:00:00. > :00:13.Our top stories: The Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has
:00:14. > :00:16.addressed a mass rally to mark a year since an attempted
:00:17. > :00:24.The former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says EU leaders
:00:25. > :00:26.are willing to compromise - in order to persuade
:00:27. > :00:43.if we were looking at this from the point of the view from the interests
:00:44. > :00:46.of the current three, one option would be to Britain to stay within a
:00:47. > :00:49.reformed European Union. And thousands march
:00:50. > :00:51.through Hong Kong after Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner,
:00:52. > :00:54.Liu Xiaobo is buried at sea. The first woman to win
:00:55. > :00:56.the top prize in maths, Iranian Maryam Mirzakhani has died
:00:57. > :00:59.at the age of 40. Also coming up on Sport Today:
:01:00. > :01:01.All the smiles belong to Spain's Garbine Muguruza
:01:02. > :01:04.as she beats Venus Williams Hello and welcome
:01:05. > :01:27.to World News Today. We begin in Istanbul -
:01:28. > :01:30.where tens of thousands of people have gathered to mark
:01:31. > :01:32.the anniversary of the failed military coup
:01:33. > :01:34.against President Erdogan. A year ago today, a faction
:01:35. > :01:39.of the army tried to seize power And it is at the spot
:01:40. > :01:45.where the soldiers surrendered The failed coup resulted
:01:46. > :01:54.in the deaths of 260 people - And in the aftermath,
:01:55. > :02:02.more than 150,000 state employees, including academics and government
:02:03. > :02:06.officials have been sacked. In the last hour, President Erdogan
:02:07. > :02:12.has been paying tribute to those who lost their lives -
:02:13. > :02:29.here's what he had to say. TRANSLATION: The barrels of the
:02:30. > :02:34.tanks hijacked by the coup plotters were full of bombs and loaded with
:02:35. > :02:38.ammunition. There are some planes were full of the deadliest weapons,
:02:39. > :02:43.these were used against our citizens without mercy. They did not show any
:02:44. > :02:49.hesitation but what did our nation who stood up against them have? My
:02:50. > :02:53.people didn't have guns in their hands, they had in their hands only
:02:54. > :03:02.their flags, and even more effective weapon, their deep faith. With me
:03:03. > :03:06.now is Michael Daventry, freelance journalist based in London. You've
:03:07. > :03:12.been listening to what President Erdogan had to say, give us a
:03:13. > :03:17.flavour. It is one of the most religious, pious speeches of his
:03:18. > :03:21.career, without a doubt. President Erdogan is a very faithful man, he
:03:22. > :03:25.has built his politics around religion but even from him in a
:03:26. > :03:28.country like Turkey which has such strong secular foundations, for him
:03:29. > :03:34.to be talking with such strong alleges undertones, it was quite
:03:35. > :03:38.remarkable. Quite an aggressive speech, he said he wanted the chop
:03:39. > :03:45.the heads off of traitors. Would you make of that? There has been talking
:03:46. > :03:49.turkey of reintroducing the penalty. It was abolished about 17 or 18
:03:50. > :03:54.years ago as part of Turkey's attempt to join the European Union.
:03:55. > :03:57.That is beginning to slowly backtrack and the President's
:03:58. > :04:02.supporters repeatedly called for the death penalty, and he is playing a
:04:03. > :04:07.very coy aim, occasionally he will say yes it is time we introduced it
:04:08. > :04:11.and all traitors to the nation should be executed, but then he will
:04:12. > :04:16.also be slightly withdrawn because he knows if it is reintroduced, that
:04:17. > :04:21.will be the end of Turkey's EU membership bid. Another rally
:04:22. > :04:25.happening and Ankara, how do you think the countries with acting on
:04:26. > :04:32.this either speak? It is worth pointing out it was a traumatic
:04:33. > :04:36.night. It was for me, I am a Turkish citizen, I grew up in Ankara, I
:04:37. > :04:42.can't quite find the words to describe the feelings to see tanks
:04:43. > :04:48.driving down the roads were I grew up. It was a deliberate action of
:04:49. > :04:53.destruction and terror, it was dramatic in so many ways. Turkey is
:04:54. > :05:00.entitled to express little bit of anger at the top and with that as it
:05:01. > :05:04.is in the pic of unity that the president would like everyone else
:05:05. > :05:07.to think. He commands the support of precisely 50% of the country. There
:05:08. > :05:13.was a referendum three months ago and the result was a bit in doubt
:05:14. > :05:16.but the point of it was it exposed the country is definitely divided
:05:17. > :05:20.but the president commands only half of that support. Who are his
:05:21. > :05:25.supporters? They are a new middle path that has been created over the
:05:26. > :05:30.last 15 to 20 years. These are people who has lives drastically
:05:31. > :05:36.improved, better schools, better jobs, better health care, things
:05:37. > :05:41.like pensions and mortgages, lots of things we are used to in the West
:05:42. > :05:44.were brought to a vast section of conservative right wing Anatolian
:05:45. > :05:49.people, so they rewarded the resident with their support. But
:05:50. > :05:53.because he has a very rigid way of thinking, he isn't always the most
:05:54. > :05:58.tolerant person when it comes to different unions and that has become
:05:59. > :06:01.more evident in the last few years when the successful alliance of
:06:02. > :06:05.Liberals and left wingers that he got when he first came to power
:06:06. > :06:15.about when the Allies began to disintegrate.
:06:16. > :06:18.Thousands of people have marched through the streets of Hong Kong
:06:19. > :06:20.following the burial at sea of the Chinese Nobel Peace Prize
:06:21. > :06:24.The largely silent crowd walked to China's representative office
:06:25. > :06:26.to show their support for Mr Liu, who died on Thursday.
:06:27. > :06:28.He died in hospital while serving an 11-year prison sentence
:06:29. > :06:46.Out at sea in and loan location, the remains of Liu Xiaobo were placed in
:06:47. > :06:54.an urn. The ashes were committed to the water with his wife and
:06:55. > :06:59.relatives looking gone. After the ceremony, the authorities put the
:07:00. > :07:07.eldest brother in front of the camera to praise the Communist
:07:08. > :07:11.Party's humanity. TRANSLATION: First of all, on behalf of my family and
:07:12. > :07:15.especially my brother's wife, all the things the government has done
:07:16. > :07:20.since my brother's death were all down the request of my family. Each
:07:21. > :07:26.and everyone met with satisfaction. He was led away before it journalist
:07:27. > :07:31.could ask why the Nobel laureate was buried at sea. Was it so his
:07:32. > :07:38.admirers would have nowhere to go to remember him? Liu Xiaobo's wife has
:07:39. > :07:44.been under house arrest since her husband one the Nobel Prize in 2010.
:07:45. > :07:48.Her mental health has deteriorated. An official suggested she is now a
:07:49. > :07:54.free woman but that has not been tested. Liu Xiaobo was given the
:07:55. > :07:58.Nobel Prize after calling for political change in China. In
:07:59. > :08:01.prison, little was heard of him, then suddenly a few weeks ago, the
:08:02. > :08:06.authorities announced he was receiving treatment for liver
:08:07. > :08:12.cancer. China's leaders despised him and what he stood for in life, they
:08:13. > :08:15.try to control the manner of his death but the Nobel peace prize
:08:16. > :08:17.brings worldwide recognition so even China had no choice but to honour
:08:18. > :08:19.his passing. Let's take a look at some of
:08:20. > :08:30.the other stories making the news. China has warned India will face
:08:31. > :08:35.embarrassment if it doesn't pull its troops from a region in the
:08:36. > :08:39.Himalayas claimed by Beijing. Chinese negotiators said there was
:08:40. > :08:46.no room for negotiations until India withdraws. India said it wanted to
:08:47. > :08:49.stop the Chinese from building a new road. Leading Democrats have voiced
:08:50. > :08:53.their control -- Leading Democrats have
:08:54. > :08:55.voiced their concern over the fact that a former Soviet intelligence
:08:56. > :08:58.officer was present when President Trump's eldest son
:08:59. > :09:01.met a Russian lawyer during last It happened at a meeting
:09:02. > :09:04.Donald Trump Junior attended in which he was promised damaging
:09:05. > :09:06.information about his father's Senators in Poland have approved
:09:07. > :09:10.a controversial bill to reform The vote came in the early hours
:09:11. > :09:14.of this morning after more Polish opposition parties
:09:15. > :09:19.are concerned the law gives parliament, which is dominated
:09:20. > :09:22.by the right-wing Law and Justice Party, the power
:09:23. > :09:25.to choose who becomes Former British Prime Minister Tony
:09:26. > :09:33.Blair has suggested that some EU leaders might be prepared to change
:09:34. > :09:37.the rules of the single market to keep Britain
:09:38. > :09:40.inside the European Union. He says the views of voters
:09:41. > :09:43.could have shifted, and the British might be willing to stay
:09:44. > :09:47.inside the EU if changes were made, such as stricter
:09:48. > :09:50.controls on migration. His comments have been
:09:51. > :09:53.dismissed by both senior Our political correspondent,
:09:54. > :10:02.Eleanor Garnier reports. Balancing the needs of the UK
:10:03. > :10:05.economy at the same time as getting control of Britain's borders
:10:06. > :10:08.is a key issue in the Brexit debate but a former Labour Prime Minister
:10:09. > :10:10.has suggested political change in France has opened
:10:11. > :10:12.the path to compromise. Tony Blair claims the EU could be
:10:13. > :10:15.willing to make concessions on the free movement of people
:10:16. > :10:17.to allow the UK to stay Britain benefits enormously
:10:18. > :10:26.from that freedom of movement. However the question is,
:10:27. > :10:32.where there are changes to it, not alteration in the indivisibility
:10:33. > :10:36.of the printable but qualifications to it, around the things
:10:37. > :10:42.that concern people. But those claims directly contradict
:10:43. > :10:44.what those in Brussels are saying, that the UK must accept free
:10:45. > :10:48.movement without I'm not going to disclose
:10:49. > :10:57.conversations I had within Europe, but I am not saying this
:10:58. > :11:00.on the basis of a whim. Some of those who campaigned
:11:01. > :11:03.to leave the EU says there is no The EU has made it absolutely clear
:11:04. > :11:09.that the four freedoms including freedom of
:11:10. > :11:12.movement are indivisible. They took four minutes
:11:13. > :11:18.to agree these guidelines, It's complete nonsense,
:11:19. > :11:24.another attempt to undermine Brexit. Campaigning in Southampton
:11:25. > :11:29.the current Labour leader rejected the position of his predecessor
:11:30. > :11:33.and says his party respects Anyone is entitled to give their
:11:34. > :11:39.views and I listen to all of them. The views we have are that we want
:11:40. > :11:42.to see tariff free access to the European market,
:11:43. > :11:47.protection of EU Nationals and of the rights and consumer
:11:48. > :11:50.rights we achieved through This latest intervention
:11:51. > :11:56.from Tony Blair will not change the government's
:11:57. > :11:58.approach to negotiations. Ministers say the former
:11:59. > :12:01.Labour prime minister that he is out of touch with voters
:12:02. > :12:09.yet Mr Blair has reopened the debate on the central issue of Brexit,
:12:10. > :12:12.a decision he says is the biggest country has faced since
:12:13. > :12:15.the Second World War. Once, he helped determine
:12:16. > :12:18.Britain's place in the world. Now this former Prime Minister must
:12:19. > :12:21.settle with commenting Laws on buying and carrying
:12:22. > :12:30.acid are to be reviewed by the British Government
:12:31. > :12:34.following a spate of attacks which took place
:12:35. > :12:37.in London on Thursday night. Five people had corrosive
:12:38. > :12:41.liquid thrown at them, including one man who is said
:12:42. > :12:43.to have suffered The attacks were carried out at five
:12:44. > :12:48.separate locations in east London - within the space of less
:12:49. > :12:50.than ninety minutes. It's happened amid rising
:12:51. > :12:52.concern about the number of assaults in the capital
:12:53. > :12:55.involving corrosive fluids. This report - from Andy Moore -
:12:56. > :12:59.contains some disturbing We need to try and get
:13:00. > :13:06.water in your eyes... In the aftermath of the first
:13:07. > :13:09.attack, police doused He was protected by his helmet,
:13:10. > :13:14.and lucky to escape But even so, it was
:13:15. > :13:18.a terrifying experience. I took off my helmet,
:13:19. > :13:21.and I was just screaming for help, because it was getting dry,
:13:22. > :13:23.and as much as it was getting So I was just screaming for water,
:13:24. > :13:29.screaming for help, knocking Another moped rider attacked at this
:13:30. > :13:34.location was not so lucky. He has life-changing
:13:35. > :13:39.injuries to his face. The Shadow Home Secretary called
:13:40. > :13:44.the attacks horrific and barbaric. Nobody in their own home needs
:13:45. > :13:53.pure sulphuric acid. There are different alternatives
:13:54. > :13:58.for just cleaning your drains. No-one should be able to buy
:13:59. > :14:01.sulphuric acid unless they're a builder or a workman who needs it
:14:02. > :14:05.in the course of their profession, and they should have
:14:06. > :14:08.to have a licence. The Government says it's working
:14:09. > :14:11.with the police to see what more can be done to combat the growing menace
:14:12. > :14:37.of acid attacks. all the latest sport still to come,
:14:38. > :14:42.including Spain's Garbine Muguruza who has denied Venus Williams has
:14:43. > :15:59.six Wimbledon title. This is BBC News news today. The
:16:00. > :16:05.latest headlines. The Turkish president has addressed a wrasse --
:16:06. > :16:09.mass rally to mark a year since a military coup was put down.
:16:10. > :16:15.Thousands of people marched through Hong Kong to remember Chinese Nobel
:16:16. > :16:23.peace prize winner Liu Xiaobo after he was buried at sea.
:16:24. > :16:25.Let's go to Iraq - where the government has finally
:16:26. > :16:28.declared victory in Mosul against the so called Islamic State.
:16:29. > :16:30.It's after a lengthy battle which destroyed much of the city,
:16:31. > :16:32.killed thousands of people and forced almost a million
:16:33. > :16:35.from their homes Two weeks ago we reported on the rescue of 20
:16:36. > :16:37.children who were being used as human shields
:16:38. > :16:41.Well, there have been emotional scenes, as some of those children
:16:42. > :16:45.Our correspondent Nafesah Kkoonavard has been following their stories
:16:46. > :17:08.An emotional moment. After three years apart, this boy can barely
:17:09. > :17:12.recognise his father. When the so-called Islamic State attacked
:17:13. > :17:18.their village, this man was told he had lost all his seven children, it
:17:19. > :17:25.is only now he realises some have survived. For years, the son, who
:17:26. > :17:32.has learning difficulties, was held in an orphanage by IS. This was the
:17:33. > :17:37.scene when we reported the release of this boy from the orphanage.
:17:38. > :17:45.Almost 20 children here were being used as human shields by IS. This
:17:46. > :17:52.boy was one of them. Tired and hungry, the children were rescued by
:17:53. > :18:02.Iraqi security forces. The pic shows off the kids went viral. This man,
:18:03. > :18:05.like many of the parents, saw his child and the BBC report and
:18:06. > :18:13.travelled here as quickly as he could. Translation macro when I saw
:18:14. > :18:18.his picture, it felt like I was being given all the riches in the
:18:19. > :18:25.world. Now they are out of Mosul and the children are safe. But not all
:18:26. > :18:31.reunions are going to well. These Yazidi girls were just six years old
:18:32. > :18:35.when there were taken by IS. They no longer recognise their family. These
:18:36. > :18:41.children have been separated from their families for almost three
:18:42. > :18:48.years. They have no memories of their former lives. An uncle tries
:18:49. > :18:55.to help her to remember but it is difficult after having lived under
:18:56. > :19:02.IS for such a long time. The father shows me his daughter's ID card and
:19:03. > :19:07.tells me, he is still shocked. I didn't think I would ever see her
:19:08. > :19:13.again. I thought there was maybe a 1% chance but when I saw her pick on
:19:14. > :19:19.Facebook and read that they had been three -- freed, I couldn't believe
:19:20. > :19:23.it. Abbas and his son are getting ready to leave for home. Like so
:19:24. > :19:36.many here, they are together again, ready to try and rebuild their
:19:37. > :19:38.lives. Let's get some sports News for you.
:19:39. > :19:40.Spain's Garbine Muguruza has won her first Wimbledon title
:19:41. > :19:42.with a straight-sets win over five-time champion Venus Williams.
:19:43. > :19:45.The 23-year-old won the last nine games in a 7-5 6-love victory under
:19:46. > :19:53.Muguruza denied the 37-year-old American a first major
:19:54. > :19:57.Which would have made her the oldest female Grand Slam
:19:58. > :20:05.She's delighted to see her name enscribed with those
:20:06. > :20:19.It was amazing and like I said before, I always look at the wall
:20:20. > :20:24.and see all the names and all the history and at the last final, I was
:20:25. > :20:28.close, I didn't want to lose this time because I know the difference,
:20:29. > :20:32.I really know the difference of making the final, which is in
:20:33. > :20:38.credible, but... So happy that it is there now. She played really well,
:20:39. > :20:48.she played top tennis, I have to give her credit. I've had a great
:20:49. > :20:52.two weeks and I am looking forward to the summer. There is always
:20:53. > :20:56.something to learn from the matches you win and the matches you don't
:20:57. > :21:01.win. There is definitely something to learn from this but at the same
:21:02. > :21:03.time, that is looking back, and it is looking forward, too.
:21:04. > :21:06.On Sunday Roger Federer will aim to win a record eighth men's
:21:07. > :21:11.Marin Cilic stands in the 35 year old's way...
:21:12. > :21:14.Although the Croatian has only won one of his previous seven
:21:15. > :21:25.It makes me really happy to mark history here at Wimbledon. I love
:21:26. > :21:31.this tournament, all my dreams have come through here as a player so to
:21:32. > :21:36.have a chance to get to number eight and be so close at this stage is a
:21:37. > :21:42.great feeling, and, yeah, and the Lviv excited, and I hope I can play
:21:43. > :21:46.one more good match. You know, 11 finals here, all these records, it
:21:47. > :21:52.is great, but it doesn't give me the title quite yet. That is why I came
:21:53. > :21:55.here this year. So close now, I just have to stay focused.
:21:56. > :21:59.Not least in Nottingham where it's been Day Two -
:22:00. > :22:01.of the second Test - between England AND South Africa.
:22:02. > :22:04.AND something of a collapse for England in the afternoon.
:22:05. > :22:07.Losing their last 7 wickets for just 62 runs...
:22:08. > :22:09.Replying to South Africa's first innings score of 335.
:22:10. > :22:12.The tourists then ended the day on 75-1 - to lead by 205...
:22:13. > :22:15.In Colombo, Sri Lanka trail Zimbabwe by 63 runs.
:22:16. > :22:17.That's a "one-off test", in which Craig Ervine
:22:18. > :22:20.Upul Tha-ranga - and Dinesh Chandi-mal -
:22:21. > :22:25.made 126 between them - in reply.
:22:26. > :22:30.In the Women's World Cup, India have beaten New Zealand -
:22:31. > :22:35.186 runs was the difference - at Derby - as India skittled
:22:36. > :22:45.They'll play Australia - at the same venue in the last four.
:22:46. > :22:47.Group winners, England, face South Africa.
:22:48. > :22:51.Stage 14 - of the Tour de France - was won by Michael Matthews -
:22:52. > :23:00.The 181-kilometre ride - from Blagnac to Rodez -
:23:01. > :23:02.The 181-kilometre ride - from Blagnac to Rodez
:23:03. > :23:05.finished in a sprint to the line - the Australian taking it -
:23:06. > :23:07.ahead of Greg Van Aver-maet and Edvald Boasen-Hagen.
:23:08. > :23:10.Team Sky's Chris Froome "regained the race leader's yellow jersey"
:23:11. > :23:13.The Briton's lead is 19 seconds over the Italian with
:23:14. > :23:16.Lewis Hamilton will start the British Grand Prix
:23:17. > :23:21.He was fastest in qualifying by more than half a second.
:23:22. > :23:22.That delighted the crowd at Silverstone.
:23:23. > :23:24.The Mercedes driver equalling the record of 5
:23:25. > :23:29.His rival - Sebastian Vettel - was THIRD fastest;
:23:30. > :23:34.fellow Ferrari driver - Kimi Raikonnen will be on the front
:23:35. > :23:41.Who trails Vettel in the drivers standings by 20 points.
:23:42. > :23:43.English Premier League champions Chelsea have completed the signing
:23:44. > :23:45.of French international midfielder Tiemoue Baka-yoko from Monaco.
:23:46. > :23:48.The 22-year-old helped Monaco claim the Ligue 1 title last season
:23:49. > :23:51.and joins Chelsea on a five-year contract for a reported fee of more
:23:52. > :24:01.Now she was a trail blazer in her field of mathamatics.
:24:02. > :24:04.Maryam Mirzakhani became the first woman to win
:24:05. > :24:07.the Fields Medal, regarded as the Nobel Prize of maths.
:24:08. > :24:12.Sadly the 40-year-old Iranian has died in the US from breast cancer.
:24:13. > :24:15.Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Professor Mirzakhani's death
:24:16. > :24:21.But there has also been criticism on social media at some
:24:22. > :24:25.And images have appeared of a photo-shopped image
:24:26. > :24:28.Well, one person who knew Professor Mirzakhani well
:24:29. > :24:43.She spoke to us about her life and achievements.
:24:44. > :24:50.We had known she was ill for a long time. She was a revered and
:24:51. > :24:56.outstanding mathematician and the fact that she was Iranian and the
:24:57. > :25:02.first woman ever to win this prestigious Fields medal, she was
:25:03. > :25:06.just such an icon and role model and inspiration around the world, so she
:25:07. > :25:10.will be very sorely missed. It was the way in which she managed to
:25:11. > :25:15.combine ideas that perhaps other people knew that she combined them
:25:16. > :25:24.together in a completely un-expect it and remarkable way. She actually
:25:25. > :25:28.sent me a draft copy of her thesis, her Ph.D. Dissertation, before it
:25:29. > :25:34.was finally submitted, and the way she put together ideas which really
:25:35. > :25:39.I had known about, other people had known about, but she was able to
:25:40. > :25:43.combine things and draw absolutely astonishing and remarkable
:25:44. > :25:50.conclusions with them. They're read cleanly and simply. But somehow to
:25:51. > :25:54.get to some goal that would be completely unexpected and turn
:25:55. > :26:11.around the way you would then to the whole subject. Marion Mr Khan E, who
:26:12. > :26:16.the weekend hasn't got off to the brightest of starts. A lot of cloud
:26:17. > :26:17.for