paris hosts a minisummit of key European leaders,
:02:12. > :02:15.to discuss the crisis, its own citizens have the streets
:02:16. > :02:20.to remind them of the challenges of migrant settlement and integration.
:02:21. > :02:28.Redistributed migrants around European Union members
:02:29. > :02:32.is the approach backed the UN HCR, but Eastern EU states are saying no.
:02:33. > :02:35.TRANSLATION: We did not exploit these countries
:02:36. > :02:40.from which the refugees come to Europe today.
:02:41. > :02:43.We did not exploit their labour force and finally, we did not call
:02:44. > :02:46.We have a full moral right to say no.
:02:47. > :02:49.Hungary has already blocked the Balkan route into Europe.
:02:50. > :02:52.It wants economic migrants transported out of the continent.
:02:53. > :02:55.And it's calling for what it calls the line of defence to be pushed
:02:56. > :02:58.all the way to Libya and from there, towards Libya's southern border.
:02:59. > :03:07.We can now speak to Stefano Argenziano -
:03:08. > :03:10.he's the Manager of Migration Operations for the medical
:03:11. > :03:11.humanitarian organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres -
:03:12. > :03:13.which helps migrants in the Mediterranean.
:03:14. > :03:24.Welcome. How do you respond to what the Italian government says, this
:03:25. > :03:28.charities and aid groups rescuing people from the sea are part of the
:03:29. > :03:31.problem? Bet you encourage people to make the journey? Thank you very
:03:32. > :03:39.much for having me and good evening. -- that you encourage people. We are
:03:40. > :03:44.not part of the problem. We are not either the solution. We represent an
:03:45. > :03:51.absolute necessity for saving lives where those lives are most in
:03:52. > :03:54.danger. We fundamentally reject the allegations and accusations which
:03:55. > :04:03.are mostly baseless and without any form of evidence about the role of
:04:04. > :04:06.NGOs and the role of rescue in the central Mediterranean in the element
:04:07. > :04:15.of contributing to calling more people to come to try to attempt the
:04:16. > :04:18.dangerous crossing. The real problem is the absence of alternatives for
:04:19. > :04:23.tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people, looking for
:04:24. > :04:30.protection. Looking for better lives. Looking for... A different
:04:31. > :04:36.option in their lives. There is no alternative, apart from the illegal
:04:37. > :04:41.and dangerous passages, which are left at the moment... Watt sorry to
:04:42. > :04:45.into rock you, we were talking to the European Coast Guard force, the
:04:46. > :04:50.official task force. Even they said the presence of the rescue boat was
:04:51. > :04:55.encouraging people smugglers to pack even more people onto boats that are
:04:56. > :04:58.not seaworthy. We are seeing huge numbers of people on those boats
:04:59. > :05:05.because they know they are not see but they know those passengers will
:05:06. > :05:13.be rescued. They have no capacity to show casual links and evidence for
:05:14. > :05:16.what they say. Right now, the so-called Western Mediterranean
:05:17. > :05:20.Road, between Morocco and Spain, whereby there is no mechanism of
:05:21. > :05:26.search and rescue capacity presence has seen an increase of 46% of the
:05:27. > :05:32.migration pressure from the south. In a place where there is no NGO.
:05:33. > :05:38.There is no actor carrying out a systematic effort to save lives at
:05:39. > :05:43.sea. The problem is much more ample and much more complex than this
:05:44. > :05:49.oversimplification, which at some point, a number of mass media is
:05:50. > :05:52.trying to portray. At what point do you consider the capacity of a
:05:53. > :05:58.country like Italy to cope with a number of people who are coming to
:05:59. > :06:05.it? If Italy says it has reached its limit, do you accept that? It is not
:06:06. > :06:10.up to us to accept or not. Nor are we in the capacity of defining what
:06:11. > :06:15.is the benchmark of reception of a member state of the European Union.
:06:16. > :06:21.We realise that Italy is a country with 60 million people. It has been
:06:22. > :06:26.receiving 180,000 last year. Lebanon has four million and is hosting over
:06:27. > :06:32.1.5 million refugees in its territory. It is not really up to us
:06:33. > :06:41.to take a position on what is the limit and what is the ceiling for
:06:42. > :06:46.reception. If Italy has... Has a specific call to the other member
:06:47. > :06:50.states to contribute to its ongoing effort, we can understand that very
:06:51. > :06:57.well. We are witnessing first-hand the willingness to show solidarity
:06:58. > :07:00.provided by Italian coastguards, for example. In coordinating and
:07:01. > :07:04.supporting the life-saving operations of the central
:07:05. > :07:10.Mediterranean. What we wish for is a larger capacity at sea for rescue,
:07:11. > :07:15.saving lives. I'm afraid we are out of time, we really appreciate your
:07:16. > :07:17.time. Thank you for joining us from Rome.
:07:18. > :07:19.Iraqi special forces have recaptured more territory
:07:20. > :07:24.in the Old City of Mosul, in the final stages
:07:25. > :07:26.of the operation to drive out so-called Islamic State.
:07:27. > :07:28.Troops and police are now closing in from three sides
:07:29. > :07:31.on the IS militants, who captured the city in June 2014.
:07:32. > :07:33.But Iraqi commanders say as many as 50,000 civilians may be
:07:34. > :07:40.trapped behind IS lines, as Orla Guerin reports from Mosul.
:07:41. > :07:46.From the dying days of battle against IS.
:07:47. > :07:47.Traumatised civilians fleeing with little more
:07:48. > :08:07."Every day you ask me how I am", she says.
:08:08. > :08:19.The civilians here have just managed to escape the fighting.
:08:20. > :08:21.They're hungry and tired and they looked scared.
:08:22. > :08:26.They've been caught between the two sides,
:08:27. > :08:29.at risk both from Islamic State and the operation against them.
:08:30. > :08:32.But the troops here are being cautious, they want to make sure
:08:33. > :08:34.that no-one has emerged who could be a risk.
:08:35. > :08:37.They are concerned that suicide bombers could be trying to come out
:08:38. > :08:44.We're fine to carry the women and the kids out, but if it's
:08:45. > :08:46.a medical emergency, it's better if we have
:08:47. > :08:51.British volunteer Sally Becker is here with a medical charity.
:08:52. > :08:54.A veteran of war, she says nothing compares to Mosul.
:08:55. > :09:01.We've got the vehicle-borne explosives.
:09:02. > :09:02.People. Suicide bombers.
:09:03. > :09:05.Even a woman yesterday, which makes it extremely
:09:06. > :09:11.Because most of who we carry is women and children.
:09:12. > :09:15.And many come here to a field hospital nearby.
:09:16. > :09:20.Doctors say they have been losing children to mortars and shrapnel.
:09:21. > :09:24.But soon, hundreds could die of hunger.
:09:25. > :09:30.They see dozens per day who are severely malnourished.
:09:31. > :09:33.Much of the civilian suffering here has gone unseen but three years
:09:34. > :09:41.of IS rule have deeply scarred Mosul and its people.
:09:42. > :09:46.From this one street in the Old City, IS executed four men.
:09:47. > :09:50."Sometimes I worry they will be back".
:09:51. > :09:54."When I hear fighting at night, I hope I can forget them".
:09:55. > :09:57.A military victory looks close here but there are fears
:09:58. > :09:59.about IS sleeper cells and about the future that may
:10:00. > :10:13.President Trump has been accused of inciting violence
:10:14. > :10:16.against the media, after he tweeted a spoof video showing him physically
:10:17. > :10:20.assaulting a man with a CNN logo super-imposed on his head.
:10:21. > :10:23.He is shown slamming the CNN symbol to the ground
:10:24. > :10:30.One CNN contributor has said the President would end up getting
:10:31. > :10:34.It all relates to a feud the President has with CNN.
:10:35. > :10:35.That latest controversy comes after President Trump
:10:36. > :10:38.defended his use of Twitter in a new oline tirade.
:10:39. > :10:40."My use of social media is not Presidential" - he says,
:10:41. > :10:50.It follows a personal attack he made on two US news presenters.
:10:51. > :10:52.He tweeted this week that he had refused to meet MSNBC's
:10:53. > :11:15.Mika Brzezinski because she was, he says, bleeding heavily
:11:16. > :11:19.after a facelift, he continued his criticism on Saturday
:11:20. > :11:24.I share the opinion of the American people, we want the president of the
:11:25. > :11:27.United States to concentrate on his agenda, we want him to concentrate
:11:28. > :11:32.on what is important to the American people, like tax reform and
:11:33. > :11:37.repealing Obama care and national security. We would really like for
:11:38. > :11:42.him to put down the twitter account. People might be wondering, and
:11:43. > :11:46.interested to know why you support him, even if he does so many things
:11:47. > :11:52.you find distasteful, that you wouldn't want your children to hear.
:11:53. > :11:55.Of course, there are things that I do find objectionable, like the war
:11:56. > :12:00.on Twitter that we are talking about. But I think the fact that the
:12:01. > :12:05.vast majority of the American people, myself included, has a great
:12:06. > :12:09.distrust for the American press. I think that is why the American
:12:10. > :12:14.people are willing to give such a pass to the president on things like
:12:15. > :12:18.this, on matters like this. It wasn't just a couple of weeks ago
:12:19. > :12:23.when a producer on CNN referred to one of Trump's special advisers,
:12:24. > :12:28.Kellyanne Conway, he said she looked like she was hit by a shovel. MSNBC,
:12:29. > :12:36.Chris Matthews, the other day he said Mussolini did a good thing by
:12:37. > :12:39.assassinating his son-in-law. Made the insinuation that Donald Trump
:12:40. > :12:42.should do the same. These are the kind of things the president of the
:12:43. > :12:48.United States puts up with on a daily basis from the American press.
:12:49. > :12:52.But... Leiua this is why people are so angry and sympathetic. But those
:12:53. > :12:56.people aren't the president of the United States, shouldn't he be well
:12:57. > :13:00.above that sort of thing. Absolutely he positively showed. The twitter
:13:01. > :13:05.war, the insults, those are beneath the dignity of the president of the
:13:06. > :13:09.United States and the office. This needs to stop. He needs to get to
:13:10. > :13:13.the business of governing, which is what the American people want. Are
:13:14. > :13:22.you concerned, are you worried that if he continues this sort of
:13:23. > :13:24.behaviour, he is going to start losing the support of the people
:13:25. > :13:26.voted for him, who still stand by voted for him, who still stand by
:13:27. > :13:29.his side but also, crucially, senior Republicans who had criticised his
:13:30. > :13:32.behaviour on twitter might start bailing out on him and not helping
:13:33. > :13:36.him carry out the things he wants to do as president. If the president
:13:37. > :13:41.concentrate on his agenda and he does move forward with that and get
:13:42. > :13:45.away from watching television so much, so much concentration on
:13:46. > :13:48.social media. If he gets to the business of governing the United
:13:49. > :13:54.States of America and the agenda that he promised to bring forth
:13:55. > :13:59.during the election, then I believe people will remain supportive of him
:14:00. > :14:02.but he needs to do that if and he needs to stop this ridiculousness
:14:03. > :14:07.with Twitter. It is not a winning situation for him. He is going to
:14:08. > :14:10.get caught in the negativity of all this. As we discussed before, it is
:14:11. > :14:12.beneath the dignity of the office. Stay with us on BBC World News,
:14:13. > :14:15.still to come: On his 75th birthday,
:14:16. > :14:16.Stephen Hawking criticises President Trump's decision to pull
:14:17. > :15:21.out of the Paris Climate Agreement. Challenger powered past the
:15:22. > :15:26.lighthouse at almost 50 knots, shattering the record that stood for
:15:27. > :15:37.34 years. No hiding the elation of Richard Branson and his crew.
:15:38. > :15:51.Interior ministers from Germany, France and Italy meet for crisis
:15:52. > :15:55.talks as broken warns the influx of migrants is unsustainable. -- as
:15:56. > :15:56.Italy warns. Iraqi special forces recapture more
:15:57. > :15:58.territory in the Old City of Mosul, but commanders say as many as 50,000
:15:59. > :16:01.civilians may be trapped The French president,
:16:02. > :16:05.Emmanuel Macron, says he's determined to help eradicate
:16:06. > :16:07.terrorists in the Sahel He was speaking at a security summit
:16:08. > :16:13.in Mali, alongside the leaders They're seeking support
:16:14. > :16:22.for a 5,000-strong regional force to combat Islamist militants
:16:23. > :16:24.in the Sahel. The French president,
:16:25. > :16:27.Emmanuel Macron, and his West African counterparts together
:16:28. > :16:31.to launch a regional force. Mali, Chad, Niger, but also
:16:32. > :16:33.Mauritania and Burkina Faso, France will support them
:16:34. > :16:42.with equipment and it will help them convince Western countries
:16:43. > :16:47.to fund their operations. Only the EU has so far
:16:48. > :16:49.pledged nearly $16 million, a fraction of the force's total
:16:50. > :16:52.cost, but France remains keen to see TRANSLATION: Our enemies
:16:53. > :17:05.want only one thing - They feed themselves
:17:06. > :17:13.on our weaknesses, the complexities of our past and our ineffectiveness
:17:14. > :17:17.as a collective, but together we can make the decision
:17:18. > :17:20.to proceed differently. To tell ourselves everything,
:17:21. > :17:24.whether it pleases us or not. To expect things of one
:17:25. > :17:41.another, because we believe The original force will face jihadi
:17:42. > :17:43.groups linked to Al-Qaeda, drug traffickers as well as smugglers of
:17:44. > :17:48.migrants bound for Europe. This deployment is part of a huge
:17:49. > :17:51.security build-up in Mali where a foreign military presence
:17:52. > :17:54.has increased in the last few years. The US and Germany are also
:17:55. > :18:00.operating in the region. The French may be here for the long
:18:01. > :18:03.haul, but they are hoping that they won't remain the only
:18:04. > :18:23.ones standing guard. I have a German producer talking in
:18:24. > :18:25.my ear and he's very excited! I bet he is.
:18:26. > :18:27.World champions Germany have added the Confederations Cup
:18:28. > :18:30.to their trophy cabinet after a 1-0 win over Chile in St Petersburg.
:18:31. > :18:34.Lars Stindl scored the only goal of the match
:18:35. > :18:36.in what was an entertaining, but at times ill-tempered affair
:18:37. > :18:39.as Joachim Loewe's team won this tournament for the first time.
:18:40. > :18:42.They also go top of the Fifa world rankings ahead of next year's
:18:43. > :18:49.Top seed Andy Murray says he is fit to defend his Wimbledon title.
:18:50. > :18:51.The 30-year-old, who's also announced that wife Kim
:18:52. > :18:54.is expecting their second child, has been hampered by a hip problem.
:18:55. > :18:56.Despite looking less than comfortable in practice,
:18:57. > :18:58.the two-time champion has declared himself ready for Monday's
:18:59. > :19:06.Centre Court opener against Alexander Bublik.
:19:07. > :19:15.It's been sore for a little while, now. With each day that I was
:19:16. > :19:20.practising, it was feeling a bit worse. It was hampering my movement.
:19:21. > :19:27.Therefore, I wasn't getting loads out of my practice sessions. I had
:19:28. > :19:34.to make the decision with my team. You know, to take a feud day's
:19:35. > :19:41.break. To allow its time to rest. Hopefully spending a lot of time
:19:42. > :19:44.with my physio. That is loosens up a little bit and that it eases off.
:19:45. > :19:46.And some of the inflammation dies down a bit. I did that.
:19:47. > :19:50.The last few days, practice has been good.
:19:51. > :19:55.I would have liked to have trained the whole we can get a couple of
:19:56. > :19:58.exhibition matches but the positive from it is that I'm fresh.
:19:59. > :20:00.I certainly haven't played too much tennis.
:20:01. > :20:03.But I'm certainly going to have to work my way into the tournament.
:20:04. > :20:06.I probably won't come out and play great straight off the bat.
:20:07. > :20:08.All eight teams have been in action at the women's
:20:09. > :20:11.The match-ups included two intense sporting rivalries as holders
:20:12. > :20:14.Australia faced New Zealand and India played Pakistan.
:20:15. > :20:16.Patrick Gearey wraps up all the action starting
:20:17. > :20:21.with England's comprehensive win over Sri Lanka.
:20:22. > :20:28.It's been a busy and dramatic day in the winning's World Cup and a very
:20:29. > :20:33.good day for the hosts in Taunton. England made light work of Sri
:20:34. > :20:36.Lanka. Their slow bowlers did the job for them with Laura Marsh taking
:20:37. > :20:41.four wickets and Sri Lanka's total of 204-8 from their 50 overs was
:20:42. > :20:44.never likely to be enough on a pitch which traditionally does produce
:20:45. > :20:47.very big scores. In that got to the total with some comfort, Captain
:20:48. > :20:54.Heather Knight scored 82 and Sarah Taylor not out. They got a seven
:20:55. > :20:58.wicket victory. A good win, but their next game will be very much
:20:59. > :21:05.more tricky against South Africa. Today, they bowled out West Indies
:21:06. > :21:08.448. The South African captain took four wickets and didn't concede a
:21:09. > :21:12.single run. The West Indies are the runners-up of the last women's World
:21:13. > :21:17.Cup. And the holders of the T20 Trophy. A very impressive win for
:21:18. > :21:21.South Africa at their next game against England is on Wednesday
:21:22. > :21:29.against Bristol. A big win for India against Pakistan. Their traditional
:21:30. > :21:31.-- they are traditional rivals. They made 169 from their 50 overs but
:21:32. > :21:35.dealt with Pakistan very well. They took five wickets to get an easy win
:21:36. > :21:39.for the Indians. Impressive tournament continues. Australia and
:21:40. > :21:41.New Zealand, two of the traditional heavyweights at the tournament,
:21:42. > :21:48.Australia came out on top winning by five wickets. Perry top scoring.
:21:49. > :21:52.Australia seen the team to beat in this women's World Cup but the next
:21:53. > :21:56.few games could be crucial. It is about to get very interesting.
:21:57. > :21:57.Whisper it very quietly for your German producer.
:21:58. > :21:59.Marcel Kittel won stage two of the Tour de France on Sunday,
:22:00. > :22:02.from Dusseldorf in his home country Germany to the Belgian city
:22:03. > :22:07.But Britain's Geraint Thomas retains the race leader's yellow jersey.
:22:08. > :22:15.Professor Stephen Hawking has told the BBC that Donald Trump's decision
:22:16. > :22:18.to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, could doom the planet,
:22:19. > :22:20.and that future generations will have no choice
:22:21. > :22:24.He was speaking on the occasion of his 75th birthday,
:22:25. > :22:26.a milestone he says he never thought he'd reach.
:22:27. > :22:31.Our science correspondent Pallab Ghosh reports.
:22:32. > :22:34.When I was diagnosed at 21, I was told it would kill me
:22:35. > :22:39.Now, 54 years later, albeit weaker and in a wheelchair,
:22:40. > :22:44.I'm still working and producing scientific papers.
:22:45. > :22:50.Today, Stephen Hawking celebrates his 75th birthday.
:22:51. > :22:53.But it's been a great struggle, which I have got through only
:22:54. > :22:58.with a lot of help from my family, colleagues, and friends.
:22:59. > :23:01.At an event at Cambridge University to pay tribute to his life,
:23:02. > :23:07.he was applauded for his scientific achievements.
:23:08. > :23:09.The legacy will be the scientists that he inspired.
:23:10. > :23:11.And there will be thousands of them, and they're
:23:12. > :23:19.So there will be ten-year-olds today, or eight-year-olds,
:23:20. > :23:21.who are reading about Stephen, reading about the work
:23:22. > :23:24.that he did, and may go on to be the next
:23:25. > :23:33.In an exclusive interview with BBC News, Professor Hawking told me
:23:34. > :23:38.that he was worried about the future of our species.
:23:39. > :23:40.What are your views on President Trump's decision
:23:41. > :23:42.to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, and what impact do
:23:43. > :23:48.you think that will have on the future of the planet?
:23:49. > :23:51.We are close to the tipping point where global warming
:23:52. > :23:56.Trump's action could push the earth over the bridge,
:23:57. > :23:59.to become like Venus, with a temperature of 250 degrees
:24:00. > :24:12.His daughter Lucy says his life is an inspiration,
:24:13. > :24:16.People who've lived in really extreme circumstances seem
:24:17. > :24:20.to find something very, very inspirational in his example
:24:21. > :24:24.of perseverance and persistence, and his kind of ability to rise
:24:25. > :24:29.above his suffering, and still want to communicate at a higher level.
:24:30. > :24:34.His ideas have transformed our understanding of the cosmos.
:24:35. > :24:50.But what's also being celebrated is his determination and humanity.
:24:51. > :24:56.Apparently it's a past time of many a Friday afternoon, office chair
:24:57. > :24:59.racing. If you think you have perfected your technique, look at
:25:00. > :25:05.this lot. The World Championships have been taking place in
:25:06. > :25:09.Switzerland. Crash helmets and knee pads are essential. They rolled
:25:10. > :25:16.through the streets of Alton. For the record, the new world champions
:25:17. > :25:20.won a travel voucher worth 500 Swiss francs and lots of bruises. Thank
:25:21. > :25:34.you for watching World News Today. The weather prospects for the next
:25:35. > :25:35.few days across the British Isles. Just about to show you some on